COVID-19 fallout: Platform tickets turn pricey @ Rs 50

New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) As a preventive measure against novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the railways on Tuesday increased prices of platform tickets from Rs 10 to Rs 50 for 250 stations in the country to minimise the footfalls at the stations.
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'India constitutionally secular; CAA doesn't violate fundamental rights'

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre in a preliminary affidavit point-by-point responded to the criticism against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and said India is constitutionally secular, and also told the Supreme Court that the CAA does not violate…

No plan to withdraw Rs 2,000 notes : Thakur

New Delhi (IANS) Amid speculation that Centre may be veering around to discontinue high value notes from circulation, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur has said that government has no plan to withdraw Rs 2,000 notes and these are being dispensed…

Come out from fascination of rating agencies: Rahul to PM

New Delhi (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday mounted fresh attack on the central government on the state of the Indian economy after the spread of the coronavirus. The Congress leader alleged that the Prime Minister should come out from…

SC grants Permanent Commission to women officer in Navy

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed permanent commission to serving women officers in Indian Navy in all eligible branches and directed the Centre to comply with its order within three months.

The top court said that there…

COVID-19: Weekly markets, zoo also shut down in Lucknow

Lucknow, March 17 (IANS) All weekly markets in Lucknow have been suspended till March 31 while the Lucknow zoo has also been shut down due to the COVID-19 scare.

This comes a day after the state government ordered the closure of multiplexes,…

IIT-K asks students to vacate hostels

Kanpur, March 17 (IANS) The IIT-Kanpur, after cancelling annual technical festival 'Techkriti' and suspending classes for students, has now asked the students to vacate the hostels.

Deputy director of the institute Prof Manindra Agarwal,…

Yes Bank borrowers to be summoned by ED

Mumbai (IANS) As the Yes Bank probe gathers momentum, the Enforcement Directorate has now decided to summon all the large borrowers who were given loans by the Rana Kapoor-led management.

An ED official said that the agency was looking into…

MP Assembly adjourned till March 26 after Guv's address

Bhopal (IANS) Amidst uproar in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, the house was adjourned till March 26. Speaker N.P. Prajapati adjourned the house just after the governor finished his customary address.

Governor Lalji in his address asked the MLAs…

2nd batch of 53 evacuees from Iran reach Jaisalmer army quarantine

Jaisalmer (IANS) A fresh batch of 53 evacuees from Iran have arrived at an Army Wellness Centre in Jaisalmer on Monday, following the COVID-19 outbreak in the Middle East country, where there has been over 700 deaths so far.

This is after the…