Return of migrants: This institution is not hostage of government, says SC
While saying that “this institution is not hostage of the government”, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to reply within a week on a petition seeking direction to authorities to allow stranded migrant workers across the country to return home. The Supreme Court’s remark came after advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for petitioners Jagdeep S Chhokar, […]
Mumbai: Arnab Goswami to appear before police for questioning in Sonia Gandhi defamation case today
Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami will appear for interrogation in a case against him for allegedly defaming Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday, a day after the Mumbai Police served two notices to the journalist. “The Mumbai Police has sent me two notices in the last 12 hours saying they want to immediately interrogate me […]
9 CMs to speak with PM Modi during meeting over lockdown, exit strategy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with several chief ministers on Monday morning and nine of them will speak to him on issues from another extension of the lockdown to an exit plan and how it should be implemented. Chief ministers of all states are expected to be present at the meeting through video conferencing, […]
Over 50 infected: Three Kanpur madrasas emerge as new hotspots
In Kanpur city, which has emerged as a coronavirus hotspot district in UP, close to one-third of the total 170 cases is concentrated in three madrasas where over 53 students mostly between 10 and 20 years have tested positive. According to the district health and administrative officials, the madrasa students were most likely infected by the members […]
PM to interact with CMs on Monday to discuss way out of lockdown, COVID fight
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers via video conference on Monday morning on the way ahead in the fight against the novel coronavirus, amid indications that the discussions could also focus on a graded exit from the ongoing lockdown. This will be the third video conference of the prime minister with the […]
Recovered Muslim COVID-19 patients to donate plasma in Gujarat
More than forty Muslim COVID-19 patients, who were discharged from a hospital in Vadodara, Gujarat, on Thursday, will be donating their blood plasma for the treatment of other patients, a community leader said. Earlier, the Union government had allowed Gujarat health authorities to use on an experimental basis the plasma transfusion therapy which aims to […]
This South Delhi kitchen turns out 70,000 meals a day for lockdown-hit homeless & migrants
New Delhi: At the end of a narrow, winding road in Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri stands a lone godown. Correction: It was a godown, but now functions as a public food shelter run by the People’s Welfare Society that has been operational since 29 March to feed homeless people and migrant workers across South Delhi during the Covid-19 lockdown. […]
Mumbai, Pune set for lockdown till May 15
The Maharashtra government is likely to extend the second phase of the lockdown until May 15 in coronavirus hotspots Mumbai and Pune, officials indicated. On Saturday, Maharashtra recorded the biggest single-day spike in confirmed cases reported – 811 – taking the state total to 7,682. Of this, 5,049 cases have been reported from Mumbai – the highest […]
Indian envoy in UAE “appalled” after mortal remains of 3 deceased nationals sent back
Indian Ambassador to the UAE Pavan Kapoor has expressed shock over the mortal remains of three Indians being sent back to Abu Dhabi after they were flown to their families in India, according to a media report on Saturday. The deceased were not coronavirus cases but were returned by the authorities in New Delhi, the […]
India crosses 26,000 Covid-19 cases with biggest one-day spike
India’s tally of confirmed coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases shot past the 26,000-mark on Saturday with the biggest single-day spike in infections, driven largely by Maharashtra and Gujarat where the outbreak has been growing at a much faster pace recently even as the rest of the country shows some improvement. According to HT’s analysis of daily […]