Trinamool Congres (TMC) leader Derek O’Brien has criticised the government for “confused messaging” in times of coronavirus outbreak. “Govt advisory asks people 65+ to stay home. Sunday curfew announced. And yet! Why is Parliament running? Why this confused messaging? About 44% MPs in RS and 22% MPs in LS are […]
Will Kamal Nath resign? Buzz gains traction hours before trust vote
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath heads a minority government after having failed in his attempts to woo back 23 rebel Congress MLAs, including six ministers having allegiance to BJP leader and former Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. Now that their resignations have been accepted by Speaker NP Prajapati, Kamal Nath has […]
What is Janta Curfew and how it will be implemented
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged the people of the country to follow a Janta Curfew on Sunday (March 22) in fighting coronavirus pandemic. Cautioning people against any complacency in dealing with Covid-19, PM Modi also laid emphasis on individual determination and restraint through social distancing in his 30-minute “Today, I […]
‘Coronavirus can’t be fought with moral armaments’: Chidambaram on PM’s address
Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Friday that he supports the announcements made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, but demanded tougher measures from the government to tackle coronavirus. “I have offered our support to the PM’s announcements yesterday, but I am absolutely certain that the PM will have […]
Will you celebrate convicts’ hanging? Delhi rape victim’s mother responds
After the four convicts in the Delhi 2012 gang-rape and murder of the 23-year-old woman were hanged at Tihar Jail on Friday, her mother said she will appeal to the Supreme Court for guidelines to ensure nobody adopts delay tactics like those in her daughter’s case. Asha Devi, the victim’s mother, […]
Coronavirus outbreak: India ahead of the curve, for now
India is among the rare countries in the world that have remained much below the dagger mark established by the dangerous Chinese model in the spread of the novel coronavirus. With 173 cases in 18 days since the outbreak started spreading properly, India finds itself in the company of smaller city-states […]
Now is not the time for lockdown, says doctor as India fights coronavirus outbreak
India’s priority must be to prevent the spread of Covid-19 through social distancing and then lockdowns till science expands our toolkits, says Dr Anurag Agarwal, director of the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology. He is a pulmonologist and known for his research on lung diseases. Dr Agarwal says that […]
2012 Delhi gang rape: Timeline of a crime that horrified India
The hanging of four death row convicts in Tihar jail on Friday brought the curtains down on the Delhi gang rape and murder case of a 23-year-old paramedic in December 2012 that had shocked the country. Following is the timeline of events spanning more than seven years before the convicts were […]
Assam man who fled from coronavirus quarantine in Kerala nabbed
A 24-year-old man from Assam, who had fled from a coronavirus quarantine facility in Kerala along with two others from Odisha and West Bengal, was nabbed by authorities in Guwahati early on Thursday. Shariful Islam, a resident of Morigaon district, was kept in isolation for showing symptoms of Covid-19 disease and had […]
‘Our medical teams a call away’: CDS General Bipin Rawat
India’s chief of defence staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat, tasked to synergise the functioning of India’s three armed services, is now on top of a plan to deal with the coronavirus battle domestically and in the immediate neighbourhood. “Our aircraft and doctors are one call away, and can be rushed […]
In coronavirus crisis, lessons for us, writes President Ram Nath Kovind
The outbreak of Covid-19 Novel Coronavirus has created an unprecedented situation around the world. Humankind is no stranger to calamitous outbreaks of diseases. However, this is the first viral outbreak of this nature and scale in our lifetime. Today, my thoughts are with all those battling with the virus, with […]
2012 Delhi gang rape convicts hanged: Who said what
The mother of the 23-year-old woman, who was gang-raped and fatally assaulted in December 2012, said her daughter has finally got justice after the four men convicted for the crime were executed as officials of women’s panels pointed their hanging will send a message to the country. The four men—Mukesh […]
Delhi gang rape convicts hanged, 2,650 days after committing the crime
The four men convicted for the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in Delhi were hanged at 5:30am on Friday, more than seven years after they committed the brutal crime. The bus’ cleaners Mukesh Singh and Akshay Thakur, fruit-seller Pawan Gupta and gym instructor Vinay Sharma […]
How Tihar prepared to execute the killers
Within minutes of a city court refusing to stay the hanging of the four men convicted in the December 16 gang rape case, senior prison officers in Tihar Jail started final preparations for the execution on Friday morning. Prison officials said that on Thursday afternoon, the four convicts were told to prepare […]
Coronavirus outbreak: Private lab tests may start next week with Rs 5,000 price cap
India plans to scale up testing for Covid-19 with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) set to give 51 private hospitals and laboratories the go-ahead to start testing for the viral disease, which has so far infected 173 people and killed four. The testing protocol will remain the same, […]