PM Modi, EU chief discuss Covid situation in India

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday, and discussed the prevailing Covid-19 situation in India and the ongoing efforts to contain the second wave…

Pak violates ceasefire agreement, fires in J&K's Ramgarh sector

Jammu (IANS) After a lull of over two months, Pakistani rangers resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation on Monday on the International Border in the Ramgarh sector of J&K's Samba district.

In a first breach of ceasefire agreement, which…

Equities in red, Sensex falls 700 points

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices opened on a negative note on Monday with heavy selling in finance and banking stocks.

The BSE Sensex plunged as much as 754.29 points to touch an intra-day low of 48,028.07 points.

It has,…

Trinamool gains from stardom, glamour fails BJP

Kolkata (IANS) In a star-studded Assembly election battle in West Bengal, in which both the ruling Trinamool Congress and the principal opponent BJP fielded more than a dozen actors and actresses as candidates, the trends seem to show that while the…

Lotus fails to bloom in Kerala, Sreedharan misses train too

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's statement that the Bharatiya Janata Party, which had won one seat in Kerala in the 2016 Assembly polls, would see its account getting closed this time, has come true with the Centre's…

Change of guard in TN with DMK to form govt after 10 years

Chennai (IANS) Change of guard is all set to happen after 10 years in Tamil Nadu with the DMK-led alliance coasting towards an emphatic victory in the 2021 Assembly polls.

The DMK, led by its President M.K. Stalin, is leading in 121 of the…

EC asks political parties to stop poll victory celebrations

New Delhi (IANS) Considering inputs of victory celebrations at some locations during counting of votes for 822 Assembly seats in four states and one Union Territory, the Election Commission on Sunday directed heads of political parties to prohibit…

Jaishankar rebuts Jairam Ramesh over oxygen 'shortage' in embassies

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday took on the Congress, which had attempted to project that the Central government had collapsed and foreign embassies were reaching out to the opposition for help with their Covid-19…

BJP-led NDA heading to retain power in Assam 2nd time in a row

Guwahati (IANS) The ruling BJP-led NDA is heading to retain power in Assam for the second time in a row as the alliance is leading in 68 seats in the 126-member assembly for which three-phase polling ended on April 6.

According to the Election…

Early trends show TMC edge over BJP in Bengal

Kolkata (IANS) The early trends in the West Bengal assembly polls show that though chief minister Mamata Banerjee is trailing behind BJP's Suvendu Adhikary in Nandigram, ruling Trinamool Congress is having an edge over the BJP.

The initial…