Hyderabad, April 14 (UNI) Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao along with BR Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar on Friday unveiled the 125-feet tall statue of Bharat Ratna Dr B R Ambedkar on the banks of Hussainsagar, near the new Secretariat complex here on the occasion of the latter's 132nd birth anniversary.
Bengaluru, Apr 14 (UNI) Disgruntled BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi is all set to join Congress party after the saffron party denied him ticket to contest from Athani in May 10 assembly election in Karnataka.
New Delhi, Apr 14 (UNI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he will definitely go as Goa police has asked him to appear before it on April 27 over alleged defacement of public property.
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was one of the many Indian politicians who on Friday paid tribute to Father of Indian Constitution BR Ambedar on his 132nd birth anniversary.
New Delhi/Maputo/UNI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is on a visit to Mozambique, said the time-tested and historic relationship with Mozambique is expanding and both sides are ready to take it to the next level.
New Delhi/UNI: President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders on Friday paid floral tributes to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedakar a social reformer, and the architect of India's Constitution, on his birth anniversary at Parliament House lawn in New Delhi.
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of projects worth Rs 14,300 crore during his visit to Assam today.
Bhopal/IBNS: An 11-year-old boy was allegedly beaten, made to strip off his clothes and then forced to chant religious slogans in a disturbing incident in Madhya Pradesh's Indore.
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday spoke on the phone with his UK counterpart Rishi Sunak during which he raised the issue of the vandalization of the Indian High Commission in London by pro-Khalistani supporters and called for strong action by the UK government against anti-India elements.
New Delhi/IBNS: Veteran Maharashtra politician and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday amid efforts of opposition unity ahead of the 2024 general elections.
Bengaluru/IBNS: The Supreme Court Thursday put on hold the Karnataka government's decision to scrap a four per cent quota for the Muslim community in government jobs and education, and divide the same among the two dominant Hindu communities just ahead of state assembly elections.
Lucknow: Asad Ahmed, son of Atiq Ahmed and an accused in the Umesh Pal murder case, who was killed in an encounter in Jhansi today, had changed six cities and 10 SIM cards to evade arrest. However, the UP Police had been chasing him and keeping track of his whereabouts, media reported.
New Delhi/IBNS: India Thursday rebuffed Pakistan’s objections to New Delhi hosting G20 events in Srinagar and Leh, stating that holding G20 events in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is very natural as they are an integral and inalienable part of India.
New Delhi/IBNS: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy is the richest Indian Chief Minister while his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee is the poorest, a report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has claimed.
Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) top leader Amit Shah will be addressing a mega rally in West Bengal's Siuri on Saturday ahead of the upcoming high-pitched panchayat elections in the state.
Forces that indulged in cross-border terrorism against India for decades now know this is a “new India” which will give them a reply, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, media reported.
Lucknow/IBNS: Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav has accused the Uttar Pradesh government of conducting a fake encounter to kill the son of jailed gangster politician Atiq Ahmad to divert attention from real issues plaguing the state.
Delhi: Uttar Pradesh's Kunda MLA Kunwar Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya has filed for divorce accusing his wife Bhanvi Kumari of mental cruelty and desertion, media reports said.
Jhansi/UNI: Asad, son of mafia-turned politician Atique Ahmed, and Ghulam, who were wanted in advocate Umesl Pal murder case in Prayagraj, were killed in an encounter with Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in Jhansi, police sources said here.
New Delhi/Addis Ababa/UNI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday made a short visit to the Ethiopian capital during which he held talks with the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia Demeke Mekonnen Hassen.
Mansa/UNI: The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered four packets of contraband heroin from the wheat fields near Maharkheva Mansa village in Fazilka district on the international border on the intervening night of April 12-13.
Chikkamagaluru/UNI: BJP MLA MP Kumaraswamy has quit from the primary membership of the party after he was denied a ticket for May 10 assembly election in Karnataka.
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India is the fastest growing economy and the world is seeing it as a "bright spot".
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the AIIMS in Guwahati will boost Assam's health infrastructure and it will also help the entire northeast.
Kolkata/IBNS: In a historic moment, Kolkata Metro Wednesday conducted the first-ever trial run for underwater coaches.
New York: A US federal jury has convicted two executives of Indian origin who worked for a Chicago-based start-up of running a fraudulent scheme worth $1 billion, media reported.
Prayagraj (UP): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is currently conducting searches at over twelve locations in Uttar Pradesh as a part of its investigation into a money laundering case against gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed, who is currently serving life imprisonment in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case, media reported.
Bhatinda (Punjab): The Punjab Police has filed a first information report (FIR) against two unidentified men in the Bhatinda military station firing on Wednesday, media reports said.
Chandigarh: Punjab Police has promised to give a "suitable" reward to anyone who provides information about Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh’s whereabouts.
Srinagar: The security forces are engaged in an intense gun battle with militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said.
