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07 May

The Railway Union Urged Sonia Gandhi To Refrain From Indulging In “Petty Politics”.

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The All India Railwaymen's Federation on Thursday appealed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to refrain from indulging in "petty politics" over the fare of Shramik Special trains and said the Railways charged money to prevent overcrowding at stations.In a letter to Sonia Gandhi, the Railways' largest union of workers said travelling during the coronavirus pandemic is dangerous but railway staffers are making it possible through their hard work."I request not to destabilise a good system which is enabling migrants to return home in 115 special trains because of petty momentary political gains," AIRF general secretary Shiv Gopal Mishra said in…

07 May

Karnataka Said It Will Restart The Service Tomorrow With Three Trains.

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Karnataka, roasted over stopping the trains for stranded migrant labourers, has said it will restart the service tomorrow with three trains. The government has written to nine state governments, seeking their consent to send the migrants back. The list includes Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, West Bengal and Rajasthan. The trains are expected to run till May 15.The state had stopped the week-long twice-a-day train service yesterday, citing a beginning in its construction activities.Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa had said around 1 lakh migrants had left and those who remain would be needed to work at the construction sites. …

07 May

An Inmate Of The Central Jail In Uttar Pradesh’s Agra Has Tested Positive For Coronavirus.

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An inmate of the Central Jail in Uttar Pradesh's Agra has tested positive for coronavirus. This is possibly the first case of a convict being infected with the deadly virus in the state. 14 inmates who were in close contact with the convict have been quarantined after he tested positive.Prison guards and other jail staff who came in contact with the prisoner are being identified and isolated.The inmate was taken to the hospital on Sunday with high blood pressure and symptoms of brain stroke. He was admitted to the SN Medical College where after an initial test he tested negative…

07 May

Priority Of The Armed Forces Is Always To Neutralise Terrorist Leadership, Says CDS Bipin Rawat.

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Asserting that the first priority of security forces lie in eliminating terrorist leaders like Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on Thursday said such operations will bring down recruitments for terror groups in the Kashmir valley.Riyaz Naikoo was eliminated by security forces in Kashmir's Beighpora area of Awantipora on Wednesday.Commenting upon efforts to humanise Riyaz Naikoo and other terrorists by describing them as Mathematics teacher and son of a tailor are somehow propagating them into developing a Rambo kind of image, "Creating more than a life-size image of a terrorist is somehow propagating…

07 May

A Specialised Chemical Called PTBC Will Be Sent To Visakhapatnam From Gujarat As Neutraliser.

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A specialised chemical called PTBC, made only in Vapi town of Gujarat, will be sent to Visakhapatnam on an urgent basis to help in neutralising the effects of gas leak at a polymer plant, a Gujarat government official said on Thursday.A major leak from a chemical plant of LG Polymers near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours of Thursday impacted villages within a five-km radius, leaving eight people dead and scores of citizens complaining of breathlessness, nausea and other problems.

07 May

At Least 11 People Have Been Killed And Over 200 Others Hospitalised Due To A Gas Leak In Vizag.

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A chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam will face a government probe over possible safety violations leading to the leak of styrene gas late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, resulting in 11 people being killed and over 200 others being admitted to hospital.A high-level panel of Special Chief Secretary (Environment), Industries Secretary, the District Collector and the Vishakhapatnam Police Commissioner has been tasked with investigating the incident.

06 May

Sourav Ganguly Took To Instagram To Share A Throwback Picture Of Himself.

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Sourav Ganguly, former India skipper and the current president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday shared a throwback picture of him training at the Lord's Cricket Ground. Ganguly shared the picture on his Instagram account and captioned the post as "Memories .. training at Lords day before my test debut in 1996". The left-handed batsman made his Test debut against England in 1996 at the Lord's Cricket Ground. In his opening Test, Ganguly came out to bat at number three and played a knock of 131 runs from 301 balls, studded with 20 fours.His…

06 May

Yuvraj Singh Hilariously Trolled Yuzvendra Chahal’s Workout Video Which He Shared On Twitter.

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Yuvraj Singh, former India all-rounder, hilariously trolled Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal's workout drill, which he posted on micro-blogging site Twitter on Wednesday. With the country currently under phase three of nationwide lockdown, professional athletes are leaving no stone unturned to keep themselves physically fit by doing their workout regimes at home. The 29-year-old spinner also posted a 39-second video, doing various exercises using dumbles. "The pain you feel today is the strength you'll feel tomorrow..!!," Chahal captioned the video. However, Yuvraj, who retired from international cricket last year, pulled Chahal's leg by calling him "chuhey". "Oh bale oh tere chuhey,"Yuvraj…

06 May

4,000 Tablighi Jamaat Members Gets Released After Quarantine In Delhi.

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Over 4,000 Tablighi Jamaat members who have completed mandatory quarantine and show no coronavirus symptoms can go home, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said today.However, the minister also said Jamaat members named in Delhi Police's ongoing investigation into the "Markaz" Nizamuddin incident in March will not be released and instead be sent to police custody.Around 900 of those being released from quarantine are residents of Delhi. A majority of the others hail from Tamil Nadu and Telangana - two of the states worst-hit by the spread of COVID-19 cases linked to the Jamaat event.

06 May

The Delhi Government Issued Guidelines For Screening Of Passengers.

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The Delhi government on Wednesday issued guidelines for screening and handling of passengers on their return to the city airport from abroad by repatriation flights amid the COVID-19-induced lockdown.In an order, the Delhi heath department said this is in view of the planned phased return of Indian nationals stranded abroad by the Ministry of External Affairs in coordination with the Indian Missions overseas.The order issued by the Delhi health secretary said guidelines have been issued for screening and handling of such passengers on their return to the city airport to mitigate the possibility of spread of COVID-19.