Jharkhand: 5 dead, 3 others injured as trailer crushes people in Charhi of Hazaribagh
May 03, 2020, at 06:53 pm
Hazaribagh/UNI: Five people lost their lives while three others sustained serious injuries as a trailer hit people standing on road side on NH-33 under Charhi Police Station area of this district.
Seven children injured as unexploded substance goes off in Kupwara
May 03, 2020, at 06:47 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Seven children were injured when an unexploded substance went off at Handwara in frontier Kashmir district of Kupwara on Sunday.
India's lead counsel on the Kulbhushan Jadhav case says New Delhi might need to re-approach ICJ
May 03, 2020, at 06:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India's lead counsel on the Kulbhushan Jadhav case, Harish Salve, has said New Delhi might need to go back to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its bid to get directions for Pakistan to implement the judgment in the crucial case on the Indian national languishing in their jail on espionage charges.
West Bengal: WBCS official, Kolkata Police officer test positive for Covid-19
May 03, 2020, at 05:59 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) official posted in South 24 Parganas district and the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Pragati Maidan Police Station in Kolkata's east division have tested positive for novel coronavirus, reports said on Sunday.
Guwahati : Armed forces express gratitude to COVID-19 warriors with flower petal showers, flypasts
May 03, 2020, at 05:16 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters on Sunday conducted a flypast in Guwahati to express gratitude towards the the doctors, nurses and all other frontline warriors fighting the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Bangladesh witnesses major spike in COVID-19 infection in 24 hours, 2 more people die
May 03, 2020, at 05:08 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh registered the deaths of two more COVID-19 infected patients in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Sunday.
Miscreants attempt to rape two nurses in Assam’s Biswanath district amid lockdown
May 03, 2020, at 04:39 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Miscreants attempted to rape two nurses in Assam’s Biswanath district on Saturday night when they were on their way to hospital.
Tributes to soldiers, security personnel martyred in Handwara: PM Narendra Modi
May 03, 2020, at 04:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the deaths of soldiers and security personnel in a terror attack in Handwara region of Jammu and Kashmir.
COVID-19: Karnataka announces free travel for migrant labourers returning home within the state
May 03, 2020, at 03:54 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: The Karnataka government on Sunday announced that migrant labourers returning home could travel for free for the next three days on state-run buses.
About 120 vehicles, shops and petrol pump sealed in Kashmir's Baramulla
May 03, 2020, at 03:37 pm
Baramulla/UNI: Taking action against violators of Covid-19 norms, the district administration in this north Kashmir district seized 77 vehicles and sealed a petrol pump and 40 shops on Saturday, an official spokesman said.
Jammu Kashmir: 6 people injured in mysterious blast in Kupwara
May 03, 2020, at 03:07 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Six people were injured in a mysterious blast at Handwara in frontier Kashmir district of Kupwara on Sunday.
COVID-19 lockdown: India permits 193 Pakistani nationals to return home
May 03, 2020, at 02:26 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a humanitarian gesture, India has allowed 193 Pakistani nationals, who are stranded in the country due to COVID-19 lockdown, to be allowed to exit the nation via the Attari-Wagah crossing next week, media reports said.
CRPF headquarters sealed after driver tests positive for COVID-19
May 03, 2020, at 01:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)'s headquarters in Delhi has been sealed for sanitisation after a driver working in the building got infected with Coronavirus.
Assam opens its border with NE states to facilitate return of stranded people
May 03, 2020, at 12:40 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Amidst COVID-19 lockdown, the Assam government has opened its boundary with the other states of the North-Eastern region excluding Sikkim from Sunday to facilitate the return of the stranded people in different parts of the region.
May 03, 2020, at 12:29 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Three members of a family died and two others fell critically ill after consuming wild poisonous mushroom in Assam’s Charaideo district on Saturday.
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Assam government allows for opening liquor shops in green zones
May 03, 2020, at 12:15 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Just a day after the centre extended the nationwide lockdown for another two weeks, the Assam government on Saturday allowed opening liquor shops in the green zones across the state.
Indian armed force salute medical workers fighting coronavirus pandemic
May 03, 2020, at 11:33 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In an attempt to pay tribute to the health workers and medical professionals involved in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Air Force jet and transport planes are showering petals on hospitals across the country.
Colonel, major among five killed during J&K's Kupwara encounter
May 03, 2020, at 10:53 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Two senior Indian Army personnel-a colonel and a major-were martyred during an encounter with terrorists at Kupwara District in Jammu and Kashmir which began on Saturday. A police officer and two army soldiers were also killed when the security personnel came under heavy fire, said reports.
Special train carrying students from Kota reaches Hatia in Jharkhand
May 02, 2020, at 11:57 pm
Ranchi/UNI: A special train carrying students from Kota in Rajasthan arrived at the Hatia railway station in Jharkhand today in the evening.
Citizens stranded in Telangana wanting to leave for their homes can apply for E-PASS
May 02, 2020, at 11:31 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Telangana Director General of Police M Mahender Reddy on Saturday asked the people who are stranded in Telangana due to the lockdown and want to leave for their respective homes in other states in India can apply for E-PASS by submitting required information the following link, https://tsp.koopid.ai/epass.
Delhi Minority Commission Chief booked under sedition charges
May 02, 2020, at 11:06 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Delhi Police has registered a case of sedition against Delhi Minority Commission Chief Zafarul Islam Khan for an alleged provocative post on social media.
Special train for migrants to run from Bhiwandi to Gorakhpur tonight
May 02, 2020, at 10:13 pm
Thane/UNI: A special train for the stranded people will be run from Bhiwandi Road railway station in the district to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday night.
NIA arrests absconding property manager of Maoists from West Bengal's Hooghly
May 02, 2020, at 09:40 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested an absconding property manager of Maoists from West Bengal's Hooghly district for involvement in a case of seizure of huge cache of arms and ammunition from CPI (Maoist) Cadres in Giridih district of Jharkhand in 2018, officials said.
Police vehicle escorting workers back from Telangana overturns; driver killed, 5 jawans injured
May 02, 2020, at 09:16 pm
Ramgarh/UNI: A vehicle of the Chatra police, which was escorting a bus carrying workers who arrived by a special train from Telangana today, overturned in Ormanjhi valley, killing the driver of the vehicle and injuring five other policemen.
Barber shops, salon to open in green, orange zones from May 4: MHA
May 02, 2020, at 08:28 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Clarifying the ambiguities in some sections of the guidelines for the third phase of lockdown, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday said that the barber shops and salons will be allowed to open in green and orange zones, but inter-district and intra-district bus services will remain suspended in the orange zones.
Your words about me and government abusive: Mamata's fresh salvo at Guv Dhankhar
May 02, 2020, at 08:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Disappointing all who had thought the letter-war between the state headquarters Nabanna and Raj Bhavan has died down, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday sent a fresh letter training her guns at Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, accusing the latter of using words which are insulting.
Days after MHA declares Tripura COVID-19 free, two BSF Jawans test positive
May 02, 2020, at 07:54 pm
Agartala/UNI: A week after Tripura was declared Covid-19 free by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), two fresh cases of the deadly viral disease were detected on Saturday, leaving the state administration confused about the spread of the disease in the state.
18 migrant labourers found travelling inside mixer truck tank by Madhya Pradesh police
May 02, 2020, at 07:34 pm
Indore/IBNS: Indore police on Saturday caught 18 people travelling in the mixer tank of a concrete mixer truck during a naka check at Panth Piplai village, barely 35 km from here in Madhya Pradesh.
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh asks Health dept to push RT-PCR Covid testing to 6K/day by May 15
May 02, 2020, at 06:12 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday asked the Health department to ramp up the RT-PCR Covid testing facilities in the state to 6000 a day by May 15, instead of the targeted 5,800 a day by May end, while directing it to conduct it's own tests on all returnees, instead of going by the tests done in other states.
May 02, 2020, at 06:03 pm
Vijayawada/UNI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has directed the officials to modify at least 500 RTC buses into mobile vans for the delivery of daily essential goods and equip buses with freezers to store milk, curd, eggs, and fruits.