BSF seizes 30 kg ganja along Assam-West Bengal border
May 11, 2020, at 07:26 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel foiled attempts of ganja smuggling and seized huge quantity of ganja along Assam-West Bengal border on Monday.
Assam reports two more COVID-19 positive cases, state tally rises to 64
May 11, 2020, at 07:19 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam on Monday has reported two new positive cases for COVID-19 taking the state's tally to 64.
May 11, 2020, at 06:21 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal has hit out at the girl whose involvement was found in the Bois Locker Room scandal after it was probed by police.
Server down, IRCTC bookings for special trains to start at 6 pm
May 11, 2020, at 05:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The online booking for 15 pairs of special trains, which was about to start at 4 pm on Monday, got delayed by couple of hours as the server of the official website of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) was down.
Maharashtra: CM Uddhav files nomination for Legislative Council polls
May 11, 2020, at 04:50 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday filed his nomination papers for the May 21 Legislative Council biennial elections to nine vacant seats.
SC reserves order on FIR against journalist Arnab Goswami
May 11, 2020, at 04:02 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday reserved it's verdict on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV Arnab Goswami, seeking quashing of an FIR registered against him, for trying to disturb communal harmony.
PM Narendra Modi holds COVID-19 meeting with CMs via video conferenceÂ
May 11, 2020, at 03:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The crucial meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of different states over the issue of COVID-19 outbreak and the lockdown imposed to control its spread has begun.
Uttar Pradesh: Truck turns turtle, two dead
May 11, 2020, at 02:59 pm
Gorakhpur/UNI: Two people were killed while seven others sustained injuries when a truck carrying labourers from Hyderabad overturned in the Sahjanwa area of this Uttar Pradesh district on Monday.
Extend full support in fight against COVID-19: BSP chief Mayawati
May 11, 2020, at 02:53 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Appealing to the people to help in the fight against COVID-19, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday said that the country should get some good news from the video-conferencing among the Prime Minister and the Chief Ministers of the states.
Coronavirus: Shram Shakti Bhavan closed as employee tests positive
May 11, 2020, at 02:50 pm
New Delhi/UNI: After an officer in the Ministry of Power tested positive for Coronavirus, Shram Shakti Bhavan, which houses Labour Ministry, was closed on Monday.
PM Modi to chair meeting with CMs over Covid-19 lockdown today
May 11, 2020, at 01:48 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday hold a video conference with all Chief Ministers over the anti-Coronavirus lockdown which is as of now due to end on May 18.
Jammu: Fire breaks out in SBI branch
May 11, 2020, at 01:18 pm
Jammu/UNI: A major fire broke out on Monday in the complex of State Bank of India branch here in Trikuta Nagar area.
Supreme Court directs setting up of committee to look into restoration of 4G in J&K
May 11, 2020, at 01:13 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to set up a High Powered Committee (HPC) headed by Home Secretary to examine a plea that absence of 4G internet is hindering education, healthcare and business in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Home Ministry asks states to cooperate with railways over running of trains for migrant workers
May 11, 2020, at 01:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After facing criticism over its "unplanned lockdown" after several migrant workers were killed on railway tracks days ago, the Union Home Ministry on Monday wrote a letter to all states asking for cooperation with the railways for the running of Shramik Special Trains.
Assam CM Sonowal talks to eminent personalities over phone
May 11, 2020, at 12:55 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: As a part of the state government’s multi-pronged approach to negotiate with the COVID-19 pandemic, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal dialled several eminent personalities, sports organizers, social activists and journalists and talked to them.
COVID-19 lockdown: Lost his job in US, Bengal youth turns vegetable seller
May 11, 2020, at 11:42 am
Panskura (East Midnapore)/UNI: Kartick Maity, a resident of Baharpota Village in this district, worked on a salary of Rs 40,000 a month in a shipping company in the US.
Former PM Manmohan Singh stable, under observation at AIIMS
May 11, 2020, at 11:12 am
New Delhi/UNI: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh who is at present admitted at the AIIMS is stable and under care of a team of doctors at the Cardiothoracic Centre of the country's premier medical institution.
Nepali origin woman booked for jumping quarantine in Himachal Pradesh
May 11, 2020, at 10:19 am
Shimla/UNI: A Nepali origin woman was on Sunday booked for jumping coronavirus quarantine at Kasumpti on outskirts of the Himachal Pradesh capital.
Political leaders wish former Indian PM Manmmohan Singh speedy recoveryÂ
May 11, 2020, at 10:12 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Leaders across party lines wished former Indian PM Manmohan Singh speedy recovery as he was admitted to Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Sunday.
Ex-Indian PM Manmohan Singh admitted to AIIMS
May 10, 2020, at 10:21 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh has been admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, media reports said on Sunday.
Javed Akhtar calls to end azaan practice on loudspeakers, triggers rowÂ
May 10, 2020, at 09:56 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Veteran Bollywood writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar's call to end the practice of chanting 'Azaan' on loudspeakers has earned criticisms with some even calling him a 'non-Muslim'.
May 10, 2020, at 09:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Over a 100 dignitaries, including academicians, bureaucrats, vice-chancellors, Olympians, retired defence personnel have written an open letter to the administrator, board and jury of Pulitzer Prize 2020, for endorsing terror and seperatism in India, media reports said.
Jharkhand: 3 Maoists arrested by Palamu Police with arms in Daltonganj
May 10, 2020, at 09:21 pm
Daltonganj/UNI: Police has arrested three ultras belonging to the proscribed CPI Maoists from Panki Police station area of the Palamu district alongwith arms.
Indian Railways to gradually restart passenger train service from May 12, booking starts tomorrowÂ
May 10, 2020, at 08:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian Railways on Sunday said it plans to gradually restart passenger train operations from Tuesday, initially with 15 pairs of trains (30 return journeys).
INS Magar leaves for Kochi with 202 Indian nationals
May 10, 2020, at 08:08 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Amid the coronavirus pandemic across the globe, Indian Navy’s INS Magar on Sunday departed Male port in Maldives with 202 Indian nationals embarked.
PM Narendra Modi to interact with CMs as nCoV claims over 2000 lives in India
May 10, 2020, at 08:01 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet Chief Minister's of various states on Monday to carve out next strategy of tackling the novel coronavirus outbreak that has so far claimed 2109 lives in India.
May 10, 2020, at 07:54 pm
Pàtna/UNI: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today urged the Centre to release within first trimester itself, the fund to the state to be given as per recommendations of 15th Finance Commission, in view of huge loss in revenue collection due to Corona pandemic.
Ahmedabad administration identifies over 300 high-risk super-spreaders of coronavirus
May 10, 2020, at 07:24 pm
Ahmedabad/IBNS: In a major development to contain the spread of coronavirus, the administration in Ahmedabad has identified as many as 334 coronavirus "super-spreaders", who are the carriers of the contagion with the potential to spread it to a large number of people, said reports.
Miss you with every breath Ma: Sushma Swaraj's daughter tweets on Mother's Day
May 10, 2020, at 07:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Leaving thousands of Indians touched, country's late former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's daughter Bansuri Swaraj posted a heart-melting message in memory of her on Mother's Day.
5 pilots of Air India test coronavirus positive
May 10, 2020, at 06:05 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A number of Air India staff members, including five pilots, have tested positive for coronavirus, said a media report.