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Mamata Banerjee speaking against Left-Congress for polarisation politics: BJP | SC directs Jammu and Kashmir administration to review all restrictions, restore internet | Confiscated crackers explode at Naihati | Nankana Sahib attack on Sikhs should work as 'mirror' on Pak: MEA | Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to visit Varanasi for 3 hours on Friday | Akhilesh Yadav meets family members of CAA protest victim in Kanpur | Special screening of 'Chhapaak' movie in Punjab | EU ambassadors not part of foreign delegation visiting Kashmir due to number constraints: MEA | Nirbhaya gangrape case convict files curative plea before Supreme Court | Will fight CAA, NRC alone, says Mamata Banerjee; TMC chief to skip Opposition meet

Kerala: Four hacked to death

Aug 04, 2020, at 02:38 pm

Kasaragod/UNI: Four members in a family in Bayar near Manjeswaram near here has been hacked to death late on Monday.

Curfew in Kashmir as Centre's move to constitute Union Territory and scrap Art 370 completes one year

Aug 04, 2020, at 06:09 am

Srinagar/IBNS: Curfew has been imposed in Kashmir on Tuesday and Wednesday as the county's newest Union Territory is all set to mark its first anniversary after being formed on Aug 5, which also saw the scrapping of Article 370 in the valley.

Approached Mumbai Police in Feb warning my son's life was in danger: Sushant's father

Aug 04, 2020, at 05:31 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's father KK Singh has dropped a new bomb in media with allegations that he had approached the Mumbai Police in February stating that his son's life was in danger.

Punjab hooch tragedy: Two Congress MPs attack Amarinder Singh govt over deaths

Aug 04, 2020, at 04:58 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Two senior leaders of Punjab-Pratap Singh Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo-have written to the governor attacking their own government over the spurious liquor tragedy in the state that left 108 dead.

India should be provided another chance to appoint lawyer for Kulbhushan Jadhav: Pak court

Aug 04, 2020, at 04:23 am

Islamabad/IBNS: The Islamabad High Court on Monday said Indian officials should be provided with another chance to appoint a lawyer for Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is in the prison of the neighbouring country on charges of terrorism and spying.

Kolkata: CPI-M Politburo member, former Lok Sabha MP Md. Salim tests Covid-19 positive, hospitalized

Aug 04, 2020, at 03:36 am

Kolkata/IBNS: CPI-M Politburo member and former MP from West Bengal's Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency, Md. Salim, on Monday tested positive for novel coronavirus.

West Bengal Govt further changes its bi-weekly lockdown calendar

Aug 04, 2020, at 02:25 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal government on Monday changed the dates of its bi-weekly lockdown for the third time to contain the spread of Covid-19, officials said.

Soldier goes missing in J&K, army suspects abduction by terrorists

Aug 04, 2020, at 02:03 am

Srinagar/IBNS: The Indian Army on Monday said a soldier, who had gone to Jammu and Kashmir to celebrate Eid, has been missing since Sunday evening.

Assam’s indigenous Muslims' body to donate Rs 5 lakh for Ram Mandir construction

Aug 04, 2020, at 01:08 am

Guwahati/IBNS As preparations are in full swing for the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, the indigenous Muslims of Assam have announced to donate Rs 5 lakh for construction of Ram Mandir.

Explosion in ONGC pipeline at Nazira in Upper Assam

Aug 04, 2020, at 12:09 am

Guwahati/UNI: Nearly months after Baghjan Oil Well fire in Assam which is yet to be doused, an explosion occurred in a gas pipeline of ONGC at Nazira in upper Assam’s Sivasagar district today.

Doors of Baba Baidyanath opened for devotees on last Somvari of Shravan month

Aug 03, 2020, at 10:59 pm

Deoghar/UNI: On the last Somvari of the auspicious month of Shravan which also coincided with Shravan Poornima the doors of Baba Baidyanath Dham Temple were opened for the devotees.

Demand for CBI inquiry into mysterious suicide of Sushant Singh Rajput raised in Bihar Assembly

Aug 03, 2020, at 10:21 pm

Patna/UNI Amid chorus for CBI inquiry into suicide by Hindi film actor Sushant Singh Rajput under mysterious circumstances, the issue was also raised in Bihar Assembly as several members demanded for investigation of the case by premier agency, in the House in its single day Monsoon Session which began today.

West Bengal: Nabanna closed on Monday and Tuesday for intense sanitisation

Aug 03, 2020, at 10:04 pm

Kolkata/UNI: Nabanna, the State Secretariat and the official seat of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and her Cabinet colleagues and top bureaucrats, remained closed on Monday and Tuesday, August 3 and 4, for "intense cleaning and sanitisation" as the toll in Covid-19 was on high graph in Bengal with toll touching 1678 till Sunday.

Sushant Singh Rajput suffered from bipolar disorder, had Googled former manager Disha Salian's name hours before death: Mumbai Police

Aug 03, 2020, at 09:24 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Sushant Singh Rajput was suffering from bipolar disorder and was under medication, doctors have said, according to Mumbai police.

Ravi Shankar Prasad goes into self-isolation, met COVID-19 Amit Shah on Saturday

Aug 03, 2020, at 09:21 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Union Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said that he was absolutely fine and has isolated himself at home for few days as he met Union Home Minister Amit Shah a day before the former BJP president tested Corona positive.

Congress MP Karti Chidambram tests positive for Covid-19

Aug 03, 2020, at 07:13 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP and the son of former Union Finance Minister Karti Chidambaram has tested positive for novel coronavirus.

Meghalaya : Man dies during scuffle between two families in West Garo Hills

Aug 03, 2020, at 06:24 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: A 45-year-old man died during a scuffle between two families in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district.

Total lockdown in Nagaland’s Mon district extended for 7 days

Aug 03, 2020, at 06:06 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: In view of the rise in COVID-19 cases, the Mon district administration in Nagaland has extended total lockdown for seven days from Monday.

Bihar IPS officer in Mumbai to probe Sushant Singh Rajput's death 'forcibly quarantined'

Aug 03, 2020, at 05:47 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from Bihar, heading a team of police officials here to investigate the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, has been forcibly sent into quarantine by the civic authorities, Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey has alleged.

Indian govt issues new guidelines for inbound international flyers; Covid negative passengers exempted from quarantine

Aug 03, 2020, at 05:02 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Home Ministry has issued a new set of guidelines for international passengers flying to India, applicable from Aug 8, Ministry of Civil Aviation tweeted on Sunday.

Kashmir leader slams China over treatment towards Uyghurs

Aug 03, 2020, at 04:10 pm

Srinagar: A key Jammu and Kashmir leader has slammed China for its treatment towards Uyghur people in Xinjiang region of the country and over the recent standoff with Indian soldiers in Ladakh region.

Omar Abdullah takes a dig at BCCI/IPL for retaining Chinese sponsors after people damage TV sets

Aug 03, 2020, at 03:44 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Taking a dig at BCCI/IPL for retaining Chinese sponsors, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that he felt bad for those who threw their Chinese made Television sets off their balconies only to see this happen.

Jammu and Kashmir: Soldier kidnapped, private vehicle set on fire 

Aug 03, 2020, at 03:15 pm

Srinagar/UNI: A soldier was kidnapped and a private vehicle was set on fire by militants in south Kashmir district of Kulgam on Sunday evening, official sources said on Monday.

PM Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind wish nation on Rakhi 

Aug 03, 2020, at 02:53 pm

New Delhi: Indian president Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wished the nation on Raksha Bandhan.

Bengal: Tiger kills migrant worker turned fisherman in Sunderbans

Aug 03, 2020, at 06:01 am

Sundarbans/IBNS: Many migrant workers, who lost their jobs amid lockdown, have turned to fishing to earn money, but owing to lack of survival skills in the dense mangrove forests they are becoming an easy pray for the tigers prowling the Sunderbans in the South 24 Parganas district.

Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa tests Covid+

Aug 03, 2020, at 05:32 am

Bengaluru/IBNS: After Home Minister Amit Shah, another top BJP leader and Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa has tested Covid-19 positive on Sunday.

Ayodhya wrapped in tight security cover, drones used to vigil VIP routes for Ram Temple groundbreaking ceremony

Aug 03, 2020, at 05:11 am

Ayodhya/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh Police has wrapped the city in security cover ahead of the groundbreaking ceremony of the Ramjanmabhoomi Temple on August 5.

Jharkhand Crime: 'Half-naked' body of girl found from paddy field in Dumka

Aug 03, 2020, at 04:22 am

Dumka/UNI: Body of a young woman was found from a paddy field some distance away from railway tracks under Shikaripada Police Station area of this district.

NIA conducts search in Noida in Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case

Aug 03, 2020, at 04:18 am

New Delhi/UNI:  The anti- terror probe agency NIA on Sunday conducted search at the residential premises of accused Hany Babu Musaliyarveettil Tharayil in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh in connection with the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case.

Kolkata: Civic Volunteer murdered in Maidan while trying to stop a drunken brawl

Aug 03, 2020, at 03:55 am

Kolkata/UNI:  A young Civic Volunteer was brutally murdered while trying to stop a fight among two groups of drunkards in Maidan area under Hastings police station in the city early Sunday.