Kolkata: 18 crude bombs were recovered in a mango farm in Malda on Thursday. The CID officials rushed to the spot and the bombs were diffused. The recovery comes just days ahead of the Assembly polls in West Bengal. The police are investigating the matter and a probe is underway to find out who plan...

The BJP on Thursday urged the Election Commission to remove "political appointees" from various boards of administrators in civic bodies appointed by the West Bengal government, saying it appointed the same representatives who had completed their term of five years in blatant violation of ...

Kolkata, Mar 4: Special observer for the assembly elections in West Bengal Ajay Nayak and police observer Vivek Dubey will arrive here on Friday to overview preparedness for the polls, a senior official said. "They will be meeting officials in districts where the first phase of polling will b...

New Delhi: Hours after the American think-tank Freedom House rated India as "partly free", Congress blasted the BJP saying the only negative influence on the nation is the party's "arrogance and authoritarianism". The report shared on Twitter said: "India is not rated "...

The BJP has reached a seat-sharing formula with its Assam allies ahead of the three-phase Assembly election that starts March 27, sources said late Thursday night, with the ruling party to contest in 92 of the 126 seats on offer...

At first one could barely comprehend what Roshan Mahawar was saying. He mumbled and rued with his voice breaking midway. "Had police acted on time, Pinky could have been alive today. Since March 1, the day she was abducted from our house in Dausa, I have been repeatedly telling the police to l...

A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of COVID-19 is planning to scrap an interim report on its recent mission to China amid mounting tensions between Beijing and Washington over the investigation and an appeal from one international group of scientists for a new probe, the Wall...

India’s women’s trap team trio Kirti Gupta, Manisha Keer, and Rajeshwari Kumari won a silver on the concluding day of the year’s first International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun stage, going down 4-6 to Russia in the final. The trio engineered a fantastic come...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said he is hopeful that the construction work on Rs 8,662-crore Dwarka Expressway will be completed before August 15, 2022....

Wellington (New Zealand) | Jagran News Desk: A tsunami warning was issued in New Zealand on Thursday night after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the country's northeastern coast. Though there have been no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties, New Zealand officials have said t...

New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday (March 4) announced that he will seek a vote of confidence from parliament. This comes as the opposition raised questions over his leadership after the finance minister lost the senate elections. "I'm going to seek a confidence mo...

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Thursday (March 4) congratulated 12 Indian Institutions on securing a position in the top 100 in the QS Subject Rankings for the year 2021. While unveiling ‘QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021’, the Union Minister said: ...

When Navjot Singh Sidhu addressed a full-fledged press conference outside the Punjab assembly on Thursday, the first time in almost two years, political circles were abuzz with speculations about a major announcement. But the 40-minute press conference did not set off any 'political explosions' eve...

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga and Deputy Chief Minister Tawnluia received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday....

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth Rs 79 lakh of an Income Tax officer in connection with a disproportionate assets case, officials said. The financial probe agency has attached three immovable properties in Lucknow and the bank balance of Income Tax Officer Abhishek Trip...

The Indian Army's Special Forces Training School on Thursday began the training for Turkmenistan Special Forces to help them build their combat capabilities. The Turkmenistani paratroopers will be trained in 'Combat Free Fall' as a precursor to a series of customised courses which will assist in the...

The past few days have been one of 'patch-up politics' in Rajasthan. On February 28, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and archrival Sachin Pilot flew in the same helicopter from Jaipur to a village in Bikaner along with state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra and Ajay Maken, the AICC ...

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday slammed the Congress for raising slogans against the BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in the state assembly and said the opposition party had no right to speak against the RSS....

An enthused former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah was seen shaking a leg with Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh at a wedding ceremony in Chandigarh over the weekend in a video that has been widely shared on social media....

Lucknow: The construction work for an international airport in Ayodhya is in full swing after the Central government’s nod for the project and air services are expected to start early next year, reported ANI quoting a state government official. Th e development comes ahead of the construction ...

Chennai, Mar 04: The move of expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala to stay away from politics has fuelled various theories on her decision while the ruling party confined itself to poll related work like holding interview for ticket aspirants. As AIADMK headquarters here was swarmed with ticket aspi...

Despite a spike in fresh Covid-19 cases in various cities including Bhopal and Indore, school education minister Inder Singh Parmar confirmed on Thursday that board exams will be held in offline mode. Parmar was speaking to media during a seminar on teachers' education which takes place in Bhopal o...

New Delhi: In a first, India, on Thursday vaccinated one million people in a single day. The Union Health Ministry took to Twitter and announced the feat. "Vaccinations today cross 1-million mark. Cumulative vaccination coverage is more than 1.77 cr," the ministry said in a tweet. Accordin...

Jaipur, Mar 04: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday told the state assembly that all proposals made in the 2021-22 state budget would be earnestly implemented by his government. Gehlot, who also holds the Finance portfolio, expressed his government's resolve to implement the pro...

The police have arrested a man from Rajasthan for allegedly cheating people by posting on social media fake advertisements claiming to deliver liquor at home during the COVID-19-induced lockdown and inducing them to pay for it in advance, officials said on Thursday....

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar played down the concerns about opener Shubman Gill's inconsistency and lack of runs in the ongoing Test series against England after he failed to open his account on Day 1 of the fourth and final Test in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Gill got out for a duck in the first ...

Mumbai's Andheri metropolitan magistrate court was handed over a progress report by the Amboli police which is investigating a complaint lodged by advocate Ali Kashif Khan Deshmukh against Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel. The sisters are accused of posting hateful mess...

Jhajjar: We have heard about incidents where robbers killed their victims during the robbery. However, in a completely different incident, the owner of a Patanjali store in Haryana's Jhajjar shot a masked robber who came to loot the shop. The entire incident was caught on a CCTV camera installed in...

Coming in support of the Supreme Court, the Bar Council of India on Thursday asked activists, who wrote to Chief Justice S A Bobde urging him to withdraw remarks made in a rape case, not to "scandalise" the highest judiciary and take "political mileage" of its proceedings....

New Delhi: Keen on increasing connectivity in the Bay of Bengal region, Indian and Bangladeshi foreign ministers discussed Japan as the third country for partnership on connectivity in the region. India's external affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar was on a one-day Dhaka visit on Thursday (March...

Coronavirus Latest Updates: Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 8,998 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 21,88,183, while the death toll reached 52,340 as 60 patients succumbed to the infection. In the wake of the rising cases, Palghar District Collector Manik Gursal ordered closure o...

At least three Myanmar police officers have crossed into India to escape taking orders from the military junta that is trying to suppress the protests against last month's coup, and taken refuge in Mizoram, a top official said....

New Delhi: The Central government on Thursday (March 4) issued new guidelines for the prevention of COVID-19 spread. Adding to the previous guidelines, including mandatory wearing of face masks and social distancing at public places like malls, restaurants and religious places, the central governme...

CBSE Board Exam 2021 Latest Updates: CBSE Board exams 2021 are just only two months away from now and students are getting ready for the exams. At this crucial time, they need to focus on certain rules and guidelines that will help them score high marks in CBSE Board Exam 2021. CBSE Board Exams are ...

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On March 4, actor Taapsee Pannu and director Anurag Kashyap, who were shooting the sci-fi project Dobaara in Pune, had surprise (unwanted) guests in officials from the income tax department. The officials were present as part of a tax evasion probe against Phantom Films. Pannu, though, never...

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The Congress party in Madhya Pradesh hosted the first of the Kisan Mahapanchayats at Delanpur in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. As announced earlier, the Congress leaders tried making it an apolitical event and instead of sitting on stage, sat on the ground and also refrained from a...

More than 1.1 million people - from India's general population - have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine in the first three days of the second phase, as the country's vaccination graph continues to improve...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept retail inflation in the targeted band (4 per cent, plus or minus 2) which has allowed it to be accommodative about monetary policy. Retail inflation eased to 4.1 per cent in January this year, compared to 4.6 per cent in December 2020. This was a 16-...

The Central Board of Direct Taxes on Thursday claimed that the Income Tax Department has detected financial irregularities of over Rs 650 crore after it raided two film production companies, two talent management companies and a leading actress, but it did not take any names. A day later, without n...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed gratitude to countries which joined India in the UN General Assembly as the organisation adopted by consensus a resolution declaring 2023 the International Year of Millets....

Image Source : PTI Modi, Shah, Nadda brainstorm to finalise candidates for Bengal, Assam Brainstorming to finalize BJP candidates began on Thursday with the party's Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting on the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home ...

A government primary school principal in Jaidopur in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia was suspended over the death of a student, possibly after choking on a fruit seed, officials said on Thursday....

Maharashtra, the worst-affected state by the Covid-19 pandemic in India, reported 8,998 new cases of the virus on Thursday. According to data given by the health department, the state recorded 60 deaths due to coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients discharged on Thursday w...

New Delhi: As many offices have reopened in the wake of unlock guidelines of the Central government, employees have started returning to workplace. However, it must be noted that the coronavirus cases have not completely gone from the country as yet and employees need to take extra care while workin...

From packaging to courier segregation, from stacking goods to delivering medicines at hospital, new age robots are being manufactured in India's largest exclusive robot making factory Addverb Technologies in Noida's Sector 156. Niti Aayog chairman Jalaj Dani inaugurated the factory on Wednesday. The...

Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur has been ranked among the top 50 in the prestigious QS Subject Ranking in Mineral and Mining Engineering sector while emerging as India’s top-ranking institution in the field of Agriculture and Forestry, an official statement issued by the institute said. IIT Kharagpur h...