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Modi, Mamata make Netaji's birth anniversary centre-stage in poll-bound Bengal today | Youth need to take inspiration from young Indian cricket team’s recent victory: PM Modi | Jammu and Kashmir: Pakistan troops violate ceasefire near LoC in Kupwara | West Bengal: Actor Saurav Das joins Trinamool Congress | Rebel Trinamool Congress leader Rajib Banerjee resigns as Bengal Minister | Assam: Speedy bus mow down school student, angry mob damage vehicle | India registers 14,545 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours | Karnataka: Dynamite blast leaves eight dead in Shivamogga, PM Modi pained | TMC accuses BSF of influencing, threatening voters, complains to Election Commission | Pune: 5 killed in fire at Serum Institute's under-construction facility

Kerala needs more oxygen, can't supply to other states: Pinarayi Vijayan writes to PM Modi

May 11, 2021, at 02:58 am

Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, informing that his state cannot spare any further medical oxygen as they have already supplied their buffer stock to neighbouring states and are now left with just 86 metric tonne buffer.

Anti-Covid-19 lockdown extended in Haryana till May 17

May 11, 2021, at 02:37 am

Chandigarh/UNI: Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Monday announced the extension of the anti-Covid-19 lockdown in the state till May 17.

Third consignment of oxygen concentrators, respirators airlifted to India from Israel

May 11, 2021, at 02:32 am

New Delhi: A third consignment of life-saving medical equipment from Israel, including over 1300 oxygen concentrators and 400 respirators, was airlifted to India and arrived in New Delhi last night.

Activist Natasha Narwal gets interim bail after her father dies of Covid-19

May 11, 2021, at 02:26 am

New Delhi/UNI: Activist and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Natasha Narwal was granted a three-week interim bail by the Delhi High Court on Monday to perform the last rites of her father Mahavir Narwal, who passed away during treatment for Covid-19 a day ago.

Kerala director of prison orders to grant parole, bail to prisoners amid Covid cases' spike

May 11, 2021, at 02:06 am

Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Kerala Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services Rishi Raj Singh has directed to grant parole and bail to the prisoners citing the rising number of Covid cases in jails within the state.

Give status of frontline workers to journalists in Maharashtra, says Minister Chhagan Bhujbal

May 11, 2021, at 01:52 am

Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday said that journalists in the state should be given the status of frontline workers and vaccinated immediately and also informed that in this regard he has written a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Bengal woman on way to farmers' protest site in Tikri border allegedly gang-raped, victim with corona dies

May 11, 2021, at 01:03 am

Kolkata/IBNS: A 25-year-old woman from the eastern state of West Bengal, who was on her way to the ongoing farmers' protests at Tikri along Delhi-Haryana border, was allegedly raped by two men, media reports said. The victim has, however, died at a Jhajjar Hospital after developing Covid-19 symptoms.

Decomposed bodies wash up on banks of Ganga in Bihar, creates panic amid Covid

May 11, 2021, at 12:22 am

Patna/IBNS: Hitting the panic button amid Covid-19 crisis, bloated, decomposed bodies washed up on the banks of River Ganga at Bihar’s Buxar, media reports said.

Jammu and Kashmir: Corona curfew extended till May 17  

May 10, 2021, at 09:43 pm

Srinagar: Corona Curfew imposed in all 20 districts of J&K till 7 am on Monday, May 10 has beenextended further by 7 days till 7 am on Monday, May 17. 

Jammu and Kashmir:  KPDC enhances supply to keep oxygen concentrators running  

May 10, 2021, at 09:27 pm

Srinagar: As hundreds of home quarantine patients require electricity to keep the oxygen concentrators running, the Kashmir Power Development Corporation (KPDC) has enhanced supply to ensure uninterrupted power at this time of crisis.

Jammu and Kashmir: Govt advances grant of Rs 8923.8 crto Panchayats for COVID relief  

May 10, 2021, at 09:09 pm

Srinagar: The Finance ministry has released an amount of Rs 8,923.8 crore to 25 States as grantsto the Rural Local Bodies (RLBs). 

Jammu and Kashmir: Dir Health inaugurates 500 LMPoxygen plant at Chanapora

May 10, 2021, at 08:58 pm

Srinagar: Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Rather on Sunday inaugurated500 LPM oxygen plant at Chanapora which would lower the burden on the nearbyhospitals which are in need of oxygen. 

Sitalkuchi firing: Bengal CID summons six CISF personnel including a deputy commandant

May 10, 2021, at 08:50 pm

Kolkata: West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Monday summoned six Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, including four constables, one inspector and a deputy commandant, in connection with its ongoing probe into the Sitalkuchi firing incident, sources said.

Suvendu Adhikari named Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Legislative Assembly 

May 10, 2021, at 07:40 pm

Kolkata: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has been named as the party's Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

COVID-19 impact: Major shrines, mosques remains shut on Shab-e-Qadr in Kashmir

May 10, 2021, at 07:12 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Major shrines and mosques remained closed on Shab-e-Qadr, the night of the holy month of Ramadhan when the first verses of the holy Quran were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, in the Kashmir valley in view of the continued surge of COVID-19 positive cases.

West Bengal Politics: 42 legislators and Amit Mitra took oath as ministers

May 10, 2021, at 07:09 pm

Kolkata/UNI: Altogether 42 newly elected TMC legislators and former finance minister Amit Mitra on Monday took oath as ministers during a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhawan in Kolkata.

Three poachers arrested with two AK-47 rifles in Assam’s Karbi Anglong

May 10, 2021, at 06:23 pm

Guwahati: Police arrested three rhino poachers along with huge cache of arms and ammunition, including two AK series rifles, in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Sunday.

Himanta Biswa Sarma takes oath as CM of Assam

May 10, 2021, at 06:17 pm

Guwahati/UNI: Himanta Biswa Sarma today took oath as the chief minister of Assam in a function held at Guwahati.

Taslima Nasreen contracts COVID-19 even after not stepping out of her home for more than a year

May 10, 2021, at 05:07 pm

New Delhi: Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen on Monday said she has contracted COVID-19 even after not stepping out from her house for more than a year.

Some forums trying to tarnish India's image by portraying COVID-19 crisis: Report

May 10, 2021, at 04:34 pm

A campaign has been allegedly led by TRT World — Turkey's state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation — along with official Chinese government social media platforms to tarnish India's image by portraying the COVID-19 crisis in the country at this moment when even the world is struggling to fight against the deadly virus that originated from Wuhan.

Amitabh Bachchan contributes Rs 2 cr for 400-bed Covid facility at Rakab Ganj Gurdwara in Delhi

May 10, 2021, at 07:05 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Superstar Amitabh Bachchan has donated Rs 2 crore for the Covid-care center at Rakab Ganj Gurdwara in Delhi, scheduled to operate from Monday, said Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management committee president Manjinder Singh Sirsa.

Jammu and Kashmir: KU holds online talent hunt programme 'Azmat-e-Ramadhan-ul-Mubarak'

May 10, 2021, at 03:55 am

Srinagar: The University of Kashmir on Saturday organised an online talent hunt programme ‘Azmat-e-Ramadhan-ul Mubarak’.

3 police officers deployed for securing oxygen supplies from outside Jammu and Kashmir

May 10, 2021, at 03:37 am

Srinagar: J&K Home department Saturday deployed three Police officers for securing oxygen supplies allocated to J&K from the designated locations in Haryana, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

Renowned sculptor and BJP MP Raghunath Mohapatra dies of Covid

May 10, 2021, at 03:35 am

Bhubaneswar/UNI: Renowned sculptor and BJP Rajya Sabha MP Raghunath Mohapatra died this afternoon while undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar. He was 78.

Maharashtra reports over 60000 discharged COVID patients 

May 10, 2021, at 02:58 am

Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra reported 60,223 cured patients who were discharged from across the state on Sunday.

Robust mechanism in place to deal with COVID situation in Jammu and Kashmir: Div Com

May 10, 2021, at 02:46 am

Srinagar: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole, today said that a robust mechanism is in place to deal with any kind of situation that may arise due to 2nd wave of COVID-19 in Kashmir division.

Jammu and Kashmir observing Shab-e-Qadr today

May 10, 2021, at 02:42 am

Srinagar: Muslims across Jammu and Kashmir are set to observe the holy Shab-e-Qadr or Lailatul Qadr Sunday night.

West Bengal Politics: 43 legislators to take oath as ministers in Mamata Banerjee's government

May 10, 2021, at 01:57 am

Kolkata/UNI: Besides Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the 3rd Trinamool Congress government will have a 43-member cabinet, where former India cricketer Manoj Tiwari has been named as one of the ministers of state, which would take on oath at Raj Bhawan at 1045 hours on Monday.

Pakistan seeks thorough probe in seizure of uranium in India

May 10, 2021, at 01:50 am

Pakistan has expressed “serious concern” over the seizure of uranium from unauthorized persons in India and called for a “thorough probe” in the case, reported Dawn. The incident, it said, highlighted the gaps in security mechanisms for nuclear material in India.

Delhi sees slight dip in COVID cases, over 13k test positive

May 10, 2021, at 01:42 am

New Delhi/UNI: The national capital on Sunday saw a slight drop in both fresh cases of COVID-19 and related deaths registered during the past 24 hours.