Day: May 17, 2020

Govt allocates Rs 40,000 cr more for MGNREGS

6:14 pm May 17, 2020

New Delhi: The government on Sunday announced an additional Rs 40,000 crore allocation for the rural employment guarantee scheme to help provide jobs to migrant workers returning home. Announcing fifth and final tranche of the economic stimulus package, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the allocation for MGNREGS is being increased by Rs 40,000 crore over […]

AITA to nominate Ankita, Sharan for Arjuna award

6:10 pm May 17, 2020

New Delhi: Asian Games medal winners Ankita Raina and Divij Sharan are set to be nominated for the Arjuna award by the national tennis federation, which plans to send former Davis Cup coach Nandan Bal’s name for the Dhyan Chand honour. The 27-year-old Ankita had won a women’s singles bronze medal at the 2018 edition […]

Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison

UP prison admin starts random COVID-19 testing in jails

6:04 pm May 17, 2020

Lucknow: After the death of an inmate in Agra Central Jail due to COVID-19, the Uttar Pradesh Prison Administration and Reform Department has started random testing of samples for coronavirus in all the prisons of the state, a senior official said on Sunday. Fourteen jail inmates were quarantined following the death of the prisoner on […]

TV actor Manmeet Grewal commits suicide

5:56 pm May 17, 2020

Mumbai: TV actor Manmeet Grewal, who worked on shows like “Aadat Se Majboor” and “Kuldeepak”, committed suicide after struggling with dwindling finances amid lockdown, family friend-producer Manjit Singh Rajput said. Grewal, who was originally from Punjab, hanged himself on Friday night at his Kharghar residence here where he lived with his wife. He was 32. […]

Arrests at anti-lockdown demonstrations in Warsaw, London

12:35 am May 17, 2020

Frankfurt: Demonstrations took place Saturday in several European cities against restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of the coronavirus, with tear gas used on protesters in Poland and arrests made at a gathering in London’s Hyde Park. Police in several German cities enforced distancing rules as thousands of people gathered to express a mix of […]