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Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan wrote an open letter to the Prime Minister on Sunday, criticising the Central Government’s decision of imposing the 21-day lockdown without any prior announcement. In his letter, the actor…

New Delhi: The group of ministers (GoM) headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will meet on Tuesday to discuss whether to extend the 21-day lockdown in the country to break the chain of coronavirus infections. Senior bureaucrats said the…

Hyderabad: Telangana State Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) on Monday reached out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to extend the nation-wide lockdown beyond April 15. “We can recover from the hit that the economy is…

In what will come as a major boost for state governments, the Centre has decided to release Rs 11,092 crores for all states. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a statement on Friday that it has released in advance the first…

New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday stated that they have received nearly 69 cases of domestic violence during the nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of COVID-19. As per reports, the commission has received…

In an innovative move, Kolkata police personnel took to the streets and sang ‘We shall overcome’ to boost the morale of citizens who have been confined to their homes amidst the nationwide lockdown enforced from March 24 midnight to check…

Raipur: Even as the world is grappling against the COVID-19 pandemic, a couple in Raipur, Chattisgarh has named their newborn twins — a girl and a boy — as ‘Corona’ and ‘Covid’. The twins were born in the wee hours of March 27 amid the…

Thousands of devotees assembled in temples in various parts of West Bengal on the occasion of Ram Navami on Thursday, defying the lockdown. Long queues of devotees were seen outside temples across the state, reported The New Indian…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share a video message on Friday morning. "At 9am tomorrow morning, I'll share a small video message with my fellow Indians," PM Modi tweeted in Hindi and English on Thursday afternoon. The PM…

New Delhi: Amidst the nationwide lockdown, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday released the curriculum for the academic session 2020-2021 for secondary and senior secondary schools.   According to an Indian Express…