Apr 18, 2021, at 02:37 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday alleged that he had tried to reach Prime Minister Narenda Modi to discuss the lack of oxygen cylinders for critically ill Covid patients in his state but was turned away as he is busy campaigning for the assembly elections in West Bengal, said media reports.
West Bengal votes in fifth phase amid Covid-19 scare as BJP-TMC electoral fight intensifies
Apr 18, 2021, at 02:19 am
Kolkata/IBNS: India's one of the most populous states, West Bengal, on Saturday voted in the fifth phase of assembly elections as the fierce contest between the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its tough opposition force Trinamool Congress (TMC) are engaged into a fierce electoral battle amid the massive spike in Covid-19 cases.
Four dead in Covid hospital fire in Chhattisgarh's Raipur
Apr 18, 2021, at 02:06 am
Raipur/IBNS: At least four people were killed in a fire that broke out in a Covid hospital here, media reports said
After PM Modi's appeal, seers agree to symbolic participation in Apr 27 'Shahi Snan'
Apr 18, 2021, at 01:56 am
Haridwar/IBNS: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal, the seers have agreed to participate in the ongoing Kumbh Mela in a symbolic manner where the next "Shahi Snan" or the royal bath is scheduled on April 27.
PM Modi to hold meeting with top officials to review Covid-19 situation in county at 8pm
Apr 18, 2021, at 01:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narenda Modi will hold a meeting on Covid-19 and the situation of vaccination in India and top officers across ministries will participate in the meeting, said media reports.
Darbar Move to Srinagar deferred due to COVID: LG Manoj Sinha
Apr 18, 2021, at 12:08 am
Srinagar: Citing upsurge in Covid cases, the J&K government Thursday said that it has deferred the Darbar Move from Jammu to Srinagar.
Piyush Goyal says Maharashtra has so far received the highest quantity of Oxygen in India
Apr 17, 2021, at 11:37 pm
New Delhi: Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, and Food & Public Distribution Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that Government of India, with all stakeholders, is ensuring maximum Oxygen production in India.
Republic Day violence: Hours after bail, actor Deep Sidhu arrested again
Apr 17, 2021, at 11:11 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Punjabi actor-activist Deep Sidhu, who was granted bail earlier on Saturday by a Delhi court in connection with the Republic Day violence, was arrested again by the Delhi police in a fresh case over the damage caused to the historic Red Fort during the violence.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mocks govt, says from vaccine exporter, compelled to become importer
Apr 17, 2021, at 10:48 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday criticised Narendra Modi’s led NDA government at Centre for vaccine 'mismanagement', saying that from being vaccine exporter, India is compelled to become importer to curb coronavirus surge.
US, Japan pledge to work with India, Australia on free Indo-Pacific, strengthening Quad
Apr 17, 2021, at 09:43 pm
Declaring that the Quad “has never been stronger,” the US and Japan have reiterated their commitment to work with India and Australia to build a free and “thriving” Indo-Pacific where, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Sugo warned, the “security environment has become increasingly severe.”
Apr 17, 2021, at 09:13 pm
Asansol/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed TMC supremo Mamata Banejree's leaked audio-tape conversations, in which she allegedly had planned to take out rally with dead bodies of Sitalkuchi, and said her politics was not limited to just "protests, but it has crossed a dangerous limit of vengeance".
Congress president Sonia Gandhi urges govt to lower Covid vaccination eligibility to 25 years
Apr 17, 2021, at 09:11 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asked the government to lower the COVID vaccine age eligibility to 25 years instead of 45.
BJP demands SIT probe into viral Mamata audio tape over Sitalkuchi firing
Apr 17, 2021, at 07:38 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday demanded a probe into the viral audio tape of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee where she was heard instructing her party candidate to frame police officials over the violence in Sitalkuchi.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav gets bail in fodder scam case
Apr 17, 2021, at 06:59 pm
Ranchi/IBNS: The Jharkhand High Court on Saturday granted bail to former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, who was sentenced to 14 years of jail in the fodder scam case.
Lalu Prasad gets bail in fodder scam case
Apr 17, 2021, at 06:25 pm
The Jharkhand High Court has granted former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad in the fodder scam case.
PM Modi appeals to make Kumbh Mela 'symbolic' amid Covid-19 spike
Apr 17, 2021, at 06:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to make this year's Kumbh Mela, a major pilgrimage and festival of Hindus, symbolic, to avoid the risk of spreading Covid-19.
Kumbh Mela should now be symbolic, tweets PM Modi amid rising COVID-19 cases
Apr 17, 2021, at 03:03 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed that the annual Kumbh Mela "should now only be symbolic" due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
West Bengal voting in fifth phase of Assembly polls amid rising COVID-19 cases
Apr 17, 2021, at 02:19 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Voting for the fifth phase of the eight-phase assembly election in West Bengal started on Saturday morning in 45 of the state’s 294 constituencies amid elaborate security arrangements and rising COVID-19 cases across India.
Jammu and Kashmir: Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) operative arrested
Apr 17, 2021, at 05:24 am
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday arrested a Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) operative from Jammu, media reports said.
India has stood firm on northern border with China: Rawat
Apr 17, 2021, at 05:14 am
New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Thursday said India has stood firm on the northern border against China.
Centre asks states, UTs to ensure uninterrupted movement of medical oxygen
Apr 17, 2021, at 04:54 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre has asked the state governments to ensure uninterrupted passage of vehicles carrying medical oxygen along their borders and to not impose any curbs on the production of the life-saving gas, amid massive rise in Coronavirus cases and reports of oxygen shortage across the country.
Apr 17, 2021, at 04:43 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday served a show-cause notice to Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Sujata Mondal over her 'disparaging' comments against the Schedule Caste community in an interview to a TV channel, officials said.
Pakistan’s court seeks Indian response in Jadhav case
Apr 17, 2021, at 04:19 am
The Islamabad High Court in Pakistan has directed Pakistan’s Foreign Office to seek a response from India on the appointment of a lawyer for the Kulbhusan Jadhav case. Jadhav, a former Indian Navy officer, is in Pakistan custody and was sentenced to death there by a military court.
Sri Lankan seeks urgent delivery of Covishield from India
Apr 17, 2021, at 04:15 am
The Sri Lankan government is reportedly in touch with Indian officials to seek urgent export of around one million doses of Covishield vaccines from India for the second phase of its vaccination drive, reported Daily Mirror.
Kumbh Mela: Top seer dies of Covid-19, several others infected
Apr 17, 2021, at 02:45 am
Haridwar/IBNS: Mahamandaleshwar Kapil Dev Das, 65, who was admitted to hospital earlier this week with coronavirus infection, died on Thursday, according to officials, media reports said.
Bengal polls: Left candidate in Murshidabad's Jangipur AC Pradip Nandi succumbs to Covid-19
Apr 17, 2021, at 02:45 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Sanjukta Morcha supported RSP candidate in Jangipur Assembly seat in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, Pradip Nandi, died of Covid-19 on Friday evening, reports said.
UK government clears Nirav Modi's extradition to India
Apr 17, 2021, at 02:18 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Fugitive jewellery businessman Nirav Modi's extradition to India has been cleared by the British government.
No shortage of Remdesivir in UP, Yogi orders crackdown on black marketing of Covid-19 drugs
Apr 17, 2021, at 01:28 am
Lucknow/UNI: In the wake of the rising coronavirus infections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued strict instructions to the State Health Department and State Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to check black marketing and hoarding of Remdesivir and other drugs essential for the treatment of COVID-19 patients and ensure that they are not sold at high prices.
BJP releases alleged Mamata tape asking candidate to frame SP, IC, Commandant in Sitalkuchi firing
Apr 17, 2021, at 01:24 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released an audio tape, purportedly of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, where she was heard instructing her Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate from Cooch Behar's Sitalkuchi after the firing to not let the families of the victims claim the bodies till there was a rally with the dead. The alleged tape quoted the CM saying that from the central force commandant to the Superintendent of Police and the IC, all had to be framed.
BJP releases alleged Mamata tape asking to frame Central forces, SP, others in Sitalkuchi firing
Apr 17, 2021, at 12:23 am
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released an audio tape where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was purpotedly asking her party's candidate in Cooch Behar’s Sitalkuchi assembly constituency to prevent the bodies of four killed in CISF firing from being claimed by their kins till there is a rally and FIRs filed by experienced lawyers. She was heard in the alleged tape saying that from the Central force commandants to Superintendent of Police and IC, all have to be framed in the case of firing. While the veracity of the tape is yet to be confirmed, the BJP claimed the CM was trying to foment communal trouble. The Trinamool Congress candidate there was heard admitting that those who died were their partymen.