Kashmir: Mobile internet service remains suspended in Srinagar, Budgam
Sep 07, 2021, at 06:34 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Mobile internet service remained suspended for the sixth day on Tuesday in central Kashmir districts of Budgam and Srinagar as a precautionary measure.
End game in Afghanistan was not something that anybody saw coming: EAM Jaishankar
Sep 07, 2021, at 05:05 pm
New Delhi/UNI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that “the end game” in Afghanistan “was not something which anybody saw coming” and it wasn’t what the world was prepared for.
Narendra Modi wishes Israel PM Naftali Bennett on Rosh Hashanah
Sep 07, 2021, at 04:01 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday wished Israel PM Naftali Bennett on Rosh Hashanah.
Sep 07, 2021, at 03:53 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Amid the controversy hogging around the funeral of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah (SAS) Geelani with allegations that his relatives and acquaintances were deliberately kept out from the last rites, Kashmir police on Monday released a series of videos countering the claims.
PM Modi leads nation in hailing team India on beating England in 4th Test
Sep 07, 2021, at 05:32 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday led the nation in praising the Indian cricket team for beating England in the fourth Test to take a 2-1 unbeatable lead in the five-match series on Monday.
Seven arrested for kidnapping, gangraping 13-year-old girl in Pune
Sep 07, 2021, at 04:48 am
Pune/IBNS: Seven men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Pune, the police said on Monday.
Baloch nation has the same enemies that Bangladesh had
Sep 07, 2021, at 04:19 am
Balochistan is being labeled as 'second Bangladesh' by many observers as the nature of detention, torture, extra-judicial killing, disappearance and economic exploitation resemble Pakistani oppressions that took place during and before the liberation war in Bangladesh; the Baloch nation in Pakistan has been suffering the worst type of repression that Bangladesh experienced from 1947 to 1971--long 23 years under Pakistani- Panjabi rulers.
Bengal post-poll violence: CBI arrests two from Howrah's Domjur
Sep 07, 2021, at 03:51 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested two persons from Domjur in Howrah district of West Bengal for their alleged involvement in a case related to violence against women that had been reported after the results of Bengal assembly polls were declared on May 2.
Coal scam: ED questions TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee for eight hours
Sep 07, 2021, at 03:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday quizzed Trinamool Congress (TMC) all India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee for over eight hours in connection with its ongoing investigation into an illegal coal mining and smuggling scam, officials said.
PM Modi meets Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah to discuss Afghanistan situation
Sep 07, 2021, at 03:00 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval at his residence to discuss the situation unfolding in Afghanistan, media reports said.
Suspend crowded political events in Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray to all parties
Sep 07, 2021, at 01:10 am
Aurangabad/Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday urged all political parties and organizations to immediately suspend crowded political events, rallies and morchas (demonstrations) to prevent the outbreak of third wave of coronavirus and instead, give priority to the health of the people.
Sep 07, 2021, at 12:34 am
Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management
Afghanistan: Ignominious Retreat
Sep 07, 2021, at 12:28 am
United States (US) Army Major General Chris Donahue, Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, became the last US service member to leave Afghanistan, when he boarded a C-17 transport plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on August 30, 2021. The last US troops thus left Afghan soil exactly 12-days before the September 11, 2021, deadline originally set by the US President Joe Biden, and a day before Biden’s revised date for the mission’s end and evacuation, August 31.
Sep 07, 2021, at 12:00 am
New Delhi/Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Minister and Joint General Secretary of the ruling Awami League Dr. Hasan Mahmud on Monday inaugurated the Bangabandhu Media Corner at the Press Club of India in New Delhi.
Man caught while trying to rob a bank in Manipur's Imphal
Sep 06, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Imphal: A man was caught while he tried to rob a bank in Manipur's Imphal on Monday.
Narendra Modi to chair BRICS Summit on Sept 9 virtually
Sep 06, 2021, at 11:38 pm
New Delhi: As part of India’s ongoing Chairship of BRICS in 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the 13th BRICS Summit on 9 September 2021 in virtual format.
Sep 06, 2021, at 10:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted a protection from arrest to the West Bengal Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Suvendu Adhikari, in connection with five cases against him which are currently under investigation.
Hindu-Muslim harmony during Kisan Mahapanchayat appreciable step: BSP chief Mayawati
Sep 06, 2021, at 10:18 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national president Mayawati has targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party, Samajwadi Party and Congress on the backdrop of Kisan Mahapanchayat held in Muzaffarnagar on Sunday.
Hetero receives emergency use nod by DCGI for Covid drug Tocilizumab
Sep 06, 2021, at 08:46 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Hetero, the Hyderabad-based pharma major, announced on Monday that the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has issued approval for restricted use, Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the generic version of Tocilizumab in India.
Large number of foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 52 lakh seized in Mizoram
Sep 06, 2021, at 08:41 pm
Aizawl/IBNS: Troops of Assam Rifles have seized a large number of foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 52 lakh in Mizoram’s Champhai district.
Assam reopens schools, colleges after 4 months
Sep 06, 2021, at 08:38 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: After a gap of four months, the schools, colleges, universities in Assam were reopened on Monday in a phased manner.
NEET will not be postponed: Supreme Court
Sep 06, 2021, at 08:35 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court Monday ruled against the postponing of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET UG 2021 to a date post the declaration of the CBSE examination results, media reports said.
IISER Bhopal researchers sequence genome of medical herb Giloy
Sep 06, 2021, at 08:35 pm
BHOPAL/IBNS: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal scientists have sequenced the Genome of Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia), a plant with medicinal properties.
Farmers are 'determined', 'fearless': Congress MP Rahul Gandhi
Sep 06, 2021, at 07:58 pm
New Delhi/UNI: A day after agitating farmers held a 'Mahapanchayat' in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday threw his weight behind the farmers, saying they are 'fearless' and 'determined'.
TB Alliance and Lupin enter into commercial agreement for anti-TB drug Pretomanid
Sep 06, 2021, at 07:54 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Non-profit drug developer, TB Alliance has granted Mumbai-based drug major Lupin Limited Lupin, a non-exclusive license to manufacture the anti-TB drug Pretomanid, as part of the three-drug 'BPaL' regimen.
Shiv Sena disagrees with Javed Akhtar's comparison between RSS and Taliban
Sep 06, 2021, at 07:49 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s former ally Shiv Sena has opposed poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar's drawing a parallel between Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and insurgent group Taliban which has recently invaded Afghanistan.
Coal scam: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee faces ED interrogation in Delhi
Sep 06, 2021, at 06:44 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is quizzing Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at its Delhi office in connection with the ongoing probe into an illegal coal mining and smuggling case, officials said.
Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari skips CID summon in his bodyguard's mysterious death case
Sep 06, 2021, at 06:41 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari on Monday skipped state Criminal Investigation Department (CID)'s summon in connection with the mysterious death of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA's security personnel Suvabrata Chakraborty, officials said.
ED issues lookout notice against Anil Deshmukh in money laundering case
Sep 06, 2021, at 05:39 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate has issued a lookout notice against NCP leader and former home minister of Maharashtra Anil Deshmukh in connection with a Rs 100 crore money laundering case.
171 children admitted in govt hosp in UP's Prayagraj with viral fever, chronic diseases: Official
Sep 06, 2021, at 04:33 am
Prayagraj/IBNS: More than 170 children have been admitted to Motilal Nehru Hospital of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh with chronic diseases and viral fevers like pneumonia and encephalitiss which require oxygen support, according to media reports.