Jammu and Kashmir: Group of 40 farmers flagged off for exposure tour within UT
Mar 16, 2021, at 10:56 pm
Srinagar: A group of 40 farmers, including women farmers was flagged off for one day exposure visit within UT here today.
Mar 16, 2021, at 09:32 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: A day after Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra questioned the candidature of nominated Rajya Sabha member Swapan Dasgupta for the forthcoming Bengal assembly election on BJP ticket, Dasgupta on Tuesday reportedly tendered his resignation as a Rajya Sabha MP.
Ratan Tata buys stake in Pritish Nandy Communications
Mar 16, 2021, at 07:11 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Tata Group Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata has purchased a stake in Pritish Nandi Communications (PNC), in his personal capacity, said media reports.
Now Mamata Banerjee is visiting temples: Yogi Adityanath taunts Trinamool Congress chief in Bengal
Mar 16, 2021, at 06:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday taunted his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee over her temple visits ahead of the state polls due to be held between Mar 27 and Apr 29.
Seated on Badruddin Ajmal’s lap, Congress shamelessly talks about secularism: Amit Shah
Mar 16, 2021, at 04:48 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Monday launched a scathing attack on Congress and said that the Congress shamelessly talks about secularism while the party sits on the laps of Badruddin Ajmal.
BJP president JP Nadda to campaign in poll-bound West Bengal today
Mar 16, 2021, at 04:27 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda will on Tuesday campaign in poll-bound West Bengal, where the saffron party is aiming to wrest power.
Complete lockdown not a solution to curb COVID-19: Maharashtra Health Minister
Mar 16, 2021, at 03:42 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said that a complete lockdown is not a solution to curb the rising number of coronavirus cases in the state, however, a few restrictions will be tightened.
Jammu and Kashmir Imam Association holds day-long interactive programme in Kupwara
Mar 16, 2021, at 06:34 am
Kupwara : All Jammu and Kashmir Imam Association recently held an interactive cum informative programme in Warpora area of Bangus valley which lies in Kupwara district.
Mar 16, 2021, at 05:56 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid agitations at multiple locations across West Bengal over BJP's candidates' list for the forthcoming assembly election in the state, Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah on Monday night chaired an emergency core meeting with the Bengal BJP leaders in a Kolkata five-star hotel, reports said.
Kerala MBA Graduate declines to contest assembly polls after BJP names him as candidate
Mar 16, 2021, at 05:23 am
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: A 31-year-old MBA student has declined to contest the Assembly election in Kerala next month after he was enlisted as a candidate by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the Mananthawady seat in the Wayanad district.
Nettled by QUAD summit, China says 'it will end nowhere'
Mar 16, 2021, at 04:56 am
New Delhi/IBNS: China has accused the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD), a four nation grouping comprising Australia, India, United States and Japan, of "ideological bias and cold war mentality" and described it as a clique based on an ideology that is "detrimental to border", a Hindustan Times report said.
CBI names 7 army officers among 23 for accepting bribes in recruitment case
Mar 16, 2021, at 04:37 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Six Lieutenant Colonels and a Major of the Indian Army were among 23 people named by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday in connection with a corruption case involving recruitment to the force after searches were conducted in 30 locations across 13 cities.
Rhea Chakraborty's bail challenged in Supreme Court by NCB
Mar 16, 2021, at 03:25 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has challenged the bail granted to actor Rhea Chakraborty in the Sushant Singh Rajput case in October last year.
IPS Gyanwant Singh appointed as West Bengal's Director of Security
Mar 16, 2021, at 02:31 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) removed West Bengal's Director of Security, IPS Vivek Sahay, over the incident in Nandigram in which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured, another IPS officer, Gyanwant Singh, was on Monday appointed as the new chief of the CM's security, officials said.
Toolkit case: Delhi Court disposes of anticipatory bail plea of Nikita, Shantanu, Shubham Kar
Mar 16, 2021, at 01:33 am
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi's Patiala House Court on Monday disposed of the anticipatory bail pleas moved by Mumbai lawyer Nikita Jacob, Pune engineer Shantanu Muluk and climate activist Shubham Kar Chowdhuri in connection to the toolkit case.
NIA conducts searches at 11 locations across country in Kerala ISIS module case
Mar 16, 2021, at 01:17 am
New Delhi/UNI: In a major crackdown against Kerala ISIS module led by accused Mohammed Ameen, the anti-terror probe agency NIA on Monday conducted searches at multiple locations in Delhi, Karnataka, and Kerala.
Yogi Adityanath to address three election rallies in West Bengal tomorrow
Mar 16, 2021, at 01:06 am
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BJP's star campaigner Yogi Adityanath will address three election meetings in West Bengal on Tuesday.
Delhi Court sentences Batla House encounter convict Ariz Khan to death
Mar 16, 2021, at 12:59 am
New Delhi/UNI: A Delhi court on Monday sentenced to death Indian Mujahideen terrorist Ariz Khan, who was recently convicted in the 2008 Batla House encounter case for the murder of police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma and other offences that took place in the national capital over 12 years ago.
Conspiracies cannot stop me: Mamata Banerjee
Mar 15, 2021, at 10:58 pm
Balarampur/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday said conspiracies cannot stop her and she will continue to fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Jammu and Kashmir: Workshop on Building activities and operation held
Mar 15, 2021, at 10:48 pm
Srinagar: SMC today organised a workshop on building activities and operation for its ward officers and building inspectors.
Jammu and Kashmir: Commissioner SMC reviews waste collection initiative
Mar 15, 2021, at 10:46 pm
Srinagar: Commissioner SMC Athar Aamir Khan today reviewed new recent initiative of launching 100 percent waste collection in four wards of Srinagar.
Jammu and Kashmir: LG Manoj Sinha felicitates students of SMVD Gurukul
Mar 15, 2021, at 10:43 pm
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, who is also the Chairman of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, today felicitated the students of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Gurukul for securing 1st positions in Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.
Jammu and Kashmir: Rs 2 lakh interest-free loan under PMAY-U approved
Mar 15, 2021, at 10:28 pm
Srinagar: The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the proposal of the Housing & Urban Development Department to provide interest-free loan up to Rs. 2 lakhs to the urban houseless economically weaker section beneficiaries under ‘Beneficiary-led Construction (BLC)’ component of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna-Urban (PMAY-U).
AC approves 119 posts for ANM/GNM, Nursing schools in Jammu and Kashmir
Mar 15, 2021, at 10:19 pm
Srinagar: The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the proposal of Health and Medical Education Department to create 119 posts in respect of various ANM/GNM schools, and Nursing Colleges in J&K.
Strict legal action in case of anti-Narendra Modi procession-meeting: Bangladesh Police
Mar 15, 2021, at 10:13 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) acting commissioner (head of the special branch of the police) Monirul Islam has said that the police will take strict legal action against those who are or will be holding anti-Modi rallies ahead of the arrival of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bangladesh.
Mar 15, 2021, at 09:48 pm
New Delhi: Five States of Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu continue to report a surge in the COVID daily new cases. They cumulatively account for 78.41% of the new cases reported in the past 24 hours.
Lok Janshakti Party declares name of candidates for Bengal polls
Mar 15, 2021, at 08:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Lok Janshakti Party has declared the name of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal.
Corruption was taken to next level by Trinamool Congress: Amit Shah
Mar 15, 2021, at 08:23 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Cornering the Trinamool Congress in poll-bound West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said corruption was taken to the next level by the ruling party.
Bengal: Raidighi MLA Debashree Roy quits Trinamool Congress
Mar 15, 2021, at 08:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress MLA from West Bengal's Raidighi, Debashree Roy, quit the ruling party on Monday.
Trinamool Congress govt took Bengal to new lows in 10 years: Amit Shah
Mar 15, 2021, at 07:21 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the Trinamool Congress government took West Bengal to new lows in its two terms, in another attack on the incumbent in poll-bound state.