Steel, oil cos become lifeline with ramped up oxygen supplies for Covid relief

New Delhi (IANS) Steel and oil companies have emerged as the oxygen lifeline for the country gasping for breath in the ongoing second wave of Covid-19.

Companies such as IndianOil, BPCL, SAIL, Vedanta, JSPL, Tata Steel have all been diverting…

RSS' 'mixed feelings' over BJP's Bengal poll debacle

Kolkata (IANS) The RSS wants the BJP leadership to do a 'thorough introspection' over the landslide victory secured by the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal and specially focus on the merit of inducting many Trinamool deserters.

A quick…

EC asks Bengal govt to provide security to Nandigram RO

Kolkata (IANS) Making it clear that the Returning Officer's (RO) decision regarding recounting of votes is final, the Election Commission of India has asked the West Bengal government to provide adequate security to the RO of Nandigram, where…

You can bury your head like ostrich, but we won't: Delhi HC to Centre

New Delhi (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday told the Centre that it intends to see the compliance of its order in connection with the oxygen supply to the national capital. The Centre's failure to implement the order also irked the court…

Pak violates ceasefire agreement, fires in J&K's Ramgarh sector

Jammu (IANS) After a lull of over two months, Pakistani rangers resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation on Monday on the International Border in the Ramgarh sector of J&K's Samba district.

In a first breach of ceasefire agreement, which…

PM Modi, EU chief discuss Covid situation in India

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday, and discussed the prevailing Covid-19 situation in India and the ongoing efforts to contain the second wave…

Early trends show AIADMK and DMK in close race in TN

Chennai (IANS) It is going to be a close contest between the ruling AIADMK alliance and the opposition DMK alliance in the 2021 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, going by the early trends announced by the Election Commission of India on Sunday.

Early trends show TMC edge over BJP in Bengal

Kolkata (IANS) The early trends in the West Bengal assembly polls show that though chief minister Mamata Banerjee is trailing behind BJP's Suvendu Adhikary in Nandigram, ruling Trinamool Congress is having an edge over the BJP.

The initial…

BJP-led NDA heading to retain power in Assam 2nd time in a row

Guwahati (IANS) The ruling BJP-led NDA is heading to retain power in Assam for the second time in a row as the alliance is leading in 68 seats in the 126-member assembly for which three-phase polling ended on April 6.

According to the Election…

Jaishankar rebuts Jairam Ramesh over oxygen 'shortage' in embassies

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday took on the Congress, which had attempted to project that the Central government had collapsed and foreign embassies were reaching out to the opposition for help with their Covid-19…