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Pune: An auto driver has turned into a Good Samaritan by helping distressed people in every possible way amid the lockdown. As per reports, 30-year-old Akshay Kothawale has been using the money he saved for his marriage to feed migrant…

New Delhi: The Central government on Sunday circulated the list of offences and penalties for violation of lockdown 4.0 measures, issued under the Disaster Management Act 2005 by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The measures will come into…

Chennai: Tamil Nadu on Sunday became the second state after Maharashtra to extend the COVID-19 lockdown till May 31. Earlier, Punjab and Mizoram had made similar announcements. Telangana, on the other hand, has  extended the lockdown till…

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday announced extension of COVID-19 lockdown till May 31. "The calibrated phase-wise relaxation/lifting of lockdown orders will be notified in due course," an order from the office…

Mumbai: The nationwide lockdown, enforced by the government to check the spread of Covid-19, has hurt the cinema theatres big time. Multiplex chain PVR Pictures made no bones about their displeasure over the recent trend of new movies…

New Delhi: As part of its Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant) mission, the Central government's scheme to provide free foodgrains to 8 crore migrant labourers and their families kicked off on Saturday. Those migrant labourers who are not…

Bhubaneswar: A group of Bihari migrant workers have undertaken a marathon journey back home on foot. Having already covered a distance of 1300 km from Tamil Nadu, they had reached Bhubaneswar and still had 900 km to walk before they…

New Delhi: Over 2.10 lakh stranded passengers travelled back to their home states in 145 Shramik Special trains on May 14 alone. On the first day of their mission, on Labour Day (May 1), the Ministry of Railways had operated just four…

Mumbai: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly hinted at pay cuts for players if the Indian Premier League (IPL) cannot be held this year. “Not hosting the IPL will cause losses to the tune of Rs 4,000 crore…

Raipur: In another heart-wrenching, horror story during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, a 78-year-old man died of a heart attack after being held up at a border check post for over an hour. Keshav Mishra, a resident of Umaria, was being…