Amethi/IBNS: Amid the ongoing suspense over who will fight as a Congress candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, posters in favour of Congress top leader Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law and businessman Robert Vadra were seen in the constituency for the Lok Sabha elections, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian Overseas Congress chairperson Sam Pitroda has stirred a row with his comment on Congress' poll promise of "wealth distribution" amid the slugfest between the grand old party and ruling BJP, media reports said.
Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) will on Wednesday move the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court order that cancelled recruitment of almost 24,000 teaching and non-teaching staff in 2016, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court will on Wednesday deliver its verdict on pleas seeking a complete count of Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips to tally with the number of votes cast in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during elections, media reports said.
Chennai/IBNS: Former faculty of Chennai's Kalakshetra Foundation Sheejith Krishna was on Tuesday arrested today on charges of sexual harassment by former students.
Bengaluru/IBNS: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday countered Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments about the Congress robbing people of their wealth to give to "infiltrators", questioning if such a thing has ever happened in the 50-year rule of the party.
In a strong protest to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's twin jabs of a Muslim League imprint on the Congress's manifesto and an alleged promise of "wealth redistribution to infiltrators", party President Mallikarjun Kharge has said the PM should stop his attempts at dividing society and grant him time so that he can explain the document's contents.
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Telangana lawmaker K Kavitha, arrested last month in the alleged liquor policy scam, have been sent to extended judicial custody for 14 days.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Congress Party and Rahul Gandhi over remarks by the party's South Goa candidate, accusing them of insulting BR Ambedkar's Constitution while attempting to break the country.
Hyderabad/IBNS: A portion of an under-construction bridge in Telangana's Peddapalli district collapsed on Monday night as two concrete girders, out of five, fell around 9.45 pm after a strong wind blew in the area.
The Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha, recently attended the launch of the Ramayana Trail Project in Colombo.
Aligarh/New Delhi/IBNS: In its history of 123 years, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) got its first woman Vice-Chancellor in the form of its Professor Naima Khatoon on Monday, media reports said.
Bengaluru/IBNS: The Bengaluru Rural constituency has suddenly gained traction with a fierce contest between the ruling parties of the state and country, Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) respectively.
Surat/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has stunned the political landscape in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's homestate Gujarat by pulling off a miraculous uncontested win in the Surat constituency even before a single vote is polled.
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is under arrest in connection with the liquor policy scam, was on Tuesday administered insulin in Tihar jail as his blood sugar level increased to 320, media reports said.
Two Indian youths from Telangana, who were studying computer science engineering course at a university in Arizona State, died in a road mishap near Phoenix city, Arizona, on Sunday.
New Delhi/IBNS: Spice brand Everest rejected reports that its products have been banned in Singapore and Hong Kong after food regulators in both countries red-flagged a cancer-causing ingredient in certain products of popular Indian spice brands alongside MDH.
New Delhi/IBNS: President Droupadi Murmu Monday presented three Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan and 55 Padma Shri Awards for the year 2024 at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I held with grandeur in Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
New Delhi/IBNS: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Monday visited Siachen, the world’s highest battlefield, to carry out a first-hand assessment of the security situation.
Srinagar/IBNS: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a government employee in another targeted attack in Jammu and Kashmir this evening.
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the massive row over his remarks at Rajasthan's Banswara, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday continued his property redistribution allegations against the Congress, saying the Opposition party is eyeing the property of citizens and wants to loot it.
New Delhi/IBNS: After the food regulator bodies in Hong Kong and Singaporeissued a notification red-flagging popular spice brands from India including Everest and MDH due to the presence of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing ingredient, at levels exceeding permissible limits, the Indian government has ordered food commissioners to collect samples of spices from all the manufacturing units in the country, media reports said.
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday visited Siachen, the world’s highest battlefield, to carry out a first-hand assessment of the security situation.
The Border Security Force recently recovered a China-made drone which was carrying a packet of suspected heroin from Amritsar district, media reports said.
Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and Petroleum and Natural Gas, recently focused on the crucial role played by Kashmir in India’s development at the ‘Viksit Bharat Ambassador meetup’ held in Srinagar recently.
Hundreds of Mongolian pilgrims assembled in Tsuglagkhang courtyard in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala on Saturday to listen to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's speech.
Bizzare and strange incidents are often becoming a part of Delhi Metro and commuters are seeing similar events happening almost regularly now.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called the Calcutta High Court order cancelling 24,000 recruitments of teaching and non-teaching staff "illegal".
Kolkata/IBNS: In a massive order, the Calcutta High Court on Monday cancelled recruitment of 24,000 teaching and non-teaching staff in government-sponsored and government-aided schools, dismissing the entire 2016 teacher recruitment panel, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election speech in Rajasthan's Banswara has triggered a row as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed the Congress will distribute the country's assets among infiltrators and people who have more children.
