PM Modi directs officials to ensure unhindered supply of oxygen to various states
Apr 23, 2021, at 01:42 am
New Delhi/UNI: Chairing a high-level meeting to review the Covid situation across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday directed the officials to ensure that oxygen supply to various states happens in a smooth, unhindered manner.
Covid-19: Registration for Amarnath Yatra temporarily suspended
Apr 23, 2021, at 01:06 am
Jammu/UNI: Taking note of the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board on Thursday decided to temporarily suspend registrations for this year’s Shree Amarnath Yatra.
PM Modi cancels visit to poll-bound West Bengal to chair Covid-19 meeting
Apr 22, 2021, at 11:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After Indian politicians are slammed by netizens for conducting rallies amid Covid-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called off his visit to poll-bound West Bengal to chair a meeting over the pandemic.
PM Modi cancels visit to poll-bound West Bengal
Apr 22, 2021, at 11:05 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cancelled all his rallies in poll-bound West Bengal amid Covid-19 spike. Modi said he would chair meetings over the pandemic situation.
Alankit starts Aadhaar enrolment for unorganiSed workers, tea garden workers in Assam
Apr 22, 2021, at 10:43 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Alankit Limited has started the work on Aadhaar enrolment of unorganized workers and tea garden workers and their family members for the Labour Welfare Department, Government of Assam.
Around 300 air passengers fled from Silchar airport without COVID-19 tests
Apr 22, 2021, at 10:36 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: While over 3 lakh COVID-19 cases have been detected across the country in a single day, a report came from Assam’s Cachar district where around 300 air passengers fled from an airport without COVID-19 tests.
USCIRF recommends India, Russia to be named for 'countries of particular concern'
Apr 22, 2021, at 10:22 pm
Washington: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has designated India among several nations as "countries of particular concern".
Eminent Assamese singer Vitali Das succumbs to Covid-19
Apr 22, 2021, at 10:18 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Eminent Assamese singer Vitali Das passed away on Wednesday evening.
Apr 22, 2021, at 06:42 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Mounting pressure further on the Centre, several opposition leaders have criticised the Narendra Modi government over the difference in prices at which the Serum Institute of India (SII) has decided to sell its Covid-19 vaccine to the Centre, states and private hospitals.
Sitaram Yechury's son dies due to COVID-19
Apr 22, 2021, at 02:42 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Ashish Yechury, son of CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury, has died due to COVID-19 infection.
West Bengal: Polling begins for sixth phase
Apr 22, 2021, at 02:31 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Amidst unprecedented security arrangements, voting for the sixth phase of the eight-phase assembly election in West Bengal began this morning in 43 of the state’s 294 constituencies.
Bangladesh requests India to expedite delivery of Covishield
Apr 22, 2021, at 07:43 am
New Delhi/Dhaka/IBNS: The Bangladesh government has requested India to speed up the delivery of 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to ensure that its immunization programme is not affected.
'Believe Rs 3,000 cr govt aid will reach us soon, didn't wait but borrowed': SII CEO Adar Poonawalla
Apr 22, 2021, at 06:42 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Serum Institute of India (SII) has borrowed money from banks to ramp up the production of Covishield instead of waiting for the government's aid of Rs 3,000 crore to arrive.
Apr 22, 2021, at 05:51 am
Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday thanked the Central government for increasing Delhi's oxygen quota amid SOS calls from several private and city government hospitals over depleting medical oxygen for Covid-19 patients.
Apr 22, 2021, at 05:32 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The Maharashtra government on late Wednesday night imposed strict restrictions in the state to break the chain of coronavirus' spread.
'Beg, borrow, steal..It is your responsibility': Delhi High Court slams Centre on oxygen crisis
Apr 22, 2021, at 04:49 am
Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday lashed out at the Centre for oxygen shortage in many hospitals across the country, asking why it had not complied with the Tuesday order to divert oxygen from petroleum and steel industries to patients who are in dire need of the life saving gas, said media reports.
With two more fatalities, Nashik's oxygen tanker leak incident leaves 24 Covid patients dead
Apr 22, 2021, at 04:45 am
Nashik/IBNS: Two more patients succumbed due to the oxygen supply disruption in the tank leak incident at Dr. Zakir Hussain Hospital in Maharashtra's Nashik, taking the death toll in the incident to 24.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor tests positive for Covid-19
Apr 22, 2021, at 02:27 am
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday tested positive for Covid-19 even after being administered with two shots of Covishield vaccine.
BJP obsessed with elections than saving lives amid pandemic: Akhilesh Yadav
Apr 22, 2021, at 01:34 am
Lucknow/UNI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is more obsessed with elections than saving the lives of the common people reeling under the second wave of the devastating pandemic.
No question of lockdown now in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee amid Covid-19 spike
Apr 22, 2021, at 12:21 am
Malda/Kolkata/IBNS: In tune with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said there would be no lockdown in West Bengal immediately to contain the spread of Covid-19.
Japan PM Suga cancels India trip; 2+2 talks also postponed
Apr 21, 2021, at 11:34 pm
New Delhi/Tokyo/UNI: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has cancelled a planned visit to India later this month.
Jammu and Kashmir: TAD to modernize residential hostels in all districts
Apr 21, 2021, at 11:20 pm
Srinagar: With an aim to provide the best available facilities and a competitive platform to students, the J&K Tribal Affairs Department (TAD) has initiated the process for time-bound modernisation of its residential hostels in all districts concerned.
Jammu and Kashmir: 3-Week EDP under Himayat scheme concludes at JKEDI Budgam
Apr 21, 2021, at 10:59 pm
New York: A three-week Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP) concluded today at Budgam Centre of Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) in which 25 unemployed youth were trained for self-employment.
Canada: Police bust major drug trafficking ring in York region, Indo-Canadians among dozens charged
Apr 21, 2021, at 10:32 pm
Toronto: Investigators with Canada's York Regional Police Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Peel Regional Police, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, have busted a major international drug trafficking network near Toronto in Ontario.
Kashmir: Security forces arrest two OGWs of TRF in Bandipora
Apr 21, 2021, at 06:37 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Security forces arrested two Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of The Resistance Front (TRF) for providing logistic support to militants and motivate youth to join the outfit in the north Kashmir district of Bandipora, a police spokesman said.
Poet Shankha Ghosh, who was Covid-19 positive, dies
Apr 21, 2021, at 05:32 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Iconic Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh, who had tested positive for Covid-19, died on Wednesday.
Indian PM Narendra Modi greets citizens on Ram Navmi, cautions against pandemic again
Apr 21, 2021, at 03:16 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the nation on Ram Navami on Wednesday and asked people to follow the COVID-19 guidelines, saying the message of Lord Ram to all of us is that they should follow the appropriate behaviour.
Apr 21, 2021, at 07:18 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla has lauded the Centre's policy change in vaccination, bringing all above 18 under the mass drive and extending financial support to the vaccine manufacturers.
Kerala is oxygen surplus, supplying to four neighbouring states : Pinarayi Vijayan
Apr 21, 2021, at 06:44 am
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Kerala is supplying oxygen to four neighbouring states--Goa,Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Lakshadweep to help them fight the oxygen crisis amid steep rise in coronavirus cases, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Tuesday.
Apr 21, 2021, at 06:22 am
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighting shortage of coronavirus vaccine and pointing out financial constraints in Centre's proposal to states to buy some doses directly from manufacturers at a pre-agreed price.