India's unemployment rate jumps to five-week high; rural unemployment worsens
Aug 10, 2020, at 09:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India's overall employment rate reached a five-week high while the rural unemployment jumped to an eight-week high as the crop sowing season has come to an end and states have imposed micro lockdown in many places to curb Covid-19 spread.
Rajasthan political crisis: Sachin Pilot meets Rahul Gandhi
Aug 10, 2020, at 09:32 pm
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing political tussle in Rajasthan, rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday met senior party leader Rahul Gandhi, media reports said.
Assam: Police conduct search and raid operation in Darrang district, arms recovered
Aug 10, 2020, at 09:19 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: SI Raja Irshad, OC Mazbat PS, Darrang and staff conducted a search and raid operation at the residence of one Benjamin Murmu, at Dhunseri Tea Garden 10 No Basti (Paharpur) under Mazbat PS on Monday.
Rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot seeks appointment with top leadership : Report
Aug 10, 2020, at 08:54 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot has sought an appointment with Congress leadership exactly a month after he and 18 other dissident party MLAs declared revolt against Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, said media reports.
Pettimudi landslide : 6 more bodies recovered, toll rises to 49
Aug 10, 2020, at 08:44 pm
Idukki/UNI: The death toll in the massive landslide, that destroyed a row of 30 houses of tea estate workers in the high range Pettimudi near Rajamalai here, climbed to 49 on Monday, as six more bodies have been recovered.
Assam: Massive fire in Jorhat kills two, several injured
Aug 10, 2020, at 08:27 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Two killed and several others were injured in a massive fire at Jorhat town in Assam's Jorhat district on Sunday night.
Former President Pranab Mukherjee tests positive for Covid-19
Aug 10, 2020, at 06:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday informed that he has tested positive for Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19.
Kashmir: Two militant OGWs arrested, arms, ammunition recovered in Sopore
Aug 10, 2020, at 05:47 pm
Barmulla/UNI: Two militant Over Ground Workers (OGWs) were arrested along with arms and ammunition in apple township of Sopore in this north Kashmir district, a police spokesman said on Monday.
Kashmir: Injured BJP worker dies, large number of people attend last rites
Aug 10, 2020, at 05:43 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A Kashmiri leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Abdul Hamid Najar, who was critically injured in militant firing in central Kashmir district of Badgam on Sunday, died in a Srinagar hospital on Monday morning.
Maharashtra: Major fire in Ulhasnagar in Thane
Aug 10, 2020, at 05:36 pm
Thane/UNI: In a major fire incident, a three-storied commercial structure was destroyed at the Ulhasnagar in the Thane district of Maharashtra, the fire brigade sources said on Monday.
EIA 2020 draft must be withdrawn, says Rahul Gandhi
Aug 10, 2020, at 05:32 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Terming the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020 draft as an example of how the BJP government at the Centre is allowing its capitalist friends to loot the nation of its natural resources, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the draft must be withdrawn to put an end to the national and environmental destruction.
Jammu and Kashmir: BJP worker dies in Srinagar
Aug 10, 2020, at 02:56 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) worker, who was shot at and critically wounded by militants in Badgam on Sunday, died in Srinagar hospital on Monday morning.
Minor fire breaks out in ship at Visakhapatnam port
Aug 10, 2020, at 03:42 am
Visakhapatnam/UNI: A minor broke out in a ship berthed at the visakhapatnam port trust (VPT) here on Saturday.
West Bengal: Two people killed and three wounded in a vehicle collision in Medinipur
Aug 10, 2020, at 02:58 am
Kolkata/UNI: Two people were killed and three other wounded critically in a head-on collision between a four-wheeler and a motorcycle in West Bengal's West Medinipur district on Sunday, police said.
Blind woman raped in Assam’s Bongaigaon district during weekend lockdown
Aug 10, 2020, at 02:28 am
Guwahati/IBNS: A blind woman was allegedly raped by a person in Assam’s Bongaigaon district on Saturday during the weekend lockdown.
Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu tests positive for coronavirus
Aug 10, 2020, at 01:41 am
Bengaluru/UNI: Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister B Sriramulu on Sunday said that he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Jammu and Kashmir: Property worth crores of rupees destroyed in Srinagar fire
Aug 10, 2020, at 01:38 am
Srinagar/UNI: Property worth crores of rupees was damaged in a devastating fire in Maisuma area of the city on Sunday, official sources said.
Pakistan yet again shells at forward posts, villages in Poonch
Aug 10, 2020, at 01:33 am
Jammu/UNI: Pakistan troops yet again violated the ceasefire by shelling unprovoked at forward posts and villages along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Mayawati's BSP joins race to woo Brahmins in UP
Aug 10, 2020, at 01:21 am
Lucknow/UNI: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday followed the footsteps of Samajwadi Party and Congress, trying to allure the Brahmins.
Shiv Sena slams Bharatiya Janata Party for maligning Thackerays
Aug 10, 2020, at 01:12 am
Mumbai/UNI: The Shiv Sena on Sunday alleged that the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is politicising the Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case by linking a state minister for political gains.
Odisha: Security personnel recover huge arms ammunition from four Maoist camps
Aug 10, 2020, at 12:56 am
Bhubaneswar/UNI: The Security forces have recovered huge quantities of live ammunition, empty cartridges and camp articles from four Naxal camps in a row during anti-Naxal operation in Gandhamardan Reserve Forest in Bolangir District.
J&K: Roads construction under PMGSY in Baramulla in full swing despite Covid-19
Aug 09, 2020, at 11:41 pm
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir seems to be benefiting from the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) as the construction of a road under it is now gaining pace after a brief halt due to COVID-19 imposed lockdown.
Single civilian was not killed in the past one year: Shopian Official in Kashmir
Aug 09, 2020, at 10:54 pm
Srinagar: Noting the good impact of scrapping Article 370 by the Centre, the Shopian District Commissioner in Jammu and Kashmir said not a single civilian was not killed in the past one year.
PM KP Oli says Lord Ram was born in south Nepal’s Ayodhyapuri
Aug 09, 2020, at 10:49 pm
Kathmandu: Igniting the row over Lord Rama's birthplace, Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli said the Hindu deity was born in south Nepal’s Ayodhyapuri and not Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, media reports said.
Kashmir Issue: OIC gives 'jolt' to Pakistan
Aug 09, 2020, at 10:31 pm
Pakistan recently received a jolt from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a powerful group of 57 Muslim-majority countries across the continents, when it did not convene a session of its Council of Foreign Ministers on Kashmir.
21-yr-old UP girl commits suicide after harassment and beating by policemen
Aug 09, 2020, at 09:53 pm
Jalaun (Uttar Pradesh)/IBNS: A 21-year-old girl committed suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Jalaun district on Saturday morning after being allegedly tortured by police for hours and asked to report back the next day along with her two other friends.
11 members of Pakistani Hindu migrant family found dead in Rajasthan
Aug 09, 2020, at 08:51 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Eleven members of a Hindu family who migrated from Pakistan were found dead at a farm in Jodhpur district on Sunday morning, said a media report.
Amit Shah tests negative for COVID-19, Manoj Tiwari tweets
Aug 09, 2020, at 06:56 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah who was earlier infected with the deadly contagion, tested negative for Coronavirus, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Manoj Tiwari informed in a tweet on Sunday.
Cattle smuggling on rise along Indo-Bangladesh border, three smugglers held with 44 cattle heads
Aug 09, 2020, at 06:31 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Cattle smuggling is rising in Assam’s South Salmara distict along Indo-Bangladesh border amid COVID-19 pandemic situation.
Govt transferred Rs. 17,100 crores directly to 8.5 crore farmers' bank accounts: PM Modi
Aug 09, 2020, at 06:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday informed that his government has transferred Rs. 17,100 crores directly to the bank accounts of over 8.5 crore farmers as part of the PM-KISAN scheme, aimed at providing support of Rs. 6,000 annually to them.