Mon, 24 May 2021 19:40:04
The Supreme Court Monday said the process of registration of migrant workers is "very slow" and it must be expedited so that benefit of various schemes can be extended to them amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The apex court observed it is "not happy" with the efforts of the Centre as well as the states on the issue of registration of unorganised workers.
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Mon, 24 May 2021 19:29:20
In a shocking incident, a Dalit youth from the Mudigere area of Chikmagalur district of Karnataka was allegedly forced to drink urine inside a police station.
The incident occurred earlier this month in Gonibeedu Police Station near Mudigere where a sub-inspector allegedly abused a Dalit youth and forced him to drink urine of another man during interrogation.
The matter came to light after
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Mon, 24 May 2021 19:22:45
A fire service personnel attached to the fire station at Kadri here died of coronavirus on Monday.
Six other personnel at the fire service station also turned out positive for Covid-19, fire service sources said.
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Mon, 24 May 2021 19:17:35
A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm 'Yaas' and is likely to cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts on May 26 after turning into a very severe cyclonic storm, the MeT Department said on Monday.
'Yaas' is likely to cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Islands around noon on May 26 as a very severe cyclonic storm with wind speeds of 15
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Mon, 24 May 2021 19:15:15
The Calcutta High Court on Monday took up hearing in the Narada sting tapes case -- in which two Bengal ministers, a TMC MLA and a former mayor of Kolkata have been arrested -- refusing a prayer by the CBI to adjourn the matter.
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Mon, 24 May 2021 19:12:04
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Monday extended till June 01 the COVID-induced lockdown that has been in force for nearly a month and was to be effective till Tuesday.
An announcement to this effect was made by the Chief Minister on his official twitter handle.
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Mon, 24 May 2021 19:07:01
The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into Cyclone Yaas in the early hours of Monday and it is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department said.
The cyclone is very likely to cross north Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Island around May 26 noon as a 'very severe cyclonic storm'. It is expected to
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Mon, 24 May 2021 19:04:27
All the 274 personnel who were on board barge P305 that sank and tugboat Varaprada that went adrift during Cyclone Tauktae fury have been accounted for with the recovery of 16 bodies along Maharashtra and Gujarat coasts, the Navy said on Monday.
"A total of 274 crew were reported missing on May 17 (261 from Barge P305 and 13 from Tug Varaprada). While 186 survivors from P305 and two from Varapr
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Mon, 24 May 2021 18:58:43
Police have registered an FIR against nearly 2,000 unidentified people on charges of attempt to murder and rioting after members of two communities clashed with each other here in Gujarat, leaving six policemen and around a dozen other people injured, an official said on Monday.
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