Exit polls predict return of Mamata in Bengal, BJP to emerge as major force
Apr 30, 2021, at 02:03 am
Kolkata/IBNS: As the eight-phased high-octane West Bengal assembly election concluded on Thursday, most of the exit polls predicted a return of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) to power for the third term.
Manmohan Singh discharged from hospital after recovering from Covid-19
Apr 29, 2021, at 11:41 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was on Thursday discharged from hospital after recovering from Covid-19, media reports said.
Kejriwal gets second dose of COVID vaccine
Apr 29, 2021, at 11:20 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday received the second shot of COVID vaccine Covishield.
US asks its citizens to leave India
Apr 29, 2021, at 11:08 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Owing to shortage of medical facility due to exponential rise in COVID cases across the country, the US has advised its citizens not to travel to India or to leave as soon as possible.
Maharashtra: 48 Remdesivir injections stolen from Aurangabad health facility
Apr 29, 2021, at 10:42 pm
Aurangabad/UNI: In view of shortage of vital injections in COVID treatment, forty-eight vials of Remdesivir injections have gone missing from the Aurangabad Municipal Medical (AMC) Store Room at Meltron Hospital.
Rahul calls for free Covid vaccination for all
Apr 29, 2021, at 10:00 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded free vaccination for all the citizens of the country and used the meaning of word 'free' to drive home his point.
COVID-19: Delhi govt revises Wednesday's health bulletin
Apr 29, 2021, at 09:45 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi government on Thursday issued a revised copy of its yesterday's health bulletin, correcting discrepancies in the cumulative figures.
Apr 29, 2021, at 08:17 pm
Murshidabad/WB/IBNS: A CPI-M activist died and two others were seriously injured after a car in the convoy of Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Jafikul Islam allegedly knocked them down at Sahabajpur area in Murshidabad's Domkal on Wednesday midnight, hours before the eighth and final phase of Bengal assembly polls.
Rahul Gandhi calls for free Covid-19 vaccination for all
Apr 29, 2021, at 08:15 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded free vaccination for all the citizens of the country and used the meaning of the word 'free' to drive home his point.
Top ULFA-I leader gunned down in Assam’s Bongaigaon
Apr 29, 2021, at 07:09 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: A top leader of ULFA-I gunned down during a gun fight with security forces in Assam’s Bongaigaon district on Thursday.
Eastern Army Commander reviews security situation in Nagaland, Manipur
Apr 29, 2021, at 07:06 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Lt Gen Anil Chauhan, GOC-in-C Eastern Command visited units and formations of Spear Corps and Assam Rifles in Nagaland & Manipur for three days from April 27 to 29.
China maritime action: Japanese PM Suga expresses concern to Modi
Apr 29, 2021, at 05:51 pm
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has voiced 'grave concerns' on China's aggressive actions in surrounding waters during his telephonic conversation with Indian PM Narendra Modi on Monday.
Late poet Shankha Ghosh's wife Pratima Ghosh dies of Covid-19
Apr 29, 2021, at 04:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Eight days after celebrated Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh passed away, his wife Pratima Ghosh died of Covid-19 on Thursday.
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot tests COVID-19 positive
Apr 29, 2021, at 03:27 pm
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said he has tested COVID-19 positive.
West Bengal voting in final phase of Assembly polls
Apr 29, 2021, at 02:57 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Amid a raging second wave of COVID-19, voting for the eighth and final phase of assembly election in West Bengal began this morning in 35 of the state’s 294 constituencies.
Election Commission deploys 753 coys of Central Forces for final leg of Bengal polls
Apr 29, 2021, at 03:25 am
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: To ensure a free, fair and peaceful election in 11,860 polling booths spread across 35 assembly constituencies in four districts in the eighth and final phase of West Bengal assembly polls scheduled on Thursday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has deployed 753 companies of Central paramilitary forces along with the state police, officials said.
Serum Insititute chief Adar Poonwalla to get 'Y-category' security cover
Apr 29, 2021, at 02:26 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Pune-based Serum Institute of India's chief Adar Poonawalla will be provided with 'Y-category' security across the country, media reports said.
Maiden trial of Python-5 air to air missile for India's LCA
Apr 29, 2021, at 01:23 am
Tejas, India's indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, added the 5th generation Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) in its air-to-air weapons capability on April 27, 2021. Trials were also aimed to validate enhanced capability of already integrated Derby Beyond Visual Range (BVR) AAM on Tejas.
Narendra Modi interacts with Vladimir Putin over evolving COVID-19 situation
Apr 29, 2021, at 12:25 am
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi Wednesday interacted with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the evolving COVID-19 situation.
Apr 29, 2021, at 12:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Nandita Sinha, wife of Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Khardaha candidate Kajal Sinha, who had succumbed to Covid-19 days ago, on Wednesday registered a complaint of culpable homicide with Khardah Police Station in North 24 Parganas against Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain and other officials of the poll body, reports said.
COVID second wave: Bengal govt acquires 1367 private hospital beds
Apr 28, 2021, at 11:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal government has acquired 1367 beds from 24 privately-run hospitals across the state to tackle the second wave of Covid-19, officials said on Wednesday.
Former Bengal minister Upen Biswas resigns from TMC
Apr 28, 2021, at 11:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A day before the eighth and final phase of West Bengal assembly poll, ex-CBI Additional Director and former state minister, Upendra Nath Biswas, on Wednesday resigned from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party showing 'personal reasons', reports said.
Bengal polls: ECI traces out TMC leader Anubrata Mondal, puts him under surveillance again
Apr 28, 2021, at 11:35 pm
Birbhum/West Bengal/IBNS: Nearly two hours after Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal went out of the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s 'eyes', local machineries of the poll body on Wednesday afternoon found the TMC strongman at Tarapith and put him under strict surveillance again, officials said.
Bengal polls: ECI traces out TMC leader Anubrata Mondal, puts him under surveillance again
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:53 pm
Birbhum/West Bengal/IBNS: Nearly two hours after Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal went out of the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s 'eyes', local machineries of the poll body on Wednesday afternoon found the TMC strongman at Tarapith and put him under strict surveillance again, officials said.
Popular Bengali suspense writer Anish Deb dies of Covid-19
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Popular Bengali thriller, horror and suspense writer Anish Deb passed away at a private hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday, media reports said.
Intelligence level talks on, but no back-channel dialogue with India: Pakistani minister
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:27 pm
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has admitted that “intelligence level” talks were on with India, but denied reports of back channel dialogue saying a proper dialogue can take place only through the Foreign Office
Maharashtra hospital fire: 4 die in Thane dist
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:21 pm
Thane/UNI: Four patients lost their lives in Prime Criticare Hospital fire at Mumbra in Thane district in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Two-week lockdown begins in Karnataka to curb Covid-19 pandemic
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:14 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: The two-week lockdown to contain the Coronavirus surge across Karnataka began on Tuesday night at 2100 hrs and will be in force till 0600 hrs on May 12.
Former Bengal minister Upen Biswas resigns from TMC
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A day before the eighth and final phase of West Bengal assembly poll, ex-CBI Additional Director and former state minister, Upendra Nath Biswas, on Wednesday resigned from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party showing 'personal reasons', reports said.
US says its help to India is not 'transactionalism'
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:02 pm
The US help to India to meet the COVID-19 surge is unconditional and does not expect political favours in return, State Department spokesperson Ned Prince has declared.