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'What are you saying': Nitish Kumar's curt response to Lalu Yadav's 'doors open' remark on reopening ties with Opposition

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday responded cryptically to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's 'doors open' remark about reopening ties with the opposition INDIA bloc, media reports said.

Mamata accuses BSF of enabling infiltration; BJP calls Bengal a 'nursery for Bangladeshi influx'

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused central forces of enabling infiltration from Bangladesh, alleging it was part of the Centre's "nefarious blueprint" to destabilise the state, media reports said.

Mamata accuses BSF of enabling infiltration; BJP calls Bengal a 'nursery for Bangladeshi influx'

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused central forces of enabling infiltration from Bangladesh, alleging it was part of the Centre's "nefarious blueprint" to destabilise the state, media reports said.

Delhi businessman accuses wife and in-laws of harassment in 59-mins video, dies by suicide

New Delhi: A Delhi businessman has committed suicide after shooting a 59-minute video where he accused his wife and in-laws of harassing him, media reports said.

Delhi businessman accuses wife and in-laws of harassment in 59-mins video, dies by suicide

New Delhi: A Delhi businessman has committed suicide after shooting a 59-minute video where he accused his wife and in-laws of harassing him, media reports said.

Stuck in Rajasthan borewell for 10 days, three-year-old girl dies hours after rescue

New Delhi/IBNS: A three-year-old child who fell into a borewell in Rajasthan's Kotputli 10 days ago, died shortly after she was rescued, media reports said.

SRK, Akshay Kumar praise PM Modi's global initiative to take Indian cinema to a greater scale

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's latest initiative, under 'Create in India', to take Indian cinema to a greater scale globally has earned heaps of praises from superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar.

China's proposed dam on Brahmaputra should be cause for concern in downstream India and Bangladesh

Beijing/New Delhi: The Chinese government, under Xi Jinping, has greenlit the construction of the world's largest dam on the Brahmaputra in Tibet, just 22 km from India's Arunachal Pradesh, raising concerns in riparian states India and Bangladesh.

Indian Navy set to commission three frontline fleet assets on January 15

The Indian Navy is set to commission three frontline combatants - Nilgiri, the lead ship of the Project 17A stealth frigate class; Surat, the fourth and final ship of the Project 15B stealth destroyer class; and Vaghsheer, the sixth and final submarine of the Scorpene-class project - together at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.

Manipur CM N Biren Singh responds after Congress leader asks him 'why can't PM' visit' violence-hit northeastern state

Imphal/IBNS: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh has counter-attacked senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh who questioned why prime minister Narendra Modi couldn't visit the violence-hit northeastern state.

Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay remembers Manmohan Singh's role in launching 11th Five Year Plan

Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay on Tuesday remembered the role played by former Indian PM Manmohan Singh in launching the 11th Five Year Plan of the Himalayan Nation.

Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay remembers Manmohan Singh's role in launching 11th Five Year Plan

Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay on Tuesday remembered the role played by former Indian PM Manmohan Singh in launching the 11th Five Year Plan of the Himalayan Nation.

President Droupadi Murmu, PM Modi greet nation on New Year 2025

New Delhi/IBNS: President Droupadi Murmu and prime minister Narendra Modi wished the country on the occasion of New Year 2025 on Wednesday.

Indian-origin doctor among 2 killed in UAE light aircraft crash

An Indian-origin doctor was among two killed in a light aircraft crash that occurred off the coast of UAE's Ras Al Khaimah on Sunday, media reports said.

'We will take revenge, with interest:' Suvendu Adhikari warns Mamata Banerjee over her Sandeshkhali claims

Sandeshkhali/IBNS: A day after Mamata Banerjee visited Sandeshkhali, West Bengal's Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari was in the obscure riverine island on Tuesday, where he warned the Chief Minister of imprisonment over false cases if the Bharatiya Janata Party forms government in the state..

NPPA faces scrutiny over 50% drug price hikes

New Delhi: India’s drug pricing regulator, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), has come under scrutiny from the parliamentary standing committee on chemicals and fertilisers for permitting a 50 percent price increase on 11 drug formulations in October.

NPPA faces scrutiny over 50% drug price hikes

New Delhi: India’s drug pricing regulator, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), has come under scrutiny from the parliamentary standing committee on chemicals and fertilisers for permitting a 50 percent price increase on 11 drug formulations in October.

Uttar Pradesh's first digital highway: Barabanki-Bahraich route to transform travel

Lucknow: The 101 km, four-lane highway connecting Barabanki to Bahraich is set to transform travel in Uttar Pradesh, becoming the state's first digital highway, according to recent reports.

Farewell 2024: That Was the Year That Was

Indian PM Narendra Modi returned to power for the record-equalling third term as Prime Minister while several incumbent leaders had to quit their nations amid rising protests against their regimes, marking 2024 as a year which will go down as one of the most eventful 12 months in history.IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra revisits some of the major events of 2024. Excerpts.

2024: The year that was

Indian PM Narendra Modi returned to power for the record-equalling third term as Prime Minister while several incumbent leaders had to quit their nations amid rising protests against their regimes, marking 2024 as a year which will go down as one of the most eventful 12 months in history.IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra revisits some of the major events of 2024. Excerpts.

Assam: STF arrest key member of banned Bangladesh-based terror outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team

The Assam Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a key member of the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from the state's Kokrajhar region, media reports said.

MK Stalin inaugurates 77-metre-long India's first glass bridge

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday inaugurated the glass bridge which will connect the Vivekananda Memorial and Thiruvalluvar statue in Kanyakumari.

MK Stalin inaugurates 77-metre-long India's first glass bridge

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday inaugurated the glass bridge which will connect the Vivekananda Memorial and Thiruvalluvar statue in Kanyakumari.

Deeply malicious and utterly condemnable: Pinarayi Vijayan on BJP leader Nitesh Rane's 'Kerala is mini Pakistan' remark

Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has called Maharashtra minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nitesh Rane's remark labelling Kerala as "mini Pakistan" "deeply malicious" and "utterly condemnable".

Pune pub sends condoms and ORS to New Year invitees, Congress files complaint

Pune/IBNS: A Pune pub has drawn backlash and a police complaint by the Congress for sending 'goody-bags' with condoms and packets of Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) to select invitees for the New Year's celebration, media reports said.

Yemen approves Indian nurse's death sentence for murder, MEA responds

New Delhi/IBNS: India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has responded after Yemen president Rashad al-Alimi approved the death sentence for Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is imprisoned for killing a Yemeni national, media reports said.

Yemen approves Indian nurse's death sentence for murder, MEA responds

New Delhi/IBNS: India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has responded after Yemen president Rashad al-Alimi approved the death sentence for Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is imprisoned for killing a Yemeni national, media reports said.

Truth ultimately gets revealed: Mamata Banerjee in her first visit to Sandeshkhali after Lok Sabha polls

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted a lot of money was in the play to level the allegations of gangrape in Sandeshkhali, where massive protests broke out against erstwhile Trinamool Congress local strongman Sheikh Shahjahan months ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Truth ultimately gets revealed: Mamata Banerjee in her first visit to Sandeshkhali after Lok Sabha polls

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted a lot of money was in the play to level the allegations of gangrape in Sandeshkhali, where massive protests broke out against erstwhile Trinamool Congress local strongman Sheikh Shahjahan months ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Hope you let go of the baggage of politics in New Year: Atishi hits back at VK Saxena over his remarks against Kejriwal

New Delhi/IBNS: The New Year greeting by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena to  Atishi, embedded with criticism for her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal, was met with a sharp response from the Chief Minister.