Category: India News

TMC will not allow implementation of NRC in WB : Mamata

Kolkata, Sep 6:  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the TMC government will not allow implementation of the NRC in the state. The implementation of the NRC as nothing but a political vendetta of the BJP-led central government. she told the Assembly. “We will never […]

Mamata writes to PM protests against bank merger

Kolkata, Sep 6: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday protesting against the Centre’s unilateral decision to merge two public sector banks headquartered in the city without consulting the state government. Expressing concern, she said the merger and the threat of shifting […]

Security beefed up ahead of Modi’s visit to Mumbai

Mumbai, Sep 6: Mumbai police on Friday beefed up security in the metropolis ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the city on Saturday, a senior official said. Modi is scheduled to perform the ‘bhoomipujan’ for the new Metro rail lines 10, 11, 12 and for Metro Bhavan. […]

Alka Lamba quits AAP on Twitter, to join Congress

New Delhi, Sep 6: The time has come to say goodbye to the Aam Aadmi Party, disgruntled Delhi MLA Alka Lamba said on Friday while announcing that she would be returning to the Congress. Lamba, who quit the AAP’s primary membership, said she would shortly join the Congress in […]

India hails Mugabe as true friend, icon of liberation

New Delhi, Sep 6: India on Friday condoled the demise of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, hailing him as a “true friend” and “an icon of liberation”. Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2017, died aged 95, the country’s president announced Friday. The Ministry of External Affairs, in […]

Chidambaram sent to Tihar jail in INX Media corruption case

New Delhi, Sep 5: Veteran Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram was sent to Tihar jail Thursday by a Delhi court where he will spend 14 days in judicial custody in connection with the INX Media corruption case. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar sent him to judicial […]

2 killed in blast in Tarn Taran; NIA team called

Chandigarh, Sep 5: Two persons were killed and one was seriously injured in a blast that took place in an agricultural field in Pandori village in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday evening, police said, adding it was yet to […]

Fresh trouble for MLA Anant Singh, voice sample tests

Patna, Sep 05: In fresh trouble for controversial Bihar MLA Anant Singh, who is in jail after the recovery of an AK 47 rifle and some hand grenades from his house, his voice sample has tested positive in a forensic examination. The forensic test was conducted to ascertain whether […]

SC refuses pre-arrest bail in INX Media case to Chidambaram

New Delhi, Sep 5: In a setback to former Union minister P Chidambaram, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to grant him pre-arrest bail in the INX Media money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate. The top court dismissed Chidambaram’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court verdict denying […]

Warm morning in city

New Delhi, Sep 5:  It was a warm Thursday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 28.3 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average. According to the MeT department, the humidity level recorded at 8.30 am was 83 per cent. The weatherman has predicted light rains later […]

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