Congress' poll performance unfortunate, disappointing: Sonia

New May (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday termed her party's performance in the state assembly elections "unfortunate, disappointing and unexpected".

In the recently concluded assembly elections, results of which were declared…

My values not in consonance with EC: Poll panel counsel resigns in SC

New Delhi (IANS) Advocate Mohit D. Ram, who was on the Panel Counsel for the Election Commission before the Supreme Court has tendered his resignation from the position.

According to the letter sent to the Election Commission, Ram said: "It…

Air Force, Navy step up efforts to ferry oxygen, medical supplies

New Delhi (IANS) The C-17 aircraft of Indian Air Force have conducted 400 sorties from within the country, including 351 to airlift 252 oxygen tankers of a total capacity of 4,904 Metric Tonnes (MT), till Friday.

Both the Air Force and the…

3 terrorists killed, one surrenders in Shopian encounter

Srinagar (IANS) Three terrorists were killed and another surrendered on Thursday morning after an encounter in South Kashmir's Shopian district, officials said.

A group of four new recruits of Al-Badr terror outfit were trapped in Kulgam…

Union Minster's convoy attacked in West Midnapore

Kolkata (IANS) In a shocking incident, the convoy of Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan was attacked by a group of unidentified miscreants at Panchkhuri area in West Midnapore district on Thursday afternoon.

The BJP…

Mamata accuses BJP of instigating violence in Bengal

Kolkat (IANS) Hours after Union minister and senior BJP leader V. Muraleedharan alleged that his convoy was attacked by Trinamool Congress supporters in West Midnapore district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the saffron…

FedEx to deploy Boeing 777F to deliver medical supplies to India

Memphi (IANS) As India and its healthcare systems battle a steep surge in Covid cases across the country, transportation major FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., is working with organisations around the world to deliver critical medical supplies…

Government to distribute 20 lakh seed kits of pulses

New Delhi (IANS) The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has formulated a special strategy for the ensuing Kharif 2021 season and has proposed to distribute 20,27,318, almost 10 times more, seed mini kits than the 2020-21 season costing Rs…

India-UK adopt 'Roadmap 2030' in key sectors like trade, defence

New Delhi (IANS) India and the UK on Tuesday adopted an ambitious 'Roadmap 2030' to elevate bilateral ties to a "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership" between the two countries in major sectors covering trade, defence and climate security.

Dip in new Covid cases continues as India crosses 2 Cr-mark

New Delhi (IANS) India continued to report a dip in Covid numbers with 3,57,229 fresh cases and 3,449 fatalities recorded in last 24 hours taking the total caseload to 2,02,82,833, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said here on Tuesday.