Sixteen migrant labourers were crushed to death early on Friday by a goods train in Maharashtra after they fell asleep on the tracks. The home-bound exhausted lot of workers were run over between Jalna and Aurangabad. The incident happened around 5.30 am when the migrants, who were on their way […]
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16 migrant workers slept on railway track after 35 km walk home, run over
Sixteen migrant workers were killed and five others injured in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad after an empty rake of goods wagon ran over some people on Friday. “The injured have been shifted to Aurangabad civil hospital,” said CH Rakesh, chief public relation officer (PRO), South Central Railway. The incident happened at 5.15 […]
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‘Deeply saddened’: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on death of migrant workers in Maharashtra
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday condoled the death of 14 migrant workers in a train accident in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad. The workers were mowed down by a goods train early this morning. “Deeply saddened to learn about the loss of lives in a train mishap in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. My heartfelt condolences […]
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People buying alcohol get marked with ink in MP’s Hoshangabad district
Madhya Pradesh’s Hoshangabad district Excise officer Abhishek Tiwari has opted indelible ink to keep of people purchasing liquor. “The indelible ink is being applied to the index finger of buyers coming to purchase liquor, in Hoshangabad district. It’s being done to trace people in near future if needed,” Tiwari told […]
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Delhi govt launches e-token system for liquor sale: How it works
To ensure social distancing and to stop overcrowding at liquor shops, the Delhi government on Thursday launched an e-token service with a time slot for people to buy alcohol at any nearby store. The Delhi government said in a statement that it took this decision to encourage people to avoid […]
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Vizag gas leak an eerie reminder of Bhopal gas tragedy
The people in areas around the chemical factory in Andhra Pradesh woke up early on Thursday with a foul smell, which was from the Styrene gas leaked from the plant owned by South Korean company LG Chemicals. Video news agency ANI showed emergency workers in the area rushing to help victims, some of whom […]
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Four test positive in Bapudham Colony, Chandigarh’s Covid-19 count reaches 128
Four residents of Bapudham Colony tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Thursday morning, taking the UT’s Covid-19 count to 128. Three members of a family, including two 25-year-old women and a 27-year-old man, and a 36-year-old woman from a different household were the latest to be found positive in […]
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As part of Haryana’s diversification drive, farmers opting for non-paddy crops to get Rs 7,000 per acre
CHANDIGARH: In its first firm crop diversification push, the Haryana government has decided to buy maize and pulses at the minimum support price (MSP). This was announced by chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar while launching the ambitious Mera Pani Meri Virasat scheme during his address on the Haryana Aaj programme […]
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8 dead, over 1000 fall sick after gas leak at Andhra Pradesh chemical plant
At least eight people died and more than thousand people fell sick after inhaling poisonous gas leaked from a chemical factory in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam district in the early hours of Thursday. Andhra Pradesh Director-General of Police Gautam Sawang confirmed the toll at six. Unconfirmed reports say eight people have been […]
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More than half of Covid-19 cases in Rajasthan have recovered: Govt data
Over 50% of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patients in Rajasthan have recovered amid the desert state’s renewed bid to reduce the backlog of tests from 5,000 three days ago to under around 2,000, the government data, released on Wednesday evening, showed. The state health department officials said Rajasthan’s recovery rate was […]
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In letter to Mamata, BJP questions Bengal’s Covid-19 data
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alleged “discrepancies and infirmities” in the health bulletin issued by the government of West Bengal. BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, who is the national general secretary of the party, has said in a letter to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee that he remains concerned […]
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Odisha records second Covid-19 death of 77-year-old man
A 77-year-old Odisha man, who had tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on April 28, died on Tuesday night in a hospital in Bhubaneswar, taking the toll in the state to two, officials said on Wednesday. The man from Madhusudan Nagar area of Bhubaneswar also had underlying comorbidities of […]
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With lone patient testing negative, Mizoram claims ‘Covid-19 free’ status
Mizoram has announced that it is free of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), as the north-eastern state’s lone patient has recovered. The patient, a 50-year-old pastor who had visited the Netherlands, tested Covid-19 positive on March 24. He was the second Covid-19 patient from the region after a 23-year-old girl from Manipur […]
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Karnataka stops additional DA for state staff, pensioners
The Karnataka government on Tuesday decided not to pay the additional instalments of dearness allowances with effect from January 1, 2020 to government employees and pensioners in view of the crisis arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic. Taking a cue from the Centre’s orders freezing the dearness allowance and dearness relief to central […]
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Non-essential activities banned in parts of Odisha from 7pm to 7am till May 17
The movement of all non-essential activities in the jurisdiction of the Police Commissionerate Bhubaneswar-Cuttack will remain strictly prohibited from 7 pm to 7 am till May 17, said Dr Sudhanshu Sarangi, Commissioner of Police, Bhubaneswar. “Movement for all non-essential activities in the jurisdiction of the Police Commissionerate Bhubaneswar-Cuttack shall remain […]