Archive Detail
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NRC in Assam: Re-verification sought by | New Delhi, July 20 (TIWN) After nearly 41 lakh people in Assam were left out of the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC), about 25 lakh people have sent a petition to the Centre for re-verification and it is under the consideration of the Union Home Ministry. | 20-Jul-2019 |
Home Ministry working to expand scope of | New Delhi, July 20 (TIWN) While the finalization of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is at an advance stage in Assam, the Home Ministry is working on modalities to implement across the country the exercise to identify illegal immigrants for deportation. | 20-Jul-2019 |
Kerala CM wants SC judgments in Malayala | Thiruvananthapuram, July 20 (TIWN) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday wrote to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad requesting that all Supreme Court judgments should be made available in Malayalam also. | 19-Jul-2019 |
ED attaches assets of company in CWG sca | New Delhi, July 19 (TIWN) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached assets worth Rs 1.43 crore of Sweka Powertech Engineering Pvt Ltd in connection with the Commonwealth Games of 2010. | 19-Jul-2019 |
Karnataka CM moves SC, says Governor int | New Delhi, July 19 (TIWN) Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking clarification on its July 17 order which permitted 15 rebel MLAs to opt out of the House and said the Governor was interfering in the conduct of the trust vote. | 19-Jul-2019 |
Flood-like situation hits Sangrur villag | Sangrur, July 19 (TIWN) Flood-like situations are prevailing in at least 12 villages in Punjab's Sangrur district after an embankment of the swollen Ghaggar river collapsed, damaging the newly planted paddy crop in over 4,000 acres of land, officials said on Friday. | 19-Jul-2019 |
Priyanka Gandhi who visited UP to meet S | Agartala, July 19 (TIWN) Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been detained near UP's Mirzapur on her way to Sonbhadra, where Section 144 has been imposed, to meet the families of those killed in firing over a land dispute. The Congress leader sat on the road during a dharna with her supporters and was soon taken into preventive custody. Refusing to back down, Gandhi told reporters, “We won't be cowed down. We were only going peacefully to meet the victims’ families. I don't know where they are taking me. We are ready to go anywhere.†| 19-Jul-2019 |
Mamata using statue politics to save bas | Kolkata, July 18 (TIWN) The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has gone on a statue-building spree, starting with the reinstatement of the vandalised bust of 19th-century reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar a month ago. Statues of other Bengali icons will be erected at some of the other educational institutions in Kolkata. | 18-Jul-2019 |
IT attaches property of Mayawati's broth | New Delhi, July 18 (TIWN) The Income Tax Department said on Thursday it has attached a benami commercial plot in Noida worth Rs 400 crore belonging to BSP chief Mayawati's brother Anand Kumar and his wife ahead of by-elections in Uttar Pradesh. | 18-Jul-2019 |
Chandrayaan-2 launch rescheduled for Jul | Chennai, July 18 (TIWN) The Indian space agency on Thursday announced that the launch date for its ambitious second Moon landing mission Chandrayaan-2 has been rescheduled for July 22, seven days after the ambitious launch by ISRO had to be aborted an hour before the lift off. | 18-Jul-2019 |
Delhi-Amritsar-Birmingham flight to rest | Chandigarh, July 18 (TIWN) Union Minister Som Parkash on Thursday hailed the restoration of tri-weekly Delhi-Amritsar-Birmingham Air India flight after Pakistan opened its airspace for civilian planes. | 18-Jul-2019 |
1 killed, 9 injured in J&K road accident | sJammu, July 18 (TIWN) One person was killed and nine others injured on Thursday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, police said. | 18-Jul-2019 |
Scindia leaves palace, interacts with pa | Gwalior, July 17 (IANS) Signalling a change in attitude, senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia for the first time interacted with party workers at the Congress office here on Wednesday, and not in his palace. | 17-Jul-2019 |
Congress says SC ruling on Karnataka cri | New Delhi, July 17 (TIWN) The Congress on Wednesday described the Supreme Court order stating that 15 party Karnataka MLAs who have tendered their resignation cannot be compelled to participate in the proceedings of the House as a "terrible judicial precedent". | 17-Jul-2019 |
Mumbai Police arrests Chota Shakeel aide | Mumbai, July 17 (TIWN) In a major boost to the investigation against underworld dons Chota Shakeel and Dawood Ibrahim, the Mumbai Police arrested Afroz Wadariya aka Ahmed Raza here, officials said. | 17-Jul-2019 |
15 Karnataka rebel MLAs to skip assembly | Bengaluru, July 17 (TIWN) Buoyed by the Supreme Court's favourable order on their joint petitions to abstain from the Assembly, 15 Karnataka rebel legislators of the ruling Congress-JD-S allies said on Wednesday they would not attend the session on Thursday (July 18) for the trust vote by beleaguered Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy. | 17-Jul-2019 |
20-year-old case against Yogi dismissed | Lucknow, July 17 (TIWN) A special court has given a major relief to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a 20-year-old murder case as it dismissed the case. | 17-Jul-2019 |
IGAR (East) celebrates 7th Rising Day | Agartala, July 16 (TIWN): Inspector General of Assam Rifles (East) today celebrated its 7th Raising Day at Srikona, Assam. It was raised on 16 July 2012 at Shillong and moved to Srikona in Assam. | 16-Jul-2019 |
Tripura Flood : Social organization â | AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): In a humanitarian gesture, ‘Natun Alor Pathe’ a Social Organisation of Bhati Abhoynagar, Biterban have distributed food. | 16-Jul-2019 |
Action against 836 officers in housing s | Bhubaneswar, July 16 (TIWN) Action has been taken against 836 officers for their alleged involvement in corruption under various housing schemes in Odisha in last two years, said a minister on Tuesday. | 16-Jul-2019 |
2 dead, around 18000 homeless in Tripura | AGARTALA, July 15 (TIWN) : Devastating flood continues to impel people to relief camps in Northeast state Tripura, one of the most suffered states in flood. | 15-Jul-2019 |
Rain fury on in Tripura, Mizoram, 22,000 | Agartala, July 15 (TIWN) Over 22,000 people have been shifted to relief camps and other safer places in Tripura and Mizoram due to flooding of low-lying areas and villages by uninterrupted rains over the past three days, officials said on Monday. | 15-Jul-2019 |
13 Assam Rifles troopers killed in Himac | Shimla, July 15 (TIWN) Thirteen soldiers and a civilian were killed and 28 others rescued after a four-storey "unsafe" building in Himachal Pradesh's Kumarhatti town where Assam Rifles troopers were holding a party collapsed due to rain, officials said on Monday. | 15-Jul-2019 |
SC agrees to hear 6 more rebel Karnataka | New Delhi, July 15 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear impleadment plea of five more rebel Karnataka legislators against Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar's decision to not accept their resignations. | 15-Jul-2019 |
Sidhu sends resignation to CM Amarinder | Chandigarh, July 15 (TIWN) Ending suspense, Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday said he sent his resignation to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. | 15-Jul-2019 |
1 dead, 11 soldiers still trapped in Him | Shimla, July 15 (TIWN) A soldier and a civilian were killed and 11 other soldiers and seven civilians were still trapped after a four-storey building collapsed due to rain at Kumarhatti town of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. | 14-Jul-2019 |
Sidhu resigns as Punjab minister, sends | Chandigarh, July 14 (TIWN) The rift between Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his Cabinet colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu deepened on Sunday, when the latter resigned as Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy Sources, the portfolios he had not taken charge of. | 14-Jul-2019 |
Countdown for Chandrayaan-2 lift-off pro | Chennai, July 14 (TIWN) The 20-hour countdown for the July 15 early morning lift-off of India's heavy rocket nicknamed 'Bahubali' carrying the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is progressing smoothly, Indian space agency officials said. | 14-Jul-2019 |
10 rescued, 20 trapped in Himachal build | Shimla, July 14 (TIWN) At least 10 people were pulled out from the debris while 20 were still trapped inside after a roadside three-storey eatery caved in owing to heavy rains in Kumarhatti in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district on Sunday. | 14-Jul-2019 |
TN Islamist terror group bust: NIA arres | New Delhi, July 14 (TIWN) After busting terror gang Ansarulla in Tamil Nadu, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two people for their alleged links to the group that seeks to establish Islamic rule in India. | 14-Jul-2019 |
Over 1.73 lakh perform Amarnath Yatra in | Jammu, July 14 (TIWN) Another batch of pilgrims left Jammu on Sunday for the Valley as over 1.73 lakh Yatris performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra during the last 13 days. | 13-Jul-2019 |
Bihar fears floods as heavy rains swell | Patna, July 13 (TIWN) After drought-like situation till last week, Bihar now fears floods as the water levels of several rivers have been rising following heavy rains in the past six days. | 13-Jul-2019 |
Karnataka drama: 5 more Congress rebels | Bengaluru, July 13 (TIWN) Five more Karnataka Congress rebel legislators are set to petition the Supreme Court asking it to direct Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar to accept their resignations, sources said on Saturday. | 13-Jul-2019 |
3 Congress rebels, one BJP MLA sworn in | Panaji, July 13 (TIWN) Congress rebels Chandrakant Kavlekar, Jennifer Monserrate and Filipe Nery Rodrigues were sworn in as Ministers in the Goa Cabinet on Saturday. | 13-Jul-2019 |
Wild tuskers continue to roam in UP, for | Bareilly, July 13 (TIWN) Two wild tuskers, who crossed over into Uttar Pradesh from Nepal last month, were continuing to roam there, sending forest and wildlife experts on a wild goose chase. | 13-Jul-2019 |
Tension mounts in eastern UP over conver | Lucknow, July 13 (TIWN) Tensions were building in the rural interiors of eastern Uttar Pradesh between fringe Hindu outfits and Christians over the issue of conversion. | 13-Jul-2019 |
Lalu Prasad gets bail in fodder scam cas | Ranchi, July 12 (TIWN) The Jharkhand High Court on Friday gave bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad in a fodder scam case related to fraudulent withdrawal of funds from the Deoghar treasury. However, he will remain in jail in two other cases related to the scam. | 12-Jul-2019 |
Congress is BJP's supply agency: Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram, July 12 (TIWN) Commenting on the sudden flow of Congress leaders into the BJP, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said this was evidence of what the CPI-M had always said that the Congress could not be trusted. | 12-Jul-2019 |
Protests in Bihar after custodial death | Patna, July 12 (TIWN) Angry over the death of a ruling Dalit Janata Dal-United leader in police custody in Nalanda district, hundreds of people in Bihar staged violent protests demanding action against erring police officials. | 12-Jul-2019 |
Court summons 3 Delhi MLAs in defamation | New Delhi, July 12 (TIWN) A Special MP-MLA court on Friday summoned BJP MLAs Vijender Gupta, Manjinder Singh Sirsa and Kapil Misra as accused in a defamation complaint filed by Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain. | 12-Jul-2019 |
Restrictions imposed in Srinagar | Srinagar, July 12 (TIWN) Authorities imposed restrictions in an area in Srinagar on Friday to prevent separatist protests on the death anniversary of a local militant. | 12-Jul-2019 |
Farmer’s death under Tractor : St | AGARTALA, July 11 (TIWN): A farmer has died pathetically in Tripura while working in paddy field after he met an accident with his own tractor. Today, Agriculture Minister Pranajit Singha Roy has visited the victim’s home and initially Rs. 1 lakh has been given. | 11-Jul-2019 |
Body of drowned PaK boy handed over to P | New Delhi, July 11 (TIWN): Authorities on Thursday handed over the body of an eight-year-old of Pakistan-administered Kashmir boy whose body was fished out of Kishenganga river in Gurez valley of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. | 11-Jul-2019 |
Government invites fresh bids to sell Pa | Mumbai, July 11 (TIWN) After previous unsuccessful attempts to sell the country's biggest public sector helicopter operator, Pawan Hans Ltd (PHL), the government on Thursday invited fresh bids for offloading its stake in the company. | 11-Jul-2019 |
Congress national media coordinator resi | New Delhi, July 11 (TIWN) Amid a leadership vacuum in the Congress, its national media coordinator Rachit Seth on Thursday resigned from the post saying there was no meaning holding any post after Rahul Gandhi quit as President. | 11-Jul-2019 |
Kolkata fan dies after MS Dhoni gets out | KOLKATA, June 11 (TIWN): Cycle shopowner Srikanta Maity (33) collapsed in his shop immediately after MS Dhoni got out on Wednesday. | 11-Jul-2019 |
Shortage of nearly 1,500 IAS officers in | New Delhi, July 11 (TIWN) There is a shortage of around 1,500 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, Parliament was told on Wednesday. | 10-Jul-2019 |
Congress government changed names of BJP | Jaipur, July 10 (TIWN) Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday accused the Congress government of simply changing names of schemes introduced by the previous BJP government and of bringing nothing new in the state Budget. | 10-Jul-2019 |
My relationship with Amethi is personal: | Amethi, July 10 (TIWN) Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday made an impassioned appeal to the people that he would never sever his ties with Amethi, the consituency he lost to BJP's Smriti Irani in the recent Lok Sabha elections. | 10-Jul-2019 |
CBI raids 12 places in UP over illegal m | Lucknow, July 10 (TIWN) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday searched 12 premises in Uttar Pradesh in two separate cases related to illegal mining. | 10-Jul-2019 |