MHA asks states, UTs to ensure no fire incidents take place in hospitals
May 05, 2021, at 09:54 pm
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has drawn the attention of State and Union Territory Governments towards the occurrence of fire incidents, caused by short-circuiting, in hospitals and nursing homes in the recent past.
May 05, 2021, at 09:34 pm
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said he has been possibly exposed to suspected COVID-19 cases and hence he has decided to conduct his engagements in the virtual mode.
Karnataka orders judicial probe into the loss of 24 people caused by Oxygen crisis
May 05, 2021, at 09:26 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: The Karnataka government on Wednesday appointed a retired High Court judge Justice B.A Patil in a one man commission to inquire into the death of 24 Covid patients at Chamarajanagar Taluk Hospital.
May 05, 2021, at 09:21 pm
New Delhi: In a significant development, two medical oxygen plants funded by PMCARES have been installed at AIIMS, New Delhi and RML Hospital within a week.
Supreme Court strikes down Maratha reservation quota
May 05, 2021, at 09:03 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled the Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018 which provided the Maratha community reservation in government jobs and educational institutions, saying it exceeded the 50 per cent cap imposed earlier.
UP govt extends weekend curfew till May 10 morning
May 05, 2021, at 08:58 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday extended Corona curfew till May 10 morning, to contain the virus which is wreaking havoc in the second wave.
Cabinet approves MoU between India and UK on Global Innovation Partnership
May 05, 2021, at 07:31 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave an ex-post facto approval for an agreement signed between India with the United Kingdom on Global Innovation Partnership.
Jammu and Kashmir: SPO arrested for opening gunshot in marriage ceremony in Rajouri
May 05, 2021, at 07:29 pm
Jammu/UNI: A Special Police Officer has been arrested for allegedly opening a gunshot during a marriage ceremony in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Covid, law and order: Mamata Banerjee sets priority taking oath as Bengal CM for third term
May 05, 2021, at 06:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Sixty-six year old popular Indian politician Mamata Banerjee has cleared her initial aim would be to tackle the Covid-19 crisis and stop the post-poll violence, taking oath as the West Bengal Chief Minister for the third term in a row on Wednesday.
May 05, 2021, at 05:01 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday wished Mamata Banerjee as she took oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive term.
Deaths due to oxygen crisis no less than genocide: Allahabad HC tells UP govt
May 05, 2021, at 04:56 pm
Prayagraj/UNI: Allahabad High Court has hauled up the Uttar Pradesh government over deaths due to shortage of Oxygen and termed it no less than ''genocide''.
Mamata Banerjee swears in as West Bengal Chief Minister for third term
May 05, 2021, at 04:19 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee took oath as the West Bengal Chief Minister for the third consecutive term here on Wednesday.
West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee to take oath as CM for third term today
May 05, 2021, at 02:11 pm
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee will take oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third straight term on Wednesday, days after her Trinamool Congress registered a thumping victory in the Assembly polls.
We are helping India significantly in its fight against COVID: US President Joe Biden
May 05, 2021, at 02:01 pm
Washington/UNI: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that the US was helping India significantly in its fight against Coronavirus by sending it material, machine parts and oxygen.
May 05, 2021, at 05:42 am
Kolkata/UNI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday said that the Returning Officer (RO) appointed by the poll panel is the final authority under the law to decide on recounting in the Nandigram constituency.
NHRC orders probe by fact-finding team on post-poll violence in West Bengal
May 05, 2021, at 05:05 am
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Taking suo-motu cognisance of reported post-poll violence in West Bengal, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday ordered to constitute and send a fact-finding team to the state for on the spot investigation into the matter.
'Enough is enough, will not hear anything except compliance,' Delhi HC raps Centre on oxygen supply
May 05, 2021, at 04:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday admonished the Centre for not implementing its order of supplying a full quota of oxygen to the national capital amid a severe crisis of life-saving gas as Covid cases surged massively during the second wave.
Supreme Court annuls WB's Housing Industry Regulation Act, calls it 'unconstitutional'
May 05, 2021, at 03:08 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down West Bengal's Housing Industry Regulation Act (WBHIRA) 2017, the law regulating the state’s real estate sector, calling it 'unconstitutional'.
May 05, 2021, at 02:33 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The UK and India on Tuesday signed an ambitious new migration partnership, which will see both countries benefit from a new scheme for young Indian and British professionals to live and work in one another’s countries.
MK Stalin elected DMK Legislative Party leader, to meet TN Guv tomorrow
May 05, 2021, at 01:38 am
Chennai/UNI: Two days after leading the DMK to win in the Assembly election as result came out, its President M K Stalin was on Tuesday elected as the Legislature Party (LP) Leader.
Sourav Ganguly, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Dilip Ghosh invited to Mamata's swearing-in tomorrow
May 05, 2021, at 12:48 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Indian cricket board president Sourav Ganguly along with opposition leaders like BJP's state chief Dilip Ghosh and former Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee have been invited to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's swearing-in ceremony, which will be held at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday, media reports said.
Large-scale post-poll violence in Bengal claims lives as Oppn alleges 2011 re-run
May 05, 2021, at 12:20 am
Kolkata: Even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed for calm, West Bengal is roiled by large-scale post poll violence claiming at least a dozen lives so far while the opposition parties' leaders and workers are being attacked and their property looted, according to media reports and the opposition parties.
Delhi HC adjourns to May 17 hearing on plea seeking to halt Central Vista project
May 05, 2021, at 12:12 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on a plea seeking to halt all construction activities of the Central Vista project in view of the alarming second Covid-19 wave to May 17.
Only way to stop spread of Coronavirus now is full lockdown: Rahul Gandhi
May 05, 2021, at 12:00 am
New Delhi/UNI: Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the only way to stop the spread of Covid-19 in the country now is a full lockdown.
Kashmir: Encounter underway in Sopore, foreign militant involved in killing of 2 councilor trapped
May 04, 2021, at 11:51 pm
Srinagar/UNI: An encounter on Tuesday was underway between militants and security forces in the apple township of Sopore in north Kashmir district of Baramulla, where a foreign militant, who is involved in killing of two councilors last month, is believed to be trapped.
May 04, 2021, at 11:01 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal is dealing with a blame game after the party faced a humiliating defeat in the hands of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the 2021 assembly elections.
Free ration for 72 lakh card holders for next 2 months: Delhi CM Kejriwal
May 04, 2021, at 09:38 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced that the Delhi government will provide free ration to all the 72 lakh ration card holders of the National Capital for the next two months.
Uttar Pradesh: Ruling BJP gets big jolt in panchayat polls
May 04, 2021, at 08:59 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Even as the BJP was yet to swallow the defeat in the West Bengal assembly polls, the panchayat poll results in Uttar Pradesh has given a big jolt to the ruling party.
PM Modi dials Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over post-poll violence
May 04, 2021, at 08:43 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dialled West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar expressing "anguish" and "concern" over the prevailing post-poll violence in the state.
Only two flights per week allowed from New Delhi; Nepal halts international flights
May 04, 2021, at 08:32 pm
Authorities in Nepal have decided to ground all flights from the country barring two flights per week from New Delhi, reported The Himalayan Times. The ban will come into effect from Wednesday.