Day: March 6, 2020

MP: IIFA Awards postponed amid coronavirus scare

6:07 pm March 6, 2020

Bhopal: The 21st edition of International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, which was scheduled to be held here at the end of the month, has been postponed in light of the coronavirus scare, organisers said on Friday. One of the most popular award functions in the country was scheduled to be held from March 27 […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

Lok Sabha passes Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (2nd Amendment) Bill

6:05 pm March 6, 2020

New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill amid noisy protests. The bill seeks to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) so that successful bidders of insolvent companies are ring-fenced from any risk of criminal proceedings for offences committed by previous promoters of the companies concerned. Finance […]

Lok Sabha passes Mines and Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill

6:02 pm March 6, 2020

New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Friday gave its nod to the Mines and Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill amid sloganeering by Opposition members over the Delhi violence and other issues. The Bill proposes to remove end-use restrictions for participating in coal mine auctions and will open up the coal sector fully for commercial mining for all […]

Doctor, JE held for taking bribe in Rajasthan

CBI arrests Transport Ministry engineers in bribery case

5:59 pm March 6, 2020

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested a superintendent engineer of the Union Road, Transport and Highways Ministry, and two others for allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs 2.76 lakh in Chennai, officials said on Friday. R Ellavarason, the superintendent engineer, was nabbed with Divisional Engineer Murugaboopathi and private consultant Ovu Reddy for allegedly receiving the […]

Coronavirus cases to single-digit in Wuhan, China reports rise in 'imported cases'

Empty roads, no vehicles turn Wuhan into a ‘ghost town’

5:56 pm March 6, 2020

Aurangabad: Deserted streets, no private vehicles on the roads and public transport virtually absent – all these tell the grim story of Chinese city of Wuhan, the ground zero of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a student who recently returned from the neighbouring country. Ashish Kurme, an MBBS student studying at a university near Wuhan, […]