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The Kolkata and Bagdogra airports in West Bengal will handle domestic services from May 28, senior government officials said on Sunday. A day before resumption of domestic commercial passenger flights across India, states expressed their reluctance to deal with so many incoming...
20:45
China on Sunday accused the United States of pushing the bilateral ties to the brink of a new Cold War by spreading lies about the coronavirus and said it was open to international efforts to identify the source of the deadly virus.Foreign Minister Wang Yi also said the lawsuits filed against...
20:35
President Ram Nath Kovind has asked citizens to reaffirm their belief in sharing with and caring for the most vulnerable sections of society. In his message to fellow citizens on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, he also asked people to resolve to adhere to social distancing norms and all other...
20:25
Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur has exhorted India Inc to take advantage of the recent government initiatives and step up investments to make the country ''Atmanirbhar Bharat''. In these difficult times, local industries should become the flag-bearers in showcasing...
20:19
Automakers like Maruti Suzuki, Honda, Toyota and Tata Motors expect demand for personal vehicles to go up in the country as social distancing and fear associated with COVID-19 veer people away from public transport. The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India expects demand to...
19:32
Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 3,041 COVID-19 cases, the highest daily spike, taking the state tally to 50,231, a health official said.With 58 deaths due to the pandemic reported during the day, the death toll in the state rose to 1635, the official said.This was the eighth consecutive day when...
19:25
Domestic airlines might be resuming services on Monday after being grounded for two months but scores of pilots and first officers seem to be concerned over lack of clarity on quarantine requirements for them. Several cockpit and cabin crew members have moved to their home towns from their...
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Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik today said that the state has agreed to allow 25 take offs and 25 landings every day for domestic flights from Mumbai. This number will be increased gradually. State govt will issue details and guidelines in this regard soon, he said.The statement came hours...
18:24
People are more worried about economic crisis than health issues emanating from coronavirus pandemic, according to an online study conducted by IIM Lucknow on Understanding public sentiment during lockdown. The study -- conducted by Centre for Marketing in Emerging Economies at IIM Lucknow...
17:42
There will be no delay in delivery of 36 Rafale jets to India as the timeline finalised for the supply of the fighter jets will be strictly respected, French ambassador Emmanuel Lenain has said. India had signed an inter-governmental agreement with France in September 2016 for the...
17:26
Former Pakistan opener Taufeeq Umar has tested positive for COVID-19 but said his symptoms are not at all severe. The 38-year-old is the fourth cricketer to be infected with the coronavirus after Majid Haq (Scotland), Zafar Sarfraz (Pakistan) and Solo Nqweni (South Africa). I got...
17:16
With temperatures surpassing the 45 degrees Celsius-mark across several parts in north India, the India Meteorological Department on Sunday issued a red warning for Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Rajasthan for the next two days. The IMD has also issued an orange warning for...
16:40
Low-cost carrier AirAsia India has started bookings for 21 destinations ahead of resumption of domestic flights from Monday. In a release, the airline said it would strictly follow the SOPs (standard operating procedures) and guidelines laid out by the regulatory bodies to enable safe...
16:14
Hyundai Motor India Ltd on Sunday said its three employees at Chennai-based manufacturing plant have tested positive for COVID-19. The second largest carmaker in the country had resumed operations at Irungattukottai-based plant (near Chennai) on May 8.In the first week of our plant...
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Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said he has sought more time from the civil aviation ministry to resume domestic air travel in the state and added that he cannot ensure if lockdown will be over by May 31 as multiplication of virus is picking up.We cannot say that lockdown...
15:36
The health ministry on Sunday issued guidelines for domestic travel, advising passengers to download the Aarogya Setu application on their mobile devices and asking states to ensure thermal screening at departure point of airports, railway stations and bus terminals. Asymptomatic...
14:51
Further easing curbs, the Tamil Nadu government on Sunday allowed 17 industrial estates in Chennai to resumework from tomorrow with conditions, including confining the workforce to 25 per cent and implementing safety measures. The industrial estates situated in non-containment...
14:49
The World Bank has restored Pakistan's budgetary support after four years and approved a policy loan of $500 million to help the cash-strapped country mitigate adverse impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a media report. The World Bank's board of executive directors on...
14:45
The novel coronavirus death toll in Delhi rose to 261 on Sunday, while the number of infections climbed to 13,418 with 508 new cases, the government said. A total of 6,540 patients have recovered, while 6,617 are undergoing treatment, according to a health bulletin. The city has 86...
14:34
India will have an important role to play in the mass production of medicines and vaccines for coronavirus infection once the treatment for the deadly disease is found, French ambassador Emmanuel Lenain has said. Dozens of researchers across the globe are racing against time to come...
13:58
Filmmaker Kunal Kohli says his maternal aunt has passed away in Chicago after an eight week long battle with coronavirus. The filmmaker said it was heartbreaking for the families to not be together in these testing times due to the pandemic. Lost my Masi to Covid after an 8 week...
13:46
Army and National Disaster Response Force teams on Sunday helped forest department and civic agencies to get cyclone-ravaged West Bengal back on its feet. The teams reached areas likes Salt Lake, Behala and Golpark in the morning to clear the arterial and other link roads...
13:21
Health infrastructure should be ramped up to ensure preparedness for the next two months in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has conveyed to eleven municipal areas in the country that have accounted for 70 per cent of India's coronavirus case load. Eleven municipal...
13:06
The Dean of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi has tested positive for coronavirus infection. Dr Rajeev Sood, who is looking after the management of COVID-19 manpower at the hospital, tested positive for the infection on...
13:04
A Delhi court has allowed the Enforcement Directorate to interrogate alleged middleman Christian Michel at the Tihar central jail in New Delhi, where he is lodged in connection with the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case. Special Judge Pulastya Pramachala on Saturday allowed the ED to...
12:42
An Air India flight carrying 93 Indians who were stranded in the United Kingdom arrived at the Indore airport in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday morning, an official said.As part of the Centre's 'Vande Bharat' mission, the flight from London reached here via Mumbai at 8.04 am, Indore's Devi Ahilyabai...
12:12
Various places in Karnataka on Sunday wore a deserted look as the state imposed a complete lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19.The state government decided to impose a complete lockdown in the state on Sunday to contain the virus and said that all the shops will remain closed till 7 am on...
11:25
Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat has started donating Rs 50,000 from his salary every month for the next one year to the PM CARES fund created to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.In March, the CDS had written to the authorities concerned that for the next one year, Rs 50,000 be deducted from...
11:02
As India is set to resume its domestic civil aviation operations from May 25, the Delhi airport will be handling around 380 flights on Monday, a senior official said.As per the directions of the Civil Aviation Ministry, domestic flight operations will resume after remaining suspended for about...
10:37
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over a meeting of Central Military Commission, wherein 'important military steps and organisational and political measures to further bolster up the overall armed forces' were discussed, state media reported on Sunday (local time). KCNA in its report said:...
10:21
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has said it is 'extremely ill-advised' to reopen airports in red zones amid the coronavirus pandemic.The minister's comments follow Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri's announcement that all domestic flights are set to resume in India from...
09:18
JUST IN: Highest ever spike of 6,767 COVID-19 cases and 147 deaths in India in the last 24 hours.Total number of cases in the country now at 1,31,868, including 73,560 active cases, 54,439 cured/discharged and 3,867 deaths, says Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. -- ANI
09:12
Overwhelmed by the donations that poured in from the society for his help, Phool Mia, the fruit seller in north Delhi's Jagatpuri area whose mangoes were looted by the ordinary people, said that those who helped him have made his 'Eid' and have shown that 'humanity is still alive'.Video footage...
09:06
The central government on Saturday sent five columns of Indian Army to help restore infrastructure in Kolkata.The Centre took this decision after receiving a request from the West Bengal government.'Based on the request from the government of West Bengal, five columns were deployed today in the...
08:35
Three persons on board separate Shramik Special trains lost their lives due to various ailment, officials said in Kanpur on Saturday.Family members of the deceased said all were suffering from serious ailment. The travel history of all the three deceased passengers was taken, Kanpur District...
08:23
Veteran film and TV actor Kiran Kumar has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently under home quarantine. The 74-year-old actor said he is asymptomatic and is doing 'absolutely fine'.I am asymptomatic. On May 14, I went to the hospital for a medical check-up, where the COVID-19 test...
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