JEE, NEET exams must be postponed: Indian Youth Congress
Aug 26, 2020, at 10:07 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Indian Youth Congress (IYC) president Srinivas B V on Wednesday demanded from the Central Government postponement of the JEE and NEET examinations.
Covid-19 testing to be doubled: Arvind Kejriwal as cases spike in Delhi
Aug 26, 2020, at 08:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the testing to detect Novel Coronavirus will be doubled as the national capital has recently witnessed a 'marginal spike' in Covid-19 cases.
Former President Pranab Mukherjee's 'renal parameters slightly deranged', says hospital
Aug 26, 2020, at 07:35 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Ailing former President Pranab Mukherjee's "renal parameters are slightly deranged", informed the Army's Research and Referral Hospital here on Wednesday.
Supreme Court rebukes Centre on loan repayment interest, asks govt to take 'clear stand'
Aug 26, 2020, at 07:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the central government to take a clear stand on the waiving of interest on loan repayment during the moratorium period, media reports said.
Guv Dhankhar flays Mamata Banerjee govt for being anti-constitution, lacking transparency
Aug 26, 2020, at 06:01 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday lambasted the Mamata Banerjee government for "lacking accountability and being anti-constitution and rule of law".
RBI confirmed that govt needs to spend more: Rahul Gandhi
Aug 26, 2020, at 05:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Attacking the NDA government on the report by the Reserve Bank of India that economic recovery is likely to take longer, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that the RBI has only confirmed that he had been warning for several months.
Uttar Pradesh: Panchayat elections can be deferred for 6 months, say officials
Aug 26, 2020, at 05:28 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh slated to be held at the end of the year could be deferred for around six months due to Coronavirus even as the State Election Commission has announced to launch electoral roll revision from September 1.
Uttar Pradesh: Six killed in road accident on outskirts of Lucknow
Aug 26, 2020, at 05:22 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Six people were killed and over 20 injured when two UP State Roadways Corporation buses collided head-on during an overtaking near Bajnagar village on Lucknow-Hardoi state highway on Wednesday morning.
Mamata Banerjee to hold virtual meeting with Sonia Gandhi and CMs to discuss JEE and NEET today
Aug 26, 2020, at 04:57 pm
Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: After dashing off two letters on consecutive days of Monday and Tuesday to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting to postpone the JEE and NEET examinations due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will have a virtual meeting on Wednesday afternoon with Congress president Sonia Gandhi to discuss the issue.
Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi tests positive for Covid-19
Aug 26, 2020, at 04:53 pm
Dispur/IBNS: Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has tested positive for Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19.
India witnesses jump in Covid-19 cases, reports over 67,000 infections in 24 hours
Aug 26, 2020, at 04:26 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, the third worst-affected Covid-19 countries in the world, on Wednesday witnessed a jump in the number of infections after reporting a dip in the positive cases in the last two days.
Nepal: China’s new satellite state
Aug 26, 2020, at 05:55 am
China’s policy of corrupting the political class of a country, especially those that are economically fragile, is well known. Many countries in Africa, South & South East Asia and Latin America have fallen prey to these Chinese machinations and some are now neck deep in Chinese debt.
17-year-old girl raped and killed in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri, second such incident in 10 days
Aug 26, 2020, at 05:36 am
Lucknow/IBNS: A 17-year-old girl, whose mutilated body was found near a village in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district on Tuesday, was raped, the police confirmed.
It's not about a post but about my country, says Kapil Sibal a day after Congress meet
Aug 26, 2020, at 05:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A day after the row over Kapil Sibal's tweet on Rahul Gandhi the senior Congress leader on Tuesday said 'it's not about a post but about my country.'
Jammu and Kashmir: Construction of Srinagar's international football stadium resumes
Aug 26, 2020, at 04:49 am
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir is expected to witness massive sporting activities in the upcoming days with the construction of Bakshi football stadium currently in full swing in Srinagar city.
Jammu and Kashmir: Lakes authority procures indigenous high-tech machines to clean Dal Lake
Aug 26, 2020, at 04:41 am
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) has now procured new high-tech machines with an aim to clean up Dal Lake.
Fire breaks out at Kerala Secretariat, triggers political row
Aug 26, 2020, at 04:41 am
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: A minor fire broke out at the Kerala Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday evening.
Kashmir: 12,000 people get first installment of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana scheme in Rajouri
Aug 26, 2020, at 04:35 am
Rajouri: As many as 12,000 people can now dream to live in their own houses as they received the first installment of Rs 50,000 each in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) scheme.
CBI summons two Mumbai Police officers in Sushant's death probe
Aug 26, 2020, at 03:52 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned two Mumbai Police officers in connection with the probe into the death of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
NIA charge-sheet names Masood Azhar, his brother Rauf Asghar as key conspirators of Pulwama attack
Aug 26, 2020, at 03:14 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) named Pakistan-based terror mastermind Masood Azhar and his brother Rauf Asghar as the key conspirators behind the 2019 terror attack in Pulwama, in its charge-sheet filed on Tuesday.
As Erdogan aims to radicalise Kashmiris, Turkey emerges as a rising threat to India: Experts
Aug 26, 2020, at 02:13 am
With Turkey's growing hostility towards India inside the Indian territory and at international platforms, experts at a webinar under the aegis of Usanas Foundation discussed emerging concerns on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s mission of radicalising the world.
'Worried and concerned': Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi after receiving NTA letter for JEE, NEET
Aug 26, 2020, at 01:40 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In a fresh letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed her concern over the conduction of the JEE and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) amid Covid-19 pandemic, after receiving a direction from the National Testing Agency (NTA).
New SC bench to hear 2009 contempt case against Prashant Bhushan on Sept 10
Aug 26, 2020, at 01:33 am
New Delhi/UNI: A new bench of the Supreme Court will hear the 2009 contempt case, in which activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan allegedly made remarks calling half of 16 former Chief Justices 'corrupt', on Sept 10.
Kochi: 3 migrant workers held over gang rape of teenage girl
Aug 25, 2020, at 10:49 pm
Kochi/UNI: Three migrant workers were arrested over the gang rape of a 14-year-old girl at Manjummel in Ernakulam district in March, police sources said on Tuesday.
Pulwama attack case: NIA to file 13,500 pages charge-sheet at Jammu court today
Aug 25, 2020, at 10:02 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The anti-terror probe agency NIA will file a 13,500 pages long charge-sheet against the perpetrators of the Pulwama attack case in Special court in Jammu, the probe agency officials said here on Tuesday.
Karnataka: Fire engulfs factory in Kukundur
Aug 25, 2020, at 09:22 pm
Karkala/UNI: A fire broke out at a cashew factory in Kukundur area near here, reducing the entire factory and two trucks into ashes.
Uttar Pradesh: Six held for killing journalist in Ballia
Aug 25, 2020, at 09:19 pm
Ballia/UNI: Six accused were arrested in connection with the murder case of a TV journalist who was shot dead late Monday night in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia, police said.
Uttar Pradesh: Panchayat member shot dead, 8 booked in Azamgarh
Aug 25, 2020, at 09:16 pm
Azamgarh/UNI: A local Panchayat member was shot dead at Navada market in the Nizamabad area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Tuesday.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hits out at Yogi Adityanath govt over rising crime rate
Aug 25, 2020, at 09:03 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has attacked the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh over an increasing crime rate in the northern state, saying 'crime rate meter is higher than government's speed'.
Kashmir: Another CRPF jawan dies of Covid-19 in Srinagar
Aug 25, 2020, at 08:46 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Another jawan of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) died due to Novel Coronavirus in a Srinagar hospital, official sources said on Tuesday.