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The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce verdict on Tuesday on plea by Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, seeking to quash multiple first information reports lodged against him in various states over his alleged defamatory statements against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in a news show...
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Maharashtra recorded 2,033 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 35,058 on Monday, said the health department.This was the second consecutive day when the state has reported more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases, said a health department official.Also, 51 fresh deaths took the toll in the state...
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In a major relief to people affected due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, the Gujarat government on Monday announced several relaxations, including opening of markets and shops in non-containment zones, from Tuesday. While there will be no relaxations in containment zones, shops and offices...
21:51
India took all the necessary steps well in time to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Health minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday, asserting that the country has done well in dealing with the disease till now and is confident of doing better in months to come.Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
21:00
Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha sat on a dharna at the Rajghat in New Delhi on Monday, demanding that the armed forces be deployed to help migrant workers reach their homes.Sinha was joined by Aam Aadmi Party leaders Sanjay Singh and Dilip Pandey who demanded proper arrangements for moving...
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The Centre on Monday asked 50 per cent of its junior employees, below the level of deputy secretary, to join work in office, according to an official communique.Due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown, only 33 per cent of such employees were asked to attend office till now.For regulating the...
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'Amphan', categorised as a super cyclone, is expected to make landfall on May 20 and it is being taken seriously as this is only the second time that such a severe cyclone will hit India after 1999, National Disaster Response Force chief S N Pradhan said on Monday.Pradhan said 'Amphan' will be an...
20:01
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's wife Aaliya Siddiqui has sent a legal notice to the actor claiming maintenance and divorce.The notice was sent to the Sacred Games star on May 7 through email and WhatsApp due to the unavailability of speed post amid the coronavirus pandemic, lawyer for Aaliya...
19:32
'Amphan' to make landfall on West Bengal coast on May 20 evening as extremely severe cyclonic storm with wind speeds up to 195 kmph, says the government.The cyclone will cause heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in coastal districts of West Bengal. East Medinipur, South and North 24 Parganas,...
19:13
Ayurvedic herb Ashwagandha can be an effective therapeutic and preventive drug against the COVID-19 infection, a collaborative research by IIT-Delhi and Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology has found. The natural compounds from Ashwagandha and Propolis...
19:08
Revising its strategy for COVID-19 testing, the Indian Council of Medical Research said on Monday that returnees and migrants who show symptoms for influenza-like illness will be tested for coronavirus infection within seven days of ailment and stressed that no emergency clinical procedure,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday chaired a high-level meeting to review the response preparedness against cyclone Amphan, developing in the Bay of Bengal. The prime minister took full stock of the situation and reviewed the measures as well as the evacuation plan presented by the...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday for his U-turn on the MGNREGA scheme, and thanked him for understanding its vision and allocating an additional budget of Rs 40,000 crore for it. The prime minister has approved an additional budget of Rs...
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Shops can reopen in Delhi and buses, autos and taxis can run with limited passengers, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said today, adding that the lockdown would be extended till May 31. Here is What's allowed, what isn't: - Taxis with 2 passengers, auto rickshaw and e-rickshaw with 1...
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Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui on Monday said he travelled to his hometown Budhana, Uttar Pradesh, with his family members as his mother wasn't keeping well and followed the necessary guidelines set by the state government. Nawazuddin, along with his family members, reached his hometown on May...
17:24
The Kerala government on Monday decidedto allow public transport in a restricted manner withan increased travel fare to compensate the shortage of passengers due to implementation of social distancing norms in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Transport Minister A K Saseendran said initially...
17:11
Cyclone 'Amphan' intensified into a super cyclonic storm on Monday and is likely to move across the northeast Bay of Bengal, and cross the West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts between Digha and the Hatia island on May 20, the IMD said.Amphan (pronounced UM-PN) had turned into an extremely severe...
16:42
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday for his U-turn on the MGNREGA scheme, and thanked him for understanding its vision and allocating an additional budget of Rs 40,000 crore for it. The prime minister has approved an additional budget of Rs...
16:39
Karnataka has reported its biggest ever spike with 84 new COVID-19 positive cases, taking the total number of infections to 1,231, the health department said on Monday. With 37 deaths and 521 discharges, there are 672 active corona cases in the state, the department said in its mid-day...
16:32
The bus-services within a district excluding corona hotspots will be resumed in Kerala during Lockdown 4.0, said Transport Minister AK Saseendran on Monday.Kerala government has decided to resume bus services in the areas excluding COVID-19 hotspots during the lockdown. However, inter-state and...
16:25
A boy rests on his bags as he waits to board a bus.
Awanish Awasthi, UP Additional Chief Secretary (Home) writes to Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accepting her proposal to deploy 1000 buses for migrants. He has sought details of the 1000 buses and drivers without delay.The Congress party has said that it has organised around a 1000 private...
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Heavy rains accompanied by lightning and thunder lashed the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Monday. The rains that began on Sunday evening came as a relief from the hot weather, but also caused damage in some parts, prompting authorities to issue a yellow alert in...
15:55
Rampukar: The face that shook a nation's conscience
Labourer Rampukar Pandit, whose mournful face became emblematic of the tragedy faced by poor migrants currently, has been shifted to a hospital in Begusarai, Bihar, where he met his wife and nine-year-old daughter from a distance. The 38-year-old man, who recently reached Bihar by a Shramik...
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Two trucks carrying 95 migrants illegally from Maharashtra were seized in Rishikesh over the last two days. One truck with 33 migrants from Pune was seized near Saptrishi barrier of Raiwala on Sunday while another carrying 62 migrants from Nasik was seized by police in Muni ki Reti police...
15:32
A total of 395 cases have been registered by Maharashtra Cyber till Sunday for spreading rumours, hate speeches and false news on social media amid the lockdown for the novel coronavirus outbreak, an official said. He said 169 cases were registered in connection with content on WhatsApp, 154 on...
15:15
The Bharatiya Janata Party has shelved whatever plans it had to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi winning a second term, on May 30, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. However, BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda is expected to issue a...
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for not making proper arrangements to transport the migrant workers to their homes in Uttar Pradesh and said that if buses were arranged a month ago, the labourers would not have suffered.A large number of...
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The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board is in the process of formulating SoPs that will be followed once pilgrimage to the cave shrine in Trikuta hills of Jammu and Kashmir resumes. The yatra will resume only when directions from the Union Home ministry are issued. The pilgrimage to the...
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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray called on Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan today. The Governor congratulated the CM on his election as a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council. With the CM were his wife, Rashmi, and son, Aaditya.
14:43
As many as 92 healthcare workers, including medicos and non-medicos, at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last two months. A faculty from the orthopedic division is the latest to be found to have contracted the infection, after which about 10...
14:37
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Anand Rathi, the online stock trading and advisory firm, has released its analyses of tranches 3, 4 and 5 of the economic stimulus Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced over the weekend. You can read them here, here and here.
14:34
The Central Board for Secondary Education on Monday released the much awaited datesheet for Class 12 board examinations for the remaining papers and for the re-scheduled board examinations for Class 10.Class 12 Physics exam has been slated for July 3 (North-East Delhi), Accountancy on July 4...
13:57
Easing COVID-19 induced lockdown norms further, the Karnataka government on Monday allowed buses of all the four state transport corporations to operate, except in red and containment zones, from tomorrow. Private buses have also been permitted to run their services, Chief Minister B S...
13:53
The West Bengal government will on Monday evening come out with a notification on the modalities of the fourth phase of the lockdown in the state, a top official said. The Centre on Sunday extended the coronavirus lockdown for two more weeks till May 31, with the fourth phase providing more...
13:41
A man, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to a hospital last week, was found dead at a bus stand in Gujarat's Ahmedabad. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has ordered an inquiry into the incident.The body of the 67-year-old man was found at the Danilimda BRTS bus stand...
13:39
The Punjab government has granted permission to operate taxi and cab aggregators and allow salons and barber shops to open under the revised guidelines as part of the fourth phase of lockdown.In a big relief to the salon owners and barbers, following the Union Ministry of Home Affairs'...
13:28
The Congress on Monday said the fiscal stimulus package announced by the government is hopelessly inadequate given the gravity of the economic crisis as it amounts to only Rs 1.86 crore, which is 0.91 per cent of the GDP. The party sought a revised and comprehensive package of 10 per cent of...
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The Tamil Nadu government said on Monday the state will not face the impact of cyclone 'Amphan' but it was constantly monitoring the situation along with the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Revenue Minister R B Udhayakumar said satellite images of the storm have been released. It...
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The home ministry has said no state or Union Territory will dilute the guidelines issued for the nationwide lockdown that will continue till May 31. In a communication to the chief secretaries of the states and Union territories, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said the guidelines for the...
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Migrant workers assemble to go home to Bengal
A number of Maharashtra districts have expressed concern over the state Home departments decision to issue travel passes to those who wish to return home during lockdown, saying the influx in rural areas from cities could spread COVID-19 if guidelines are not followed. Administrations of...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a high-level meeting Monday afternoon to review the situation arising out of cyclone 'Amphan', which is likely to hit the eastern coast. Union Minister Amit Shah said the Prime Minister's meeting with the Ministry of Home Affairs and the National Disaster...
12:33
The coronavirus death toll in Delhi mounted to 160, while the total number of COVID-19 cases in the national capital crossed the 10,000-mark on Monday, authorities said. As many as 299 fresh cases were recorded while the total number of active cases stood at 5,409.In a bulletin issued...
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Chicken and meat shops, stationery shops, dairy, bakeries, sweet shops and photostat shops open at Khan Market as the fourth phase of the Corona lockdown begins today.
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Cyclonic storm 'Amphan' is likely to intensify into a super cyclone by Monday evening and hit the West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts as a very severe cyclone with a winds peed upto 185 km per hour on Wednesday, the Home Ministry said. In an advisory to West Bengal and Odisha governments, the...
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'Human decency made many people help migrant workers get home, or report on them, or speak for them in court; did this, in decency, seem anti-national? When that the poor have cried, human decency hath wept; perfidy should be made of sterner stuff. Yet, Modi's government doesn't much mention the...
11:25
Migrant workers queue up outside Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai to board the 'Shramik Special' trains for Katihar, Samastipur and ishanganj in Bihar.
10:56
In a novel gesture, a 30-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, who saved Rs 2 lakh for his marriage but postponed the ceremony due to the lockdown, is now using the money to feed migrant labourers and those in distress on Pune streets. Akshay Kothawale is not just stopping at that, but also helping...
10:05
Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his family members were placed under home quarantine after they reached Budhana town in Muzaffarnagar from Mumbai, police said on Monday. Siddiqui, along with his family members, reached his hometown on Saturday after getting necessary permission for...
10:01
Tamil Nadu: Around 50 boats of fishermen damaged in Rameswaram following the thunderstorm and rainfall which hit parts of the state last night. A 'Very Severe Cyclonic Storm AMPHAN' is expected over central parts of South Bay of Bengal moved north-northeastwards during past six hours. It has...
09:35
As India enters the 4th phase in lockdown, there's been no drop in Covid infection figues. The country recorded its highest ever spike of 5242 COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours with 157 death reported in as many hours. The total number of positive cases in India is now at 96,169, including 56,316...
09:29
The Delhi Government has issued a revised order for disposal of bodies of COVID-19 patients or coronavirus suspected persons. No sample for COVID-19 test will be taken of the body. However, if doctors are satisfied with the clinical examination that the cause of death may be COVID-19 infection,...
08:52
In a bid to allay fears of the OCI card holders over the temporary suspension of their long-term visas, India's Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan has said the government will soon take an appropriate decision. He also invited members of the Indian diaspora to invest in the...
08:48
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has written to Chief Secretaries of all states and Union Territories, asking them to ensure compliance of new guidelines issued for the extended lockdown till May 31 and also reiterated not to dilute the guidelines.I would urge you to ensure compliance of the new...
08:39
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and 8 other newly elected MLCs will take oath as Members of Legislative Council today at 1 pm.
08:38
The United States this week will deport 161 Indian nationals, most of whom had entered the country from its southern border with Mexico and have exhausted all legal options. A special chartered flight will take them to Punjab's Amritsar. Among those on the list to be deported, the maximum...
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US President Donald Trump on Sunday called his predecessor Barak Obama a 'grossly incompetent president'. The Trump's reaction came after Obama on Saturday criticised the US authorities' response to the coronavirus outbreak. He (Obama) was an incompetent president. That's all I can say....
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US President Donald Trump said that there is a significant decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases across the United States.The number of Coronavirus cases is strongly trending downward throughout the United States, with few exceptions. Very good news, indeed! Trump wrote on Twitter. A...
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Office of the Special Relief Commissioner Odisha said that concerned government departments and 12 coastal and adjoining districts have been alerted and advised to undertake required measures in the backdrop impending danger from cyclone Amphan.Concerned departments of the government and 12...
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