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.
Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter ensues between militants, security forces in Kupwara
May 02, 2020, at 05:35 pm
Srinagar/UNI: An encounter ensued between militants and security forces at Handwara in the frontier Kashmir district of Kupwara on Saturday.
South Eastern Railway extends cancellation of all passenger train services
May 02, 2020, at 05:09 pm
Kolkata/UNI: In continuation of the measures taken in the wake of COVID-19, South Eastern Railway (SER) has further been decided that the cancellation of all passenger train services including Mail/Express, Premium Trains, Passenger Trains, Suburban Trains is extended till May 17.
Manipur govt starts allowing people enter state
May 02, 2020, at 12:58 pm
Imphal/UNI: Manipur is totally free from Corona virus after two positive cases turned negative.
Palghar lynching: One accused tests positive for Coronavirus
May 02, 2020, at 12:42 pm
Palghar/UNI: An accused in the sensational mob lynching incident presently lodged at the Wada police lock-up, has tested COVID-19 positive hence putting the health and police personnel in a tizzy, stated District Civil Surgeon Dr Kanchan Wanere on Friday night.
Kashmir Terrorism: Encounter ensues between militants, security forces in Pulwama
May 02, 2020, at 11:16 am
Srinagar/UNI: An encounter ensued between militants and security forces on Saturday after a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) was launched in south Kashmir district of Pulwama.
Special train carrying 1200 labourers from Telangana reaches Hatia
May 02, 2020, at 09:51 am
Hyderabad/IBNS: The special train, which was carrying 1200 labourers from Telangana has reached Jharkhand's Hatia district on Friday, Indian Railways said.
Two Indian soldiers injured in Pak ceasefire violation at LoC in Baramulla, die
May 02, 2020, at 09:12 am
Srinagar/UNI: Two Indian Army soldiers, who were critically injured when Pakistani troops violated ceasefire from across the LoC in frontier Kashmir district of Baramulla on Friday, succumbed in the wee hours on Saturday.
COVID-19 lockdown extended for 2 weeks, parts of India to open up
May 01, 2020, at 10:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Home Ministry on Friday announced that the nationwide lockdown in India will be extended for two more weeks after May 4, noting that the country has been successful in averting more casualties from coronavirus.
IIT-G designs bamboo hospital furniture range
May 01, 2020, at 10:27 pm
Guwahati/IBNS Department of Design at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) completed a project in designing bamboo furniture to meet the requirements of Primary Health Centers (PHC’s) for rural villages of Assam
Covid-19: Registration facilitating return of Sikkim people from other states begins
May 01, 2020, at 09:43 pm
Gangtok/UNI: The Sikkim government has initiated the process of registration for those wishing to return to State.