December 2020

Ayodhya, Dec 20 (IANS) The proposed mosque in Dhannipur village in Ayodhya will not adhere to the traditional style of mosque. It will be futuristic, modern and the structure will be round-shaped. The Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation…

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Five rockets were fired at a major U.S. base in Afghanistan on Saturday, but there were no casualties, NATO and provincial officials said. The rockets hit Bagram Airfield, said Wahida Shahkar, spokeswoman for the…

Imphal (Manipur) , December 20  : An Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) was launched at the State Police Control Room at 1st Battalion Manipur Rifles complex, Imphal on Saturday. ERSS, which seeks to enable a pan-India,…

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) , December 20  : A military hospital in Jammu is saving the lives of soldiers who have suffered injuries during encounters with terrorists or in ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC). A…

New Delhi , December 20   The Ministry of Tourism organised a domestic tourism roadshow in Goa on Saturday through its IndisTourism office in the state. The event was organised in collaboration with Goa Tourism and Travel and…

Buenos Aires , December 20  : Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Saturday highlighted multiple official aid plans set to mitigate the social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Without projects such as Emergency Family Income…

Bangkok , December 20   A curfew has been declared throughout Thailand's pandemic-hit Samut Sakhon province near Bangkok starting Saturday in the face of a spread of COVID-19 which has infected 548 people so far. Provincial…

New Delhi , December 20 : Out of the total active cases in the country, Kerala and Maharashtra together account for 40 per cent of the active count, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on Sunday. "33 States and…

Tropical storm lashes the country with heavy rains

MOSCOW, Dec 19 (Sputnik) SpaceX on Saturday launched its Falcon 9 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of the NROL-108 mission to deliver a US spy satellite into orbit. The launch comes two days after it was originally intended…

TEL AVIV, Dec 19 (Sputnik) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday became the first Israeli to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease with a Pfizer-BioNTech shot, which was broadcast live on national television. "This is a…

Nashik, Dec 19 (UNI) Until the distribution of seats in the Mahavikas Aghadi, every constituent party of the Aghadi will continue to expand its party organizationally, said Chhagan Bhujbal, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, on Saturday.…

New Delhi, Dec 18 (UNI) Reaching out to striking farmers once again, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that with ‘’bowed head, folded hands and all humility' he was ready to talk to them on every issue to allay all their fears…

NEW DELHI: Ahead of a crucial meeting of Sonia Gandhi with a section of senior leaders who had written to her in August demanding an overhaul of the organisation, the Congress on Friday downplayed any internal dissensions and said Rahul…

KOLKATA: TMC MLA Banasri Maity resigned from the party's primary membership on Friday -- the fourth such exit in the past 48 hours. The two-time MLA from Bengal's Kanthi Uttar constituency said she has sent her resignation to TMC supremo…

NEW DELHI: The prime minister's new residential complex will have 10 four-storey buildings with a maximum height of 12 metres, according to the government's latest proposal for the redevelopment of Central Vista. Official sources said…

NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh handed over three indigenously developed systems to Army, Navy and Air Force at a function held in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Bhawan. One of them, Border Surveillance…