We have to become self-reliant, says Modi, hails villagers

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed rural India, gram panchayats for playing an active role in the fight against COVID-19 and in supplying food grains to the poor and migrant workers.

He launched e-GramSwaraj portal…

Plasma therapy on COVID patients showing positive results: Kejriwal

New Delhi (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that the plasma therapy used on four coronavirus patients in the city were showing positive results.

"Two patients were given plasma on Tuesday, while two were given the therapy…

Bengal Guv tears into CM Mamata, calls her 'anti-people', 'failure in combating corona'

Kolkata (IANS) In a scathing attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday accused her of trying to "deliberately divert" people's attention from her "abject failure" in combating and containing the…

Yogi to bring back stranded migrants from all other states

Lucknow (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked his officials to draw up a plan to bring back all migrant workers from the state who are still stranded in other states.

Yogi Adityanath said that he wanted that the workers…

People more prepared, less complacent as faith in PM Modi remains steadfast

New Delhi (IANS) The Index of Preparedness has gone up sharply in the past one month, the Index of Complacency has gone down while the faith in the governments efforts to tackle coronavirus pandemic remains not only solid throughout but the approval…

Over 93% trust Modi govt will handle Covid-19 crisis well

New Delhi (IANS) An astounding 93.5 per cent people in the country believe that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is handling the coronavirus outbreak effectively, a survey revealed on Thursday.

The central government had imposed…

BJP continues to spread communal virus and hatred: Sonia

New Delhi (IANS) Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at the BJP alleging that the party is spreading communal virus in the society when the need is to take coronavirus unitedly, while she applauded the success story of fighting…

DA for Central govt employees frozen till July 2021

New Delhi (IANS) In view of the crisis arising out of COVID-19, government on Thursday decided to freeze payment of additional instalment of dearness allowance (DA) to the Central government employees and dearness relief (DR) to pensioners falling…

4 terrorists killed in Kashmir encounter

Srinagar (IANS) Four terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces at Shopian in South Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said.

"All four terrorists killed in the ongoing operation at Melhura, Shopian," police said in a statement.

Cabinet approves Rs 15,000 cr package for fighting COVID-19 outbreak

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Rs 15,000 crore for what it calls �India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package'. The funds will be utilized in 3 phases while for immediate COVID-19 emergency…