Breaking News on March 28

Advocate and activist, Amit Sahni, filed a petition before the Supreme Court yesterday seeking an urgent hearing into his plea regarding "right to life of homeless persons, labourers and beggars amid Covid-19 lockdown."

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has today made one-to-one calls with CMDs of all public sector banks. The FM asked CMDs to make sure there was adequate liquidity at the branch, ATM and banking correspondent level. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also held calls with the representatives of private sector banks and requested them to ensure uninterrupted banking services are provided across the country while maintaining social distancing norms.

Delhi Police has set up 24-hour helpline number 01123469526 to resolve issues related to lockdown due to Coronavirus. Total number of calls received on the helpline number till date is 3796.

Death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Britain has risen to 1,019 up from 759 the day before, according to government figures released Saturday, reports AFP

Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah holds high-level meeting over Coronavirus

Punjab Chief Minister has permitted Municipal Bodies to buy medicines and food for daily wagers & poor persons as well as fodder for 'gaushalas' out of Municipal Funds at their disposal: Public Relations, Punjab Govt

Uttarakhand: Border Roads Organization (BRO) is clearing three major avalanches of sizes ranges from 40-130 meters near Dharali between Harshil and Gangotri

Telangana govt has declared that production and manufacturing units that require continuous process such as pharmaceuticals, etc may function. Manufacturing units engaged in production of essential commodities like dal mills,rice mills, dairy units, food to also permitted to operate.

Army sources to ANI: One person dead and two injured after a blast during the overhauling of an artillery gun in an Army base workshop in Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh). 

Manipur MLA Thounaojam Shyamkumar disqualified by Speaker Y Khemchand Singh for violating Tenth Schedule of the Constitution by defecting to BJP from Congress.

Gadkari asks NHAI Chairman, toll operators to ensure food, water support to migrant workers 

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan writes to PM Narendra Modi on Karnataka blocking prominent border state highway, causing hardship for cargo movement to Kerala

Arrangement of 1000 buses have been done to take the migrant workers to their respective hometowns amid Coronavirus Lockdown. Transportation Officers, bus drivers and conductors were called by the CM last night to make all the arrangements

Kolkata Police has arrested a woman in connection with the posting of a fake social media post about a Beliaghata doctor being infected with Coronavirus.

The Jammu and Kashmir Police has so far registered 329 FIRs against people who violated lockdown orders enforced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, a senior police officer said. Thousands of police personnel along with other security forces are on the ground to make sure that the orders are being adhered to by the people, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said. He said 329 FIRs were registered against violators and 600 vehicles and shops were seized and closed for non-compliance of the orders.