Supreme Court directs setting up of committee to look into restoration of 4G in J&K
May 11, 2020, at 01:13 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to set up a High Powered Committee (HPC) headed by Home Secretary to examine a plea that absence of 4G internet is hindering education, healthcare and business in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Home Ministry asks states to cooperate with railways over running of trains for migrant workers
May 11, 2020, at 01:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After facing criticism over its "unplanned lockdown" after several migrant workers were killed on railway tracks days ago, the Union Home Ministry on Monday wrote a letter to all states asking for cooperation with the railways for the running of Shramik Special Trains.
Assam CM Sonowal talks to eminent personalities over phone
May 11, 2020, at 12:55 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: As a part of the state government’s multi-pronged approach to negotiate with the COVID-19 pandemic, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal dialled several eminent personalities, sports organizers, social activists and journalists and talked to them.
COVID-19 lockdown: Lost his job in US, Bengal youth turns vegetable seller
May 11, 2020, at 11:42 am
Panskura (East Midnapore)/UNI: Kartick Maity, a resident of Baharpota Village in this district, worked on a salary of Rs 40,000 a month in a shipping company in the US.
Former PM Manmohan Singh stable, under observation at AIIMS
May 11, 2020, at 11:12 am
New Delhi/UNI: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh who is at present admitted at the AIIMS is stable and under care of a team of doctors at the Cardiothoracic Centre of the country's premier medical institution.
Nepali origin woman booked for jumping quarantine in Himachal Pradesh
May 11, 2020, at 10:19 am
Shimla/UNI: A Nepali origin woman was on Sunday booked for jumping coronavirus quarantine at Kasumpti on outskirts of the Himachal Pradesh capital.
Political leaders wish former Indian PM Manmmohan Singh speedy recoveryÂ
May 11, 2020, at 10:12 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Leaders across party lines wished former Indian PM Manmohan Singh speedy recovery as he was admitted to Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Sunday.
Ex-Indian PM Manmohan Singh admitted to AIIMS
May 10, 2020, at 10:21 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh has been admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, media reports said on Sunday.
Javed Akhtar calls to end azaan practice on loudspeakers, triggers rowÂ
May 10, 2020, at 09:56 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Veteran Bollywood writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar's call to end the practice of chanting 'Azaan' on loudspeakers has earned criticisms with some even calling him a 'non-Muslim'.
May 10, 2020, at 09:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Over a 100 dignitaries, including academicians, bureaucrats, vice-chancellors, Olympians, retired defence personnel have written an open letter to the administrator, board and jury of Pulitzer Prize 2020, for endorsing terror and seperatism in India, media reports said.
Jharkhand: 3 Maoists arrested by Palamu Police with arms in Daltonganj
May 10, 2020, at 09:21 pm
Daltonganj/UNI: Police has arrested three ultras belonging to the proscribed CPI Maoists from Panki Police station area of the Palamu district alongwith arms.
Indian Railways to gradually restart passenger train service from May 12, booking starts tomorrowÂ
May 10, 2020, at 08:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian Railways on Sunday said it plans to gradually restart passenger train operations from Tuesday, initially with 15 pairs of trains (30 return journeys).
INS Magar leaves for Kochi with 202 Indian nationals
May 10, 2020, at 08:08 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Amid the coronavirus pandemic across the globe, Indian Navy’s INS Magar on Sunday departed Male port in Maldives with 202 Indian nationals embarked.
PM Narendra Modi to interact with CMs as nCoV claims over 2000 lives in India
May 10, 2020, at 08:01 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet Chief Minister's of various states on Monday to carve out next strategy of tackling the novel coronavirus outbreak that has so far claimed 2109 lives in India.
May 10, 2020, at 07:54 pm
Pàtna/UNI: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today urged the Centre to release within first trimester itself, the fund to the state to be given as per recommendations of 15th Finance Commission, in view of huge loss in revenue collection due to Corona pandemic.
Ahmedabad administration identifies over 300 high-risk super-spreaders of coronavirus
May 10, 2020, at 07:24 pm
Ahmedabad/IBNS: In a major development to contain the spread of coronavirus, the administration in Ahmedabad has identified as many as 334 coronavirus "super-spreaders", who are the carriers of the contagion with the potential to spread it to a large number of people, said reports.
Miss you with every breath Ma: Sushma Swaraj's daughter tweets on Mother's Day
May 10, 2020, at 07:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Leaving thousands of Indians touched, country's late former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's daughter Bansuri Swaraj posted a heart-melting message in memory of her on Mother's Day.
5 pilots of Air India test coronavirus positive
May 10, 2020, at 06:05 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A number of Air India staff members, including five pilots, have tested positive for coronavirus, said a media report.
We are making arrangements to send back migrants to their homes: Arvind Kejriwal
May 10, 2020, at 05:16 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday assured migrants in Delhi that his government is making arrangements for them to take migrant workers back to their homes.
COVID-19 lockdown: PM Narendra Modi to meet CMs tomorrow at 3 pm
May 10, 2020, at 04:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: With India moving towards the end of the third phase of the nationwide lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend another video conference meeting with state Chief Ministers at 3 pm on Monday.
Indian and Chinese soldiers clash along Sino-India border in North Sikkim
May 10, 2020, at 03:41 pm
Gangtok/UNI/IBNS: Four Indian and seven Chinese soldiers sustained injuries after they engaged in a fist-fight following a face off during border patrol at Naku La in North Sikkim on Saturday, sources in Indian Army said.
Kolkata: Renowned historian Hari Shankar Vasudevan loses battle to Covid-19
May 10, 2020, at 02:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Well known historian Hari Shankar Vasudevan, who had tested positive for Covid-19, passed away in a Kolkata hospital in the wee hours of Sunday, reports said.
Coronavirus cases in India inches closer to 63000, death toll crosses 2000
May 10, 2020, at 01:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India reported 3,277 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours taking the total number of infections across the country to 62,939, including 2,109 deaths, the Union Home Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
Assam student group regularly feeds needy people amid lockdown
May 10, 2020, at 12:29 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown, a group of students of Rangapara area in Assam’s Sonitpur district has come forward to help the poor and needy people.
India, China face-off along Sikkim border
May 10, 2020, at 12:21 pm
New Delhi/UNI: An incident of a face-off between the troops of India and China took place along the Sikkim border, sources in the Indian Army said on Sunday.
Five migrants killed, 15 injured as truck overturns in Madhya Pradesh
May 10, 2020, at 10:55 am
Narsinghpur (Madhya Pradesh)/IBNS: At least five migrant labourers died and 15 others were injured in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday night when a truck in which they were travelling overturned, media reports said.
2 JeM associates arrested in J&K's Budgam; incriminating materials recovered
May 10, 2020, at 08:53 am
Srinagar/UNI: Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant associates and recovered incriminating materials, including cipher code sheet, from them in central Kashmir district of Budgam.
Mumbai cop succumbs to Covid-19
May 10, 2020, at 02:25 am
Mumbai/IBNS: An ASI of Mumbai Police, Sunil Dattatray Kalgutkar, who was attached with the Vinoba Bhave Nagar Police Station, has succumbed to COVID-19, officials said in a tweet late in the night.
May 10, 2020, at 01:15 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Responding to Nepal's regret over construction of a faster route to Kailash Mansarovar, India's Ministry of External Affairs has said that the newly inaugurated road section in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district lies completely within the territory of India.
Assam reports three new COVID-19 positive cases, state tally surges to 62
May 10, 2020, at 12:10 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam on Saturday reported three more positive cases for COVID-19. With this, the state tally has now increased to 62.