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West Bengal: Pandaveswar MLA Jitendra Tiwari quits Trinamool Congress | Suvendu Adhikari resigns from Trinamool Congress' primary membership | Farmers' movement enters day 22; SC's suggestion for committee moral victory for farmers, says AIKSCC | First Test: India win toss, elect to bat first against Australia | Former BJP MP Satyadeo Singh passes away at the age of 75 | India adds over 24,000 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, tally crosses 99.5 lakh | Modi government crossed all limits of cruelty: Rahul Gandhi on Sikh priest's suicide | JEE Main examinations will be held 4 times to give students multiple chances: Education Minister | 'Muslim voters aren't your jagirs': Asaduddin Owaisi's strong reply to Mamata Banerjee | Sikh priest commits suicide, leaves note on farmers' protest

Indian Army-Assam Rifles rescue two abducted ONGC employees in Nagaland’s Mon

Apr 25, 2021, at 12:10 am

Guwahati/IBNS: The Indian army and Assam Rifles have safely rescued two employees of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) who were abducted by suspected ULFA (I) militants.

250 additional ICU beds at DRDO hospital in Delhi by Saturday evening: Rajnath Singh amid Covid spike

Apr 25, 2021, at 12:05 am

New Delhi/UNI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that the additional 250 ICU beds will be set up at DRDO's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Covid hospital in Delhi Cantt by Saturday evening.

Congress launches its digital platform INC TV

Apr 25, 2021, at 12:03 am

New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Saturday launched its new digital media platform INC TV, through which it assures to highlight problems faced by people and question the dispensation.

Enough stock of oxygen, production to be started : Manipur CM N Biren

Apr 24, 2021, at 11:56 pm

Imphal/UNI: Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Saturday said there is adequate stock of oxygen in the state. He was speaking during handing over 15 basic life support ambulances to different CMOs in a function held at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat.

Will hang anyone obstructing oxygen supply: Delhi High Court

Apr 24, 2021, at 11:26 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Hearing hospitals' plea over shortage of medical oxygen for seriously-ill Covid patients, the Delhi High Court on Saturday asserted that if any official obstructs supply of oxygen, then it would "hang" that person.

Report says Islamist trojan horses in USCIRF moved to list India as Country of Particular Concern

Apr 24, 2021, at 09:13 pm

Earlier this week, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) designated India among several nations as "countries of particular concern". However, experts feel the move is a deliberate attempt to malign the nation's image by Islamists who have infiltrated this American government body.

Maharashtra: CBI files FIR, raids ex-Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's residence in Nagpur

Apr 24, 2021, at 07:34 pm

Nagpur/UNI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday booked former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in connection with a corruption case.

Justice NV Ramana takes oath as 48th Chief Justice of India

Apr 24, 2021, at 06:22 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Justice NV Ramana was on Saturday sworn in as the 48th Chief Justice of India (CJI).

Twenty patients die overnight due to Oxygen shortage in Delhi hospital

Apr 24, 2021, at 05:47 pm

New Delhi/UNI: At least 20 critical patients succumbed overnight at the Jaipur Golden Hospital, here in the national capital Delhi due to the shortage of Oxygen gas.

Kashmir: OGW arrested, arms & ammunition recovered in Kupwara

Apr 24, 2021, at 05:06 pm

Baramulla/UNI: Security forces arrested an Over Ground Worker (OGW) of a militant outfit and recovered arms and ammunition in the frontier district of Kupwara, official sources said on Saturday.

Outgoing chief justice SA Bobde wanted Shah Rukh Khan to mediate Ayodhya dispute, says SC lawyer

Apr 24, 2021, at 05:09 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Outgoing Chief Justice of India SA Bobde wanted superstar Shah Rukh Khan to mediate the Ayodhya temple-mosque dispute, an anecdote dropped during a virtual farewell event revealed on Friday.

Arvind Kejriwal regrets 'breaching protocol' during meeting with PM Modi on Covid situation

Apr 24, 2021, at 01:53 am

New Delhi/IBNS: After facing flak for sharing a live telecast of an "in-house" meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Covid situation, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal regretted the 'breach of protocol.'

BS Yediyurappa demands 1,471 tonnes of oxygen for Karnataka at meet with PM Modi

Apr 24, 2021, at 01:13 am

Bengaluru/UNI: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he was concerned with the shortage of oxygen in hospitals in the state amid an exponential rise in coronavirus infections and demanded a supply of 1471 tonnes of oxygen.

BJP will win over 200 seats in Assembly polls, claims party's Bengal president Dilip Ghosh

Apr 23, 2021, at 11:23 pm

Balurghat/UNI: West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Friday claimed that they have secured upto 160 seats after the 6th phase poll and the saffron brigade is now heading over 200 seats at the end of 8 phases voting for the 294-seat assembly in the state.

AFMS to import oxygen generation plants from Germany to tide over current surge in COVID-19 cases

Apr 23, 2021, at 11:12 pm

New Delhi: Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) has decided to import oxygen generation plants and containers from Germany, amid shortage of oxygen in the hospitals during the second wave of Covid-19 across the country.

PM Modi chairs meeting on Covid-19 situation with Chief Ministers of high burden states

Apr 23, 2021, at 10:23 pm

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired high-level meeting on Covid-19 situation with Chief Ministers of 11 states and Union Territories which have reported maximum number of cases in recently.

Government of India gifts 39 ambulances and 6 school buses to government and not-for profit organizations in various districts of Nepal

Apr 23, 2021, at 10:02 pm

Kathmandu: The Embassy of India in Kathmandu gifted 39 ambulances and six school buses to various governmental and non-governmental, not-for-profit organizations working in the field of health and education on Thursday.

India’s requests for vaccine raw materials: US says first obligation to Americans

Apr 23, 2021, at 09:52 pm

Virtually declining India’s requests to lift the ban on export of raw materials to meet the country’s anticipated COVID-19 vaccine shortage, the US politely said that it has to first to take care of the requirements of its own people.

Covid-19: Told PM that we can't supply oxygen to other states, says Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

Apr 23, 2021, at 09:02 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she had expressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi her inability to supply Oxygen cylinders to other states at this hour of Covid-19 crisis.

Telangana IT Minister KT Rama Rao tests positive for Covid-19

Apr 23, 2021, at 08:57 pm

Hyderabad/UNI: Telangana IT and Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao tested positive for Covid-19 here on Friday.

Andhra Pradesh: TDP senior leader Dhulipalla Narendra arrested

Apr 23, 2021, at 08:51 pm

Vijayawada/UNI: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) senior leader and former MLA Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar was arrested by the anti-corruption Bureau police for his alleged involvement in the financial irregularities in the Sangam Dairy, at Chintalapudi village in Ponnur Mandal of Guntur district on Friday.

Telangana airlifts eight Oxygen tankers to Odisha

Apr 23, 2021, at 08:42 pm

Hyderabad/UNI: In accordance with the directions of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, the state government on Friday airlifted eight oxygen tankers to the liquid oxygen plants in Odisha.

Voting for five municipal councils underway in Goa

Apr 23, 2021, at 08:36 pm

Panaji/UNI: Voting for the five municipal councils in Goa is being held today.

Please make a phone call to CMs: Arvind Kejriwal to PM Modi over Oxygen crisis in Delhi

Apr 23, 2021, at 07:33 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Accusing the border states of blocking the supply of oxygen to the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ask various Chief Ministers to refrain from depriving the union territory.

Maharashtra: Fire at Vijay Vallabh hospital in Palghar leaves 13 Covid-19 patients dead

Apr 23, 2021, at 06:39 pm

Palghar/UNI: At least 13 patients lost their lives in a fire that broke at Vijay Vallabh hospital in the Intensive Care Unit of Virar at the Palghar district in Maharashtra, in the wee hours of Friday.

Oxygen crisis: 25 'sickest patients' of Covid-19 die in Delhi's Ganga Ram Hospital

Apr 23, 2021, at 05:12 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Revealing the appalling Covid-19 situation in the national capital of India, 25 "sickest patients", who were suffering from the virus, died in Delhi's Ganga Ram Hospital in the last 24 hours, media reports said.

Ex-Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan recuperating well

Apr 23, 2021, at 02:51 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who was admitted to Bombay Hospital in Indore on Wednesday after she had developed mild fever, was shifted to General Ward after she was tested negative for the Novel Coronavirus on Thursday.

COVID-19 spike: Canada bans flight from India, Pakistan for 30 days

Apr 23, 2021, at 02:44 pm

Ottawa/UNI: Canada on Thursday announced a 30-day ban on all passengers flights from India and Pakistan effective Thursday, citing exponential rise in COVID-19 cases in both the countries.

First 'Oxygen Express' train leaves for Maharashtra from Vishakhapatnam

Apr 23, 2021, at 05:20 am

Vishakhapatnam/IBNS: The first "Oxygen Express" train started its journey from Andhra Pradesh's Vishakhapatnam to Maharashtra, the worst covid-hit state, where hospitals have been fighting with oxygen shortfall to save critically ill patients.

J&K L-G Manoj Sinha now announces Rs 28,000-crore industrial development scheme

Apr 23, 2021, at 05:16 am

Srinagar: The Centre has approved a new industrial development scheme for the Union Territory with a total outlay of Rs 28,400 crore with an aim to promote industry in the interior regions of the UT.