Day: April 22, 2020

First cargo express to start from South Central Railway

Railways announces incentives for freight traffic

10:12 pm April 22, 2020

New Delhi: The Indian Railways has announces slew of incentives for freight traffic during the COVID pandemic. According to the aforesaid incentives no haulage charge will be applicable for movement of empty containers and empty flat wagons from 24.03.2020 till 30.04.2020 More Customers can register their demands and also receive railway receipt for goods electronically […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Lockdown: 258 offences in Maharashtra for rumours, fake news; 57 held

10:05 pm April 22, 2020

Mumbai: The cyber wing of the Maharashtra Police has registered 258 offences for spreading rumours, misinformation, fake news and inciting communal hatred on social media platforms during the lockdown, and arrested 57 persons in this connection, an official said on Wednesday. The cyber wing has been continuously monitoring the online activities of social media users during the […]

Bill Gates lauds PM Modi’s leadership in combating COVID-19 in India

9:58 pm April 22, 2020

New Delhi: Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and his government’s “proactive measures” such as lockdown and expansion of focused testing in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in India. According to officials, Gates, in a letter to Modi, said he was glad that the Indian government is fully utilizing […]

Gadkari disapproves Maharashtra demand to run trains for migrants

9:52 pm April 22, 2020

Mumbai: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday disapproved the Maharashtra government’s demand to run special trains for migrant workers to take them to their native states, saying that such scenario should not become another Nizamuddin-like situation. The demand for special trains was made by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to the Centre. “I do understand their […]

Women accuse cops of harassment in Lucknow after being stopped, video goes viral

9:46 pm April 22, 2020

Lucknow: The Jiamau area of the state capital witnessed drama during the lockdown, when police stopped a car in which three women were travelling and they started arguing with the cops, accusing them of harassment and one of them sat on the road and started crying. A video of the purported incident which was shared […]