Mah: 6 foreign-returnees deboarded from train for overlooking COVID-19 isolation period
Mar 19, 2020, at 02:27 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Six persons, who recently returned from Singapore and asked to observe self-isolation, were on Thursday deboarded from a train here while travelling to Vadodara.
Curfew-like restrictions imposed in Srinagar to combat COVID-19
Mar 19, 2020, at 02:22 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Curfew-like restrictions were imposed since early Thursday morning to contain the spread of coronavirus in the summer capital, Srinagar, which witnessed its first positive case on Wednesday.
Three killed, one injured in Udhampur road accident
Mar 19, 2020, at 02:17 pm
Jammu/UNI: Three persons were killed and one was injured when a mini bus they were traveling in met with an accident and plunged into a deep gorge in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Kashmir: Militant hideout busted in Handwara forest, arms and ammunition recovered
Mar 19, 2020, at 02:10 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Security forces on Thursday busted a militant hideout and recovered arms and ammunition in the forest area in the border district of Kupwara in north Kashmir.
Nirbhaya case: Supreme Court dismisses curative petition of convict Pawan Gupta
Mar 19, 2020, at 02:04 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a curative petition filed by Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four convicts in Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case.
Mar 19, 2020, at 01:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the sloganeering by the Opposition, mainly Congress, and a barrage of criticisms from the field of judiciary, former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday took oath as the Rajya Sabha MP becoming the third Supreme Court judge to enter the upper house of Parliament.
Properties worth several lakh of rupees gutted in fire in Assam’s Karimganj
Mar 19, 2020, at 01:53 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Properties worth several lakh of rupees reduced to ashes after a fire broke out in Assam’s Karimganj town area on Wednesday night.
Decline in road accidents after new MV Act: Nitin Gadkari
Mar 19, 2020, at 01:32 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Since the introduction of the new Motor Vehicle Act last year, there has been a significant reduction in road accidents in the country, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
Kolkata airport's immigration officers who checked Covid-19 infected youth sent to home quarantine
Mar 19, 2020, at 12:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Two immigration officers posted at the Kolkata international airport, who had reportedly checked West Bengal's first and so far only Covid-19 infected youth while he was returning home from London via Mumbai, have been directed to stay in home quarantine for next 12 days, official said.
Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi takes oath as Rajya Sabha MP
Mar 19, 2020, at 11:12 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Four months after retiring, former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday took oath as the Rajya Sabha MP here.
PM Modi chairs high-level meeting on Coronavirus, to address nation tomorrow
Mar 18, 2020, at 10:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on Coronavirus and the efforts to be undertaken to combat it on Thursday at 8 PM.
Mamata Banerjee takes swipe at Bengal's first COVID-19 patient for not taking precaution
Mar 18, 2020, at 10:41 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday took a swipe at her state's first positive Coronavirus patient, an 18-year-old son of a bureaucrat, for not taking precaution even after he was advised to get quarantined.
Enter battle mode, Centre tells Indian Army after soldier tests positive for COVID-19
Mar 18, 2020, at 09:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after an Indian Army personnel tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Centre has instructed the forces to go into "battle mode."
Assam government bans visitors entry in Janata Bhawan till March 31
Mar 18, 2020, at 08:42 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: As a precautionary step to prevent the outbreak of deadly novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Assam government on Wednesday decided to ban the visitors' entry in the Janata Bhawan (Assam Secretariat) till March 31.
Seven including six cops injured after speedy truck hit police vehicle in Assam’s Nagaon
Mar 18, 2020, at 08:29 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: At least seven people including six policemen were critically injured after a speedy truck hit a police vehicle in Assam’s Nagaon district in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Mar 18, 2020, at 08:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has yet again attacked Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre and accused the government of mishandling the coronavirus situation.
Indian army-police recover huge cache of arms-ammu ahead of BTC elections in Assam
Mar 18, 2020, at 08:01 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Ahead of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections, the Indian army and police have recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition in Assam’s Kokrajhar and Udalguri district.
Nirbhaya convicts move court seeking stay order on March 20 execution
Mar 18, 2020, at 07:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The lawyer of the Nirbhaya rape and murder convicts has filed a petition in a Delhi court seeking a stay on their hanging scheduled on March 20 at 5.30 am.
Kashmir Terrorism: JeM hideout busted in Pulwama forest, incriminating materials recovered
Mar 18, 2020, at 06:08 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Security forces on Wednesday busted a Jash-e-Mohammad hideout and recovered incriminating material in the forest area in south Kashmir district of Pulwama.
Wrong to say Kolkata recorded its first COVID 19 case: Mamata BanerjeeÂ
Mar 18, 2020, at 05:48 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after a youth was tested positive for COVID 19 in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday raised doubts and said it is wrong to say that the city reported its first coronavirus case.
Mar 18, 2020, at 05:36 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The Indian government is drawing a lot of praise for its prompt response to the SOS calls of Indians stranded in foreign countries amid coronavirus outbreak.
COVID-19 outbreak: Famous Bagh-e-Bahu, Bagh-e-Bhour gardens closed in Jammu
Mar 18, 2020, at 04:50 pm
Jammu/UNI: In the backdrop of coronavirus pandemic, Department of Floriculture on Wednesday ordered closure of Bagh-e-Bahu and Bagh-e-Bhour gardens here for general public till March 31.
Odisha: All four ruling BJD candidates declare elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed
Mar 18, 2020, at 04:49 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: All the four ruling BJD candidates were today decaled elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed in the absence of any other candidates in the fray.
AIADMK, DMK nominees elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu
Mar 18, 2020, at 04:46 pm
Chennai/UNI: Three candidates each from the ruling AIADMK and the Opposition DMK were today declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from the Tamil Nadu Assembly.
COVID-19: India to pay heavy price for Modi government's inability to act decisively, says Rahul
Mar 18, 2020, at 04:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Once again attacking the Narendra Modi government over the Coronavirus outbreak, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the country will have to pay a price for the Centre's "inability to act decisively" to contain the situation.
Supreme Court hears BJP plea for immediate floor test in MP assembly
Mar 18, 2020, at 04:34 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court is hearing Bharatiya Janata Party petitions, including one filed by Shivraj Singh Chouhan, seeking an immediate floor test in the state of Madhya Pradesh, where the Kamal Nath dispensation is said to have lost majority after the rebellion of Gwalior royal Jyotiraditya Scindia and his supporters.
276 Indians infected with Coronavirus abroad, most in Iran: Government
Mar 18, 2020, at 04:09 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Wednesday informed that 276 Indians have been infected with the deadly Novel Coronavirus abroad with most of them staying in Iran followed by UAE and Italy, media reports said.
COVID 19 outbreak: Jammu and Kashmir administration closes Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra
Mar 18, 2020, at 03:40 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: In a bid to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, state government authorities have suspended the Vaishno Devi Yatra, media reports said.
If Omar Abdullah to be released, it should be done immediately: Supreme Court tells Centre
Mar 18, 2020, at 03:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Wednesday told the Centre that if former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is to be released then the government must do it immediately, days after National Conference (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah was freed from detention, media reports said.
Mar 18, 2020, at 03:14 pm
Kochi/UNI: Kerala High Court has asked the state government to file a statement on the action taken to contain the prices of hand sanitizers, masks and other personal protective equipment and to ensure its sufficient availability in the state.