Day: May 1, 2020

Nearly 15,000 guest workers go home from Tamil Nadu

176 stranded workers sent to Andhra Pradesh from Telangana

11:32 pm May 1, 2020

Hyderabad: As many as 176 stranded workers belonging to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh were on Friday sent from Nalgonda district in Telangana to their home state as per the guidelines of the Centre, an official said. “One hundred and seventy-six people. In six buses, we have sent today evening around 4 pm as per the Ministry […]

Woman jumps in front of train with nine-month-old son

Don’t throng stations: Central Railway

11:29 pm May 1, 2020

Mumbai: The Central Railway on Friday appealed people not to throng railway stations, saying only those passengers who have been permitted to travel by the state government would be allowed to board trains. The Central Railway (CR) would be running two special Shramik Express trains from Nashik to Lucknow and Bhopal after the Union government […]

GST Council leaves tax rate on vaccines unchanged

Govt defers release of April GST collection data

11:18 pm May 1, 2020

New Delhi: The government on Friday deferred the release of April GST revenue collection data as the ongoing lockdown and extended return filing deadline led to lower mop-up during the month, sources said. The government had in March extended the deadline to file GST returns for entities with turnover of over Rs 5 crore by […]

1,118 fresh COVID-19 cases; 26 more deaths in Delhi

203 fresh COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu, one death

11:01 pm May 1, 2020

Chennai: A 98-year-old man died of COVID-19 here as the state reported the highest ever of 203 positive cases on Friday, even as the Chennai corporation said those found violating the lockdown regulations will be penalised Rs 100 a day and put in quarantine for 14 days. With the fresh cases, the tally now stood […]

COVID-19: Delhi records 111 deaths, 5,879 fresh cases

Delhi records 223 new COVID-19 cases, tally now 3,738

10:56 pm May 1, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi recorded 223 fresh cases of coronavirus on Friday, taking the tally to 3,738 with two more deaths being reported here, the government said. The number of fatalities due to COVID-19 now stands at 61. On Thursday, the total number of cases in Delhi were 3,515 and the number of fatalities stood at […]