Calcutta HC stays CBI court order granting bail to 4 Trinamool leaders

Kolkata (IANS) In a rare instance, the Calcutta High Court late on Monday stayed the special CBI court order granting bail to four heavyweight Trinamool Congress leaders, just hours after the lower court granted them interim bail following their arrest…

Nine 'Shilas' installed at foundation of Ram temple

Ayodhya (UP) (IANS) Nine consecrated shilas, silver and copper urns worshipped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ram Janambhoomi during the 'bhoomi pujan' ceremony on August 5 last year, have been placed at the foundation of the temple's…

Mamata wants change of governor, writes to PM, President

Kolkata (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to the President and Prime Minister demanding a change of Governor in the interest of "good governance " in the state.

The letter comes immediately after the CBI arrested…

Indian Navy, Coast Guard rescue 314 from barges in Arabian Sea

Mumbai (IANS) In one of the biggest search and rescue operations in the Arabian Sea, the Indian Navy (IN) and Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued 314 people stranded and struggling for survival on two barges that were engulfed by Cyclone Tauktae, officials…

BJP slams Congress over 'toolkit'; latter hits back with police case

New Delhi (IANS) A war of words erupted on Tuesday between the BJP and the Congress after the former accused the latter of using the Covid pandemic to malign Prime Minister Narendra Modi's image.

Hitting back at the BJP, the Congress accused…

Day after PM's Rs 2K dole, farmers stunned by hike in fertiliser price

Mumbai/New Delhi (IANS) Day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi released Rs 2,000 each to 9.50 crore farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sanman Nidhi Scheme on May 14, the peasantry was hit by an unexpected bolt from the blue.

Barely…

Cyclone Tauktae forces Mumbai Airport to shut, 3 flights diverted

Mumbai (IANS) Owing to the threats created by the raging Cyclone Tauktae, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai has shut all operations for 3 hours from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday.

This resulted in at least 3 in-bound…

India's WPI inflation rises to 10.49% in April

New Delhi (IANS) India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices sequentially rose to 10.49 per cent in April from a rise of 7.39 per cent in March.

Significantly, this is the highest rate of WPI inflation in the last 6-months.…

Cyclone Tauktae storms over Mumbai, razes trees, damages homes

Mumbai (IANS) Cyclone Tauktae hit Mumbai with full fury bringing heavy rains, strong gales of over 60-75 km/hr, which wreaked havoc by uprooting scores of trees, damaged some homes, and disrupted road traffic, though there are no human casualties,…

Extremely Severe Cyclone Tauktae at 210kmph to touch Guj by evening

Gandhinagar (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that Cyclone Tauktae will take an extreme shape in the east central Arabian Sea by Monday night, with wind speed reaching 180-190 kmph gusting to 210 kmph likely to prevail during…