UP: Five member of family buried alive after roof collapses in Mirzapur
Apr 28, 2021, at 05:16 pm
Mirzapur/UNI: Five members of a family buried alive after the roof collapsed in Choti Gudri area under Kotwali police station area early Wednesday morning.
Jammu and Kashmir: Virtual court hearings to continue till May 15
Apr 28, 2021, at 03:15 pm
Srinagar: J&K Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal Monday directed that the filing/hearing of cases in the High Court as well as in the District and Subordinate Courts and Tribunals would be conducted through virtual mode till May 15.
Apr 28, 2021, at 06:40 am
Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Hospitals that have been red-flagging oxygen shortage and approached the Delhi High Court to ensure supply have lambasted Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who in a series of tweets on Sunday asked them not to raise "unnecessary alarm" when they still have oxygen stocks.
Apr 28, 2021, at 06:04 am
Delhi/IBNS: After reprimanding the Central and the state governments over oxygen supply and beds in hospitals amid explosion in coronavirus cases in Delhi, the High Court on Tuesday pulled up the Arvind Kejriwal government on mismanagement and alleged black marketing of refill oxygen cylinders.
Apr 28, 2021, at 05:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday served a show-cause notice to Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate in Kolkata Port assembly seat, Firhad (Bobby) Hakim, after the BJP had complained about a viral video where he was allegedly abusing the saffron party and Central paramilitary forces, officials said.
Doctors attacked in Delhi hospital after Covid patient dies
Apr 28, 2021, at 05:12 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Doctors at a Delhi hospital were attacked on Tuesday morning by relatives of a Covid patient who died in the emergency ward because the hospital had no ICU beds available.
PM Modi chairs high-level meeting to review Covid situation
Apr 28, 2021, at 04:03 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday evening chaired a meeting with top officials to review the Covid-19 situation in the country.
Never asked for Covid facility at 5-Star hotel: Delhi High Court raps Arvind Kejriwal govt
Apr 28, 2021, at 03:10 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Arvind Kejriwal government to immediately withdraw its order of assigning 100 rooms at Ashoka Hotel for judges claiming that it never asked for Covid facilities at 5-Star hotels.
Night curfew imposed in Assam from 8 pm to 5 am
Apr 28, 2021, at 02:09 am
Guwahati/UNI: In view of the surge in Covid-19 cases, the Assam government on Wednesday announced a night curfew with effect from tonight (April 27) till May 1.
Bengal polls: ECI puts TMC's Birbhum president Anubrata Mondal under surveillance
Apr 27, 2021, at 11:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Two days ahead of the eighth and final phase of West Bengal assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday ordered to put Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Birbhum president Anubrata Mondal under surveillance to ensure free and fair elections in the district, officials said.
PM Modi dials former PM HD Deve Gowda over Covid-19
Apr 27, 2021, at 11:18 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dialled his predecessor HD Deve Gowda and assured him of considering his suggestions on containing Covid-19 pandemic.
Cannot remain mute spectator over Covid crisis: Supreme Court
Apr 27, 2021, at 11:05 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it cannot be a mute spectator to the ongoing Covid crisis and its intervention should be taken into correct perspective.
Delhi to import 18 Oxygen tankers from Bangkok, 21 ready-to-use oxygen plants from France
Apr 27, 2021, at 09:27 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said his government has decided to import 18 oxygen tankers from Bangkok and 21 ready-to-use oxygen plants from France to overcome shortage of oxygen in the national capital.
SC allows Vedanta to operate Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu to produce oxygen
Apr 27, 2021, at 08:31 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted Vedanta to operate its Oxygen production unit on standalone basis at Copper plant in Tuticorin as the country faces acute oxygen shortage amid unprecedented surge in Corona cases.
Battle against Covid-19, not Opposition: Rahul Gandhi asks Modi govt to realise
Apr 27, 2021, at 08:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Cornering the Centre over its alleged Covid-19 mismanagement, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi government must realise the battle was against the virus and not against the opposition parties.
First shipment of vital medical equipment from UK reaches Delhi
Apr 27, 2021, at 05:41 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The first shipment of vital Covid medical supplies, including 100 ventilators, from the UK reached Delhi early Tuesday morning, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
Australia halts direct flights from India till May 15 amid Covid-19 spike
Apr 27, 2021, at 05:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Australian government on Tuesday announced a temporary ban on all direct flights from India amid an unprecedented surge in Coronavirus infections.
Apr 27, 2021, at 05:07 pm
Guwahati: The Assam government has closed all educational institutions, hostels in Kamrup (Metro) district for 15 days after over 1000 COVID-19 positive cases detected in a single day in the district.
Apr 27, 2021, at 05:01 pm
Guwahati: Assam Health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state is comfortable about oxygen supply in next 10 days as the state is consuming 20 MT per day against its production capacity of 61 MT per day.
Election Commission bans victory processions after poll results on May 2 over Covid-19 spike
Apr 27, 2021, at 04:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A day after getting slammed by the Madras High Court, India's poll body on Tuesday banned all victory processions after the declaration of election results in four states and one union territory on May 2 over Covid-19 spike.
EC bans victory processions after election results on May 2
Apr 27, 2021, at 04:29 pm
Ex-Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah tests COVID-19 negative
Apr 27, 2021, at 03:58 pm
Srinagar: Ex-Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah has tested COVID-19 negative.
WhatsApp group admin can't be held liable for offensive posts by other members : HC
Apr 27, 2021, at 05:16 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has ruled that the administrator of a WhatsApp group cannot be held criminally liable for an objectionable post made by another member, according to media reports.
COVID: Jharkhand CM announces one-month additional pay for frontline warriors
Apr 27, 2021, at 05:06 am
Ranchi/UNI: The Jharkhand State Government has announced one month of additional pay for the doctors and healthcare staff who are at the forefront of the battle against Coronavirus.
PM Modi, Joe Biden speak on phone; US affirms to support India with therapeutic resources
Apr 27, 2021, at 04:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephone conversation with United States President Joseph R. Biden on Monday over the Covid situation in both countries.
Punjab imposes daily night curfew, weekend lockdown to curb Covid spike
Apr 27, 2021, at 04:08 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: Punjab has announced a night curfew from 6 PM to 5 AM during week days and a weekend lockdown to combat the rapidly increasing number of coronavirus cases in the state.
Sufficient oxygen stock in country, efforts on to hasten supply to high demand areas: MHA
Apr 27, 2021, at 04:03 am
New Delhi/UNI: Amid the continued crisis of ‘Liquid Medical Oxygen' (LMO) in the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday reassured the nation that there was sufficient stock of oxygen in India and the only concern there has been that of transporting the life-saving commodity from the producing states to high-demand areas in this crisis period.
Tirupati declared containment zone with night curfew
Apr 27, 2021, at 03:55 am
Tirupati/UNI: The temple city of Tirupati has been declared as a Covid containment zone by the Tirupati Municipal Corporation (TMC).
Sitalkuchi violence: EC to hold repoll in polling booth 126 on Apr 29
Apr 27, 2021, at 03:51 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced to conduct repoll at polling booth no. 126 in Sitalkuchi Assembly Constituency (05) in northern West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on Apr 29, officials said.
Apr 27, 2021, at 03:33 am
Beijing/IBNS: China's state-run Sichuan Airlines has stopped all its cargo flights to India for the next 15 days, hurting the efforts of the private traders to source the oxygen concentrators and other medical supplies needed to treat the critical cases of COVID-19 even as China offered "support and assistance" to the country to battle the deadly-second wave of the infection, according to media reports.