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Jammu and Kashmir: Artisan awareness camp held at Budgam

Mar 05, 2021, at 05:10 am

 Srinagar: Continuing the awareness drive for the artisans, weavers and the target groups associated with the cooperatives, Department of Handicrafts & Handloom Budgam organised a mega awareness camp at Brari Pathri Kani Dagan Char-e-Shareef in which 300 artisans and weavers of the adjacent areas participated.

Jammu and Kashmir: LG Manoj Sinha attends passing out ceremony of Forest Guards

Mar 05, 2021, at 05:07 am

 Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday paid homage to all the martyrs of the Forest Department who have laid down their lives and made supreme sacrifice in the line of duty.

Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha delivers valedictory address at Visva-Bharati Santiniketan

Mar 05, 2021, at 05:01 am

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today delivered his valedictory address through a video message at 8th Indian Social Work Congress jointly organized by National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI), International Consortium for Social Development-AsiaPacific (ICSDAP) & Department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan.

OTT platforms even show porn: Supreme Court says favouring regulation of contents

Mar 05, 2021, at 04:51 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court of India on Thursday said there should be a screening of video content offered by OTT (Over-the-top) platforms for regulatory mechanisms and added that "even pornographic material is being shown" on some of them.

Found evidence of huge suppressed income: IT officials on Anurag Kashyap, Taapsee Pannu raids

Mar 05, 2021, at 04:37 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Facing criticisms, the Income Tax Department on Thursday informed that they have recovered irregularities worth crores of rupees in ongoing raids on filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, actor Taapsee Pannu and others, who are the biggest critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Congress promises to set up ministry for job creation if voted to power

Mar 05, 2021, at 04:31 am

Guwahati/IBNS: The opposition Congress on Thursday promised to set up a ministry for job creation if the party comes to power.

Don't want to contest in assembly polls: Bengal's richest MLA Samir Chakraborty tells Mamata Banerjee

Mar 05, 2021, at 03:26 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA from Bankura's Taldangra, Samir Chakraborty, on Thursday evening shared his unwillingness to contest in the forthcoming West Bengal assembly election.

Shiv Sena to not contest Bengal polls, extends support to Mamata Banerjee's TMC

Mar 05, 2021, at 02:02 am

Kolkata/UNI: The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal has welcomed Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray's decision to back out from the poll and extend his support to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the 294-seat elections.

Jharkhand CM condemns Chaibasa blast, asks ultras to shun violence and return to mainstream of life

Mar 05, 2021, at 01:28 am

Ranchi/UNI: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday condemned IED blast in Chaibasa's Lanji forest under Tokalo police station area of the West Singhbhum district by the Maoists in which three jawans of the Jharkhand Jaguar were martyred.

Ratan Tata pays tribute to Tata Group founder Jamsetji Tata on his 182nd anniversary

Mar 05, 2021, at 12:25 am

Jamshedpur/IBNS: Tata Sons, Chairman Emeritus, Ratan Tata paid tributes to Tata Group founder Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata on his 182nd birth anniversary in the steel city.

Maoist IED blast in Jharkhand kills 3 policemen, injure two

Mar 05, 2021, at 12:19 am

Chaibasa, Jharkhand/UNI: Three jawans of Jharkhand Jaguar, a special task force, were martyred on Thursday while two others were injured as ultras of the proscribed CPI (Maoist) executed an IED blast in Lanji forest under Tokalo police station area of the West Singhbhum district.

US welcomes India's steps to return Jammu and Kashmir to normalcy

Mar 05, 2021, at 12:13 am

New Delhi/UNI: The Joe Biden administration is closely following developments in Jammu and Kashmir and welcomes steps taken by the Narendra Modi government to restore full economic and political normalcy in the Union Territory, consistent with India’s democratic values, says the US State Department.

India to focus connectivity with Bangladesh

Mar 05, 2021, at 12:07 am

New Delhi/UNI: Connectivity with Bangladesh will be India's major focus for the next 20 years to change the region’s geo-economic scenario, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday.

Russia, India agree to create target group for gas

Mar 04, 2021, at 11:38 pm

Moscow/New Delhi/IBNS: Russia and India have agreed to create a target working group for gas, which will operate in the framework of the working group for cooperation in the sphere of energy and energy efficiency of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological, and Cultural Cooperation.

Singer Aditi Munshi joins Trinamool Congress in poll-bound West Bengal

Mar 04, 2021, at 11:16 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Popular singer Aditi Munshi Thursday became another celebrity to join the ruling Trinamool Congress in poll-bound West Bengal.

Coal scam: CBI questions three senior railway officials in Kolkata

Mar 04, 2021, at 11:16 pm

Kolkata/UNI: The CBI probing the coal scam on Thursday quizzed three senior Indian Railways officers at its city office, official sources said.

37 pc of Bengal's sitting MLAs have criminal cases, 34 pc are decamillionaires: Report

Mar 04, 2021, at 09:52 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Weeks ahead of the Bengal assembly elections, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and West Bengal Election Watch have published an analysis of criminal background, financial, education, gender and other details of the state's sitting MLAs which has revealed that 37 per cent of them have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Trouble for Bimal Gurung's GJM as acting president arrested in Sikkim under POCSO

Mar 04, 2021, at 09:33 pm

Darjeeling/UNI: Ahead of West Bengal elections, Bimal Gurung-led Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has received a jolt with the arrest of his close aide Lopsang Lama under the stringent POCSO act in the neighbouring state of Sikkim, a report reaching here today confirmed.

S Jaishankar arrives in Bangladesh

Mar 04, 2021, at 09:02 pm

Dhaka/UNI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived here on Thursday to prepare the ground for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to celebrate 50 years of Bangladesh's independence.

Supreme Court stays HC order cancelling elections to 5 municipalities in Goa

Mar 04, 2021, at 07:55 pm

Panaji/UNI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that the Supreme Court has stayed the High Court order cancelling elections to five municipalities and consequent order of State Election Commission (SEC) keeping the election process in abeyance.

Kashmir: Drug peddler arrested, charas recovered in Pulwama

Mar 04, 2021, at 07:48 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Jammu and Kashmir police arrested a drug peddler and recovered charas in south Kashmir district of Pulwama, a police spokesman said Thursday afternoon.

Arvind Kejriwal, his parents receive first dose of Covid-19 vaccine in Delhi

Mar 04, 2021, at 07:34 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his parents on Thursday received the first dose of Coronavirus vaccine here at LNJP Hospital here.  

Bengal Polls: Mamata's Trinamool candidate list to be out tomorrow, BJP to finalise names for two phases today

Mar 04, 2021, at 06:50 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Even after five days since the announcement of the poll dates, neither the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal nor its prime challenger Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced their list of candidates yet.

Election Commission flying squad seize Rs 64.43 lakh cash in poll-bound Assam

Mar 04, 2021, at 05:00 pm

Guwahati/UNI: After declaration of assembly election of Assam, the election department has kept a strong vigil upon any complaint of violation of Model Code of Conduct and 5 cases of MCC violation have been reported in Biswanath, Dibrugarh, Kaliabor, Jorhat and Lakhimpur election district.

Pro-Khalistan elements near Toronto target rally to celebrate India-Canada ties, tricolour insulted

Mar 04, 2021, at 07:31 am

Brampton: A rally organised by Canadian Indians recently to celebrate India-Canada ties was disrupted by pro-Khalistan supporters who were caught on camera  abusing the participants and even insulting the Indian National Flag.

Hardoi: UP man beheads daughter after being upset over her relationship

Mar 04, 2021, at 05:59 am

Lucknow/IBNS: In a horrific incident, a man from a village in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi was seen walking down the road with the severed head of his 17-year-old daughter.

Santhali actor Birbaha Hansda joins Trinamool Congress

Mar 04, 2021, at 03:29 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Birbaha Hansda who is a well-known Santhali actress, joined the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in presence of party Secretary-General  Partha Chatterjee on Wednesday.

Tamil Nadu: VK Sasikala quits politics ahead of assembly polls

Mar 04, 2021, at 03:24 am

Chennai/IBNS: Sacked AIADMK chief VK Sasikala, who was released from jail last January, has announced her exit from public life ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly elections.

Employment bill to ensure 75 pc share for Haryana youth in private jobs: Dushyant Chautala

Mar 04, 2021, at 02:29 am

Chandigarh/UNI: Taking a big step towards providing employment to the youth of the Haryana, the state government would begin a massive employment campaign from next month following the bill ensuring 75 per cent jobs to the Haryana youths in the private sector, was given assent by the Governor on Tuesday.

SC directs Centre to form committee for disposal of cheque bounce cases

Mar 04, 2021, at 01:55 am

New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to constitute a committee for disposal of cheque bounce cases, which form 30 per cent to 40 per cent of the backlog in trial courts and a sizeable chunk of the pile-up in High Courts.