Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Rahul flays violence against women, says | New Delhi, May 30 (TIWN) After a video of a teenaged girl being beaten by her family members in Gujarat went viral on social media, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, here on Saturday, said it was not an isolated incident. | 30-May-2020 |
| Amid Covid-19, political air in K'taka t | Bengaluru, May 30 (TIWN) Facing political crises is not something new for Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, but the timing of the latest one, apparently brewing since Thursday, is something that he would prefer to avoid. | 30-May-2020 |
| AI flight returns after pilot found C-19 | New Delhi, May 30 (TIWN) A ferry flight of national carrier Air India which took off from Delhi for Moscow on Saturday returned after a crew member was found Covid-19 positive. | 30-May-2020 |
| Two more COVID-dedicated hospitals in De | New Delhi, May 29 (TIWN) The Delhi government on Friday declared Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital and Satyavadi Raja Harish Chander Hospital as designated COVID-19 treatment facilities. | 30-May-2020 |
| COVID-19: Delhi's total tally crosses 17 | New Delhi, May 30 (TIWN) The count of novel coronavirus cases in Delhi witnessed a record jump of 1,106 in a day, taking its total tally on Friday to 17,386. The death toll due to coronavirus has reached 398, the Delhi Health Department said. | 29-May-2020 |
| Will distribute 25 lakh sanitary napkins | New Delhi, May 29 (TIWN) The Mahila Congress on Friday said it will distribute 25 lakh personal hygiene kits in Shramik Special trains ferrying migrants labourers to their native states as well as railway stations across the country. | 29-May-2020 |
| Land acquisition to be made easier in UP | Lucknow, May 29 (TIWN) Continuing his efforts to promote industrialisation in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has now issued directions to amend the revenue code which will make it easier to acquire land in the state. | 29-May-2020 |
| No respite from domestic returnees in K' | Bengaluru, May 29 (TIWN) There is no respite from domestic returnees with respect to COVID-19 in Karnataka. As many as 92 per cent of the 178 cases in the past 19 hours were returnees, mostly from Maharashtra, raising the state's tally to 2,711, an official said on Friday. | 29-May-2020 |
| 'Where is Pragya Thakur' posters up in B | Bhopal, May 29 (TIWN) Posters about the 'disappearance' of Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, Pragya Singh Thakur, have been put up in many parts of her constituency. | 29-May-2020 |
| DMK calls an all party meeting on May 31 | Chennai, May 29 (TIWN) The DMK party has called a meeting of all parties through video conferencing on May 31. | 29-May-2020 |
| SC to Centre on migrants: Who paid for t | New Delhi, May 28 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Thursday put three questions to the Centre on the plight of migrant workers during the lockdown: did the migrants pay for their ticket, who paid for their food on trains and who is ensuring that migrants are not hungry? | 28-May-2020 |
| Pre-monsoon floods hit three lakh people | Guwahati/Agartala, May 28 (TIWN) Amidst the COVID-19 surge, around three lakh people have been affected as the pre-monsoon flood situation deteriorated in eleven districts of Assam, officials said on Thursday. | 28-May-2020 |
| Kerala not among states that have fudged | Thiruvananthapuram, May 28 (TIWN) Amid rising Covid-19 case figures in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said those who raise baseless allegations should realise that the state is not on the list of those which have fudged their figures. | 28-May-2020 |
| Sing 'Vande Utkal Janani' on May 30, CM | Bhubaneswar, May 28 (TIWN) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, here on Thursday, appealed Odias spread across the globe to sing "Bande Utkal Janani" at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday to encourage and show respect to the covid warriors. | 28-May-2020 |
| Almost 80% of COVID cases in India asymp | New Delhi, May 28 (TIWN) Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said almost 80 per cent of the COVID-19 cases in India are asymptomatic or at best with very mild symptoms. | 28-May-2020 |
| See the plight of migrants, give them Rs | New Delhi, May 28 (TIWN) Accusing the Narendra Modi government of not listening to the plight of the migrant workers, Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday demanded from the government to provide Rs 7,500 to every needy of the country for next six months. | 28-May-2020 |
| 'We take all matters seriously': SC on f | New Delhi, May 27 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Wednesday, directing the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) be made a party to the pleas alleging a section of media was demonising the Muslim community in connection with the Nizamuddin Markaz incident in Delhi, said: "We take all matters seriously." | 27-May-2020 |
| Return of 1 lakh people poses big quaran | Guwahati/Aizawl, May 27 (TIWN) After a huge surge in COVID-19 cases in the northeastern states, specially in Assam, caused by the return of around 1,00,000 people from other states, the region is facing a very big quarantine challenge. | 27-May-2020 |
| SC seeks Centre's response on time-bound | New Delhi, May 27 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to respond on a plea seeking direction to the government to frame specific guidelines for time-bound disposal of mercy petitions. | 27-May-2020 |
| Two Shramik train passengers found dead | Varanasi/New Delhi, May 27 (TIWN) Two passengers of a Shramik special train from Mumbai were found dead when it reached Manduadih railway station in Varanasi on Wednesday morning. | 27-May-2020 |
| COVID-19: Rahul to interact with renowne | New Delhi, May 27 (TIWN) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be interacting with Ashish Jha, a globally recognised public health professional, and Johan Giesecke, well-known Swedish epidemiologist on Wednesday. The talk show would be live streamed at 9 a.m. | 26-May-2020 |
| Judiciary, govt failed migrant workers: | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN) The judiciary and the government had failed labourers, said the Congress, here on Tuesday, after the Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of miseries of migrant workers, stranded across the country due to the lockdown announced to contain Covid-19 spread. | 26-May-2020 |
| Arrest of UP Cong chief undemocratic: Pr | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN) Amid the political slugfest over migrant workers and arrest of UP Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, here on Tuesday, termed his arrest undemocratic and violation of humanitarian principle, and demanded that he be released immediately. | 26-May-2020 |
| Central Water Commission sounds flood al | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN) The Central Water Commission (CWC) of Jal Shakti Ministry on Tuesday issued a flood alert for the Brahmaputra river in three districts of Assam. | 26-May-2020 |
| Coming 15 days to be more challenging in | Bhubaneswar, May 26 (TIWN) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday said the coming 15 days will be more challenging in handling the COVID-19 situation in the state. | 26-May-2020 |
| Only supporting, not a key player in Mah | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN) Amid allegations of mishandling the covid crisis in Maharashtra by opposition leaders who even demanded dismissal of the state government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that his party is not a key player in running Maharashtra government. | 26-May-2020 |
| All Tripura Doctor's Association filed F | AGARTALA, May 25 (TIWN): 'All Tripura Govt Doctors Association' filed an FIR against one Facebook user named Dayal Hari Debnath for spreading rumors in social media platform. | 25-May-2020 |
| Domestic flights take off amid chaos, co | New Delhi, May 25 (TIWN) Passengers were seen harried across airports, including the national capital's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), on Monday as many domestic flights were cancelled due to the limit on arrivals and departures by state governments. | 25-May-2020 |
| Strict action against those who destroye | Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (TIWN) Reacting sharply to the vandalising of a film set by "fanatics", Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said strict action will be taken against the culprits. | 25-May-2020 |
| 5-year-old boy flies back home alone aft | Bengaluru, May 25 (TIWN) A 5-year-old boy flew back home to the city alone on Monday after remaining stranded in Delhi for two months. | 25-May-2020 |
| COVID-19: Two more die in Agra, death to | Agra, May 25 (TIWN) With two more deaths due to novel coronavirus, Agra's death toll due to the disease has risen to 33, even as the city has recorded a steady decline in the number of new cases in the past 10 days. | 25-May-2020 |
| Delhiites brace for an Eid at home amid | New Delhi, May 24 (TIWN) Observe Eid with simplicity, help your neighbour and feed the hungry. This seems to be the message this Eid ul-Fitr, at least in the national capital. | 24-May-2020 |
| K'taka COVID-19 crosses 2,000 mark with | Bengaluru, May 24 (TIWN) With 130 new positive cases, Karnataka's COVID-19 tally rose to 2,089-mark, while 46 were discharged from hospitals taking the number of cured persons to 654, said an official, here on Sunday. | 24-May-2020 |
| COVID-19: 2 more deaths take Agra's toll | Agra, May 24 (TIWN) Two more deaths of coronavirus patients were reported in Agra, taking the death toll to 31, a senior officer said on Sunday. | 24-May-2020 |
| Total lockdown turns Karnataka into ghos | Bengaluru, May 24 (TIWN) A total lockdown on Sunday turned Karnataka into a ghost state, with an eerie silence and uneasy calm prevailing across its cities and towns, even as hundreds of policemen kept a close vigil. | 24-May-2020 |
| Kejriwal condoles former AIIMS doctor's | New Delhi, May 24 (TIWN) A day after former AIIMS faculty Dr J.N. Pande died of coronavirus, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday condoled his demise. | 24-May-2020 |
| Palghar lynching: SP shunted | Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) In the continuing fallout of the April 16 lynching incident in which two Sadhus were killed by a mob, the state government on Saturday shunted out Palghar Superintendent Police Guarav Singh and replaced him with senior IPS officer, D.T. Shinde. | 23-May-2020 |
| 2 strategically vital bridges inaugurate | Itanagar, May 23 (TIWN) To help faster movement of people and armed forces to the India-China border, two strategically important bridges were inaugurated on Saturday in Arunachal Pradesh. | 23-May-2020 |
| Home quarantined migrant worker hangs hi | Banda, May 23 (TIWN) A home quarantined migrant labourer who returned from Maharashtra allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on Friday in Musiwan village in the Kamasin police station area of Banda district in Uttar Pradesh. | 23-May-2020 |
| Hours after arrest, DMK MP R.S. Bharathi | Chennai, May 23 (TIWN) Hours after Rajya Sabha MP and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Organising Secretary R.S. Bharathi was arrested from his residence here on Saturday morning on charges of making derogatory statements against judges and Dalits, a local court released him on interim bail. | 23-May-2020 |
| Opposition meet condoles death & devasta | New Delhi, May 23 (TIWN) The opposition meet, convened by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and attended by 22 political parties, here on Saturday, condoled the death caused by cyclone Amphan and extended sympathy and support to the governments and the people of West Bengal and Odisha. | 23-May-2020 |
| Centre should not indulge in showmanship | New Delhi, May 22 (TIWN) Leaders of 22 like-minded parties met on Friday to exchange views on the extraordinary situation in the country arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic. The parties put forth 11 demands and agreed that the economy has collapsed and all sections of society are facing acute distress. | 22-May-2020 |
| COVID-19: 57 test positive in 24 hrs in | Guwahati, May 22 (TIWN) As no new positive case was reported in seven northeasatern states, Assam's Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that 57 new cases were reported in his state in 24 hours to take its total count to 256 on Friday night. | 22-May-2020 |
| Odisha CM assures support to Amphan rava | Bhubaneswar, May 22 (TIWN) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday assured all possible assistance to West Bengal, which has been ravaged by cyclone Amphan. | 22-May-2020 |
| Senior railway official tests positive f | New Delhi, May 22 (TIWN) A senior railway official, who worked on the restructuring of the Railway Protection Force Service tested positive for novel coronavirus, becoming the third such case at Rail Bhawan, the headquarters of the Indian Railways. | 22-May-2020 |
| Inter-state movement behind rising Covid | Guwahati, May 21 (TIWN) With Assam's Covid-19 tally more than doubling in four days taking the total count to 203 as on Thursday night, state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma attributed the rise to the huge number of people returning to the state. | 21-May-2020 |
| Kolkata airport now functional, Air Indi | Kolkata, May 21 (TIWN) Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport recommenced operations from Thursday afternoon after it was inundated by heavy rains due to Cyclone 'Amphan'. | 21-May-2020 |
| CBI files chargesheet against 8 accused | New Delhi, May 21 (TIWN) Two months after arresting six accused in the murder of a senior BJP member from Karnataka's Dharwad, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed chargesheet against eight people accused in the case. | 21-May-2020 |
| SC seeks reply from UP on assistant basi | New Delhi, May 21 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh government on a batch of pleas challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict, which upheld the state government's decision of higher cut-off marks in connection with the appointment of 69,000 assistant basic teachers. | 21-May-2020 |
| 7 dead, 776 test positive in TN for coro | Chennai, May 21 (TIWN) As many as 776 people tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu over the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 13,967, said the state Health Department on Thursday. | 21-May-2020 |