Odisha: COVID negative certificate not needed to enter Shri Jagannath temple from Jan 21
Jan 18, 2021, at 03:00 am
Puri/UNI: Devotees who want to have darshan of the deities in Sri Jagannath temple will not have to submit Covid 19 negative certificate to enter the temple from January 21 next.
'Cannot work in BJP' : Seeraj Khan after rejoining TMC
Jan 18, 2021, at 01:35 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Seeraj Khan, who had left the Trinamool Congress and joined the BJP two months ago, returned to the party fold today in the presence of Partha Chatterjee, Secretary General of the party and state water resources minister Soumen Mahapatra at Trinamool Bhavan.
Farmers' agitation would end soon: Anurag Thakur
Jan 17, 2021, at 10:06 pm
Hamirpur (HP)/UNI: Union Minister of state for finance and Corporate affairs, Anurag Thakur on Sunday expressed optimism that the agitation by the farmers on three farm bills would end soon and a final solution would come out which would be acceptable to both parties.
Maldives President Solih congratulates Modi for launching COVID-19 vaccination drive
Jan 17, 2021, at 09:36 pm
Male: Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Sunday congratulated Indian PM Narendra Modi for initiating the COVID-10 vaccination drive a day before.
IGP Kashmir visits Hazratbal shrine, prays for peace and prosperity
Jan 17, 2021, at 09:12 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar on Sunday paid obeisance at the shrine of Asar-e-Sharief, Hazratbal, which houses the Holy Relic of Prophet Muhammad on the bank of frozen Dal Lake.
Amit Shah likely to pacify BJP disgruntled Legislators in Karnataka on Cabinet expansion issue
Jan 17, 2021, at 08:53 pm
Belagavi/UNI: The BJP National General Secretary and in-charge of party affairs in Karnataka Arun Singh on Sunday said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah would hold talks with the disgruntled party Legislators on Cabinet expansion issue and try to pacify them.
UK invites PM Modi for G7, Boris Johnson might visit India 'ahead' of summit
Jan 17, 2021, at 06:32 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited by the United Kingdom to attend the G7 summit to be held in the country's Cornwall region in June.
Madhya Pradesh: 13-year-old raped twice by 9 in five days
Jan 17, 2021, at 06:07 pm
Bhopal/IBNS: A 13-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang-raped by nine men in Madhya Pradesh's Umaria district twice within five days, reports said.
PM Modi pays tributes to Bharat Ratna MGR on his birth anniversary
Jan 17, 2021, at 05:09 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday Spaid tributes to Bharat Ratna MGR on his Jayanti.
NIA summons farm union leader Baldev Singh Sirsa, Akali Dal slams Centre
Jan 17, 2021, at 04:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the farmers' protest, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has summoned Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu and farmers' union leader Baldev Singh Sirsa for questioning in a case related to the banned outfit Sikhs For Justice, a US-based pro-Khalistan group.
India's COVID-19 vaccination helped Nepal develop great hopes: Pradeep Kumar Gyawali
Jan 17, 2021, at 07:08 am
New Delhi: Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has said his nation developed 'great hope' as India started vaccinating its nations to fight COVID-19.
Jan 17, 2021, at 04:37 am
Jammu/UNI: Asserting that establishment of industry always remained a challenge previously in Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said that the recently announced new industrial package will prove to be ‘sanjeevani’ for youth across the Union Territory in generating employment.
India is working for a startup ecosystem ‘Of the Youth, By the Youth, For the Youth’: PM Modi
Jan 17, 2021, at 04:32 am
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with startups and addressed ‘Prarambh: Startup India International Summit’ on Saturday via video conferencing.
Indian government offers Nepal HADR training, capacity building
Jan 17, 2021, at 03:38 am
New Delhi/UNI: India on Saturday voiced its readiness to provide Nepal Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief (HADR) training and help in capacity building.
Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali meets Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Jan 16, 2021, at 10:03 pm
New Delhi: Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali called on Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on Saturday.
Bhutan PM praises Indian counterpart Narendra Modi over COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Jan 16, 2021, at 09:55 pm
Thimpu/UNI: Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering on Saturday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on national rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Covid-19: Vaccination starts for Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam
Jan 16, 2021, at 09:17 pm
Visakhapatnam/UNI: Vice Adm Atul Kumar Jain, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command (ENC), launched COVID-19 Vaccination Programme for the Indian Naval Health Care Workers (HCW) at the Vaccination Centre INHS Kalyani here on Saturday.
India has world's largest diaspora population with 18 million people: UNDESA report
Jan 16, 2021, at 09:08 pm
New York: India has the largest diaspora population in the world, as per a report published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) on Friday.
Covid-19 vaccination drive: Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla gets inoculated
Jan 16, 2021, at 08:30 pm
Pune/IBNS: Joining the crores of health workers, Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonwalla got himself inoculated with Covid-19 vaccine made by his own pharmaceutical company.
Puducherry assembly session to commence on Jan 18
Jan 16, 2021, at 05:38 pm
Puducherry/UNI: The Puducherry Legislative Assembly session would commence on Jan 18.
Norway issues coronavirus vaccine caution on elderly as 23 die days after vaccination
Jan 16, 2021, at 07:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Norway has cautioned against vaccinating the very old and terminally ill patients with Coronavirus vaccine after 23 people died in the country after a few days of the injection.
Jan 16, 2021, at 06:14 am
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday lashed out at those trying to link the law and order situation in the state with the recent murder of Indigo Airlines official.
'Crying croc tears': Harsimrat Kaur Badal slams Rahul Gandhi over farm laws
Jan 16, 2021, at 05:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and accused him of duplicity in backing the farmers' protest against the Centre's contentious agriculture laws.
Ninth round of Centre-farmer talks fails to end stalemate
Jan 16, 2021, at 03:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The ninth round of talks between farmers' representatives and Centre ended on Friday without any progress to end the stalemate over the three contentious agriculture laws.
'I am still in Trinamool Congress': Rebel Lok Sabha MP Satabdi Roy after meeting top brass
Jan 16, 2021, at 03:18 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after venting anger against her own outfit, rebel Trinamool Congress MP Satabdi Roy on Friday said she was still in the party fold following a meeting with the top brass.
33 persons injured in Palamedu Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu
Jan 16, 2021, at 01:21 am
Madurai/UNI: Thirty-three persons, including the bull tamers and bull owners were injured in the renowned “Jallikattu” (bull taming) event held as part of the ongoing Pongal festival at Palamedu in Madurai district on Friday.
India, Bangladesh are commemorating 50 years of diplomatic ties this year: MEA
Jan 16, 2021, at 12:40 am
New Delhi: India on Thursday said the bilateral relationship with Bangladesh will touch historic landmark in 2021 as both the nations are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Liberation War of 1971.
Jan 16, 2021, at 12:30 am
New Delhi: Setting the social media abuzz, former NDTV journalist Nidhi Razdan on Friday announced that she faced a “very serious phishing attack” which made her believe that she had been offered a teaching position at Harvard University.
S Jaishankar attends sixth meeting of India-Nepal Joint Commission
Jan 15, 2021, at 11:45 pm
New Delhi: The sixth meeting of the India-Nepal Joint Commission was co-chaired by the External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal Pradeep Kumar Gyawali in New Delhi on Friday, officials said.
Jammu and Kashmir: Doda's sex ratio shows remarkable improvement
Jan 15, 2021, at 11:20 pm
Srinagar: This mountainous District Doda has shown a considerable improvement in sex ratio rate with 913 females against one thousand males.