Centre will allow relaxations to Coronavirus lockdown in many districts from May 4: MHA
New Delhi/IBNS: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday informed that the countrywide lockdown to combat Coronavirus has been effective in improving the situation in India and that new guideline from May 4 will provide 'considerable relaxations' to many districts.
Narendra Modi Govt should withdraw decision on DA: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow/UNI: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said that the decision to stop the increase in dearness allowance (DA) which was given to the government employees and pensioners should be immediately withdrawn.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the Ministry of Home Affairs' decision to send two Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCT) to her state was done without prior intimation and therefore was a breach of protocol.
Follow lockdown measures strictly: Centre to States, UTs; Kerala named for 'violating'
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Monday asked all states and union territories to follow its anti-COVID-19 lockdown guidelines "strictly" besides calling out Kerala for "violating" the same by granting extra relaxations post Apr 20.
Centre asks states to track Rohingya refugees over COVID-19 concerns
New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Home Ministery has directed all state government to trace and screen all the Rohingya Muslim refugees over concerns that they may have come in contact with members of the Islamic missionary group Tablighi Jamaat, which emerged as a hotspot of Coronavirus outbreak in India, media reports said.
COVID-19 crisis: Mamata Banerjee writes to Centre seeking sanction of Rs. 25000 cr for her state
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wrote to the Centre urging the latter to sanction Rs. 25000 crores grant for her government to cope up with the economic crisis as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak in the entire country including the eastern state.
Chidambaram mocks Centre, says shocking that promised COVID Economic Task Force not set up
New Delhi/UNI: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday lashed out at the Union government and said that four days post Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement, the COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force under Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has not been set up.
If Omar Abdullah to be released, it should be done immediately: Supreme Court tells Centre
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Wednesday told the Centre that if former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is to be released then the government must do it immediately, days after National Conference (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah was freed from detention, media reports said.
Centre's ban imposed on Malayalam news channels for covering Delhi riots lifted
New Delhi/UNI: The Central government on Saturday lifted the 48-hour ban imposed on Friday on two Malayalam news channels for reportage that could "enhance communal disharmony" across the country, sources said.
India 'slid rapidly' from development model to strife-hit state in economic despair: Manmohan Singh
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid massive unrest and economic slowdown in the country, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the current situation is grim and that India has 'slid rapidly from being a model of economic development to a strife-ridden majoritarian state in economic despair.'
J&K administration lifts off internet ban in Kashmir after 7 months, allows social media access
Srinagar/IBNS: The administration has finally decided to lift off the ban on broadband internet services in the Kashmir Valley after seven months while providing access to social media as well.
Mamata Banerjee blames BJP's 'vendetta politics' for Tapas Pal's death
Kolkata/IBNS: Hitting out at the country's ruling dispensation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s "vendetta politics" for the death of actor-turned politician Tapas Pal.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday came down hard upon the union government for not following the 2010 Delhi High Court order granting permanent commission to women Army officers, calling the move as "sex stereotypes", media reports said.
Nirbhaya gangrape case: Supreme Court defers hearing on separate hangings till Friday
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Thursday postponed hearing of the Centre and the Delhi government's plea seeking separate execution of the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case convicts to Friday.
Centre issues bid document to sell 100 per cent stake of Air India
New Delhi/UNI: The central government on Monday issued a bid document to sell 100 per cent stakes of Air India (AI).