COVID-19 pandemic

IRCTC to resume e-catering services from next month

6:24 pm January 22, 2021

New Delhi: In a big relief to passengers, IRCTC will resume its e-catering services from next month, a statement from the railways’ catering arm said on Friday. Due to onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent unprecedented lockdown, e-catering services were suspended on March 22, 2020. IRCTC, the catering and tourism arm of the […]

Three held for man’s murder in Hyderabad

11:33 pm January 11, 2021

Hyderabad: Three people who allegedly killed a 33-year-old man on a road here in public view over a financial dispute were arrested on Monday, police said. The deceased, who was into real estate business, was attacked at around midnight on Sunday with sticks and knives besides a cement block, they said. A video of the […]

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

Lower tax burden on partnership firms, impose special duty on etailers: Traders’ body urges govt

2:38 pm January 5, 2021

Kolkata: Owners of small businesses have demanded imposition of a special tax of five per cent on online retailers and lowering of income tax rate to 22 per cent on partnership and LLP firms in the next Union budget to help them survive, a traders’ body said on Tuesday. Traders and retailers, who have been […]

Paused by COVID-19,India’s Arctic expedition to resume in June

6:18 pm January 4, 2021

Panaji : After a gap of a year due to COVID-19 pandemic, India‘s annual expedition to the Arctic will resume this year in the month of June, a senior Union government official said on Monday. Talking to reporters in Vasco town, about 30 kms away from here, M Ravichandran, Director, National Centre for Polar and Ocean […]

Lingaraj Temple reopens for devotees after nine months

8:03 pm December 27, 2020

Bhubaneswar : Shree Lingaraj Temple here reopened for devotees on Sunday after remaining closed for almost nine months due to COVID-19 pandemic, officials said. Servitors and their family members were allowed entry into the oldest shrine of the state capital on the first day. They will be allowed to pray inside the temple till December […]