Bengal: BJP's Alipurduar district president Ganga Prasad Sharma joins TMC
Jun 21, 2021, at 08:56 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In continuing worry for the saffron unit, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Alipurduar district president Ganga Prasad Sharma on Monday joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal.
Rahul Gandhi flays Centre for not aiding kins of COVID-19 victims
Jun 21, 2021, at 07:09 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the Narendra Modi-led government over families of the COVID-19 victims not being provided compensation.
Upset with BJP MP's call for North Bengal UT, Alipurduar party president, 6 others to join TMC
Jun 21, 2021, at 05:30 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Miffed with his colleague's demand for a union territory carving out North Bengal from West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Alipurduar district president Ganga Prasad Sharma is set to join the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday.
Tamil Nadu: One more week of lockdown with relaxations commences
Jun 21, 2021, at 05:01 pm
Chennai/UNI: Public transport services resumed in Chennai and its three neighbouring districts as one more week of extended lockdown with more additional relaxations began in Tamil Nadu on Monday.
NSA largely abused by BJP govt: Goa leader Vijay Sardesai
Jun 21, 2021, at 04:57 pm
Panaji/UNI: Goa Forward Party (GFP) president Vijay Sardesai on Monday alleged that the National Security Act (NSA) is largely abused by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government and said his party would not budge to such tactics.
International Yoga Day: PM Narendra Modi announces launch of M-Yoga app
Jun 21, 2021, at 03:14 pm
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi announced the launch of M-Yoga app which will provide many videos of yoga training based on common yoga protocol in many languages.
Top Lashkar terrorist, 2 others killed in Jammu and Kashmir encounter
Jun 21, 2021, at 02:52 pm
Srinagar: Three terrorists, including a top commander of the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, died during an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore region, officials said on Monday.
Yoga remains ray of hope in Covid-hit world, says Narendra Modi
Jun 21, 2021, at 02:23 pm
New Delhi: On the occasion of seventh International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra talked about the role played by Yoga during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Jun 21, 2021, at 01:38 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh police has slapped 15 sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and three sections of the IT Act on a journalist for hatching a conspiracy to make false allegations against Vishva Hindu Parishad leader and Secretary of the Ram Temple Trust Champat Rai, according to a media report.
Techie stabbed by wife in Gurgaon in presence of children
Jun 21, 2021, at 01:17 pm
Gurgaon/IBNS: A woman allegedly stabbed her husband, following a heated argument, in their apartment in Gurgaon while the couple's children were also present at home, said media reports.
Jun 21, 2021, at 06:59 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting on June 24 with the political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir may not discuss restoration of statehood and would be on delimitation exercise which has been already rolled out in the union territory ahead of the assembly elections, according to a media report.
'Misplaced, exaggerated': India rubbishes UN special branch's criticism on new IT rules
Jun 21, 2021, at 05:45 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India has described the concerns raised by a special branch of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) as "misplaced, exaggerated and disingenuous".
Punjab: BSF officials notice Pakistani drone in Dera Baba Nanak
Jun 21, 2021, at 03:00 am
The Border Security Forces officials recently noticed Pakistani drones in Dera Baba Nanak of Punjab's Gurdaspur district on Friday, media reports said.
PM Narendra Modi to address 7th International Yoga Day programme tomorrow
Jun 21, 2021, at 02:50 am
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the 7th International Yoga Day programme on June 21 at 0630 hrs.
Chirag Paswan to hold roadshow in Bihar to shut rebels in LJP
Jun 21, 2021, at 12:16 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Chirag Paswan has decided to go for the display of popular support in his favour in the face of challenge posed by his uncle Pashupati Paras for the control of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP).
Ajit Doval, Pakistan NSA expected to attend SCO meet next week in Tajikistan
Jun 21, 2021, at 12:03 am
New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval might attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Tajikistan soon, media reports said. Pakistan’s NSA Moeed Yusuf is also expected to attend the meeting.
Assam: Two UPRF militants gunned down in Karbi Anglong
Jun 20, 2021, at 11:40 pm
Guwahati: Two militants belonging to United People’s Revolutionary Front (UPRF) were killed in an encounter with police in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Sunday.
Jun 20, 2021, at 10:39 pm
Srinagar/UNI: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday started consultations with senior party leaders on the invitation by Centre to mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir for a meeting which will be presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi on June 24.
Jammu and Kashmir Police bust narco-terror module, 10 arrested
Jun 20, 2021, at 10:32 pm
New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested 10 people as they busted a narco terror module in Uri area of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla region, officials said.
Police complaint lodged against TMC MLA Kanchan Mullick, girlfriend for harassing his wife
Jun 20, 2021, at 10:28 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Actor-turned-Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Kanchan Mullick's wife, Pinki Banerjee, on Saturday night registered a complaint with New Alipore Police Station in Kolkata against her husband for allegedly harassing and threatening her, reports said on Sunday.
Jammu and Kashmir: NGO hosts special art competition to mark Autistic Pride Day
Jun 20, 2021, at 08:48 pm
Srinagar: A non-government organization (NGO) recently hosted a special art competition in Kashmir on Saturday to mark Autistic Pride Day.
Monkey enjoys joyride in Delhi Blue Line metro
Jun 20, 2021, at 08:47 pm
Delhi/IBNS: A video of a monkey moving freely in a metro rail compartment running on Delhi Blue Line has gone viral.
Class 10 girl student commits suicide in Assam’s Lakhimpur
Jun 20, 2021, at 08:40 pm
According to family members, the meritorious girl student was unhappy with the state government’s decision of cancellation the Class 10 and Class 12 examinations in view of current COVID-19 situation.
All coronavirus deaths to be certified, action against defaulters: Centre informs Supreme Court
Jun 20, 2021, at 06:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: All coronavirus deaths, regardless of where the patients die, will have to be certified as 'Covid deaths', the Centre has stated in an affidavit in the Supreme Court.
2.1 magnitude earthquake hits Delhi, no damage reported
Jun 20, 2021, at 06:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A low-intensity earthquake hit the national capital on Sunday afternoon.
Uttar Pradesh govt relaxes Covid curbs, allows malls, restaurants to open on weekdays
Jun 20, 2021, at 06:32 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh government has announced some more relaxations to the curbs imposed in view of the declining Covid-19 cases.
Jun 20, 2021, at 06:15 pm
Malda/West Bengal/IBNS: Hours after arresting youth for allegedly killing four members of his own family and burying their bodies, West Bengal's Malda district police on Saturday night raided the residences of the accused's two friends and recovered several firearms as well as cartridges from the locations, officials said.
Kolkata man who 'officially died' in 2010 Jnaneswari Express accident detained by CBI
Jun 20, 2021, at 05:56 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday detained a man, whose family showed him dead in 2010 Jnaneswari Express derailment and took ex-gratia from the Indian Railway, from Kolkata's Jorabagan area, officials said.
Can't give Rs. 4 lakh compensation to every Covid victims' kin: Centre tells Supreme Court
Jun 20, 2021, at 05:28 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Families of Covid victims cannot be paid compensation as it is applicable to natural disasters, the Centre told Supreme Court.
Delhi records 7 Covid deaths, lowest in more than two months
Jun 20, 2021, at 07:41 am
Delhi/IBNS: Delhi registered seven Covid-19 deaths, the lowest in in two months, since April 1, and 135 fresh infections, taking the positivity rate to 0.18 per cent, according to the data released by the state government.