IndiGo reinstates pay cuts, leave without pay
IndiGo will be docking salaries of senior employees from May onwards and will also implement a "limited, graded leave without pay program" for the months of May, June and July, its CEO Ronojoy Dutta said on Friday. The aviation industry...
14 migrant workers mowed down by goods train
Aurangabad : 14 migrant workers were killed after coming under a goods train in Aurangabad district on Friday, police said. The workers, who were walking to Bhusawal from Jalna, were returning to Madhya Pradesh, an official at the Karmad police station...
77 inmates at Mumbai Arthur Road jail test positive for coronavirus
As many as 77 inmates and 26 staff members from Arthur Road jail in Mumbai have contracted coronavirus, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Thursday. After the coronavirus epidemic broke out, the state government had isolated eight prisons in the...
MSME sector on verge of collapse: Gadkari
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said micro, small and medium enterprises sector is on the verge of collapse and urged major industries to release the outstanding dues to such companies within a month. He said the position...
Air evacuation begins: AI flights head to UAE
Two Air India Express flights left Kerala for the United Arab Emirates on Thursday as India set in motion the exercise to evacuate its citizens stranded in the Gulf region due to the COVID-19 lockdown. At least 340 passengers, mostly...
Vizag gas leak occurred as plant was resuming ops
The gas leak incident in Vishakhapatnam took place as a plastic factory, that was closed during lockdown, was being prepared for resumption of operations, the NDRF chief said on Thursday. About 80-100 people have been hospitalised after a gas, Styrene,...
Vizag gas leak: 8 dead, 246 hospitalised
The death toll from the styrene gas leak near Vishakapatnam on Thursday climbed to eight and the Andhra Pradesh government ordered a probe into the incident, the state police chief said here. Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy held a...
Record 1,233 new COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra
Mumbai/Nagpur: Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 1,233 new COVID-19 cases - a fresh single-day high - taking the tally to 16,758, while 34 deaths raised the toll to 651, a health department official said. This was the first time the state reported...
Public transport may resume soon: Gadkari
Public transport services may resume operations soon and the government is formulating guidelines for safe usage adhering to social distancing norms to check the spread of coronavirus, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday. "Public transport is likely to...
Lawyer from Congress set to cross over to BJP?
Journalist Swati Chaturvedi tweets: 'A distinguished lawyer from the congress is currently negotiating with Amit Shah a shift to the Bjp. Will happen before the monsoon session of Parliament.' Wonder who? Well, your guess is as good as...
18,000 arrests in Maharashtra for Covid violations
Over 95,000 offenses have been registered under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code and more than 18000 people arrested in Maharashtra since March 22 for violation of lockdown norms in place for the coronavirus outbreak. "As many as 95,678 offenses...
85 more BSF personnel test COVID-19 positive; total 154
85 more personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) have tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total to 154, a force official said on Wednesday. These include over 60 troops, who were deployed for law and order duties in the Jamia...
No data breach in Aarogya Setu app, assures govt
The government on Wednesday said no data or security breach has been identified in Aarogya Setu after an ethical hacker raised concerns about a potential security issue in the app. The app is the government's mobile application for contact tracing...
Covid deaths top 3: Maha 617, Guj 368, MP 176
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,694 and the number of cases climbed to 49,391 in the country on Wednesday, registering an increase of 126 deaths and 2,958 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry...
Over 450 police personnel test Covid-19 positive in Maharashtra
Mumbai /Pune : The number of police officials affected due to coronavirus in Maharashtra has crossed the 400-mark. The total number of police officials tested Covid-19 positive in Maharashtra till today is 457. Of these, 48 are police officers while...
Pakistan Air Force gets its first Hindu pilot
In a first for Pakistan, a Hindu has been selected as a pilot in the country's air force. The youth, Rahul Dev, has been recruited as a General Duty (GD) pilot officer in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Daily Pakistan reported. Dev...
3.63 lakh Consumer of Mahavitaran Sent Self Meter Reading
Mumbai: Giving huge response to the appeal made by Mahavitaran, 3 Lakh 63 Thousand Consumers in the State sent their April month's reading by taking self meter reading and uploaded through portal or Mobile app. The electricity bills of...
Anees Ahmed submits deputation to CM to extend Lockdown till Eid.
Ex Cabinet Minister Dr. ANEES AHMED today sent a deputation to CM Udhav Thakrey urging him to extend the coronavirus lockdown in Maharashtra specially in hot spots and in Red Zone for the entire month of Ramzan till May 24. ...
Largest overseas evacuation of Indians begins on May 7
India is set to begin its largest overseas evacuation of stranded Indian nationals abroad since Independence. The operation to bring back Indians stranded in various countries due to airspace closures because of the COVID-19 pandemic will commence in a phased...
Electricians, plumbers, house helps take steps back to work
Electricians, plumbers, part-time house helps and other workers took tentative steps back to work on Monday as large parts of India, including the national capital, entered the third phase of the lockdown with curbs eased in some places. As spring slipped...
Maharashtra sends 35,000 migrants home
Nearly 35,000 migrant labourers in Maharashtra have been sent back to their native places so far since the Centre allowed them to return home by train in the wake of the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, a senior state government official said on...
