Author: TNI Team

  RANCHI: Days after the National Commission for Protection Of Child Rights (NCPCR) condemned Jharkhand Police’s inaction in the gruesome incident of abduction and rape of a minor in Jharkhand, the state police finally registered a case in the matter on Friday. NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo, who visited the shelter home – Khushi Rainbow Home […]

  LUCKNOW: Amid a raging political controversy over the use of loudspeakers at places of worship in Maharashtra, the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday said it had removed nearly 22,000 unauthorised loudspeakers across the state. As per data released by the UP government, 21,963 loudspeakers were uninstalled from religious sites of worship till Thursday evening. […]

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that Pakistan has “no locus standi” to comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Jammu and Kashmir. The MEA’s response came after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had termed PM Modi’s recent visit to Jammu as “staged”. “I do not understand the word […]

NEW DELHI: UK Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan hoped that the Free Trade Agreement with India would be readied by Diwali. Trevelyan was replying to a query about the timeline announced by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson during his visit to India last week at a House of Commons International Trade Committee […]

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Home Affairs handed over last week’s Sunjwan terror attack case to National Investigation Agency, sources said on Thursday. The case relates to the terror attack on a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) bus and the subsequent encounter in the Sunjwan area on the outskirts of the city on Friday. While […]

NEW DELHI: Despite the European Union (EU) asking energy companies not to comply with Russia’s demand to be paid in rubles for its natural gas, four European gas buyers have reportedly paid in rubles as President Vladimir Putin demanded. In a report published in Bloomberg, a person close to Russian gas giant Gazprom had opined […]

MUMBAI: Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia unleashed explosive cameos on Wednesday to steer Gujarat Titans to five-wicket win in a last-ball humdinger against Sunrisers Hyderabad. With this victory, Gujarat have reached the top of the Points Table with seven wins in eight matches. Chasing 196, Gujarat needed 22 runs off the last over and Tewatia […]

NEW DELHI: With an eye on enhancing bilateral cooperation with its neighbours, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will begin a three-day visit to Bangladesh and Bhutan on Thursday. Dr Jaishankar is slated to meet Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and his counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen tomorrow in Dhaka, MEA said on Wednesday. The […]

  NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, was sworn in as the youngest foreign minister of the Islamic country on Wednesday. Bhutto-Zardari, 33, is the son of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated in 2007, and grandson of another former Pakistan Prime Minister late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. An Oxford graduate, […]

NEW DELHI: The head coach of Delhi Capitals Ricky Ponting on Wednesday revealed he is relieved and elated to be back after completing the 5-day isolation. The 47-year-old had to isolate himself after one of his family members tested positive for COVID-19. According to the Delhi franchise, though he tested negative, he was isolated as […]