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Amarinder Singh urges PM Modi to arrange trains form

01 May 2020 07:17 AM IST

In response to the Centre’s advisory on the return of stranded migrants and others, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday directed all DCs to prepare state-wise data of migrant labourers to coordinate their movement, even as he urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to arrange for point-to-point special trains

Corona crisis can be a blessing in disguise to attract FDI leaving China: Nitin Gadkari

30 Apr 2020 08:30 AM IST

The Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises speaks exclusively to The Daily Guardian on fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and reviving Indian economy

Suspense over Kim Jong Un may soon end

30 Apr 2020 08:26 AM IST

During the just-concluded parliamentary elections in one of the world’s most dynamic economies, South Korea, the opposition parties sought to characterise the idealistic President Moon Jae-Inn as a puppet of the Supreme Commander of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. Their calculation was that South Korean voters would turn away from

Centre allows movement of stranded citizens

30 Apr 2020 08:15 AM IST

The issue of the movement of migrant labourers, which has been a major bone of contention for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, has finally been resolved. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday issued a notification allowing the movement of stranded people, including migrant labourers, with certain conditions. Nitish

Irrfan crosses over to the magical side of life

30 Apr 2020 08:10 AM IST

A legend, an enigma, a versatile actor, a great human being, an international achiever— these are some of the ways Irrfan Khan has been described today by those who knew him, those who poured out their grief after hearing the tragic news. For some it felt like a bad dream

The world opening cautiously with partial lifting of lockdown

30 Apr 2020 08:00 AM IST

With over three million corona-positive cases and counting and over third of global population passing under some sort of mobility restrictions—lockdown, quarantine and social distancing—for over six weeks now, there are some positive signals coming out this week from across the world. Braving coronavirus fears, the world has started opening

Corona hits 47 CRPF men, MHA seeks answers

30 Apr 2020 07:45 AM IST

The Home Ministry has swung into action after 47 jawans of the CRPF tested positive for coronavirus. According to sources, the ministry has sought a report from the CRPF DG seeking details on how the number of infections spiralled in the 31st battalion of CRPF in East Delhi’s Mayur Vihar.

JNU gears up for Ramayana lessons

30 Apr 2020 07:38 AM IST

The JNU will organise a live session on the leadership lessons from Ramayana at the university amidst the Covid-19 pandemic which has engulfed the entire world. The online session will be held on 2-3 May from 4 pm to 6 pm, which will be beamed live on video sharing platform

Has Nitish abandoned those who are stranded outside Bihar?

30 Apr 2020 07:36 AM IST

The adamant stance of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar continued over the issue of bringing back thousands of stranded Bihari students in Kota, even as the opposition tried to paint it as his callousness. Nitish Kumar has been maintaining that bringing them back would be a gross violation of lockdown

Punjab extends curfew by two weeks to combat coronavirus

30 Apr 2020 07:20 AM IST

Some shops will be allowed to remain open in non-containment and non-red zones by rotation, for four hours every morning, with 50% staff strength.

ED and Delhi Police zero in on Tablighi chief’s sons, nephew

30 Apr 2020 07:17 AM IST

In fresh trouble for Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad, the Enforcement Directorate and the Delhi Police are likely to question the cleric’s sons and nephew over monetary transactions of the Jamaat. According to sources, the funding received by the Tablighi Jamaat was handled by all the three sons of Maulana

Delhi-Katra e-way will pass via Amritsar: Harsimrat Badal

30 Apr 2020 07:15 AM IST

Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday disclosed that one section of the DelhiAmritsar-Katra expressway would pass through Amritsar after being split into two at Kartarpur, even as the other section would go through Gurdaspur to Katra. Badal said that she had recently been informed by the