COVID-19

Hotel, restaurant associations welcome Maha govt's move to waive excise license fee

Delhi hotels, restaurants, clubs can serve liquor from Sept 9

7:48 pm September 3, 2020

New Delhi: Hotels, restaurants and clubs in the national capital have been permitted to serve liquor from September 9, Delhi government sources said on Thursday These establishments will have to follow COVID-19 guidelines issued by the Central government, they said “Authorities have allowed hotels, restaurants and clubs to service liquor from September 9,” a Delhi government source […]

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

CFI to host first-ever Cycling Summit in 2021

6:47 pm September 1, 2020

New Delhi: The Cycling Federation of India (CFI) on Tuesday said that it will host the first-ever “Cycling Summit” in 2021 across Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. The CFI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a new-age marketing exploration firm, Contarctica for the summit. The Cycling Summit 2021 will open with a cycle ride […]

COVID-19 pandemic: Night curfew lifted in Chandigarh

11:47 pm August 31, 2020

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration on Monday announced lifting of night curfew in the city. The decision has been taken in compliance with central government directives under ‘Unlock 4’, an official release said The night curfew was in force from 10 pm till 5 am in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centre on August […]

Actor-MPs urge Centre to reopen cinema halls

7:01 pm August 31, 2020

Kolkata: Four actors of the Bengali film industry, three of them ruling TMC MPs, have urged the Centre to consider re-opening movie theatres with necessary COVID-19 protocols in place, underscoring that cinema hall owners and employees are under severe financial duress. Sources in the industry said the actor-MPs have made the plea as members of […]

COVID-positive SP worker jumps to death from overbridge

6:46 pm August 30, 2020

Bareilly (UP): A Samajwadi Party worker escaped from the COVID-19 ward of a hospital here and then allegedly jumped to death from an overbridge, police said on Sunday. Raman Jauhari (40), a district-level SP leader, escaped from the hospital on Saturday evening and allegedly died by suicide after jumping from an overbridge on Delhi-Bareilly-Nainital highway, […]