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.
Covid19: Mizoram, Manipur first two Northeastern states to report Delta variant
Jun 20, 2021, at 07:10 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Mizoram and Manipur are the first two Northeastern states that have reported the presence of highly infectious Delta variant of coronavirus.
Jitin Prasada meets CM Yogi Adityanath in his first to UP after joining BJP
Jun 20, 2021, at 05:54 am
Lucknow/IBNS: Former Congress leader and Union minister in the erstwhile UPA government Jitin Prasada met UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Saturday.
Karnataka eases Covid19 restrictions in dists with less than 5 pc positivity rate
Jun 20, 2021, at 05:10 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: The Karnataka government on Saturday eased restrictions in 16 districts with less than 5 per cent Covid-19 positivity rate, according to media reports.
Tharoor-led parliamentary panel rejects online meeting with Facebook
Jun 20, 2021, at 04:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The parliamentary panel on information technology, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, has conveyed a strict message to Facebook that the company representatives will have to physically appear in front of the panel notwithstanding what Facebook company policies say, according to an ANI report.
Omar Abdullah confirms getting invite to PM Modi's all-party meet on J&K
Jun 20, 2021, at 04:11 am
Srinagar/IBNS: National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said they have got a formal invite for an all-party meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.
Legendary sprinter Milkha Singh cremated with full state honours in Chandigarh
Jun 20, 2021, at 03:33 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: Iconic sprinter Milkha Singh, who succumbed to COVID-19 complications, was cremated in Chandigarh with full state honours on Saturday evening.
Former aide to PM Modi made Uttar Pradesh BJP's Vice President
Jun 20, 2021, at 02:52 am
Lucknow/IBNS: Former bureaucrat AK Sharma, who was among the close aides to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been made the Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh.
K'taka Congress demands house committee probe in irrigation department's scam
Jun 20, 2021, at 01:56 am
Bengaluru/UNI: The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D K Shivakumar, has demanded the state government to order a house committee probe on the alleged Rs 20,000 crore irrigation department's tender scam, here on Saturday.
Jun 20, 2021, at 01:10 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court's acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal on Saturday granted conditional bail to Debjani Mukherjee in all cases pertaining to the Saradha chit fund scam in West Bengal, reports said.
Minor tribal girl gangraped in Jharkhand's Pakur, one arrested
Jun 20, 2021, at 12:57 am
Pakur/UNI: A minor tribal girl was gang-raped under Hiranpur Police Station area of Pakur district in Jhrakhand.
PM Narendra Modi congratulates Om Birla for completing 2 years as LS Speaker
Jun 20, 2021, at 12:41 am
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for completing two years in office.
Jammu: Kashmiri Pandits celebrate Jyeshtha Ashtami
Jun 20, 2021, at 12:18 am
Srinagar: Members of the Kashmiri Pandit community on Friday gathered at the Mata Kheer Bhawani temple in Janipur region of Jammu district to offer prayers to the deity on the occasion of "Jyeshtha Ashtami".
Amit Shah reviews development programs of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir
Jun 20, 2021, at 12:06 am
New Delhi; Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed various development projects of J&K in New Delhi on Friday, with the motto “Development with Transparency” enunciated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Jammu and Kashmir: Imam Association chief asks students to work towards attaining peace
Jun 19, 2021, at 11:55 pm
Srinagar: Imam Association Jammu and Kashmir chairperson Hilal Ahmad Lone has urged students of Darul Uloom Imam E Azam to work towards attaining peace and de-redicalisation in Kashmir valley.
Jammu and Kashmir: LG Manoj Sinha unveils Yoga videos in Dogri, Kashmiri
Jun 19, 2021, at 11:34 pm
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday unveiled yoga videos in Dogri and Kashmiri languages based on Common Yoga Protocol issued by the Ministry of AYUSH.
COVID-19: India's recovery rate steadily increases to 96.16 percent
Jun 19, 2021, at 09:57 pm
New Delhi: India continues to report a sustained slide in the daily new COVID cases. The country has reported 60,753 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours.
Reopening of schools: Niti Ayog's Dr VK Paul has to say this
Jun 19, 2021, at 09:44 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre has said that a time should come when the schools can be reopened as more and more people are vaccinated, including teachers, and people adopt Covid-appropriate behaviour and implement social distancing in everyday lives.
Telangana Cabinet decides to lift ongoing COVID-19 lockdown
Jun 19, 2021, at 09:32 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: The Telangana Cabinet has decided to lift the ongoing lockdown from 6 a.m. on Sunday.
Jun 19, 2021, at 09:14 pm
Malda/West Bengal/IBNS: A youth has been arrested for allegedly murdering four members of his own family and burying their bodies at Old 16 Miles area under Kaliachak Police Station limits in West Bengal's Malda district, officials said on Saturday.
PDP to take a call on Sunday on attending all party meet with PM: Report
Jun 19, 2021, at 08:03 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti has said her party will hold a meeting on Sunday to discuss the Centre's invite for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with all parties of Jammu and Kashmir, said a media report.
Jun 19, 2021, at 07:21 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Saturday asked the states to adhere to the "extremely important" five-fold strategy of Covid-appropriate behaviour--test-track-treat and vaccinate to stop the spread of the virus.
Covid19: Four lions at Tamil Nadu zoo test positive for Delta variant
Jun 19, 2021, at 06:28 pm
Chennai/IBNS: Four lions infected with Covid19 at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at Vandalur have the coronavirus belonging to the Pangolin lineage B.1.617.2 and are Delta variants as per WHO nomenclature, Zoo officials told the media.
India abstains from voting on UN resolution on Myanmar; stands with ASEAN initiative
Jun 19, 2021, at 05:55 pm
New York/IBNS:India on Friday abstained from voting on the United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA's) resolution for an arms embargo against Myanmar, saying it did not correspond to its views.
Milkha Singh passes away losing battle to Covid19
Jun 19, 2021, at 06:17 am
India's legendary track and field sprinter Milkha Singh, who had tested positive for Covid-19 last month, passed away on Friday after a month-long battle with the virus. He was 91.
PM Modi likely to call all-party meeting on J&K next week: Reports
Jun 19, 2021, at 05:20 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has likely called an all-party meeting on Jammu and Kashmir next week, media reports quoting sources said.