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Mumbai: Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan has distributed hand sanitizers to on duty Mumbai Police personnel in an effort to safeguard the health and safety of the frontline warriors. Expressing gratitude, Mumbai Police tweeted, “Thank you…

Aurangabad: At least 14 migrant workers were killed and five injured when an empty rake of goods wagon ran over them near Gadhejalgaon village in Aurangabad district on Friday. According to media reports, the accident took place around…

New Delhi: The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced for admission to IITs – which was earlier scheduled for May 17 -- will now be conducted on August 23, Union Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Ramesh Pokhriyal announced on…

New Delhi: If Zomato had its way, it would soon be home-delivering alcohol during the coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown. Zomato’s CEO for food delivery Mohit Gupta has submitted a business proposal to this effect to International…

Raipur: Close on the heels of the Visakhapatnam gas leak tragedy comes the news of another gas leak, this one from the Raigadh district of Chhattisgarh. Seven workers, who were cleaning a paper mill in Raigadh, had to be hospitalised after…

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has had to reverse its decision to stop special trains from transporting migrant workers to their native states, after facing pressure from all quarters. The BS Yeddyurappa-led state administration will…

Mumbai: Around 250 policemen from the city have tested positive for COVID-19 till date, said the Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. Most of the infected policemen are asymptomatic and none of them are in intensive care. So far,…

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and AYUSH Minister Shripad Yesso Naik on Thursday jointly launched three Central AYUSH ministry-based studies related to COVID-19. These are:  Study on Ayurveda interventions as prophylaxis…

Vishakhapatnam:  The lates death toll in the gas leak incident from a chemcial plant here has reached 13, including a child. Over 1,000 are reportedly sick. Eight hundred were initially admitted in hospitals, but only 200 were kept under…

Ghaziabad: Vinod Kapri, a filmmaker and former journalist travelled for seven days and seven nights with seven migrant workers from Ghaziabad to Bihar’s Saharsa. The director took the 1200-km journey to understand the highs and lows of…