Mulayam Singh Yadav admitted to Lucknow hospital after stomach related ailments
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav was admitted to Lucknow’s Medanta hospital, late on Sunday night, after he complained of stomach pain. This is the second time in the past five days that the SP leader has been...
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Admitted To AIIMS In Delhi
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was admitted to Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), under observation at cardio-thoracic ward late Sunday night after he complained of chest pain. The 87-year-old former PM had undergone a successful bypass surgery in...
Railways to begin few train services from May 12
The Indian Railways will gradually restart passenger train operations from May 12, initially with 15 pairs of trains, the national transporter said Sunday. These trains will be run as special trains from New Delhi station connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah,...
4 held for spreading rumours on Shah’s health
Four people were arrested on Saturday for spreading rumours about Home Minister Amit Shah's health. They four people were detained in Gujarat- two from Bhavnagar and the other two from Ahmedabad. Earlier on Saturday, Amit Shah said he is absolutely healthy and...
PM Modi to discuss lockdown with CMs on Monday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers of various states via video conference on Monday afternoon, the Prime Minister's Office said. This will be the fifth meeting of the prime minister with the chief ministers since the outbreak of...
Indian, Chinese troops clash in Sikkim sector
Troops of India and China were involved in a fierce face-off and many of them sustained minor injuries in the clash near Naku La in the Sikkim sector along the Sino-Indo border on Saturday, official sources said. The troops disengaged after...
COVID-19: 128 deaths, 3,277 cases reported in 24 hrs; toll 2,109
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,109 and the number of cases climbed to 62,939 in the country on Sunday, registering an increase of 128 deaths and 3,277 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union...
5 Air India pilots test positive for Covid-19
Five Air India pilots have tested positive for Covid-19. The pilots had operated one of the cargo flights to Guangzhou recently. Air India has been operating cargo flights to international destinations since the lockdown. Among the flights operated were Boeing 787...
New antiviral drug shows promise against COVID-19
A two-week course of an antiviral therapy, started within seven days of experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, may improve clinical recovery of patients and reduce their hospital stay duration, according to the first randomised trial of this triple drug combination. ...
4 Naxals, one cop killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh
Four Naxals, including two women, and a police official were killed in an exchange of fire in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday night at Pardhauni village under Manpur police station limits,...
Govt issues new discharge policy for COVID-19 patients
Coronavirus infected patients developing severe illness or having compromised immunity will have to test negative through RT-PCR test before being discharged by a hospital, the Union health ministry on Friday said in its revised discharge policy for COVID-19 cases. Moderate cases...
India’s Covid toll tops 1,900; cases near 60k
3,320 more COVID-19 cases and 95 deaths have been reported in last 24 hours, says the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Total number of cases in India rises to 59,662, including 39,834 active cases, 17,847 cured/discharged/migrated, and 1,981 deaths,...
Maharashtra seals borders to curb liquor smuggling
In an attempt to prevent smuggling of liquor from neighbouring states during the lockdown, Maharashtra has sealed its borders with them and deployed adequate manpower at a dozen checkposts, an official said on Friday. The move by the excise department...
SC urges states to home deliver liquor
The Supreme Court on Friday suggested that states should consider indirect sale and home delivery of liquor as per its statute and law to avoid crowding at liquor shops amid the ongoing coronavirus-induced lockdown. A bench headed by Justice Ashok...
Uddhav Thackeray hints at extending lockdown in state till May-end
In a meeting with leaders of various political parties on the current COVID-19 situation, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday indicated that the lockdown might be extended till the end of May in the state. “We managed to control the spread...
Uddhav appeals to migrants in Maharashtra, adds Aurangabad was painful
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has expressed his anguish at the Aurangabad train tragedy early Friday morning, when 16 migrant workers were crushed to death and four others injured by a goods train while sleeping on the tracks. Around 20 migrant...
61% Covid patients lose sense of smell on 3rd day
Loss of the sense of smell is most likely to occur by the third day of infection with the novel coronavirus, according to a study of over 100 COVID-19 patients which may help public health experts better identify those carrying...
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...
