Amid COVID-19 second wave conducting CBSE exams should be reconsidered: Rahul Gandhi
Apr 11, 2021, at 09:53 pm
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asked the Centre to reconsider conducting the CBSE examinations at a time when the country is witnessing a rise in COVID-19 cases.
NIA officials arrest API Kazi in Antilia bomb scare case
Apr 11, 2021, at 09:47 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Mumbai Police API Riyaz Kazi on Sunday was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his involvement in the Antilia bomb scare case.
Arvind Kejriwal terms present situation of Covid-19 in Delhi as 'worrisome'
Apr 11, 2021, at 09:28 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Terming the present situation of COVID-19 in the national capital 'worrisome', Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged people to stay at home as much as possible, as the ongoing peak has surpassed the intensity of November 2020, with Delhi recording 10,732 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
UP govt restricts gatherings at religious places amid Covid surge
Apr 11, 2021, at 06:14 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh government has announced restrictions on gatherings of five or more people in religious places amid a surge in Covid-19 cases.
Apr 11, 2021, at 05:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who blamed the Centre for Saturday's violence in Cooch Behar's Sitalkuchi constituency during the fourth phase of the Assembly election, hit out at the Election Commission on Sunday over the three-day ban on politicians and announced that she will visit the district on Apr 14.
PM Modi's call for mass vaccination-a 4-day 'Tika Utsav'-commences today
Apr 11, 2021, at 04:24 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid a worrying surge in Covid-19 cases, 'Tika Utsav' or vaccine festival is being organised across the country from Sunday to inoculate a maximum number of eligible people against the virus.
J&K: Three militants killed by security forces in Shopian encounter
Apr 11, 2021, at 03:41 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Three militants were killed by security forces in an encounter that ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in the south Kashmir district of Shopian, a police spokesman said.
BJP's double engine govt to give new political ambience to Bengal: Modi
Apr 11, 2021, at 06:55 am
Krishnanagar/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said BJP's double engine government in Bengal will give a new political ambience to the state.
Indian army douses raging forest fire in Arunachal Pradesh
Apr 11, 2021, at 05:21 am
Guwahati/IBNS The soldiers of Dao Division of Spear Corps posted in the vicinity of the Bada Kandun Village of Anjaw district doused a major forest fire on Saturday.
Apr 11, 2021, at 05:00 am
Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi government on Saturday imposed strict restrictions to arrest the huge jump in new Coronavirus cases, limiting attendance in wedding and funerals, restricting public gatherings, reducing entry of people to half in restaurants, and allowing public transport to run with reduced occupancy.
Apr 11, 2021, at 04:35 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Issuing a statement on Saturday night, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said that the firing by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) outside a polling station in Sitalkuchi in West Bengal's Cooch Behar was absolutely necessary at that moment as the mob had attempted snatching jawans' rifles during the violence.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray says lockdown must to break the chain of coronavirus infection
Apr 11, 2021, at 03:50 am
Mumbai/IBNS/UNI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is mulling lockdown to curb the unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases, media reports said.
BJP bites dust in Tripura ADC polls, loses to Pradyot Kishore Debbarman's newly formed TIPRA
Apr 11, 2021, at 02:30 am
Agartala/UNI: The influence of national parties in Tripura politics apparently came to an end as the ruling BJP-IPFT alliance lost miserably to Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA), floated by royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman four months ago, in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) elections today.
Sinopharm vaccine won’t be given to Lankans until safety aspect ensured, says health minister
Apr 11, 2021, at 12:18 am
Colombo: Sri Lankan Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi has said China’s Sinopharm vaccine will not be given to Sri Lankans until the safety aspect of the vaccine is ensured by the health authorities.
Cooch Behar incident was pre-planned: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 11, 2021, at 12:06 am
Siliguri/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the Cooch Behar incident is pre-planned.
Narendra Modi, Mark Rutte attend virtual summit, discuss issues of bilateral engagements
Apr 10, 2021, at 11:27 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi and his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte attended a Virtual Summit on Friday when the two leaders discussed issues of bilateral engagements.
Committed to overall development of Jammu & Kashmir: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
Apr 10, 2021, at 11:27 pm
New Delhi: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that Jammu & Kashmir has been and will continue to be an integral part of India.
Nations remain in touch even during wars: Pakistan on secret talks with India
Apr 10, 2021, at 11:09 pm
Pakistan hinted that India and Pakistan remained in touch despite tensions in bilateral relations over the last few years. “States have their ways and means to communicate with each other even during wars,” Zahid Hafeez Chaudhary, the spokesperson of Pakistan’s foreign office, was quoted as saying by The Express Tribune.
Assam: EC orders re-polling in 3 constituencies
Apr 10, 2021, at 10:15 pm
Guwahati/UNI: The Election Commission(EC) has ordered a re-poll in 4 polling booths in three constituencies of Assam.
Apr 10, 2021, at 09:51 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Stating that lockdown is not an option, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the Delhi government will be putting some restrictions in place to contain the spread of the virus (COVID-19).
Bihar cop visiting West Bengal for investigation lynched by mob in Uttar Dinajpur
Apr 10, 2021, at 09:44 pm
Uttar Dinajpur/West Bengal/IBNS: A senior Bihar police official, who came to West Bengal to investigate a bike theft case, was reportedly beaten to death by a local crowd at Panjipara village under Goalpokhar Police Station limits in West Bengal's Uttar (North) Dinajpur district on Friday midnight.
Bengal polls: At least four shot dead allegedly by CAPF in Cooch Behar, ECI seeks report
Apr 10, 2021, at 08:21 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: At least four people were killed and several others were injured as Central paramilitary force personnel allegedly fired bullets outside polling booth no. 126 at Jorepatki area under Sitalkuchi Assembly Constituency in Cooch Behar district of northern West Bengal on Saturday, reports said.
Prashant Kishor's audio tape on BJP's Bengal prospects goes viral, TMC caught off-guard
Apr 10, 2021, at 05:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In what could dampen the Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s electoral spirit apparently, an audio tape where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's political aide Prashant Kishor was heard speaking about the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prospects in the ongoing state polls went viral on Saturday.
West Bengal Assembly Polls: Voter allegedly shot dead at polling booth in Sitalkuchi
Apr 10, 2021, at 03:48 pm
Kolkata/UNI: A first time voter, aged about 18-20, died after gunmen attacked him from behind at a voter line in Sitalkuchi, Cooch Behar while polling in the fourth phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls is currently underway on Saturday.
Maharashtra: Vaccination stopped in Navi Mumbai
Apr 10, 2021, at 03:20 pm
Thane/UNI: Vaccination in Navi Mumbai centers have been suspended due to technical issues, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) Commissioner Abhijit bhangar said.
West Bengal voting in fourth phase of Assembly polls
Apr 10, 2021, at 02:20 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal is voting in the fourth phase of the high-voltage Assembly elections on Saturday.
Nepal foreign minister dials Jaishankar, raises the issue of vaccine supply delay
Apr 10, 2021, at 07:51 am
Kathmandu/New Delhi/IBNS: Nepal has raised the delay in the supply of Covid-19 vaccine jabs with India, said media reports.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat tests Covid-19 positive
Apr 10, 2021, at 06:44 am
Mumbai/IBNS: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday afternoon, the organisation said on its official Twitter handle.
Three killed in fire at Covid hospital in Maharashtra's Nagpur: Report
Apr 10, 2021, at 05:20 am
Nagpur/IBNS: Three people were killed after a fire broke out at a Covid-19 hospital in Maharashtra's Nagpur on Friday night, ANI reports said.
Assam: AIUDF shifts candidates to Congress-ruled Rajasthan fearing poaching by BJP
Apr 10, 2021, at 04:28 am
Guwahati/Jaipur/IBNS: The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) on Friday shifted 18 of its 20 candidates, who contested the just-concluded Assembly elections in Assam, to Jaipur in Congress-ruled Rajasthan, fearing that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would influence and poach them.