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Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

Bengal Assembly polls: Derek writes to EC, flags ‘discrepancy’ in voter turnout data

2:29 pm March 27, 2021

Kolkata: Flagging ‘discrepancy’ in voter turnout data, All India Trinamool Congress’ parliamentary party leader, Derek O’Brien on Saturday wrote a letter to the Election Commission of India. “Voter turnout for ACs Kanthi Dakshin (216) and Kanthi Uttar (213) at 9:13 am was 18.47 per cent and 18.95 per cent respectively, 4 minutes later at 9:17 […]

AAP: Power Minister Satyendar Jain accepts Goa counterpart's 'challenge' for debating Delhi's electricity model

No possibility of lockdown in Delhi: Jain

2:19 pm March 27, 2021

New Delhi: Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday dismissed any possibility of imposing another lockdown in Delhi, saying it was not a solution to check the spread of the coronavirus that is again surging rapidly. Jain said there was a logic behind the lockdown enforced earlier as nobody knew then how the virus propagates. ”It […]

India tells overseas vaccine buyers it has to prioritise local needs

11:07 pm March 26, 2021

New Delhi: India, the world’s biggest vaccine maker, said on Friday it would make domestic COVID-19 inoculations a priority as infections surge and had told international buyers of its decision. Reports that India will delay deliveries of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to a global programme to inoculate poorer countries triggered alarm on Thursday, with the head […]

Delhi govt to organize digital round table conference aimed to reduce air pollution

AAP govt’s efforts helped to reduce pollution by up to 15 pc in Delhi: Rai

10:18 pm March 17, 2021

New Delhi: Reacting to ‘World Air Quality Report’ that states Delhi tops the list of the most polluted city in the world, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai claimed that the AAP government’s efforts have helped to reduce pollution by up to 15 per cent in the national capital. Rai listed out the multiple efforts that […]

Injured TMC chief Mamata Banerjee discharged from hospital

Injured TMC chief Mamata discharged from hospital

11:16 pm March 12, 2021

Kolkata: A TMC delegation met the Election Commision on Friday and claimed that attack on party supremo Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram was a ”conspiracy”, while the rival BJP demanded that the video footage of the alleged incident be made public. Amid raging war of words between the rivals over Wednesday incident, Banerjee was discharged from […]