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Mamata Banerjee blames ‘outsiders’ for spread of virus
Kolkata, April 19 Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the people coming from outside for election purposes responsible for the rapid spread of Covid-19 in the state. Asking the people not to panic, the chief minister said that the…
Negative RT-PCR report must for train passengers travelling from 6 states to Maharashtra
Mumbai (Maharashtra) , April 19 (ANI): Train passengers from Kerala, Goa, Rajasthan, Delhi-NCR, Gujarat and Uttarakhand will now be required to produce a negative RT-PCR test report taken at most 48 hours before travelling to…
Delhi hospitals gasping for breath, says CM Arvind Kejriwal
NEW DELHI: As the healthcare system is nearing collapse in Delhi, with the city registering the biggest jump in daily Covid-19 cases, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday shot off letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union…
Railways converted 4,002 train coaches as COVID-19 care-isolation facility
New Delhi: The Indian Railways has converted 4,002 train coaches as a COVID-19 care-cum-isolation facility to provide assistance to state governments amid surging coronavirus cases in the country.
The Union Minister of Railways, Piyush…
COVID-19: Centre asks states to prohibit oxygen supply for industrial use
New Delhi , April 19 Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has written to the Chief Secretaries of all states asking them to take measures to prohibit the supply of oxygen for industrial purposes, except the specified exempted…
South Korean delegation explores investment opportunities in Sikkim
Gangtok, Apr 17 ( UNI) South Korean delegation consisting of 6 members called on Chief Minister PS Tamang and Minister for Commerce & Industries Bedu Singh Panth. They also met Chief Secretary SC Gupta. Representative of KORA an…
Railways to run “Oxygen Express” trains
New Delhi, Apr 18 (UNI) Railways will run trains--Oxygen Express-- ferrying Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) tankers across from the country as several States have requested for it owing to shortage of medical oxygen due to sporadic rise in…
Goa receives 1.5 lakh doses of Covid 19 vaccines, CM thanks PM for support
Panaji, Apr 18 (UNI) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday said that the state has received 1.5 lakh doses of Covid 19 vaccines and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his continued support in the fight against Covid 19.
In a…
Manmohan writes to Modi suggesting ramping up vaccination for battling Covid wave
New Delhi, Apr 18 (UNI) Former prime minister and veteran Congress leader Dr Manmohan Singh on Sunday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting him to ramp up the vaccination drive to battle the ongoing second wave of…
Major reshuffle in J&K administration
Srinagar, Apr 18 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory (UT) government on Sunday ordered major reshuffle in the administration and transferred 66 Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) and other officers in the interest of administration.…
Administration needs to extend all help to Varanasi people with utmost sensitivity
New Delhi, Apr 18 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took stock of testing, availability of beds, medicines, vaccines and manpower etc. for prevention of Coronavirus and proper treatment of infected patients in his parliamentary…
Nitish announces night curfew in Bihar
Patna, Apr 18 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced a series of measures including night curfew in the state from 9 PM to 5 AM besides closure of schools, colleges, cinema halls, parks, zoos and gymnasiums till May 15 to…
CM reviews Covid and drought situation in Una District
Shimla/Una(HP), April 19(UNI) Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday reviewed the situation of Covid-19 and drought in the district.
Chief Minister also directed the elected representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions and Urban Local…
Gopalkrishna Gandhi writes to ECI to ban all rallies in Bengal
New Delhi, Apr 18 (UNI) Former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Sunday wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to immediately ban political rallies and door-to-door campaign in poll-bound Bengal to prevent Covid outburst.…
Sena says PM Modi inaccessible due to Bengal polls, BJP junks charge as political gimmick
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Political slugfest continues, with blame game going on over the shortage of medical oxygen and critical medicines in Maharashtra. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray dialled the PMO on Friday evening and his office said he was…
Indianapolis FedEx mass shooting: India assures assistance to victims’ kin
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday assured all possible assistance to the families of the victims of Thursday’s shooting in Indianapolis in the US. At least eight people, including four Sikhs, were killed and five…
Nashik tops India in cases per million; state may extend restrictions beyond May 1
MUMBAI: COVID-19 data compiled between March 16 and April 15 from major cities of India has shown that Nashik in Maharashtra is the worst hit city in the country in terms of cases per million residents, officials said on Saturday.
The…
Mamata’s politics has crossed dangerous limit of vengeance
Gangarampur, Apr 17 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday alleged TMC chief Mamata Banerjee's politics has crossed a dangerous limit of vengeance.
Addressing a public meeting here in Dakshin Dinajpur district, Mr Modi said, West…
Delhi CM urges Harsh Vardhan to increase beds in Centre’s hospitals
New Delhi, April 18 Hours after warning of shortage of beds and oxygen amidst exponential surge in Covid-19 patients in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he has apprised the Union Health Minister about the…
Necessary measures must be taken to ramp up beds for Covid patients: PM
New Delhi, April 18 Emphasising that there is no substitute to testing, tracking and treatment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday at a meeting to review the country's Covid preparedness that all necessary measures must be taken…
