Maharastra CM Uddhav Thackeray meets Covid-19 task force, no decision on lockdown so far
Apr 12, 2021, at 03:30 am
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday held a meeting with the state Covid-19 task force members but no decision on lockdown was taken so far.
Maharashtra: Major fire breaks out in high-rise commercial building in Vashi
Apr 12, 2021, at 02:41 am
Thane/UNI: A major fire broke out on the 14th floor of a commercial building near Vashi railway station on Sunday, the civic sources said.
Apr 12, 2021, at 02:37 am
Srinagar/UNI: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday called for synergizing the inter-departmental efforts to provide adequate facilities to the pilgrims during upcoming yatra to Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas.
Yogi Adityanath ask people above 45 yrs to join Tika Utsav in UP to defeat Corona
Apr 12, 2021, at 01:59 am
Lucknow/UNI: Exhorting people to go for vaccination against COVID, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday that vaccination is a campaign through which we can successfully fight a decisive battle against this deadly disease and secure the life of every citizen.
Nitin Gadkari calls up Sun Pharma's chief to arrange Remdesivir injections for Nagpur
Apr 12, 2021, at 01:25 am
Nagpur/UNI: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari called up Sun Pharma's chief to arrange for 10,000 injections of Remdesivir in Maharashtra's Nagpur city due to shortage of the medicine there, a press release issued by Gadkari's office said here on Sunday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Body of unidentified youth recovered in Srinagar
Apr 11, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Body of an unidentified youth was on Sunday recovered under suspicious circumstances in the summer capital, Srinagar.
Jammu and Kashmir: Civilian killed by unidentified gunmen in Budgam
Apr 11, 2021, at 11:36 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A civilian was killed by unidentified gunmen in the central Kashmir district of Budgam on Sunday.
Karnataka CM B S Yeddyurappa calls upon people to support night curfew
Apr 11, 2021, at 10:57 pm
Raichur/UNI: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday appealed to the people to support night curfew and follow the corona rules to control the pandemic.
Jammu and Kashmir: Three Al-Badr militants killed in Shopian encounter
Apr 11, 2021, at 10:34 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Three Al-Badr militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir district of Shopian on Sunday.
Apr 11, 2021, at 10:06 pm
Anantnag/UNI: Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, who were allegedly responsible for the killing of a soldier earlier this week, were neutralized on Sunday in an encounter with security forces at Bijbehara in this south Kashmir district.
Amid COVID-19 second wave conducting CBSE exams should be reconsidered: Rahul Gandhi
Apr 11, 2021, at 09:53 pm
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asked the Centre to reconsider conducting the CBSE examinations at a time when the country is witnessing a rise in COVID-19 cases.
NIA officials arrest API Kazi in Antilia bomb scare case
Apr 11, 2021, at 09:47 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Mumbai Police API Riyaz Kazi on Sunday was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his involvement in the Antilia bomb scare case.
Arvind Kejriwal terms present situation of Covid-19 in Delhi as 'worrisome'
Apr 11, 2021, at 09:28 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Terming the present situation of COVID-19 in the national capital 'worrisome', Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged people to stay at home as much as possible, as the ongoing peak has surpassed the intensity of November 2020, with Delhi recording 10,732 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
UP govt restricts gatherings at religious places amid Covid surge
Apr 11, 2021, at 06:14 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh government has announced restrictions on gatherings of five or more people in religious places amid a surge in Covid-19 cases.
Apr 11, 2021, at 05:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who blamed the Centre for Saturday's violence in Cooch Behar's Sitalkuchi constituency during the fourth phase of the Assembly election, hit out at the Election Commission on Sunday over the three-day ban on politicians and announced that she will visit the district on Apr 14.
PM Modi's call for mass vaccination-a 4-day 'Tika Utsav'-commences today
Apr 11, 2021, at 04:24 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid a worrying surge in Covid-19 cases, 'Tika Utsav' or vaccine festival is being organised across the country from Sunday to inoculate a maximum number of eligible people against the virus.
J&K: Three militants killed by security forces in Shopian encounter
Apr 11, 2021, at 03:41 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Three militants were killed by security forces in an encounter that ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in the south Kashmir district of Shopian, a police spokesman said.
BJP's double engine govt to give new political ambience to Bengal: Modi
Apr 11, 2021, at 06:55 am
Krishnanagar/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said BJP's double engine government in Bengal will give a new political ambience to the state.
Indian army douses raging forest fire in Arunachal Pradesh
Apr 11, 2021, at 05:21 am
Guwahati/IBNS The soldiers of Dao Division of Spear Corps posted in the vicinity of the Bada Kandun Village of Anjaw district doused a major forest fire on Saturday.
Apr 11, 2021, at 05:00 am
Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi government on Saturday imposed strict restrictions to arrest the huge jump in new Coronavirus cases, limiting attendance in wedding and funerals, restricting public gatherings, reducing entry of people to half in restaurants, and allowing public transport to run with reduced occupancy.
Apr 11, 2021, at 04:35 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Issuing a statement on Saturday night, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said that the firing by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) outside a polling station in Sitalkuchi in West Bengal's Cooch Behar was absolutely necessary at that moment as the mob had attempted snatching jawans' rifles during the violence.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray says lockdown must to break the chain of coronavirus infection
Apr 11, 2021, at 03:50 am
Mumbai/IBNS/UNI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is mulling lockdown to curb the unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases, media reports said.
BJP bites dust in Tripura ADC polls, loses to Pradyot Kishore Debbarman's newly formed TIPRA
Apr 11, 2021, at 02:30 am
Agartala/UNI: The influence of national parties in Tripura politics apparently came to an end as the ruling BJP-IPFT alliance lost miserably to Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA), floated by royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman four months ago, in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) elections today.
Sinopharm vaccine won’t be given to Lankans until safety aspect ensured, says health minister
Apr 11, 2021, at 12:18 am
Colombo: Sri Lankan Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi has said China’s Sinopharm vaccine will not be given to Sri Lankans until the safety aspect of the vaccine is ensured by the health authorities.
Cooch Behar incident was pre-planned: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 11, 2021, at 12:06 am
Siliguri/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the Cooch Behar incident is pre-planned.
Narendra Modi, Mark Rutte attend virtual summit, discuss issues of bilateral engagements
Apr 10, 2021, at 11:27 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi and his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte attended a Virtual Summit on Friday when the two leaders discussed issues of bilateral engagements.
Committed to overall development of Jammu & Kashmir: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
Apr 10, 2021, at 11:27 pm
New Delhi: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that Jammu & Kashmir has been and will continue to be an integral part of India.
Nations remain in touch even during wars: Pakistan on secret talks with India
Apr 10, 2021, at 11:09 pm
Pakistan hinted that India and Pakistan remained in touch despite tensions in bilateral relations over the last few years. “States have their ways and means to communicate with each other even during wars,” Zahid Hafeez Chaudhary, the spokesperson of Pakistan’s foreign office, was quoted as saying by The Express Tribune.
Assam: EC orders re-polling in 3 constituencies
Apr 10, 2021, at 10:15 pm
Guwahati/UNI: The Election Commission(EC) has ordered a re-poll in 4 polling booths in three constituencies of Assam.
Apr 10, 2021, at 09:51 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Stating that lockdown is not an option, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the Delhi government will be putting some restrictions in place to contain the spread of the virus (COVID-19).