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Himachal: 823 passengers travelled to affected countries, samples of five awaited
Mar 20, 2020, at 08:20 pm
Shimla/UNI: Himachal Pradesh Government confirmed on Friday that state has recorded arrival of as many as 823 passengers who travelled to 150 affected countries by the COVID-19, out of which samples of 14 people were collected, result of nine found negative and five awaited.
Kolkata Police arrests student with alleged links to Laskar-e-Taiba.
Mar 20, 2020, at 07:51 pm
Barasat/IBNS: The Kolkata Police arrested a student for alleged links with Pakistan-based militant group Laskar-e-Taiba from Baduria in Bashirhat district of West Bengal, media reports said.
Delhi markets to shut for three days from tomorrow due to Coronavirus
Mar 20, 2020, at 07:40 pm
New Delhi/UNI: In the wake of rapidly growing threat of Coronavirus, prominent trade leaders of different parts of Delhi, on Friday, decided to close business establishments in the national capital for next three days beginning tomorrow to prevent transmission of Coronavirus.
Coronavirus scare: Kamakhya temple authorities shut doors for devotees
Mar 20, 2020, at 06:58 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: As a precautionary measure to check spread of the deadly novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Kamakhya temple in Assam’s Guwahati shut doors for devotees.
COVID19: Vasundhara Raje, who met Kanika Kapoor recently, self-quarantines as a necessary precaution
Mar 20, 2020, at 05:06 pm
Mumbai/Jaipur/IBNS:As a precaution measure, former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje on Friday said she put herself in self-quarantine after meeting singer Kanika Kapoor, who was tested positive for COVID19, during a dinner event recently.
Mar 20, 2020, at 04:28 pm
Ballia/UNI: Following the hanging of four convicts in the Nirbhaya case, her village in this Uttar Pradesh district saw a festive atmosphere on Friday.
Masks stitched by Nagpur Jail inmates supplied to govt depts
Mar 20, 2020, at 04:06 pm
Nagpur/UNI: The tailoring art of the Nagpur Central Jail inmates has come in handy as there is dearth of masks owing to the COVID-19 spread.
Janata Curfew to fight COVID 19: Delhi Metro keep its service closed on Sunday
Mar 20, 2020, at 03:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday said it will keep its service closed on Sunday.
BREAKINGNEWS: India's football icon P K Banerjee passes away in Kolkata
Mar 20, 2020, at 02:44 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Legendary footballer Pradip Kumar Banerjee died in Kolkata's Medica Superspecialty Hospital on Friday afternoon, the hospital sources said. He was 83.
Victory of truth: Jyotiraditya Scindia reacts to Kamal Nath's resignation as Madhya Pradesh CM
Mar 20, 2020, at 02:27 pm
Bhopal/IBNS: Jyotiraditya Scindia, who switched sides from the Congress to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) just days ago, reacted to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's resignation calling it the victory of truth.
Ahead of Madhya Pradesh floor test, CM Kamal Nath resigns
Mar 20, 2020, at 12:31 pm
Bhopal/IBNS: Ahead of the floor test which was directed by the Supreme Court, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath resigned on Friday ending a political crisis in the state.
Justice has prevailed: PM Modi on hanging of Nirbhaya convicts
Mar 20, 2020, at 11:56 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In his first response to the hanging of four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said "justice has prevailed".
Mar 20, 2020, at 09:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Reacting to the execution of the dour convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said it is time to take pledge that a similar incident does not happen again.
Nirbhaya gangrape case: All four convicts executed
Mar 20, 2020, at 06:31 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Seven years after Nirbhaya was brutally gangraped and murdered in the national capital, leaving the country shocked and triggering series of protests demanding justice for her, all the four convicts in the 2012 case were executed at Tihar Jail in New Delhi on Friday.
Nirbhaya Case: All four Convicts Hanged
Mar 20, 2020, at 05:57 am
New DelhI/IBNS: All four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape case were hanged in New Delhi on Friday.
Nirbhaya convicts to hang at 5-30 am as Supreme Court rejects plea to review death penalty
Mar 20, 2020, at 03:49 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The four men convicted for the brutal 2012 gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student - who was later christened Nirbhaya by the media- will hang in the wee hours of Friday after the Supreme Court rejected their last-minute plea to stop their execution.
Nirbhaya convicts' lawyers move Supreme Court hours before hanging, hearing at 2.30 am
Mar 20, 2020, at 02:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After the pleas of the convicts of Nirbhaya, who had succumbed to a brutal gangrape by several men in a bus in Dec 2012, were rejected by the Delhi High Court, their lawyers have moved to the Supreme Court seeking stay on hanging, a few hours before their hanging today. The parents of Nirbhaya have reached the Supreme Court and a hearing is likely to begin at 2:30, said reports.
Hours before execution, Nirbhaya convicts challenge death sentence at Delhi HC
Mar 19, 2020, at 11:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Hours before the execution is scheduled to take place at 5:30 AM on Friday, the Delhi High Court is currently hearing a petition to stall the hanging of the convicts in connection with the Nirbhaya case, media reports said.
Cong says it will stand by Govt to fight on Coronavirus, 'urges' no data should be hidden
Mar 19, 2020, at 10:58 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Stating that the party and its workers will stand by the government in all their endeavours to fight Coronavirus, the Congress on Thursday 'urged' the government to increase the testing facilities and capacity and 'no data should be hidden.'
PM Modi calls for social distancing, restraint & 'Janata curfew' this Sunday to fight COVID-19
Mar 19, 2020, at 09:32 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the Novel Coronavirus outbreak, which claimed four lives so far and infected 186 people in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation on Thursday urged all to adopt resolve and restraint to fight the menace of the virus and directed them to observe 'Janata curfew' coming Sunday by staying home, to help contain the infection spread. He also announced an economic task force to fight the economic challenge from the crisis.
Janata Curfew on March 22, observe social distancing, be restrained: PM Modi to nation
Mar 19, 2020, at 08:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation in the wake of the unprecedented world crisis from the outbreak of coronavirus urged all Indians to go for social distancing, obseve a Janata Curfew on March 22 by not going out of homes and observing a shutdown nationwide. He also announced that an economic task force has been formed to deal with the economic challenge from the pandemic.
MEA strengthening COVID-19 control room
Mar 19, 2020, at 08:01 pm
New Delhi/UNI: As India intensified efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19, Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) on Thursday announced further strengthening of its 24x7 control rooms to ensure smooth coordination and redressal of specific queries from the people.
Markets in Bengal not shutting down, will take strict action against rumour-mongers: Mamata
Mar 19, 2020, at 07:49 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the nationwide Coronavirus scare and panic, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday rubbished all rumours that the markets will soon shut down in the state and assured people that no such situation will occur here.
Shia Central Waqf Board chairman suggests cremation of Muslims dying of coronavirus: Report
Mar 19, 2020, at 07:42 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A Muslim dying of coronavirus should be cremated and not buried, Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi suggested on Thursday, said a media report.
Supreme Court orders floors test in Madhya Pradesh tomorrow
Mar 19, 2020, at 07:13 pm
New Delhi/Bhopal/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a floor test in Madhya Pradesh assembly by 5 pm on Friday amid the ongoing political crisis in the state, media reports said.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar satisfied the way Bengal dealing with Coronavirus
Mar 19, 2020, at 07:01 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today expressed his satisfaction at the way the state was dealing with the novel Coronavirus outbreak.
Mar 19, 2020, at 06:47 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a slew of measures taken to combat the deadly Novel Coronavirus, the government has banned the landing of all international commercial flights in India for a week beginning on Mar 22, asked states to enforce work from home for private employees apart from advising citizens above 65 and children below 10 years of age to remain indoors.
No international aircraft shall be allowed to land in India for a week from Mar 22: Government
Mar 19, 2020, at 06:05 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The central government on Thursday said that no international commercial passenger aircraft will be allowed to land in India for a week beginning on Mar 22 in the wake of Novel Coronavirus.
Nirbhaya Case: Convicts exhausted all legal remedies; to be hanged tomorrow at 5:30am
Mar 19, 2020, at 05:52 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: All four convicts in 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder case will be hanged tomorrow at 5:30 am, a Delhi Court said on Thursday, citing that the convicts had no legal remedies left.
Students abroad are our priority: MEA says in Covid-19 briefing
Mar 19, 2020, at 05:13 pm
New Delhi: The External Affairs Ministry in a media briefing on Covid-19 crisis on Thursday said Indian students abroad are their priority while advising every Indian stuck in varioius countries to stay put in their best interest and not move till things normalise.