Centre needs to be 'transparent' on its lockdown exit plan: Rahul Gandhi

May 08, 2020, at 12:18 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Indian government needs to be 'transparent' in its action on when the lockdown imposed by it to tackle COVID-19 will be exited.

Army-police bust recruitment module of banned KLO in Assam’s Kokrajhar, nab seven militants

May 08, 2020, at 10:36 am

Guwahati/IBNS: The Indian Army and Assam police have busted a recruitment module of banned outfit Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) in Assam’s Kokrajhar district and apprehended seven dreaded militants of the banned group.

Maharashtra: 14 migrant workers die as train runs over them in Aurangabad, PM Modi expresses grief

May 08, 2020, at 09:22 am

Aurangabad/UNI/IBNS: At least 14  migrant workers were crushed to death on Friday as a freight train ran over them near Maharashtra's Aurangabad city, officials said.

Amid conflicting reports of fresh gas leak from Vizag chemical plant villagers are being evacuated

May 08, 2020, at 01:28 am

Visakhapatnam/IBNS: While one official said that noxious fumes are leaking again from the tanker of a chemical plant where there was Styrene leakage in the wee hours of Thursday in Vishakapatnam killing 11 people, other sources, including an MLA and the state police chief, denied it.  The local MLA denied the reports of fresh gas leak though a Visakhapatnam Dist Fire Officer earlier confirmed it.

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation meets EAM and NSA

May 07, 2020, at 11:32 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad called on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Thursday.

Assam reports eight fresh COVID-19 positive cases, state tally surge to 53

May 07, 2020, at 11:13 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam on Thursday reported eight positive cases for COVID-19 taking the state's tally to 53.

Coronavirus lockdown: First flight from UAE with 177 Indians onboard lands in Kochi

May 07, 2020, at 11:08 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The first flight from Abu Dhabi with 177 Indians onboard including 49 pregnant women landed in Kochi on Thursday evening.

West Bengal: COVID-19 cases mount to 1548 with 1101 active cases, 79 deaths

May 07, 2020, at 09:24 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: With 92 new cases being reported in last 24 hours, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in West Bengal has reached 1548, including 1101 active cases, 79 deaths and 296 discharges, reports said on Thursday.

Order in my name—I'm not aware: Bengal Guv hits out at Mamata govt over KMC appointments

May 07, 2020, at 08:55 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A day after a Board of Administrators under Firhad Bobby Hakim took over the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) as its tenure ended and civic polls were deferred due to Covid-19 outbreak, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday slammed the state government for not informing him anything about the development.

Air India's first repatriation flight takes off from UAE

May 07, 2020, at 08:48 pm

Dubai/IBNS: An Air India Express flight has taken off from Abu Dhabi carrying 177 Indian nationals who were stuck in the UAE amid the worldwide lockdown enforced to contain spread of coronavirus.  

Do not undermine the hard work of Corona warriors: Yogi Adityanath to opposition

May 07, 2020, at 08:08 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath suggested that opposition should not undermine the hard work of the corona warriors and should come up with positive suggestions rather than criticizing the government.

Facing flak, Karnataka resumes train services for migrant workers

May 07, 2020, at 06:18 pm

Bengaluru/IBNS: After facing flak for cancelling special trains for the stranded migrant workers, the Karnataka government has decided to resume services from Friday, media reports said.

Toxic gas leakage in Visakhapatnam chemical plant kills 11, situation now under control

May 07, 2020, at 05:35 pm

Visakhapatnam/IBNS: In a tragic incident occurred at a time 1.3 billion people of India are battling Covid-19, at least 11 people including a child were killed after a toxic gas leaked from a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam in the wee hours of Thursday.

Two BSF personnel succumb to COVID-19; nearly 200 infected in the force

May 07, 2020, at 05:00 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Two BSF personnel succumbed to COVID-19 this week with the first death reported on Monday last and the second personnel dying today at a hospital in Delhi, said reports.

Tamil Nadu police arrests man who claimed to have developed herbal cure for COVID-19

May 07, 2020, at 03:59 pm

Chennai/IBNS: A man was arrested following a complaint lodged by the director of Indian Medicine and Homeopathy for alleged claims of finding a herbal cure for COVID-19, a media report said.

Kashmir: Internet services remain suspended for second day

May 07, 2020, at 01:57 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Cellular and mobile internet services of all companies remained suspended for the second successive day on Thursday due to security reasons in Kashmir valley, after four militants, including top Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) commander Riyaz Naikoo, were killed in an encounter in Pulwama a day ago.

Telangana runs 11 trains to different states on Wednesday

May 07, 2020, at 01:54 pm

Hyderabad/UNI: Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar has said that the state government has run 11 trains on Wednesday to different States -- Bihar, UP, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan.

Vizag gas leak 'disturbing', closely watching the situation: Home Minister Amit Shah

May 07, 2020, at 01:38 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday dubbed the Visakhapatnam gas leak incident 'disturbing' and said his Ministry was keeping a close watch on the situation and doing the needful.

Visakhapatnam: 8 dead, 1,000 sick after gas leaks from chemical plant

May 07, 2020, at 01:06 pm

Visakhapatnam/IBNS/UNI: At least eight people died and 1,000 others fell sick after a Styrene gas leaked from a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam at around 3 am early on Thursday.

Praying for everyone's safety and well-being: Modi on gas leak incident in Vizag

May 07, 2020, at 11:21 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was praying for everyone's safety and well-being as a major gas leak occurred in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam leaving five people dead in early morning on Thursday.

Vizag: Five dead, over 200 hospitalized as styrene gas leaked from a chemical plant

May 07, 2020, at 10:31 am

Visakhapatnam/UNI: At least five people including an eight-year-old child died and more than 200 people fell sick and admitted to different hospitals in Visakhapatnam after a Styrene gas from a chemical plant leaked at around 3 am early on Thursday.

One more COVID-19 case detected in Assam, 22 more persons tested positive in Tripura

May 06, 2020, at 11:52 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam on Wednesday reported one more positive case for COVID-19 taking the state's tally to 45.

Delhi police register first COVID-19 death, 31-year-old constable succumbs

May 06, 2020, at 11:42 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi Police has registered its first COVID-19 related death with a 31-year-old constable succumbing to the virus at the city's Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital on Tuesday evening.

K'taka govt cancels spcl trains for migrants, oppn asks 'are they bonded labourers'?

May 06, 2020, at 11:06 pm

Bengaluru/IBNS: Hours after the Karnataka Government cancelled special trains ferrying hundreds of stranded migrant workers home, opposition Congress on Wednesday condemned the move asking whether the country is still 'practicing bonded labour?'

COVID-19 cases in India cross 50000-mark, death toll touches 1700

May 06, 2020, at 10:32 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The total number of Coronavirus cases in India breached the 50,000-mark on Wednesday, more than four months after the first case of the contagion was reported in Kerala.

West Bengal has highest COVID-19 mortality rate: Union Home Secretary claims in letter to Mamata govt

May 06, 2020, at 10:09 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Shooting off a scathing letter to West Bengal government, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Wednesday stated that Bengal has the highest Covid-19 mortality rate in the country and pointed out how the Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) that visited Bengal found low testing and brazen violations of lockdown in the state.

COVID-19: Telangana CM orders strict regulations in Hyd, surroundings

May 06, 2020, at 08:50 pm

Hyderabad/UNI: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday instructed officials concerned that strict regulations should be maintained and implemented in Hyderabad and its surrounding places where there is more spread of Coronavirus.

Assam’s first COVID-19 patient discharged from hospital

May 06, 2020, at 07:08 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam’s first COVID-19 patient along with one more was discharged from hospitals on Wednesday.

Centre directs Bengal govt to resume essential goods transportation through Indo-Bangladesh border

May 06, 2020, at 06:28 pm

New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has written to West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha, directing him to immediately allow transportation of essential goods through Indo-Bangladesh borders, which has not been resumed by the state yet even after Ministry of Home Affair (MHA)'s Apr 24 order, officials said on Wednesday.

Narendra Modi was ahead of other leaders in seeing Covid-19 problem: Amartya Sen

May 06, 2020, at 06:06 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, a critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist political outfit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has surprised many with his rare appreciation of the Indian leader's response towards the deadly pandemic Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19.