Day: May 18, 2020

No major impact of Ola, Uber drivers' strike in Delhi

Lockdown 4.0: Uber, Ola resume services in more cities

11:35 pm May 18, 2020

New Delhi: Ride-hailing platforms Ola and Uber on Monday announced resuming operations in more cities, including Delhi and Bengaluru, following new guidelines for the fourth phase of the lockdown. Cab services were suspended for more than 50 days in Delhi and Bengaluru due to restrictions imposed by the government to contain the spread of coronavirus. […]

Air India starts Chicago-Hyderabad-Chicago weekly flight

Second repatriation flight lands in Mangaluru

11:30 pm May 18, 2020

Mangaluru: The second repatriation flight from Dubai to Mangaluru, carrying 178 passengers, touched down at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) here Monday night. Air India’s special flight landed at MIA at 7.45 pm, official sources said. Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh, airport director V V Rao and city police commissioner P S Harsha […]

Bear run over by unidentified vehicle in MP's Betul district

Maharashtra: 2 sloth bears rescued from well in Gondia

11:25 pm May 18, 2020

Gondia: A rapid rescue team of the forest department on Monday saved two sloth bears which had fallen into a well in Salekasa tehsil of Maharashtra’s Gondia district, officials said. The well is situated in Jhambdi village under Salekasa forest range and a rapid rescue team had to be summoned from Navegaonbadh and NNTR (Navegaon […]

Mamata announces slew of lockdown relaxations

11:18 pm May 18, 2020

Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced a slew of lockdown relaxations and said her government would not impose night curfew in West Bengal as proposed by the Centre. Extending the coronavirus lockdown till May 31, Banerjee said street vendors, salon and parlour owners would be allowed to reopen the shops from May 27. […]

Assam to launch mega campaign for plasma donation; return flight tickets, accommodation for donors from outside state

Asthma patient dies at quarantine centre in Uttarakhand

8:25 pm May 18, 2020

Pauri: A 31-year-old man, who was kept under institutional quarantine after returning from Faridabad two days ago, died on Monday in Uttarakhand’s Pauri district, officials said. A patient of asthma, he fell ill on Monday morning and was rushed to a nearby public heath clinic, Pauri’s District Magistrate Dhiraj Singh Garbyal said. He had been […]