Gurugram, April 29 (IANS) The Gurugram district administration has decided to bring back students stranded in foreign countries. Vijay Verdhan, Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Haryana, has written letters to all District Magistrates to collect data of such students. To help those students, Amit Khatri, District Magistrate of Gurugram, issued an[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Indian Railways on Wednesday said that private foodgrains (PFG) freight has registered a growth during the lockdown period as compared to last year as it transported over A7.75 lakh tonnes between March 25 to April 28. In a statement, a Railway Ministry spokesperson said,[Read More…]
Srinagar, April 29 (IANS) The top Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH) commander in Kashmir, Burhan Koka, and two of his associates are said to be among the three militants killed in Shopian on Wednesday. The encounter started on Tuesday night after security forces had an input about the presence of Burhan Koka[Read More…]
By Aakanksha Khajuria New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Amidst the stringent nationwide lockdown, coaching centres have turned tech-savvy and switched to virtual teaching mode to ensure that students do not suffer in the current situation. Competitive examinations to get admission into the reputed universities, colleges and along with tests for[Read More…]
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) With the aim to make the country self-reliant amid the lockdown crisis and simultaneously accelerate the economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trusted aides A.K. Sharma and Tarun Bajaj have been tasked to take over crucial roles in the economic apparatus. While Bajaj[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, April 29 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, here on Wednesday, said as of now 3,20,463 Keralites settled abroad had registered with Norka-Roots to return home, as and when the lockdown was lifted and the airports opened. Of this, 2,23,624 were on labour/residence visa, 57,436 on visit visa, 29,219[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) Dancer-actress Nora Fatehi has shared why she is single in a hilarious new video. Nora took to Instagram Stories, where she shared a TikTok video of herself mouthing a man’s dialogue. Nora says: “You know I have been thinking the reason why I am still single[Read More…]
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), April 29 (IANS) A team of medical and police personnel was attacked by a group of unruly persons on Wednesday evening when it went to quarantine a family of coronavirus positive person in Bajaria area of Kanpur. Four persons were arrested, who would be booked under the[Read More…]
Chandigarh, April 29 (IANS) The Punjab government, here on Wednesday, removed all curbs on construction activities, residential as well as commercial, in rural areas. In urban areas, however, only on-going projects can be taken up, subject to availability of workers at site. The instructions had been issued by Additional Chief[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday asserted that India would emerge victorious in combating the deadly coronavirus through a graded, pre-emptive and pro-active approach. He made the remarks in a video conference with Lions Club International members. as he thanked them for contributing Rs[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) Actor Deepak Dobriyal, who worked with Irrfan Khan in “Angrezi Medium” earlier this year, recalls the late actor was like an elder brother. “From making me understand the craft of acting to teaching me how to give genuine expressions on screen, he taught me and helped[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) As millions of Irrfan Khan fans were left stunned at his death, leading health experts on Wednesday tried to explain the rare neuroendocrine tumour (NET) the actor came to know about in 2018 and underwent chemotherapy and treatment in the US. Neuroendocrine tumour, which can[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar are unanimous in declaring that Irrfan Khan was the “greatest actor” of the presentday Hindi film industry. The Padma Shri and National Award recipient breathed his last in Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital early on Wednesday. He has[Read More…]
London, April 29 (IANS) Former England and Manchester United defender Gary Neville slammed Football Association (FA) for trying to resume matches amid coronavirus pandemic. Plans are being put in place to resume group training in mid May and then play matches in June. Neville hit out at plan and said[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday ruled that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) will apply to private unaided minority colleges for admission of students to MBBS, MD, BDS and MDS courses. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra and comprising Justices Vineet Saran and M.R. Shah said[Read More…]
Beijing, April 29 (IANS) The Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will add new blood as it plans to recruit about 60 employees throung online interviews. The BOCOG held live-stream interviews with more than 400 candidates from around the world on Wednesday after it launched[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Actress Jacqueline Fernandez says it is difficult to digest the news of demise of actor Irrfan Khan, despite knowing what he was going through. “We all were very aware of his suffering. It has been about two years since we got the news (about his[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram/Kochi, April 29 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said that there are no plans to effect cut in salaries of High Court Chief Justice and the Judges. Vijayan was responding to a question about a letter from the High Court Registrar to the state, pointing out that[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, April 29 (IANS) Indian Super League (ISL) side Odisha FC on Wednesday announced that Odia youngster Shubham Sarangi will continue being a part of the team till 2023. The 19-year-old defender has signed the extension of his contract with the Bhubaneswar-based ISL club on Wednesday. Speaking on the development,[Read More…]
By Sujit Chakraborty Guwahati/Shillong/Agartala, April 29 (IANS) Even as novel coronavirus infections in northeast India are comparatively under control so far, the eight northeastern states are staring at a new threat — African Swine Flu (ASF), which is suspected to be behind the mysterious deaths of hundreds of pigs. Animal[Read More…]
IRRFAN KHAN (January 7, 1967 – April 29, 2020) Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan seriously nurtured desire to be a cricketing hero. In smalltown India, where cricket and cinema are the twin intoxications that normally drive notions of heroism, the young boy of a tyre seller in Jaipur couldn’t realise the[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Centre has allowed the movement of students, migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists and others stranded at various places due to the ongoing nationwide lockdown that is in place to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday issued a circular to[Read More…]
Dhule (Maharashtra), April 29 (IANS) A fleet of 70 buses have started for Rajasthan’s Kota to bring back an estimated 2,000 students from Maharashtra stranded there, an official said here on Wednesday. The buses have been sanitized and will maintain adequate ‘physical distancing’ precautions during the 650-kms journey to and[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Chhattisgarh has topped all states in providing employment to 18,51,536 MNREGA workers despite the lockdown, as per data released by the Ministry of Rural Development on Wednesday. “Chhattisgarh government’s effort to protect the rural economy and preserve livelihood of villagers during the lockdown period are[Read More…]
New York, April 29 (IANS) Researchers have found that children’s rearing environment has a major impact on their risk for major depression later in life. For the findings, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, the research team analysed the health records of full and half-siblings with at least one[Read More…]
