West Bengal Governor Dhankar faces Mahua Moitra's fire for 'nepotism'

Kolkata, (IANS) Relations between West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and the state's ruling Trinamool Congress could not get any worse.

On Sunday, the party raised serious allegations of nepotism against the Governor himself.

Trinamool…

Indian scientist too flagged Wuhan lab leak way back

New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Amid the clamour for an in-depth investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, Indian scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi were reportedly the first to have flagged the lab-leak theory.

Jharkhand farmer, first in India to adopt US fishing 'raceway' technology

New Delhi (IANS) Even as the government is focusing on increasing the farmers income, a farmer in India's mineral rich eastern state of Jharkhand is all set to become the first in the country to adopt the "floating raceway technology" of the United…

Be atmanirbhar for vax, as govt fighting for blue tick: Rahul

New Delhi (IANS) Taking a dig at the Government-Twitter faceoff, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that the government is fighting for blue tick while people have no choice but to become self dependent for vaccines.

Rahul Gandhi in a tweet…

Biden reinvigorates tariff war against India with retaliation to digital tax

New York (IANS) The US tariff war against India has been reinvigorated by President Joe Biden threatening to increase import duties on a range of imports, from prawns and Basmati rice to furniture and jewellery, in retaliation against New Delhi imposing…

Believed to be Indians, 17 still languishing in Pak jails

New Delhi (IANS) Believed to be Indian nationals, Gullo Jan, Naqaya, Hasina and Ajmeera are among 17 "mentally unsound persons" who are still lodged in Pakistani jails as they have not been able to give any other particulars about themselves except…

'Twitter' Dorsey on wrong side of Indian hurricane, 'Koo' Aprameya says he is ready

New York (IANS) India on Saturday slammed a notice to billionaire Jack Dorsey's Twitter, giving the microblogging platform one last chance to "immediately" comply with her new information technology rules which came into effect from May 26, 2021.

Assam gets sixth national park, another to come up

Guwahati (IANS) Diverse wildlife rich Raimona in western Assam's Kokrajhar district has been notified as the state's sixth national park on the occasion of the World Environment Day on Saturday.

Attending the World Environment Day programme…

Railways delivered over 25K MT of LMO to 15 states so far

New Delhi (IANS) The Railway Ministry said on Saturday that it has transported more than 25,000 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to several states in over 1,500 tankers.

A ministry official said that the Oxygen Express trains have crossed…

Southwest monsoon advances into many coastal states

New Delhi (IANS) Southwest monsoon, which hit Kerala two days ago, has further advanced into more parts of the central Arabian Sea and many coastal states in the country, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.

On Saturday,…