ED questions Cong leader Ahmed Patel in Sterling Biotech case
Jun 27, 2020, at 11:34 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday questioned senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel here and recorded his statement under PMLA in connection with Rs 14,500 crore Sterling-Biotech case, the probe agency officials said here.
Covid-19: Karnataka Govt cuts down working days to 5; clamps complete lockdown on Sundays
Jun 27, 2020, at 11:21 pm
Bengaluru/ UNI: Alarmed by the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, the state government on Saturday decided to reduce the working days from six days to five days a week and clamp lockdown on every Sunday from next week.
Administration on alert after locust swarms reach Gurugram, outside of Delhi
Jun 27, 2020, at 10:41 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The locust swarms reached Gurugram and the outskirts of Delhi on Saturday. People noticed huge clusters of locusts covering the skies of Delhi and Gurugram and captured the crop eating pests in their cameras.
Jun 27, 2020, at 09:19 pm
Malappuram/UNI: A 17-year-old boy, who had approached the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) here expressing his deep desire to live like a woman for the rest of his life, has been handed over to a transgender social activist for his care and protection for one month.
Father-son duo custodial deaths : DMK threatens to move court for CBI probe
Jun 27, 2020, at 08:55 pm
Chennai/UNI: The Opposition DMK today urged the Tamil Nadu government to ensure a fair probe into the custodial deaths of the father-son duo--Jayaraj and Bennicks--allegedly due to police excesses at Sathankulam in Tuticorin district failing which it would move the Court demanding a CBI probe into it.
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Field Marshal Manekshaw remembered on his 12th death anniversary
Jun 27, 2020, at 08:29 pm
Chennai/UNI: Floral tributes were paid to Field Marshal Manekshaw on the occasion of his 12th death anniversary today.
TN records highest 3,713 new COVID-19 positive cases, 68 fatalities, death toll goes past 1,000-mark
Jun 27, 2020, at 08:07 pm
Chennai/UNI: Tamil Nadu recorded its highest-ever daily spike in the number of novel coronavirus infections, after 3,713 people diagnosed positive on Saturday, pushing the cumulative tally to 78,335, while another record single-day high of 68 fatalities took the State's total death toll to 1,025.
Prasar Bharati threatens to cancel PTI's subscription over Chinese envoy interview: Report
Jun 27, 2020, at 06:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Close on the heels of a PTI interview of the Chinese ambassador in India where he squarely blamed India for the deadly Galwan Valley face-off, state broadcaster Prasar Bharati has threatened to cancel the subscription of Press Trust of India (PTI) accusing the news agency of reporting "not in national interest".
Security forces nab four ULFA-I militants along with arms, ammunition in Arunachal Pradesh
Jun 27, 2020, at 04:31 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Security forces apprehended four hardcore militants of banned outfit United Liberation Front of Asom – Independent (ULFA-I) in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang and Tirap district.
Film Director Ali Akbar says he is threatened for his new film '1921'
Jun 27, 2020, at 04:29 pm
Kozhikode/UNI: Noted Film Director Ali Akbar claimed that there was threat to his life as he received threatening calls and abuses over phone from unknown persons for his new film , '1921'.
Jammu and Kashmir Islamic State militant behind attack on CRPF patrol party identified
Jun 27, 2020, at 03:23 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Jammu and Kashmir police claimed to have identified a militant of “Jammu and Kashmir Islamic State” (JKIS) responsible for the attack on a CRPF patrol party in which a jawan and a minor boy were killed at Bijbehara in Anantnag, a police spokesman said on Saturday.
Kozhikode: Fire breaks out in jewellery shop, 4 injured, vehicles gutted
Jun 27, 2020, at 03:18 pm
Kozhikode/UNI: Four persons sustained minor injuries and vehicles parked in the basement were gutted in a fire that broke out in a jewellery shop at Parayancherry near here on Saturday noon.
Andhra Pradesh: Ammonia gas leak kills one, three others hospitalised
Jun 27, 2020, at 02:50 pm
Amaravati/IBNS: A 50-year old employee died due to ammonia gas leak inside the SPY Agros Company in the town of Nandyal in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.
Arvind Kejriwal details 'five weapons' to combat Covid-19
Jun 27, 2020, at 01:47 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the massive spike in Novel Coronavirus cases in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday detailed five ways to tackle the contagion.
Tripura: Four people including BJP, IPFT members murdered, no arrest
Jun 27, 2020, at 01:05 pm
Agartala/UNI: At least four people, including one each from ruling BJP and IPFT, were murdered in Tripura in the past 24 hours, but police have failed to arrest anyone so far.
PM Modi surrendered and refusing to fight Covid-19: Rahul Gandhi
Jun 27, 2020, at 12:58 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sharp increase in Covid-19 cases in the country in the last few weeks, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Prime Minister has "surrendered and is refusing to fight the pandemic."
Jun 27, 2020, at 12:48 pm
Amaravati/IBNS: Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has hit out at his successor YS Jaganmohan Reddy after a video showing the dead body of a Covid-19 patient being transported in a tractor went viral on social media.
Tamil Nadu: Custodial deaths of Jayaraj and Bennix spark massive outrage on social media
Jun 27, 2020, at 11:43 am
Chennai/IBNS: A massive outrage on social media was triggered by the custodial deaths of a father and his son who were arrested by police for violating the lockdown norms in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Teenaged Kashmiri girl grazing goats near LoC in Poonch shot at by Pakistan troopers
Jun 27, 2020, at 12:10 am
Srinagar/IBNS: A 17-year-old girl from Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district was on Friday injured in a gunshot fired by Pakistani troopers while she was grazing goats ahead of the fence and close to the Line of Control (LoC).
India improving its ability to detect and deter terrorist: US
Jun 26, 2020, at 11:57 pm
Washington/IBNS: The United States in its report on terrorism in Indian has lauded the Asian country for improving its ability to detect and deter terrorist travel by 'using watchlists, implementing biographic and biometric screening capabilities at ports of entry, and expanding information sharing.'
India's COVID-19 cases touch grim milestone of 5-lakh mark
Jun 26, 2020, at 10:37 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India's total coronavirus cases crossed the five-lakh mark on Friday after the country recorded more than 17,000 cases in the last 24 hours.
Coronavirus: Delhi schools to remain closed till July 31
Jun 26, 2020, at 09:04 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Schools in Delhi will remain closed till July 31 as the national capital continues to witness a spike in the number of coronavirus cases.
Southwest Monsoon covers entire India on June 26: IMD
Jun 26, 2020, at 08:35 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: The Southwest Monsoon has covered the entire country on Friday, 12 days prior to normal date.
Jun 26, 2020, at 08:19 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal on Friday reported its highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases as 542 more people tested positive in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed infections in the state to 16,190, including 5039 active cases, 616 deaths and 10,535 discharges.
India to receive EUR 460 million loan as part of Indo-German development cooperation
Jun 26, 2020, at 08:07 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Federal Republic of Germany along with the World Bank is helping India to build a social protection system catering to the needs of the urban poor and vulnerable poor, such as the migrant workers, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Delhi based embassy said in a recent release.
Karnataka BJP corporator enters manhole to clear clogged pipe, draws praise
Jun 26, 2020, at 07:56 pm
Mangaluru/IBNS: The BJP corporator of Kadri-Kambala ward here is receiving praises for his proactiveness and sense of duty, after a video showing him coming out of manhole went viral.
Law and order has gone for a toss in Punjab: AAP
Jun 26, 2020, at 07:45 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab on Friday expressed its grave concern over the 'deteriorating' law and order situation in the state, holding the government in the saddle solely responsible for the sorry state of affairs.
Jammu and Kashmir People's Justice Front holds public meetings, emphasises on unity and peace
Jun 26, 2020, at 06:47 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: The Jammu and Kashmir People's Justice Front held public meetings in different parts of Khansahab constituency.
Jun 26, 2020, at 05:30 pm
Thimphu/ IBNS: Bhutan today rejected media reports claiming that it has stopped the supply of irrigation water to the farmers in Assam, terming the disinformation "totally baseless" and a "deliberate attempt" by vested interests to create a misunderstanding with India.
Over 2.20 lakh people affected in Assam floods, death toll rises to 15
Jun 26, 2020, at 04:38 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The flood situation in Assam turned grim with more than 2.20 lakh people in 13 districts of the state affected in the second wave of floods.