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Armed forces ready to host 2,100 evacuees at six centres

08 May 2020 03:38 AM IST

The Indian armed forces have kept six quarantine facilities ready to accommodate up to 2,100 citizens being evacuated from several countries, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday. The forces are in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Civil Aviation and they have been informed that

New highways worth Rs 15 lakh crore in next two years: Gadkari

08 May 2020 03:32 AM IST

The government is planning to build highways worth Rs 15 lakh crore in the next two years, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday in a video conference with the society of Indian automobile manufacturers (SIAM). The road transport, highways and MSME minister also said that the auto scrapping policy

Stung by negative news, Bihar govt bars reporters from entering quarantine centres

08 May 2020 03:27 AM IST

In an attempt to stop the media from reporting the ground situation on how the Bihar government is tackling Covid-19, the state Chief Secretary has barred reporters from entering the quarantine camps that have been setup to keep coronapositive patients. The said order was passed by Chief Secretary Deepak Kumar

India will see peak of Covid cases in June-July: AIIMS director

08 May 2020 03:24 AM IST

All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Director Randeep Guleria on Thursday said that India might witness the peak of Covid-19 cases in June or July. “The answer of when will be the peak of cases of Covid-19 in India depends upon modelling data. National and international both experts are

Mumbai jail shocker: 77 inmates, 26 cops test positive

08 May 2020 03:19 AM IST

In Maharashtra, the coronavirus has even reached the jail premises. In a shocking discovery, at least 103 inmates and staff have been found to be corona-positive in Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail. Of these, 77 are inmates while 26 corona-positives are prison authorities. Arthur Road Jail authorities have been on their

Curfew, lockdown lose their sanctity if there is breach: Pilot

08 May 2020 03:16 AM IST

Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister and Pradesh Congress Committee president Sachin Pilot explains the work the state government is doing to fight Covid-19. Q: You have shown the way of reviving rural economy by giving a 10-fold jump in MNREGA job statistics—60,000 to 11 lakh. What can be the other ideas

Drinking can’t get priority over death

08 May 2020 02:58 AM IST

Have we also locked down our brains during the lockdown? The case here is of the 48 hours of liquor mayhem we saw on Indian streets. God knows how many hundreds of crores we added in our empty coffers and how much that is going to inject the booster dose

Despite Jamaati episode, UP has contained Covid cases well: Dy CM

08 May 2020 02:51 AM IST

The situation is far better in the state despite having such a large population, says Maurya.

Capt Amarinder asks PM for exit strategy from lockdown 3.0

08 May 2020 02:47 AM IST

Punjab CM asks for a clearly defined economic revival path.

Former Punjab DGP booked in a 29-year-old kidnapping case

08 May 2020 02:32 AM IST

Sumedh Singh Saini, former Punjab DGP, and six other police officials have been booked by the state Police in a 29-year-old case of alleged kidnapping of Balwant Singh Multani, son of a former IAS officer. The case was registered at Matuar Police Station in Mohali on Wednesday. It is alleged

2 accomplices of slain Hizbul terrorist arrested in Punjab

08 May 2020 02:29 AM IST

Punjab Police has successfully traced interstate links of slain Hizbual Mujhahideen commander Riaz Ahmed Naikoo, with the arrest of two accomplices of his close associate, Hilal Ahmed Wagay, from Amritsar on Wednesday. Given the gravity of the offences and the cross-border ramifications of the case beyond Punjab, the Centre has