Bengaluru: The Congress government in Karnataka on Saturday completed the process of cabinet expansion by finalising names for 24 cabinet berths, sans turncoats Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi, who helped tilt Lingayat vote bank in favour of the ruling party by quitting BJP.
Srinagar , May 27 (UNI) Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir are divided over the National Investigation Agency (NIA) approaching the Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for the Kashmiri separatist leader and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik.
Kolhapur: Mumbai police on Saturday arrested a man in Chanderai village in Ratnagiri district for threatening Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Kirit Somayya through social media.
Kolkata/Egra/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday visited the Khadikul village under the Sahara Panchayat Area at Egra in East Midnapore district where eleven people lost their lives in a gruesome explosion at an illegal firecracker factory on May 16.
Imphal/UNI: Army and Assam Rifles have launched large scale combing operations in vulnerable flash points in the state as armed persons burnt houses and attacked people in the valley areas.
New Delhi/IBNS: Seven Chief Ministers- who are all from the Opposition camp- are skipping the Centre's key NITI Aayog meeting which is chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, media reports said.
New Delhi/UNI: Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ will be on an official visit to India from May 31 to June 3, on his first bilateral visit abroad after assuming office in December last year.
Srinagar: A suspected militant associate of Laskhar-e-Taiba was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said.
New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is contemplating both criminal and disciplinary penalties against two candidates accused of falsely claiming selection in the recently declared civil services examination results.
New Delhi/IBNS: A Delhi court Friday granted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi permission to get a regular passport for three years after he lost the privileges of being an MP following his disqualification from Parliament.
Kolkata/Salboni/IBNS: The agitation by the Kurmi community demanding ST status and inclusion of their language in the eighth schedule of the Constitution turned violent on Friday at Salboni in Jhargram district in West Bengal on Friday.
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on Friday alleged that the nine years of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre was high on promises and low on delivery.
Hyderabad/IBNS/UNI: Telangana state Shiv Sena party President Sinkaru Sivaji on Friday said that the party’s state office will be set up in Hyderabad soon.
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday announced his decision to ‘boycott’ the upcoming NITI Aayog meeting in protest against a recent ordinance imposed by the Centre.
New Delhi/UNI: Congress on Friday launched a scathing attack at the BJP-led NDA government on the completion of its nine years at the Centre, saying the ruling dispensation should organise "mahotsav" (festival) of its "nakami" (failure).
Srinagar: Four residents of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district have been booked under stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) for their alleged anti-national activities, police said.
Bengaluru/UNI: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Friday said the schools have the right to decide on uniforms and dismissed it as a curb on individual liberty.
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court in its order on Friday refused to entertain a PIL filed by a lawyer seeking a direction to the Central Government to invite President Droupadi Murmu to the inauguration of the new Parliament building on May 28.
New Delhi/Washington/UNI: India and the US held the Inaugural India-US Advanced Domains Defense Dialogue in New Delhi on May 22, for strengthening the defense partnership in new areas including space and Artificial Intelligence.
New Delhi/UNI: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah met Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi here on Friday.
New Delhi/UNI: Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) president J P Nadda on Friday slammed the opposition parties for not attending the inauguration of the new Parliament building and said, "Elitist mindsets of dynasts are preventing them from logical thinking."
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday ruled the probe agencies, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED), can go on with their quizzing of Trinamool Congress MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday granted an interim bail to ailing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain for six weeks, a day after he was admitted to hospital, media reports said.
Chikkballapur: A group of Muslim men thrashed a Hindu man for having snacks with a Muslim woman at a food joint in Karnataka's Chikkballapur city on Thursday.
Guwahati/IBNS: Asserting that Narendra Modi will become the Prime Minister for the third consecutive term after the general elections next year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday claimed that the opposition Congress will not be able to even bag its present number of seats in the Lok Sabha.
Guwahati/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday appealed for peace in Manipur and said he would visit the northeastern state soon and interact with people of both ethnic communities involved in the ongoing violence.
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: IPS officer Praveen Sood took over as the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday.
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of the abduction, sexual assault, and murder of over 30 minors between 2008 and 2015, media reports said.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually flagged off first semi-high-speed Vande Bharat train between Uttarakhand's capital Dehradun and national capital Delhi.
New Delhi/Washington: Processing Indian visas is a top priority for Washington, and their consular teams in India have been making a huge push to process the visas, the United States said on Thursday.
