COVID-19 pandemic

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

TN govt not for NEET, says Education Minister

4:42 pm September 12, 2020

Erode(TN): The Tamil Nadu government is against the National Eligibility-cum- EntranceTest (NEET) and has been urging the Centre to exempt the state from the test, School Education Minister K A Sengottiyan said on Saturday. The Minister’s statement comes on a day when a 19-year- old girl died by alleged suicide in Madurai, apparently ‘apprehensive’ over […]

Lucknow Metro resumes services after 5 months

4:20 pm September 7, 2020

Lucknow: The Lucknow Metro resumed services on Monday after being closed for over five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The services started at 6 am at all 16 stations with a thin crowd but the number of passengers increased later in the day, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation PRO Panchanan Mishra told PTI. The […]

Delhi Metro bags Japan Society of Civil Engineers' award

Delhi Metro resumes services with strict safety measures after 169-day COVID hiatus

4:12 pm September 7, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro resumed services with curtailed operations on the Yellow Line on Monday after being closed for over five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as both the DMRC and the commuters trod with caution amid the new normal in the rapid transport system. The trains will operate in batches of four-hour […]

PVR defers capex plans to control costs amid COVID-19 disruptions

4:23 pm September 6, 2020

New Delhi: Multiplex major PVR has deferred its capital expenditure plans in a bid to control costs as the company braces for a significant impact on its profitability in the current fiscal due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Cinema halls in India have remained shut since March this year, after the government imposed nationwide lockdown […]

AI to operate direct Kolkata-London flight from Sep 16

7:34 pm September 4, 2020

Kolkata: With regular international flights stalled owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, Air India is set to operate direct flights between Kolkata and London, primarily for the purpose of repatriation, under the Centre’s Vande Bharat mission, a spokesperson for the airline said. The flights between NSC Bose International Airport here and Heathrow in London will operate […]