Friday's sun rose for daughters of India: Nirbhaya's mother

New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) As news of hanging of her daughter's four rapists flashed on the TV screen, Asha Devi heaved a sigh of relief, hugged her loved ones, held back her tears and with a voice heavy with emotion said that the sun will rise…

After MP defeat, Congress focuses on Raj, Gujarat RS polls

New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) With the exit of the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh led by Kamal Nath after it was reduced to a minority, the party is trying hard to keep its flock together.

Congress is focussing on the Rajya Sabha elections…

Modi to address nation on Covid-19 at 8 pm tonight

New Delhi (IANS) Amid the outbreak of novel coronavirus pandemic across the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on Thursday 8 p.m. and will talk about issues relating to the pandemic diseases and the efforts to combat it,…

354 suspected corona cases in Bihar, none positive yet

Patna, March 19 (IANS) As many as 354 suspected cases of coronavirus infection have been identified in Bihar, of which 113 patients were released from isolation after 14-day quarantine. No confirmed positive case has been reported so far in the eastern…

UP poultry farm buries 6,000 chicks as prices plummet

Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), March 19 (IANS) A poultry farm in Bulandshahr district reportedly buried alive over 6,000 chicks since "maintaining them had become unfeasible" in view of drastic fall in chicken prices over the coronavirus scare, sources…

Huge surge in fake corona news on Facebook, WhatsApp bleeds India

New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The massive surge in fake news, videos, GIFs and authentic-looking government notifications related to new coronavirus (COVID-19) in India has left millions of users, civil society members, journalists and authorities completely…

Whole nation has got justice today: Nirbhaya's mother

New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Soon after a Delhi court on Thursday paved the way for the hanging of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, the victim's mother Asha Devi said that "this is the moment of justice for…

Most Indians want borders closed as corona fear grows: Survey

New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) A majority of Indians want the country's borders to be closed until the coronavirus outbreak is contained, the latest Ipsos survey findings indicate. The findings released on Thursday also show that unemployment fears…

Covid-19: In 2 days, Railways cancels 149 trains till April 1

New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Indian Railways on Wednesday cancelled 64 more trains as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus, taking the total number of trains cancelled to 149.

The Northern Railways cancelled 18 trains…

Scindia clears hurdle as Kamal Nath stares at ouster

Bhopal (IANS) Election officer A.P. Singh on Tuesday cleared the nomination papers of BJP Rajya Sabha nominees Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki after rejecting the written objections against them.

The development came as a booster…