2L tickets worth Rs 45 cr sold for spl trains
Over two lakh passengers have booked tickets worth Rs 45.30 crore for travel in the next seven days, the railways said on Thursday. It said 20,149 passengers travelled on the special trains on Wednesday and 25,737 are scheduled to travel on...
Uddhav to meet Dy CM on Maha revival plan
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar will hold a meeting with few key ministers on Thursday to review the current economic situation of the state in the backdrop of COVID-19 lockdown. The ministers will also mull upon...
INS Jalashwa reaches Male
INS Jalashwa approaches Male port. She will make her second journey tomorrow from Male to Kochi (Kerala) to repatriate Indian nationals from the Maldives as part of Operation Samudra Setu, the High Commission of India in Maldives, said....
Railway cancels non-special tickets till Jun 30
Indian Railways cancels all tickets booked to travel on or before June 30, 2020. Refunds given to all tickets booked till June 30, 2020. All special trains and Shramik Special train to however ply as...
Atmanirbhar Bharat does not mean isolation: FM
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a press conference in New Delhi, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a Rs 20 lakh crore fiscal stimulus to deal with the COVID-19 situation in the country. The package is the...
FM: Rs 3 lakh-cr collateral-free loans for SMEs
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's presser: "Beginning today, over the next few days we will come before you (the media) with a team to put forth the PM's vision. "We shall not forget that we do have a responsibility towards the poor,...
‘Fresh aid in PM pkg is Rs 12 lakh cr not 20’
Of the Rs 20-lakh-crore package that Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to defend the economy against coronavirus disruptions, fresh support may be only around 60 per cent of the offer as it counts the first financial stimulus and liquidity support...
Maha asks for 20 companies of Central forces
Amid rising cases of COVID-19 in the state, Maharashtra has asked the Centre for reinforcements so the fatigued and over-worked police force in the state can get some rest. The state government has made a request for companies of Central...
Ensure transport for walking migrants in Maha: HC
The Bombay High Court has directed all district collectors, council authorities and police commissioners in Maharashtra to form special teams to monitor highways and arrange travel till the state border for migrant workers and others who are trying to walk...
India records 122 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hrs; cases at 74,281
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,415 and the number of cases climbed to 74,281 on Wednesday, registering an increase of 122 deaths and 3,525 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry. The number...
Sitharaman to unveil Rs 20 lakh cr stimulus at 4 pm
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will address a press conference in New Delhi at 4 pm on Wednesday. The information regarding the press conference by the Union finance minister was given through a tweet by the ministry of finance in the...
Nitin Gadkari welcomes PM Modi’s economic package
Union minister Nitin Gadkari expressed confidence that the MSME, village and cottage industry will grow to new heights on the back of Rs 20 lakh crore package announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The minister for MSMEs and Road Transport and Highways...
PM Announces Economic Package, Says Lockdown 4.0 Will Have New Rules | Highlights
PM announces Rs 20 lakh cr financial package Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces Rs 20 lakh crores financial package to fight against deadly the coronaviurs. "I announce a special economic package today. This will play an important role in the 'Atmanirbhar...
Centre likely to extend lockdown with more relaxations
During his interaction with the chief ministers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured that more economic activities would resume; he also said that zone identification may be left to the states. After a six-hour video conference with chief ministers, Prime Minister Narendra...
Domestic Flights Likely to Resume After 6 Days
Final Announcement by Tomorrow In a big relief for people across the country, airlines are expected to resume domestic flight operations after 6 days i.e, May 18. If reports are to be believed, the Civil Aviation Ministry could make a...
3604 Covid cases in India in 24 hrs, tally 70,756
India Covid-19 tally: There has been a spike of 3604 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with the total positive cases in the country now at 70,756, of which 46,008 are active cases, 22,454 cured/discharged/migrated cases and 2,293 deaths:...
827 passengers landed in Mumbai; this is the SOP
Mumbai: As many as 827 Indians who landed at the Mumbai international airport from abroad so far since Sunday have been kept under institutional quarantine as per the guidelines for COVID-19, a civic official said. However, none of them...
IRCTC ticket booking: List of trains, routes, stoppages, timings here
Indian Railways announced on Sunday that it plans to gradually restart passenger train operations from 12th May, 2020, initially with 15 pairs of trains. The train services will initially begin with 15 pairs of trains or with 30 journeys from...
COVID-19 patients can end home isolation after 17 days
Coronavirus infected patients can end home isolation after 17 days of onset of symptoms or date of sampling and if they have no fever for 10 days without getting tested again for COVID-19, according to revised guidelines for home isolation...
Only limited seats available in special trains
In order to ensure the strict compliance of social distancing norms, all seats will not be available for booking in the passenger trains which are scheduled to run from May 12, said Union Minister of State for Railways, Suresh Angadi...
PM to hold conference with CMs today at 3 pm
As India enters the last week of the 54-day coronavirus lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a virtual meeting with chief ministers during which a strategy for a phased exit from the shutdown is to be discussed. Modi's discussions with...
