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Kolkata, May 5 (UNI) In the midst of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic with the steady surge in Covid positive cases, South Eastern Railway (SER) is continuously running Oxygen Express Trains from its jurisdiction to transport Liquid…

Bengaluru, May 5 (UNI) Former Karnataka Chief Minister and leader of the opposition in the Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah today alleged that BJP Lok Sabha member Tejasvi Surya unearthed the Bed Mafia involving BBMP officials to protect…

NEW DELHI: Highlighting that there is unprecedented burden on testing infrastructure in the country in the wake of a huge Covid19 second wave, the ICMR on Tuesday issued a fresh advisory to states on optimizing resources which include doing…

KOLKATA: Hours after trends showed Trinamool Congress’ landslide victory in West Bengal on Sunday, the state convulsed under post-poll violence wave from Sitalkuchi in the north to Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas that left at least 14 people…

Chamoli (Uttarakhand) , May 5   The cloud burst incident in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district has affected about eight Public Works Development roads. According to Mukesh Repaswal, Additional Deputy Commissioner, the situation…

Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) , May 5   The death of COVID-19 patients due to non supplying of oxygen is a "criminal act and not less than a "genocide", said that the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday amid reports of shortage of medical…

Shimla May 4 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh High court on Tuesday stayed all permission of green felling or lopping of tree in Shimla Municipal Corporation while hearing a petition of illegal felling of Healthy tree in the civic body. Division…

Aurangabad, May 4 (UNI) Maharashtra state Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte on Tuesday sent a letter to Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba and demanded additional supply of 200 metric tons of oxygen to Maharashtra and 10 ISO tankers for…

Jammu, May 3 (UNI) Soon after a senior BJP leader and former MLC levelled allegations of corruption against Union MoS in PMO and his staff, Dr Jitendra Singh said that he will be filing a defamation suit of Rs one crore against him. Ex MLC…

New Delhi, Apr 4 (UNI) BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe into the incidents of violence reported from West Bengal after the election results were announced. In his plea, Mr Bhatia…

New Delhi, May 1 (UNI) In support of the nation’s fight against Covid-19 and as part of operation 'Samudra Setu II’, the Indian Navy on Saturday said that seven Indian Naval ships INS Kolkata, Kochi, Talwar, Tabar, Trikand, Jalashwa and…

Shimla, May 3(UNI) After failure of govt to not pursue the private buses and Transport operators all passengers and good transport services remained cripple in the state. As many as 3500 private bus routes affected the movement of…

Kolkata, May 3 (UNI) TMC's newly elected legislators on Monday elected Mamata Banerjee as their leader, who is expected to take oath as the chief minister for the third straight term on Wednesday, May 5, according to Partha Chatterjee.…

New Delhi, May 4 (UNI) Former Jammu and Kashmir governor Jagmohan Malhotra passed away here in the capital city after suffering from a brief illness. He was 94. Prime Narendra Modi expressed his condolences on the demise of former J&K…

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday said medical oxygen being given to COVID-19 patients, especially in hospitals, should be used "judiciously" and claimed that there was "shortage" of the life-giving gas in the country. At a routine…

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday sought a report from the West Bengal government on post-poll violence targeting opposition workers in the state. Political workers, including from BJP, were allegedly targeted by opponents since the…

NEW DELHI: BJP president JP Nadda will be on a two-day visit to West Bengal starting from Tuesday to hold a protest against the alleged atrocities on party workers in the state by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) government. He will…

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday said the rising number of daily COVID-19 cases in some states remains a cause of concern and while a few others like Delhi and Maharashtra are plateauing in terms of daily cases, these are "very early…