[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The second tranche of stimulus for the country’s economy presented by the government on Thursday has a series of progressive measures and will help migrant workers and farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Thursday a 3.16 lakh crore package of raw …
Read More »Cong leader seeks Karnataka govt nod for Muslims to congregate, offer namaz on Id-ul-Fitr | India News
[ad_1] BENGALURU :: Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, former Union minister and Congress Karnataka MLC, CM Ibrahim has, in a letter to chief minister BS Yediyurappa, sought permission for the Muslim community to congregate at Idgah grounds and mosques to offer namaz together on the occasion of Id-ul-Fitr later this month. …
Read More »50% of the passengers on the train to Goa are strangers; cause for concern: CM | India News
[ad_1] Migrant workers and their families greet from the windows of a special train. PANAJI: More than 50 percent of people booked on special trains to Goa are not local residents and the increase in visitors is cause for concern, Prime Minister Pramod Sawant he said Thursday. “More than 50 …
Read More »More than 2 lakh passengers booked tickets worth Rs 45 cr for special trains for the next 7 days: Railways | India News
[ad_1] Migrants undergo thermal evaluation after arriving from Bangalore on a special train to Hatia Train Station (P …read more NEW DELHI: More than two lakhs of passengers have booked tickets worth Rs 45.30 million to travel over the next seven days, the railways said on Thursday. He said that …
Read More »Indian troops maintain ‘posture’ along the border with China: Army Chief | India News
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Indian troops maintained their “posture” along the border with China while infrastructure development in border areas was underway, Army Gen M M Naravane he said Thursday, days after staff from the two countries were locked up in two separate incidents of violent clashes. Gen Naravane said that …
Read More »Goa’s greenbelt state under threat registers seven new cases of Covid-19
[ad_1] By: Express News Service | Panaji | Updated: May 14, 2020 9:55:01 am All seven initially tested positive for the TrueNat Covid-19 test and were then sent to Goa Medical College late at night for the second confirmatory RT-PCR test. (ANI / Representational) More than a month since the …
Read More »Amid the pandemic, some busy exporting terror: S Jaishankar | India News
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The raging coronavirus pandemic has not prevented terrorism from being a persistent challenge in the region, India told foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries at the first virtual conference on Wednesday. Foreign Minister S Jaishankar told the group, which included Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood …
Read More »Coronavirus latest updates: Cases in Maharashtra breach 25k mark | India News
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday became the 12th nation to register over 75,000 Covid-19 cases, crossing the milestone on a day when the country logged the second-highest single-day count of both new cases and deaths. As many as 3,783 cases were added to India’s coronavirus count, second only to …
Read More »Rs 1 lakh air ticket is not an option for many stranded | India News
[ad_1] MUMBAI: Even as the Indian government prepares the second phase of its Air India repatriation flights, called the Vande Bharat Mission, for the dozens of Indian citizens stranded abroad, the opportunity means nothing, as they cannot afford the Rs 1 lakh or more to fly home and stay in …
Read More »Railways planning more special trains, waiting lists to start from May 15 | India News
[ad_1] Passengers walk on a platform when arriving from New Delhi at New Jalpaiguri Train Station (AFP) NEW DELHI: Railways will begin issuing limited tickets on the waiting list starting May 15 for the AC special trains It is running between Delhi and 15 cities, even as the government is …
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