West Bengal: 7-year-old dies, another injured as crude bomb blasts in East Burdwan 

Mar 22, 2021, at 08:55 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A 7-year-old boy was killed and another was seriously injured as a crude bomb exploded at Rasikpur area in East Burdwan district of poll-bound West Bengal on Monday morning, reports said.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's resignation not accepted

Mar 22, 2021, at 08:12 pm

Mumbai/UNI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)'s state spokesperson and minority minister Nawab Malik on Monday denied accepting Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's resignation.

Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat tests Covid-19 positive

Mar 22, 2021, at 06:46 pm

Gairsain/IBNS: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat has tested positive for Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19.

You gave birth to only 2 when there was time, not 20: Uttarakhand CM's latest controversial comment

Mar 22, 2021, at 06:40 pm

Ramnagar/IBNS: In a new controversial comment, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Sunday said poor families, which are struggling to feed themselves amid Covid-19 pandemic, should have reproduced 20 children to get more rations.

Kashmir: 4 LeT militants killed in Shopian encounter

Mar 22, 2021, at 05:48 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Four Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed by security forces in an encounter which ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian, a police spokesman said on Monday.

Bengal: BJP bets on labourer's wife, domestic help in Bankura, Burdwan to defeat TMC

Mar 22, 2021, at 05:11 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: While its candidate list features a number of celebrities, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has also banked on a daily wage labourer's wife and a domestic help in two seats to trump the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the West Bengal assembly elections beginning on Saturday.

Jammu and Kashmir: 3 militants killed in Shopian encounter, operation continues

Mar 22, 2021, at 04:01 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Three unidentified militants were killed by security forces in an encounter which ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian, a police spokesman said on Monday.

Jammu and Kashmir: Two unidentified militants killed in Shopian, internet suspended

Mar 22, 2021, at 03:54 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Two unidentified militants were killed by security forces in an encounter which took place during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian, a police spokesman said on Monday.

Constituents of Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi alliance to hold series of meetings , decision on Anil Deshmukh expected

Mar 22, 2021, at 07:58 am

Mumbai/IBNS: The Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition partners will hold a series of meetings on Monday where they are expected to take a call on state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, who was accused of corruption by former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh.

Mansukh Hiran's death case solved, says Maharashtra cop : Report

Mar 22, 2021, at 05:05 am

Mumbai/IBNS: A senior cop in Maharashtra has said the death case of car parts trader Mansukh Hiren, who was found dead in Reti Bunder creek in Thane on March 5, has been solved. A week before, Mansukh's explosive-laden SUV was spotted near Reliance chief Mukesh Ambani's home.

Jammu and Kashmir: 3-day skill workshop concludes at Pulwama

Mar 22, 2021, at 03:52 am

Srinagar: As part of the ‘CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative’, a three-day workshop on ‘Entrepreneurship opportunities in the cultivation, processing, post harvest management and marketing of aromatic crops’ concluded here Saturday.

Jammu and Kashmir: DC Budgam chairs 74th DLRC/ DDC meeting

Mar 22, 2021, at 03:13 am

Srinagar: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Budgam, Shahbaz Ahmed Mirza, who is also Chairman of DLRC today, presided over 74th District Level Review Committee/ District Consultative Committee (DLRC/DCC) meeting here.

Jammu and Kashmir: 5724 college students to get Industrial Skill Training

Mar 22, 2021, at 02:39 am

Srinagar: NIELIT Srinagar/Jammu has undertaken the Industrial Skill Training program for 5724 students belonging to various Government Degree Colleges across Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir: Special Lok Adalat held across various districts

Mar 22, 2021, at 02:32 am

 Srinagar: In pursuance to the direction of J&K Legal Services Authority, a Special LokAdalat was today organized at District Court Complex Moominabad Srinagar under the Chairmanship of Abdul Rashid Malik Pr. District & Sessions Judge Srinagar.

PM Narendra Modi lacks empathy for people of Assam: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Mar 22, 2021, at 02:27 am

Guwahati/UNI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi lacks empathy as he has shown no concern for flood-ravaged Assam and the people affected by violence in the anti-CAA protests in the state.

Jammu and Kashmir: State Awards conferred on handicraft artisans

Mar 22, 2021, at 02:20 am

Srinagar: Principal Secretary Industries & Commerce, Rajan Prakash Thakur on Saturday conferred State Awards to the artisans in Handicraft sector, Kashmir at Institute Of Hotel Management, Raj Bagh here.

Amit Shah unveils Bengal BJP’s poll manifesto, promises reservation in jobs, free health, education for women

Mar 22, 2021, at 02:10 am

Kolkata/IBNS: In a bid to reach out to the women voters, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised reservations for women in government jobs in the West Bengal poll manifesto unveiled on Sunday.

Elaborate security arrangement for President Kovind visit to Sri Jagannath temple

Mar 22, 2021, at 02:02 am

Puri/UNI: About 40 platoons of police personnel besides 250 officers of various ranks would be deployed in the city and at Konark during the visit of President Ramnath Kovind on Monday morning.

No infiltration, no ceasefire violation this year in Jammu and Kashmir: DGP

Mar 22, 2021, at 01:33 am

Srinagar: Hoping that 2021 would be better than the previous year, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Saturday said no infiltration has taken place so far this year and there has also been no ceasefire violation.

India's Vande Bharat mission brings back over 67.5 million people: Puri

Mar 22, 2021, at 01:14 am

New Delhi/UNI: India's massive evacuation programme 'Vande Bharat' mission triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic has brought back over 67.5 million people from abroad.

Ongoing confilct between India-China far from over: Expert

Mar 22, 2021, at 12:47 am

Beijing: A geo-politics expert has said he feels the ongoing border conflict between China and India is far from being over.

Narendra Modi gov't needs national policy to curb second wave of COVID: Congress

Mar 22, 2021, at 12:01 am

New Delhi/UNI: Expressing concern over the rising number of daily coronavirus cases, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Sunday said that the government has failed to stop the second peak of infection and needs to work under the national policy to control the pandemic.

Bengal: Sisir Adhikari joins BJP in Amit Shah's rally

Mar 21, 2021, at 07:44 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Nandigram candidate Suvendu Adhikari's father, Sisir Adhikari, on Sunday joined the saffron camp in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

'Congress must take a stand': Sanjay Nirupam on ex-Mumbai top cop's explosive letter

Mar 21, 2021, at 06:16 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress must take a stand on the allegations of corruptions levelled by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, former party MP Sanjay Nirupam has said.

Home Ministry directs states, UTs to focus on effective measures to curb Covid spread

Mar 21, 2021, at 03:06 pm

New Delhi/Mumbai/UNI: The Union Home Ministry has directed all states and union territories to focus on effective measures to curb the spread of Covid.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh to file defamation case against former Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh for his letter

Mar 21, 2021, at 07:06 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has threatened to file defamation case against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, who has levelled serious allegations against him in a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

'Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had target to collect Rs 100 cr per month': Sacked Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh alleges in letter to Maharashtra CM

Mar 21, 2021, at 05:17 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Sacked Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh in a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has alleged Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deskhmukh that he had a target to collect Rs 100 crore a month. Singh was removed from the post of Mumbai Police Commissioner after Deshmukh said "unforgivable" lapses had been revealed in the Mukesh Ambani security scare investigation under him.

Discussed human rights with Indian ministers as valuable partners: US Defence Secretary General Lloyd Austin

Mar 21, 2021, at 04:25 am

New Delhi/IBNS: US Secretary of Defence General Lloyd Austin has said he has spoken to ministers in the Indian government about the human rights of minorities.

No breakthrough in 'candid' US-China talks

Mar 21, 2021, at 02:59 am

New Delhi/UNI: United States and China have indicated no major breakthrough in the first high-level in-person talks between their top diplomats in Alaska that  ended on Friday.

Centre directs States, UTs to enforce Covid protocols strictly amid fresh surge of cases

Mar 21, 2021, at 02:29 am

New Delhi/UNI: Amid jump in Covid 19 cases in the country, the Centre has asked all States and Union Territories (UTs) to enforce coronavirus safety measure strictly including wearing of face masks, hand hygiene and social distancing.