Pakistan secures 17 million doses of India-made vaccines
Feb 04, 2021, at 02:31 am
Islamabad: Pakistan has secured 17 million indicative doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which have been made in India, to fight COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in the country.
Blasts occur in primary school near Assam-Mizoram border
Feb 04, 2021, at 01:21 am
Guwahati/UNI: Miscreants triggered two bomb blasts at the premise of Muliwala Lower Primary School in Hailakandi district of Assam near the state's border with Mizoram in the wee hours of Wednesday.
BMC joint commissioner Ramesh Pawar sips sanitizer by mistake instead of water
Feb 03, 2021, at 11:58 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Joint Municipal Commissioner Ramesh Pawar of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner mistakenly sipped a mouthful of hand sanitizer instead of water.
Assam police recover huge cache of arms in Kokrajhar
Feb 03, 2021, at 11:52 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Police recovered huge cache of illegal arms, including five AK series rifles, in Assam’s Kokrajhar district on Tuesday night.
PM Narendra Modi to visit Assam on Feb 7
Feb 03, 2021, at 11:39 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Assam on Feb 7 and he will lay foundation stone of two medical colleges and inaugurate road projects with a total outlay of Rs 7700 crore.
International celebrities remarks on farmers' stir neither accurate nor responsible: MEA
Feb 03, 2021, at 10:51 pm
New Delhi: India on Wednesday said criticism of the government's handling of farmers protests against the three farm bills by international celebrities was neither accurate nor responsible.
PIL filed in Calcutta High Court against BJP's 'Parivartan Rath Yatra', hearing likely tomorrow
Feb 03, 2021, at 10:42 pm
Kolkata: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Calcutta High Court against BJP's proposed 'Parivartan Rath Yatra', reports said.
India is prepared to face any air strike: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Feb 03, 2021, at 10:35 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Defence Minister Rajanath Singh on Wednesday said that the country is fully geared up to face any air strike.
Assam: 145 people hospitalised for suspected food poisoning in Karbi Anglong
Feb 03, 2021, at 09:25 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: A 35-year-old youth died and 144 others hospitalised after a suspected food poisoning incident at an Assam Chief Minister’s programme at Diphu in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district.
Bengal: BJP leader Mukul Roy's brother-in-law Srijan Roy joins Trinamool Congress
Feb 03, 2021, at 08:32 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In another crossover just weeks ahead of the West Bengal election, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukul Roy's brother-in-law Srijan Roy joined the ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday.
Feb 03, 2021, at 08:03 pm
On January 30, 2021, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed two civilians in the Belghar area of Kandhamal District. In a handwritten note found near the bodies of the slain villagers, the Maoists of the ‘Bansadhara-Ghumusar-Nagabali (BGN) Division’ claimed that the two were among those who had tipped off the Security Forces (SFs) about the presence of rebels in the Belghar area, which had resulted in the September 9, 2020, encounter in which five Maoists were killed. The Maoists warned other ‘informers’ to surrender before their ‘Jan Adalat’ (People’s/ Kangaroo Court organized by the Maoists) within 15 days or else, they would be sentenced to death. They also warned that the State Government, Director General of Police (DGP) Abhay, and Inspector General of Police (IGP), Intelligence, R.K. Sharma. would be held responsible for the loss of lives.
Feb 03, 2021, at 08:00 pm
On January 18, 2021, in a massive pro-freedom rally organised in Sann Town in Jamshoro District of Sindh, on the 117th birth anniversary of Ghulam Murtaza Syed, one of the founding fathers of modern Sindh nationalism, protesters raised placards of several world leaders to seek their intervention for the liberation of Sindh. The world leaders whose placards were used include Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina, British PM Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Indian PM Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, US President-elect Joe Biden (he later assumed office on January 20) and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The posters declared, “Sindh wants freedom from Pakistan”.
West Bengal election will be declared within 7-8 days: Mamata Banerjee
Feb 03, 2021, at 07:35 pm
Alipurduar/Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the high octane state poll will be declared by the Election Commission within 7-8 days.
Feb 03, 2021, at 07:09 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: At a time international figures are supporting the ongoing farmers' protest in India, the country's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday called the "social media hashtags and comments" by celebrities "neither accurate nor responsible".
Farmers' Protest: Freelance journalist Mandeep Punia granted bail
Feb 03, 2021, at 06:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Freelance journalist Mandeep Punia, who was arrested for allegedly obstructing police from discharging their duties at the Singhu border where farmers are protesting against the farm laws, was granted bail on Tuesday, media reports said.
'Sit down you fool': Kangana Ranaut slams Rihanna for farmers tweet, calls protesters 'terrorists'
Feb 03, 2021, at 04:21 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Taking a fresh dive into the ongoing farmers' issue, Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has slammed international pop star Rihanna for the latter's support to the protesters calling them "terrorists".
Teen activist Greta Thunberg extends support to protesting Indian farmers
Feb 03, 2021, at 03:21 pm
Washington: After internationally acclaimed singer Rihanna, now teen climate activist Greta Thunberg extended her support to the protesting farmers in India on Wednesday.
International pop star Rihanna extends support to farmers' protest in India, gets slammed by Kangana
Feb 03, 2021, at 05:49 am
New Delhi/IBNS: International pop star Rihanna on Tuesday extended her support to the farmers' protest in India's national capital against the Centre's three contentious agricultural laws.
No nationwide anti-conversion law planned: Centre
Feb 03, 2021, at 05:16 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Tuesday clarified that there is no plan to implement any law to ban religious conversions or interfaith marriages nationwide as the subject falls under the dominion of states.
Centre to frame rules of Citizenship Act by July 9
Feb 03, 2021, at 04:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre has given itself a time till July 9 to frame and implement the rules of the controversial Citizenship Act, the amendments to which were passed in December 2019 resulting in violent protests across the country.
Panorama India virtually celebrates 72nd India's Republic Day during the weekend
Feb 03, 2021, at 03:48 am
Toronto/IBNS: The observance of the virtual 72nd anniversary of India's Republic Day by Panorama India has been held 'in true Canadian style' as Sumeeta Kohli, Chairman of Panorama India said, during the weekend from Jan 29 -Jan 31, with the support of the Consulate General of India, Toronto, featuring over 8 hours of culture and programming with strict adherence to the current COVID-19 guidelines and regulations laid by the provincial government of Ontario.
West Bengal schools to reopen for classes 9-12 from Feb 12
Feb 03, 2021, at 02:26 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The government schools in West Bengal are set to reopen for classes 9-12 from Feb 12, announced state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Tuesday.
Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurates academic session of Diphu Medical College
Feb 03, 2021, at 01:45 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday inaugurated the first academic session of the MBBS course of Diphu Medical College and Hospital at Diphu in Karbi Anglong district and said it would bring about unprecedented changes in the overall health care scenario in the hill districts of the state.
NCP leader slams Modi govt over handling of farmers' agitation
Feb 03, 2021, at 01:28 am
Mumbai/UNI: Senior NCP leader and Minister for Minorities Nawab Malik on Tuesday slammed the BJP-led central government, saying it was trying to suppress the farmers' agitation in Delhi in 'authoritarian manner'.
Assam police bust inter-state human trafficking racket in Hojai
Feb 03, 2021, at 12:27 am
Guwahati: Assam police have busted an inter-state human trafficking racket and rescued 11 women, including four minor girls, in Assam’s Hojai district on Monday night.
Assam minister appeals ULFA-I to release abducted employees of oil drilling company
Feb 03, 2021, at 12:24 am
Guwahati: Assam Health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has appealed United Liberation Front of Asom – Independent (ULFA-I) to release two employees of an oil drilling company who were abducted by the banned outfit on Dec 21 last year.
Tribal leader Jyoti Tirkey, 2 others join Trinamool Congress
Feb 03, 2021, at 12:00 am
Kolkata: Prominent tribal leader of Darjeeling District Jyoti Tirkey and two others on Tuesday joined the Trinamool Congress, just months ahead of the Assembly polls.
Jammu and Kashmir: Training on role of nanotechnology in agriculture commences at SKUAST-K
Feb 02, 2021, at 11:55 pm
Srinagar: With an aim to enhance higher-order professional skills of the students, a 10-day training programme on ‘Role of Nanotechnology in Modern Agriculture’ commenced Monday at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir: DGP sanctions scholarship, special reward
Feb 02, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Srinagar: Continuing with its effort to encourage and boost the morale of the wards of slain, deceased & serving Police personnel/SPOs, the Director General of Police, J&K Dilbag Singh has sanctioned scholarships and special reward of over rupees 8.56 lakh in favour of 106 wards.
FM Nirmala Sitharaman announces revival of gas pipeline in Jammu and Kashmir
Feb 02, 2021, at 11:26 pm
Srinagar: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday announced revival of a pending gas pipeline project in the newly created UT of J&K.