ni Trial of New Drug to Control Blood Pressure Kills Senior Developer in Chennai By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:33:43 +0530 A police official said a post-mortem will be done after tests for coronavirus infection is done, which is the practice now. Full Article
ni Delhi Government’s Unique Solution To Prevent Overcrowding in Liquor Shops By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 10:11:59 +0530 The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi launched an e-token system on Thursday for sale of liquor in Delhi. Full Article
ni Lockdown Period Not to be Counted for Determining Residency Status of NRIs, Foreign Nationals: CBDT By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:23:33 +0530 The nationwide lockdown since March 25 and cancellation of international flights to contain the spread of COVID-19 has forced non-resident Indians (NRI) and foreign nationals to prolong their stay in India. Full Article
ni 'Bois Locker Room': Experts Say Youngsters Need Rehabilitative Measures, Not Just Punitive Action By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:39:00 +0530 A dialogue on sex, consent, ownership over bodies must be introduced from a young age so that it becomes part of a dominant narrative, say experts. Full Article
ni PM Modi Remembers Reformer Gopal Krishna Gokhale on 154th Birth Anniversary By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 11:34:10 +0530 Gokhale, the prime minister said, also provided exemplary leadership to India's freedom movement and made 'outstanding contributions towards education and social empowerment.' Full Article
ni Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi Suffers Cardiac Arrest, Put on Ventilator Support By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 03:20:42 +0530 Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and other senior politicians of the state called up Jogi's family and enquired about the 74-year-old leader's health. Full Article
ni CISF Reports 13 Fresh Covid-19 Cases; Maximum in Delhi Metro Unit By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 02:56:51 +0530 Among the 48 active cases, maximum 31 are in the unit that guards the Delhi Metro followed by 13 in the Mumbai international airport guarding unit. Full Article
ni 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
ni 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
ni PM Modi Extends Greetings to Russian President Putin on 75th Anniversary of Victory Day By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 04:31:05 +0530 In a tweet, PM Modi also noted that tens of thousands of Indian soldiers also made the sacrifice in the second World War. Full Article
ni 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
ni 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
ni 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
ni 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
ni 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
ni 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
ni 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
ni Govt Must Formulate Early Exit Strategy from Covid-19 Lockdown, Says Congress' Ashwani Kumar By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 09:05:16 +0530 Kumar said the prime minister must remain sympathetic to the needs of states, just as they have by and large deferred to Central advisories. Full Article
ni Kerala Under Severe Financial Crisis Amid Coronavirus, Says State Finance Minister By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 11:53:01 +0530 Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said that while aimed to collect Rs 2,000 crores, the state government could raise only Rs 250 crores in April. Full Article
ni Sonia Gandhi Writes to PM Modi; Seeks Economic Package for Revival of MSMEs By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 06:11:54 +0530 In a letter to Modi, Gandhi also made some suggestions for the revival of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), which is reeling under the adverse impact of the coronavirus lockdown. Full Article
ni Shouldn't Alienate a Community for Mistake, Says Bhagwat, Adds Warning on Covid Misuse by ‘Anti-India Forces’ By www.news18.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 10:28:59 +0530 The RSS chief said there are 'anti-India forces' who are waiting to use the pandemic to break the country. Full Article
ni Tablighi Jamaat’s Conduct Criminal, but Muslim Community Can’t be Held Responsible for it, Says Abbas Naqvi By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:44:29 +0530 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says Jamaat does not represent the community and one can neither 'punish' nor hold the entire Muslim community 'responsible' for the Nizamuddin incident. Full Article
ni Some Earning Profits in Sale of Covid-19 Test Kits to Govt, PM Modi Must Intervene, Says Rahul Gandhi By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 02:57:11 +0530 The Congress cited media reports about rapid test kits for Covid-19 being sold at around 150 per cent profits to the government and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fix responsibility for the same. Full Article
ni BJP Serves Show-cause Notice to 2 UP MLAs for Instigating People against Muslim Vendors, Questioning Authorities By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:55:48 +0530 Official sources said top party leadership has found his comments 'highly irresponsible', and its national president J P Nadda 'pulled up' the state brass for not taking quick action. Full Article
ni Sanitation Workers of BJP-ruled MCDs Excluded from Delhi Govt's Covid-19 Ex-gratia Scheme: Manoj Tiwari By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:56:51 +0530 A senior Delhi government functionary rubbished the BJP'S claim saying all sanitation staff working in the fight against coronavirus epidemic are covered under the scheme. Full Article
ni After 'Immunity Booster Kadha' for Covid-19 Patients, MP CM Now Recommends Bhajans as Morale-lifters By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:57:52 +0530 As the deadly virus continues to claim lives, people not just in India but outside too, are looking for additional methods, especially in connection with age-old traditions, to help fight the pandemic. Full Article
ni 'Sensationalising Facts': Late at Night, Sitharaman Issues 13-Tweet Rebuttal to RaGa's 'RBI List' Attack By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:37:29 +0530 Rahul Gandhi had attacked the ruling BJP after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a list of 50 wilful defaulters accused of cheating banks. Full Article
ni Congress Accuses Government of Weakening Banking Architecture By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:48:16 +0530 The Congress on Wednesday attacked the government over the issue of bad loans, accusing it of weakening the entire banking architecture fiscally and imprudently in the name of cleaning the system. Full Article
ni Technical Loan Write-off Route Should Not be Applied for Fugitives: Chidambaram to Govt By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:06:38 +0530 His remarks came after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that wilful defaulters were beneficiaries of 'phone banking' under the UPA regime and the Modi government is chasing them to recover the dues. Full Article
ni P Chidambaram Suggests Running Sanitised Trains to Help Move Stranded Migrant Workers, Students By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:43:26 +0530 Indian government decided to allow migrant workers, tourists, students stranded in different parts of the country to move to their respective destinations. Full Article
ni Here's Why an Organisation Led by a White Supremacist Has No Business Lecturing a Nation With 5,000-yr-old Heritage By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:39:25 +0530 That Tony Perkins and his ilk get to dictate, influence opinion about Bharat speaks volumes of the deterioration in standards of USCIRF. Full Article
ni Now, BJP MLA From UP's Charkhari Caught on Tape Threatening Muslim Vegetable Seller By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:45:47 +0530 The incident has come a day after the BJP issued a show-cause to its Barhaj legislator Suresh Tiwari for allegedly asking people not to buy vegetables from Muslims. Full Article
ni Modi Govt Taking Initiatives to Attract Companies Getting Disenchanted with China: Nadda By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:41:29 +0530 The BJP in a statement said the former diplomats, during their talks with Nadda, hailed India's move to help other countries in this time of coronavirus crisis. Full Article
ni Shivraj Wants BJP Leaders in MP to Form 'Deendayal Committees' & Monitor Govt Coronavirus Schemes By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 07:34:00 +0530 Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told BJP party workers that the committees would be formed at every panchayat level in the rural areas and ward level in the urban areas. Full Article
ni Covid-19 Response Will be Litmus Test for NDA in Bihar as Nitish Eyes Return to CM’s Throne in Polls By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:30:41 +0530 The problem for Kumar is more confounded because he will have to perform and emerge successful in a short span of time as polls are only five months away and the contagious disease is likely to create havoc till the time a proper vaccine is tested and developed. Full Article
ni Congress Leader Dipak Babaria Resigns as AICC General Secretary for MP, Wasnik Appointed in His Place By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 05:02:47 +0530 Mukul Wasnik has been appointed as the general secretary, in-charge of MP, in addition to his current responsibility as the general secretary, in-charge of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, the Congress said. Full Article
ni Don't Use Coronavirus Pandemic as Political Opportunity: BJP Tells Congress By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 06:07:44 +0530 The BJP's response came after the Congress accused the Centre of "cruelly" and "mercilessly" abandoning the entire category of migrant labourers and termed "a cruel joke" the order on inter-state movement of workers. Full Article
ni With Migrants All Set to Return to Bihar, Lalu Takes Potshots at 'Helpless' Nitish By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 10:10:33 +0530 A couple of stinging tweets appeared during the day on the official Twitter handle of the ailing septuagenarian, who is serving sentences in fodder scam cases in Ranchi. Full Article
ni 'Humble Contribution': Sonia Gandhi Says Congress to Bear Rail Travel Cost of Migrant Workers, Slams Govt By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 11:22:23 +0530 Sonia Gandhi said that the Congress party had asked for provision of free rail travel for migrant workers to their home-towns, but their demands had been ignored by the Centre. Full Article
ni Congress State Units to Work Out Modalities with Railways, Chief Secretaries to Pay Train Fare of Migrants By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 01:01:13 +0530 Congress general secretary K C Venugopal said Congress are working out the modalities to ensure that every worker and migrant stranded reaches home safely. Full Article
ni Cong ka Haath, Aam Aadmi ke Saath 2.0? Extending Hand to Migrants, Sonia's 'Plan Resurrect' at Work By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 02:24:46 +0530 Sources also say that senior Congress leaders like Bhupinder Hooda, Kumari Selja, Ashok Gehlot among other have been asked to mobilise funds for the mission. Full Article
ni After Oppn Criticism, Nitish Says Students Won't Have to Pay Fare, Migrants to Get Full Reimbursement By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 04:41:01 +0530 The CM said Students' fares were being paid directly by his government to the railways, while migrant workers will be reimbursed the entire expenses they incurred on the journey once they have completed their 21-day quarantine after reaching Bihar. Full Article
ni 'May See Rise in Cases': Cong Slams AAP for Opening Liquor Shops, BJP Asks Kejriwal to Reconsider Move By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 07:55:04 +0530 Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, slammed the Delhi government's decision to open liquor shops, claiming it can increase coronavirus positive cases by up to 10 per cent. Full Article
ni Delhi Govt Rushed Into Opening Liquor Shops Despite City Being in Red Zone: Harsh Vardhan By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 08:16:24 +0530 In many of the shops, people who gathered outside the outlets did not follow social distancing norms, forcing the police to use mild force to disperse the unruly crowd. Full Article
ni Congress Announcement of Bearing Travel Cost of Migrant Workers 'Street Play', Says Karnataka Minister By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 02:16:46 +0530 The Congress on Monday had said its state units will bear the cost of rail travel of needy migrant workers stranded at their workplaces due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown. Full Article
ni While Reopening Economy Think in Terms of Supply Chains: Rahul Gandhi By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 09:25:20 +0530 While tackling the virus, think in terms of zones. While reopening the economy, think in terms of supply chains, Rahul said on Twitter. Full Article
ni The Many Cues & Sonia's Trump Card: Can Covid-19 Crisis Finally Manage to Bring Back Cong in Game? By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 07:35:30 +0530 It is clear that Sonia now wants to make COVID-19 the launching plank of sorts of for the Congress. And, in many ways it is the return of Manmohan Singh as the trump card. Full Article
ni TDP Demands Probe Into Vizag Gas Leak Incident, Asks Centre to Shut Polymer Unit By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 02:55:35 +0530 N Chandrababu Naidu urged the Centre to immediately send medical experts to the district as it may not have the required expertise to treat people affected with styrene gas. Full Article
ni 487 Maharashtra Cops Found Covid-19 Positive since Lockdown: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 02:59:50 +0530 In a series of tweets, he also said that there is a steady rise in the number of calls regarding COVID-19 on the police helpline number 100. Full Article
ni Don't Play 'Petty Politics' over Shramik Special Trains: Railway Union to Sonia Gandhi By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 03:35:39 +0530 In a letter to 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. Full Article