Day: April 20, 2020

Small-scale shops can open, says Kerala Chief Secretary

Centre objects to Kerala easing lockdown restrictions

3:53 pm April 20, 2020

New Delhi: The Centre has come down heavily on the Kerala government for its decision to allow opening of restaurants, bus travel in cities and opening of MSME industries in urban areas, saying it amounts to dilution of lockdown guidelines and also a Supreme Court observation. However, the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left government in Kerala said […]

Terror hideout busted in J-K's Poonch; arms, ammo seized

Two overground workers of Jaish arrested in Shopian

3:43 pm April 20, 2020

Srinagar: Security forces apprehended two overground workers of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit from Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. A joint team of security forces led by police arrested the two overground workers of Jaish during vehicle checking at Wachi in Shopian, a police official said. The arrested duo have been […]

Political leaders condole death of Yogi's father

Yogi Adityanath’s father dies

3:38 pm April 20, 2020

Lucknow/ New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s father Anand Bisht died on Monday morning, an official said. “Honourable CM’s father left for his heavenly abode at 10.44 am. Our deepest condolences,” Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said in a statement. Bisht was undergoing treatment at the gastroenterology department of the All India […]

Tanker's impossible voyage signals new sanction evasion ploy

Oil prices collapse on storage fears, Asia equities mixed

3:32 pm April 20, 2020

Hong Kong: Oil prices collapsed to more than two-decade lows Monday as traders grow concerned that storage facilities are reaching their limits, while equities were mixed, with some support coming from signs that the coronavirus may have peaked in Europe and the United States. US crude benchmark West Texas Intermediate briefly plunged almost 20 percent […]

Health Ministry issues advisory for healthcare workers

MP govt to make available 50 lakh low cost masks at PDS shops

3:25 pm April 20, 2020

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has planned to procure 50 lakh low cost cotton masks and facilitate their availability at fair price shops for public to contain the spread of coronavirus. The government will get these masks stitched by women from urban areas in the state, a public relations official said on Monday. A decision […]