Migrant passenger travelling in Shramik Special delivers a baby
May 24, 2020, at 04:38 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: A migrant lady passenger of Shramik Special express today delivered a female child at Titilagarh.
COVID-19 +ve woman gives birth in UP's Prayagraj
May 21, 2020, at 05:17 pm
Prayagraj/UNI: A woman affected by the novel coronavirus gave birth to a girl child at the Swaroop Rani hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, Nodal Officer said on Thursday.
Railways announces guidelines for train journeys from June 1
May 21, 2020, at 12:06 am
New Delhi/UNI: As the Indian Railways begins graded restoration of train services from next month, it has issued guidelines, permitting only online booking of tickets and that no unreserved (UTS) tickets, tatkal and premium tatkal will be allowed.
Couple enters Dhalai district of Tripura from Covid hotspot in Bangladesh; locals question BSF role
May 20, 2020, at 06:07 pm
Ambassa(Tripura)/UNI: The incident of a couple intruding into the bordering subdivision of Gandacharra in the northern Tripura district of Dhalai from COVID-19 hotspot Khagrachari in Bangladesh, has partially revealed how the BSF personnel in the district are getting infected in large numbers, sources said.
Domestic flights to resume from Monday 'in a calibrated manner': Civil Aviation Minister
May 20, 2020, at 05:44 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Domestic flights will resume "in a calibrated manner" from Monday, the government said today, according to the reports.
Coronavirus: Thousands gather at religious leader's funeral in Madhya Pradesh
May 19, 2020, at 04:04 pm
Bhopal/ IBNS: Thousands of people, including BJP and Congress leaders, gathered at the funeral ceremony of a renowned spiritual leader in Madhya Pradesh's Katni amid lockdown on Monday, said media reports.
May 18, 2020, at 12:25 am
New Delhi/ IBNS: India has expressed support for the demands to investigate how the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 was transmitted to humans from animals and conduct an 'impartial' investigation of World Health Organisation's response to the pandemic, according to a draft resolution for the annual meeting of WHO starting tomorrow, said a Hindustan Times report.
Over 1,33,425 stranded Odias returned to Odisha till May 16: Official
May 17, 2020, at 02:17 am
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Over one lakh Odias stranded in other states due to lockdown have returned to Odisha, state Chief Spokesman on Corona Subroto Bagchi said here on Saturday.
6200 stranded citizens entered Meghalaya, 8500 persons exited
May 17, 2020, at 01:40 am
Shillong/UNI: Over 6000 residents of Meghalaya who were stranded across the country due to the lockdown returned to the State till Saturday, a government official said.
May 17, 2020, at 01:19 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid verbal fights and counter-allegations between the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal and BJP led Centre over the handling of coronavirus situation in the state, the political fight intensified further on Saturday with FIRs against BJP leader Kailash Vijaywargiya, Chief of IT Cell Amit Malviya, MPs Locket Chatterjee and Arjun Singh.
Assam CM moots triple cropping system to boost agro-based economy
May 16, 2020, at 09:19 pm
Guwahati/UNI: As a part of series of activities for strengthening agro-based economy in the corona-hit state, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today visited Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Kahikuchi campus of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) at Kamrup and asked the agricultural scientists to develop ways and means for triple cropping system in the state.
After fresh wave of Covid-19 cases, Goa CM urges holidaymakers to avoid visit
May 15, 2020, at 07:30 pm
Panaji/IBNS: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has expressed concern over people coming to the state, many of them believed to be for holidaying, following new coronavirus cases coming to light in the state after a period of one month.
Part of Sena Bhawan in Delhi sealed after soldier tests Covid-19 positive
May 15, 2020, at 05:03 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A part of Sena Bhawan, the headquarters of Indian Army, in the national capital was sealed on Friday after a soldier tested positive for Covid-19, said reports.
SC dismisses petition asking the Centre for food, water and shelter to migrants walking on highways
May 15, 2020, at 04:29 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking its direction to the Centre for providing food and water to the migrants walking to their homes saying "it is impossible for this court to monitor who is walking and not walking."
CISF personnel posted in Kolkata based Garden Reach Shipbuilders succumbs to COVID-19
May 14, 2020, at 06:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: An Assistant Sub-Inspector of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) posted in its GRSEL unit here has succumbed to COVID-19.
Vande Bharat Mission : 2 AI flights from Manila, US with stranded passengers lands at RGIA
May 14, 2020, at 03:49 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: As part of the biggest ever off-shore evacuation drive of Indian citizens under the Government of India’s Vande Bharat Mission, amid the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, two Air India Evacuation flights landed at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Shamshabad near here on Thursday.
May 14, 2020, at 12:33 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said understanding the art of living with coronavirus is the way forward until a vaccine is developed as the pathogen is laboratory made.
Around 13k migrant workers have left from Pune so far: Collector
May 12, 2020, at 03:41 pm
Pune/UNI: Around 13,000 migrant workers, including intra-state inhabitants stranded here, have began their journey from this city towards their respective destinations till now, stated Collector Naval Kishore Ram on Tuesday.
Bangladesh to develop deeper rail linkages with India for uninterrupted supply of essentials
May 11, 2020, at 11:43 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Amid Coronavirus induced lockdown Bangladesh on Monday stressed on resuming trade with India through railways and developing deeper linkages to maintain uninterrupted supply of essentials.
Ahmedabad administration identifies over 300 high-risk super-spreaders of coronavirus
May 10, 2020, at 07:24 pm
Ahmedabad/IBNS: In a major development to contain the spread of coronavirus, the administration in Ahmedabad has identified as many as 334 coronavirus "super-spreaders", who are the carriers of the contagion with the potential to spread it to a large number of people, said reports.
5 pilots of Air India test coronavirus positive
May 10, 2020, at 06:05 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A number of Air India staff members, including five pilots, have tested positive for coronavirus, said a media report.
Assam reports three new COVID-19 positive cases, state tally surges to 62
May 10, 2020, at 12:10 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam on Saturday reported three more positive cases for COVID-19. With this, the state tally has now increased to 62.
May 09, 2020, at 11:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After Home Minister Amit Shah accused the West Bengal government of not cooperating with the return of stranded Bengali migrant workers to the state, the Ministry of Railways in a series of tweets on Saturday evening said the state government is not approving enough trains for bringing them back.
Bengal Imams Association urges Mamata to extend lockdown, says Eid celebrations can wait
May 09, 2020, at 09:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: At a time when coronavirus cases are increasing in the country, the Bengal Imams' Association, a body of Islamic clerics in the state, on Saturday wrote a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to extend the ongoing lockdown till the end of May, without thinking about the celebration of Eid al-Fitr, which is expected to be observed on May 25.
J&K: Police arrest four persons with fake currency in Bandipora
May 09, 2020, at 08:49 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Four persons were arrested after fake currency was recovered from their possession in north Kashmir district of Bandipora, official sources said.
'Inhuman': Akhilesh Yadav on suspension of provisions of labour laws for 3 yrs in UP
May 08, 2020, at 06:05 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Terming the suspension of most provisions of the labour laws for three years 'inhuman,' Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government should resign for this act.
In a bid to shorten their journey, five migrant labourers jump from moving train in UP
May 08, 2020, at 05:33 pm
Shahjahanpur/UNI: As many as five migrant labourers jumped from the Amritsar-Gonda Special train at the Roja railway station on its way to Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur on Friday.
Supreme Court says states should consider online sales and home delivery of liquor amid lockdown
May 08, 2020, at 05:26 pm
New Delhi/IBNS:The Supreme Court has observed that the states should consider online sales and home delivery of liquor to maintain the COVID-19 social distancing norms which were violated in almost all places in the country after liquor shops opened after a gap of more than a month on May 4, said a media report.
Delhi health dept directs all ICMR-approved labs to not send reports without patient information
May 08, 2020, at 03:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi health department has asked all the ICMR approved labs to not to send any report without patient details after repeated warnings from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare over poor collection of data from those who are coming to these labs to get tested for Covid-19, said a media report.
22 migrant labourers flee quarantine centre in Chhattisgarh
May 08, 2020, at 02:59 pm
Raipur/ IBNS: At least 22 migrant labourers, who had returned from Telangana, ran away from a quarantine centre in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday, said a media report.