Kejriwal flags shortage of ICU beds, oxygen as Covid-19 cases jump by 30 pc in 24 hrs in Delhi
Apr 18, 2021, at 08:14 pm
Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged Home Minister Amit Shah to increase the Covid-19 beds with oxygen in the government hospitals in national capital as the city recorded a spike in positivity rate from 30 per cent from around 24 per cent the previous day, adding that less than 100 ICU beds were left in Delhi to treat critically ill Covid patients.
Five dead after fire breaks out at Covid hospital in Chhattisgarh's Raipur
Apr 18, 2021, at 06:19 pm
Raipur/IBNS: At least five Covid patients were killed after a fire broke out at a hospital in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur on Saturday, media reports said.
Rahul Gandhi suspends all his public rallies in West Bengal amid Covid surge
Apr 18, 2021, at 05:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday announced that he has suspended all his public rallies in West Bengal where assembly elections are being held in the light of Covid cases' spike.
Arvind Kejriwal to hold cabinet meeting today amid Delhi's Covid spike
Apr 18, 2021, at 04:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called a cabinet meeting on Sunday amid a surge in Covid cases in the national capital.
PM Modi to hold review meeting on Covid situation in Varanasi
Apr 18, 2021, at 04:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a review meeting at 11 am on Sunday to discuss the Covid situation in Varanasi, which is his Lok Sabha constituency.
Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju tests Covid-19 positive
Apr 18, 2021, at 04:45 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday tweeted that he has tested positive for coronavirus.
Apr 18, 2021, at 02:37 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday alleged that he had tried to reach Prime Minister Narenda Modi to discuss the lack of oxygen cylinders for critically ill Covid patients in his state but was turned away as he is busy campaigning for the assembly elections in West Bengal, said media reports.
West Bengal votes in fifth phase amid Covid-19 scare as BJP-TMC electoral fight intensifies
Apr 18, 2021, at 02:19 am
Kolkata/IBNS: India's one of the most populous states, West Bengal, on Saturday voted in the fifth phase of assembly elections as the fierce contest between the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its tough opposition force Trinamool Congress (TMC) are engaged into a fierce electoral battle amid the massive spike in Covid-19 cases.
Four dead in Covid hospital fire in Chhattisgarh's Raipur
Apr 18, 2021, at 02:06 am
Raipur/IBNS: At least four people were killed in a fire that broke out in a Covid hospital here, media reports said
After PM Modi's appeal, seers agree to symbolic participation in Apr 27 'Shahi Snan'
Apr 18, 2021, at 01:56 am
Haridwar/IBNS: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal, the seers have agreed to participate in the ongoing Kumbh Mela in a symbolic manner where the next "Shahi Snan" or the royal bath is scheduled on April 27.
PM Modi to hold meeting with top officials to review Covid-19 situation in county at 8pm
Apr 18, 2021, at 01:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narenda Modi will hold a meeting on Covid-19 and the situation of vaccination in India and top officers across ministries will participate in the meeting, said media reports.
Darbar Move to Srinagar deferred due to COVID: LG Manoj Sinha
Apr 18, 2021, at 12:08 am
Srinagar: Citing upsurge in Covid cases, the J&K government Thursday said that it has deferred the Darbar Move from Jammu to Srinagar.
Piyush Goyal says Maharashtra has so far received the highest quantity of Oxygen in India
Apr 17, 2021, at 11:37 pm
New Delhi: Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, and Food & Public Distribution Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that Government of India, with all stakeholders, is ensuring maximum Oxygen production in India.
Republic Day violence: Hours after bail, actor Deep Sidhu arrested again
Apr 17, 2021, at 11:11 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Punjabi actor-activist Deep Sidhu, who was granted bail earlier on Saturday by a Delhi court in connection with the Republic Day violence, was arrested again by the Delhi police in a fresh case over the damage caused to the historic Red Fort during the violence.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mocks govt, says from vaccine exporter, compelled to become importer
Apr 17, 2021, at 10:48 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday criticised Narendra Modi’s led NDA government at Centre for vaccine 'mismanagement', saying that from being vaccine exporter, India is compelled to become importer to curb coronavirus surge.
US, Japan pledge to work with India, Australia on free Indo-Pacific, strengthening Quad
Apr 17, 2021, at 09:43 pm
Declaring that the Quad “has never been stronger,” the US and Japan have reiterated their commitment to work with India and Australia to build a free and “thriving” Indo-Pacific where, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Sugo warned, the “security environment has become increasingly severe.”
Apr 17, 2021, at 09:13 pm
Asansol/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed TMC supremo Mamata Banejree's leaked audio-tape conversations, in which she allegedly had planned to take out rally with dead bodies of Sitalkuchi, and said her politics was not limited to just "protests, but it has crossed a dangerous limit of vengeance".
Congress president Sonia Gandhi urges govt to lower Covid vaccination eligibility to 25 years
Apr 17, 2021, at 09:11 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asked the government to lower the COVID vaccine age eligibility to 25 years instead of 45.
BJP demands SIT probe into viral Mamata audio tape over Sitalkuchi firing
Apr 17, 2021, at 07:38 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday demanded a probe into the viral audio tape of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee where she was heard instructing her party candidate to frame police officials over the violence in Sitalkuchi.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav gets bail in fodder scam case
Apr 17, 2021, at 06:59 pm
Ranchi/IBNS: The Jharkhand High Court on Saturday granted bail to former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, who was sentenced to 14 years of jail in the fodder scam case.
Lalu Prasad gets bail in fodder scam case
Apr 17, 2021, at 06:25 pm
The Jharkhand High Court has granted former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad in the fodder scam case.
PM Modi appeals to make Kumbh Mela 'symbolic' amid Covid-19 spike
Apr 17, 2021, at 06:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to make this year's Kumbh Mela, a major pilgrimage and festival of Hindus, symbolic, to avoid the risk of spreading Covid-19.
Kumbh Mela should now be symbolic, tweets PM Modi amid rising COVID-19 cases
Apr 17, 2021, at 03:03 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed that the annual Kumbh Mela "should now only be symbolic" due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
West Bengal voting in fifth phase of Assembly polls amid rising COVID-19 cases
Apr 17, 2021, at 02:19 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Voting for the fifth phase of the eight-phase assembly election in West Bengal started on Saturday morning in 45 of the state’s 294 constituencies amid elaborate security arrangements and rising COVID-19 cases across India.
Jammu and Kashmir: Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) operative arrested
Apr 17, 2021, at 05:24 am
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday arrested a Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) operative from Jammu, media reports said.
India has stood firm on northern border with China: Rawat
Apr 17, 2021, at 05:14 am
New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Thursday said India has stood firm on the northern border against China.
Centre asks states, UTs to ensure uninterrupted movement of medical oxygen
Apr 17, 2021, at 04:54 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre has asked the state governments to ensure uninterrupted passage of vehicles carrying medical oxygen along their borders and to not impose any curbs on the production of the life-saving gas, amid massive rise in Coronavirus cases and reports of oxygen shortage across the country.
Apr 17, 2021, at 04:43 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday served a show-cause notice to Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Sujata Mondal over her 'disparaging' comments against the Schedule Caste community in an interview to a TV channel, officials said.
Pakistan’s court seeks Indian response in Jadhav case
Apr 17, 2021, at 04:19 am
The Islamabad High Court in Pakistan has directed Pakistan’s Foreign Office to seek a response from India on the appointment of a lawyer for the Kulbhusan Jadhav case. Jadhav, a former Indian Navy officer, is in Pakistan custody and was sentenced to death there by a military court.
Sri Lankan seeks urgent delivery of Covishield from India
Apr 17, 2021, at 04:15 am
The Sri Lankan government is reportedly in touch with Indian officials to seek urgent export of around one million doses of Covishield vaccines from India for the second phase of its vaccination drive, reported Daily Mirror.