West Bengal Govt further changes its bi-weekly lockdown calendar
Aug 04, 2020, at 02:25 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal government on Monday changed the dates of its bi-weekly lockdown for the third time to contain the spread of Covid-19, officials said.
Soldier goes missing in J&K, army suspects abduction by terrorists
Aug 04, 2020, at 02:03 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The Indian Army on Monday said a soldier, who had gone to Jammu and Kashmir to celebrate Eid, has been missing since Sunday evening.
Assam’s indigenous Muslims' body to donate Rs 5 lakh for Ram Mandir construction
Aug 04, 2020, at 01:08 am
Guwahati/IBNS As preparations are in full swing for the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, the indigenous Muslims of Assam have announced to donate Rs 5 lakh for construction of Ram Mandir.
Explosion in ONGC pipeline at Nazira in Upper Assam
Aug 04, 2020, at 12:09 am
Guwahati/UNI: Nearly months after Baghjan Oil Well fire in Assam which is yet to be doused, an explosion occurred in a gas pipeline of ONGC at Nazira in upper Assam’s Sivasagar district today.
Doors of Baba Baidyanath opened for devotees on last Somvari of Shravan month
Aug 03, 2020, at 10:59 pm
Deoghar/UNI: On the last Somvari of the auspicious month of Shravan which also coincided with Shravan Poornima the doors of Baba Baidyanath Dham Temple were opened for the devotees.
Demand for CBI inquiry into mysterious suicide of Sushant Singh Rajput raised in Bihar Assembly
Aug 03, 2020, at 10:21 pm
Patna/UNI Amid chorus for CBI inquiry into suicide by Hindi film actor Sushant Singh Rajput under mysterious circumstances, the issue was also raised in Bihar Assembly as several members demanded for investigation of the case by premier agency, in the House in its single day Monsoon Session which began today.
West Bengal: Nabanna closed on Monday and Tuesday for intense sanitisation
Aug 03, 2020, at 10:04 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Nabanna, the State Secretariat and the official seat of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and her Cabinet colleagues and top bureaucrats, remained closed on Monday and Tuesday, August 3 and 4, for "intense cleaning and sanitisation" as the toll in Covid-19 was on high graph in Bengal with toll touching 1678 till Sunday.
Aug 03, 2020, at 09:24 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Sushant Singh Rajput was suffering from bipolar disorder and was under medication, doctors have said, according to Mumbai police.
Ravi Shankar Prasad goes into self-isolation, met COVID-19 Amit Shah on Saturday
Aug 03, 2020, at 09:21 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Union Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said that he was absolutely fine and has isolated himself at home for few days as he met Union Home Minister Amit Shah a day before the former BJP president tested Corona positive.
Congress MP Karti Chidambram tests positive for Covid-19
Aug 03, 2020, at 07:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP and the son of former Union Finance Minister Karti Chidambaram has tested positive for novel coronavirus.
Meghalaya : Man dies during scuffle between two families in West Garo Hills
Aug 03, 2020, at 06:24 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: A 45-year-old man died during a scuffle between two families in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district.
Total lockdown in Nagaland’s Mon district extended for 7 days
Aug 03, 2020, at 06:06 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: In view of the rise in COVID-19 cases, the Mon district administration in Nagaland has extended total lockdown for seven days from Monday.
Bihar IPS officer in Mumbai to probe Sushant Singh Rajput's death 'forcibly quarantined'
Aug 03, 2020, at 05:47 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from Bihar, heading a team of police officials here to investigate the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, has been forcibly sent into quarantine by the civic authorities, Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey has alleged.
Aug 03, 2020, at 05:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Home Ministry has issued a new set of guidelines for international passengers flying to India, applicable from Aug 8, Ministry of Civil Aviation tweeted on Sunday.
Kashmir leader slams China over treatment towards Uyghurs
Aug 03, 2020, at 04:10 pm
Srinagar: A key Jammu and Kashmir leader has slammed China for its treatment towards Uyghur people in Xinjiang region of the country and over the recent standoff with Indian soldiers in Ladakh region.
Omar Abdullah takes a dig at BCCI/IPL for retaining Chinese sponsors after people damage TV sets
Aug 03, 2020, at 03:44 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Taking a dig at BCCI/IPL for retaining Chinese sponsors, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that he felt bad for those who threw their Chinese made Television sets off their balconies only to see this happen.
Jammu and Kashmir: Soldier kidnapped, private vehicle set on fire
Aug 03, 2020, at 03:15 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A soldier was kidnapped and a private vehicle was set on fire by militants in south Kashmir district of Kulgam on Sunday evening, official sources said on Monday.
PM Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind wish nation on Rakhi
Aug 03, 2020, at 02:53 pm
New Delhi: Indian president Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wished the nation on Raksha Bandhan.
Bengal: Tiger kills migrant worker turned fisherman in Sunderbans
Aug 03, 2020, at 06:01 am
Sundarbans/IBNS: Many migrant workers, who lost their jobs amid lockdown, have turned to fishing to earn money, but owing to lack of survival skills in the dense mangrove forests they are becoming an easy pray for the tigers prowling the Sunderbans in the South 24 Parganas district.
Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa tests Covid+
Aug 03, 2020, at 05:32 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: After Home Minister Amit Shah, another top BJP leader and Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa has tested Covid-19 positive on Sunday.
Aug 03, 2020, at 05:11 am
Ayodhya/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh Police has wrapped the city in security cover ahead of the groundbreaking ceremony of the Ramjanmabhoomi Temple on August 5.
Jharkhand Crime: 'Half-naked' body of girl found from paddy field in Dumka
Aug 03, 2020, at 04:22 am
Dumka/UNI: Body of a young woman was found from a paddy field some distance away from railway tracks under Shikaripada Police Station area of this district.
NIA conducts search in Noida in Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case
Aug 03, 2020, at 04:18 am
New Delhi/UNI: The anti- terror probe agency NIA on Sunday conducted search at the residential premises of accused Hany Babu Musaliyarveettil Tharayil in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh in connection with the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case.
Kolkata: Civic Volunteer murdered in Maidan while trying to stop a drunken brawl
Aug 03, 2020, at 03:55 am
Kolkata/UNI: A young Civic Volunteer was brutally murdered while trying to stop a fight among two groups of drunkards in Maidan area under Hastings police station in the city early Sunday.
NIA arrests six more accused in Kerala gold smuggling case
Aug 03, 2020, at 01:56 am
New Delhi/UNI: The anti-terror probe agency NIA on Sunday made six fresh arrests and has conducted searches at six locations in connection with Kerala gold smuggling case in the past one week.
Yogi Adityanath Government doesn’t have any blueprint for corona: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Aug 03, 2020, at 01:50 am
Lucknow/UNI: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Yogi Government in view of the deteriorating situation in the state due to corona.
Another BSF constable among 3 held as Punjab Police bust cross border drug racket
Aug 03, 2020, at 12:55 am
Chandigarh/UNI: As part of its crackdown against drug mafia, the Punjab Police have busted another Pak-backed cross border drugs and weapons smuggling racket, with the arrest of two smugglers and yet another BSF constable, posted along the Pakistan border in Tarn Taran district.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah tests COVID-19 positive, admitted to hospital
Aug 02, 2020, at 11:58 pm
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday confirmed that he has been tested positive for COVID-19 as top politicians in the country wished him speedy recovery.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah tests COVID-19 positive
Aug 02, 2020, at 10:36 pm
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday confirmed he has tested COVID-19 positive.
43 detained in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore after clashes over a murder; properties set on fire
Aug 02, 2020, at 08:39 pm
Cuddalore/IBNS: Police have detained 43 people in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district after violent clashes broke out over the alleged killing of a man, the brother of a local body chief, on Saturday, said a media report.