2 militants killed in Kashmir, abducted cop rescued

Srinagar (IANS) Two militants were killed in a brief encounter with the security forces and a policeman abducted by them was rescued in in South Kashmir on Friday evening.

According to the details received here, the two militants had kidnapped…

Wheat harvesting in full swing in Punjab, Haryana, near to finish elsewhere

New Delhi (IANS) Wheat harvesting is in full swing in the major producing states of Punjab and Haryana in the ongoing rabi season while it is close to finish elsewhere. Wheat is the major rabi crop in India and the country is to harvest a record crop…

Yogi to bring back stranded migrants from all other states

Lucknow (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked his officials to draw up a plan to bring back all migrant workers from the state who are still stranded in other states.

Yogi Adityanath said that he wanted that the workers…

Bengal Guv tears into CM Mamata, calls her 'anti-people', 'failure in combating corona'

Kolkata (IANS) In a scathing attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday accused her of trying to "deliberately divert" people's attention from her "abject failure" in combating and containing the…

Plasma therapy on COVID patients showing positive results: Kejriwal

New Delhi (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that the plasma therapy used on four coronavirus patients in the city were showing positive results.

"Two patients were given plasma on Tuesday, while two were given the therapy…

We have to become self-reliant, says Modi, hails villagers

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed rural India, gram panchayats for playing an active role in the fight against COVID-19 and in supplying food grains to the poor and migrant workers.

He launched e-GramSwaraj portal…

Arnab Goswami gets 3-week protection from SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday granted three weeks protection from arrest to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in connection with multiple FIRs against him in various states for alleged hate speeches and for defamation of Congress…

India goes online in lockdown

New Delhi (IANS) India is learning to go online for paying bills, banking, shopping, work and even praying during the covid lockdown and this will be the new normal, according to Gipsi Research.

"This will continue to be the new normal", the…

Centre made PRIs partner in making of new India: Shah

New Delhi (IANS) Lauding those connected to the development of rural India on National Panchayati Raj Day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the central government has made the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) a partner in the making…

DA for Central govt employees frozen till July 2021

New Delhi (IANS) In view of the crisis arising out of COVID-19, government on Thursday decided to freeze payment of additional instalment of dearness allowance (DA) to the Central government employees and dearness relief (DR) to pensioners falling…