Day: May 8, 2020

No more demand for Shramik Special trains, says Railways

Second Shramik Special train from Delhi leave for Bihar

9:19 pm May 8, 2020

New Delhi: The second Shramik Special train from the national capital left for Bihar’s Muzaffarpur on Friday with 1,200 stranded migrant workers on board, official said. The workers were ferried to the New Delhi Railway station mostly in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses, and in some cases in police vans from shelters homes run by […]

CII bats for immediate stimulus package of Rs 15 lakh cr

9:15 pm May 8, 2020

New Delhi: Industry body CII on Friday suggested that the government should immediately announce a stimulus package of Rs 15 lakh crore, or 7.5 per cent of the GDP, observing that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to “deep distress” in the Indian economy. “The COVID-19 pandemic, which came as a bolt from the blue, is […]

Over 10 lakh Indians have returned from abroad under Vande Bharat Mission: MEA

India to expand ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ beginning May 15

9:05 pm May 8, 2020

New Delhi: India will expand from next week its mega mission to evacuate stranded Indians from abroad by including countries like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Germany, Spain and Thailand, official sources said on Friday. They said stranded Indians in central Asia as well as in various European countries will be brought back home under the second […]

Tablighi Jamaat: ED conducts multi-city raids

Ten Indonesians who had attended Tablighi event get bail

8:58 pm May 8, 2020

Mumbai: Ten Indonesian nationals, arrested for not disclosing that they had attended the Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi which turned out to be a coronavirus hotspot, were granted bail by a court here on Friday. The applicants, which included six women, are all members of the Islamic organisation Tablighi Jamaat and had attended its meet […]

COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,886; cases climb to 56,342

8:14 pm May 8, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,886 and the number of cases climbed to 56,342 in the country on Friday, registering an increase of 103 fatalities and 3,390 infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 37,916. While 16,539 […]