One killed in oxygen cylinder blast in Kanpur
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:19 pm
Kanpur/UNI: When the entire country is reeling under acute oxygen shortage in view of the strong second Coronavirus wave, an explosion at an oxygen factory in Dadanagar industrial area was reported here on Friday morning, claiming life of a worker.
Jammu and Kashmir: SSP Budgam lauds Police for tackling pandemic
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:09 pm
Srinagar: Holding a darbar with policemen of District Police Budgam at District Police Lines Budgam Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Budgam Tahir Saleem Wednesday lauded the role of Police in Budgam in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fight against COVID-19: First US relief shipment from US arrives in India
Apr 30, 2021, at 03:58 pm
New Delhi: The first relief shipment from the US to India to fight the ongoing COVID-19 arrived here on Friday.
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In an order issued on Thursday, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directed all States and Union Territories (UTs) to consider the containment measures, as had been conveyed in the last advisory, for immediate implementation based on the assessment of the situation.
Only Bangladeshis with expired visas will be allowed to return from India
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:33 am
Continuing the entry restrictions from Covid-battered India, Bangladesh has decided to allow only Bangladeshis with expired Indian visas to return home with special permission from the Bangladesh High Commission in India.
US flies oxygen cylinders, testing kits to Covid-battered India
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:31 am
The US has flown the first consignment of emergency COVID-19 relief materials including oxygen cylinders, regulators and testing kits to India.
Commonwealth Secretary-General expresses solidarity with India
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:20 am
Patricia Scotland, the secretary-general of the commonwealth, has expressed his “deep concern and solidarity” with India which has been grappling with the disastrous Covid-19 wave, reporting over 350,000 cases daily.
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:07 am
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Four of seven exit polls conducted by various agencies in India have predicted Mamata Banerjee-led powerful regional satrap Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s return to power in West Bengal with the country's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as a strong opposition to reckon with.
Many states not ready to roll out vaccines for all adults from May 1
Apr 30, 2021, at 03:23 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Two days before vaccination is all set to open for all adults, states like Maharashtra, Punjab and Delhi are unlikely to roll out the inoculation drive from those between 18 and 44.
Exit polls predict return of Mamata in Bengal, BJP to emerge as major force
Apr 30, 2021, at 02:03 am
Kolkata/IBNS: As the eight-phased high-octane West Bengal assembly election concluded on Thursday, most of the exit polls predicted a return of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) to power for the third term.
Manmohan Singh discharged from hospital after recovering from Covid-19
Apr 29, 2021, at 11:41 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was on Thursday discharged from hospital after recovering from Covid-19, media reports said.
Kejriwal gets second dose of COVID vaccine
Apr 29, 2021, at 11:20 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday received the second shot of COVID vaccine Covishield.
US asks its citizens to leave India
Apr 29, 2021, at 11:08 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Owing to shortage of medical facility due to exponential rise in COVID cases across the country, the US has advised its citizens not to travel to India or to leave as soon as possible.
Maharashtra: 48 Remdesivir injections stolen from Aurangabad health facility
Apr 29, 2021, at 10:42 pm
Aurangabad/UNI: In view of shortage of vital injections in COVID treatment, forty-eight vials of Remdesivir injections have gone missing from the Aurangabad Municipal Medical (AMC) Store Room at Meltron Hospital.
Rahul calls for free Covid vaccination for all
Apr 29, 2021, at 10:00 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded free vaccination for all the citizens of the country and used the meaning of word 'free' to drive home his point.
COVID-19: Delhi govt revises Wednesday's health bulletin
Apr 29, 2021, at 09:45 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi government on Thursday issued a revised copy of its yesterday's health bulletin, correcting discrepancies in the cumulative figures.
Apr 29, 2021, at 08:17 pm
Murshidabad/WB/IBNS: A CPI-M activist died and two others were seriously injured after a car in the convoy of Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Jafikul Islam allegedly knocked them down at Sahabajpur area in Murshidabad's Domkal on Wednesday midnight, hours before the eighth and final phase of Bengal assembly polls.
Rahul Gandhi calls for free Covid-19 vaccination for all
Apr 29, 2021, at 08:15 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded free vaccination for all the citizens of the country and used the meaning of the word 'free' to drive home his point.
Top ULFA-I leader gunned down in Assam’s Bongaigaon
Apr 29, 2021, at 07:09 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: A top leader of ULFA-I gunned down during a gun fight with security forces in Assam’s Bongaigaon district on Thursday.
Eastern Army Commander reviews security situation in Nagaland, Manipur
Apr 29, 2021, at 07:06 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Lt Gen Anil Chauhan, GOC-in-C Eastern Command visited units and formations of Spear Corps and Assam Rifles in Nagaland & Manipur for three days from April 27 to 29.
China maritime action: Japanese PM Suga expresses concern to Modi
Apr 29, 2021, at 05:51 pm
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has voiced 'grave concerns' on China's aggressive actions in surrounding waters during his telephonic conversation with Indian PM Narendra Modi on Monday.
Late poet Shankha Ghosh's wife Pratima Ghosh dies of Covid-19
Apr 29, 2021, at 04:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Eight days after celebrated Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh passed away, his wife Pratima Ghosh died of Covid-19 on Thursday.
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot tests COVID-19 positive
Apr 29, 2021, at 03:27 pm
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said he has tested COVID-19 positive.
West Bengal voting in final phase of Assembly polls
Apr 29, 2021, at 02:57 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Amid a raging second wave of COVID-19, voting for the eighth and final phase of assembly election in West Bengal began this morning in 35 of the state’s 294 constituencies.
Election Commission deploys 753 coys of Central Forces for final leg of Bengal polls
Apr 29, 2021, at 03:25 am
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: To ensure a free, fair and peaceful election in 11,860 polling booths spread across 35 assembly constituencies in four districts in the eighth and final phase of West Bengal assembly polls scheduled on Thursday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has deployed 753 companies of Central paramilitary forces along with the state police, officials said.
Serum Insititute chief Adar Poonwalla to get 'Y-category' security cover
Apr 29, 2021, at 02:26 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Pune-based Serum Institute of India's chief Adar Poonawalla will be provided with 'Y-category' security across the country, media reports said.
Maiden trial of Python-5 air to air missile for India's LCA
Apr 29, 2021, at 01:23 am
Tejas, India's indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, added the 5th generation Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) in its air-to-air weapons capability on April 27, 2021. Trials were also aimed to validate enhanced capability of already integrated Derby Beyond Visual Range (BVR) AAM on Tejas.
Narendra Modi interacts with Vladimir Putin over evolving COVID-19 situation
Apr 29, 2021, at 12:25 am
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi Wednesday interacted with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the evolving COVID-19 situation.
Apr 29, 2021, at 12:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Nandita Sinha, wife of Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Khardaha candidate Kajal Sinha, who had succumbed to Covid-19 days ago, on Wednesday registered a complaint of culpable homicide with Khardah Police Station in North 24 Parganas against Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain and other officials of the poll body, reports said.
COVID second wave: Bengal govt acquires 1367 private hospital beds
Apr 28, 2021, at 11:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal government has acquired 1367 beds from 24 privately-run hospitals across the state to tackle the second wave of Covid-19, officials said on Wednesday.