COVID-19 pandemic

Vice President Naidu greets people on Dussehra

Live streaming of Dussehra festival

8:49 pm October 20, 2020

Kolkata: The Dussehra festival in the city and the burning of Ravana effigy will be live-streamed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions against public gathering, an organising committee member said. The 20-feet Ravana effigy will be set aflame at Salt Lakes Central Park on October 26 evening in the presence of only executive members […]

Bomb threat by woman caller to airport in TN a hoax, say officials

Finland’s national carrier cuts over 10% of workforce

6:04 pm October 20, 2020

Helsinki : Finland’s national carrier said Tuesday it will cut 700 jobs – over 10% of its workforce – by the end of March next year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global travel. Finnair, which is heavily focused on flights from Europe to Asia, said Tuesday that some 600 of the redundancies […]

Nadda promises OBC status for left out Hindu backward castes

CAA to be implemented soon: Nadda

8:29 pm October 19, 2020

Siliguri (WB): BJP national president J P Nadda Monday said the execution of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act has been delayed due to the pandemic and asserted that the law will be implemented soon. Nadda, who was speaking at a meeting of social groups of north Bengal, accused the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of […]

Congress alleges rampant fraud in voters' list in Kerala

Congress to start ‘Speak up for Chandigarh’ campaign

11:29 pm October 17, 2020

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Congress on Saturday said it will start an online social media campaign under which the party leaders will regularly raise various issues, including the recent steep hike in water tariffs, in the city. Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee president Pradeep Chhabra said the party will also gherao the municipal corporation office on October […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Going, going, gone: COVID-19 boosts online art auctions

8:14 pm October 17, 2020

New Delhi: There is never a bad time to buy art — or sell it — even if the economy is floundering and even when there is a pandemic. The long held view that the art market remains steady in the rockiest of times has been borne out with the COVID-19 forced lockdown speeding up […]