May 19, 2020, at 12:38 pm
New Delhi/Lucknow/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kapil Mishra on Tuesday claimed the list of buses sent by Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath include autos and mini cars leading to a possible showdown between the two opposing forces.
Maharashtra: Four migrant labourers killed
May 19, 2020, at 12:36 pm
Nagpur/UNI: Four migrant workers were killed and 28 others sustained injuries after a bus they were travelling in crashed into a stationary truck in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.
Maharashtra: COVID-19 patient booked for fleeing from Aurangabad hospital
May 19, 2020, at 11:52 am
Aurangabad, Maharashtra/UNI: A 32-year-old man, tested positive for Coronavirus was traced here on Tuesday after he fled from the hospital where he was being treated.
Jammu and Kashmir: Two-storey building gutted in massive fire in Police Training School Ganderbal
May 19, 2020, at 11:49 am
Srinagar/UNI: A two-storey building of Police Training School (PTS) Manigam was completely destroyed in a massive fire last night in central Kashmir district of Ganderbal.
Jammu and Kashmir: Three SF personnel injured in Srinagar encounter
May 19, 2020, at 11:39 am
Srinagar/UNI: Three security forces personnel, including a CRPF jawan, were injured in an encounter which ensued after a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) was launched in downtown in the summer capital, Srinagar, where cellular and mobile internet services were suspended for security reason.
Vande Bharat Mission: Air India Exp Airline with 166 Indian Nationals from Muscat lands at RGIA
May 19, 2020, at 11:21 am
Hyderbad/UNI: Under the second phase of Vande Bharat Mission, Air India Express Airline IX 0818 from Muscat (Oman) with 166 Indian Citizens landed at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at Shamshabad near here at 2012 hours on Monday night. All arriving passengers were serviced through the fully sanitized International Arrivals of the Main Passenger Terminal of RGIA , a statement said last night.
Maharashtra: Body goes missing from Vashi hospital
May 19, 2020, at 09:46 am
Thane/UNI: The body of a 29-year-old man from Navi Mumbai has gone missing from the NMMC hospital at Vashi, it was stated here on Monday.
Maharashtra: Shiv Sena corporator attempts suicide in Thane
May 19, 2020, at 09:41 am
Thane/UNI: A corporator of the Shiv Sena from Kalwa on Monday attempted suicide at his residence, the police said.
Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter between security forces, terrorists going on
May 19, 2020, at 08:51 am
Srinagar/IBNS: An encounter broke out between security forces and suspected terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city since Monday, officials said on Tuesday.
Indian students stranded in United States urge immediate evacuation
May 19, 2020, at 01:11 am
Houston/IBNS: Thousands of Indians stranded in United States due to coronavirus lockdown have requested the government to send flights to evacuate them and connect more cities like Dallas and Houston where a large number of Indians are awaiting to fly back to their country, said a media report.
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Assam CM orders inquiry into PM-KISAN scheme irregularities
May 19, 2020, at 12:21 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday ordered an inquiry into the allegations of irregularities in implementation of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme.
Assam reports two more COVID-19 deaths, 15 more patients detected
May 19, 2020, at 12:05 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam on Monday reported two more COVID-19 deaths, taking the total number of virus fatalities in the state to four.
As India enters lockdown 4.0, COVID-19 cases touch 1 lakh, over 3000 dead
May 19, 2020, at 12:01 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Escalating the tension level, India's coronavirus cases crossed the whopping mark of one lakh with over 3000 deaths across the country related to the highly contagious infection.
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Assam CM directs to complete 14th Finance Commission schemes within next 3 months
May 18, 2020, at 11:23 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday interacted with Block Development Officers across the state in presence of Deputy Commissioners, Chief Executive Officers of Zila Parishad and District Development Commissioners through video conference at Janata Bhawan in Guwahati and reviewed the progress of various schemes being implemented at the villages by the P&RD department.
Special train ferrying Manipur people from Vadodara reached Jiribam
May 18, 2020, at 10:42 pm
Imphal/IBNS: A special train from Vadodara ferrying stranded residents of Manipur due to the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain COVID-19 pandemic reached at Jiribam railway station on Monday evening.
28 employees of Zee News test positive for COVID-19, informs Sudhir Chaudhury
May 18, 2020, at 09:42 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: As the country entered the fourth phase of nationwide lockdown, 28 employees of Zee News have tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus, the group's Editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhury informed on Monday.
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May 18, 2020, at 09:25 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has lashed out at the Congress leadership for shifting the blame for Auraiya truck accident in which 26 migrants were killed and 30 injured, alleging that the ill-fated trucks were coming from Congress-ruled Rajasthan and Punjab and travelling to Bihar and Jharkhand.
Yashwant Sinha, AAP's Sanjay Singh detained for protest over migrants' situation
May 18, 2020, at 08:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha and some Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders were detained in Delhi on Monday after they sat on a dharna at the Rajghat over the migrants' condition.
UP govt to send 12000 buses to bring back migrants from different states
May 18, 2020, at 08:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh government is sending 12,000 buses to different states to bring back its stranded migrants amid the fourth phase of the anti-coronavirus lockdown.
Assam registers third COVID-19 death, cases jump to 104
May 18, 2020, at 07:37 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam on Monday registered the third COVID-19 death in the state and two more positive cases for the virus.
Lockdown 4.0: Mamata Banerjee divides containment zones into three parts, reopens market partially
May 18, 2020, at 07:10 pm
Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: As India entered into the fourth phase of the lockdown to combat COVID-19 outbreak, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced guidelines to be followed in the state further dividing the containment zones into three parts.
Cyclone Amphan: PM Narendra Modi reviews preparedness
May 18, 2020, at 06:41 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Monday reviewed the preparedness regarding the situation due to cyclone ‘Amphan.’
Delhi shops to open on odd-even basis: Arvind Kejriwal
May 18, 2020, at 06:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced certain guidelines that are needed to be followed during the fourth phase of the COVID-19 lockdown where he said shops need to be opened on odd-even basis.
DSA: Weaponizing Media Regulation
May 18, 2020, at 05:29 pm
On May 16, 2020, Police arrested two people from the Lamchari village of Matlab Dakkhin upazila (sub District) in Chandpur District in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA). The arrestees – Sumon Biswas and Adhir Chandra Mallik – had been allegedly making derogatory comments about Islam, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Bangladesh Police on Facebook for the preceding few days.
Jammu and Kashmir: TRF: The New 'Front'
May 18, 2020, at 05:26 pm
The Resistance Front (TRF) is the product of one of the several efforts, often repeated over the past two decades by Rawalpindi, to give terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) an ‘indigenous’ face, and to provide Pakistan’s deep state, an alibi. According to intelligence sources, the outfit emerged as an online virtual identity, acting as a mouthpiece for major Pakistan-based terror outfits such as Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Thereafter, it has sought to claim a number of terrorist attacks executed by cadres of these groupings.
Himachal Pradesh: Manali-Leh highway opens for light vehicle
May 18, 2020, at 05:10 pm
Shimla/UNI: After remaining off for vehicular traffic for more than five months, the Manali-Leh highway opened for light vehicle on Monday.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, eight others take oaths as Legislative Council members
May 18, 2020, at 03:32 pm
Aurangabad/Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday was sworn-in as the Member of Legislative Council (MLC) in a low-key ceremony held at the Vidhav Bhavan in Mumbai.
May 18, 2020, at 03:30 pm
New Delhi/UNI: A day after the fresh guidelines were issued by the Union Home Ministry, the Centre on Monday directed the state and Union Territories (UTs) not to dilute the MHA guidelines over anti-Covid-19 lockdown but allowed them to impose stricter prohibitions if needed.
Modi critic New York Times praises Indian PM for handling Covid-19 situation, calls him a mobiliser
May 18, 2020, at 03:22 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Known for its biting criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist political outfit BJP, US daily New York Times seems to have shifted its goalpost in its latest despatch from India, praising Modi for handling the Covid-19 crisis and calling him a "mobiliser".
NCW asks TikTok India to delete Faizal Siddiqui's account for 'instigating violence against women'
May 18, 2020, at 01:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has asked social networking service TikTok to delete one Faizal Siddiqui's account for allegedly instigating violence against women through a video.