Health experts say India missed early alarm, let deadly coronavirus variant spreadThe variant, now known as B.1.617, triggered a catastrophic wave of coronavirus cases in India and has since spread to more than 40 other c...
India’s vaccination programme needs rapid ramp-up: ExpertsGiven India’s population, cross-country comparisons are not valid, but if the country does not accelerate its inoculation programme, it wil...
COVID-19: Amravati surge could be due to mutation, people's carelessness, says Maharashtra officialDr Subhash Salunke, technical adviser to the Maharashtra government on the COVID-19 outbreak, said those with comorbidities are at a greate...
High alert on Indo-Bangla border in 5 states after Dhaka carnageThe West Bengal administration has asked the state police to be on high alert and take serious note of any suspicious movement in the borde...
Help provide land for fencing along India-Bangladesh border: BSF to CentreThe BSF cannot acquire land since land is a state subject. “We have written to the BSF headquarters and it has been referred to the home mi...
BSF submits proposal for fencing in Indo-Bangla borderAccording to Salunke, that the BSF had handed over a detailed report of land plots needed in North 24 Parganas, Nadia and Murshidabad distr...
High alert on Indo-Bangla border following Dhaka mayhemThe administration has asked the state police to be on high alert and take serious note of any suspicious movement in the border districts.
Three legitimate ways to avoid the new LTCG taxAfter the initial despair, equity and MF investors are slowly understanding the implications of the proposed LTCG tax. Here are a few ways ...
- 'Sweeping generalisations about GMO not fair'
Mohanpur (West Bengal), Jan 16 (IANS) Sweeping generalisations about safety of GMOs are "not fair", an eminent scientist said on Monday.
Want to break Rs 2,000 note? First spend half of itMilind Verma, who lives with his wife in the Kothrud area, wanted change for the note. Since no one was willing, he ended up buying chicken...
22 Shiv Sena men acquitted in rioting, attempt to murder casePhatak had registered a complaint against the Sena workers and leaders in this regard and the accused were being tried in the court since t...
Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao administers National Integration Pledge to Raj Bhavan staffRao administered the 'National Integration Pledge' to the officials and staffers posted at Raj Bhavan on former PM Indira Gandhi's birth an...
Indo-Bangla border: 70,000 people in 'no man's land' keep IB porousA total of 70,000 residents which lie in the 'no man's land' between Indian and Bangladesh continue to pose a challenge for securing the bo...
BSF digs trenches to check cattle smuggling along Indo-Bangla borderAngrail has a unique topography of being a thumb-shaped land mass surrounded from three sides by the Icchamati river.
Mumbai bank hacked, Rs 2.4 crore siphoned off in 3 hoursThe bank has blocked the accounts of the beneficiaries, but the hackers have already managed to withdraw some funds from the accounts, sour...
- Four land developers booked for fraud of Rs 68.50 lakhs
Four land dealers and developers have been booked for alleged fraud of Rs 68.50 lakhs, police said.
- CBI raids six petrol pumps
The CBI on Wednesday conducted raids on six petrol pumps across the metropolis following reports of petrol and diesel adulteration.