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Uttar Pradesh: Crowd attacks police team in Rampur

Apr 29, 2020, at 04:14 pm

Rampur/UNI: A crowd attacked a police team after it tried to intercept two motorcycle-borne individuals who were violating the lockdown in the Tanda area of this Uttar Pradesh district.

Bangalore: Fire breaks out at HAL complex

Apr 29, 2020, at 03:33 pm

Bengaluru/UNI: A fire incident was reported inside the premises of the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Wednesday morning.

COVID-19: All hotspots in UP to be sanitised on war footing

Apr 29, 2020, at 03:31 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday decided that all houses that come under COVID-19 hotspot areas would be sanitised in a bid to control the further spread of coronavirus in the state.

Politicians across party lines condole Irrfan Khan 's death

Apr 29, 2020, at 03:13 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Politicians, cutting across party lines, on Wednesday expressed condolences on the passing away of Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan after a prolonged battle with cancer.

Maharashtra and COVID-19: 120 affected in Aurangabad

Apr 29, 2020, at 12:41 pm

Aurangabad,Maharashtra/UNI: With 11 more people infected by the novel coronavirus, the tally rose to 120 here, heath officials said on Wednesday.

BREAKINGNEWS: Actor Irrfan Khan dies in Mumbai hospital

Apr 29, 2020, at 12:16 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan, who was admitted to Mumbai's Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital with a colon infection, died on Wednesday, sources confirmed. He was 53. He left behind his wife Sutapa Sikdar and two children-Babil Khan and Ayan Khan.

Jammu and Kashmir: Two militants killed in encounter with SFs in Shopian, operation underway

Apr 29, 2020, at 11:49 am

Srinagar/UNI: Two militants were killed in an encounter which ensued after Security Forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian, a Defence ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Uttar Pradesh: Road accident injures 11 students in Ayodhya

Apr 29, 2020, at 11:38 am

Ayodhya/UNI: At least 11 students were injured when a bus ferrying around 25 students met with an accident near Bilari village on Prayagraj highway on Wednesday morning.

Jammu And Kashmir: Seven drug peddlers arrested, contraband recovered

Apr 29, 2020, at 11:36 am

Srinagar/UNI: Seven drug peddlers were arrested and huge cache of contraband was recovered from them in three separate places in Kashmir valley, a police official said here on Wednesday.

Bihar: Criminal shot dead in Khagaria

Apr 29, 2020, at 11:30 am

Khagaria/UNI:  A criminal Rajveer Yadav was shot dead at village Badikothiya under police station area here late last night.

Kedarnath temple opens amid Covid-19 lockdown

Apr 29, 2020, at 11:29 am

Kedarnath, Apr 29 (UNI) The gates of Kedarnath temple, the eleventh Jyotirlinga of Lord Shiva in Uttarakhand were opened for the first time on Wednesday morning after a lockdown was imposed to combat the spread of novel coronavirus.

India calls USCIRF's view of religious freedom in India 'misrepresentation'

Apr 28, 2020, at 11:54 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India on Tuesday sharply rejected the critical observations made by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) over violations of religious freedom in the country stating that the 'misrepresentation' by the American government panel has reached new levels.

Won't tolerate: BJP Chief warns after MLA says 'don't buy from Muslim vendors' during COVID-19 lockdown

Apr 28, 2020, at 11:25 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday show caused an Uttar Pradesh MLA, Suresh Tiwari, to explain his comment which warned people against buying vegetables from Muslims vendors during the country-wide lockdown over coronavirus.

PM Modi speaks to Indonesian Prez today over telephone

Apr 28, 2020, at 10:18 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on phone on Tuesday with Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia. 

WB: Lockdown violators attack cops, vandalize police vehicles in Howrah's Covid-19 containment zone Tikiapara

Apr 28, 2020, at 08:48 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Policemen in West Bengal's Howrah were chased and attacked by a large number of locals at a containment zone at Tikiapara area. The incident occurred when cops had reached the scene to disperse lockdown violators on Tuesday evening.

Militant killed in encounter in Kashmir's Shopian

Apr 28, 2020, at 08:23 pm

Srinagar/UNI: A militant was killed on Tuesday in an ongoing encounter which ensued after security forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian.

First COVID-19 casualty in para- military force as CRPF personnel dies of virus infection in Delhi

Apr 28, 2020, at 08:13 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The first casualty reported due to COVID-19 pandemic among the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) follows the death of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel who was admitted to Safdarjung hospital here on Tuesday, the Force’s officials informed.

BSF facilitate medical assistance to villagers along Indo-Bangladesh border

Apr 28, 2020, at 08:00 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Putting medical services back in order at a time when the entire nation is under a lockdown to fight the deadly spread of Covid-19 virus, the Guwahati Frontier, BSF has tied up with District medical health centre for medical assistance to border villages who are facing problems, particularly during medical emergencies.

Fire breaks out in Gangtok's Lal Bazaar; major destruction averted

Apr 28, 2020, at 07:16 pm

Gangtok/UNI: Fire broke out in two shops in city's Lal Bazaar and spread to two other shops around 2.30 pm after the main gates of the market were closed.

Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter breaks out between militants, security forces in Shopian

Apr 28, 2020, at 07:09 pm

Srinagar/UNI: An encounter ensued between militants and security forces in south Kashmir district of Shopian on Tuesday.

Delhi Police thank Bangla Sahib Gurdwara for providing food to poor amid lockdown, Modi responds

Apr 28, 2020, at 04:53 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Drawing a response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Delhi Police have thanked Bangla Sahib Gurdwara for providing food to the poor people amid the anti-Coronavirus lockdown.

After Palghar, 2 sadhus now killed inside Bulandshahr temple of Yogi Adityanath's UP; one arrested

Apr 28, 2020, at 03:37 pm

Bulandshahr/IBNS: Reminding the chilling murder of the saints in Maharashtra's Palghar, two Sadhus (saints) were killed inside a temple in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Monday night, media reports said.

SC pulls up Prashant Bhushan for 'insulting' apex court, its judges

Apr 28, 2020, at 02:07 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan for allegedly insulting the apex court and its judges every time he failed to get desirable verdicts, media reports said.

Pakistan again violates ceasefire, fires unprovoked on LoC in Poonch

Apr 28, 2020, at 01:12 pm

Jammu/UNI: Pakistan troops on Tuesday morning again violated the ceasefire by firing unprovoked along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

IndiaFightsCorona: Secular India overpowers divides among communities

Apr 28, 2020, at 12:41 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: COVID-19 has emerged as the great unifier of the Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and other faiths in India reinforcing the secular credentials of the nation which in recent months had witnessed communal tensions over a citizenship law and protests. 

Maharashtra: 3 booked for beating constable in Pune

Apr 28, 2020, at 12:13 pm

Pune/UNI:  In a shocking incident, a policeman, who was on duty at Kalewadi areas of Pimpri - Chinchwad last night, was allegedly beaten up by a group of three persons. A video of the incident went viral on social media. Police have booked all three persons.

Kharagpur: IIT student allegedly commits suicide in hostel

Apr 28, 2020, at 11:55 am

Kharagpur/UNI: An IIT researcher in the department of Mechanical engineering has allegedly committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling in his hostel on Tuesday, additional police superintendent Kazi Samsuddin Ahmed said.

UP: Dalit youth arrested for murdering two seers in Bulandshahr

Apr 28, 2020, at 11:44 am

Bulandshahr/UNI: A Dalit youth was arrested here on Tuesday or murdering two saints last night, police said.  

Another Kolkata doctor diagnosed with Covid-19 dies

Apr 28, 2020, at 01:08 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Two days after a doctor-cum-senior health official with West Bengal health department diagnosed with Covid-19 died at Salt Lake AMRI hospital, another renowned physician from Kolkata, who had tested positive for the virus, passed away in the same hospital on Monday late night, reports said.

Kerala Chief Minister wants partial lockdown for state till May 15 even as new Covid-19 cases continue to surface

Apr 28, 2020, at 12:57 am

Thiruvananthapuram/ IBNS: Kerala Chief Minister Pianarayi Vijyan has said a partial lockdown till May 15 would be suitable for his  state in a video conference meet with Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.