On December 27, 2022, the Government of India (GoI), the Government of Manipur and the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF), a Manipur-based insurgent group, signed a tripartite peace agreement. As per the agreement, the ZUF has agreed to give up violence and join the peaceful democratic process. Manipur Chief Minister (CM), Nongthombam Biren Singh noted.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched the Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s new mass outreach campaign and an online app to reach out to the maximum number of voters ahead of the upcoming panchayat elections in the state.
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday directed that the deployment of specialist doctors, functioning of medical equipment and proper availability of paramedical staff should be thoroughly scrutinized in all the hospitals under the Health Department or Medical Education Department.
Jammu/UNI: A blast near the site of a firing incident took place on Monday in which five persons suffered injuries while a minor was killed in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu: A blast near the site of firing incident took place on Monday in which five persons suffered injuries while a minor was killed in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Union Finance Minister and Congress veteran, P Chidambaram, has accepted the Supreme Court's judgement favouring the Centre's demonetisation move but also noted the minority judgement's pointing out the "illegality and irregularity" in the step.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court's verdict favouring the Modi government's 2016 demonetisation move was a "message for the opposition not to lean on the judiciary to settle political scores", said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s national executive member Amit Malviya on Monday.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday backed the Narendra Modi government's controversial 2016 demonetisation move, in a setback for the opposition parties that have been targeting the Centre over the step for years.
Kolkata/IBNS: In the backdrop of the massive corruption allegations on various fronts, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Monday launch her party Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s new campaign ahead of the crucial panchayat polls in the state.
Jiribam: Barak Museum and Library in Assam recently organized the two-day-long Barak Cultural Festival 2022 at Barak Museum Complex in Bantarapur.
Palin: NABARD General Manager Partho Saha recently inaugurated the rural mart supported by the NABARD in Palin region of Arunachal Pradesh.
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women has written to the Delhi Police Commissioner over the death of a woman who was killed after being hit by a car and dragged for nearly seven kilometres in outer Delhi's Sultanpuri, media reports said.
Jammu: Two persons were killed and four others injured in an incident of mysterious firing on Sunday in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Guntur: Close on the heels of a stampede at Kandukur town in Nellore district four days ago in which 8 persons killed in Chandrababu Naidu’s road-show, in a similar stampede incident, three women were killed and two injured after Naidu addressed them here on Sunday.
Srinagar: A civilian was injured in a grenade blast in Srinagar’s old city on Sunday evening, police said.
New Delhi: Several Jain community members demonstrated in New Delhi on Sunday against the Jharkhand government's decision to declare Sammed Shikharji as a tourist spot.
Srinagar: A suspected militant snatched a rifle from a Central Reserve Police Force in Jammu and Kashmir Pulwama district, official sources said.
Nashik: At least one person died and 19 others were hurt as a fire broke out at a factory in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Sunday, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha assumed command of the Indian Air Force’s Western Air Command on 01 January 2023, according to an IAF press communique.
Bhubaneswar: The missing Russian man, who was being searched by the Odisha Police, after being spotted at the Bhubaneswar railway station, has been detained by Government Railway Police (GRP).
Chandigarh/IBNS: The Chandigarh Police Sunday registered a sexual harassment and criminal intimidation case against Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh, based on a complaint by a junior athletics coach on Friday.
Nainital (Uttarakhand): Thousands of families living in the unauthorised colonies near Haldwani railway station will have to vacate their homes following a Uttarakhand High Court ruling, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: A fire at the old age home in South Delhi’s Greater Kailash II killed two inmates and injured 13 others, media reports said.
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday referred to Amruta Fadnavis' 'father of new India' remark to take a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked what the "new father of new India has done for the nation?"
The world is ringing into the New Year under the shadow of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus, though the year that passed was a positive one in terms of battling the virus amid more coverage of vaccination and reopening of business and travel worldwide. IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra looks back at some of the major events of the year:
Bengaluru: A contractor in Karnataka Tumakuru district, about 70 km from the capital Bengaluru, committed suicide on Thursday, once again triggering allegations of corruption against the Basavaraj Bommai-led government ahead of the big elections next year, media reports said.
Bhubaneswar: Even as the mystery surrounding the deaths of two Russians, including a lawmaker known to be a Putin critic, in an Odisha hotel is waiting to be unravelled, police are searching for another Russian, a self-proclaimed anti-Ukraine War activist, media reported.
Navsari (Gujarat)/IBNS: As many as nine people were killed and 32 others injured in a collision between a bus and SUV in Gujarat’s Navsari in the wee hours of Saturday, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: In a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday called the ruling party his "guru" as "they train me on what not to be done".
Srinagar: An extension wall of the house of a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant believed to be based in Pakistan allegedly built on government land in the Liver Pahalgam area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district was demolished by authorities on Saturday, officials said.
