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Days after issuing the domicile rules, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday made domicile status certificate an eligibility condition for admission to educational institutions in the union territory.It said in a circular that the requirement of Permanent Resident Certificate wherever...
23:01
The decisions taken by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday were focused on welfare of migrant workers, senior citizens, easier availability of credit and harnessing opportunities in the fisheries sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.'During today's Cabinet meeting, important decisions were...
23:01
The decisions taken by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday were focused on welfare of migrant workers, senior citizens, easier availability of credit and harnessing opportunities in the fisheries sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.'During today's Cabinet meeting, important decisions were...
22:27
JUST IN: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) deletes 'domestic air travel of passengers' from the list of prohibited activities in lockdown guidelines. -- ANI
22:05
Maharashtra recorded 2,250 new coronavirus patients on Wednesday, taking the tally of cases in the state to 39,297.With 65 COVID-19 patients dying, 41 of them in Mumbai, the death toll in the state stood at 1,390, said the health department.This was the fourth consecutive day when the state...
21:43
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said the ban on door-to-door delivery of newspapers was a temporary step and a decision regarding revoking it will be taken after evaluating the prevailing coronavirus situation.Thackeray, who held a meeting with newspaper distributors,...
21:41
The Railways is set to resume intrastate services as it approved commencement of two trains in Karnataka from May 22, the South Western Railways said on Wednesday.The two special trains are the Bengaluru -- Hubli -- Belagavi and Mysore-Bengaluru Special Express train, according to an order issued...
21:38
Despite the COVID-19 lockdown, devotees of Lord Venkateswara at the famous hill shrine of Tirunala will soon be able to receive the sacred 'laddu prasadams' at subsidised prices in Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad and all district headquarters in Andhra Pradesh, a top TTD functionary said in...
20:59
After electrifying the nation with his tweet today that domestic passenger flights will resume from May 25 in a limited manner, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri will release the standard operating procedures for passengers and flight operators at 3 pm on Thursday. Insiders...
20:26
Chhattisgarh's new Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, which will be launched on Thursday, will benefit 19 lakh farmers and help increase the area under cultivation, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said.He said the aim of the scheme is to help farmers earn more and bring more area under cultivation...
20:11
A 60-year-old woman legislator of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Punjab province died of COVID-19 on Wednesday, making her the first lawmaker in the country to succumb to the virus that has killed over 900 others in Pakistan.Shaheen Raza, 60, was admitted to the Mayo hospital in...
19:36
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is monitoring the implementation of the lockdown 4.0, under which only a limited number of public activities have been prohibited till May 31, in coordination with state governments to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country, an official said...
19:35
The Uttar Pradesh Police Wednesday filed a case against Haryana Congress leader Pankaj Punia for allegedly 'hurting religious feelings' and making 'situation explosive' through a social media post, officials said.A first information report has been registered against Punia, also a member of the...
18:52
Buses arranged by the Congress for the migrant workers started turning back from the Rajasthan-Uttar Pradesh border on Wednesday, a police official said. The buses are returning now after the Uttar Pradesh government denied entry, said Sarvan Pathak, the in-charge of the Chiksana police station...
18:19
JUST IN: Terrorists attacked a Border Security Force (BSF) party at Pandach, Srinagar.Two BSF personnel who were injured in the attack have succumbed.Reports received that two weapons also been lifted, the BSF said.Details to follow. -- ANI
17:52
The Congress on Wednesday accused the government of implementing the countrywide lockdown in an unplanned manner and also alleged it does not have any exit strategy.Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said this government is synonymous with 'inefficiency, incompetence and insensitivity' and...
17:39
UPDATE: This is the protocol for air travel for the next six months:Web check-in is a must, and take a boarding card print out. Wearing mask in flight is compulsory.No stamping of boarding card by CISF.Reach airport three hours before flight departure.For the first time, passengers can take a 350...
17:18
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweets:Domestic civil aviation operations will recommence in a calibrated manner from May 25.All airports and air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from May 25.Standard Operating Procedures for passenger movement also being...
16:42
Update on Amphan: Based on experiences during cyclone FANI, all the teams are equipped with tree cutters/pole cutters for post landfall restoration, if need arises, says SN Pradhan, NDRF chief.More than 5 lakh people have been evacuated in West Bengal and 1,58,640 people in Odisha, he says....
16:36
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, UP Congress general secretary says in a video presser that at 4 pm, 24 hours have gone my since the buses were made available. If you want to use it, do it. Give us permission. If you want to use BJP party flags and stickers on buses then do it. If you want to say that you...
16:27
President Donald Trump has said it is a badge of honour for America to lead the world with 1.5 million confirmed coronavirus cases since it means the US is testing more people for the disease that has killed over 300,000 people across the world. The US has 1.5 million confirmed coronavirus...
16:24
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved additional funding of up to Rs 3 lakh crore at a concessional rate of 9.25 per cent through the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) for the MSME sector hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. The ECLGS was the second-biggest component of Rs 21...
16:21
Cyclone Amphan currently entering West Bengal coast near Sunderbans: IMD DG.
16:14
The MHA has granted exemption from lockdown to conduct board examination for classes 10 and 12, Home Minister Amit Shah has said. Taking into consideration the academic interest of large number of students, it has been decided to grant exemption from the lockdown measures to conduct Board...
16:08
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday gave ex post facto approval to a law on specified domicile criterion for employment in the public sector in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its ex post facto approval for the Jammu &...
15:49
The landfall process of cyclone 'Amphan' commenced at 2.30 pm on Wednesday between Digha in West Bengal and Hatiya island in Bangladesh, the Met department said. The landfall process will continue for about four hours, it said. The forward sector of the wall cloud region is entering into land...
15:36
Rebel Congress MLA Aditi Singh
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma on Wednesday lashed out at Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over the issue of buses arranged by the Congress for stranded migrant workers, saying it is for a political stunt. He further claimed that the condition of the buses...
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Poor healthcare facilities in Pakistan were once again exposed when authorities at Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zaid Combined Military Hospital in Muzaffarabad complained of receiving personal protective equipment (PPEs) which were already used, with some of them stained with betel leaf. A tweet...
14:34
The annual two-month monsoon trawling ban along the Karnataka coast will come into force from June 1, as per the notification issued under the Karnataka Marine Fishing (regulation) Act. All fishing activities with mechanised and traditional boats using inboard or outboard engines of over...
14:32
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A 40-year-old farm labourer died of hunger and dehydration while walking to his native place in Maharashtra's Parbhani district from Pune, police said on Wednesday. Pintu Pawar was found dead on Monday at Dhanora village in Beed district, located about 200 km from his native place, Ambhora...
14:21
Nurse Cristella said they were often spat on
In a shameful incident, 185 nurses were forced to quit their jobs from hospitals in Kolkata and have returned to Imphal because of social discrimination. Cristella, a nurse says, We're not happy that we left our duties, but we faced discrimination, racism and people sometimes spat on us. There...
14:14
The Dalai Lama Trust has donated 200 personal protection equipment kits, 200 hand sanitisers (500 ml), 5,000 face masks and 300 gloves to Himachal Pradesh's Kangra Police to help them in the fight against coronavirus, a senior official said. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Kangra SP Vimukt...
14:10
Food shops open for online delivery in Ludhiana. Vipin Sharma, a samosa shop owner says, We have some relief that we will be able to meet few expenses due to this. But we only have 20% work as compared to earlier days. Only online delivery is allowed.
13:49
Cab aggregator Ola is laying off 1,400 staff from rides, financial services and food business as revenues declined by 95 per cent in the last two months due to coronavirus pandemic, a note by CEO Bhavish Aggarwal said. In an email to employees, Aggarwal made it clear that the prognosis ahead...
13:46
Why has this turned out to be one of the greatest humanitarian crisis that has caught the Centre and the states in a bind with no answers to this unexpected tsunami? asks Brigadier Narender Kumar (retd). Read the column here
13:27
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu was arrested here after he sat on a dharna for grant of permission to the buses arranged by the party to enter the state, police said on Wednesday. Senior party leaders Pradeep Mathur, Vivek Bansal and Manoj Dixit were also arrested, they...
13:23
Uprooted trees at Paradip, Odisha
Cyclone Amphan lay centred about 170 km south of West Bengal's Digha as an extremely severe cyclonic storm over west central Bay of Bengal and is likely to make landfall near Sunderbans between Wednesday afternoon and evening, the MeT department said. Amphan is likely to move north-northeastwards...
13:15
IT company L&T Infotech shares rallied nearly 8 per cent on Wednesday after the firm reported a 12.9 per cent growth in consolidated net profit for the January-March 2020 quarter. Stock of the company jumped 7.71 per cent to Rs 1,798 on BSE. It zoomed 7.77 per cent to Rs 1,800 on NSE....
12:58
The coronavirus pandemic is expected to put over 60 million people into extreme poverty globally, the World Bank has said as it announced emergency operations worth USD 160 billion in 100 developing countries to fight the deadly virus. The pandemic and shutdown of advanced economies could...
12:42
Several auto-rickshaw drivers in Delhi on Wednesday demanded the government to allow them to ferry at least two passengers in one ride during the lockdown. They told ANI that locals, in most times, travel with their family members if they are stepping out of their homes. Most of the...
12:27
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Around 500 personnel of the Kolkata Police Combat Force staged a protest here, alleging that they were being deployed in areas where chances of contracting COVID-19 are high, a senior official said on Wednesday. The policemen demonstrated inside the Police Training School complex on Acharya...
12:19
The stimulus package announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman fails to involve banks in the economic revival process, a member of the Reserve Bank of India's central board said on Wednesday. The stimulus package is imaginative and forward looking, yet fails to involve banks as...
12:10
Mumbai's popular street snacks like 'bhel puri', 'paani puri' and 'vada pav', which used to be relished by people cutting across community and class barriers, have no takers now during the lockdown, throwing street food vendors and roadside stalls out of business. Kanhaiya, who ran a...
12:02
Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have shown that an alternating cycle of 50 days of strict lockdown followed by 30 days of easing can effectively reduce the number of COVID-19-related deaths, and lower admissions to intensive care units in hospitals. Since no effective treatments...
11:47
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Diagnostic machines used for testing drug-resistant tuberculosis can now be used for screening and confirmation of COVID-19 cases, the apex health research body, ICMR, said. As part of its efforts to ramp up the testing capacity, the Indian Council of Medical Research had approved the use...
11:35
A Hizbul Mujahideen militant allegedly involved in the killing of an RSS functionary and his PSO was arrested by the NIA in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, officials said on Wednesday. He was apprehended by the National Investigation Agency from the Hanjala area of the district Tuesday...
11:32
As cyclone Amphan hurtled towards the coast, heavy downpour coupled with high velocity winds pounded coastal Odisha, uprooting trees and flattening fragile structures, officials said on Wednesday. More than 1.25 lakh people have so far been evacuated from low-lying coastal areas and the...
11:09
1,08,121 samples tested for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in India. Total number of samples tested till 9 am today is at 25,12,388: Indian Council of Medical Research. The ICMR has also released revised guidelines for TrueNat, a comprehensive assay for screening and testing for positive...
10:53
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 3,303 and the number of cases climbed to 1,06,750 in the country on Wednesday, registering an increase of 140 deaths and a record spike of 5,611 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. Of the 140 deaths reported since Monday...
10:31
Update on Super Cyclone Amphan. The cyclone lies about 120 km east-southeast of Paradip, Odisha at 8:30 am today. It is expected to cross West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts between Digha (West Bengal) and Hatiya Islands (Bangladesh) close to Sunderbans. Landfall expected near Sunderbans in West...
10:16
The departure of Howrah-New Delhi AC Special Express for Wednesday has been cancelled owing to the super cyclone 'Amphan', the Eastern Railway said here. It said that since the system is most likely to cause heavy rain and storm, the departure of 02301 Howrah-New Delhi AC Special Express on...
10:05
Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 300 points in opening session on Wednesday tracking gains in index-heavyweights ITC, HDFC twins and HUL amid mixed cues from global markets. After rising to 30,524.53, the 30-share index was trading at 217.69 points or 0.72 per cent higher at...
09:57
The number of people who have benefited from the 'Ayushman Bharat' scheme has crossed the one crore-mark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday, noting that the initiative has had a positive impact on several lives. In September 2018, Modi had launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan...
09:51
Scattered remains of jackfruit the farmers were carrying
Six farmers were killed and one injured after the pickup truck in which they were traveling collided with another truck in the Friends Colony area of Etawah on Tuesday night. The farmers were going to the market to sell jackfruit. The injured person has been admitted to Saifai Medical...
09:39
Migrant workers gather in large numbers at Sundarapuram, Coimbatore to collect train passes for today's 'shramik special' trains for Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
09:31
An Indian Coast Guard officer and a female have tested positive for coronavirus in Goa, taking the tally of active COVID-19 cases in the state to 41, a health department official said on Wednesday. The Coast Guard officer was part of an 11-member team that came to Goa from Mumbai, he...
09:19
No good news coming from India. The country has recorded the highest ever spike of 5,611 COVID-19 cases and 140 deaths in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases in the country are now at 1,06,750, including 61,149 active cases and 3,303 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health and Family...
09:06
Amidst global economic recession due to coronavirus, foreign investors have pulled out an estimated USD 26 billion from developing Asian economies and over USD 16 billion out of India, a latest Congressional report has said, increasing concerns of a major economic recession in Asia.The report was...
08:53
The coronavirus pandemic has underscored the need for the United States to move away from its reliance on communist China, Indian American Republican politician Nikki Haley said on Tuesday. While Beijing has abused the free market in order to destroy it, America must harness the free market...
08:50
The new mother on the train
A migrant woman, who was going from Gujarat's Surat to Sitamarhi in Bihar, gave birth to a child on a train on Tuesday. Both the mother and the child are doing well. A doctor, who attended her at the Danapur Railway Station, said, The child was delivered with the help of passengers. We...
08:43
The coronavirus-triggered lockdown has led to a steep fall in global carbon emissions by 17 per cent in early April as compared to 2019 levels with India's emissions dropping by 26 per cent, according to a study. An international study published in the UK-based journal National...
08:16
United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his taking antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a 'line of defence' against coronavirus. I think it's worth it as a line of defence and I'll stay on it for a little while longer. I'm just very curious myself, but...
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As a precautionary measure in the backdrop of 'Amphan' cyclone, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday announced that three Shramik Special trains for West Bengal and Odisha have been cancelled till May 21.These trains were to carry migrant workers to West Bengal and Odisha which are expected to...
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