'RBI liquidity window can augment healthcare infra'

Mumbai (IANS) The Rs 50,000 crore liquidity window offered by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to banks under priority-sector lending to augment Covid-19 healthcare infrastructure will help raise treatment capacity, and availability of medicines and…

Terror hideout busted in J&K's Doda

Jammu (IANS) Security forces busted a terror hideout on Thursday evening in J&K's Doda district recovering RDX filled pipe bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

Police said that acting on specific information police and territorial…

India travel ban to end on May 15: Aus PM

Canberra (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday announced that the ban on travel from India would end on May 15, paving the way for thousands of Australians stranded in the Covid-battered country to return home.

The controversial…

Government to distribute 20 lakh seed kits of pulses

New Delhi (IANS) The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has formulated a special strategy for the ensuing Kharif 2021 season and has proposed to distribute 20,27,318, almost 10 times more, seed mini kits than the 2020-21 season costing Rs…

FedEx to deploy Boeing 777F to deliver medical supplies to India

Memphi (IANS) As India and its healthcare systems battle a steep surge in Covid cases across the country, transportation major FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., is working with organisations around the world to deliver critical medical supplies…

Mamata accuses BJP of instigating violence in Bengal

Kolkat (IANS) Hours after Union minister and senior BJP leader V. Muraleedharan alleged that his convoy was attacked by Trinamool Congress supporters in West Midnapore district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the saffron…

Bangladesh foils radical Islamists' Parliament attack plan

Kolkata (IANS) Chasing a lead generated by SIGINT interception, Bangladesh counter-terrorism officials have nabbed a militant of radical Islamist group Ansar-al-Islam, who has admitted to planning an attack on Jatiya Sangsad (parliament).

Ansar…

Union Minster's convoy attacked in West Midnapore

Kolkata (IANS) In a shocking incident, the convoy of Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan was attacked by a group of unidentified miscreants at Panchkhuri area in West Midnapore district on Thursday afternoon.

The BJP…

Let our firms take part in 5G trials, China tells India

New Delhi (IANS) Beijing has expressed deep concerns over India's new telecom policy that does not permit Chinese telecommunication companies to conduct 5G trials in the country, saying the move is not conducive to the innovation and development…

3 terrorists killed, one surrenders in Shopian encounter

Srinagar (IANS) Three terrorists were killed and another surrendered on Thursday morning after an encounter in South Kashmir's Shopian district, officials said.

A group of four new recruits of Al-Badr terror outfit were trapped in Kulgam…