Work on dev projects to continue amid lockdown: Div Com Kashmir
May 01, 2021, at 05:38 am
Srinagar: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir has directed all the executing agencies to continue work on developmental projects uninterruptedly while adhering to ‘covid appropriate behaviour’ at site.
Jumbo container based COVID hospitals to come up near oxygen plants: MHA
May 01, 2021, at 05:27 am
New Delhi/UNI: In order to tackle logistical issues in transporting liquid medical oxygen to various hospitals in the country, the Centre on Friday decided to set up jumbo container based Covid hospitals near oxygen producing plants.
Indian American NGOs raise more than $5 Million for Covid-relief in India
May 01, 2021, at 04:50 am
Son of Indian and Tibetan immigrants running for Cincinnati mayor
May 01, 2021, at 04:47 am
PM Modi chairs meeting with Council of Ministers to discuss Covid situation
May 01, 2021, at 04:16 am
New Delhi/IBNS; Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Council of Ministers met on Friday to discuss the situation arising out of the second wave of COVID in the country.
Armed forces get emergency financial powers to fight Covid-19
May 01, 2021, at 03:30 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The government has granted emergency financial powers to the Indian armed forces to up their efforts to tackle the second wave of Covid-19, which is wreaking havoc across the nation.
Around dozen shops gutted in fire en route Vaishno Devi track
May 01, 2021, at 02:20 am
Jammu/UNI: Nearly one dozen shops were gutted in a mysterious fire that broke out en route Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan in Katra town of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Bengal announces partial lockdown: Malls, cinema halls, restaurants to remain closed
May 01, 2021, at 01:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: As the eight-phased assembly election concluded in Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee government on Friday announced a partial lockdown in the state amid a massive spike in the Covid-19 cases.
West Bengal shuts down malls, food joints, gyms, etc.
May 01, 2021, at 12:49 am
Amid rising Covid19 cases, West Bengal government has ordered the closure of shopping malls, restaurants, beauty parlours, cinema halls, gyms, spas, and swimming pools among other establishments.
Chinese President Xi Jinping sends message to Modi, offers help in fight against pandemic
May 01, 2021, at 12:13 am
New Delhi/UNI: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday in a message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered to assist India in fighting the escalating new wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
Bihar Chief Secretary dies of Covid-19
Apr 30, 2021, at 11:28 pm
Patna/UNI: Bihar Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Singh died of coronavirus infection here today.
US denies issuing new guidance to Americans to leave India
Apr 30, 2021, at 11:09 pm
The US State Department has denied it has issued new guidance to American citizens in India to leave the country.
Freedom of expression is a hallmark of any democracy, says US on India question
Apr 30, 2021, at 11:06 pm
The US opposes incitement to violence on social media while supporting freedom of expression, according to State Department Spokesperson Ned Price. He said, “We’ve made the point both when it comes to India and to countries around the world that freedom of expression, freedom of information is a hallmark of any democracy.”
Centre is answerable to people of Delhi: SC over oxygen shortage
Apr 30, 2021, at 10:57 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Friday reminded the central government that it has a "special responsibility" towards Delhi and is also answerable to the people of the national capital.
COVID-19 positive senior journalist Rohit Sardana dies
Apr 30, 2021, at 10:51 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Senior journalist Rohit Sardana died of a heart attack on Friday morning, a week after he tested positive for COVID-19.
Yogi Adityanath inspects Covid hospital set up by DRDO in Lucknow
Apr 30, 2021, at 09:06 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who recovered from coronavirus on Friday morning, inspected a hospital set up by DRDO in Awadh Shilp Gram in the state capital.
Apr 30, 2021, at 09:03 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday appealed to the 18-44 age group not to queue up outside the Covid-19 vaccination centres in the city on May 1 as the government is yet to receive vaccines and it is in constant touch with the company.
Ban on scheduled International flights extended till May 31
Apr 30, 2021, at 08:59 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Amid an exponential surge in Covid-19 cases, the ban on scheduled international flights have been extended for a month.
TV journalist Rohit Sardana dies of Covid-19
Apr 30, 2021, at 08:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Popular Indian television journalist Rohit Sardana left the journalistic fraternity shell shock as he succumbed to Covid-19 on Friday. He was 41.
EC requests Madras HC to restrain media from covering oral conversations
Apr 30, 2021, at 06:49 pm
Chennai/IBNS: Days after it was rebuked over its handling of assembly elections amid Covid-19, India's poll body on Friday requested the Madras High Court to restrain media from covering oral conversations in the courtroom, media reports said.
Former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee dies at 91
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:49 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Veteran lawyer and former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee died of Covid-19 on Friday morning here. He was 91.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath tests COVID-19 negative
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:32 pm
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday announced he has tested COVID-19 negative.
One killed in oxygen cylinder blast in Kanpur
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:19 pm
Kanpur/UNI: When the entire country is reeling under acute oxygen shortage in view of the strong second Coronavirus wave, an explosion at an oxygen factory in Dadanagar industrial area was reported here on Friday morning, claiming life of a worker.
Jammu and Kashmir: SSP Budgam lauds Police for tackling pandemic
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:09 pm
Srinagar: Holding a darbar with policemen of District Police Budgam at District Police Lines Budgam Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Budgam Tahir Saleem Wednesday lauded the role of Police in Budgam in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fight against COVID-19: First US relief shipment from US arrives in India
Apr 30, 2021, at 03:58 pm
New Delhi: The first relief shipment from the US to India to fight the ongoing COVID-19 arrived here on Friday.
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In an order issued on Thursday, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directed all States and Union Territories (UTs) to consider the containment measures, as had been conveyed in the last advisory, for immediate implementation based on the assessment of the situation.
Only Bangladeshis with expired visas will be allowed to return from India
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:33 am
Continuing the entry restrictions from Covid-battered India, Bangladesh has decided to allow only Bangladeshis with expired Indian visas to return home with special permission from the Bangladesh High Commission in India.
US flies oxygen cylinders, testing kits to Covid-battered India
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:31 am
The US has flown the first consignment of emergency COVID-19 relief materials including oxygen cylinders, regulators and testing kits to India.
Commonwealth Secretary-General expresses solidarity with India
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:20 am
Patricia Scotland, the secretary-general of the commonwealth, has expressed his “deep concern and solidarity” with India which has been grappling with the disastrous Covid-19 wave, reporting over 350,000 cases daily.
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:07 am
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Four of seven exit polls conducted by various agencies in India have predicted Mamata Banerjee-led powerful regional satrap Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s return to power in West Bengal with the country's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as a strong opposition to reckon with.