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.
May 09, 2020, at 11:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After Home Minister Amit Shah accused the West Bengal government of not cooperating with the return of stranded Bengali migrant workers to the state, the Ministry of Railways in a series of tweets on Saturday evening said the state government is not approving enough trains for bringing them back.
Bengal Imams Association urges Mamata to extend lockdown, says Eid celebrations can wait
May 09, 2020, at 09:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: At a time when coronavirus cases are increasing in the country, the Bengal Imams' Association, a body of Islamic clerics in the state, on Saturday wrote a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to extend the ongoing lockdown till the end of May, without thinking about the celebration of Eid al-Fitr, which is expected to be observed on May 25.
'I am absolutely healthy': Amit Shah rubbishes rumours on his health
May 09, 2020, at 09:35 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Dismissing rumours on his ill health on social media, Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday tweeted he is healthy and not suffering from any disease.
J&K: Police arrest four persons with fake currency in Bandipora
May 09, 2020, at 08:49 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Four persons were arrested after fake currency was recovered from their possession in north Kashmir district of Bandipora, official sources said.
Bengal's Covid politics prevails as Amit Shah, Mamata govt wage war over care for 'migrant workers'
May 09, 2020, at 06:36 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: People of the country's one of the most populous state West Bengal woke up on Saturday to the prevailing politics amid the Covid-19 crisis as Union Home Minister Amit Shah sent a letter to the state government accusing it of not allowing trains to help migrant workers to return to their homes, receiving a counter-attack from the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Vande Bharat Mission: India evacuates first batch of stranded Kashmir students from Dhaka
May 09, 2020, at 04:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The first batch of 168 Indian students hailing from Kashmir, who were stranded in Bangladesh amid COVID-19 imposed travel restrictions, arrived in India on Friday.
Punjab govt concentrating on home delivery of liquor, not on grains received from Centre, slams BJP
May 09, 2020, at 03:42 pm
Moga/UNI: Slamming the Capt Amarinder-led Congress government for concentrating on home delivery of Liquor and ignoring the distribution of foodgrains and pulses received from the Centre, the BJP on Saturday said that this shows the mindset of Congress leaders, who were not bothered about the plight of people facing tough times, due to the pandemic situation in the state.
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel again writes to Modi for Rs 30,000 cr package
May 09, 2020, at 03:23 pm
Raipur/UNI: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel once again on Saturday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting for early release of package of Rs 30,000 crore to the state.
Chhattisgarh encounter: Four dreaded Maoists, one SI killed
May 09, 2020, at 02:54 pm
New Delhi/UNI: In a joint operation, Chhattisgarh Police and 27 battalion of Indo-Tibetan Police Force (ITBP) killed four dreaded Maoists, including two women, in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district late on Friday night.
BJP strongly condemns attack on TV5 building by miscreants
May 09, 2020, at 02:46 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: BJP Telangana Unit on Saturday strongly condemned the attack on media house TV 5 building by few miscreants on Friday night.
Babri Masjid demolition case accused to record their statements via video conferencing
May 09, 2020, at 01:48 pm
Lucknow/UNI: After the Supreme court ordered completion of trial in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case by Aug 31, the CBI court here is set to pace up the day to day hearing and even record the statements of the accused through video conferencing.
May 09, 2020, at 01:39 pm
Kochi/UNI: The first evacuation flight from Bahrain carrying 177 passengers landed at Cochin International Airport here late on Friday night.