Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Bengal BJP MLA Tanmay Ghosh joins Trinam | Kolkata, Aug 30 (TIWN) After Mukul Roy, another BJP MLA has joined West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress. | 30-Aug-2021 |
| Amid open dissent, 4 central BJP leaders | Agartala, Aug 30 (TIWN) Amidst dissidence by a section of ruling BJP MLAs and leaders in Tripura, four senior party leaders arrived in the state on Monday for a week-long visit to plug the shortcomings, both in the government and the organisation. | 30-Aug-2021 |
| FIR against Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh | Agra, Aug 30 (TIWN) The success of the 'Tiranga Yatra' in the Taj city by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which drew thousands of party workers, has had its fallout in an FIR being registered against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and 17 others at the Loha Mandi police station on Monday. | 30-Aug-2021 |
| Maha Transport Minister Parab now summon | Mumbai, Aug 29 (TIWN) In a significant development, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sent a notice to senior Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Transport Minister Anil Parab. | 29-Aug-2021 |
| Explained: Why Delta Covid variant sprea | New York, Aug 29 (TIWN) A key amino-acid mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein might explain why the Delta variant of Covid-19 has spread so swiftly across the world, say researchers. | 29-Aug-2021 |
| Heavy rains in Kerala, IMD issues orange | Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 29 (TIWN) Kerala continues to receive heavy rains leading to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) declaring Orange alert in nine districts of the state. | 29-Aug-2021 |
| Meghalaya MP writes to Modi, flags conce | New Delhi, Aug 29 (TIWN) Agatha Sangma, an MP from Meghalaya has flagged concerns through a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding his ambitious expansion of oil palm plantations in the "biodiversity hotspot and ecologically fragile" Northeast (NE) region. | 29-Aug-2021 |
| Transgenders can access toilets meant fo | New Delhi, Aug 29 (TIWN) All existing toilets for Divynagjans, the physically disabled persons, located at metro stations' premises will be allowed to be used by transgenders as well, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said on Sunday. | 29-Aug-2021 |
| Justice Chandrachud: Need to ensure unbi | New Delhi, Aug 28 (TIWN) Supreme Court judge Justice D Y Chandrachud on Saturday said as citizens we must strive to ensure a press free from any influence and which also provides information in an unbiased manner. | 28-Aug-2021 |
| Ayush Minister announces major plans to | New Delhi, Aug 28 (TIWN) In a major boost to the initiatives to promote traditional medicinal practices in the north-east, Union Minister of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal announced a slew of measures to strengthen these medicinal practices in the N-E at a conference held in Guwahati on Saturday. | 28-Aug-2021 |
| Congress condemns lathicharge on farmers | New Delhi, Aug 28 (TIWN) The Congress has condemned use of force against the farmers in Karnal, Haryana. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have slammed the Haryana government over the police action on protesting farmers. | 28-Aug-2021 |
| SC seeks Centre's reply on plea by Parsi | New Delhi, Aug 28 (TIWN) The Supreme Court has issued notice to Centre on plea by a Mumbai-based seven-year-old boy and his Parsi mother challenging the social and religious ostracization owing solely to factors of lineage, ethnicity and race consequential to the fact that woman married a non-Parsi. | 28-Aug-2021 |
| ED attaches 45 Hyd properties in MMTC fr | Hyderabad, Aug 28 (TIWN) The Enforcement Directorate has attached 45 immovable properties worth Rs 363.51 crore of M/s MBS Jewellers Private Limited, M/s MBS Impex Private Limited, Sukesh Gupta, Anurag Gupta, Neetu Gupta, Vandana Gupta and their other group entities on August 26, under provisions of the PMLA, 2002. | 28-Aug-2021 |
| Help gang-rape victim from Mumbai, Yuva | Mumbai, Aug 28 (TIWN) The Yuva Sena, youth wing of the ruling Shiv Sena, on Saturday appealed to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Director-General of Police Praveen Sood to render help to an MBA student from Mumbai who was gang-raped in Mysuru. | 28-Aug-2021 |
| Calcutta University waives tuition fees | Kolkata, Aug 27 (TIWN) In a major decision, the Calcutta University has waived tuition fees for the next semester in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. | 27-Aug-2021 |
| BCI to SC: Proposing to frame rules to c | New Delhi, Aug 27 (TIWN) Bar Council of India (BCI) on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it will frame rules to curb lawyers' strikes and also initiate action against those who provoke advocates, via social media platforms, to abstain from court hearings. | 27-Aug-2021 |
| 'Very disturbing trend', SC on use of se | New Delhi, Aug 27 (TIWN) A bench headed by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Thursday orally pointed out at a disturbing trend, where police officials siding with the party in power, later getting targeted when the another political party comes into office. | 27-Aug-2021 |
| 140 Afghan Sikhs stopped from attending | Kabul/New Delhi, Aug 27 (TIWN) At least 140 Afghan Sikh pilgrims who were scheduled to arrive in Delhi on Thursday to attend the celebrations marking the 400th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur, were stopped by the Taliban to board a flight from Kabul. | 27-Aug-2021 |
| Freebies announcement not triggered by A | Panaji, Aug 27 (TIWN) The Goa government's recent decision to announce 'freebies' has nothing to do with a 'similar' poll promise made by the Aam Aadmi Party, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Thursday. | 27-Aug-2021 |
| K'taka govt clarifies on 'Work From Home | Bengaluru, Aug 26 (TIWN) After Techies and IT Professionals expressed their concern and questioned the government's decision of advising IT companies located on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) to extend 'Work from Home' option till next December due to Namma Metro work on the stretch, the government has said the earlier communication was just an advisory. | 26-Aug-2021 |
| Congress workers demanding easing of Cov | Indore, Aug 25 (TIWN) The Indore police on Wednesday lathi-charged protesting Congress workers who were demanding permission for political rallies and lifting of the ban on public celebrations of the upcoming Ganesh festival. When the Congress workers tried to enter the collector's office while taking out a silent rally from Rajwada, Indore, the police used force on them. | 25-Aug-2021 |
| Cong asks Vijayan to reveal 'Dharmadom' | Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 25 (TIWN) For the past few days the name 'Dharmadom' is being heard over and over again in the alleged felling of centuries-old rosewood and other trees in Kerala's Wayanad district worth over Rs 170 crore. | 25-Aug-2021 |
| Kerala Oppn asks Vijayan to break his si | Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 25 (TIWN) The Congress-led Opposition in Kerala on Wednesday demanded Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to break his silence as Covid is raging in the state. | 25-Aug-2021 |
| Student from UP gang raped in Mysuru, K' | Mysuru (Karnataka), Aug 25 (TIWN) In a shocking incident, a student from Uttar Pradesh has been gang raped by a gang of six youths at the foothills of the Chamundi hills in Mysuru, police sources said on Wednesday. | 25-Aug-2021 |
| Goa Congress challenges BJP over mining | Panaji, Aug 25 (TIWN) If Congress leaders were really involved in the Goa mining scam, the BJP would have nailed them by using central enforcement agencies at their disposal, AICC Goa desk in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Wednesday. | 25-Aug-2021 |
| PM Modi selling India's crown jewels, NM | New Delhi, Aug 24 (TIWN) A day after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the government's four-year National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) worth Rs 6 lakh crore, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of bringing in the process of selling the "crown jewel" assets built by his party in last 70 years. | 24-Aug-2021 |
| Trinamool criticises Centre's asset mone | Kolkata, Aug 24 (TIWN) A day after Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Centre's policy of asset monetisation to monetise Rs 6 lakh crore worth of state-owned assets over the next four years, the Trinamool Congress strongly criticised the Centre alleging that the Modi government is robbing the livelihood of the people of the country. | 24-Aug-2021 |
| Ex-coach has last laugh over AFI as gold | Bengaluru/Pune Aug 24 (TIWN) Neeraj Chopra, the heartthrob of the nation, the winner of the only gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in Javelin throw, on Tuesday visited the home of his former coach and Indian army subedar, Kashinath Naik in Koregaon Park area of Pune. Athletics Federation of India President Adille Sumariwalla had earlier issued a statement that Kashinath Naik had never trained Neeraj. | 24-Aug-2021 |
| 3 youths held in Manipur for trying to s | Imphal, Aug 24 (TIWN) A local court in Manipur has remanded three youths to police custody till Friday for attempting to smuggle Covid-19 vaccines and other medicines to neighbouring Myanmar, police said on Tuesday. | 24-Aug-2021 |
| Tremors in Andhra Pradesh after earthqua | Amaravati, Aug 24 (TIWN) Tremors were reported from Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh following an earthquake in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday. According to the National Centre for Seismology, an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 has been recorded in the Bay of Bengal along the east coast of India. | 24-Aug-2021 |
| Five Day Faculty Development Program at | AGARTALA, Aug 23 : The Department of Computer Scicnce and Engincering, NIT Agartala is organizing a five day online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) from 23 Aug to 27h Aug. 202lon Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrency. This FDP is conducting under the aegis of AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Programme. The purpose of the FDP is to provide innovative ideas and new information regarding Building Blocks of Blockchain and Applications along with security and privacy issues in Blockchain. In this context, Solving Financial Problems Using Blockchain-based Algorithms and Cryptocurrencies: Monetary freedom and ro-standardization will also be discussed in this FDP. | 23-Aug-2021 |
| Plea in SC to declare hearing through vi | New Delhi, Aug 23 (TIWN) A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court by a lawyers' body against the decision of the Uttarakhand High Court to exclude virtual hearing of cases while resuming physical functioning from Tuesday. The plea also seeks to make the virtual mode of hearing a fundamental right. | 23-Aug-2021 |
| Some media glorifying Taliban: Pinarayi | Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 23 (TIWN) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday slammed a section of the media for 'glorifying' the Taliban. | 23-Aug-2021 |
| India logs 25,072 new Covid cases, lowes | New Delhi, Aug 23 (TIWN) India on Monday reported a substantial decline in fresh Covid cases with a total of 25,072 detected across the nation in the 24 hours. In the same duration, 389 deaths were reported pushing the toll to 4,34,756, said the Covid bulletin released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. | 23-Aug-2021 |
| 18 calves death case: 10 arrested in Kar | Hassan (Karnataka) , Aug 23 (TIWN) The Hassan police in Karnataka on Monday arrested 10 persons in connection with the death of 18 calves while they were being illegally transported. | 23-Aug-2021 |
| 1.8 lakh students apply for 20,000 PG se | New Delhi, Aug 23 (TIWN) Nearly 1.8 lakh students have applied in the Delhi University (DU) seeking admissions on 20,000 seats in various postgraduate (PG) programmes. | 22-Aug-2021 |
| Over 75K enrolled for spl training camps | New Delhi, Aug 22 (TIWN) Over 75,000 candidates enrolled for training in special camps organised across the country under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM). | 22-Aug-2021 |
| Rainfall over northwest Indian plains li | New Delhi, Aug 22 (TIWN) Current rainfall activity over plains of northwest India is likely to reduce from Monday even as fairly widespread to widespread rainfall is very likely over Uttarakhand and east Uttar Pradesh till August 26, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. | 22-Aug-2021 |
| Kolkata Police to monitor personnel on n | Kolkata, Aug 22 (TIWN) In an effort to stop alleged illegal activities of police personnel on night duty, Kolkata Police has decided to monitor the activities of patrol vans and personnel on night duty from the central control room of Lalbazar, the Kolkata Police headquarters. | 22-Aug-2021 |
| Festival helps bring cheer to markets in | Agra, Aug 22 (TIWN) Crowds on a shopping spree returned to the markets in Agra while a huge rush of pilgrims to temples in Mathura and Vrindavan brought some cheer back on the festive occasion of 'Raksha Bandhan'. | 22-Aug-2021 |
| Tripura Cong chief withdraws resignation | Agartala/New Delhi, Aug 21 (TIWN) Tripura state Congress President Pijush Kanti Biswas, who earlier on Saturday resigned and announced to quit politics "for the time being", withdrew his resignation following the request of the party high command. | 21-Aug-2021 |
| Install anti-drone tech to stop smugglin | Amritsar, Aug 21 (TIWN) Expressing concern over illegal weapons and drugs being pushed into the Indian territory from across the border, Congress leader and Member of Parliament Manish Tewari on Saturday demanded that the Central government must install anti-drone technologies to stop smuggling of such items into Punjab. | 21-Aug-2021 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru, Atal Bihari Vajpayee i | NEW DELHI, Aug 21 : Calling former Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Atal Bihari Vajpayee “ideal leaders of Indian democracyâ€, Union minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said that those in the ruling party as well as those in the Opposition should “introspect†and act with dignity. | 21-Aug-2021 |
| 3 JeM terrorists killed in Kashmir encou | Srinagar, Aug 21 (TIWN) Three Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists have been killed in an ongoing encounter in South Kashmir's Pulwama district, officials said on Saturday. | 21-Aug-2021 |
| Delhi govt notifies medical oxygen produ | New Delhi, Aug 21 (TIWN) The Delhi government on Friday notified the Medical Oxygen Production Promotion Policy 2021 with an aim to increase the production of oxygen in the national capital through either new manufacturing enterprises or by expanding the production capacity of the existing units. | 20-Aug-2021 |
| Sonia Gandhi emphasizes on Opposition un | New Delhi, Aug 20 (TIWN) Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Friday said that the Monsoon Session of Parliament was a complete washout entirely due to the governments obstinate and arrogant unwillingness to discuss and debate urgent issues of public importance. | 20-Aug-2021 |
| Mizoram: Foreign cigarettes worth Rs 6.5 | Aizawl, Aug 20 (TIWN) Assam Rifles have seized foreign origin cigarettes worth Rs 6.53 crore and a large cache of firearms from two Mizoram districts adjoining the Myanmar and Bangladesh borders, officials said on Friday. | 20-Aug-2021 |
| Rajiv Gandhi 77th birth anniversary: Mod | New Delhi, Aug 20 (TIWN) Rich tributes were paid to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on Friday on his 77th birth anniversary. | 20-Aug-2021 |
| Encounter breaks out at Pampore in Kashm | Srinagar, Aug 20 (TIWN) An encounter has started between terrorists and security forces at Khrew in Pampore area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Friday morning, officials said. | 19-Aug-2021 |
| Release ex-Punjab DGP Saini: High Court | Chandigarh, Aug 20 (TIWN) In a midnight reprieve for Punjab former state Director General of Police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini within 24 hours of arrest in a case of 2020 pertaining to the fraudulent transfer of agriculture land into a regular residential colony, the High Court ordered his release. | 19-Aug-2021 |