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Sonia slams Centre for ‘anti-people’ activities, ‘exploiting’ farmers

BJP leader takes swipe at Sonia Gandhi

11:42 pm April 1, 2020

New Delhi: Taking a swipe at Congress president Sonia Gandhi, BJP’s Amit Malviya said her Rae Bareli constituency is looking for her as India fights coronavirus. “As India fights corona, Rai Bariely is looking for its Member of Parliament who also happens to be ‘interim’ Congress president…If anyone knows where she is, please let the […]

PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR society on Friday

PM discusses coronavirus situation with Maha CM

11:28 pm April 1, 2020

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday discussed the coronavirus situation in Maharashtra — which has the highest number of cases in the country — with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on phone. Maharashtra has recorded 335 cases of coronavirus so far. State officials said the prime minister urged Thackeray to step up “tracing, testing and […]

Maharashtra: 13 morning walkers booked for defying lockdown

COVID-19: Sonia writes to PM supporting lockdown, suggests urgent steps

4:29 pm March 26, 2020

New Delhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, supporting the lockdown announced in view of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, while suggesting steps like protecting doctors and seeking deferment of loan recovery. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic sweeping the world had caused serious public health concerns, anguish and apprehensions in India, […]

Covid-19: Govt to pay employer, employee’s PF contribution for 3 months

3:53 pm March 26, 2020

New Delhi: The government will pay the employee provident fund (EPF) contribution both of the employer and the employee (12 per cent each) for the next three months, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. The move will benefit over 4.8 crore employees in the organised sector. The government has also announced a Rs 1.70 […]

20 states, UTs in complete lockdown; six partially shut

9:14 pm March 23, 2020

New Delhi: As many as 20 states and Union Territories have ordered complete lockdown under their jurisdiction and six other states have put in place similar restrictions in some areas in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, officials said on Monday. The central government has also asked states to enforce additional restrictions, if necessary, leading to […]