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Kashmiri Photo journalist Masrat Zahra booked for 'anti national' posts

According to a police press release, cyber Police Station received information that photo journalist, Masrat Zahra is uploading anti-national posts with criminal intention to induce the youth and to promote offences against public tranquillity.

Apr 20, 2020

Bengaluru residents scared of bats as coronavirus carriers, ask BBMP to cut trees

An email complaint received at the BBMP head office stated that the complainant's neighbour's chickoo tree often has large flocks of bats hanging on it.

Apr 20, 2020

Silencing critics and media? Trump warns Fox News and Nancy Pelosi, calls speaker 'inherently dumb'

Noam Chomsky had previously alleged that Donald Trump is responsible for the chaos the United States is facing currently.

Apr 20, 2020

Agonising wait for 25 coronavirus patients in Ahmedabad

A group of 25 Covid-19 positive people have been waiting outside the Ahmedabad hospital since Sunday afternoon for doctors to take them in for treatment.

Apr 20, 2020

Ravi Shankar Prasad lauds efforts of India Post for delivering medicines to cancer patient in Himachal's Una

Given the constraints of logistics due to lockdown, a family friend of the child 8-year-old child requested the Union Minister for Communications, Law & Justice and Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad for help.

Apr 20, 2020

Bengaluru violence updates: 59 arrested for attacking health workers on Covid-19 duty in Padarayanapura

The people attacked the officials who had gone to quarantine some people who were the primary and secondary contacts of three COVID-19 patients.

Apr 20, 2020

UP CM Yogi Adityanath's father Anand Singh Bisht passes away at AIIMS, Delhi

The condition of Anand Singh Bisht, father of UP Chief Minister, was critical and he was placed on a ventilator. However, his health condition deteriorated.

Apr 20, 2020

As Kerala relaxes lockdown, Centre accuses state govt of violating MHA guidelines

The Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla expressed the ire of the Centre in a letter to State Chief Secretary Tom Jose after hearing about the relaxation in lockdown rules in Kerala, which was against the central guidelines.

Apr 20, 2020

'Virus can enter neechay se': Pakistan minister brings new preventive measures against Covid-19

Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan asks people to cover their whole body, wear full clothes so as to prevent all possible means of coronavirus infection.

Apr 20, 2020

Health Ministry issues guidelines for officials ahead of lockdown relaxation

Ahead of relaxation of lockdown from Monday, April 20 the Ministry of Health has issued certain guidelines for those who are attending offices and advised to take precautionary measures including social distancing.

Apr 20, 2020

Canada shooting: Gunman disguised as cop kills 16 in Nova Scotia, deadliest attack in country's history

A gunman who at one point masqueraded as a policeman killed at least 16 people in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia during a 12-hour rampage, in what was the country's worst modern-era mass shooting.

Apr 20, 2020

What led to violence in Bengaluru's sealed hotspot Padarayanapura?

Due to rumours about people being taken away into quarantine from the area spurred violence in Bengaluru's sealed off hotspot Padarayanapura.

Apr 20, 2020

Telangana extends coronavirus lockdown till May 7; online food delivery banned in Hyderabad

Online food delivery services will also remain suspended till May 7 and food aggregators like Swiggy and Zomato will remain offline in Hyderabad during the lockdown in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

Apr 19, 2020

Judge becomes 'Messiah' for juvenile thief, orders his release and help for family

A teenage boy who was held for stealing in Bihar was released after the judicial officer ordered his release and asked the administration to provide food, clothes and other necessities to his family.

Apr 19, 2020

45-day-old baby dies of coronavirus in Delhi, over 30 quarantined

A hospital source told a news agency that a 45-day-old baby was kept in the COVID dedicated ward. The baby was not born at Lady Harding Hospital, and had come from outside.

Apr 19, 2020