AIIMS's main building server resumes partially two weeks after cyber attack

New Delhi (IANS) The server facilities at the main building of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here resumed partially on Tuesday, two weeks after being hit by a ransomware attack.

An official said that some online and offline…

BJP-SP in direct contest in UP bypolls

Lucknow (IANS) The stage is set for a direct contest between the BJP and Samajwadi Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance in the bypolls to one Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.

The BSP and the Congress are…

Border row: Maha ministers to enter K'taka, Kannada activists to swarm Belagavi

Bengaluru (IANS) The border row has escalated in Belagavi in Karnataka with Maharashtra ministers announcing their visit to the border city on Tuesday. The Kannada organisations on the other hand have given a call to the workers to arrive into Belagavi…

Terror mouthpiece threat triggers fear among Kashmiri Pandit employees in Valley

Srinagar (IANS) Kashmir Fight blog, the mouthpiece of The Resistance Front (TRF) - an offshoot of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group, has issued threat to 57 Kashmiri Pandit employees working as teachers under the Prime Minister's Rehabilitation…

Four Gujarat villages boycott polls over lack of development

Mehsana (Gujarat) (IANS) The voters in four villages of Gujarat's Mehsana district said they were boycotting the elections as no development had taken place in their areas.

The Becharaji Taluka Bariyaf village and Kheralu Taluka's three…

Farooq Abdullah re-elected unopposed as NC chief

Srinagar (IANS) Former chief minister and Lok Sabha member, Dr. Farooq Abdullah was re-elected unopposed as the president of the National Conference (NC) party on Monday.

NC presidential polls were held on Monday at party headquarters, 'Nawa-e-Subha'…

Voting for high-stakes Delhi civic polls underway

New Delhi (IANS) Voting for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) election was underway on Sunday.

While the Aam Aadmi Party is looking to gain greater control over the national capital with the civic body polls, the BJP has put in all efforts…

Party leaders skip 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Assam, signify fresh trouble for Cong

Guwahati (IANS) The Assam version of the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' of the Congress has completed one month. It started from Dhubri district and is set to cover a distance of 834 km from Dhubri to Sadiya before it ends in mid-December.

The…

Bogtui massacre: Main accused Lalan Sheikh arrested by CBI

Kolkata (IANS) After over eight months of searching, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) nabbed Lalan Sheikh, the principal accused behind the massacre at the Bogtui village in West Bengal's Birbhum district.

Eight persons were killed…

Illegal hawking an organised racket in Kolkata

Kolkata (IANS) Every evening before it starts to get dark, a van stops near the Grand Hotel arcade in the Esplanade area of Kolkata. It is packed with batteries. For the next few minutes, there is a mad rush as hawkers carry the batteries to their…