Day: March 13, 2020

Woman jumps in front of train with nine-month-old son

2.87 lakh posts vacant in railways: Government

9:21 pm March 13, 2020

New Delhi: As many as 2.87 lakh of the 15 lakh sanctioned positions are lying vacant in the railways, the government told Parliament on Friday. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said three centralised employment notifications (CENs) for around 1.41 lakh vacancies for various Group ‘C’ […]

Plan prepared to vaccinate all adults in 3 months: CM Kejriwal

Delhi Assembly passes resolution against NCR, NPR

9:19 pm March 13, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi Assembly passed a resolution against the National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on Friday. The resolution “earnestly” appealed to the Centre to withdraw and not carry out the whole exercise of NRC and NPR “in the interest of the nation, particularly when the economy is witnessing […]

Labourer raped by sugar mill owner’s driver

9:15 pm March 13, 2020

Gorakhpur (UP): A labourer of a sugar mill in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar district was allegedly raped by the driver of the factory, police said on Friday. The incident occurred at Hata area on Tuesday when the woman’s husband went to the market, according to the complaint. The mill owner’s driver, Sadiq Ahmad, allegedly entered her […]

3,337 children adopted in last one year: WCD ministry

9:12 pm March 13, 2020

New Delhi: A total of 3,337 children from India were adopted in the last one year, the Women and Child (WCD) Development Ministry said on Friday. Responding to a query in the Lok Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani gave out data that said in 2019-20 (till March 11), 2,944 children were adopted […]

COVID-19: Delhi records 111 deaths, 5,879 fresh cases

Coronavirus: Delhi govt shuts all swimming pools in national capital

9:07 pm March 13, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi government has ordered the shutting of all public swimming pools in the city with immediate effect till March 31 in wake of coronavirus outbreak, an official said on Friday. The health department of the Delhi government had issued an order in this regard on Thursday, the official said, adding swimming pools […]