SOS to govt from 100 Indians stuck in Amsterdam

New Delhi (IANS) A day before all international flights are to be banned into Indian airspace amid the ongoing crisis due to coronavirus outbreak, 100 Indian nationals, returning from the US, have urged the government to rescue them.

They have…

J&K 2020 budget has betrayed displaced Kashmiri Pandits

New Delhi (IANS) An organization of displaced Kashmiri Pandits has said that this financial year's budget of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir has betrayed the community by not having allocated anything for their return and rehabilitation…

Salem students create 2 apps to help tackle COVID-19 crisis

Chennai (IANS) Engineering students of Sona College of Technology, Salem and engineers from Vee Technologies, Bengaluru on Saturday announced they have created two apps to help the country tackle the growing new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

COVID-19: Restrictions to be enforced in Srinagar on Saturday

Srinagar (IANS) District Magistrate Shahid Iqbal Choudhary has ordered imposition of strict restrictions across Srinagar district on Saturday, in view of the coronavirus outbreak.

The order states that no kind of public movement or activity…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…