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Plea in SC for allowing migrant workers return to hometowns after COVID-19 tests

NEW DELHI: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to authorities to allow migrant workers across the country to return...

Amid lockdown, child helpline receives 4.6 lakh calls in 21 days

NEW DELHI: Government helpline for children 'CHILDLINE 1098' has responded to a total of 4.6 lakh calls in 21 days, with a majority of...

Pressure mounts on India to ramp up testing as Covid cases surge

NEW DELHI: The Centre came under tremendous pressure from the opposition parties and experts to ramp up testing as coronavirus toll and cases surged. The...

HRD Minister urges private schools to reconsider annual fee hike, quarterly fee payment structure

NEW DELHI: Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Friday urged private schools to reconsider their decisions on annual fee hike and collecting fee...

US provides nearly $5.9 million in health assistance to India

NEW DELHI: The US has provided nearly USD 5.9 million in health assistance to India to contain the spread of Covid-19, the State Department...

India witnesses steep rise in crime against women amid lockdown, 587 complaints received: NCW

NEW DELHI: There has been a steep rise in crime against women across the country amid restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak, with...

Waqf boards told to implement strict social distancing during Ramzan

NEW DELHI: Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday directed state waqf boards to ensure strict implementation of lockdown and social distancing guidelines...

Mask-wearing, social distancing should be enforced strictly: MHA on lockdown

NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry on Thursday said some rules such as wearing face masks, practising social distancing and no gathering of five...

India’s covid tally modest considering its huge population: Experts

NEW DELHI: India needs to “significantly ramp up” the number of tests done across the country to trace COVID-19 infection if the virus is...

Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 392, cases climb to 11,933: Health ministry

NEW DELHI: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 392 with 39 fatalities reported since Tuesday evening, while the number of...

Tell public servants to behave sensibly with people: NHRC asks Centre

NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday requested the Central government to issue an advisory to the states and Union Territories...

Lot of talk, where is the roadmap: Congress asks PM Modi

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday termed as rhetoric and hollow on specifics the prime minister's address to the nation, saying there was no...

Migrant workers come out on road in Mumbai, say want to travel back home

MUMBAI: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced extension of the coronavirus-enforced lockdown till May 3, a large number of migrant workers who earn...

Pakistan clerics warn government against ban on religious congregations amidst coronavirus outbreak

ISLAMABAD: A group of over 50 senior clerics in Pakistan has warned the government against the ban on religious congregations amidst the coronavirus outbreak...

Transmission chain broken if no case is reported for 28 days from an area: Health Ministry

NEW DELHI: The Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday that if no Covid-19 case is reported for 28 days from a specific area, only...

Gautam Navlakha surrenders before NIA in Bhima Koregaon case

NEW DELHI: Civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha surrendered before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday in Delhi after the Supreme Court had refused...

Will not gag press, implead PCI as party to the case : SC to Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to pass any interim order on the plea of a Muslim body seeking to restrain a...

Sonia writes to PM: Seeks 10 kg grains for NFSA beneficiaries, other vulnerable people till September

NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday asked the government to provide 10 kg grains per person to beneficiaries of National Food Security...

Ramzan advisory issued amid lockdown

LUCKNOW: With the beginning of Ramzan just about 10 days away, Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali, the chairperson of the Islamic Centre of India...

Home Ministry asks states/UTs to take welfare measures for migrant workers hit by COVID-19 lockdown

NEW DELHI: The Centre has asked all states and Union Territories to take welfare measures, including food, shelter, medicine, mobile and video call facilities,...

909 coronavirus cases, 34 deaths reported in last 24 hours: Health Ministry

NEW DELHI: As many as 909 COVID-19 cases and 34 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of...

Lockdown extension meaningful if COVID-19 testing is intensified: Akhilesh

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said that the extension of the ongoing nationwide lockdown will be meaningful only if COVID-19 testing...

Death toll rises to 242, number of cases climbs to 7,529: Health Ministry

NEW DELHI: The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 242 and the number of cases in the country climbed to 7,529 on Saturday,...

WHO corrects report, says no Covid-19 community transmission in India

NEW DELHI: The World Health Organization (WHO) admitted that one of its reports had shown COVID-19 community transmission in India due to an error...

Lockdown, social distancing most effective ‘social vaccines’ to fight COVID-19: Harsh Vardhan

NEW DELHI: Given the size of India's population, coronavirus testing needs to be scaled up in a manner that can be sustained, Union Health...

PM to interact with CMs today; extension of COVID-19 lockdown on agenda

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers of all states on Saturday via video, where a call would be taken...

Cannot do covid tests free of cost: Private labs on SC directive

NEW DELHI: With the Supreme Court directing that private labs should conduct coronavirus tests free of cost, many laboratories expect the government to “come...

Hope govt has plan to deal with situation arising out of lockdown: Sonia Gandhi

NEW DELHI: The Congress hopes that the government will come out with a plan to deal with the situation arising out of the prevailing...

Govt decides to export surplus hydroxychloroquine, says there is buffer stock for India

NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over the export of hydroxychloroquine, which is being seen as a drug that may counter coronavirus, the government on Friday...

India’s COVID-19 death rate lower than many developed nations like US, UK: Medical experts

NEW DELHI: Despite India reporting nearly 200 COVID-19 deaths in last one month, the country’s death rate of about 3 per cent is lower...

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