JD-U to oppose Triple Talaq Bill in Rajya Sabha

Patna (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party and BJP ally Janata Dal-United on Thursday said it will not support the BJP-led NDA government at the center on the issue of Triple Talaq in the Rajya Sabha.

Senior…

Cyclone Vayu won't make landfall in Gujarat: IMD

Ahmedabad (IANS) Cyclone Vayu will not make landfall on the Gujarat coast on Thursday as it was expected, and will pass by the Saurashtra region later in the day, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

IMD scientist…

Congress workers want Priyanka as UP CM candidate

Rae Bareli (IANS) Congress workers from Uttar Pradesh are now demanding that the party should project Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the partys chief ministerial candidate for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

While party leaders,…

Jharkhand to become self sufficient in power after completion of PTPS: Raghubar

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that NTPC has an important role to play in the development works currently on in the state. Chairing a high-level review meeting with the officials of the company over the pending projects of the…

India snubs Pakistan: PM's plane not to use its airspace

New Delhi (IANS) In a snub to Islamabad, India on Wednesday made it clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modis special plane will bypass Pakistan en route to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan where he is going to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)…

Madrassa chief held after complaint to CMO alleging triple talaq

Agra (IANS) The director of a madrassa here in Uttar Pradesh has been arrested after his in-laws approached Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's office with a complaint that he had used triple talaq against his wife besides beating her up and demanding…

Journalist thrashed, urinated upon by GRP men in UP

Shamli (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel thrashed a journalist who was covering a train derailment near Dhimanpura in the early hours of Wednesday.

GRP personnel who were present on the spot, abused, kicked and…

Modi building Cloud-first approach to empower Indians: Top AWS official

Washington (IANS) For a country like India, the hope lies in a visionary leader like Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is aiming to create a Cloud-first approach towards skilling and digital transformation, thus empowering over a billion people, says…

Militant killed in gunfight in J&K's Sopore

Srinagar (IANS) One militant was killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town on Wednesday.

Police said security forces, after specific inputs about presence of militants, started a cordon and search…

Nripendra Misra, P.K. Mishra granted extensions, promoted to Cabinet rank

New Delhi  (IANS) A week after National Security Advisor Ajit Doval was given an extension in service with an upgraded level of Cabinet rank, Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra and Additional Principal Secretary P.K. Mishra were on Tuesday accorded…