China maritime action: Japanese PM Suga expresses concern to Modi
Apr 29, 2021, at 05:51 pm
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has voiced 'grave concerns' on China's aggressive actions in surrounding waters during his telephonic conversation with Indian PM Narendra Modi on Monday.
Late poet Shankha Ghosh's wife Pratima Ghosh dies of Covid-19
Apr 29, 2021, at 04:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Eight days after celebrated Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh passed away, his wife Pratima Ghosh died of Covid-19 on Thursday.
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot tests COVID-19 positive
Apr 29, 2021, at 03:27 pm
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said he has tested COVID-19 positive.
West Bengal voting in final phase of Assembly polls
Apr 29, 2021, at 02:57 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Amid a raging second wave of COVID-19, voting for the eighth and final phase of assembly election in West Bengal began this morning in 35 of the state’s 294 constituencies.
Election Commission deploys 753 coys of Central Forces for final leg of Bengal polls
Apr 29, 2021, at 03:25 am
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: To ensure a free, fair and peaceful election in 11,860 polling booths spread across 35 assembly constituencies in four districts in the eighth and final phase of West Bengal assembly polls scheduled on Thursday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has deployed 753 companies of Central paramilitary forces along with the state police, officials said.
Serum Insititute chief Adar Poonwalla to get 'Y-category' security cover
Apr 29, 2021, at 02:26 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Pune-based Serum Institute of India's chief Adar Poonawalla will be provided with 'Y-category' security across the country, media reports said.
Maiden trial of Python-5 air to air missile for India's LCA
Apr 29, 2021, at 01:23 am
Tejas, India's indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, added the 5th generation Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) in its air-to-air weapons capability on April 27, 2021. Trials were also aimed to validate enhanced capability of already integrated Derby Beyond Visual Range (BVR) AAM on Tejas.
Narendra Modi interacts with Vladimir Putin over evolving COVID-19 situation
Apr 29, 2021, at 12:25 am
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi Wednesday interacted with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the evolving COVID-19 situation.
Apr 29, 2021, at 12:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Nandita Sinha, wife of Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Khardaha candidate Kajal Sinha, who had succumbed to Covid-19 days ago, on Wednesday registered a complaint of culpable homicide with Khardah Police Station in North 24 Parganas against Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain and other officials of the poll body, reports said.
COVID second wave: Bengal govt acquires 1367 private hospital beds
Apr 28, 2021, at 11:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal government has acquired 1367 beds from 24 privately-run hospitals across the state to tackle the second wave of Covid-19, officials said on Wednesday.
Former Bengal minister Upen Biswas resigns from TMC
Apr 28, 2021, at 11:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A day before the eighth and final phase of West Bengal assembly poll, ex-CBI Additional Director and former state minister, Upendra Nath Biswas, on Wednesday resigned from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party showing 'personal reasons', reports said.
Bengal polls: ECI traces out TMC leader Anubrata Mondal, puts him under surveillance again
Apr 28, 2021, at 11:35 pm
Birbhum/West Bengal/IBNS: Nearly two hours after Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal went out of the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s 'eyes', local machineries of the poll body on Wednesday afternoon found the TMC strongman at Tarapith and put him under strict surveillance again, officials said.
Bengal polls: ECI traces out TMC leader Anubrata Mondal, puts him under surveillance again
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:53 pm
Birbhum/West Bengal/IBNS: Nearly two hours after Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal went out of the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s 'eyes', local machineries of the poll body on Wednesday afternoon found the TMC strongman at Tarapith and put him under strict surveillance again, officials said.
Popular Bengali suspense writer Anish Deb dies of Covid-19
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Popular Bengali thriller, horror and suspense writer Anish Deb passed away at a private hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday, media reports said.
Intelligence level talks on, but no back-channel dialogue with India: Pakistani minister
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:27 pm
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has admitted that “intelligence level” talks were on with India, but denied reports of back channel dialogue saying a proper dialogue can take place only through the Foreign Office
Maharashtra hospital fire: 4 die in Thane dist
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:21 pm
Thane/UNI: Four patients lost their lives in Prime Criticare Hospital fire at Mumbra in Thane district in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Two-week lockdown begins in Karnataka to curb Covid-19 pandemic
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:14 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: The two-week lockdown to contain the Coronavirus surge across Karnataka began on Tuesday night at 2100 hrs and will be in force till 0600 hrs on May 12.
Former Bengal minister Upen Biswas resigns from TMC
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A day before the eighth and final phase of West Bengal assembly poll, ex-CBI Additional Director and former state minister, Upendra Nath Biswas, on Wednesday resigned from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party showing 'personal reasons', reports said.
US says its help to India is not 'transactionalism'
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:02 pm
The US help to India to meet the COVID-19 surge is unconditional and does not expect political favours in return, State Department spokesperson Ned Prince has declared.
Move offices of HoDs to remain functional in Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Govt
Apr 28, 2021, at 09:56 pm
Srinagar: The J&K government Monday said that the offices of the Heads of the Departments which move in full from the winter capital to the summer capital would continue to remain functional both at Srinagar and Jammu.
US now diverting its own vaccine-making materials supply to India
Apr 28, 2021, at 09:54 pm
A senior US official has said that the government was diverting its own supply of COVID-19 vaccine-manufacturing materials to India “as the most effective and rapid step” to help it.
Apr 28, 2021, at 09:32 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India has made negative Covdi-19 test or two doses of coronavirus vaccine compulsory for the candidates and their agents who want to enter the vote counting halls in Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
Covid-19 positive woman flies to Imphal with fake negative report, fined
Apr 28, 2021, at 08:24 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Manipur government has imposed a fine of Rs 2000 to a 21-year-old woman for travelling in a flight with fake Covid-19 negative report.
Assam: Earthquake of 6.7 Richter scale causes widespread damage, no death reported
Apr 28, 2021, at 08:13 pm
Guwahati/UNI: An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 magnitude jolted Assam and adjoining North Eastern states damaged properties, caused cracks in the walls and floors of many buildings and many areas cracks appeared in the land as water seeped from paddy fields.
Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi govt over construction of Central Vista project amid Covid-19 crisis
Apr 28, 2021, at 07:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the central government over its decision to continue with the construction of Central Vista project at a time the country's health system has crippled over the rise in Covid-19 cases.
Bengal polls: TMC's Anubrata Mondal escapes from ECI's surveillance
Apr 28, 2021, at 07:15 pm
Birbhum/West Bengal/IBNS: A day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) put Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal under strict surveillance, the ruling party strongman went out of the ECI's 'eyes', officials said on Wednesday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Marriage Assistance Scheme, a savior to prospective brides
Apr 28, 2021, at 06:52 pm
Srinagar: For Shabnum (name changed), like hundreds of poor girls, the Jammu and Kashmir government’s State Marriage Assistance Scheme (SMAS) has come as a saviour, providing enormous relief during marriage arrangements.
Jammu and Kashmir: AROC shifts all official work to e-mode
Apr 28, 2021, at 06:44 pm
Srinagar: Chairing a meeting at Srinagar office, AROC J&K and Ladakh, Haamid Bukhari has advised all the concerned stakeholders not to visit the office due to recent spike in COVID 19 cases.
Jammu and Kashmir: LG Manoj Sinha chairs meeting with senior doctors
Apr 28, 2021, at 06:38 pm
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday chaired a review meeting with the senior doctors of Jammu and Kashmir including Principals, Heads of Departments of Government Medical Colleges and District Hospitals, at Raj Bhavan Jammu through virtual mode.
Kashmir: One person killed, two injured in Baramulla road accident
Apr 28, 2021, at 06:03 pm
Baramulla/UNI: One person was killed and two others were injured in a road accident in this north Kashmir district on Wednesday, official sources said.