Nirbhaya convicts to hang at 5-30 am as Supreme Court rejects plea to review death penalty
Mar 20, 2020, at 03:49 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The four men convicted for the brutal 2012 gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student - who was later christened Nirbhaya by the media- will hang in the wee hours of Friday after the Supreme Court rejected their last-minute plea to stop their execution.
Nirbhaya convicts' lawyers move Supreme Court hours before hanging, hearing at 2.30 am
Mar 20, 2020, at 02:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After the pleas of the convicts of Nirbhaya, who had succumbed to a brutal gangrape by several men in a bus in Dec 2012, were rejected by the Delhi High Court, their lawyers have moved to the Supreme Court seeking stay on hanging, a few hours before their hanging today. The parents of Nirbhaya have reached the Supreme Court and a hearing is likely to begin at 2:30, said reports.
Hours before execution, Nirbhaya convicts challenge death sentence at Delhi HC
Mar 19, 2020, at 11:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Hours before the execution is scheduled to take place at 5:30 AM on Friday, the Delhi High Court is currently hearing a petition to stall the hanging of the convicts in connection with the Nirbhaya case, media reports said.
Cong says it will stand by Govt to fight on Coronavirus, 'urges' no data should be hidden
Mar 19, 2020, at 10:58 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Stating that the party and its workers will stand by the government in all their endeavours to fight Coronavirus, the Congress on Thursday 'urged' the government to increase the testing facilities and capacity and 'no data should be hidden.'
PM Modi calls for social distancing, restraint & 'Janata curfew' this Sunday to fight COVID-19
Mar 19, 2020, at 09:32 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the Novel Coronavirus outbreak, which claimed four lives so far and infected 186 people in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation on Thursday urged all to adopt resolve and restraint to fight the menace of the virus and directed them to observe 'Janata curfew' coming Sunday by staying home, to help contain the infection spread. He also announced an economic task force to fight the economic challenge from the crisis.
Janata Curfew on March 22, observe social distancing, be restrained: PM Modi to nation
Mar 19, 2020, at 08:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation in the wake of the unprecedented world crisis from the outbreak of coronavirus urged all Indians to go for social distancing, obseve a Janata Curfew on March 22 by not going out of homes and observing a shutdown nationwide. He also announced that an economic task force has been formed to deal with the economic challenge from the pandemic.
MEA strengthening COVID-19 control room
Mar 19, 2020, at 08:01 pm
New Delhi/UNI: As India intensified efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19, Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) on Thursday announced further strengthening of its 24x7 control rooms to ensure smooth coordination and redressal of specific queries from the people.
Markets in Bengal not shutting down, will take strict action against rumour-mongers: Mamata
Mar 19, 2020, at 07:49 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the nationwide Coronavirus scare and panic, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday rubbished all rumours that the markets will soon shut down in the state and assured people that no such situation will occur here.
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.