Day: March 12, 2020

Mumbai airport handles 52 flights on Day 4

India has not imposed a ban, has taken ‘more stringent’ measures on int’l travel: Jaishankar

7:50 pm March 12, 2020

New Delhi: The government on Thursday informed Lok Sabha that India has not imposed a total ban on the entry of foreign nationals as part of efforts to check the spread of coronavirus. Responding to a series of questions by members in Lok Sabha following his statement on COVID-19, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar clarified […]

Three final offers received for PMC Bank resolution, says RBI Guv

Three more arrested in PMC Bank scam

7:46 pm March 12, 2020

Mumbai: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police which is investigating alleged scam at the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank on Thursday arrested three persons including a former director, an official said. Jasvinder Singh Banwait, Vishwanatha Shridhar Prabhu and Shripad Govind Jere were arrested on Thursday. Banwait was a director and member […]

Scindia forgot his ideology as he was apprehensive about his political future: Rahul

7:44 pm March 12, 2020

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said Jyotiraditya Scindia forgot his ideology as he was apprehensive about his political future and that he would not get respect in the BJP. Talking about Scindia’s move to the BJP ending his long association with the Congress, Gandhi said there is a difference between what Scindia […]

44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

Fifth coronavirus case reported in Karnataka

7:42 pm March 12, 2020

Bengaluru: A 26-year-old man who returned from Greece has tested positive for coronavirus, making it the fifth case in Karnataka, the health department said on Thursday. The patient has been admitted and isolated at a hospital and his condition is stable, a department media bulletin said. “All (his) primary contacts have been traced and are […]

Mumbai Taximen’s Union opposes discounts in fares

7:39 pm March 12, 2020

Mumbai: The Mumbai Taximen’s Union on Thursday opposed the Maharashtra government’s decision to enforce telescopic fare system for kaali-peeli cabs, under which prices of fares that go beyond 8 km will be slashed by 15 per cent. The state government on Monday decided not to permit cabs that are more than 15 years old to […]