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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 | Special screening of 'Chhapaak' movie in Punjab | EU ambassadors not part of foreign delegation visiting Kashmir due to number constraints: MEA | Nirbhaya gangrape case convict files curative plea before Supreme Court | Will fight CAA, NRC alone, says Mamata Banerjee; TMC chief to skip Opposition meet | Fire breaks out in Noida hospital, no reports of injury | Yashwant Sinha flags-off 3000-km Gandhi Shanti Yatra in Mumbai | 16 envoys including US Ambassador reach Jammu and Kashmir for two-day visit

Meghalaya : Man dies during scuffle between two families in West Garo Hills

Aug 03, 2020, at 06:24 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: A 45-year-old man died during a scuffle between two families in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district.

Total lockdown in Nagaland’s Mon district extended for 7 days

Aug 03, 2020, at 06:06 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: In view of the rise in COVID-19 cases, the Mon district administration in Nagaland has extended total lockdown for seven days from Monday.

Bihar IPS officer in Mumbai to probe Sushant Singh Rajput's death 'forcibly quarantined'

Aug 03, 2020, at 05:47 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from Bihar, heading a team of police officials here to investigate the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, has been forcibly sent into quarantine by the civic authorities, Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey has alleged.

Indian govt issues new guidelines for inbound international flyers; Covid negative passengers exempted from quarantine

Aug 03, 2020, at 05:02 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Home Ministry has issued a new set of guidelines for international passengers flying to India, applicable from Aug 8, Ministry of Civil Aviation tweeted on Sunday.

Kashmir leader slams China over treatment towards Uyghurs

Aug 03, 2020, at 04:10 pm

Srinagar: A key Jammu and Kashmir leader has slammed China for its treatment towards Uyghur people in Xinjiang region of the country and over the recent standoff with Indian soldiers in Ladakh region.

Omar Abdullah takes a dig at BCCI/IPL for retaining Chinese sponsors after people damage TV sets

Aug 03, 2020, at 03:44 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Taking a dig at BCCI/IPL for retaining Chinese sponsors, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that he felt bad for those who threw their Chinese made Television sets off their balconies only to see this happen.

Jammu and Kashmir: Soldier kidnapped, private vehicle set on fire 

Aug 03, 2020, at 03:15 pm

Srinagar/UNI: A soldier was kidnapped and a private vehicle was set on fire by militants in south Kashmir district of Kulgam on Sunday evening, official sources said on Monday.

PM Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind wish nation on Rakhi 

Aug 03, 2020, at 02:53 pm

New Delhi: Indian president Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wished the nation on Raksha Bandhan.

Bengal: Tiger kills migrant worker turned fisherman in Sunderbans

Aug 03, 2020, at 06:01 am

Sundarbans/IBNS: Many migrant workers, who lost their jobs amid lockdown, have turned to fishing to earn money, but owing to lack of survival skills in the dense mangrove forests they are becoming an easy pray for the tigers prowling the Sunderbans in the South 24 Parganas district.

Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa tests Covid+

Aug 03, 2020, at 05:32 am

Bengaluru/IBNS: After Home Minister Amit Shah, another top BJP leader and Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa has tested Covid-19 positive on Sunday.

Ayodhya wrapped in tight security cover, drones used to vigil VIP routes for Ram Temple groundbreaking ceremony

Aug 03, 2020, at 05:11 am

Ayodhya/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh Police has wrapped the city in security cover ahead of the groundbreaking ceremony of the Ramjanmabhoomi Temple on August 5.

Jharkhand Crime: 'Half-naked' body of girl found from paddy field in Dumka

Aug 03, 2020, at 04:22 am

Dumka/UNI: Body of a young woman was found from a paddy field some distance away from railway tracks under Shikaripada Police Station area of this district.

NIA conducts search in Noida in Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case

Aug 03, 2020, at 04:18 am

New Delhi/UNI:  The anti- terror probe agency NIA on Sunday conducted search at the residential premises of accused Hany Babu Musaliyarveettil Tharayil in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh in connection with the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case.

Kolkata: Civic Volunteer murdered in Maidan while trying to stop a drunken brawl

Aug 03, 2020, at 03:55 am

Kolkata/UNI:  A young Civic Volunteer was brutally murdered while trying to stop a fight among two groups of drunkards in Maidan area under Hastings police station in the city early Sunday.

NIA arrests six more accused in Kerala gold smuggling case

Aug 03, 2020, at 01:56 am

New Delhi/UNI: The anti-terror probe agency NIA on Sunday made six fresh arrests and has conducted searches at six locations in connection with Kerala gold smuggling case in the past one week.

Yogi Adityanath Government doesn’t have any blueprint for corona: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Aug 03, 2020, at 01:50 am

Lucknow/UNI: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Yogi Government in view of the deteriorating situation in the state due to corona.

Another BSF constable among 3 held as Punjab Police bust cross border drug racket

Aug 03, 2020, at 12:55 am

Chandigarh/UNI: As part of its crackdown against drug mafia, the Punjab Police have busted another Pak-backed cross border drugs and weapons smuggling racket, with the arrest of two smugglers and yet another BSF constable, posted along the Pakistan border in Tarn Taran district.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah tests COVID-19 positive, admitted to hospital 

Aug 02, 2020, at 11:58 pm

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday confirmed that he has been tested positive for COVID-19 as top politicians in the country wished him speedy recovery.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah tests COVID-19 positive

Aug 02, 2020, at 10:36 pm

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday confirmed he has tested COVID-19 positive.

43 detained in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore after clashes over a murder; properties set on fire

Aug 02, 2020, at 08:39 pm

Cuddalore/IBNS: Police have detained 43 people in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district after violent clashes broke out over the alleged killing of a man, the brother of a local body chief, on Saturday, said a media report.

Assam govt issues fresh guideline for Unlock 3.0, inter-district movement allowed only on Monday, Tuesday

Aug 02, 2020, at 06:30 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam government on Sunday issued fresh guidelines for Unlock 3.0 and allowed inter districts movement for the people on Monday and Tuesday in a week.

UP Minister Kamal Rani Varun dies due to COVID-19

Aug 02, 2020, at 05:11 pm

Lucknow/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Minister Kamal Rani Varun, who had earlier tested positive for COVID-19, succumbed to the virus in Lucknow on Sunday. She was 62.

India, China to hold fifth round of commander-level talks today

Aug 02, 2020, at 03:56 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The fifth round of commander-level talks between India and China is scheduled to be held on Sunday to scale down the tension along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh which witnessed violent skirmishes on June 15.

'Rhea Chakraborty missing' : Bihar cops investigating Sushant Singh Rajput's death in Mumbai

Aug 02, 2020, at 07:10 am

Mumbai/IBNS: The Bihar Police team, investigating the 'abetment to suicide' charges against Rhea Chakraborty and others in Sushant Singh Rajput death case, said they were unable to locate the actor's girlfriend, said media reports.

J&K Lt Governor writes to Centre seeking intervention in apple sale amid lockdown

Aug 02, 2020, at 06:15 am

Srinagar/IBNS: The apple farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are staring at losses as they haven't been able to sell their produce amid coronavirus pandemic and continuous lockdowns. Highlighting this, Lt Governor GC Murmu has written to the Ministry of Home Affairs, demanding extension of the Market Intervention Scheme under which the Centre procures farmers' produce.

86 die in Punjab hooch tragedy, 6 cops,7 excise officials suspended

Aug 02, 2020, at 05:36 am

Chandigarh/IBNS: The number of deaths in Punjab spurious liquor tragedy surged to 86 with 48 more people dying on Saturday, after which the state government suspended seven excise and six police personnel, said media reports.

B-town actor Sushant Singh Rajput's sister appeals to PM Modi to look into the death case

Aug 02, 2020, at 04:15 am

New Delhi/UNI:  Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Shweta on Saturday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to look into her brother's death case and ensure that no evidence are tampered with.

Assam: 67 COVID-19 cured police personnel donate plasma

Aug 02, 2020, at 04:14 am

Guwahati/IBNS: As the state has witnessed a sharp spike in the number of COVID-19 cases and many patients in hospitals are in critical condition, Assam police brought a ray of hope for the sick as 67 police personnel, cured of the infection, donated their plasma.

Experts urge Indian govt to take help of Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia to counter Beijing narrative

Aug 02, 2020, at 04:07 am

India must consolidate its diplomatic and economic ties with China's adversaries like Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam to target Beijing and counter its narrative, said experts during a webiner held recently. 

Jammu and Kashmir: Construction of new stadium underway in Wakura village to help sports loving youth

Aug 02, 2020, at 03:56 am

To encourage the sports-loving youth of Kashmir in the right direction, construction of a new playground is in full swing at Wakura village in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir.