70.42% polling recorded till 3 p.m. in Bengal

Kolkata (IANS) In a relatively peaceful polling in the sixth phase when people of 43 constituencies across four districts of West Bengal are exercising their franchise, heavy polling has been recorded till 3 p.m. According to the Election Commission,…

Drug syndicate with links to India, US busted in Canada, 33 held

Toronto/New Delhi (IANS) A drug syndicate active in Canada's Ontario, British Columbia and the US' California has been busted with the arrest of 33 people who were charged with over 130 criminal offences, officials said.

Among the 33,…

Covishield to be sold at Rs 400 to State, Rs 600 to pvt hospitals

New Delhi (IANS) Covishield will be sold at Rs 400 per dose to the state government and Rs 600 to private hospitals, Serum Institute of India (SII) said on Wednesday. Covishield is known as AstraZeneca vaccine across the world.

SII, an Indian…

In season of pandemic, it's not gold but cigarettes where smuggling rings are making big money

New Delhi (IANS) Even as Covid protocols restrict international and domestic transport, the cross border crime syndicates continue to make big money by smuggling truckloads of 'sin goods' into India through land and sea routes. Two major transit…

Rs 100 crore up In Bengal poll air

Kolkata (IANS) West Bengal is reeling under an acute shortage of Covid-19 vaccines amidst a dreary long eight-phase assembly election, but leaders campaigning here have already spent Rs 100 crore to fly around to pitch for votes.

At least 90…

No lockdown, trains will continue to run: Railway Minister

New Delhi (IANS) Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has said that there is no lockdown in the country and people do not need to panic about how they will reach home. Trains will continue to run as before and people will be able to go anywhere by booking…

India to be third contributor to global GDP by 2040: US report

New Delhi/Washington (IANS) While China will overtake the United States as the largest economy in the world by 2040, India will be a distant third contributor to the global GDP.

This statistical prediction made by Oxford Economics has been…

Modi to meet vaccine manufacturers today

New Delhi (IANS) A day after announcing Covid vaccine for all above 18 years from May 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet the vaccine manufacturers on Tuesday evening through video conferencing.

Representatives of top drug makers from…

Armed forces roped in to tackle soaring Covid cases

New Delhi (IANS) The government has roped in its armed forces to tackle soaring Covid-19 cases across the country.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will review the Covid situation on Tuesday afternoon with all the service chiefs - Chief of Defence…

Indian Navy seizes drugs worth Rs 3K cr from Pakistani boat, meant to fund terror

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Navy seized a Pakistani fishing boat with contraband worth approximately Rs 3,000 crore in the Arabian Sea on Monday.

The fishing boat with contraband was coming from Pakistan's Makran Coastal region and initial…