Security forces recover huge cache of arms-ammunition in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district

Jun 12, 2020, at 03:45 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Security forces have recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district.

Manipur: Brown sugar worth Rs 1.67 crore, six US-made pistols seized along Indo-Myanmar border

Jun 12, 2020, at 03:42 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Manipur police have seized six Glock21 pistols and brown sugar worth Rs 1.67 crore in two separate operations in Moreh area along Indo-Myanmar border.

Nepal's map creates 'sense of resentment' in the Indian administrative circles

Jun 12, 2020, at 03:12 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Indo-Nepal border imbroglio has taken a fresh twist with villages that are home to many Indian bureaucrats appearing in the new map the Himalayan nation's Parliament is likely to endorse soon.

UK street likely to be renamed after Guru Nanak

Jun 12, 2020, at 10:03 am

New Delhi/UNI: After Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, now it is Guru Nanak - who is set to be 'revered' by a foreign country.

Child labour may see rise in COVID times: Experts

Jun 12, 2020, at 09:52 am

New Delhi: The unprecedented humanitarian crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has already had a huge impact on Indian economy, and there are high chances that child labour in home-based enterprises, agriculture and in hazardous occupations may see a steep rise in the coming months.

MNS warns Thane civic body over taking of educational institutes for use as COVID-19 care centres

Jun 12, 2020, at 09:07 am

Thane/UNI: The district unit of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Thursday warned the Thane Municipal Corporation against taking over the educational institutes, especially schools, for use as the Corona Care Centre.

West Bengal: Number of COVID tests crosses 3 lakh-mark, cases surge to 9768

Jun 11, 2020, at 11:56 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: With 9522 Covid-19 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the number of samples tested in West Bengal on Thursday reached 3,06,941 while the state's tally mounted to 9768, including 5338 active cases, 442 deaths and 3988 discharges, reports said.

George Floyd Impact: Bengal school book relates dark-skinned man as 'ugly', teachers suspended

Jun 11, 2020, at 11:51 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: While the United States is roiled by a wave of anti-racism protests over the death of Black man George Floyd in custody of police, a government-aided school in India's West Bengal state drew flak for using a dark-skinned man's photo in its text book to describe the word "ugly", reports said.

COVID-19 cases surpass 22k mark in Gujarat, 38 die in last 24 hours

Jun 11, 2020, at 11:37 pm

Gandhinagar/UNI: The total number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 22,067 with 513 new cases while the death toll surged to 1385 with 38 more deaths in the last 24 hours.

SC issues notice to Centre and Maharashtra govt on plea seeking CBI probe in Palghar lynching case

Jun 11, 2020, at 10:34 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court Thursday issued a notice to the Centre and Maharashtra government on a petition seeking transfer of Palghar lynching case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) on the claims that it is not possible for the Maharashtra CID to conduct a "free and fair" probe in the case, said a media report.

India requested UK to not consider asylum for Vijay Mallya: MEA

Jun 11, 2020, at 10:00 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India has requested the United Kingdom to not consider asylum for fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya as per his plea, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.

Amid rising coronavirus cases, Bengal migrant workers get back to work in other states with Covid-free certificates

Jun 11, 2020, at 08:54 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Thousands of workers in West Bengal's Murshidabad are queuing up outside health centres to get covid-free certificate so that they can get back to work outside and within the state, officials said, according to reports.

Kolkata: Amid Covid-19, viral video of unclaimed bodies for cremation triggers protest, Governor slams authorities

Jun 11, 2020, at 08:48 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A viral social media video showing how some decomposed bodies- which have been tagged as "unidentified and unclaimed" by the administration- are being mishandled at a crematorium in south suburban Kolkata, has triggered an outcry.

Fire breaks out at Mumbai's Crawford Market, no casualties so far

Jun 11, 2020, at 08:10 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: A fire broke out in Mumbai's iconic Crawford Market on Thursday evening.

BJP attempting to destabilise Congress govt in Rajasthan; offering MLAs Rs 25 crore to defect: Ashok Gehlot

Jun 11, 2020, at 06:07 pm

Jaipur/IBNS: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has accused the BJP of luring Congress and independent MLAs with Rs 25 crore each in a bid to destabilise the ruling government of the state, said media reports.

Coronavirus gave opportunity to turn India self-reliant: PM Modi tells ICC

Jun 11, 2020, at 02:53 pm

New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an address to the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Kolkata, on Thursday said the pandemic Novel Coronavirus has given India an opportunity to turn the country into a "self-reliant" one, media reports said.

Kashmir: Jawan killed, civilian injured in Pak firing in Poonch

Jun 11, 2020, at 01:01 pm

Jammu/UNI: An Army jawan lost his life, while one civilian suffered injuries as Pakistan fired unprovoked and shelled border villages along the Line of Control in Mendhar sector of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir.

Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal orders probe into Baghjan oil field fire incident

Jun 11, 2020, at 12:40 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has ordered a probe into the Baghjan oil field fire incident which took place in Assam's Tinsukia district on Tuesday.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad slams Rahul Gandhi after he accuses PM Modi of going 'absolutely silent' on China issue

Jun 10, 2020, at 11:59 pm

New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday slammed former Congress president Rahul Gandhi hours after he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being "absolutely silent" even as the Chinese "have taken our territory".

35 people in Noida spend 3 days in COVID-19 ward due to botched up tests

Jun 10, 2020, at 11:15 pm

Noida/IBNS: Thirty-five people in Noida were forced to spend three days in the COVID-19 ward of a hospital after private labs allegedly botched up their virus test reports.

PM Modi overviews Kedarnath reconstruction project

Jun 10, 2020, at 10:56 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today conducted a review of the Kedarnath Math development and reconstruction project with the Uttarakhand state government via video conferencing.

ED brings back jewelleries worth Rs 1,350 crore belonging to Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi from abroad

Jun 10, 2020, at 10:00 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has managed to bring back to India over 2,300 kg of polished diamonds, pearls and jewellery worth Rs 1,350 crore belonging to fraud-accused jewellers Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi from abroad.

West Bengal Govt staggers its employees' working hours to reduce crowding in public transport

Jun 10, 2020, at 09:02 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: To reduce crowding of office-goers in public transport and to ensure physical distancing at workplaces, West Bengal government on Wednesday staggered the working hours of its employees which will come into effect from Thursday, until further order.

Never referred trains with migrants as Corona Express: Mamata Banerjee counters Amit Shah's attack

Jun 10, 2020, at 08:47 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: After being targeted by Union Home Minister Amit Shah over her remark on Shramik Special Trains meant to bring back stranded migrant workers home, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday broke her silence and clarified that she never called the same 'corona express' but reiterated what public said.

Madhya Pradesh: No mask policy for 30 seconds at banks and jewellery shops

Jun 10, 2020, at 08:40 pm

Bhopal/ IBNS: Madhya Pradesh police has asked the visitors to jewellery shops and banks to remove their masks for 30 seconds so that they can be photographed by the CCTV cameras as a security measure to prevent thefts and robberies, media reports said.

Active COVID-19 cases in West Bengal cross 5000-mark, 17 deaths in last 24 hours

Jun 10, 2020, at 08:23 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: With 343 new cases of novel coronavirus registered in the past 24 hours, the total tally in West Bengal has mounted to 9328, including 5117 active cases, 432 deaths and 3779 discharges, reports said on Wednesday.

Maharashtra: Coronavirus cases surge above 90k amid 'Mission Begin Again'

Jun 10, 2020, at 04:36 pm

Pune/UNI: Maharashtra, the worst-hit state from the COVID-19 in India, reported 120 more fatalities and 2,259 new cases in the past 24 hours, official data apprised on Wednesday.

Jharkhand: 4 bodies recovered from well

Jun 10, 2020, at 04:35 pm

Giridih/UNI: The bodies of a woman and her three daughters were recovered from a well under Ganwa Police Station area of this district.

Jammu: Police recovers missing govt teacher from woods in Akhnoor

Jun 10, 2020, at 04:19 pm

Jammu/UNI: Police claimed to have recovered a government teacher, who went missing since Monday, from the forests of Chowki Choura here in Akhnoor area on Jammu outskirts.

Tripura: Constable committed suicide

Jun 10, 2020, at 04:16 pm

Ambassa (Tripura)/UNI: In a bizarre incident, a police constable committed suicide at Police Lines in Ambassa in the northern Tripura district of Dhalai here, the officials claimed.