Prashant Kishor checks in to manage Mamata's Covid-19 crisis as Oppn mounts attack on her
Apr 24, 2020, at 07:31 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Whether he flew a cargo plane or not, Prashant Kishor has landed in Kolkata. The political strategy whizkid whom Mamata Banerjee had signed up after last year's General Elections debacle is here to be a crisis manager of the West Bengal Chief Minister wilting under the attack from New Delhi over the COVID-19 management.
Centre to send IMCTs to four new cities to assess COVID-19 situation
Apr 24, 2020, at 07:04 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Home Ministry on Friday constituted four more Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) to assess the COVID-19 situation in four more Indian cities.
Covid-19: West Bengal confirms 51 fresh cases, three more deaths
Apr 24, 2020, at 06:31 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: With 51 new confirmed cases in last 24 hours, the number of active Covid-19 positive cases in West Bengal has reached 385 while the coronavirus death count in the state has mounted to 18, officials said on Friday.
PM Modi interacts with Punjab's youngest female Sarpanch on National Panchayati Raj Day
Apr 24, 2020, at 06:26 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with youngest woman Sarpanch of Punjab Pallavi Thakur through video conference on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day.
Apr 24, 2020, at 06:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after visiting Rajarhat quarantine facility and M.R. Bangur Covid hospital, chief of the Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT), which has been sent to Kolkata by the MHA for ground level assessment of Covid-19 situation in south Bengal, on Friday wrote two letters to West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha asking multiple questions regarding the treatment of the contagion in the state, officials said.
NDRF conducts sanitization drive in Guwahati, distributes foods among needy people
Apr 24, 2020, at 05:14 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: In the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has conducted sanitization drive in Guwahati and other parts of Assam.
Assam tea industry loses Rs 1,000 crore due to COVID-19 lockdown
Apr 24, 2020, at 05:02 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The 180-year-old tea industry of Assam has been hit hard by the anti-Coronavirus lockdown as it has witnessed a revenue loss of Rs 1,000 crore.
Apr 24, 2020, at 04:29 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a relief to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, the Supreme Court on Friday granted him protection from coercive action for the next three weeks in various cases filed against him over his remarks on Republic TV and Republic Bharat shows in relation to Maharashtra's Palghar-lynching incident, said media reports.
Apr 24, 2020, at 03:30 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: At a time when the country is in a crucial stage in combating novel coronavirus, the unprecedented letter-war between West Bengal Chief Minister and Governor continues as the Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday sent his second letter in response to CM Mamata Banerjee's letter which was sent on Thursday, reports said.
Meghalaya Youth Congress files FIR against Arnab Goswami
Apr 24, 2020, at 03:15 pm
Shillong/UNI: The Meghalaya Pradesh Youth Congress on Friday filed an FIR against Republic TV Editor Arnab Goswami accusing him of making “willful defamatory attack” against Congress President Sonia Gandhi and “communalising” the mob lynching incident at Palghar in Maharastra.
Covid-19: Five held for assault on doctors and Asha workers, test positive in Bengaluru
Apr 24, 2020, at 02:58 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Five people among those arrested for the violence against doctors and Asha workers in Padarayanapura last Sunday have tested positive for the dreaded Coronavirus, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan said on Friday.
Man assaulted on suspicion of being COVID-19 patient, succumbs in Thane
Apr 24, 2020, at 01:23 pm
Thane/UNI: A 34-year-old man was brutally assaulted on suspicion of being a COVID-19 patient, subsequently, the injured fell into a sewage and died, police said on Friday.
Anti-mob lynching law pending since two years: Congress' Sachin Sawant attacks BJP
Apr 24, 2020, at 01:09 pm
Aurangabad/Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary and spokesman Sachin Sawant on Friday demanded that the Centre pass the anti-mob lynching law, pending since last two years, at the earliest.
Police arrest Hizbul militant in Kulgam, recovers arms and ammunition
Apr 24, 2020, at 11:58 am
Srinagar/UNI: A Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant was arrested along with arms and ammunition in south Kashmir district of Kulgam, a police official said here on Friday.
Apr 24, 2020, at 12:00 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A war of letters has broken out between West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over combating COVID-19 on Thursday with the Guv now responding to the CM's missive within hours.
3600 Britons stranded in India set to return to UK on new chartered flights
Apr 23, 2020, at 10:52 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A total of 3,600 more stranded British travellers are set to return home from India on 14 new flights chartered by the UK Government.
COVID-19 cases in Mumbai breach 4000-mark, Maharashtra's tally touches 6427
Apr 23, 2020, at 09:49 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The number of COVID-19 positive cases in Mumbai breached the 4000-mark taking the total tally in Maharashtra to 6427.
LPU sends 101 Lankan students back home
Apr 23, 2020, at 08:51 pm
Jalandhar/UNI: The Lovely Professional University (LPU), after coordinating with the Government of Sri Lanka, External Affairs Ministry of India and the Sri Lankan Embassy in India, on Thursday managed to send 101 of it's Lankan students in a special chartered flight to their native country.
Prashant Kishor secretly flew to Kolkata in cargo plane: BJP
Apr 23, 2020, at 08:00 pm
Patna/UNI: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday alleged that the former National Vice President of JD(U) and election strategist Prashant Kishor (PK), who also advises West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, secretly flew to Kolkata in a cargo plane.
Apr 23, 2020, at 07:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the ongoing exchange of barbs between the state and centre over combating Covid-19, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote an open letter to Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, accusing the latter of transgressing constitutional norms by his direct attacks on her as well as her ministers and officials.
Over 100 FIRs filed against journalist Arnab Goswami in Chhattisgarh
Apr 23, 2020, at 05:57 pm
Raipur/UNI: Congress workers in all 28 districts of Chhattisgarh lodged FIR against Republic TV Anchor and Editor Arnab Goswami for his alleged derogatory remarks against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and inciting people for communal rights.
Manipur minister visits remote areas along Indo-Myanmar border
Apr 23, 2020, at 05:46 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Manipur Water Resources Minister Letpao Haokip ensured that any rice consuming person (non-infants) above the age of 2 years be given 5kg of rice per head in his constituency during the current critical times because of the lockdown imposed due to COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
Assam: Biswanath district police arrested two persons with 20 kg ganja
Apr 23, 2020, at 04:49 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Amid the Coronavirus lockdown, police have arrested two persons along with 20 kg ganja in Assam’s Biswanath district on Thursday.
Amarinder Singh orders detailed audit of every COVID-19 death by experts to check mortality rate
Apr 23, 2020, at 04:39 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered detailed audit of every COVID death by experts to check the high mortality rate in the state.
COMMENTARY: Fake News in the times of Corona: Fighting the ‘Infodemic’
Apr 23, 2020, at 04:07 pm
The world is fighting a pandemic which is taking human toll every day. COVID-19 has led to lockdowns across continents. The global economy has plunged into a recession endangering livelihood and jobs of millions. In India, we are anxiously looking at a gradually increasing number of patients and deaths as government at the centre and the states strive hard to flatten the curve. We are fighting another battle too.
Ajit Pawar expresses concern regarding health of frontline Coronavirus warriors
Apr 23, 2020, at 03:26 pm
Aurangabad/Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday expressed concern regarding the health of the frontline COVID-19 warriors saying that several medical personnel, scribes and social workers have been infected from the contagion in the state.
Apr 23, 2020, at 02:38 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami on Wednesday night claimed he was attacked by Youth Congress workers when he along with his wife was driving back home.
Centre lacks clear idea on managing COVID-19 situation after May 3: Sonia Gandhi
Apr 23, 2020, at 12:54 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said the NDA government at the centre still does not have a clear idea how the situation will be managed after the lockdown ends after May 3.
Congress terms Palghar incident as 'inhumane'
Apr 23, 2020, at 12:04 pm
Mumbai/UNI: The Maharashtra unit of Congress has condemned the Palghar incident and termed it as 'inhumane act,' an official statement said here on Thursday.
Telangana CM Rao hopes COVID-19 spread may show downturn in state
Apr 23, 2020, at 12:01 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has expressed hope that the spread of Coronavirus may show downturn in the state due to strict implementation of the lockdown and containing those with the virus as and when they are identified.