Day: March 23, 2020

CM, colleagues chip in for equipment to take on COVID-19

10:28 pm March 23, 2020

Puducherry: Territorial Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Monday said a separate fund was being created to buy basic equipment to take on COVID-19. He told reporters here that he and his ministerial colleagues would contribute a month’s salary each to the proposed fund and appealed to all legislators and Members of Parliament from Puducherry to […]

Gujarat: Congress, BJP spar over Dhaman-1 ventilators

BJP legislator Bhargava resigns as Leader of Opposition

10:24 pm March 23, 2020

Bhopal: Minutes before the BJP legislators meeting was scheduled to begin on Monday evening to elect a new leader, senior party MLA Gopal Bhargava tendered his resignation from the post of Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh assembly. Senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan was later elected the new leader of the legislature party, […]

Coronavirus: Gujarat Assembly adjourned sine die

10:14 pm March 23, 2020

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Assembly was adjourned ‘sine die’ on Monday due to the novel coronavirus outbreak after a motion for it was introduced by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. It was approved in the absence of Congress MLAs who were shifted to Rajasthan two weeks ago to prevent poaching attempts by the BJP ahead of the […]

7 killed in cyclone Yaas in Bihar;Nitish orders payment of Rs 4 lakh each compensation to their families

Nitish announces package over coronavirus lockdown

10:11 pm March 23, 2020

Patna: In view of the lockdown enforced in urban areas of the state over coronavirus pandemic, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday announced a “package” under which one month ration will be given for free to all the card holders. Three months advance pension will be given immediately to all the beneficiaries of schemes […]

COVID-19: Several flights to and from Guwahati cancelled

10:05 pm March 23, 2020

Guwahati: Several flights to and from the Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati were cancelled on Monday due to poor patronisation in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. GoAir cancelled its Kolkata-Guwahati-Kolkata G8- 295/296 and 532/546, Aizawl-Guwahati-Aizawl 297/298, Delhi- Guwahati-Bagdogra 851/851, Bagdogra-Guwahati-Delhi 257/257, and Aizawl-Guwahati-Aizawl 290, an AAI spokesman here said. Indigos Agartala-Guwahati-Chennai 6E […]