15 booked, 5 held for raising pro-Pak slogans in UP

Kannauj (UP) (IANS) The police have arrested five persons and booked 15 others for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans, the video of which had gone viral on social media.

The arrested persons include a local Muslim cleric.

According…

Cyclone Tauktae: Arabian Sea barge tragedy toll rises to 37

Mumbai (IANS) The death toll in the barge tragedy near Bombay High Fields increased to 37 with 11 more bodies recovered and brought to shore, officials said here on Thursday.

On Wednesday, at least 26 persons on board the drifting Barge Papaa-305…

Narada case: Hearing to continue on Thursday; no relief for TMC heavyweights

Kolkata (IANS) The high-profile Narada sting case, in which four heavyweights of the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal were arrested by the CBI on Monday, spilled over to Thursday as the hearing of the CBI plea to transfer the case to any other…

Plea moved in SC seeking direction to impose President's Rule in WB

New Delhi (IANS) A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court urging it to issue directions to the Union government to impose President's rule in West Bengal.

In his plea, advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay pleaded for setting up a Special Investigation…

PM announces immediate relief package of Rs 1,000 cr for Tauktae-affected Gujarat

Gandhinagar (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced an immediate relief package of Rs 1,000 crore to Gujarat after cyclonic storm Tauktae badly hit the state on Tuesday.

The PM was in his home state to take stock of the situation…

New antiviral with 99.9percent efficacy against Covid-19 developed

Sydney (IANS) An international team of scientists, from Australia and the US, has developed an experimental direct-acting antiviral therapy that can reduce viral load by 99.9 per cent and may be a new treatment against Covid-19.

Traditional…

CBI books ex-IFFCO boss Awasthi, others in graft case

New Delhi (IANS) In a massive action, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday said that it has registered a case against U.S. Awasthi, the then MD and CEO of IFFCO, Pravinder Singh Gahlaut, the then MD, Indian Potash Ltd (IPL) and several…

Centre lashes out at Kejriwal for his "irresponsible" tweet on Singapore

New Delhi (IANS) The Central government on Wednesday lashed out at Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for his irresponsible allegations against Singapore over the virulent variant of Coronavirus that has hit India.

The reprimand against Kejriwal…

CM Mamata made a party in transfer of Narada case outside Bengal

Kolkata (IANS) In a dramatic turn of events, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Law Minister Moloy Ghatak and MP Kalyan Banerjee have been made parties in the petition submitted by CBI seeking transfer of the Narada bribe case to any other state.

Kachin rebels hit junta's aviation fuel supplies

Kolkata (IANS) Rebels of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) hit and set ablaze seven tanker trucks in northern Shan state with artillery to cut down aviation fuel supplies for Myanmars military junta.

The trucks were attacked on the Union Highway…