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.
India records fourth Coronavirus death from Punjab
Mar 19, 2020, at 05:09 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The death toll in Novel Coronavirus increased to four in India as a patient passed away in the northern state of Punjab on Thursday.
Anti-CAA protest organiser in Delhi tests positive for COVID-19: Report
Mar 19, 2020, at 04:36 pm
Delhi/IBNS: Tabrez Khan, who is the organiser of anti-CAA protest in Delhi's Jahangirpura has tested positive for coronavirus, said a Republic India report.
Iconic Dubbawalas of Mumbai to stop their services temporarily in wake of coronavirus outbreak
Mar 19, 2020, at 04:09 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The Mumbai Dabbawalas, who have been delivering home-cooked meals to Mumbaikars at their workplaces since 1890, have decided to halt their services in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, said media reports.
AC local trains cancelled in Maharashtra till March 31
Mar 19, 2020, at 03:26 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The AC local train service in Maharashtra run by the Western Railways will stop plying from tomorrow and will be replaced by non-AC train services till March 31, Public Relations Officer(PRO) of Western Railway said on Thursday, media reported.
Coronavirus: Four detained for forwarding misleading WhatsApp post in Kolhapur
Mar 19, 2020, at 02:29 pm
Kolhapur/UNI: Four persons have been detained for allegedly spreading rumour on WhatsApp regarding the COVID-19 cases, police said here on Thursday.
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.