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India records global highest Covid-19 de | New Delhi, May 19 (TIWN) India broke its own previous record of Covid deaths in 24 hours after the the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday said the nation recorded 4,529 deaths -- the highest number of fatalities from Covid infection. | 19-May-2021 |
DMDK Founder Vijayakant admitted to hosp | Chennai, May 19 (TIWN) Actor-turned-politician and DMDK Founder Vijayakant on Wednesday was admitted to a private hospital here, the party said. | 19-May-2021 |
Assam will become oxygen hub for NE stat | Guwahati, May 19 (TIWN) While Assam is supplying oxygen to Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Nagaland, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that his state would also provide 16 metric tonnes of the gas daily to Meghalaya. | 19-May-2021 |
Amid Curfew, thieves looted a mobile sho | AGARTALA, May 18 (TIWN): In the state capital city, Agartala everyday theft, robbery incidents have become common in broad daylight raising questions on the administrative measures to curb crimes in the city. | 18-May-2021 |
Kejriwal announces Rs 50K for families w | New Delhi, May 18 (TIWN) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Tuesday that Rs 50,000 ex gratia will be given to each family in the national capital that has had a Covid death. | 18-May-2021 |
SC seeks Bengal response on plea for CBI | New Delhi, May 18 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from the West Bengal government on a plea seeking CBI probe into the killing of two BJP workers in the post-poll violence in the state. | 18-May-2021 |
Christians begin cremating bodies, buryi | Lucknow/ Varanasi/ Prayagraj (UP), May 18 (TIWN) An increasing number of members from the Christian community are now adopting the Hindu tradition of cremating the bodies. | 18-May-2021 |
O2 concentrator case: Navneet Kalra sent | New Delhi, May 17 (TIWN) A Delhi court on Monday sent businessman Navneet Kalra, who was arrested late on Sunday night, to three days' police custody in connection with oxygen concentrator hoarding case. | 17-May-2021 |
Narada case: CBI arrests Trinamool's Fir | Kolkata, May 17 (TIWN) The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested two Trinamool Congress ministers -- Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, apart from former Trinamool Minister and present MLA Madan Mitra and former Kolkata Corporation Mayor Sovon Chattopadhyay in the Narada sting tapes cases where several politicians and a high-ranked police officer were allegedly found accepting cash bribes in exchange for providing unofficial favours to the company. | 17-May-2021 |
Covid care centres for cops come up in U | Lucknow, May 17 (TIWN) The Uttar Pradesh government has set up Covid Care Centres at Reserve Police Lines across 66 districts of Uttar Pradesh for police personnel. | 17-May-2021 |
Is Vijayan beginning his second innings | Thiruvananthapuram, May 17 (TIWN) No doubt, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has created history by becoming the first to retain power, but ahead of the beginning of his second innings, murmurs have begun, if he needs to go for a 'grand' swearing in ceremony, when the state is going through tough times, not to mention that the capital is among the four districts where the triple lockdown norms are in force till Sunday. | 17-May-2021 |
PM 'individualised' everything to become | New Delhi, May 17 (TIWN) Attacking the Modi government's handling of the Covid pandemic, the Congress on Sunday also faulted its vaccine policy, saying the muddle arose because the "Prime Minister wanted to become the vaccine guru". | 17-May-2021 |
Maha sees Covid cases drop, deaths rise | Mumbai, May 16 (TIWN) Maharashtra on Sunday saw Covid-19 new infections drop but the state's deaths kept increasing to cross 81,000, though there was also an increase in the recovery rate, health officials said. | 16-May-2021 |
31 girls at two Tripura orphanages test | Agartala, May 16 (TIWN) A total of 31 minor girls and eight caretakers at two orphanagew in Tripura have tested positive for Covid-19 but their condition is stable, officials said on Sunday. | 16-May-2021 |
Daring theft incident reported in broad | AGARTALA, May 16 (TIWN): Increasing robbery, theft incidents, have rattled public lives in Tripura, with increasing numbers of broad daylight such unwanted incidents, showing thumb finger to the law and order. In the state capital city, Agartala everyday theft, robbery incidents have become common in broad daylight. Rising various questions on the administrative measures to curb thefts and robberies in the city, Agartala. In such a daring theft incident occurred in broad daylight at Ramnagar area on Sunday. | 16-May-2021 |
Shah talks to 4 CMs about preparedness o | New Delhi, May 16 (TIWN) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday chaired a review meeting with the Chief Ministers of Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Union Territory of Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli to assess preparedness to deal with the cyclonic storm "Tauktae". | 16-May-2021 |
Agartala : Huge amount of Drug items wer | AGARTALA, May 15 (TIWN): Based on secret information police of West PS led a raid and arrested 2 drug traders from Jaipur, Dasamighat area with huge amounts of illicit items. | 15-May-2021 |
36 Children Reported Covid Positive in T | AGARTALA, May 15 (TIWN): Director Family Welfare & PM in an exclusive telephonic conversation has confirmed a Bengali TV channel of Tripura PB24 that at least 36 children were found Covid-positive in the West District of Tripura. | 15-May-2021 |
Go for another test if symptoms persist | New Delhi, May 15 (TIWN) If the RT-PCR test comes out negative, but symptoms are present, it is recommended to go for another test, suggested All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Saturday. | 15-May-2021 |
PM emphasises on door-to-door Covid test | New Delhi, May 15 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed on localised containment strategies in states where Test Positive Rate (TPR) in districts is high and adopt "door to door testing and surveillance in rural India" to contain the spread of Covid-19. | 15-May-2021 |
Assam keen to boost trade, connectivity | Guwahati, May 15 (TIWN) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is keen to increase trade and further improve connectivity with neighbouring Bhutan, officials said on Friday. | 15-May-2021 |
Maha sees Covid deaths, cases drop; tall | Mumbai, May 14 (TIWN) Maharashtra saw Covid-19 fatalities and new infections drop sharply on Friday, but the state tally crossed the 53 lakh mark and the toll raced past the 79,000 level, health officials said. | 14-May-2021 |
Delhi's vaccine stock for 45+ to last fo | New Delhi, May 14 (TIWN) The national capitals Covaxin stock for the 45-plus age group and healthcare and frontline workers will last for two days, while the Covishield stock for the same beneficiaries would last for three more days, the Aam Aadmi Party said on Friday. | 14-May-2021 |
Prez, PM greet nation on Eid | New Delhi, May 14 (TIWN) President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday greeted the nation on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. | 14-May-2021 |
Sonia, Rahul condole demise of Times Gro | New Delhi, May 14 (TIWN) Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday condoled the demise of Times Group chairperson Indu Jain. | 14-May-2021 |
Delhi govt welcomes Centre's decision to | New Delhi, May 13 (TIWN) Amid reports of vaccine shortage coming from different parts of the country, the Centre and Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Thursday exppressed their willingness to invite other companies to produce Covaxin in a bid to ramp up vaccine production in the country. | 13-May-2021 |
Air Force Jawan could not fly from Agart | AGARTALA, May 14 (TIWN): Despite having the negative report of the Govt-approved Covid test centre, a jawan working in the India Air Force could not fly Pune via Kolkata, his place of work. | 14-May-2021 |
Battala Bazar traders are under severe l | AGARTALA, May 13 (TIWN): As the second wave of Covid-19 surges in India, several states have imposed a strict lockdown. Similarly, Covid-19 positive cases including death cases are also increasing rapidly. The impact of increasing COVID-19 positive cases has been seen in minor businessmen, which leads to huge losses for traders. | 13-May-2021 |
Centre channels foreign aid to States/UT | New Delhi, May 13 (TIWN) The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement that on May 12 medical consignments were received from Kuwait, Singapore, Gilead, Switzerland, Spain, Egypt which included Remdesivir, oxygen cylinders, oxygen concentrators and ventilators/BiPAP/CPAP. | 13-May-2021 |
Oxygen cylinder rates capped in Gurugram | Gurugram, May 13 (TIWN) To ensure proper delivery of oxygen cylinders to the Covid patients at their doorsteps, the Gurugram District Magistrate has issued orders to fix the rate of cylinders. Now, a small cylinder (B type) will cost Rs 80, big cylinder (D type) will cost Rs 250, while the delivery charge will be Rs 100. | 13-May-2021 |
Nagaland goes for total lockdown | Guwahati/Kohima/Agartala, May 12 (TIWN) The Nagaland government has clamped total lockdown across the state for eight days while Assam and the other six northeastern states extended the timings of curfew and imposed other restrictions to curb the alarming spread of Covid, officials said on Wednesday. | 12-May-2021 |
India reports record COVID fatalities as | NEW DELHI, May 12 (TIWN): India's health ministry reported Wednesday the country's highest-ever number of deaths from COVID-19 in 24 hours. | 12-May-2021 |
CBI officer Ragothaman who probed Rajiv | New Delhi, May 12 (TIWN): Former Central Bureau of Investigation Superintendent of Police K Ragothaman died in Chennai on Tuesday. He was 76. | 12-May-2021 |
BDO conducts last rites of Covid victim | Patna, May 12 (TIWN) At a time when some people are abandoning their loved ones who died due to Covid, a Block Development Officer (BDO) in Bihar's Muzaffarpur has set an example by performing the last rites of a corona victim. | 12-May-2021 |
O2 plant accounts frozen by Guj govt, Ji | Gandhinagar, May 12 (TIWN) Gujarat's Charity Commissioner has frozen the bank accounts of the NGO associated with independent legislator Jignesh Mevani's oxygen plant project. Mevani and the trust have decided to challenge the order in the high court. | 12-May-2021 |
Bharat Biotech supplying Covaxin to 18 s | Hyderabad, May 11 (TIWN) Bharat Biotech has been directly supplying its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to 18 states since May 1, the company said on Tuesday. | 11-May-2021 |
Vaccine stock will last for 2-3 days in | New Delhi, May 11 (TIWN) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that vaccination drive is in full swing at nearly one hundred centres across the national capital, however, the available stock will last for two-three days only. | 11-May-2021 |
Indian doctors warn against cow dung as | New Delhi, May 11 : Doctors in India are warning against the practice of using cow dung in the belief it will ward off COVID-19, saying there is no scientific evidence for its effectiveness and that it risks spreading other diseases. | 11-May-2021 |
11 Covid patients die as oxygen supply d | Tirupati, May 11 (TIWN) Tragedy struck the renowned Ruia Hospital in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati on Monday as 11 Covid patients lost their lives due to an interruption in oxygen supply, Chittoor District Collector Harinarayan said. | 11-May-2021 |
Asaram now seeks bail for 'ayurvedic tre | Jaipur, May 10 (TIWN) Self-styled godman and rape convict Asaram, who is undergoing treatment at AIIMS after testing Covid positive in Jodhpur jail, on Monday moved the Rajasthan High Court for two months interim bail to continue his treatment further via ayurveda. | 10-May-2021 |
House looted twice in a Month at Belonia | BELONIA (South Tripura), May 10 (TIWN): The incident of burglary in a same house twice in a month has created panic in local's minds. Despite informing the Belonia police and administration, nothing is happening. The incident took place in Amtali area of Belonia under Bharatchandra Nagar block. | 10-May-2021 |
PM wishes Assam CM Himanta expects momen | New Delhi, May 10 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma on taking oath as a new chief Minister of Assam and other Ministers, wishing the new team will add momentum to the development journey of the hilly state. | 10-May-2021 |
Himanta Biswa Sarma sworn-in as 15th Ass | Guwahati, May 10 (TIWN) Himanta Biswa Sarma was on Monday sworn-in as the 15th Chief Minister of Assam, a day after he was named as the leader of the newly-elected BJP legislators in the state. | 10-May-2021 |
Mamata's 43 ministers take oath sans fes | Kolkata, May 10 (TIWN) Amid a raging Covid-19 pandemic, 43 Trinamool Congress ministers comprising 24 cabinet ministers, 10 Ministers of State with Independent charge and nine MoS took oath at an austere ceremony held in the Raj Bhawan on Monday. | 10-May-2021 |
Himanta Biswa Sarma to take charge as 15 | Guwahati, May 9 (TIWN) The BJP's lead strategist in northeastern states and senior leader Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was on Sunday elected as the leader of the newly elected MLAs of the party, will take charge as the 15th Chief Minister of Assam on Monday. | 09-May-2021 |
Twist : Himanta Biswa Sarma to be new CM | Guwahati, May 9 (TIWN) BJP's lead strategist in northeastern states and party's senior leader Himanta Biswa Sarma would be the next Chief Minister of Assam as he on Sunday was elected the leader of the BJP legislature party by the newly elected MLAs. The saffron party returned to power in Assam for the second consecutive term. | 09-May-2021 |
Delhi to remain shut till May 17, Metro | New Delhi, May 9 (TIWN) Amid crisis for medical services and oxygen supply in Delhi's hospitals for over last three weeks, the city will remain under lockdown till next Monday (May 17) as part of measures to break the chain of corornavirus infections. | 09-May-2021 |
Big surge in Covid deaths, cases in Andh | Amaravati, May 9 (TIWN) Andhra Pradesh saw a big surge in Covid fatalities and new cases during the 24-hour period ending 9 a.m. on Saturday. | 09-May-2021 |
Karnataka to go under 14-day lockdown fr | Bengaluru, May 9 (TIWN) With the state in the grip of the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Karnataka government on Friday decided to impose a 14-day statewide lockdown from May 10-24. | 09-May-2021 |
Harsh Vardhan assures Mamata of all help | New Delhi, May 8 (TIWN) Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday assured West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of all help to fight Covid in the state. | 08-May-2021 |