The Maharashtra government is yet to decide whether shops be allowed to remain open in view of the amended guidelines issued by the Central government. An official said on Saturday that the order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday night was under an “active consideration” of the state government. “This is issued by the Government of India. Not yet accepted by us,” he told PTI. The MHA order stated that “all shops, including neighbourhood shops and standalone shops, shops in residential complexes, within the limits of municipal corporations and municipalities, registered under the the Shops and…
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Star India batsman KL Rahul said the heartbreaking World Cup semifinal loss to New Zealand, especially after a near-perfect show in the group stages, continues to haunt him and his teammates. In a special chat show, ‘The Mind Behind’, Rahul said if he was given a chance to change the result of any one match in the past, it would surely have been the 2019 World Cup semifinal. “It has to be the World Cup semifinal. I think most of us are still not over that loss, it is still haunts us sometimes,” he said. “I can’t imagine what the…
FIFA says advance payments of USD 500,000 are being sent to member associations to cover running costs during the coronavirus pandemic. Each of the 211 member associations is entitled to USD 6 million from FIFA spread over the four-year World Cup cycle. FIFA says the next instalment due in July will now be paid in the coming days along with other payments due from last year. FIFA is easing some criteria required before being paid but the money is still subject to audit checks. FIFA president Gianni Infantino says the soccer body has a duty to be there and support…
Uttar Pradesh government will not allow any public gathering till June 30, well beyond the end of the current nationwide lockdown, officials said on Saturday. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has told officials that the situation will be reviewed after June 30. Chief Minister @myogiadityanth ji has directed officials not to allow any public gathering till June 30. After that a decision will be taken considering the circumstances, the CM’s office tweeted in Hindi. The current lockdown across the country is schedule to end on May 3, if no further extension is announced. The chief minister’s media adviser also…
The gunman behind Canada’s bloodiest mass shooting that left at least 22 dead, began his rampage by first assaulting his girlfriend, who hid from him in the woods overnight, and has now become a key witness in the ensuing investigation, police said. Police believe that the gunman Gabriel Wortman killed 22 people over a 12-hour time period between April 18-19 across the province of Nova Scotia, reports the BBC. In an update provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on Friday, Superintendent Darren Campbell said Wortman assaulting his girlfriend was significant, and “could very well have been a catalyst”…
MNS president Raj Thackeray’s demand to restart wine shops in Maharashtra to boost revenues was made fun of by the ruling Shiv Sena. The Shiv Sena said that Raj Thackeray should know that due to the lockdown not just the wine shops, but even the liquor factories are shut. “You don’t get revenue just by starting the shops. The government gets revenue in the form of excise and sales tax when a distributor purchases the product from the factories. In order to start these units, workers are required. Besides, if the shops re-open, no social distancing will be followed,” the…
A Hindu Sadhu in Punjab was attacked brutally by goons who hacked him multiple times . The incident happens just days after the Palghar lynching in which two Hindu Sadhus and a driver were brutally killed by a mob. https://twitter.com/drmonika_langeh/status/1253727212307611653?s=20 A group of assailants brutally attacked Swami Pushpendra Swarup at his ashram in Hoshiarpur. In a murder attempt, the unidentified goons hacked him multiple times and inflicted severe wounds. The incident took place two days ago. Swami Pushpendra Swarup was severely injured in the attack and has been admitted to a hospital nearby. Replying to a query by Union Minister…
The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a minimum 25-year jail term on two persons who were concurrently awarded death penalty by the Bombay High Court for the cold-blooded killing of an eight-year-old boy of a Nagpur-based dentist couple in 2014. A bench comprising Justices U.U. Lalit, Indu Malhotra and Hemant Gupta said that after having considered all the circumstances and facts on record, the bench was of the considered view that the present case fell short of the “rarest of rare” cases where a death sentence alone deserved to be awarded to the appellants — Arvind Singh and his associate…
An intense lockdown for four days in Tamil Nadu has been declared an in five cities from Sunday to break the chain of transmission of the highly contagious novel coronavirus, which has infected more than 1,600 people in the state so far and killed at least 20, said Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami. A four-day intense shutdown has been declared in Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore from Sunday 6 am, which will continue till 9 pm on Wednesday. In Tirupur and Salem, restrictions will be intensified for three days, starting 6 am on Sunday till 9 pm on Tuesday, Mr Palaniswami…
National capital”s IGI Airport is gearing up in full swing to restart full-fledged operations as and when it gets the government”s go-ahead. The Delhi International Airport Ltd, the firm which manages and operates the key infrastructure facility has taken several measures to prepare the terminals buildings and internal layout for the eventual restart of the operations. “DIAL is formulating measures before resuming operations to encourage compliance of social distancing norms and minimize human contact post the lockdown period,” DIAL said in a statement. “To encourage compliance of social distancing norms at the airport, DIAL will deploy additional queue managers at…