SC says no coercive action against small industries for non-payment of full wages to workers
New Delhi, May 15 (PTI) The Supreme Court Friday asked the government not to take any coercive action till next week against the companies and employers who are unable to pay full wages to their employees during the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. There may be small companies which are not earning and […]
Delhi govt to release Tablighi Jamaat members with no COVID-19 symptoms from quarantine: HC told
New Delhi, May 15 (PTI) The Delhi High Court was informed on Friday that the AAP government has decided to release the members of Tablighi Jamaat, who have completed mandatory quarantine and show no coronavirus symptoms. The submission was made at the outset of the hearing on a petition seeking release of nearly 3300 Tablighi […]
Heading home during lockdown, 6 migrant workers killed, 95 injured in UP
Lucknow, May 15 (PTI) Six migrant workers were killed and 95 others injured in separate road accidents in Uttar Pradesh when they were returning home during the ongoing lockdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak, police said on Friday. The accidents have taken place in Barabanki, Jalaun, Bahraich and Mahoba districts since Thursday evening, they said. […]
Muslims cremate Jatt Sikh in Central Kashmir
Ganderbal, May 14: Yet again people of Kashmir set a glittering example of communal brotherhood on Thursday when Muslims went all out to help in cremation of a non-Muslim carpenter hailing from Punjab. Sources said that a non local hailing from Punjab died at his rented accommodation here in Wapora village of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal […]
Protests erupt in Pulwama as locals seek to offer prayers in mosques
Pulwama, May 15: Massive clashes erupted in Rahmoo area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday afternoon, reports and officials said. They said that scores of people took to streets and staged a protest in Rahmoo for not allowing them to offer prayers. They said when the sale of liquor was allowed in outside states “why […]
Commercial flights to resume ops, cabin crew to get protective gear
New Delhi, May 15: The Central government has started work to prepare for resumption of commercial domestic flights, something that may happen in a staggered manner over the next one month, senior government and industry officials said. To this effect, government agencies have began laying the groundwork in terms of safety and policy measures required […]
Low intensity quake hits Delhi; fourth since April 12
New Delhi, May 15 (PTI) A low-intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.2 hit the national capital on Friday, the fourth since April 12, the National Centre for Seismology said. The epicentre was Pitampura in north Delhi. The NCS said the quake occurred at 11:28 am at a depth of eight kilometres. The NCS is a body […]
Police in Srinagar provides survival kits to needy
Srinagar, May 15: Srinagar police has provided 650 survival kits to the needy families in various parts of Srinagar. The kits were provided to the families who have been rendered jobless owing to the ongoing lockdown that has been put in place following the Covid-19 pandemic. A police official said that the kits containing essential […]
Girl injured after locals clashes with police at quarantine centre in Chadoora
Budgam, May 15: A girl was injured after clashes erupted in the premises of a quarantine centre here in Nagam Chadoora after the people put up at the centre along with their relatives accused the administration of delay in declaring the tests of quarantined people. Eyewitnesses said that the relatives of the quarantined people assembled […]
Internet restored in Budgam, Shopian and Pulwama
Srinagar, May 14: The mobile internet services was restored on Thursday in Budgam district after remaining barred for more than a day following the killing of a youth in CRPF firing near Kawoosa crossing on Srinagar-Gulmarg road. While police and CRPF said that the 25-year old Mehraj-u-din son Ghulam Muhammad of Makhama Beerwah Budgam was […]
