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Police team attacked in Punjab, officer' | Chandigarh, April 12 (TIWN) In a bloody clash in Punjab, a police official's hand was chopped off and two others got grievous injuries on Sunday when a group of people attacked them in Punjab's Patiala town on being asked about curfew permission, police said. | 12-Apr-2020 |
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee extends lockdo | Kolkata, April 11 (TIWN) The West Bengal government on Saturday extended the lockdown in the state till April 30 to fight the coronavirus pandemic. | 11-Apr-2020 |
Plea in SC seeks modification of free co | New Delhi, April 11 (TIWN) A doctor moved the Supreme Court on Saturday to seek modification of a court order directing private laboratories to conduct COVID-19 test for free, and sought the test should be free only for EWS persons with immediate reimbursement by the government. | 11-Apr-2020 |
PM's decision to extend lockdown correct | New Delhi, April 11 (TIWN) Delhi Cheif Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to extend the lockdown beyond April 14. | 11-Apr-2020 |
PM gave tips to deal with lockdown blues | Bengaluru, April 11 (TIWN) Claiming everything was under control in his state in its fight against coronavirus, Karnataka Chief Minster B.S. Yediyurappa said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday gave tips to deal with the ongoing nationwide lockdown. | 11-Apr-2020 |
Centre has to decide on lockdown extensi | New Delhi, April 11 (TIWN) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday during the video conferencing meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised on extending the nationwide lockdown and said the decision should be taken at the national level. | 11-Apr-2020 |
I am available 24/7: Modi to CMs | New Delhi, April 11 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Moodi on Saturday held video conferencing meet with the Chief Ministers of all the states, wearing a "cloth mask" on his face, to discuss the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) situation in the country. Prime Minister Modi told the Chief Ministers that he is available round the clock. | 11-Apr-2020 |
54 new cases take Gujarat tally to 432 | Gandhinagar, April 11 (TIWN) With 54 new positive cases of the coronavirus detected on Saturday in the hotspots declared in major cities by the Gujarat government, the health authorities confirmed that the total number of Covid-19 has reached 432 in the state. | 11-Apr-2020 |
At least 10 CMs ask PM to consider exten | New Delhi, April 11 (TIWN) If the Chief Ministers' conference on Saturday, a third in less than two weeks, convened by PM Modi is an indication, there has been a growing unanimity that the ongoing shutdown should continue "at least for two more weeks". | 11-Apr-2020 |
239 Confirmed COVID-19 deaths in India | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, April 11 (TIWN): According to Govt of India’s data, 239 confirmed COVID-19 deaths occurred in India. | 11-Apr-2020 |
Many States demanded Extension of Lockdo | NEW DELHI, April 11 (TIWN): Several states on Saturday pitched for an extension of the 21-day nationwide lockdown, that was to end on 14 April, during their video conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to government officials. While chief ministers of Kerala, West Bengal, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab and Delhi, and governor of Jammu and Kashmir made a case for the extension of lockdown, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy suggested a partial lockdown, the Livemint news reported. | 11-Apr-2020 |
58% Indians might get infected: Punjab C | New Delhi, April 10 (TIWN) Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has extended the lockdown in the state, as he feared "worst" to come. He said 58 per cent of India might get affected by coronavirus and Punjab could see a spike in cases. | 10-Apr-2020 |
70 more positive cases found in Gujarat; | Gandhinagar, April 10 (TIWN) The continued intensified surveillance and testing for the coronavirus in the 24 hotspots declared in Gujarat's five major cities, yielded 70 more positive cases on Friday evening with a total of 116 positive cases registered in the state, following aggressive testing by the authorities. | 10-Apr-2020 |
Free Medical Kits distribution at Agarta | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, April 10 (TIWN): One of the Front Line Warrior groups, the media persons, who are covering Health Dept related news amid COVID-19 pandemic, were distributed with Free Medical Kits by Airport Authority of India (MBB Airport) via Agartala Press Club. | 10-Apr-2020 |
Odisha govt asks private schools to redu | Bhubaneswar, April 10 (TIWN) The Odisha government on Friday advised all private educational institutions to consider reduction/deferment of school fees from April to June in view of the lockdown which has been imposed to reign in coronavirus. | 10-Apr-2020 |
Let's fight corona jointly, Modi tells N | New Delhi, April 10 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday told President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu that the country is committed to jointly fight the coronavirus pandemic. | 10-Apr-2020 |
Two youths dressed as doctors hunt for d | Lucknow, April 10 (TIWN) Two youths, wearing doctor's aprons, were arrested by the Lucknow police on Friday from the Polytechnic crossing. The youths had come out of their houses in search of drugs, mainly heroin. | 10-Apr-2020 |
Police beat AIIMS Bhopal doctors with st | Bhopal April 10 (TIWN) A group of young doctors, including a woman, returning from emergency duty at the AIIMS here sustained injuries when police beat them up with sticks. | 10-Apr-2020 |
Misconduct with medical staff not to be | New Delhi, April 9 (TIWN) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, here on Thursday, said the people misbehaving with the healthcare personnel would face the strict punishment. | 09-Apr-2020 |
Twelve fresh Covid-19 cases in Bengal | Kolkata, April 9 (TIWN) With twelve fresh Covid 19 infections reported, and three other patients recovering in West Bengal, the number of active cases in the state now stands at 80, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. | 09-Apr-2020 |
'PPEs not required by all, no need to pa | New Delhi, April 9 (TIWN) The government has roped in 20 domestic manufacturers to meet the growing demand of personal protective equipment (PPE). "Orders for 1.7 crore PPEs and 49,000 ventilators have been placed and their supply has begun," said Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary at the Health Ministry, here on Thursday. | 09-Apr-2020 |
No action plan for resuming train servic | New Delhi, April 9 (TIWN) The Indian railways on Thursday denied all media reports that claimed confirmed decision has been made to resume 'train operations' from April 15, after the 21-day nationwide lockdown ends. | 09-Apr-2020 |
UP journos condemn Tablighi attack on me | Lucknow, April (TIWN) The legal notice served to various media outlets by the Tablighi Jamaat has received widespread condemnation from journalists and their organisations. | 09-Apr-2020 |
Bangladesh covid-19 death toll rises to | Dhaka, April 8 (TIWN) The death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 20 in Bangladesh, after three more patients died from the infection on Wednesday, according to IEDCR Director Meerjady Sabrina Flora. | 08-Apr-2020 |
'India First' should be the govt motto: | New Delhi, April 8 (TIWN) The Congress has slammed the Centre for "cowing to the threats of retaliation by the US President" on supply of hydroxychloroquine, which is out of stock in the retail medical shops. | 08-Apr-2020 |
Overnight tests detect 15 new cases in A | Amaravati, April 8 (TIWN) Andhra Pradesh reported 15 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday morning. This follows overnight tests conducted on samples between 6 p.m. on Tuesday and 9 a.m. on Wednesday, said the state nodal officer. | 08-Apr-2020 |
Lockdown extension: PM's meeting with pa | New Delhi, April 8 (TIWN) In what may hold many answers to possibility of an extension of the ongoing nationwide lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting with Parliamentary floor leaders of different parties this Wednesday morning. However, there is unlikely to be any immediate announcement, before April 11, say sources. | 08-Apr-2020 |
14-month-old boy among 16 dead due to co | Gandhinagar, April 8 (TIWN) Four more coronavirus positive cases were detected in Gujarat on Wednesday morning, taking the total positive cases to 179 in the state. With two more deaths, the total death toll has risen to 16 in the state, the health officials said. | 08-Apr-2020 |
'Coronavirus cases get past 5000 in Indi | New Delhi / Agartala, April 8 (TIWN) As the country enters the third week of its 21-day lockdown, the total number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus surged to 5,194 and the death toll touched 149 on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. | 08-Apr-2020 |
Railways develops low-cost ventilator 'J | New Delhi, April 7 (TIWN) The Indian Railways has developed a low-cost ventilator named 'Jeevan' at its Kapurthala coach factory as the country faces ventilator's shortage amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The ventilator will cost around Rs 10,000 without the compressor. | 07-Apr-2020 |
On migrant workers, Centre tells SC govt | New Delhi, April 7 (TIWN) The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court it was "on top of the situation" in connection with issues of migrant workers amid the nationwide lockdown, and that the Home Minister is daily monitoring the helpline set up for the workers. | 07-Apr-2020 |
Travel passes being issued to blood dono | New Delhi, April 7 (TIWN) As stringent restrictions on movement of people are in force across the country, blood donors are being issued travel passes by organisations who are racing against time to meet the ever-growing requirement of blood. | 07-Apr-2020 |
Four Tablighis in 12 new Covid-19 cases | Bengaluru, April 7 (TIWN) Karnataka registered 12 new Covid-19 positive cases, including four Tablighi returnees during the last 19 hours, an official said on Tuesday. | 07-Apr-2020 |
UP villagers ban entry of outsiders, pre | Lucknow, April 7 (TIWN) The intensive campaign against the coronavirus has created awareness in the rural interiors of Uttar Pradesh to such an extent that villagers in several districts are now banning the entry of outsiders completely. | 07-Apr-2020 |
Cong welcomes cut in MPs' grants, flays | New Delhi, April 6 (TIWN) The Congress has supported the reduction in allowances of members of Parliament and pensions of ex-MPs for one year by the government to augment funds for the battle against coronavirus, but criticised suspension of MPLAD (local area development) funds as "a huge disservice to the constituents". | 06-Apr-2020 |
Covid-19 claims 4 men in Mumbai, 57 new | Mumbai, April 6 (TIWN) Mumbai recorded four new Covid-19 deaths - all males - and the number of positive cases increased by 57, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said here on Monday. | 06-Apr-2020 |
India's Covid-19 tally surges past 4,200 | New Delhi, April 6 (TIWN) The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in India is 4281, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday. | 06-Apr-2020 |
Abhijit Banerjee on Bengal's expert pane | Kolkata, April 6 (TIWN) West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government on Monday roped in Nobel laureate economist Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee as a member of newly formed Global Advisory Board for a Covid-19 Response Policy in the state. | 06-Apr-2020 |
India has enough ventilators for the pre | New Delhi, April 6 (TIWN) With the Indian government leaving no stone unturned in engaging start-ups and other manufacturers to bridge the demand-supply gap for ventitators, several healthcare experts said on Monday that the country was in a much better position vis-a-vis the vital equipment to tackle coronavirus. | 06-Apr-2020 |
9 pm, 9 minutes: Kerala CM's official re | Thiruvananthapuram, April 5 (TIWN) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has switched off the lights at his official residences and took to the call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to turn off electric lights and use candles, diyas and flashlights for nine minutes at 9 pm on Sunday to commemorate the countrys fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. | 05-Apr-2020 |
Odisha govt not to extend 48-hour shutdo | Bhubaneswar, April 5 (TIWN) The Odisha government on Sunday said it would not extend the 48-hour shutdown enforced in state capital Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Bhadrak town as no threat of community transmission of coronavirus was found in the areas. | 05-Apr-2020 |
Agra's truck repair shops shut, drivers | Agra, April 5 (TIWN) Teeming with both people and vehicles during normal times, the Transport Nagar and Baluganj in the city of the Taj now wear a desolate look due to the nationwide lockdown since March 24 midnight. | 05-Apr-2020 |
Union Minister shamed Goa with Prince Ch | Panaji, April 5 (TIWN) Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik, who is a BJP Lok Sabha MP from North Goa, has "put Goa to shame" by wrongly claiming that heir to the British throne Prince Charles was cured of COVID-19 due to Ayurvedic and homeopathy treatment. | 05-Apr-2020 |
Modi reminds to turn off lights for 9 mi | New Delhi, April 5 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reminded the country to switch off lights for nine minutes at 9 p.m. | 05-Apr-2020 |
COVID-19 positive Tablighi attendee dies | Chennai, April 4 (TIWN) A 51-year-old male died on Saturday at a hospital in Villupuram due to Coronavirus infection, said an official. | 04-Apr-2020 |
COVID-19: Tripura, Mizoram to release 90 | Aizawl/Agartala, April 4 (TIWN) In pursuance to the Supreme Court's order, Tripura and Mizoram governments have initiated the process to release around 900 prisoners on interim bail or PR Bond to prevent the novel coronavirus pandemic inside the jails, officials said on Saturday. | 04-Apr-2020 |
SC gives relief to NDTV, quashes IT noti | New Delhi, April 4 (TIWN) In a major relief to New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV), the Supreme Court on Friday allowed its appeal to quash the notice issued by the Income Tax Department seeking reassessment of income assessment for the financial year 2007-08 for allegedly round-tripping hundreds of crores of rupees from foreign sources. | 04-Apr-2020 |
Delhi govt launches online learning acti | New Delhi, April 4 (TIWN) To ensure that the learning process is not affected during the 21-day lockdown due to coronavirus, the Delhi government has launched the first phase of its online learning activities with children -- with one assignment a day for students up to Class 8. | 04-Apr-2020 |
Modi boosts citizen morale amid Lockdown | New Delhi, April 3 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday once again reached out to the nation amid the Lockdown21 to spread a message of positivity, community and strength and he urged each one to light up a candle or diya on April 5 at 9 p.m. for nine minutes to dispel the darkness and gloom brought by the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus. | 03-Apr-2020 |
COVID-19 : Securities beefed up across s | AGARTALA, April 3 (TIWN): A posse of policemen in protective gear was deployed statewide here to control the gathering. | 03-Apr-2020 |