23:41
The head of the World Health Organisation on Friday warned young people they were not invincible against the coronavirus pandemic, and said their self-restraint could save the lives of older people. Today I have a message for young people: you are not invincible. This virus could put...
23:13
Italy reported a record 627 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, taking its overall toll past 4,000 as the pandemic gathered pace despite government efforts to halt its spread.The total number of deaths was 4,032, with the number of infections reaching 47,021. Italys previous one-day record...
22:54
A family of four which fled home quarantine in Nashik in Maharashtra have been apprehended and placed in isolation, Collector Suraj Mandhare said on Friday. The family, living in Pathardi Phata area, had returned from Australia on March 11 and had gone to Igatpuri in the district on March...
22:34
Ride-hailing platforms Ola and Uber have suspended shared rides temporarily in an effort to curb spread of coronavirus that has killed over 10,000 persons so far globally. In our efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19, we are temporarily suspending the ''Ola Share'' category until further...
22:16
The US and Mexico have agreed to restrict non-essential travel across the common border, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces.
22:04
The first cases of coronavirus were reported in Madhya Pradesh on Friday.Four persons from Jabalpur city in the state tested positive for the virus, said a senior official.These patients included three members of a family which had returned from Dubai recently, Jabalpur collector Bharat Yadav...
21:33
Air India informed its employees on Friday that it is taking various cost-cutting measures, including decreasing allowances for all employees, except cabin crew, by 10 per cent for three months as there is an insurmountable dip in the revenues due to the coronavirus outbreak.These measures have...
21:13
Bodies of the four Nirbhaya gang rape and murder convicts were handed over to their respective families for last rites on Friday after the post-mortem was conducted at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital here, jail officials said. Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and...
20:46
Hours after the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh fell, BJP leader and frontrunner for the CM's post, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, cancelled a dinnerof the saffron party's legislators on Friday night due to the coronavirus outbreak.Sources said Chouhan's dinner was to garner support for his claim...
20:37
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to take action against singer Kanika Kapoor, who hid her travel history and attended a party after coming from London. She has tested positive for coronavirus.Kanika Kapoor has become the first Bollywood celebrity to test positive for coronavirus.There...
20:25
No passenger train will originate from any railway station in the country from midnight to 10 pm on Sunday in view of the 'Janta curfew' announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources said on Friday.The sources also told PTI that mail and express trains will also stop services from 4 am on...
20:15
The Ministry of Human Resource Development advised states on Friday to provide mid-day meals or food security allowance to students till schools are closed due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.As the country is passing through difficult times of corona outbreak, the states and union territories...
19:42
Five foreign nationals, who were under observation in Kochi, have tested positive for coronavirus, Kerala Agriculture minister V S Sunil Kumar said on Friday.They belonged to a group of foreign tourists which included a United Kingdom national who had tested positive for the virus on March 15,...
18:52
The Madhya Pradesh Assembly was adjourned sine die after Kamal Nath stepped down as the state chief minister on Friday.Nath tendered his resignation to Governor Lalji Tandon around 1 pm, who accepted it, but asked him to continue as the caretaker chief minister until the next government is...
18:29
The Centre has decided to extend till April 15 the regular visa and e-visa of those foreigners who are currently in India and unable to leave the country due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.According to a Union Home Ministry notification, a number of foreign nationals are in the country since...
18:25
The Centre has decided to extend till April 15 the regular visa and e-visa of those foreigners who are currently in India and unable to leave the country due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.According to a Union Home Ministry notification, a number of foreign nationals are in the country since...
17:47
A total of 223 people have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus in India so far, including 32 foreigners, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on FridayA total of 223 positive cases have been reported in the country so far. More than 6,700 contacts of them are being...
17:44
A group of 25 people gathered in front of a company on GB Road in Thane were booked for violating prohibitory orders imposed in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak, police said on Friday.The group, which included women, picked up an argument with police and some of them also yelled at...
17:27
None of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case put up any resistance when they were being taken to the gallows on Friday but Vinay Sharma broke down, a Tihar jail official said. The convicts also did not show any signs of anxiety on the night before their execution and skipped breakfast on...
17:19
TMC MP Derek O'Brien in self-quarantine. He was sitting beside BJP MP Dushyant Singh who attended singer Kanika's Kapoor's party. Kapoor has tested positive for the coronavirus.
17:14
The government on Friday refuted rumours about a complete lockdown of the country amid COVID-19 fears. According to the Press Information Bureau, an audio clip of a fake phone conversation between two individuals discussing the complete lockdown of the country is being shared widely on...
17:01
The production of Rafale fighter jets for India at the Dassault Aviation facility has been stopped till March 31 in view of the French government's precautionary measures to contain coronavirus spread, Indian Air Force (IAF) sources told ANI on Friday, adding that this will have no effect on the...
16:56
The women protesters in Shaheen Bagh will continue with their protest on Sunday, the day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged people to remain inside their houses under a self-imposed curfew. The women have been blocking a side of a road connecting southeast Delhi to Noida since...
16:51
Former Star India CEO Peter Mukerjea is all set to get bail after four years in Arthur Road jail, Mumbai. The six-week stay on the Bombay High Court order granting bail to Mukerjea ended, paving the way for his release. Mukerjea was arrested in 2015 in the Sheena Bora murder case.
16:48
Bodies of the four Nirbhaya gang rape and murder convicts were handed over to their respective families for last rites on Friday after the post-mortem was conducted at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital in Delhi, jail officials said. Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and...
16:43
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made a proposal to stay indoors and urged everybody to work together in fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic. The chief minister made a slew of announcements, including the creation of a state emergency relief...
16:41
So Parliament may be suspended after all after news comes in that BJP MP Dushyant Singh and his mother, former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje, are in self-quarantine. Raje said, While in Lucknow, I attended a dinner with my son Dushyant and his in-laws. Kanika, who has unfortunately tested...
16:20
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi met 38 MPs who are doctors and urged them to spread awareness in their constituencies on the novel coronavirus pandemic. The MPs were from across political parties and from both the Houses of Parliament. Joshi requested them to help in spreading...
15:40
India's effort to combat the coronavirus outbreak cannot be compared with China as the latter has a military system which can force people into social distancing, Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said on Friday. The Indian government has called for Janata curfew on March 22,...
15:25
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said democracy was blatantly killed in Madhya Pradesh with the fall of the Kamal Nath-led state government in Bhopal. He said dismantling a democratically elected government for lust of power has become a habit of the BJP. What we have...
15:21
Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor, arrested in a money laundering case, is easily susceptible to getting infected by the coronavirus in prison, his lawyer told a court in Mumbai on Friday. Kapoor, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)...
15:13
The All India Football Federation on Friday condoled the death of former India captain,coach and Technical Director Pradip Kumar Banerjee, who was fondly referred to as PK Banerjee by his vast legion of fans. Banerjee breathed his last at a private hospital in Kolkata after a prolonged illness....
15:10
Stock exchanges, clearing corporations, depositories, stock brokers and sebi registered participants operating through these institutions will be exempted from the work from home mandated by the Maharashtra government.
15:09
Photographer (he of the Kingfisher calendars fame) and film producer (Neerja, Tumhari Sulu) Atul Kasbekar, shared this image of blue skies in Mumbai as work from home and therefore fewer vehicles on the road ensure a less polluted city. Kasbekar tweeted: Look outside... The air...
14:59
In Delhi: All malls in the national capital will be closed in view of the COVID-19 threat but grocery and pharmacy stores in them are exempt, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday. In view of the prevailing situation, we are closing down all malls (except grocery, pharmacy and...
14:55
Traders across India will keep their establishments shut on Sunday in response to the Prime Minister's call for a self-imposed 'Janata Curfew', traders' body CAIT said on Friday.On the clarion call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 7 crore traders across the country will down their shutters on...
14:45
Update on the lockdown in Maharashtra cities. Amid growing concern over spread of coronavirus, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Friday that all workplaces in major cities in Maharashtra, including Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Pimpri Chinchwad, will remain closed till March 31. Here's a...
14:10
Amid growing concern over the spread of coronavirus, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Friday that all workplaces in major cities in Maharashtra, including Mumbai and Pune, will remain closed till March 31. This will be applicable in Mumbai, MMR Region, Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and Nagpur,...
13:32
The coronavirus crisis is crushing global GDP growth, according to Fitch Ratings latest quarterly Global Economic Outlook.The level of world GDP is falling. For all intents and purposes we are in global recession territory, said Brian Coulton, Chief Economist at Fitch Ratings.We have nearly...
13:28
The Delhi government on Friday advised all private-sector employers to allow their employees to work from home till Mar 31, in a bid to counter COVID-19. The state government advised all multinational companies, IT firms, industries, corporate offices situated in the national capital to allow...
13:26
Sri Lankan has imposed a nationwide curfew from Friday until Monday to combat the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 9,000 lives globally, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office has announced. The curfew announcement comes a day after the country's Election Commission...
13:08
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said coronavirus infections have not reached the community level and asserted the government is trying to use good information in the best manner to deal with the situation. We are in touch with everything going on the research front, he said. The...
12:53
The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to entertain stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra's plea challenging the flying ban imposed on him by Indigo, Vistara and other airlines for heckling journalist Arnab Goswami on board a flight. Justice Naveen Chawla disapproved of Kamra's behaviour on flight...
12:51
Amid the political turmoil in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Friday announced that he would submit his resignation to Governor Lalji Tandon. The announcement came a day after the Supreme Court ordered the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker to conduct a floor test by 5 pm on Friday....
12:29
Death penalty is never the solution towards ending violence against women, rights group Amnesty International India said on Friday, calling the execution of the four Nirbhaya case convicts a dark stain on India's human rights record. The four men -- Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay...
12:24
In wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, over 50 per cent of Indian companies see an impact on their operations and nearly 80 per cent have witnessed a decline in cash flows, says a survey. The pandemic has presented fresh challenges for the country's economy, causing severe disruptive...
12:17
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday hailed the execution of Nirbhaya-gangrape convicts and remarked that justice was delayed but has finally been delivered. This is a message to all those who think they can commit crimes against women and escape the law, Irani told media persons.I have seen the...
12:13
An official of South Western Railway has been suspended for hiding her son, who returned from Germany and later tested positive for coronavirus, at a railway guest house in Bengaluru, officials said on Friday. She not only failed to inform authorities about her son's return from Germany but...
11:57
Congress MLAs arrive at the residence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, ahead of floor test in the Assembly today.
11:43
As the seven-year-old Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case comes to a close with the execution of four convicts, the matter has sparked another debate over the nature of law dealing with such cases. According to several lawyers, the law is both corrective and retributive but swift justice is also...
11:38
One of the convicts of the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, Mukesh Singh, wished to donate his organs and had given it in writing to the authorities, sources in Tihar Jail said on Friday.All four convicts in the case -- Akshay Singh Thakur, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma, and Mukesh Singh --...
11:25
In welcome news, with the government finally seeing sense in social distancing amid COVID-19, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad has cancelled the Shobha Yatras and rath yatras it had planned to celebrate on the first Ram Navami post-Ramjanmbhoomi verdict. The decision has been necessitated by the health...
11:20
Three more persons were found positive for coronavirus infection in Maharashtra, taking the number of such cases in the state to 52, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Friday. Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Tope said these new cases were detected in Mumbai, Pune and...
11:10
After the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case were hanged in Tihar jail on Friday morning, BJP MP and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir said it was late, but it finally happened. Taking to Twitter he wrote, Hanged till death! Finally! I know we are late Nirbhaya. #NirbhayaJustice.The...
10:48
In the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kerala government has announced a package of Rs 20,000 crore to tide over the present crisis.A break-up of what CM Pinarayi Vijayan said during a press conference yesterday:-- In the next two months, families who come under the Kudumbasree schemes...
10:32
The execution of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case will send a strong message to the society that criminals will not be spared and will be brought to justice, said ACP Rajender Singh, who was a part of the team probing the case.All four death row convicts - Akshay Singh...
10:25
The Shiv Sena on Friday said that on the one hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeals to the public to practice social distancing in view of coronavirus outbreak, while on the other he allows Parliament to function for political reasons. Modi, in a televised address to the country on Thursday,...
10:21
With 26 more people testing positive for coronavirus, the total number of Covid-19 cases in India has now climbed up to 195, union health ministry said on Friday morning.The total number of active COVID-19 cases across India is 171 with the fourth death due to the infection being recorded in the...
10:10
During the seven years of incarceration, Nirbhaya convict Vinay Sharma received 11 punishments for not following rules. The other convicts Pawan Gupta got 8, Akshay Singh Thakur got 1 and Mukesh Singh, 3.During their term in prison, they had also earned labour wages. Vinay got Rs 39,000, Pawan...
10:01
The US has seen a significant spike in coronavirus cases with the number of fatalities surging past 200 and the total confirmed infections crossing 14,000, pushing health care officials and political leaders to step up efforts to contain the fast-spreading pandemic. According to Worldometer,...
09:46
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to meet the ministers for Animal Husbandry, Dairy & Fisheries, Civil Aviation, MSMEs, and Tourism today, to get feedback and assess the economic impact of COVID19.Image: Workers prepare a quarantine facility amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19, in...
09:41
Fitch cuts India growth forecast to 5.1 pc from 5.6 pc due to coronavirus outbreak: StatementSensex opens 352.50 pts higher at 28,640.73; Nifty jumps 68.65 pts to 8,332.10.Number of coronavirus cases in India rises to 195: Health Ministry data.Image: Wholesale fruits and vegetable market in...
09:24
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that there are plenty of loopholes in the police and the judicial system of the country because of which it took seven years for the justice to be delivered in the Nirbhaya-gang-rape case.Speaking to ANI, Kejriwal said, It took seven years for justice...
09:20
Bodies of the four Nirbhaya convicts who were hanged on Friday morning at Tihar Jail have been sent to hospital for a post-mortem, following which it will be handed over to the families, according to an official.After the hanging at 5:30 am today, the bodies were taken from Tihar Jail to Deen...
09:16
Number of coronavirus cases in India rises to 195: Health Ministry data
09:12
Investigating officers of the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case on Friday called the hanging of the four convicts a ''real tribute'' to the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern who was savagely brutalised in an empty moving bus in a South Delhi neighbourhood. Pramod Singh Kushwaha, then...
08:05
Amid a political crisis in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Kamal Nath is set to address the media on Friday.As per the Supreme Court's order, the floor test has been mentioned in Madhya Pradesh Assembly's list of business for today at 2 pm. Supreme Court had on Thursday ordered a floor test...
07:43
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Friday said the hanging of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case was the victory of the country. This is the victory of whole country. We have to now create a strong system, she said in a tweet.The four convicts ---...
07:17
Figures released in China on Friday morning say that the country has gone a second successive day without recording any new locally transmitted cases.However, China had 39 new confirmed cases on Thursday, the countrys health commission said, all of which were imported, Reuters reports.Of the new...
07:11
The four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case did not express any last wishes before being hanged this morning, the director general of Tihar Jail, where the executions took place, has said.Doctor declared all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case dead after they were hanged at...
06:50
The Cannes Film Festival will not be held from May 12-23, as scheduled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and may be postponed until the end of June, the organisers said.France has registered 10,995 COVID-19 cases so far. The death toll has reached 243. At this time of global health crisis, our...
06:32
The four convicts -- Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Pawan -- were up all night in separate cells and had not prepared any will or testament before their death.Meanwhile, people outside Tihar jail have begun celebrating by exchanging sweets among one another.
06:17
A few minutes ago, the bodies of the four Nirbhaya convicts were lowered and checked by a doctor. As per protocol, bodies of convicts who are executed are kept hanging for 30 minutes before being lowered. The bodies of the four Nirbhaya convicts have been lowered and checked by a doctor...
06:04
The four men convicted for the brutal 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder were hanged a few minutes ago at Delhi's Tihar Jail. According to protocol, the bodies of the four men will remain hanging for the next 30 minutes after which they will be lowered and examined by a doctor. The...
06:01
The four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case were hanged to death at 5:30 am in Delhi's Tihar jail on Friday, bringing the curtains down on the drama surrounding the execution that saw the death warrants cancelled thrice on various grounds over the last two-and-a-half...
05:37
The four men convicted for the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman who came to be called Nirbhaya have been executed. The four -- - Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Singh (31) -- were hanged this morning at Delhi's Tihar Jail.Paramilitary...
05:18
Before the scheduled hanging, the Supreme Court in a pre-dawn hearing on Friday brought down the curtain on the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case by dismissing a plea of one of the four death row convicts against rejection of his second mercy plea by President Ram Nath Kovind.A bench comprising...
00:11
The Trinamool Congress on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on combating coronavirus had a hidden Hindutva agenda and claimed that he failed to give any direction on how to tackle the pandemic.The remark was made by Mamata Banerjee's cabinet minister...
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