No mixing of vaccines, or single dose of Covishield yet: Centre
Jun 02, 2021, at 01:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Tuesday rejected claims that it could allow mixing of vaccines and reduce the Covishield vaccine schedule to a single shot, after unofficial sources informed media about the key pointers of such a plan, eliciting resistance from the medical community.
Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital doctors protest against Ramdev
Jun 02, 2021, at 12:08 am
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital's Resident Doctor Association (RDA) on Tuesday protested against the alleged derogatory comments made by Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on the allopathic medicine.
Lieutenant General Pradeep Chandran Nair takes charge as Director General Assam Rifles
Jun 01, 2021, at 11:37 pm
New Delhi: Lieutenant General Pradeep Chandran Nair, AtiVishishtSeva Medal (AVSM), YudhSeva Medal (YSM) took over as the 21st Director General of the Assam Rifles (popularly known as Sentinels of the North-East) on 1st June 2021.
Lieutenant General Manoj Pande, AVSM, VSM takes over Eastern Command
Jun 01, 2021, at 11:34 pm
New Delhi: Lieutenant General Manoj Pande, AtiVishishtSeva Medal, VishishtSeva Medal, took over the reins of Eastern Command as its General Officer Commanding-in-Chief on 01 June 2021.
Arvind Kejriwal urges Centre to cancel CBSE Class12 exams
Jun 01, 2021, at 11:24 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday requested the Centre to cancel the upcoming CBSE Class 12 board exams as the students have not been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Rajnath Singh interacts with Peter Dutton, discusses defence cooperation between India and Australia
Jun 01, 2021, at 11:07 pm
New Delhi: Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had a telephonic conversation with Australian Minister for Defence Peter Dutton on Tuesday.
Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh assumes charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
Jun 01, 2021, at 10:57 pm
New Delhi: Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh, AVSM, NM assumed charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff on 01 Jun 2021.
Centre sends show cause notice to retd Bengal CS Alapan Bandyopadhyay for skipping Modi's meeting
Jun 01, 2021, at 08:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The central government on Tuesday served a show cause notice to retired West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay for skipping Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cyclone Yaas review meeting on May 28 at Kalaikunda in the state.
COVID-19 infected Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 'improving clinically'
Jun 01, 2021, at 07:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: COVID-19 infected former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is "improving clinically", a medical bulletin said on Tuesday.
HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank hospitalised with post-COVID-19 complications
Jun 01, 2021, at 07:44 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank was admitted to the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here with post-COVID-19 complications on Tuesday morning, sources said.
TV actor Karan Mehra arrested for allegedly beating wife, gets bail
Jun 01, 2021, at 07:10 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Television actor Karan Mehra was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly beating his wife, Nisha Rawal, media reports said.
Bengal: After Mamata's landslide win, turncoats seek return to TMC from BJP
Jun 01, 2021, at 06:27 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A month after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stormed back to power, several Trinamool Congress (TMC) turncoats, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prior to the state polls, have expressed their desire to return to their former party.
Indian American tech company admits to H1-B visa fraud involving Indians
Jun 01, 2021, at 05:26 pm
An Indian-American technology company has admitted to committing fraud to bring Indians on the coveted H1-B visas to the US, according to a federal prosecutor.
Senior BJP leader in 'feedback' meeting in UP months ahead of Assembly Polls
Jun 01, 2021, at 05:18 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: Months ahead of the next Assembly Elections, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader is on a two-day "feedback" meeting with various ministers and leaders amid the growing murmurs in the organisation over handling of COVID-19 by the Yogi Adityanath government.
India clocks 127,510 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours, 2795 deaths
Jun 01, 2021, at 03:30 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 127,510 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, marking the lowest daily count in the past two months.
Kashmir: Mir Junaid visits Handwara fire scene, appeals for compensation
Jun 01, 2021, at 05:57 am
Jammu Kashmir Workers Party president Mir Junaid on Monday visited the victims of the Handwara fire incident, which occurred on Sunday, and took stock of the losses.
Major IPS reshuffle in West Bengal, 55 senior cops including 52 IPS officials transferred
Jun 01, 2021, at 05:06 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In a major reshuffle of the top brass of the police, the West Bengal government on Monday night transferred 55 senior police officials, including 52 IPS and three WBPS officers, officials said.
Jun 01, 2021, at 04:59 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In view of a dip in Covid cases in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced some relaxation to the ongoing restrictive orders.
Jun 01, 2021, at 04:18 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after the Delhi High Court on Monday rejected a petition seeking suspension of the ongoing construction of the Central Vista Project in the national capital amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Union Minister Hardeep Puri said a false narrative was being propagated over the plan.
Aligarh nurse booked for throwing Covid vaccine loaded syringes in garbage
Jun 01, 2021, at 03:05 am
Aligarh/IBNS: An FIR has been filed against ANM (auxiliary nurse midwife) Niha Khan for throwing away 29 Covid vaccines loaded syringes in the garbage and then marking the beneficiaries as ‘vaccinated' in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.
Alapan Bandyopadhyay retires as Bengal CS, appointed as Mamata's Chief Advisor
May 31, 2021, at 11:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a new turn in the Centre-State row, West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay retired on Monday, snubbing the Narendra Modi government's recall.
CM Arvind Kejriwal says 944 black fungus cases reported in Delhi
May 31, 2021, at 11:11 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said there are 944 cases of black fungus in Delhi.
Six labourers suspected to be trapped in a coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills
May 31, 2021, at 10:43 pm
Guwahati: At least six labourers from Assam are suspected to be trapped in a coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district.
Assam Congress condemns rape of tea garden worker
May 31, 2021, at 08:54 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday strongly condemned the shocking incident of the rape of a woman from the tea garden community while returning home from a hospital after testing COVID-19 negative in Borhaat Nagamaati area of Sonari constituency in Charaideo district.
May 31, 2021, at 08:52 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: COVID-19 outbreak in Assam is still predominantly an urban phenomenon and urban areas are reporting a large number of COVID-19 positive cases.
IFFCO introduced world’s first Nano Urea
May 31, 2021, at 08:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: World’s first Nano Urea Liquid is introduced for the farmers across the world by Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) in the presence of its RGB members in its 50th annual general body meeting held online-offline mode in India.
May 31, 2021, at 08:29 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside a petition seeking suspension of the ongoing construction of the Central Vista Project in the national capital amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bihar extends anti-COVID-19 lockdown till Jun 8
May 31, 2021, at 08:11 pm
Patna/UNI: The lockdown imposed in Bihar to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection was on Monday further extended till Jun 8 in the state.
Major tragedy averted; IED detected, defused in south Kashmir
May 31, 2021, at 08:07 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Security forces on Monday averted a major tragedy by detecting and defusing an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in an orchard in south Kashmir district of Pulwama.
Supreme Court directs tough questions to Centre over COVID-19 vaccination strategy
May 31, 2021, at 08:04 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday directed some tough questions to the central government over its COVID-19 vaccination strategy which is key in the middle of the pandemic.