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27 staff of private Tamil TV channel tes | Chennai, April 21 (TIWN) Twenty-seven employees of a Tamil television channel have been asked to get admitted to hospital after they tested positive for coronavirus, according to a senior channel official. | 21-Apr-2020 |
Three more policemen in Delhi found coro | New Delhi, April 21 (TIWN) Three more policemen have been found coronavirus positive in the national capital. All of them are deployed at the Central district's Nabi Karim police station. | 21-Apr-2020 |
Five ministers to join Shivraj's cabinet | Bhopal, April 21 (TIWN) Five ministers, including two from the Jyotiraditya Scindia camp, will join the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government on Tuesday afternoon. | 21-Apr-2020 |
India's COVID-19 death toll mounts to 55 | New Delhi, April 20 (TIWN) The total number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in India is at 17,656, with 559 deaths so far, according to data published by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. | 20-Apr-2020 |
Congress ends boycott of TV debates barr | New Delhi, April 20 (TIWN) After 10 months the Congress has officially ended the boycott of debates on TV channels and has started sending panelists to TV debates, however boycott of two English and Hindi channels continues. | 20-Apr-2020 |
50 detained for 'assaulting' Covid warri | Bengaluru, April 20 (TIWN) About 50 suspects were detained for allegedly assaulting healthcare workers and damaging public property in the city's south-west suburb on Sunday night, police said on Monday. | 20-Apr-2020 |
Centre upset with Kerala relaxation in l | Thiruvananthapuram, April 20 (TIWN) The Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla expressed the ire of the Centre in a letter to State Chief Secretary Tom Jose after hearing about the relaxation in lockdown rules in Kerala, which was against the central guidelines. | 20-Apr-2020 |
CPI-M rallies behind CM Vijayan; crucial | Thiruvananthapuram, April 20 (TIWN) With the Sprinklr data 'scam' taking a toll on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, whose stock was on a high in the way Kerala was able to contain the spread of coronavirus, the CPI-M is rallying behind him, while the state secretariat is meeting here on Tuesday. | 20-Apr-2020 |
Stranded workers to be employed near cam | New Delhi, April 20 (TIWN) In a relief to stranded migrant labourers, the government, here on Sunday, allowed their movement from shelter homes to workplaces, like manufacturing units and farms, from Monday. | 20-Apr-2020 |
45-day-old baby dies of Covid-19, over 3 | New Delhi, April 19 (TIWN) One of the saddest news on Sunday shocked the country as a 45-day-old baby died of the highly infectious novel Coronavirus at Lady Harding Hospital here. | 19-Apr-2020 |
Pregnant woman was attempted to be raped | AGARTALA, April 19 (TIWN): A 9 month’s pregnant woman was attempted to be raped by a miscreant at Matinagar, under Kamalasagar. Amtali Police have taken FIR against the accused, who has already managed to escape. A case was registered against one Pichan Miah in the Amtali Police station. Police visited the victim’s home, talked to family members, locals and investigation has been started. Police said that the accused will be arrested at the earliest. Local people have demanded justice and strict punishment to the culprit. The woman left mentally and physically sick after such an incident happened with her when she is 9 month’s pregnant.The victim was injured after she attempted to shout and accused Pichan Mia then injured her on head and knifed her on her body, tried to kill her baby. Victim’s mother-in-law saved her from the miscreant and from then, he is escaped. | 19-Apr-2020 |
Sopore terror strike: two injured CRPF m | Srinagar, April 19 (TIWN) The two CRPF personnel injured in a terror strike at Sopore in north Kashmir's Baramulla on Saturday evening have gone through a surgery and are now stated to be stable. | 19-Apr-2020 |
Sonia forms 11-member panel with Manmoha | New Delhi, April 18 (TIWN) Amid the nationwide lockdown to combat Covid-19, Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi has formed an 11-member consultative group, including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and former party chief Rahul Gandhi, to formulate the party views on various issues. | 18-Apr-2020 |
Cong against e-commerce firms delivering | New Delhi, April 18 (TIWN) The Congress on Saturday voiced concern over the government's decision to allow e-commerce companies to deliver non-essential items during the lockdown period, saying that it will break the backbone of the retail sector in the country. It demanded that there be a level playing field. | 18-Apr-2020 |
Amit Shah Calls J&K DGP, appreciates rol | Srinagar, April 18 (TIWN) Union Home minister Amit Shah in a telephonic message to Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh on Saturday appreciated the role of the police to enforce the lockdown in the Union Territory, J&K police said. | 18-Apr-2020 |
Delhi ranks highest on COVID-19 cases pe | New Delhi, April 18 (TIWN) An overview of the COVID-19 cases in states shows that Delhi ranks high on number of cases per million, followed by Maharashtra and Telangana, according to DBS Group Research. | 18-Apr-2020 |
Bengal govt shunts out Murshidabad SP | Kolkata, April 18 (TIWN) The West Bengal government on Friday shunted out Ajeet Singh Yadav from the post of Murshidabad police superintendent, a week after a controversy erupted over a 1,000-strong gathering during Friday prayers at a mosque in defiance of the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. | 17-Apr-2020 |
Mizoram to conduct remaining board exams | Aizawl, April 17 (TIWN) After launching teaching through television channels, the Mizoram Board of School Education (MBSE) has decided to conduct the remaining Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) examinations from April 22, an official release said on Friday. | 17-Apr-2020 |
Nikhil Kumaraswamy weds Revathi at farmh | Bengaluru, April 17 (TIWN) Former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil Gowda married Revathi at a farmhouse near Bidadi in Ramanagara district amid the extended lockdown, a spokesman said on Friday. | 17-Apr-2020 |
‘Give 5,000 to Poor People’ | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, April 17 (TIWN): Congress leader Gopal Roy on Friday has requested the Govt of Tripura to give Rs. 5,000 to poor. | 17-Apr-2020 |
Externed AMU scholar held, students seek | Aligarh, April 17 (TIWN) The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested a former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) student, Mohammad Aamir Mintoi, who had been externed from the district for six months in January for his alleged involvement in criminal activities. | 17-Apr-2020 |
BJP accuses Mamata govt of stopping MPs | Kolkata, April 17 (TIWN) West Bengal BJP on Friday accused the Mamata Banerjee administration of preventing its MPs from distributing relief to the needy by deploying the police to limit their movements through house detention and filing of cases as an intimidatory tactics. | 17-Apr-2020 |
226 new coronavirus positive cases in Ma | Bhopal, April 17 (TIWN) Eight persons including two brothers were reported dead in the past 24 hours, taking the toll of COVID-19 patients to 61 in Madhya Pradesh, according to the state health department. With 226 persons testing positive on Thursday, the number of coronavirus positive cases rose to 1,164. | 17-Apr-2020 |
India: Multiple media outlets lay off st | NEW DELHI, April 16 (TIWN): Faced with economic challenges due to the Covid-19 crisis, multiple media outlets in India have resorted to staff layoffs, extended leave without pay and pay cuts. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the Indian Journalists’ Union (IJU) and the National Union of Journalists- India condemn this approach, urging media proprietors to reconsider these decisions. | 16-Apr-2020 |
Gauhati HC directs to release 'declared | Guwahati, April 16 (TIWN) The Gauhati High Court has asked the Border Wing of the Assam Police to release on bail the "declared foreigners" in seven days to comply with the apex courts order on who have completed two years in detention camps, officials said on Thursday. | 16-Apr-2020 |
TV channel denies its story spurred migr | Mumbai, April 16 (TIWN) Hours after its reporter was arrested by Mumbai Police, the ABP Majha Marathi news TV channel has debunked allegations that its reportage on April 14 could be linked to the huge crowd of migrants thronging outside Bandra west station. | 16-Apr-2020 |
4 bodies retrieved from UP river, 1 chil | Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh), April 16 (TIWN) The bodies of four children, thrown into a river by the mother on Sunday, have been recovered. The body of the fifth child, aged three years, has not been found. | 16-Apr-2020 |
Govt taking measures to ramp up drug pro | New Delhi, April 16 (TIWN) The Central government is pro-actively working to speed up the production of essential medicines to avoid any drug crisis-like situation during the nationwide lockdown owing to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has claimed over 390 lives in the country so far, an official said. | 16-Apr-2020 |
Railways to make 30K PPE in April, 1 lak | New Delhi, April 16 (TIWN) With the growing demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) across the country amid the novel coronavirus crisis, the Indian Railways on Wednesday said that it plans to supply 30,000 PPE to medical professionals by April-end. | 16-Apr-2020 |
Tata Group donates 40,032 PCR coronaviru | Chennai, April 15 (TIWN) The Tata Group has donated PCR test kits worth Rs 8 cr to detect the coronavirus infection to Tamil Nadu, said an official statement on Wednesday. | 15-Apr-2020 |
Migrants' morcha: Activist sent to polic | Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) The Mumbai Police on Wednesday arrested a man from Navi Mumbai, Vinay Dube, for allegedly posting messages on social media which triggered a huge crowd of migrants in Bandra on Tuesday evening, officials said. | 15-Apr-2020 |
'Covid-19 is one of the darkest episode | New Delhi, April 15 (TIWN) The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan has termed the outbreak of novel coronavirus as one of the darkest episodes in modern history. | 15-Apr-2020 |
BJP leader shot dead in Bareilly | Bareilly (UP), April 15 (TIWN) BJP leader Yunus Ahmad Dumpy was shot dead late on Tuesday night outside his house in Bareilly district by four assailants. The leader was sprayed with bullets and died on the spot. | 15-Apr-2020 |
Migrants crowd at Bandra, demand transpo | Mumbai, April 14 (TIWN) In a shocking development, around 3,000-plus stranded migrants from different parts of India crowded near the Bandra railway station Tuesday, demanding that they be provided with transportation facilities to return to their native places immediately. | 14-Apr-2020 |
Post lockdown2.0 speech, PM changes FB, | New Delhi, April 14 (TIWN) Prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday changed his Facebook and Twitter Twitter display pictures, moments after addressing the nation that the lockdown will be extended till May 3. | 14-Apr-2020 |
Will fully implement PM's lockdown measu | New Delhi, April 14 (TIWN) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the city will fully implement the lockdown measures announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to control the coronavirus spread. | 14-Apr-2020 |
Poor left to fend for themselves: Chidam | New Delhi, April 14 (TIWN) Extending support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's lockdown measures, former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday, however, slammed the Centre for not releasing money or food for the poor and said that they have been left to fend for themselves. | 14-Apr-2020 |
COVID-19: 48 new cases take Jaipur tally | Jaipur, April 14 (TIWN) As many as 48 new coronavirus positive cases reported on Tuesday in Jaipur took the state capital's tally to 418, with Rajasthan now accounting for 954 cases, said Additional Chief Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh. | 14-Apr-2020 |
Wish you best of health this New Year: P | New Delhi, April 14 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday commended people of the nation for celebrating festivals by staying at home during the lockdown period. | 14-Apr-2020 |
Bengal: Covid-19 triggers Centre-state b | Kolkata, April 13 (TIWN) What started off as small frictional niggles, is now threatening to become a full blown Centre-state war between the BJP-led central government and West Bengal's Trinamool Congress dispensation over the Covid-19 pandemic. | 13-Apr-2020 |
'796 new cases, 35 deaths in last 24 hou | New Delhi, April 13 (TIWN) The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday that at least 141 people have recovered from novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours. | 13-Apr-2020 |
Another IAS officer tests positive for c | Bhopal, April 13 (TIWN) In Madhya Pradesh's state capital, the number of IAS officers contracting the novel coronavirus is on the rise. Recently, another bureaucrat tested positive for the virus, taking the tally of infected IAS officers in the state to four. | 13-Apr-2020 |
PM pays homage to martyrs of Jallianwala | New Delhi, April 13 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tribute to those martyred in the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, saying 'their valour will inspire Indians for the years to come'. | 13-Apr-2020 |
Kerala to wait for Centre's decision on | Thiruvananthapuram, April 13 (TIWN) In a special state cabinet meeting held here on Monday, the government has decided to take a call on extending the lockdown in the state only after the decision of the Centre. | 13-Apr-2020 |
Modi greets nation on Baisakhi, Odia New | New Delhi, April 13 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the nation on the occasion of Baisakhi and the Odia New Year or Maha Bishuba Pana Sankranti. | 13-Apr-2020 |
Northeast's first Covid-19 patient cured | Imphal/Guwahati, April 12 (TIWN): There is good news from Manipur, where a 23-year-old woman, who had returned from the UK last month and become the first positive coronavirus case in the entire northeastern region, was now declared completely free of the dreaded virus and returned home from the hospital on Sunday. | 12-Apr-2020 |
Govt launches 'YUKTI' portal to address | New Delhi, April 12 (TIWN) Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Sunday launched a web portal to monitor and record the initiative by the ministry to combat Covid-19 with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation (YUKTI). | 12-Apr-2020 |
Cong slams Centre for disallowing donati | New Delhi, April 12 (TIWN) The Congress has slammed the Union Government for not allowing donations to the Chief Minister's relief Fund as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure. | 12-Apr-2020 |
Punjab Police officer's hand chopped off | Chandigarh, April 12 (TIWN) In a bloody clash in Punjab, an Assistant Sub-Inspector's (ASI) hand was chopped off and three others got grievous injuries on Sunday when a group of Nihang Sikhs attacked them in Patiala town on being asked about curfew permission, police said. | 12-Apr-2020 |
2.5-year-old child defeats corona, disch | Lucknow, April 12 (TIWN) The two-and-a-half-year-old child, who had tested positive for coronavirus in Lucknow on Monday, weeks after his mother became the first coronavirus case of the state capital, has now tested negative and discharged from the King George's Medical University. | 12-Apr-2020 |