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.
Jammu and Kashmir: Security force launch CASO in Anantnag
May 09, 2020, at 01:27 pm
Ananatnag/UNI: Security forces on Saturday launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in a village in this south Kashmir district, official sources said.
Amit Shah claims WB govt not allowing migrants' trains to reach state, TMC calls it bundle of lies
May 09, 2020, at 01:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has sent a letter to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and accused the state government of not cooperating with the Centre to allow the trains carrying migrant labourers to enter Bengal, evoking an angry reaction as with the Trinamool Congress calling it a "bundle of lies".
Vande Bharat: India brings back thousands of citizens stranded abroad
May 09, 2020, at 01:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Rising to the unprecedented situation by launching a massive evacuation drive, the Indian government, despite battling COVID-19 pandemic at home, is flying back its nationals stranded in different parts of the world owing to coronavirus outbreak that forced suspension of flights.
Uttar Pradesh: Mother, two kids burnt alive in Amethi
May 09, 2020, at 12:51 pm
Amethi/UNI: A mother and her two minor children were charred to death while they were sleeping as their house caught fire in Bhawanipur village under Shivratanganj police station area in the district on late Friday night .
Chhattisgarh: Four Naxalites killed in encounter, SHO martyred
May 09, 2020, at 12:16 pm
Raipur/UNI: Four Naxalites were gunned down with bounty on their heads in an encounter that broke out last night in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh while one SHO was martyred in retaliatory firing, the police said on Saturday.
West Bengal govt not allowing trains with migrants to reach state: Amit Shah in letter to Mamata
May 09, 2020, at 12:04 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In yet another episode of exchange of barbs, Union Home Minister Amit Shah shot a letter to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accusing the state government of not cooperating with the Centre to allow the trains carrying migrant labourers to enter Bengal.
Israel names road honouring Rabindranath Tagore
May 09, 2020, at 11:28 am
Tel Aviv/IBNS: The Israel government has named a street in Tel Aviv city after Nobel prize-winner Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.
Narendra Modi speaks with Italian PM over COVID-19
May 09, 2020, at 10:45 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Friday spoke with his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte and condoled the loss of lives due to COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
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Kolkata: 52-year-old man wins battle against COVID-19 after spending a month on ventilation
May 08, 2020, at 11:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A 52-year-old COVID-19 patient was discharged from a Kolkata hospital on Friday, after undergoing treatment at a private health facility in the southern part of the city for the last 40 days, including more than 30 days on ventilation, reports said.
Amid alarming spike in COVID-19 cases, Mumbai civic body chief sacked
May 08, 2020, at 11:26 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: As the highly contagious coronavirus continues spreading across Mumbai at an alarming rate, the chief of the city's civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was replaced on Friday.
Assam reports two fresh coronavirus cases today
May 08, 2020, at 10:12 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam reported two fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday. The patients travelled on the bus which ferried people from Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan.
COVID-19 death toll surges to 40 in TN, 600 fresh cases reported today
May 08, 2020, at 09:18 pm
Chennai/UNI: The Coronavirus death toll in Tamil Nadu climbed to 40 with three more deaths, while the total number of positive cases crossed the 6,000-mark, as 600 new infections were reported on a single day in the state on Friday.
West Bengal: COVID cases jump to 1678 with 130 fresh cases, nine deaths in last 24 hours
May 08, 2020, at 08:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: With 130 new infections being reported in last 24 hours, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in West Bengal has mounted to 1678, including 1195 active cases, 88 fatalities and 323 discharges, reports said on Friday.
'Inhuman': Akhilesh Yadav on suspension of provisions of labour laws for 3 yrs in UP
May 08, 2020, at 06:05 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Terming the suspension of most provisions of the labour laws for three years 'inhuman,' Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government should resign for this act.
Jharkhand: Two cyber criminals arrested by Dumka Police
May 08, 2020, at 05:56 pm
Dumka/ UNI: Police today arrested two cyber criminals for impersonating as bank officials and duping people in the Jarmundi Police Station area in this district.
In a bid to shorten their journey, five migrant labourers jump from moving train in UP
May 08, 2020, at 05:33 pm
Shahjahanpur/UNI: As many as five migrant labourers jumped from the Amritsar-Gonda Special train at the Roja railway station on its way to Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur on Friday.
Supreme Court says states should consider online sales and home delivery of liquor amid lockdown
May 08, 2020, at 05:26 pm
New Delhi/IBNS:The Supreme Court has observed that the states should consider online sales and home delivery of liquor to maintain the COVID-19 social distancing norms which were violated in almost all places in the country after liquor shops opened after a gap of more than a month on May 4, said a media report.
Delhi health dept directs all ICMR-approved labs to not send reports without patient information
May 08, 2020, at 03:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi health department has asked all the ICMR approved labs to not to send any report without patient details after repeated warnings from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare over poor collection of data from those who are coming to these labs to get tested for Covid-19, said a media report.
Over 700 Kashmiris reach Srinagar
May 08, 2020, at 03:15 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Over 700 Kashmiris, who were stranded in different parts of the country due to lockdown amid COVID-19 breakout, have reached the summer capital, taking the total number of returnees to 1300 during the last 48 hours.
22 migrant labourers flee quarantine centre in Chhattisgarh
May 08, 2020, at 02:59 pm
Raipur/ IBNS: At least 22 migrant labourers, who had returned from Telangana, ran away from a quarantine centre in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday, said a media report.
Is Mamata Banerjee going for an image makeover over Covid-19 flak?
May 08, 2020, at 01:41 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the state's chief secretary Rajiva Sinha, who were at the forefront in handling the Covid-19 situation since day one, are missing from daily bulletins now, prompting political observers to infer that the under-attack Trinamool Congress (TMC) government is going for an image makeover.
Arvind Kejriwal express grief over Aurangabad rail accident
May 08, 2020, at 01:28 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday expressed grief over the tragic accident in Maharashtra's Aurangabad, where 14 migrant labourers were mowed down by a freight train.