Day: April 24, 2020

Old couple found dead at home in UP's Banda

Special initiatives for the elderly in COVID-19 times

5:03 pm April 24, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Kudumbashree, hailed as one of the world’s largest women empowerment and poverty eradication missions, has launched a special initiative for the well-being of the elderly in Kerala during the COVID-19 lockdown with a string of confidence-building measures. The thrust of the outreach has been to take care of the mental health of the elderly […]

COVID-19: Goa govt to provide thermal guns to industries

4:58 pm April 24, 2020

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said the government will provide all necessary infrastructure, including thermal guns and screening devices, to industries to fully resume their operations in the state. The Goa government granted conditional permits to industrial estates in the state, which have started operating in phases since April 20, after all […]

Police complaint against Kangana Ranaut over remarks

4:52 pm April 24, 2020

Mumbai: A complaint has been filed with police against Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut for allegedly promoting enmity between different groups with her remarks made in support of her sister Rangoli Chandel, an official said on Friday. The complaint was filed by a lawyer, Ali Kashif Khan Deshmukh, at the suburban Amboli Police Station on Wednesday. […]

Goswami seeks stay to probe by Mumbai police in TRP scam

Supreme Court grants 3-week protection to journalist Arnab Goswami

4:48 pm April 24, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday granted protection against any coercive steps for three weeks to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in connection with some FIRs lodged against him in various states for alleged defamatory statements made during the news shows on recent Palghar mob-lynching of three persons including two saints in Maharashtra. A bench […]

Woman arrested for trying to sell newborn in Delhi

4-month old COVID-19 positive baby girl dies in Kerala

4:42 pm April 24, 2020

Kozhikode: A four-month-old baby girl, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and suffering from congenital heart disease, died in a hospital here in Kerala early Friday after suffering a cardiac arrest, officials said. This is the third COVID-19 death and the first infant fatality in the state where two elderly people had succumbed to the […]