COVID-19

Govt committed to farmers' welfare, MSP system strengthened, sharp increase in payment to farmers: FM

FCI refutes Scroll report; denies 65 lakh tonnes of food grain rot

1:30 pm June 4, 2020

New Delhi: The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has strongly refuted report published on Wednesday in the online news portal ‘Scroll.in’ with the heading “India let 65 lakh tonnes of grain go to waste in four months, even as the poor went hungry”. Terming the news report as “blatantly unfair” and damaging the organisation’s reputation, […]

Shops and business establishments open in Meghalaya

11:18 pm June 3, 2020

Shillong: Shops and business establishments opened in Meghalaya on Wednesday after more than two months as the lockdown relaxations came into effect. Taxis and buses also started plying with 50 per cent capacity and private vehicles based on the odd-even formula. “All kinds of business houses and shops, except for barber shops and beauty parlours, […]

Delhi govt sets up panel for overall preparedness of hospitals to battle COVID-19

7:31 pm June 3, 2020

New Delhi: A five-member committee has been constituted by the Delhi government to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure and look into overall preparedness of hospitals to battle COVID-19, officials said. The order to set up the panel was issued on Tuesday, the day Delhi recorded its highest single-day spike of 1,298 coronavirus cases. The members of […]

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

Five new containment zones created in Tehri district

9:20 pm June 2, 2020

New Tehri: With coronavirus cases rapidly increasing in Tehri district, five new containment zones were declared on Tuesday. With this, the number of containment zones in the district has risen to eight, District Magistrate Mangesh Ghildiyal said. The containment zones are in Bhilangana and Jakhnidhar blocks, he said. All activities will remain suspended in the […]

Another Mumbai policeman dies of COVID-19; state toll 29

4:10 pm June 2, 2020

Mumbai: An Assistant sub-Inspector (ASI) of Police died due to COVID-19 on Tuesday, taking the total number of the police personnel having succumbed to the viral infection in Mumbai to 19 and in Maharashtra to 29, an official said. The ASI breathed his last at Sion hospital here where he was admitted on Thursday. “The […]