Jharkhand: 4 bodies recovered from well

Jun 10, 2020, at 04:35 pm

Giridih/UNI: The bodies of a woman and her three daughters were recovered from a well under Ganwa Police Station area of this district.

Jammu: Police recovers missing govt teacher from woods in Akhnoor

Jun 10, 2020, at 04:19 pm

Jammu/UNI: Police claimed to have recovered a government teacher, who went missing since Monday, from the forests of Chowki Choura here in Akhnoor area on Jammu outskirts.

Tripura: Constable committed suicide

Jun 10, 2020, at 04:16 pm

Ambassa (Tripura)/UNI: In a bizarre incident, a police constable committed suicide at Police Lines in Ambassa in the northern Tripura district of Dhalai here, the officials claimed.

Assam’s Baghjan oil field fire: Two firefighters die and one still missing

Jun 10, 2020, at 03:34 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Two firefighters have died in the massive fire incident which broke out at a gas well of Baghjan oil field in Assam’s Tinsukia district.

Kashmir: Five militants killed in Shopian encounter

Jun 10, 2020, at 02:30 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Security forces killed five militants in an encounter in south Kashmir district of Shopian on Wednesday.

Ram temple construction commences after Rudra Abhishek in Ayodhya

Jun 10, 2020, at 01:39 pm

Ayodhya/UNI: After nearly three decades, a religious ceremony is being held at the Ram Janmabhoomi here on Wednesday to launch the formal construction work for a grand Ram temple.

Will implement LG Baijal's order of not reserving hospitals for Delhi residents: Arvind Kejriwal

Jun 10, 2020, at 12:52 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday avoided any friction with the Centre and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal during the Covid-19 crisis by announcing the implementation of not reserving Delhi hospitals for the residents of the national capital.

DMK MLA J Anbazhagan who tested Covid positive dies

Jun 10, 2020, at 12:33 pm

Chennai/IBNS: DMK MLA J Anbazhagan, who had contracted the pandemic Novel Coronavirus, died on his birthday on Wednesday.

Assam: Two firefighters die in Baghjan oil field fire, one still missing

Jun 10, 2020, at 11:39 am

Guwahati/IBNS: Two firefighters died in the fire which broke out at a gas well of Baghjan oil field in Assam’s Tinsukia district a day ago.

Shopian encounter: Two terrorists killed during encounter 

Jun 10, 2020, at 08:42 am

Shopian/IBNS: Two terrorists were gunned down by security forces during an encounter in Shopian region of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said.

Indian, Chinese troops back off from most areas in Ladakh ahead of next military talks

Jun 09, 2020, at 11:39 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Ahead of the next round of military talks scheduled for Wednesday, India and China have started mutual disengagement in some parts of eastern Ladakh, media reports said.

Kolkata: CBI's office at Nizam Palace sealed after its senior official tests positive for COVID-19

Jun 09, 2020, at 09:54 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: After a senior official of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, the office of the central probe agency at Nizam Palace in south Kolkata's AJC Bose Road area has been temporarily sealed for disinfection and sanitization processes, officials said.

Jyotiraditya Scindia and his mother test positive for COVID-19

Jun 09, 2020, at 09:41 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jyotiraditya Scindia and his mother Madhavi Raje tested positive for the deadly novel coronavirus, media reports said on Tuesday.

Assam: Baghjan oil field fire spreads to nearby villages, Sonowal orders action

Jun 09, 2020, at 08:12 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: The fire which broke out at a gas well of Baghjan oil field in Assam’s Tinsukia district is now spreading to nearby villages and left several houses and other properties burnt.

Arvind Kejriwal tests negative for coronavirus

Jun 09, 2020, at 07:25 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tested negative for novel coronavirus on Tuesday, a day after he went into self-isolation with mild fever and sore throat.

Jyotiraditya Scindia, his mother unwell, hospitalised

Jun 09, 2020, at 04:53 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Former Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who recently joined the BJP, and his mother Madhavi Raje Scindia, are unwell and have been admitted to a private hospital in Saket in South Delhi.

Killing of Kashmiri Pandit sarpanch reminds 1990s horror, triggers outrage

Jun 09, 2020, at 04:53 pm

Srinagar/IBNS: Reminding people of the grim reality of mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990s, a Kashmiri Pandit sarpanch (village head), named Ajay Pandita, was on Monday killed triggering outrage on social media.

Maharashtra: Another COVID-19 care centre for police set up in Palghar

Jun 09, 2020, at 04:20 pm

Palghar/UNI: A COVID-19 care centre, instituted exclusively for the police personnel, has become operational in Posheri village of Wada taluka here, informed police on Tuesday.

West Bengal: Bodies of 3 members of same family recovered from Thakurpukur house

Jun 09, 2020, at 04:17 pm

Thakurpukur/UNI: Police on Tuesday recovered bodies of three people from a house in Satyanarayan Palli area of Thakurpukur in WestBengal's South 24 Parganas district.

Jharkhand: Corona positive patient commits suicide in Lohardaga

Jun 09, 2020, at 04:13 pm

Lohardaga/UNI:  A migrant worker who had tested positive for Coronavirus committed suicide by hanging himself inside the Sadar Hospital.

Centre should take all parties in confidence on border dispute with China, says BSP chief Mayawati

Jun 09, 2020, at 04:12 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Stating that the boundary dispute with China and Nepal was a grave threat to the sovereignty of the country, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati said that Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party should abstain from doing politics for now while advising the Centre to take all parties into confidence.

People of Bengal will make Mamata political refugee in 2021: Amit Shah

Jun 09, 2020, at 01:49 pm

New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday sounded a poll bugle for West Bengal rebooting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s political activity by relaunching the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act issue to target Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who, according to the saffron leader, will turn into a "political refugee" after the voting in the eastern state next year.

Supreme Court asks states to send migrant workers back home within 15 days

Jun 09, 2020, at 11:02 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the states to identify the migrant workers stranded in different parts of the country due to anti-Covid-19 lockdown and send them back home within 15 days, media reports said.

West Bengal: Amit Shah to resume BJP's political activity with virtual rally today

Jun 09, 2020, at 10:48 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the scare of Novel Coronavirus, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will resume Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s political activity in West Bengal by holding a virtual rally on Tuesday, eyeing on the assembly polls due to be held next year.

Mamata Banerjee, others wish Kejriwal 'get-well-soon'

Jun 08, 2020, at 11:37 pm

Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wished her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal a speedy recovery after the latter has gone into self-quarantine and will take COVID-19 test following mild fever and a sore throat.

Lt Governor Anil Baijal overrules Kejriwal govt's orders on COVID-19

Jun 08, 2020, at 10:36 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Monday overruled Arvind Kejriwal government's decision to test people with symptoms of coronavirus and reserve hospitals for residents of national capital only.

West Bengal: COVID death toll crosses 400-mark, 426 fresh cases reported in last 24 hours

Jun 08, 2020, at 10:20 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: With 426 new infections reported in the last 24 hours, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in West Bengal has mounted to 8613, including 4743 active cases, 405 deaths and 3465 discharges, reports said on Monday.

Jammu and Kashmir: Sarpanch killed by unidentified gunmen in Anantnag

Jun 08, 2020, at 07:40 pm

Srinagar/UNI: A 35-year-old Sarpanch was killed by unidentified gunmen in south Kashmir district of Anantnag on Monday, official sources said here.

Mamata Banerjee extends COVID-19 lockdown in West Bengal till June 30

Jun 08, 2020, at 07:25 pm

Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced the decision of extending lockdown in the state due to the COVID-19 outbreak till June 30.

Army defuses Pakistan shell in border town of Uri

Jun 08, 2020, at 07:20 pm

Srinagar/UNI: A Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) of Army on Monday defused a powerful unexploded shell fired by Pakistani troops from across the border during ceasefire violation in border town of Uri in north Kashmir district of Baramulla, official sources said.