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BSNL to start trial for fast internet in remote Andaman from April 2020

Port Blair, Jan 25 (UNI) Counting on submarine Optical Fiber Cable laying Ship KT Responder, which is presently laying submarine Optical Fiber Cable from Chennai to Port Blair the BSNL is planning to run trials for fast internet in remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands from April 2020.
The submarine Optical Fiber Cable laying Ship KT Responder is presently at Port Blair as
per schedule, bringing some hope for the Islanders of Andaman and Nicobar, who have been waiting for completion of Chennai – Andaman & Nicobar Islands Submarine Optical Fibre Cable
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Second Elephant calf hurt in Saranda forest, IED suspected

09 Jul 2025 | 5:23 PM

Chaibasa, July 9 (UNI) Another injured elephant calf has been discovered in the dense, Naxal-affected Saranda forest of Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, triggering alarm among forest officials.

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Eviction drive to continue: Assam CM

09 Jul 2025 | 5:05 PM

Guwahati, July 9 (UNI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today asserted that the eviction drive which is being undertaken by his government will continue till all illegal encroachments are cleared so that the areas can be used for public welfare projects. Defending the eviction drive despite opposition criticism, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that some resistance was to be expected during an operation of such scale. Violence broke out during a massive eviction drive in Dhubri district yesterday.

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Odisha govt effects minor reshuffle at senior IPS level

09 Jul 2025 | 4:58 PM

Bhubaneswar, July 9 (UNI) The Odisha Government today effected a minor reshuffle at the senior IPS level, appointing 1994-batch IPS officer Sanjeeb Panda as Additional Director General (ADG), Anti-Naxal Operations.

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CBI succeeds in extradition of fugitive Monika Kapoor from US

09 Jul 2025 | 4:49 PM

New Delhi, July 9 (UNI) A two decades' chase of CBI ended today with the successful extradition of fugitive Monika Kapoor, who is accused of an import-export fraud in 2002 and has been on the run since then, from the USA, India's premier investigation agency said.

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Rahul accuses BJP of trying to steal Bihar polls on the lines of Maha

Rahul accuses BJP of trying to steal Bihar polls on the lines of Maha

09 Jul 2025 | 3:37 PM

Patna, July 9 (UNI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, holding aloft a copy of the Constitution, today alleged that the BJP was attempting to steal votes in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections as "they did in Maharashtra" in the name of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

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