Indian social worker dies of Coronavirus in Abu Dhabi
May 04, 2020, at 03:49 pm
Abu Dhabi/UNI: A United Arab Emirates (UAE) based Indian social worker, PK Kareem Haji has died of the COVID-19 in Abu Dhabi, it was reported.
Covid-19: Karnataka govt extends free bus service to migrant workers for 2 more days
May 04, 2020, at 03:48 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddiyurappa on Monday extended free bus services to migrant workers leaving to their native places for two more days.
Liquor shops in Delhi closed again as people throng flouting social distancing norms
May 04, 2020, at 03:42 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after Delhi government announced to ease lockdown situation according to the Home Ministry guidelines for the third phase of nationwide closure, it had to take back the permission to open liquor shops as people thronged in large numbers outside these shops, threatening social distancing norms.
May 04, 2020, at 03:16 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Before leaving West Bengal following a two-week inspection, the Chief of MHA's Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) in Kolkata, Apurva Chandra, on Monday sent their two-page 'final observations' to Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha, saying that the state's extremely high mortality rate is an indication of low testing, and weak surveillance and tracking.
Indians queue up outside liquor shops as stores open, flout social distancing norms
May 04, 2020, at 02:56 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Flouting social distancing norms, long queues were spotted outside liquor shops across the Indian states as the government has opened the stores from Monday as one of the relaxations amid the anti-Covid-19 lockdown.
Pakistan violates ceasefire close to LOC in Baramulla
May 04, 2020, at 12:37 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Pakistan troops again violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked heavy shelling and firing from across the Line of Control (LoC) in frontier Kashmir district of Baramulla on Monday.
Srinagar-Leh highway reopens after 3 days
May 04, 2020, at 12:06 pm
Srinagar/UNI: The 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh National Highway, connecting Ladakh with Kashmir valley, was reopened on Monday after remaining closed for three days due to landslides, triggered by incessant rain.
Donald Trump hopes COVID-19 vaccine will be available by end of 2020, attacks China
May 04, 2020, at 11:27 am
Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump has said he believes a vaccine for the COVID-19 drug will be available by the end of 2020.
Congress will pay migrants' train ticket fare: Sonia Gandhi
May 04, 2020, at 10:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Monday slammed the PM Narendra Modi-led Indian government for not giving migrants stranded by the coronavirus lockdown a free train ride to their home.
May 04, 2020, at 12:36 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is sending Central Public Health Teams to 20 worst-hit districts/cities in ten states across the country to support the state governments to implement novel coronavirus containment measures in the affected areas, officials said on Sunday.
PM Modi to attend NAM video conference on COVID-19 tomorrow
May 04, 2020, at 12:12 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in the Online Summit Level Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Contact Group in Response to Covid-19 tomorrow, a media report said.
ICMR receives proposal to explore COVID-19 cure in Ganga water
May 03, 2020, at 11:51 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has received a proposal to run clinical trials on Ganga water to find if it can be used in the treatment of the deadly coronavirus, a media report said.
Amid COVID-19 fight, JeM planning to conduct simultaneous attacks in J&K
May 03, 2020, at 11:35 pm
Srinagar:While India joins the world in combating COVID-19, Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed is planning to conduct simultaneous attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said.
Covid-19: Hundreds violate lockdown, join local police's peace march in Red Zone Howrah city
May 03, 2020, at 10:38 pm
Kolkata/Howrah/IBNS: Violating the ongoing lockdown and social distancing norms, hundreds of locals on Sunday joined a peace march by Howrah City Police and local TMC leaders in Covid Red Zone Howrah city's Tikiapara area, where cops were chased and attacked by a mob while police were enforcing lockdown a few days ago.
Covid-19 death toll reaches 50 in West Bengal
May 03, 2020, at 09:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: With two more deaths were reported in last 24 hours, the number of fatalities due to Covid-19 has mounted to 50 in West Bengal while the state confirmed 41 fresh positive cases in the duration of a day, officials said on Sunday evening.
West Bengal: 2nd batch of 61 stranded Bangladeshi nationals fly to Dhaka
May 03, 2020, at 09:09 pm
Kolkata/UNI: About 61 stranded Bangladeshi nationals today flew back to Dhaka by a special Bangladesh Biman plane from Dum Dum airport, official sources here said.
Bihar: Huge quantity of explosives recovered in Gaya
May 03, 2020, at 09:05 pm
Gaya/UNI: Police today recovered huge quantity of explosives from Koleshwari forest under Barachatti police station area in Gaya district.
South Western Railway runs two Sharmik Specials to Bhubaneswar, Danapur
May 03, 2020, at 09:00 pm
Hubballi/UNI: South Western Railway (SWR) operated two Shramik Specials one from Chikbanawar (in Bengaluru) to Bhubaneswar with 1,190 passengers and the second Shramik Special from Malur (also In Bengaluru) to Danapur with 1200 passengers on Sunday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Militants made abortive bid to attack security forces in Srinagar
May 03, 2020, at 08:57 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Militants on Sunday made an abortive bid to target security forces by hurling a hand grenade which did not explode in the downtown area of Srinagar, official sources said.
Covid-19 Scare: SWR to run Parcel Express Trains between Vasco and Shalimar, Howrah to Vasco
May 03, 2020, at 08:49 pm
Hubballi/UNI: South Western Railway (SWR) announced on Sunday that it has decided to run Parcel Express Special trains to transport essential commodities from Vasco Da Gama to Shalimar and from Howrah to Vasco Da Gama on Monday. with a return journey on Thursday.
Ratan Tata rubbishes another viral social media post message attributed to him
May 03, 2020, at 08:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India's business icon and Chairman Emeritus of the Tata Group Ratan Tata on Sunday rejected yet another social media post message, which has gone viral online and attributed to him as fake.
Haryana: Boy dies in wall collapse in Sirsa
May 03, 2020, at 07:39 pm
Sirsa/UNI: A 12-year-old boy died in a wall collapse at Mithanpura village in Sirsa of Haryana, sources said on Sunday.
Delhi is ready to re-open now: Arvind Kejriwal
May 03, 2020, at 07:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Keeping in mind the need to bounce back the economic condition of the national capital amid COVID-19 outbreak, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said his government will implement all lockdown relaxations that have been prescribed by the Union home ministry.
Lockdown to continue in Jharkhand for upcoming 2 weeks, no relaxation: Hemant Soren
May 03, 2020, at 07:11 pm
Ranchi/UNI: In a major decision, the state government today announced that lockdown will continue in Jharkhand for the next two weeks.
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.