NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Tuesday sought replies from Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur on a plea by JNU student and anti-CAA activist Sharjeel Imam seeking clubbing of multiple FIRs levelling sedition charges against him for allegedly making inflammatory speeches. The top court gave another opportunity to theContinue Reading
After being suspended for two months, due to the coronavirus lockdown, domestic air travel is set to resume in India today. With all domestic (air/ rail/ inter-State bus) travel to resume, the Health Ministry issued new guidelines for inter-State travel and international arrivals, stating that only COVID-asymptomatic domestic passengers/ internationalContinue Reading
A gloom has set in upon the staff of King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, the biggest municipality-run hospital in central Mumbai’s Parel area. Everyone associated with the hospital looks dejected. Around 1,000 resident doctors work without adequate food, nurses fear for their safety as they file in, all norms ofContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Indian states reported 6,339 new Covid-19 cases on Friday — the fourth peak in daily cases in as many days and the first time that more than 6,000 infections were recorded within 24 hours — on the back of another explosion of cases in Maharashtra, where 2,940 moreContinue Reading
The lockdown period has been gainfully utilised to ramp up the health infrastructure in the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday, with senior health officials confirming that India is now planning to initiate a study on ‘behaviour of the coronavirus (COVID-19) virus in persons who have died afterContinue Reading
SRINAGAR: The second terrorist has also been killed in the ongoing encounter with security forces at Nawakadal area of Srinagar on Tuesday. The Jammu and Kashmir Police had earlier today informed of one terrorist being killed by the security forces. According to the Jammu and Kashmir police, both terrorists whoContinue Reading
Lockdown 4.0, which comes into effect on May 18, will see shops and markets — except those in malls — opening, and autos, buses and cabs operating within the State guidelines. E-commerce companies will be allowed to deliver all goods, including those considered non-essential. However, hotels, restaurants, cinema halls, malls,Continue Reading
Representative image NEW DELHI: The Centre will amend the Essential Commodities Act to provide for notifying stock limits for a retailer or wholesaler only if retail prices increase abnormally—by 100% in case of perishable items like onion, potato and tomato and 50% in the case of non-perishable essential commodities. TheContinue Reading
Post COVID-19, life will not be the same. People from different spheres of life will see different changes. For commuters of the AP State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) buses, it will be a new experience of cashless travel. The officials of the giant public carrier are currently running dummy trialsContinue Reading
MUMBAI: A high-powered committee appointed by the Maharashtra government has decided to temporarily release around 50 per cent prisoners to decongest jails across the state in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The committee, comprising Bombay High Court Justice A A Sayed, Additional Chief Secretary of state Home department SanjayContinue Reading
