Six injured in twin mysterious blasts in Jammu
Jammu/UNI: At least six people were injured in two mysterious blasts at Narwal area here on Saturday morning.
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NIA chargesheets 20 PFI members in Nettaru case
Bengaluru/UNI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against 20 accused in BJP youth leader Praveen Nettaru's murder in Karnataka.
Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi greet people of Meghalaya, Tripura , Manipur on Statehood Day
New Delhi/UNI: Congress president Mallikaarjun Kharge and MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday extended their warm wishes to the people of Meghalaya, Tripura and Manipur on their Statehood Day.
Maintain safe distance from trend of religious conversion to safeguard indigenous culture, identity: CM Sarma to Tiwa population
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday attended the second day of the three-day historic Gova Deoroja Jonbeel Mela at Jonbeel Pothar in Morigaon district.
Bombay HC grants bail to Videocon founder Venugopal Dhoot
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court granted interim bail to Videocon group founder and chairman, Venugopal Dhoot in the Videocon loan fraud case, media reports said.
Govt. releases fresh guidelines for celebs and social media influencers to protect consumers
New Delhi: The government on Friday released endorsement guidelines for celebrities and social media influencers to protect their audiences from being misled when they promote products or services.
Check out the surprise ringbearer at Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant's engagement
New Delhi/IBNS: Industrialist Mukesh Ambani's youngest son Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's engagement party on Thursday, attended by the who's who of the town, featured a "surprise" ringbearer-the family's golden retriever.
Anurag Thakur meets protesting wrestlers again, panel formed to probe sexual harassment charges
New Delhi/IBNS: After the first round of talks failed to reach a breakthrough, Indian wrestlers protesting sexual harassment allegations against the federation chief and some national coaches met with Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday for the second time.
Peegate: DGCA imposes Rs 30 lakh fine on Air India, suspends pilot's licence for 3 months
New Delhi/IBNS: Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation Friday slapped a fine of Rs 30 lakh on Air India and suspended the licence of the pilot-in-charge of its New York-Delhi flight on which a man peed on an elderly female co-passenger, media reports said.
Govt committed to protect interests of ex-servicemen: Yogi Adityanath
Ghazipur (UP)/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s double-engine government is committed to the welfare of armed forces personnel.
Congress's stand on restoration of statehood status to Jammu and Kashmir is very clear: Jairam Ramesh
Jammu: Terming revocation of Article 370 as unconstitutional, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said party’s stand on restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir is very clear.
Assam: Magh Bihu observed by following traditional community fishing
Assam marks the end of the Magh Bihu festival and during this period a three-day-long festival is observed in the state.
Catholic Association of Nagaland observes 39th anniversary
Kohima: A large number of faithfuls from across the state of Nagaland celebrated the 39 years of existence of the Catholic Association of Nagaland (CAN).
Jammu and Kashmir: Razia Mushtaq is now Ganderbal's first gym owner
Gandebal: A Kashmiri girl is breaking stereotypes as far as choice of her career is concerned as she has decided to become the first female gym owner of Gandebal.
India will be fastest growing of big economies over next 10-20 years: Expert says at World Economic Forum
Davos: Chief economics commentator at the Financial Times Martin Wolf on Thursday expressed hope that in the next 10 to 20 years India will be the fastest-growing of the big economies.
S Jaishankar says India supports both political, economic stability of Sri Lanka
Colombo: Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said the country supports both the political and economic stability of Sri Lanka.
V Muraleedharan meets Ministers of United Arab Emirates, discusses issues related to Indian diaspora
Abu Dhabi: Union Minister of State (MoS) V Muraleedharan held separate meetings with the Justice and Tolerance Ministers of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday where he discussed the issues related to the Indian diaspora members.
Goddess Kaali poster: Supreme Court says no coercive action against filmmaker Leena till Feb 3rd week
New Delhi: The Supreme Court in its order Friday protected filmmaker Leena Manimekalai from arrest, other coercive processes in multiple FIRs lodged against her in different states over a poster of her documentary showing an actor depicting goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette.
Indian Navy set to commission fifth Kalvari class submarine Vagir on Netaji's birth anniversary
New Delhi: The Indian Navy is set to commission the fifth Kalvari class submarine Vagir on Jan 23, which will mark the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
India participates in the First Movers Coalition (FMC) Leadership Meeting of the World Economic Forum
New Delhi: India participated in the First Movers Coalition (FMC) Leadership Meeting of the World Economic Forum which deliberated on the world need for clean energy technologies to confront climate crisis globally.
India should be the destination for semiconductors: Ashwini Vaishnaw tells at World Economic Forum
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday pitched India's semi-conductor industry at the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos and said the country will be a large telecom equipment exporter in future.
Jindal Stainless supplies stainless steel for Mumbai Metro Project flagged off by PM Narendra Modi
Mumbai: Giving an impetus to the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, the Hon’ble Prime Minister launched Phase 2 of the Mumbai Metro Line 2A and 7.
PM Narendra Modi distributes 71,000 appointment letters under Rozgar Mela via video conferencing
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi distributed about 71,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits in Government departments and organisations via video conferencing on Friday.
Dissolve WFI: Congress on wrestlers' protest
New Delhi/UNI: Amid the ongoing protest of wrestlers against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and its president, the Congress on Friday demanded the Centre to immediately dissolve the Federation.
STF arrests four on the charge of storing huge quantity of illegal chromites and coal
Bhubaneswar/UNI: The sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF) have arrested four people from Bhadrak District Police on charges of cargo theft and illegal storage of coal and chromite.
Bengal job scam: After CBI quizzing, ED raids at TMC youth leader Kuntal Ghosh's flats
Kolkata/UNI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday began searching at the flats of TMC's youth leader Kuntal Ghosh, accused of money laundering in the job scam in West Bengal, a day after the CBI quizzed the politician at its Nizam Place office in the city, official sources confirmed.
Election Commission seeks report on political violence in Tripura
Agartala/UNI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday directed the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Tripura to submit the inquiry report by Friday on the political violence recently perpetrated on opposition CPI-M and Congress allegedly by ruling BJP cadres.
Loan fraud case: Bombay High Court grants interim bail to Videocon Group founder Venugopal Dhoot
Mumbai/UNI: The Bombay High Court on Friday granted interim bail to Videocon Group founder Venugopal Dhoot in the ICICI Bank-Videocon loan fraud case.
Practice yoga for 15 mins everyday for me: PM Modi to youngsters on Mumbai metro ride
Mumbai/IBNS: Apart from his administrative commitments and politics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also known for his fitness regime which is also visible in his government's pro-active plans to encourage people to remain fit.
Bengal: Mamata calls Abhishek Banerjee on stage of govt programme, stirs row
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday stirred a row by calling upon her nephew, Trinamool Congress MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on the stage of a state government programme in Alipurduar.