Day: March 26, 2020

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Untimely ‘azaans’ leads to panic in Kashmir

4:01 pm March 26, 2020

Srinagar: Panic gripped Kashmir late on Wednesday night after there were untimely ‘azaans from mosques at several places across the valley amid the lockdown imposed to check the spread of coronavirus. Some people reached their nearby mosques while many prayed at their homes after the ‘azaans’ at 10 pm on Wednesday, officials said. A religious […]

Covid-19: Govt to pay employer, employee’s PF contribution for 3 months

3:53 pm March 26, 2020

New Delhi: The government will pay the employee provident fund (EPF) contribution both of the employer and the employee (12 per cent each) for the next three months, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. The move will benefit over 4.8 crore employees in the organised sector. The government has also announced a Rs 1.70 […]

Mahindra & Mahindra to come up with ventilator for just Rs 7,500

3:45 pm March 26, 2020

New Delhi: Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday said it expects to come up with a sophisticated ventilator at just Rs 7,500, which otherwise costs up to Rs 10 lakh, as it seeks to assist in combating coronavirus pandemic. The company said it hopes to have a prototype of an automated version of bag valve mask […]

Odisha puts 82,248 in self-quarantine

12:47 am March 26, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked 82,248 people to remain in self-quarantine as they have recently returned either from abroad or from other states in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak, an official said on Wednesday. The number of COVID-19 patients remained two in Odisha. The state governments chief COVID-19 spokesperson Subroto Bagchi said 78,233 […]

Gujarat: Congress, BJP spar over Dhaman-1 ventilators

Over 1,000 people returning to AP stranded at borders

12:41 am March 26, 2020

Amaravati: More than 1,000 people who set off from Hyderabad, the capital of neighbouring Telangana, to various districts in Andhra Pradesh were stranded since Wednesday afternoon at the Garikapadu check-post on the inter-state border as the police refused to allow them passage. Intervention of the local MLA and Government Whip Samineni Udayabhanu did not help […]