18 dead in Pune chemical factory fire
Jun 08, 2021, at 02:27 am
Pune/IBNS: At least eighteen employees of a chemical factory in Maharashtra's Pune have been killed in a massive fire.
Former Prasar Bharti CEO Jawhar Sircar shares PM Modi's fake image, draws flak on Twitter
Jun 08, 2021, at 02:12 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A photoshopped picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi bowing to Nita Ambani, wife of Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani, has gone viral and even former Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar went on to share the image on his Twitter handle.
Sri Lanka mandates institutional quarantine for people coming from India, other countries
Jun 08, 2021, at 01:37 am
Sri Lanka tightened border control further in the wake of the prevalence of fast-spreading variants in several countries, including India, and made institutional quarantine mandatory for people coming from certain countries.
Assam: 3000 people affect in first wave of flood in Lakhimpur district
Jun 08, 2021, at 01:31 am
Guwahati: More than 3000 people have been affected by the first wave of flood in Assam’s Lakhimpur district.
Assam Rifles to pay Rs 10 lakh to family of Manipur’s shooting victim as compensation
Jun 08, 2021, at 01:27 am
Guwahati: Assam Rifles will pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh on humanitarian grounds to the family of a villager in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district who was allegedly shot dead by paramilitary force.
TMC's plan of going national will be different from past: Abhishek Banerjee
Jun 08, 2021, at 01:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Within 48 hours after getting appointed as the party's National General Secretary, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday affirmed his plan to go national with more concentration than what was witnessed in the past.
Assam Rifles recover one AK-56 rifle, other arms in Mizoram
Jun 08, 2021, at 12:34 am
Guwahati: In a major success in its crusade against smuggling activities, the Serchhip Battalion of HQ 23 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarter Inspector General Assam Rifles (East) recovered one AK-56 Rifle with three empty magazines, one 9mm pistol in jungle area of Zote in Mizoram on Monday.
Jun 07, 2021, at 11:18 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Monday addressed the nation, which is fighting a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and announced the Centre will procure 75 percent of the total vaccine production from manufacturers and give it free of cost to the state governments and will also bear the responsibility of 25 percent of the work related to vaccination with the states.
Narendra Modi addresses nation
Jun 07, 2021, at 10:35 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi is currently addressing the nation on Monday.
Jammu and Kashmir: IED detected, defused in Tral
Jun 07, 2021, at 10:29 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Security forces on Monday averted a major tragedy by detecting and defusing an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Tral in south Kashmir district of Pulwama.
West Bengal state board exams for class 10, 12 cancelled due to COVID-19: CM Mamata Banerjee
Jun 07, 2021, at 09:07 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Prioritizing students' safety, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced the cancellation of state board exams for class 10 (Madhyamik/Secondary) and class 12 (Higher Secondary-HS) for academic year 2020-21 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
PM Modi to address nation at 5 pm today
Jun 07, 2021, at 07:14 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 5 pm on Monday.
COVID-19: Delhi to vaccinate people at polling centres, announces CM Kejriwal
Jun 07, 2021, at 07:04 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a significant step to inoculate people in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced his government will launch a door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination campaign after fewer people aged 45 or more turned up to the jabbing centres.
Harbhajan Singh pays tribute to Khalistani terrorist Bhindranwale, draws flak
Jun 07, 2021, at 05:48 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh drew massive flak from netizens after he paid tribute to Khalistani terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and others who were killed inside Golden Temple in Operation Blue Star conducted in 1984, media reports said.
Mahua Moitra trades nepotism charge on Jagdeep Dhankhar, Bengal Guv denies
Jun 07, 2021, at 05:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentarian Mahua Moitra has locked horns with West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar accusing him of encouraging nepotism to only get her claims rejected by the latter.
COVID-19: Maharashtra records 12,557 fresh cases, 233 deaths
Jun 07, 2021, at 03:59 am
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra on Sunday reported 12,557 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the total case tally up to 58,31,781 as per the latest health bulletin from the state government.
Indian Coast Guard conducts successful swift medical evacuation off Goa
Jun 07, 2021, at 03:08 am
Panaji/UNI: Indian Coast Guard (ICG) successfully conducted a swift sea-air coordinated medical evacuation off Goa on Sunday.
Jammu and Kashmir: DDC Chairperson, former Minister, Director SKIMS call on Lt Governor in Srinagar
Jun 07, 2021, at 02:36 am
Srinagar: Nuzhat Ishfaq, Chairperson, District Development Council, Ganderbal today called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan.
Jammu and Kashmir: NIT Srinagar hosts virtual lecture on ‘Role of data analytics in marketing’
Jun 07, 2021, at 02:21 am
Srinagar: Department of Humanities Social Science and Management (HSS &M), National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar on Friday organised virtual lecture on ‘Role of data analytics in marketing’ and it was hosted by Khalid Wani, Director, Western Digital (WD) leading global data storage brand in India.
Jammu and Kashmir: Fisheries Deptt stocks fish seed in Dal
Jun 07, 2021, at 02:02 am
Srinagar: Director Fisheries Bashir Ahmad Bhat on Thursday launched a drive to stock live fish seed in the Dal Lake to maintain fish biomass.
CJ Mithal releases JKLSA newsletter ‘Endeavour’ in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Jun 07, 2021, at 01:12 am
Srinagar: Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal today released newsletter of J&K Legal Services Authority (JKLSA) titled “Endeavour” at Srinagar wing of the High Court.Executive Chairman, JKLSA, Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey was present on the occasion, while various other judges of the High Court besides others participated through virtual mode.
Jammu and Kashmir: Mysterious blast hits Pulwama, 7 hurt
Jun 07, 2021, at 12:54 am
Srinagar/UNI: Seven people were on Sunday injured in a mysterious blast in south Kashmir district of Pulwama, official sources said.
Jammu and Kashmir HC sanctions financial aid to legal heirs of 5 deceased advocates
Jun 07, 2021, at 12:48 am
Srinagar: J&K High Court has sanctioned financial aid of Rs 4 lakh each to the widows of two young advocates who died of Covid-19 during the second wave.
Government distributes 46000 Covid care kits among patients in home isolation in Jammu and Kashmir
Jun 07, 2021, at 12:20 am
Srinagar: With a view to ensure proper monitoring of Covid-19 positive patients in home isolation, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has distributed close to 46000 Covid management kits among coronavirus infected patients in the Union Territory.
Five held in connection with extortion in Nagaland's Tuensang
Jun 06, 2021, at 10:39 pm
Kohima: Police apprehended five persons in connection with extortion case in Nagaland's Tuensang district.
Jun 06, 2021, at 09:52 pm
Delhi/IBNS: The Malyali nurses union in Delhi has demanded a written apology and "serious action" against those responsible for issuing a circular in Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER) barring nurses from speaking in Malayalam and only use English or Hindi, media reports said.
Central team visits West Bengal to access the damage caused by Cyclone Yaas
Jun 06, 2021, at 09:46 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Centre on Sunday dispatched an inter- Ministerial team, headed by a Union Home Ministry’s Joint Secretary level officer to West Bengal to access the damage caused by the recent Cyclone Yaas, a Home Ministry official confirmed here on Sunday.
BJP UP in charge meets Guv Anandiben Patel amid speculations of cabinet expansion
Jun 06, 2021, at 08:34 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Uttar Pradesh in-charge Radha Mohan Singh met Governor Anandiben Patel on Sunday morning amid speculations of state cabinet's expansion ahead of assembly election next year, said media reports.
93 ex-civil servants write to PM Modi opposing decisions of Lakshadweep administrator
Jun 06, 2021, at 07:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: As many as 93 retired civil servants have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against Lakshadweep administrator Praful Patel's decisions, calling them "disturbing developments".
BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, his brother booked for stealing relief material
Jun 06, 2021, at 04:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A case has been registered against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari and his brother for allegedly stealing relief material worth several lakhs from a municipality office in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district, media reports said.