200 new trains to run from today, Railways issues fresh guidelines

June 1, 2020

The Indian Railways is all set to run 200 new trains on the first day of Unlock 1.0, i.e. 1 June 2020.These trains will be different from the current 15 pairs of Shramik trains which are already running. Bookings for these 200 trains have already started from 21 May. Passengers...

Lockdown 5.0 all set to be in place from 1 June

May 30, 2020

As the number of corona-positive cases surges, the question of whether to extend the lockdown or not was at the top of the agenda in this Friday’s meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. Under the Centre’s current policy, the fourth phase of the lockdown will...

Border skirmish by China aimed at deflecting global attention from Covid-19: Gen V.K. Singh

May 28, 2020

Gen V.K. Singh, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highway, believes China is desperate to deflect world attention from its role in coronavirus and thus the flare-up on the border with India. In an exclusive interaction with The Daily Guardian, the former Army Chieftalks about the Chinese mindset and...

Home Ministry to send Central team to assess cyclone damage in Bengal

May 26, 2020

The Centre has released relief to the West Bengal government and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will be sending a team soon to assess the damage caused by super cyclone Amphan. National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Guaba met for the fifth time on...

Passports of Maulana Saad’s five closest aides seized

May 26, 2020

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has seized various documents, including passports, of five individuals who are allegedly close to Tablighi Jamaat Markaz chief Maulana Saad Khandalwi. The five associates were part of Maulana Saad’s inner circle and commanded important units of the Markaz, including economic activities. Following the Crime Branch’s...

Govt agrees to bring back OCI cardholders with certain conditions

May 23, 2020

The government has allowed certain categories of the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cardholders who are stranded abroad to travel to India. This includes children born to Indian citizens abroad who hold an OCI card. Also, those who want to go to their families due to emergency or university students...

CRPF forms new wing for VVIP security

May 22, 2020

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has formed a new VIP Security Wing months after assuming the responsibility of protecting VVIP like Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Rahul Gandhi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, among others. This wing will only take care of the security of VVIPs. The wing will operate from...

Odisha has suffered losses but West Bengal has suffered more: NDRF DG

May 22, 2020

With super cyclone Amphan wreaking havoc in West Bengal and Odhisa, a high-level meeting of National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) took place in Delhi. The meeting, headed by the Union Cabinet Secretary, was attended by several officials from the Centre as well as states. After attending the meeting, NDRF DG...

States can’t dilute Lockdown 4.0 guidelines: MHA

May 19, 2020

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday clarified that no state or Union Territory would dilute the guidelines and restrictions issued for the nationwide lockdown that would continue till 31 May. The Central government, on Sunday, had extended the nationwide lockdown by 14 days till 31 May. According to...

Delhi Metro readies for limited resumption of services from 18 May

May 16, 2020

The Delhi Metro is readying itself for limited resumption of some of its services from 18 May. The trains and stations have got signage installed appealing to commuters for maintaining social distancing in the trains as well as at stations. The trains and stations are also being cleaned and sanitised....