Amit Shah speaks to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on Palghar lynching, seeks report
Apr 20, 2020, at 06:38 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Udhav Thackeray over the Palghar lynching incident and sought report from the State, a senior Home Ministry officials said here.
Covid-19 quarantine team attacked by mob in Bengaluru; 54 arrested
Apr 20, 2020, at 05:55 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: At least 54 people have been arrested after a team of health workers and policemen were attacked in a West Bengaluru neighbourhood on Sunday evening, when they went to quarantine the people who had come in contact with three coronavirus patients, said media reports.
Indian Army takes initiative to combat COVID-19
Apr 20, 2020, at 05:37 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: In yet another attempt to engage, empower, and mainstream ex -women insurgent cadres of Darrang district in Assam, unit of Indian Army engaged the destitute ex -cadres in making much needed face masks.
Basis on which Centre deploying IMCT in Bengal unclear: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 20, 2020, at 04:13 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she was unable to understand the basis on which the Centre has taken the decision to deploy two Inter-Ministerial Central teams to seven districts of West Bengal for making spot-assessment of the COVID-19 situation.
Vijay Mallya suffers setback in UK High Court, loses appeal against extradition
Apr 20, 2020, at 03:53 pm
London/IBNS: The England and Wales High Court on Monday dismissed fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya's appeal against his extradition to India, media reports said.
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya in fresh controversy over his old 'misogynistic' tweet on Arab women
Apr 20, 2020, at 03:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s young parliamentarian Tejasvi Surya has found himself in the midst of a fresh controversy over his old "misogynistic" tweet on Arab women.
Kerala govt implements odd-even scheme from today to control vehicle movement amid eased lockdown
Apr 20, 2020, at 03:17 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: The Kerala government has implemented the odd-even scheme to control vehicle movement in accordance with its guidelines to reopen the state from Monday, media reports said.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath's father passes away
Apr 20, 2020, at 02:04 pm
Lucknow/UNI/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's father, Anand Singh Bisht, passed away in Delhi on Monday morning.
Yogi speaks to Udhav Thackeray over Palghar lynching
Apr 20, 2020, at 01:52 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has spoken to his Maharashtra counterpart Udhav Thackeray and expressed his grief over the mob lynching of two sadhus of Juna Akhara and their driver in Palghar on Thursday night.
Apr 20, 2020, at 01:36 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted two Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCT) which will visit seven Covid-19 hotspot districts of West Bengal to make spot-assessment of the situation as well as to report it to the Centre, officials said on Monday.
Follow lockdown measures strictly: Centre to States, UTs; Kerala named for 'violating'
Apr 20, 2020, at 01:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Monday asked all states and union territories to follow its anti-COVID-19 lockdown guidelines "strictly" besides calling out Kerala for "violating" the same by granting extra relaxations post Apr 20.
India attacks Pakistan over PM Imran Khan's claim on discrimination against Muslims
Apr 20, 2020, at 12:48 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India on Monday rejected Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's remarks with regards to discrimination against Muslims in the country in the backdrop of pandemic coronavirus outbreak.
Maharashtra: Two members of migrant group test COVID-19 positive in Kolhapur
Apr 20, 2020, at 12:19 pm
Kolhapur/UNI: A 42-year-old woman, who was one in the 30-people group secretly travelling from Mumbai to native Karnataka, has tested COVID-19 positive after being detained midway by patrolling police, stated District Surgeon Dr B C Kempi Patil on Monday.
Maharashtra: Youth held for murder in Thane
Apr 20, 2020, at 12:14 pm
Thane/UNI: A 21-year-old youth has been arrested for allegedly killing a teenager as the victim was apparently not repaying the loan taken from him, police said here on Monday.
Jammu and Kashmir:Â Policeman killed by militants in Anantnag
Apr 20, 2020, at 11:54 am
Srinagar/UNI: A policeman was killed by militants in south Kashmir district of Anantnag, a police official said on Monday.
ICMR-NICED provided defective Covid-19 test kits causing delay: Mamata's health dept hits back
Apr 20, 2020, at 01:50 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A week after ICMR-NICED had claimed that West Bengal government was sending minimum number of samples for Covid-19 tests, state health and family welfare department on Sunday accused the Central virus research lab of providing "defective" test kits to the state-run medical colleges.
COVID-19 does not see race or caste before striking: Narendra Modi
Apr 19, 2020, at 06:21 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Urging people to maintain brotherhood, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the COVID-19 disease does not see 'race, religion, colour, caste, creed, language or border' and strikes people equally.
Three men, including two sadhus, lynched in Maharashtra's Palghar;110 arrested
Apr 19, 2020, at 05:55 pm
Palghar(Maharashtra)/IBNS: At least 110 people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of three men, including two sadhus, on the suspicion of being thieves in Gadchinchale village of Palghar in Mumbai, late on Thursday night.
Apr 19, 2020, at 03:25 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has ruled out lockdown relaxation until review by experts on Apr 27, citing the increasing number of cases in the national capital which account for 12 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases in the country.
Coronavirus lockdown: Flights, train services unlikely to resume after May 3
Apr 19, 2020, at 01:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Train and flight services are unlikely to resume after May 3, the period till which the second phase of lockdown in India has been announced to combat against the deadly coronavirus spread, media reports said on Sunday.
Centre bans supply of non-essential goods by e-commerce during lockdown 2.0
Apr 19, 2020, at 12:46 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a revised list of activities permitted during the Coronavirus lockdown, the Centre on Sunday announced that supply of non-essential goods by e-commerce platforms will be prohibited.
AAI distributes food grains to local public of Hollongi in Arunachal Pradesh
Apr 19, 2020, at 11:36 am
Guwahati/IBNS: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has been consistently devoting resources towards Corporate Social Responsibility endeavours at various stations in the North Eastern Region.
Amit Shah reviews COVID-19 Control Room ops, death toll in India touches 488
Apr 19, 2020, at 09:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has reviewed the functioning of the MHA Contol Room operations and the prevailing situation of the country in fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, which claimed the lives of 488 people so far and infected 14, 792.
26 sailors tested positive for COVID-19, says Indian Navy
Apr 19, 2020, at 02:34 am
Mumbai/IBNS: At least 26 sailors at the Western Naval Command in Mumbai have tested positive for COVID-19, Indian Navy has confirmed on Saturday, said media reports.
Apr 19, 2020, at 01:52 am
Kartarpur (Pakistan)/IBNS: Within six months of renovation of Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib and its subsequent opening for the Indian pilgrims, mainly Sikhs, the poor quality of construction done by the Pakistani authorities has been exposed by overnight rain and strong winds as the domes fell down, prompting critics to call the Kartarpur exercise a political stunt for Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Doctor commits suicide in South Delhi, complaint filed against AAP MLA Jarwal
Apr 18, 2020, at 11:59 pm
New Delhi/UNI: A 52-year-old doctor allegedly committed suicide in his South Delhi residence on Saturday.
Bihar minister slams Prashant Kishor for preaching Nitish on lockdown sanctity
Apr 18, 2020, at 09:19 pm
Patna/UNI: Reacting sharply over a tweet of former Janta Dal (U) National vice-president Prashant Kishor (PK) for preaching Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on lockdown sanctity, state Information and Public Relation Department (IPRD) Minister Neeraj Kumar alleged that PK had no interest in the well being of the people of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh as he maintained mysterious silence when the labourers of Bihar and UP were left in lurch at Anand Vihar during the lockdown.
Over Rs 33 cr refunded by NFR during lockdown
Apr 18, 2020, at 08:46 pm
Guwahati/UNI: Over Rs 33 crore has been refunded to more than 3.67 lakh passengers by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) for cancellation for trains due to nationwide lockdown to combat COVID 19 since March 24 last.
Jharkhand: 11 'Maulvis' from three countries sent to jail for violating visa and lockdown norms
Apr 18, 2020, at 08:06 pm
Jamshedpur/UNI: At least 11 religious preachers from Kazakhstan, Kirgistan and China were sent to jail on Saturdayin connection with violation of Visa and lockdown norms imposed in the country to stop Coronavirus spread.
Coronavirus outbreak: 4,291 cases related to Tablighi Jamaat, says Lav Agarwal
Apr 18, 2020, at 07:05 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Out of the total 14,378 cases of Novel Coronavirus across the country, a total of 4,291 have been found to be linked to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday, underlining that 29.8 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases in the country were linked to 'one particular place'.