Former Thane and Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh appeared at Thane nagar police station last week to record his statement in an extortion case registered against him and 28 others. In a related development, the chief judicial magistrate...
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1st Dec 2021 | Updated at 04:04pm 1st Dec 2021
Mamata calls on PM Modi, raises BSF jurisdiction issue
New Delhi: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, at her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi last week, raised a host of Centre-state administrative and political issues and also invited him to inaugurate next year’s Bengal...
India ups travel surveillance amid Omicron spread
With the proposed resumption of international flights on December 15 under review, the government issued fresh guidelines, mandating RT-PCR test on arrival for all passengers from Covid at-risk countries. While those testing positive will be...
Karnataka seeks nod to administer booster dose
In view of rising Covid-19 cases, the Karnataka government has requested the Centre to allow the state to administer the booster dose of vaccine to prevent the third wave, state revenue minister R Ashok said. After the high-level meeting chaired...
Karnataka to keep strict vigil over Covid-19
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai clarified that there is no proposal before the Karnataka Government to impose a lockdown now. He further clarified that authorities had been told to keep vigil over schools and colleges, but not to...
Bengal govt launches ration at doorstep scheme
Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal launched the ‘Duare Ration’ (ration at doorstep) scheme which the administration said will benefit around 10 crores of people of the state.
Mamata rejigs cabinet, retains Amit Mitra as adviser
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee last week announced a cabinet reshuffle and changed major portfolios.
Vibrant Gujarat roadshow held in Mumbai
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani held a roadshow in Mumbai on November 26, for the ninth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019
Manchester airport delivers major boost to north with new Mumbai connection
Jet Airways’ five-times-a-week service from Manchester to Mumbai took for the first time this morning, at a celebration attended by Aviation Minister, Baroness Liz Sugg and hundreds of guests from across the region.
The Centre has not received a proposal to recognise bitcoin as a currency in India, the government told Parliament on Monday, while adding that the Reserve...
A startup summit will be organised in Ahmedabad as part of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2022 with the aim to bring together innovators, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists on one platform, officials said.
Following years of trust deficit on trade issues, the US agreed to ease rules for export of mangoes and pomegranates in return for India allowing shipment...
Underlining that it is not ready to accept any sort of "closure" on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, the government gave a renewed push to punish the guilty on...
India’s total fertility rate (TFR) or the average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime has dropped below replacement level for the first...
BJP won 329 out of 334 seats in urban local bodies polls in Tripura which was termed as 'murder of democracy' by both Trinamool Congress and CPM. Mamata Banerjee's TMC, which got just one seat in Ambassa Municipality, said it had petitioned...
The Ganga Connect exhibition, that has been running across the UK from 8 November and concluded in London on 25 November 2021. This has been a major effort of the National Mission for Clean Ganga, the High Commission of India and Ganga to engage...
Trinamool Youth Congress president and Tollywood actor Saayoni Ghosh was arrested for attempt-to-murder charges by the Agartala police, a day after she posted a video on her Twitter handle, in which she was heard saying “Khela Hobe” - the party’s...
Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal launched the ‘Duare Ration’ (ration at doorstep) scheme which the administration said will benefit...
