Aug 21, 2020, at 04:02 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday at a meeting held at the conference hall of Deputy Commissioner’s office, Dibrugarh took stock of the latest COVID-19 situation in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts and asked the concerned DCs and Joint Directors Health to ensure adherence of guidelines for the treatment COVID 19 positive patients.
India, China agree to reach 'complete disengagement' along LAC in 18th WMCC meet
Aug 21, 2020, at 03:39 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The 18th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) was held on Thursday.
Conflict with China: Taiwanese firms shift focus to India
Aug 21, 2020, at 02:57 am
New Delhi: India might witness a major gain in the current scenario across the world post COVID-19 as firms in Taiwan are apparently pivoting to India and leaving China behind.
India brings back 11.23 lakh nationals stranded abroad under Vande Bharat Mission
Aug 21, 2020, at 02:32 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday informed that the country repatriated 11.23 lakh Indians stranded abroad by different modes under the Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) so far.
After Rs. 16,768 crore expenditure, GKRA generates 21 crore man days of employment
Aug 21, 2020, at 02:23 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) has generated 21 crore man days of employment in 116 districts of six Indian states after the expenditure of Rs. 16,768 crore.
India Foreign Secy visits Bangladesh, discusses diplomatic ties with PM Sheikh Hasina
Aug 21, 2020, at 01:51 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla (FS) visited Bangladesh on Aug 18-19 during which he called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Kashmir: Handwara encounter ends, two LeT militants killed
Aug 21, 2020, at 01:15 am
Srinagar/UNI: The Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) launched by security forces on Thursday night in Handwara in the frontier district of Kupwara, ended with the killing of two Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, including a top commander.
Two road construction workers die in an accident in Assam’s Nagaon district
Aug 20, 2020, at 11:50 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Two workers engaged in a road construction were killed in an accident in Assam’s Nagaon district.
Rainfall reported across Jharkhand, rivers and dams over flowing
Aug 20, 2020, at 11:38 pm
Ranchi/UNI: Almost all the districts in the state received uninterrupted spells of rain showers on Thursday due to a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal.
Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat tests positive for Covid-19
Aug 20, 2020, at 10:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has tested positive for Novel Coronavirus.
Aide of forest brigand Veerappan dies in hospital
Aug 20, 2020, at 10:32 pm
Mysuru/UNI A convict in the Palar bomb blast case engineered by forest brigand Veerappan’s aide breathed his last at KR Hospital in the city on Thursday morning.
Yes Bank scam: Bombay High Court grants bail to Wadhawan brothers
Aug 20, 2020, at 10:28 pm
Mumbai/UNI: The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to Wadhawan brothers--Kapil and Dheeraj--in the multi-crore Yes Bank scam.
Mulayam Singh Yadav discharged from hospital
Aug 20, 2020, at 10:25 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Samajwadi Party founder and patron Mulayam Singh Yadav has been discharged from hospital.
Another ruling BJD MLA tests Covid-19 positive
Aug 20, 2020, at 10:11 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Ruling BJD MLA from Bhubaneswar Central Ananta Narayan Jena has tested positive for Covid-19.
Kashmir: Kingpins along with 4 listed militant commanders wiped out, says DGP
Aug 20, 2020, at 10:08 pm
Handwara/UNI: Describing the killing of two Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, including a top commander involved in the murder of six CRPF personnel, as major success for security forces, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh on Thursday said majority leadership of militant outfits in the valley had been eliminated.
Kolkata: Two electrocuted at Alipore Zoo, another hospitalized in critical condition
Aug 20, 2020, at 09:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Two employees of a private outdoor advertising agency died of electrocution and another was seriously injured while installing billboard-pillars inside Kolkata's Alipore Zoological Garden on Thursday morning, reports said.
MS Dhoni important illustrations of New India where youth's destiny not decided by family: Modi
Aug 20, 2020, at 09:03 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who days ago announced his retirement from international cricket, has been important illustrations of "New India'' where "family does not decide young people's destiny".
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan writes to PM Modi over 'unilateral' decision to privatise airport
Aug 20, 2020, at 08:17 pm
Thirvananthapuram/New Delhi/IBNS: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the central government's latest move to privatise three airports including the one here, calling it as a "unilateral decision".
Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav discharged from hospital
Aug 20, 2020, at 07:52 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Samajwadi Party founder and patron Mulayam Singh Yadav has been discharged from hospital.
Shiv Sena leader lashes out at Arnab Goswami over sensational journalism
Aug 20, 2020, at 07:50 pm
Aurangabad/UNI: Shiv Sena leader has lashed out at Arnab Goswami, editor-in-chief of Republic India channel for its sensational journalism and consistent media trial and demanded legal action against him.
Ex-President Pranab Mukherjee's respiratory parameters improve, still on ventilator support
Aug 20, 2020, at 07:47 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Former President Pranab Mukherjee's respiratory parameters showed a slight improvement while other vitals continue to be stable, the Army Research and Referral Hospital Delhi said here on Thursday.
India-China border standoff: WMCC to meet today
Aug 20, 2020, at 07:44 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on India-China border affairs will hold a meeting on Thursday to deliberate on disengagement and de-escalation process in the eastern Ladakh.
UP Minister files defamation case against ex-Shia waqf Board chairman Mohsin Raza
Aug 20, 2020, at 07:40 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Minority Welfare Mohsin Raza has filed a defamation case against former Shia Waqf Board chairperson Waseem Rizvi.
New Delhi: Fire breaks out at Lakshmi Nagar building, 3 recused
Aug 20, 2020, at 07:38 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Three people were rescued after a fire broke out at the parking area of a residential building in East Delhi's Lakshmi Nagar on Thursday morning.
Burnt body of girl found in UP, gang-rape alleged
Aug 20, 2020, at 07:30 pm
Bhadohi/UNI: A burnt body of a girl who had gone missing on August 17 here in the was found in Jaunpur, SP Bhadohi Ram Badan Singh said here on Thursday.
Kolkata: Fire breaks out at Park Mansion
Aug 20, 2020, at 07:26 pm
Kolkata/UNI: A fire broke out in multi-storey Park Mansion at Park Street early this morning, destroying documents and moveable property of a corporate office, fire brigade officials said.
Contempt of court: Pained because I'm grossly misunderstood, Prashant Bhushan tells SC
Aug 20, 2020, at 07:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan on Thursday told the highest level of India's justice system that he was pained because his tweets against the Supreme Court, for which he has been held guilty of contempt of court, were "misunderstood", media reports said.
Floral tributes paid to former PM Rajiv Gandhi on his 76th birth anniversary
Aug 20, 2020, at 05:59 pm
Puducherry/UNI: Floral tributes were paid to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 76th birth anniversary here on Thursday.
Jammu and Kashmir: 2 militants killed in Kupwara
Aug 20, 2020, at 03:42 pm
Srinagar/UNI: With the first light Thursday morning, security forces resumed Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Handwara in the frontier district of Kupwara, where two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, including a top commander, were killed in an encounter.
Turkey using Pakistani terminology on Jammu and Kashmir, anti-India stance revealed
Aug 20, 2020, at 05:58 am
Istanbul: Based on Pakistani lines, Turkey has taken up an anti-India stance on Kashmir, media reports said.