Category : India

India may grant online consular access to foreign Tablighi Jamaat activists

NEW DELHI: India has acquired requests from numerous nations in search of consular entry to their citizens who have been held for attending a congregation of Tablighi Jamaat in the nationwide capital flouting visa rules, official sources stated on Th...

12 more test Covid-19 positive in J&K, tally at 983

JAMMU: Twelve extra individuals examined constructive on Thursday in Jammu & Kashmir as the entire variety of COVID-19 patients rose to 983 within the Union Territory. A press release issued by the knowledge and public division stated 12 more exa...

Jharkhand govt arranges 56 more trains to bring back stranded people

RANCHI: The Jharkhand government has organized 56 more special trains to deliver back the individuals of the state stranded in several elements of the nation because of the coronavirus-forced lockdown, a senior official stated on Thursday. Complete 4...

We will not let people down: Rahul Gandhi on migrants

NEW DELHI: Amid the migrant crisis, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi prolonged help to people who are walking to their houses. He stated "in darkness and hard occasions hold your power and we won't allow you to down. We'll increase your voices that govern...

Tamil Nadu corona count at 9,674, Koyambedu cluster accounts for over 2,500

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu on Thursday registered a barely lower number of coronavirus constructive instances with as many as 447 individuals testing constructive over the past 24 hours, stated the state Health Department. With this the full tally of corona...

Demanding food, buses, migrants pelt stones on Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra border

BHOPAL/ BARWANI: Demanding meals and transportation, tons of of migrant staff on Thursday pelted stones close to Sendhwa on the Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra border. Hundreds of migrants, on the best way to northern states from Maharashtra amid the coro...

Covid-19: Odisha to increase bed capacity to 10,000

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha authorities has decided to extend the mattress capability in the COVID hospitals to 10,000, stated Well being Minister Naba Kishore Das on Thursday. "Whereas we had earlier focused to keep 6,000 beds ready within the state, fu...

Economic package a hoax, govt failed to send foodgrain it had promised: Mamata Banerjee

KOLKATA: The TMC on Thursday dubbed the announcements made by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman as a hoax and stated the Centre had failed to offer West Bengal with the foodgrain it had promised or had sent these of inferior high quality. Sit...

Congress accuses BJP of diverting attention of people from 'unprecedented crisis' of migrants

PTI PhotographNEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday accused the BJP of using diversionary techniques to keep away from giving answers on the "unprecedented humanitarian disaster" of thirsty and hungry migrants happening foot to their native states, aft...

Maharashtra records 1,602 Covid-19 cases, deaths cross 1,000

MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Thursday notched a new high of 1,602 Covid-19 instances and the demise toll crossed 1,000, while Mumbai recorded a brand new high of 991 instances, state health officers stated here. With 44 fatalities - down from Wednesday's h...

PM Modi interacts with Bill Gates, discusses global response to Covid-19

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday interacted with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-chair Bill Gates and mentioned the worldwide response to the Covid-19 pandemic. PM Modi and Invoice Gates interacted by way of a video conferen...

Centre allows states, UTs to hire buses for transportation of train passengers

Representative photographNEW DELHI: Heeding the request of some state governments to allow buses to ferry passengers arriving by trains to their houses, the house ministry on Thursday permitted state and Union territory governments to interact specia...

Movement of persons involved in essential services will be allowed: Haryana to Delhi HC

NEW DELHI: The Haryana government Thursday gave an enterprise in the Delhi high courtroom that movement of people engaged in essential providers, including government and private docs, nurses, officers of police and courts, will probably be allowed b...

Covid-19: Aarogya Setu is India’s curing machine, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant says

CHENNAI: Solely technology-driven solutions can effectively curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic and Aarogya Setu app is India’s curing machine, stated a senior government assume tank member. Amitabh Kant, CEO, of government think-tank NITI Aayog...

CBI calls rejection of Mallya's extradition victory for agency, jolt for the fugitive

Vijay Mallya (PTI)BEIJING: China on Thursday termed as “slanderous” the US accusation that hackers backed by Beijing could also be trying to steal COVID-19 related analysis and vaccine supplies and stated that "smearing and scapegoating" others won't...