Union home minister Amit Shah has reached bent all Chief Ministers, sources said, posing for feedback on the lockdown and their views about its extension or lifting after May 31, when the present phase is scheduled to finish. All Chief Ministers have given their views on how they need to maneuver forward. Over the previous couple of days, the Prime Minister’s Office has been busy reviewing the whole lockdown period to make a decision on the way forward from June 1. Sources said unlike other times, when the cupboard secretary was the one to form the initial contact, Mr Shah’s…
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Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today picked up Kerala’s refrain, accusing the Railway Ministry of sending the special trains for migrants with none prior notice and disrupting the state’s methods to contain the corona virus. Accusing the railways of “evacuating Maharashtra and spreading corona to Bengal” and playing politics with both states, she sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention. Altogether 225 trains are expected to arrive in Bengal from across India, 41 of them are going to be from Maharashtra, the state with the utmost number of corona virus patients. So far, only 19 trains have arrived, but already, areas…
Shashank Manohar is ready to remain on as International Cricket Council chairman to oversee a “smooth transition” following reports that former India captain Sourav Ganguly is considering standing, the ICC said Wednesday. Indian administrator Manohar, who became the ICC’s first independent chairman in 2016, has ruled out a 3rd term in office. The game’s global administration said no final judgment had been taken regarding the election process but the topic would be discussed further on Thursday. There had been suggestions that Colin Graves, who recently stood down as chairman of the Britain and Wales Cricket Board, would succeed Manohar unopposed…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered to “mediate or arbitrate” what he called a “now raging border dispute” between India and China. The comment refers to a build up along the road of Actual Control (LAC) by Indian and Chinese armies following a recent face-off in Ladakh. “We have informed both India and China that the US is prepared, willing and ready to mediate or arbitrate their now raging border dispute. Thank you!,” President Trump tweeted. President Trump’s previous offers to mediate between India and Pakistan on Kashmir were firmly rebuffed by New Delhi, which has long asserted there’s…
Bollywood Actor Sonu Sood has indulged in selfless deed. He has helped the migrant workers by providing them with food and transportation. He is ardently working to send migrant workers back home during the novel coronavirus lockdown. Many have lauded the actor for his efforts, the latest being Chief Minister of Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh. Praising Sonu, the Chief Minister wrote, “It fills me with immense pride whenever I read about my fellow Punjabis going beyond their call of duty to help those in need & this time it is our Moga boy @SonuSood who has been actively helping migrant…
In spite of the spike in coronavirus cases, Delhi University has announced the time for much awaited DU admissions. Delhi University has finally released a tentative schedule for merit-based undergraduate admissions. For DU UG admissions, the registration portal will be open from June 8 to June 30. The last date to apply for Delhi University undergraduate admissions is June 30, at 5 pm. The portal will reopen from July 31 to August 9 so students can update their class 12 marks after the board exam results are all declared. The DU admission 2020 first cut-off is likely to be released anytime between August 11…
Saints and seers in Ayodhya have reacted strongly to Pakistan”s statement on temple construction in corona times. The Pakistan foreign office has tweeted that “While world is grappling with unprecedented #COVID19, RSS-BJP combine is busy unabashedly advancing “Hindutva” agenda. The commencement of construction of a Mandir at the site of Babri Masjid is another step in this direction & Govt & people of Flag of Pakistan condemn it in the strongest terms.” The saints in Ayodhya have asked Pakistan not to cross limits or else a Ram temple will be construction in Islamabad too. The seers have asked the government…
Karnataka has again suspended incoming transport from neighbouring states to contain the spiralling coronavirus infection in the state. This time the list has five states instead of earlier four. No flights, trains or other vehicles will allowed to come to the state from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the state said today. Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have reported the highest number of coronavirus cases in India. The state government took the decision after it turned out that most of the fresh coronavirus cases have been of people travelling in from other states or countries. According to…
To ease the burden on penniless stranded migrant labourers, the Supreme Court said that the Railways should provide trains as and when the state governments put in a request and the migrants will not pay any fare. The labourers whose plight has become one of the abiding images of the 60-day countrywide lockdown to control coronavirus. The railways, the court also said, will have to arrange for food and water for the migrants as long as they are on the trains. The states, the three-judge bench said, will be in charge of overseeing the registration of migrant workers and ensure…
Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir averted a major incident of a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Pulwama on Thursday morning after an explosive-laden vehicle was intercepted in the district. A joint team of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Army and the CRPF swing into action on Wednesday night following an input that a terrorist was moving with an explosive-laden car in Pulwama district ready to blast at a location. Based on intelligence inputs, the security forces intercepted a white Hyundai Santro car. The security forces intercepted the vehicle in Rajpora of Pulwama and a few rounds…