Rebel Trinamool Congress leader Rajib Banerjee resigns as Bengal Minister
Jan 22, 2021, at 06:41 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In another jolt to Mamata Banerjee, rebel Trinamool Congress leader Rajib Banerjee on Friday resigned as the West Bengal Minister.
Assam: Speedy bus mows down school student, angry mob damage vehicle
Jan 22, 2021, at 05:33 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: An angry mob damaged a bus following an accident in Assam’s Biswanath district where a school student was killed.
Karnataka blast: PM Modi condoles death of labourers
Jan 22, 2021, at 04:56 pm
Shivamogga/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the loss of lives in an incident of a stone quarry blast, which took place at the outskirts of Shivamogga in Karnataka last night killing eight people and injuring several others.
Karnataka: Dynamite blast leaves eight dead in Shivamogga, PM Modi pained
Jan 22, 2021, at 03:14 pm
Bengaluru: A dynamite blast hit a Railway crusher site in Karnataka's Shivamogga on Thursday which left at least eight people dead, media reports said.
Jan 22, 2021, at 07:39 am
Shivamogga/IBNS: Several people are feared dead in a blast in stone mining quarry in Karnataka's Shivamogga district, police have said, reported media.
Jan 22, 2021, at 07:03 am
Lucknow/UNI/IBNS: The senior Congress leaders in Uttar Pradesh had planned an outreach programme with Priyanka Gandhi to fill the gap created by her absence from all organisational activities last year to strengthen the party base and boost the morale of the workers ahead of Assembly elections scheduled in the beginning of next year.
Farmer's unions reject Govt's proposal to put farm laws on hold for 1-1.5 yrs
Jan 22, 2021, at 05:36 am
New Delhi/UNI: A day after Centre proposed to put the farm laws on hold for a period of one to one-and-a-half years, protesting farmer unions on Thursday rejected the proposal and reiterated their demand for a full repeal of three farm laws.
Jayalalithaa aide VK Sasikala tests Covid-19 positive
Jan 22, 2021, at 05:27 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Expelled AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa aide VK Sasikala has tested positive for coronavirus and shifted to a COVID-19 intensive care unit, media reports said on Thursday.
Twitter executives grilled on blocking Amit Shah account at parliamentary panel meet
Jan 22, 2021, at 05:06 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Executives from Facebook and Twitter, who appeared before a parliamentary committee on Thursday, were grilled heavily on why they blocked the accounts of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in November.
Neighbourhood First: India sends COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan
Jan 22, 2021, at 04:33 am
Thimphu: The Government of India has provided 150,000 doses of the ‘Made In India’ vaccine to the Royal Government of Bhutan as a testimony to the 'special relationship and uniquely close friendship' between India and Bhutan.
Fire breaks out again at Serum Institute's under-construction building hours after 5 die
Jan 22, 2021, at 04:10 am
Pune/IBNS: A second fire broke out at the Serum Institute of India (SII)'s under-construction building after the massive blaze that claimed five lives at the vaccine developer's Pune facility on Thursday.
Campaign For Uyghurs congratulates Joe Biden administration
Jan 22, 2021, at 04:07 am
Washington: The Campaign For Uyghurs (CFU) has congratulated US President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and the administration as they took oath on Wednesday.
India officially hands over 20 lakh COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh as a gift
Jan 22, 2021, at 04:03 am
Dhaka/UNI: India officially handed over 20 lakh vaccines for Novel Coronavirus to Bangladesh as a gift on Thursday.
Canadian Hindus protest killing of Kashmiri pandits in 1990s
Jan 22, 2021, at 03:49 am
Ontario: The members of Indo-Canadian Kashmir Forum and Hindu Forum Canada recently hosted a LED truck advertising campaign in the country to mark the Kashmiri Hindu genocide incident of the 90sD
R-Day: Assam govt decides to remit sentences against certain categories of prisoners
Jan 22, 2021, at 03:22 am
Guwahati/IBNS: In commemoration of the ensuing Republic Day, 2021, the Assam Government has decided to remit sentences against certain categories of prisoners who have been convicted by the courts (other than court-martial).
Chabahar Port operation: India delivers 1st batch of heavy cranes
Jan 22, 2021, at 03:18 am
New Delhi: Showing New Delhi's commitment towards developing the strategic connectivity project that can provide access to markets in Central Asia, the Indian government has delivered a consignment of heavy equipment, including cranes, for further development of Iran’s Chabahar port, media reports said.
Ahead of Bengal polls, Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui floats his own political party
Jan 22, 2021, at 03:16 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Few months ahead of the West Bengal assembly election, Pirzada of Furfura Sharif shrine, Abbas Siddiqui, on Thursday launched his new political party- Indian Secular Front (ISF), adding a new angle to the political battle for the state's minority vote-bank.
Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli thanks India for sending one million doses of COVID vaccine
Jan 22, 2021, at 02:13 am
Kathmandu: Nepal PM KP Oli has thanked the Indian government for grant of one million doses of COVID vaccine to Nepal at the moment when the Narendra Modi-led government is rolling out vaccination for its own people.
Maldives thanks India for sending a consignment of 100,000 doses of Covershield
Jan 22, 2021, at 02:04 am
Male: Maldives has thanked Indian for sending a consignment of 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines which it will need to fight COVID-19 pandemic in the nation.
Will operationalise India's major defence partner status: Joe Biden's nominee for defence secretary
Jan 22, 2021, at 01:55 am
Washington: Gen (retired) Lloyd Austin, US president Joe Biden’s pick to head the Pentagon, has said he will operationalise India’s “Major Defence Partner” status and build upon the US-India existing strong defence cooperation.
TMC accuses BSF of influencing, threatening voters, complains to Election Commission
Jan 22, 2021, at 01:30 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Months ahead of West Bengal assembly election, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation on Thursday put forward a complaint against the Border Security Force (BSF) before the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Sunil Arora, reports said.
BSF Guwahati Frontier hosts welfare meeting for retired-dependents BSF personnel
Jan 22, 2021, at 01:12 am
Guwahati/IBNS: A welfare meeting of retired, dependents and family pensioners of BSF personnel was organized by Border Security Force, Guwahati Frontier on Thursday to ensure speedy redress of the grievances of BSF retirees, dependents and family pensioners belonging to all the seven states of North East region (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura) and Coochbehar district of West Bengal.
Pune: 5 killed in fire at Serum Institute's under-construction facility
Jan 22, 2021, at 12:00 am
Pune/IBNS: At least five people have been killed in the fire which broke out at an under-construction facility of India's biotechnology and pharmaceuticals company Serum Institute of India (SII) here on Thursday.
CBI takes over murder case of Yes Bank executive
Jan 21, 2021, at 11:29 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will take over the probe in the murder case of a Yes Bank Executive, who was murdered five months ago in Gurgaon.
Fire breaks out at Serum Institute's under-construction facility in Pune
Jan 21, 2021, at 10:47 pm
Pune/IBNS: A fire broke out at an under-construction facility of India's biotechnology and pharmaceuticals company Serum Institute of India (SII) here on Thursday.
4 including an NLFT collaborator arrested with Rs 15 Lakh in Tripura
Jan 21, 2021, at 08:19 pm
Agartala/UNI: Police arrested four persons, including a collaborator of banned outfit NLFT with Rs 15 lakh, from Raishyabari market last evening during an alleged deal of extortion between the outfit and contractors of a government project.
About 18 per cent polling recorded in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur in first two hours
Jan 21, 2021, at 06:53 pm
Hamirpur/UNI: About 18 per cent voters cast their votes in the first two hours of the third phase of the polling for the Panchayati Raj elections in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur district on Thursday.
Manipur: Schools, colleges from Class 9 to re-open on Jan 27
Jan 21, 2021, at 06:46 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The schools and colleges in Manipur from Class 9 and above standards will be reopened on Jan 27.
Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio inaugurates Noklak as its 12th district
Jan 21, 2021, at 05:39 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio inaugurated Noklak as the 12th District of Nagaland on Wednesday at public ground Noklak Headquarter in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Y.Patton, Advisor L.Khumo and Advisor H.Haiying.
Farm laws to be put on hold for 1.5 yrs, Centre tells farmers : Report
Jan 21, 2021, at 06:53 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After the 10th round of talks with farmers Wednesday evening, the Centre has decided to shelve three farm laws for one and a half years and inform the Supreme Court in an affidavit, said a media report.