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PM Modi in Kolkata today, likely to share dais with Mamata Banerjee | Security tightened in Kolkata ahead of PM Modi's visit | Deepika Padukone made her support to Congress known in 2011: Smriti Irani over actress' JNU visit | Delhi court directs Chhapaak makers to give credit to Laxmi Agarwal's lawyer | Mamata Banerjee speaking against Left-Congress for polarisation politics: BJP | SC directs Jammu and Kashmir administration to review all restrictions, restore internet | Confiscated crackers explode at Naihati | Nankana Sahib attack on Sikhs should work as 'mirror' on Pak: MEA | Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to visit Varanasi for 3 hours on Friday | Akhilesh Yadav meets family members of CAA protest victim in Kanpur

Indian diaspora protest against China in Times Square

Jul 05, 2020, at 10:05 pm

New York: A large number of Indian-Americans assembled at the iconic  Times Square in New York where they protested against China on Saturday.

Singer Richi Banna demands CBI inquiry in actor Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case

Jul 05, 2020, at 09:45 pm

Pune/UNI: Eminent Bollywood singer and young leader of Rajput community Richi Banna on Sunday demanded an inquiry by the Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) into the suicide case of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Odisha: Four armed Maoists killed

Jul 05, 2020, at 09:39 pm

Bhubaneswar/UNI: Four armed Maoists cadres including two female cadres of BGN division were killed during an exchange of fire with the security forces inside Sirla forest under Tumudibandha Police Station limit of Kandhmal district today.

Indian government blocks 40 websites linked to pro-Khalistan group Sikhs For Justice

Jul 05, 2020, at 08:47 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian government on Sunday said it has blocked 40 websites linked to pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ).

Cracker factory blast claims 7 lives in Uttar Pradesh

Jul 05, 2020, at 07:32 pm

Lucknow/UNI: At least 7 people were charred to death and while 4 others sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out in a cracker manufacturing factory at Bakhrawa village in Modi Nagar in Ghaziabad district on Sunday, Ghaziabad District Magustrate Akay Shanker Pandey confirmed.

Women grab all key government posts in Assam’s Nalbari district

Jul 05, 2020, at 04:33 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: What is women’s empowerment – an Assam district has showed it after eves occupied all key government posts of the district including the head of the district.

West Bengal: TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee equates Union FM Nirmala Sitharaman to a 'venomous snake', triggers controversy

Jul 05, 2020, at 04:26 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee has triggered a controversy by equating Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to a 'venomous snake' (Kal Nagini).

J&K LG performs pooja at Amarnath cave shrine, prays for early end to COVID-19 pandemic

Jul 05, 2020, at 03:55 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu on Sunday offered ''special pooja'' at holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas and prayed for early end to COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Karnataka imposes 33 hour curfew

Jul 05, 2020, at 03:21 pm

Bengaluru/UNI: Karnataka imposed a 33 hour curfew as a precautionary measure to curb the increase of cases due to Coronavirus.

PM calls on President Kovind, briefs him on LAC situation

Jul 05, 2020, at 03:10 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday at Rashtrapati Bhavan here and apprised him of recent developments.

With highest single-day spike of 1202 cases, Assam COVID-19 tally surges to 11,001

Jul 05, 2020, at 10:21 am

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam has witnessed the highest single-day spike on Saturday in the numbers of COVID-19 as the state has registered 1202 positive cases for the deadly virus in the last 24 hours

Assam flood situation improves, 10.75 lakh people of 18 districts still affect, death toll rises to 37

Jul 05, 2020, at 10:09 am

Guwahati/IBNS: The flood situation in Assam has gradually improved as the water level of all major rivers is decreasing.

J&K: CRPF jawan injured in blast on Srinagar-Pulwama road

Jul 05, 2020, at 08:55 am

Srinagar/UNI: A CRPF jawan was injured in a blast on Srinagar-Pulwama road in Kashmir on Sunday, official sources said.

America loves India: Donald Trump responds to PM Modi's wish on US Independence Day

Jul 05, 2020, at 08:48 am

Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump has thanked Indian Prime Minister Modi for wishing him on America's 244th Independence Day.

Heavy rains lash Mumbai and surroundings; Water-logging, traffic snarls reported from low lying areas

Jul 05, 2020, at 01:20 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Heavy rains lashed Mumbai on Saturday evening, leading to water logging and traffic snarls in several low-lying areas of the city.

TMC lady councillor shot at in party office near Kolkata

Jul 04, 2020, at 11:59 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor was shot at by unknown miscreants in party office near Kolkata on Saturday.

Mamata Banerjee's last Martyr's Day Rally before 2021 polls to go digital amid Covid-19

Jul 04, 2020, at 10:20 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The last Martyr's Day rally of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal before the 2021 state polls will go digital owing to the Covid-19 situation.

Assam flood situation steadies; toll mounts to 37

Jul 04, 2020, at 10:04 pm

Guwahati/UNI: The flood situation in Assam steadied with number of affected people and districts decreasing marginally, though the death toll continued to mount.

Arunachal announces one week 'lockdown' in Itanagar Capital Complex

Jul 04, 2020, at 09:38 pm

Itanagar/UNI; In the wake of the increasing COVID-19 positive cases in Itanagar Capital Complex, the Arunachal Pradesh government on Saturday announced  'lockdown' for one week starting from 0500 hours of July 6.

Tripura declares complete lockdown on Sunday after sudden spike in Covid cases

Jul 04, 2020, at 09:28 pm

Agartala/UNI: Apprehending community spread of Covid-19, after some cases could not be traced to their source of infection, the Tripura government announced a complete lockdown on Sunday.

West Bengal: Bloody clashes leave two dead, several wounded in South 24 Parganas dist

Jul 04, 2020, at 09:02 pm

Kolkata/UNI: Bloody political clashes between the rival groups left two people dead and several wounded, while two houses were set on fire in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district.

2 killed, 5 injured while making bombs in West Bengal's Murshidabad dist

Jul 04, 2020, at 08:46 pm

Murshidabad/UNI: At least two people were killed and five sustained wounds late last night while making crude bombs and stocking them in a house at Suti village in this district, police said today.

Jammu Kashmir: Two militants killed; JCO, 2 others soldiers injured in Kulgam encounter

Jul 04, 2020, at 08:35 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Two militants were killed while a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) was among three soldiers injured in an encounter which ensued after security forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Kulgam on Saturday.

India app ban forces TikTok to distance itself from Beijing

Jul 04, 2020, at 08:25 pm

Beijing/UNI: Social media app TikTok on Saturday distanced itself from Beijing after India banned 59 Chinese apps in the country, in retaliation to clashes in Galwan Valley, which left 20 Indian military personnel dead.

UP administration demolishes house of absconding gangster Vikas Dubey who killed 8 cops; Mother tells police to kill him in encounter

Jul 04, 2020, at 08:08 pm

Kanpur/IBNS: Kanpur district administration on Saturday demolished the house of fugitive gangster Vikas Dubey who along with his accomplices gunned down eight policemen when they went to arrest him in Bikaru village under Chaubeypur Police Station area in Kanpur, media reports said.

'Malicious, unsubstantiated': Indian Army on reports claiming PM Modi staged visit to 'fake hospital'

Jul 04, 2020, at 06:19 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian Army on Saturday termed the social media posts claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi staged a visit to a 'fake' army hospital in Leh a day before as "malicious, unsubstantiated".

Jharkhand: Lightning kills newly married girl in Chatra

Jul 04, 2020, at 06:17 pm

Chatra/UNI:  A newly married girl lost her life while her husband sustained serious injuries as lightning fell upon them under Huntarganj Police Station area of this district.

India observes Dharma Chakra Day: PM Modi, President Kovind join celebration

Jul 04, 2020, at 05:39 pm

New Delhi: India is a land of religious diversity and true to the spirit of brotherhood the country on Saturday observed Dharma Chakra Day, the event commemorating Lord Buddha's First Sermon to his first five ascetic disciples.

Pune man sets internet on fire by wearing gold mask

Jul 04, 2020, at 04:52 pm

Pune/Srinagar/UNI: A Pune resident has set Twitter on fire after he was seen wearing a mask made out of gold.

Rajasthan: Thirty-two kg of gold seized at Jaipur airport

Jul 04, 2020, at 04:41 pm

Jaipur/UNI:  Nearly 32 kg of gold was seized from 14 passengers who returned from UAE and Saudi Arabia in two chartered flights at the Jaipur International Airport on Saturday.