Assam CM Sonowal advocates for monitoring cell for health and hygiene of tea workers and farmers
Apr 17, 2020, at 12:26 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Considering the importance of tea in the economic health of the state as well as in the country, though some tea gardens were allowed to resume their functioning with minimum work force, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal stressed on adequate social distancing norms for the tea gardens in the changing socio-economic landscape emanated in the aftermath of the novel Coronavirus outbreak in the state.
Jammu and Kashmir: Militant killed in during encounter with security forces in Shopian
Apr 17, 2020, at 11:04 am
Srinagar/UNI: A terrorist was killed during an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir district of Shopian early Friday.
Zoom not safe to use: Indian govt warns amid Coronavirus lockdown
Apr 16, 2020, at 11:48 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian Government on Thursday declared that the Zoom App is not a safe platform for video conferencing and issued a set of guidelines for the users.
Assam: DC, SP, scribes sent to quarantine after came into contact with COVID-19 patient
Apr 16, 2020, at 11:29 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Two top government officials and some journalists of Assam’s Morigaon district were sent to quarantine after they reportedly came into contact with a COVID-19 positive patient.
Coronavirus cases in Mumbai crosses 2000-mark, death toll mounts to 116
Apr 16, 2020, at 10:28 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The total number of Coronavirus cases in Mumbai crossed the 2000-mark to touch 2,043 with 107 new patients testing positive for the deadly COVID-19.
Lockdown: 40 booked for flouting measures in K'taka
Apr 16, 2020, at 08:33 pm
Kalabuagi/UNI: The local police on Thursday booked 40 people for defying the prohibitory orders and participating in Revannasiddeshwara Annual car festival held at Revoor Village in Chitapur Taluk here.
Jharkhand CM launches mobile app to provide monetary assistance to workers trapped outside
Apr 16, 2020, at 08:00 pm
Ranchi/UNI: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday announced that the state government will identify all the workers who are trapped outside the state within a week and provide them with monetary assistance.
Pakistan forms two new terror groups with LeT to launch attacks in Jammu and Kashmir
Apr 16, 2020, at 04:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: When the world is combating COVID-19 outbreak, Pakistan is plotting major terror attacks on Indian security personnel deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said.
Coronavirus: Restrictions continue in Kashmir
Apr 16, 2020, at 04:36 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Markets and streets remained deserted, as strict restrictions on movement and assembly of people continued for the 28th day on Thursday in Kashmir valley, where the lockdown would remain imposed till May 3, to curtail the spread of Novel Coronavirus.
Absconding Tablighi Jamaat chief's relatives test COVID-19 positive
Apr 16, 2020, at 04:05 pm
Saharanpur/IBNS: Two of the family members of Tablighi Jamaat chief Muhammad Saad Khandalvi linked to Nizamuddin Markaz coronavius spread case have tested positive for COVID-19, said a Times Now report.
IUML MLA questions government's free hand for spending from CM relief fund
Apr 16, 2020, at 03:01 pm
Kozhikode/UNI: Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) MLA K M Shaji has questioned the governments' free hand for spending from Chief Minister Relief Fund.
Lockdown is pause to bigger COVID-19 outbreak, ramping up testing important: Rahul Gandhi
Apr 16, 2020, at 01:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a message to the central government which is led by his political foe Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the countrywide lockdown was a pause to the bigger Coronavirus outbreak and the only way forward is to ramp up testing to combat the pandemic virus.
Apr 16, 2020, at 12:53 pm
Kollam/IBNS: The Kerala state Human Rights Commission (HRC) has taken a suo moto cognizance of reports stating a middle aged man was forced to carry his 65-year-old ailing father in arms and had to walk nearly a kilometre on Wednesday after his auto-rickshaw was allegedly stopped by police due to the ongoing Coronavirus lockdown.
India denies Covid-19 segregation in Gujarat hospitals on religious lines, slams USCIRF
Apr 16, 2020, at 02:04 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India has slammed the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for its tweet quoting media reports that in Gujarat hospitals there are separate wards for treatment of Hindus and Muslims suffering from Covid-19.
Pakistan seeks hydroxychloroquine from India to combat Coronavirus outbreak
Apr 15, 2020, at 11:32 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: As the novel Coronavirus cases spiked in Pakistan, Islamabad has sought Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) from neighbouring India, media reports said.
Doctors, cops attacked in UP's Moradabad while trying to quarantine possible COVID-19 patients
Apr 15, 2020, at 08:51 pm
Moradabad/IBNS: A team of doctors and medical staffers were attacked in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad town when they were visiting the area to escort the primary contacts of a COVID-19 positive patient, who died, to a quarantine facility on Wednesday.
COVID-19 cases touch 300 in J&K as 22 more people test positive
Apr 15, 2020, at 08:08 pm
Srinagar/UNI: The number of Coronavirus cases swelled to 300 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir as 22 persons, including 18 from Kashmir and four from Jammu, tested positive for the infection on Wednesday.
Volunteers help people, spread awareness regarding COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir
Apr 15, 2020, at 07:38 pm
Shopian/IBNS: Trying to help people in the Valley in the hour of crisis, volunteers of Shopian region in Jammu and Kashmir, headed by Advocate Ovais Mushtaq, reached some far-flung areas to spread awareness regarding deadly COVID-19 virus and its preventions on Tuesday.
Govt rejects article that claimed PM Modi extended lockdown without consulting COVID-19 task force
Apr 15, 2020, at 05:32 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The government has rejected a media report that claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi had decided on the lockdown extension without consulting COVID-19 task force formed to deal with the pandemic.
BSF seize 49 kg ganja from Assam-West Bengal border
Apr 15, 2020, at 05:03 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel seized huge quantity of ganja in two different operations in the bordering areas of Assam-West Bengal border on Wednesday.
Apr 15, 2020, at 04:49 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: A self-proclaimed labour activist, named as Vinay Dubey, has been arrested for allegedly inciting hundreds of suffering migrant workers to protest at the Bandra railway station amid the nationwide lockdown which has been called by the Centre to stem the spread of COVID-19, media reports said.
Pune Police intercepts around 150 migrant labourers walking towards Madhya Pradesh
Apr 15, 2020, at 04:34 pm
Pune/UNI: The Pune district police on Wednesday morning intercepted around 150 migrant labourers including women and children who were walking towards Madhya Pradesh.
Northeast: Consolidating the Peace
Apr 15, 2020, at 04:33 pm
The declining trend of insurgency-linked fatalities in the Northeast, established since 2015, continued through 2019 as well. According to partial data compiled by the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), the Northeast recorded a total of 34 fatalities (18 civilians, five Security Force (SF) personnel and 11 insurgents) in 2019, as against 73 fatalities (20 civilians, 15 SF personnel, and 38 insurgents) recorded in 2018.
Apr 15, 2020, at 04:29 pm
On March 21, 2020, a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) couple, identified as Gandrakoti Mallesham alias Mallaiah alias Kiran (35), and his wife Chintha Srilatha alias Hyma (34); surrendered to the Police at Hanamkonda in Warangal District. Mallesham, a native of Intikanne village under Kesamudram Mandal (administrative sub-division), held the posts of ‘divisional committee member, DCM’ and was also in charge of the ‘central regional bureau (CRB) – communication’. He carried a reward of INR 400,000 on his head, while, Srilatha, a native of Rampur village under Kothaguda Mandal in Mahabubabad District, held the post of the ‘DCM’ of the ‘Dandakaranya Special Zone Committee (DKSZC)’. She carried a reward of INR 100,000 on her head.
India agrees to sell hydroxychloroquine to Malaysia: Report
Apr 15, 2020, at 04:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India will export hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets to Malaysia for the treatment of COVID-19, a Malaysian minister has told Reuters on Wednesday, adding that the country will receive 89,100 tablets in the first order.
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani in self-quarantine after meeting COVID-19 positive Congress MLA
Apr 15, 2020, at 03:44 pm
Gandhinagar/IBNS: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Wednesday went into self-quarantine after meeting a Congress MLA who has tested positive for the deadly Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19, media reports said.
Five shops sealed for secret liquor sale in UP
Apr 15, 2020, at 02:22 pm
Balrampur/UNI: Five shops were sealed for selling liquor secretly despite prohibition during the ongoing nationwide lockdown in the Utraula Kotwali area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Wednesday.
Tablighi Jamaat case: Police add Section 304 in FIR
Apr 15, 2020, at 02:12 pm
New Delhi/UNI: With a probe on against the Tablighi Jamaat Maulana and Markaz administration, police have added crucial section of culpable homicide in the case.
Fire breaks out in Microbiology lab in Jammu hospital
Apr 15, 2020, at 12:19 pm
Jammu/UNI: A major fire broke out late on Tuesday evening in microbiology laboratory of Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh Hospital here.
Centre notifies extension of countrywide COVID-19 lockdown till May 3
Apr 15, 2020, at 12:17 pm
New Delh/UNI: The Centre on Wednesday notified the extension of 21-day nationwide lockdown in wake of COVID 19 outbreak till May 3.