l 'People Will Go to Other States': Tamil Nadu Moves SC Against Madras HC Order to Shut Liquor Shops By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 03:53:24 +0530 The Madras HC on Friday ordered closure of liquor outlets noting that no social distancing was being maintained. It, however, allowed doorstep delivery of booze through online mode. Full Article
l CBSE Announces Class 10, 12 Board Exam Dates at cbse.nic.in, Here’s a Subject-wise List By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 03:32:04 +0530 CBSE students can check the press release on the official website of CBSE at cbse.nic.in. Full Article
l Delhi HC Declines to Entertain Plea to Link Metro Card with Address Proof By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 03:49:18 +0530 In case the petitioners move a representation to the DMRC, it is supposed to dispose of the plea within four weeks by a reasoned order after taking inputs from authorities concerned. Full Article
l Two Women Command AI Express Flights on Covid-19 Evacuation Mission By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 03:51:36 +0530 The rescue flight that took off from Trichy airport to Kuala Lumpur was commanded by Captain Kavitha Rajkumar, while Captain Bindhu Sebastian was the commander for Kochi-Muscat-Kochi flight. Full Article
l Private Mobile Phone Services Restored in Kashmir, Situation Remains Calm By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 04:01:22 +0530 Seeing an improvement of the situation, the authorities allowed private telecom operators to resume their services from Friday night but asked them to keep Internet connection barred. Full Article
l JNU Students Set to Return to Campus by June 25, Varsity Releases New Academic Calendar By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 04:08:36 +0530 The resumption of the classes are planned so that students can complete their remaining academic components. Examinations will be completed by July 31, said the JNU. Full Article
l LG Polymers Says Vapour Leak Caused Accident at Vizag Plant By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 04:19:30 +0530 The unit said it is committed to working closely with the concerned authorities to investigate the cause of the incident, prevent recurrence in future and secure the foundation for care and treatment. Full Article
l Two Held in Shamli for 'Objectionable' WhatsApp Post against PM Modi, Sonia Gandhi By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 04:30:47 +0530 A case was registered against the two men for allegedly posting an objectionable WhatsApp message against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Full Article
l Confusion over Covid-19 Deaths in Delhi as Govt Data Shows Fewer Fatalities than Hospital Figures By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 04:59:03 +0530 The toll of 68 shared by the Delhi government in its health bulletin on Friday is based on data collected from 10 hospitals, including AIIMS, Safdarjung Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical College. Full Article
l Narco-terrorist With Links To Kashmiri Terror Groups Nabbed by NIA in Haryana By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 06:02:10 +0530 NIA, along with Punjab and Haryana police, arrested alleged notorious narco-terrorist Ranjit Singh from Sirsa. Full Article
l RPSC Declares Result for Junior Legal Officer Written Exam 2019, Check Merit List at rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:25:04 +0530 The RPSC Junior Legal Officer examination was held on December 26 and 27 last year. The answer key of the written exam was released on the website of RPSC on January 24. Full Article
l Three Northeast States Hike Duty on Liquor by 25% to Generate Revenue By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 05:28:45 +0530 Several states including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have already raised the taxes on liquor to give boost to their revenue. Full Article
l Chennai and Coronavirus: Two Major Clusters, Rapid Spike in Central and South Zones By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 05:32:51 +0530 While many other districts across Tamil Nadu, even ones which saw an initial spike, have managed to reduce cases, Chennai firmly remains in the red zone with 2644 active cases. Full Article
l Four Held in Gujarat for Spreading Rumour about Amit Shah's Health By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 05:40:14 +0530 Amit Shah issued a statement saying that rumours about his health were being spread through social media. Full Article
l 302 Shramik Special Trains Run So Far, Around 3.4 Lakh Migrants Ferried: Railways By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 05:36:23 +0530 The national transporter has planned to operate 47 trains on Saturday, out of which 34 trains have already departed, officials said. Full Article
l Delhi HC Extends by 45 Days Interim Bail of 2,177 Under-trial Prisoners amid Covid-19 Pandemic By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 05:44:43 +0530 A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh passed the order in view of a high-power committee's recommendation that it would be dangerous to put the prisoners back in jail as the risk still remains high. Full Article
l 62-year-old Becomes Second Covid-19 Fatality in UP's Gautam Buddh Nagar By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 05:56:19 +0530 The resident of Sector 66 was among the two people who tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours Full Article
l Walking Back Home, Migrant Workers Create Ruckus on Being Stopped in UP's Amroha By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 05:56:39 +0530 The workers started arriving at the bridge from the Delhi side on Friday afternoon and wanted to go home at the earliest, officials said. Full Article
l After Ahmedabad and Surat, Now Total Lockdown in Gandhinagar from Sunday to Curb Covid-19 Spread By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 06:00:28 +0530 The lockdown order will be in effect from May 9, 6 PM in Kalol and 6 AM on Sunday in Gandhinagar. Full Article
l K'taka Govt Says No Action Against Firms Not Paying April Wage as Industry Heads Seek Eased Labour Laws By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 06:16:41 +0530 A request was also made for tweaking benefits under ESI and PF. However, as both fall under the central government, the state authorities have reportedly expressed it inability to make any amendments to the norms. Full Article
l Naval Ship From Maldives With Over 600 Stranded Indians to Arrive on Sunday By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 06:24:16 +0530 INS Jalashwa, participating in Indian Navy's "Operation Samudra Setu" to bring home Indians stuck in foreign countries due to COVID-19 pandemic, has departed from Male port for Kochi with 698 Indian nationals on board on Friday night. Full Article
l 2 Indians Flown Back to Kerala from UAE Test Positive for Covid-19; State's Infection Toll Climbs to 505 By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:29:20 +0530 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 23,596 people were currently under observation at their homes, and 334 at different hospitals. Full Article
l Accused of Being Coronavirus Carrier, Man Thrashed in UP's Aligarh; Six Booked By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 06:37:30 +0530 A 25-year-old man with serious injuries fell unconscious after the accused attacked him, alleging that he was a 'coronavirus carrier'. Full Article
l Testing Capacity for Covid-19 Scaled up to 95,000 Per Day, Says Union Minister Harsh Vardhan By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 06:44:25 +0530 Tripura has reported 118 cases, Assam 59, Meghalaya 12 cases, Manipur two while Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported a case each till Saturday morning 8 AM. Full Article
l 224 New Covid-19 Cases Recorded in Delhi, Tally Climbs to 6,542 By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 06:57:29 +0530 No fresh death due to the virus was reported in this period. Delhi has so far reported 68 deaths. Full Article
l With Disciplined Approach to Lockdown, this MP Village Close to Indore Puts Unruly Cities to Shame By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:01:56 +0530 With a population of around 25,000, the gram panchayat is a hub of potato chips (dry & raw) manufacturing units and attracts potato suppliers, traders and workers who find employment here. Full Article
l Andra Prasdesh to Reduce Retail Liquor Outlets to 2,934 by May End By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:06:38 +0530 Retail liquor business in the state is currently run by the government, through the AP State Beverages Corporation Limited, Full Article
l Close Shave for Jharkhand Workers Walking on Railway Tracks to Return to Home in West Bengal By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:13:38 +0530 The labourers had managed to reach the temple town of Tarapith from Purba Bardhaman district during the lockdown and started on foot from there towards neighbouring Jharkhand on Friday night. Full Article
l 1.5 Lakh Migrant Workers Want to Return to Haryana: Home Minister Anil Vij By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:16:29 +0530 Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said over 1.5 lakh migrant workers have applied on the government portal, expressing their willingness to return back to work in the state Full Article
l Bihar Dispatches 28 Ambulances to AES-affected Districts Including 8 to Muzaffarpur By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:30:35 +0530 East Champaran, West Champaran got five each, Sitamarhi four while Samastipur, Gopalganj and Siwan districts got two ambulances each, an official release said. Full Article
l Punjab Govt Advances Paddy Sowing, Transplantation Dates by 10 Days By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:34:05 +0530 Farmers had raised concerns about labour shortage resulting from migrant labourers returning to their homes in view of the Covid-19 crisis. Full Article
l Tamil Nadu Further Eases Curbs, Allows Private Firms to Resume Work With 33% Work Force By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:37:14 +0530 The government also extended the timings for groceries and vegetable shops from the present 5 pm till 7 pm, effective Monday, throughout Tamil Nadu. Full Article
l Pune Man Kills His 5-month-old Daughter after Fight with Wife, Arrested By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:40:21 +0530 The accused strangled the infant to death, said a police official. Full Article
l Crushed to Death in Sleep on Rail Tracks, Migrant Workers' Bodies Taken Home by Special Trains By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:45:07 +0530 The labourers, working in a steel factory in Jalna, left for their home in Madhya Pradesh on foot. Exhausted, they slept on the tracks near Karmad, not knowing that traffic of goods trains had not ceased despite lockdown. Full Article
l Man Held for Repeatedly Raping, Blackmailing 17-Year-Old in Rajasthan's Jhalawar By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:41:17 +0530 The accused, identified as Saddam Hussain Pinjara, was on Saturday produced before a Jhalawar court which sent him to two days' police remand. Full Article
l Publicity Pandemic: Breaking Lockdown Rules, Ruling MLAs in Andhra Pradesh Spur Mass Gatherings By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:01:39 +0530 The leaders are apparently trying to cash in on the Covid-19 situation in a bid to impress chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy through distribution of essential articles ahead of a cabinet expansion. Full Article
l Prashant Kishor Travelled to Kolkata During Lockdown, Alleges Bihar BJP; Prove it, Says Poll Strategist By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:49:56 +0530 Kishor, who earlier worked with the BJP but turned into its strident critic of late, reacted with indignation, saying he would retire from public life if the allegations were proven true. Full Article
l Two Prisoners Shifted from Bengaluru to 'Green' District of Ramanagara Test Positive for Covid-19 By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:09:48 +0530 Ramanagara is one of the eight districts in Karnataka that had not seen a single coronavirus case until now, despite being close to the capital city and falling en route the two red zone districts of Bengaluru and Mysure. Full Article
l Kumaraswamy's 'Told You So' Moment as Karnataka's Green Zone at Risk of Turning Red After Jail Transfer By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:14:27 +0530 The transfer of over 100 miscreants, who are accused of attacking the health workers in Bengaluru, to neighbouring Ramanagara district prison, has snowballed into a full blown political war in Karnataka. Full Article
l LJP Chief Says Over 14 Lakh People Not Getting Ration Benefits in Bihar, Seeks Nitish Kumar's Response By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 01:10:54 +0530 LJP Chief Chirag Paswan said the Bihar government has not issued ration cards amid the coronavirus lockdown despite repeated statements by the Centre Full Article
l In Letter to Modi, Kerala CM Seeks Help to Bring Back Bodies of Indian Expats Who Didn't Die of Covid-19 By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 01:04:23 +0530 Indian embassies may be directed to issue necessary clearance without seeking individual approval from MHA to avoid delay, the letter read. Full Article
l 'Why Were Positive Patients Traveling?' TMC's Derek O' Brien After 9 RPF Constables Contract Covid-19 in Bengal By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 01:37:19 +0530 Eight constables who tested positive for Covid-19 were posted in West Bengal, while one was stationed in Odisha. Full Article
l 'Virus Forced Everyone to Stay in. Except My Son': On Extension of Son's Custody, Akhil Gogoi's Mother Sobs By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 02:00:42 +0530 His mother on several occasions demanded Akhil's release and also went to hunger strike in last December. Full Article
l Bengal Governor Accuses Mamata Banerjee of 'Explicitly Appeasing' Minority Community By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 02:00:00 +0530 Urging the TMC supremo 'to shun politics and confrontational approach', Jagdeep Dhankhar said her conduct is only compounding the miseries of the people of West Bengal. Full Article
l 'Put Out of Work Lawyer Under Lockdown': In Centre-Bengal Feud, Mahua Moitra Aims Dart at Governor By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 03:17:39 +0530 In a five-page letter, Dhankhar responded to the CM, who accused him of 'forgetting' that she was the elected head of government in the state and he was merely a 'nominated' one. Full Article
l 'Why Not Shelve Bullet Train?' Congress Flays Govt's 'Inhumane' Move to Freeze DA Hikes By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 03:36:56 +0530 The government on Thursday froze inflation-linked allowance for its 1.1 crore employees and pensioners, a move states are likely to replicate, helping save a combined Rs 1.2 lakh crore that could be used to combat the coronavirus crisis. Full Article
l Telangana BJP Chief Stages Hunger Protest in Support of Farmers, Demand MSP be Paid to Them By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 05:00:54 +0530 Taking a dig at the TRS-led state government, Sanjay asked ministers to make a field visit to know the ground reality and the problems faced by the farmers. Full Article
l 'Bankrupt Leadership' of Congress Opposing Every Govt Measure in Fighting Coronavirus: BJP By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 05:28:19 +0530 Senior BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar said the entire country is together in fighting the coronavirus but the Congress is busy "fighting" Modi and the government. Full Article
l Shashi Tharoor Slams Modi Govt Over 'Faulty' Rapid Test Kits, Calls for Indigenous Production By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 05:50:15 +0530 Reacting to the reports of faulty test kits, Tharoor said he read comments on social media over the issue stating that what can the Modi government do about it as other countries also had the same experience. Full Article
l Owaisi Demands Relief for Migrant Labourers, Transport Facility after Lockdown to Go to Their Homes By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 07:03:06 +0530 The Hyderabad MP alleged that the lockdown was announced in an unplanned manner without providing relief to migrant labourers from states, including Bihar, UP, West Bengal and Jharkhand. Full Article