The famed Bhadradri Sri Rama Kalyanam ( the celestial marriage of Lord Rama and Sita) could be put off this year thanks to the Corona scare. Post YSRCP government’s decision to put off Sri Rama Kalyanam at Ontimitta in Kadapa, the Telangana Government too is mulling the cancellation of the public function. The Sri Rama…

The Birbhum district administration on Sunday ordered the closure of the famous rural market in Santiniketan, popularly known as Sonajhurir haat, till March 31 in order to prevent an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. On Sunday, the local Ruppur gram panchayat announced over loudhailers the closure of the haat, a major tourist attraction, in the…

BENGALURU: A Twitterati with the username @bali_sneha put out her tweets on her 12-hour ‘unpleasant experience’ after landing in Bengaluru from France at 11.40 pm on March 14. She was taken to a quarantine unit in Devenahalli, which she said was in a bad state, with no proper toilet, no food, cramped space and no…

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday nominated former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha. A government notification of the same read ‘in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of Article 80 of the Constitution of India, read with clause (3) of that article, the President is pleased…

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday nominated former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha. A notification to this effect was issued by the Central Government on Monday. “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (a) of clause (1) article 80 of the Constitution of India, read with clause (3) of that article, the President…

PM Narendra Modi and Coronavirus outbreak in India. (Photo Credit: PTI) New Delhi, March 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday welcomed people to share technology-driven solutions for COVID-19 on ‘MyGovIndia’, claiming that it will help the government to tackle with the outbreak of coronavirus. Earlier, the Premier suggested citizens to avoid non-essential travel and minimise…

All Archaeological Survey of India-protected monuments and central museums across the country will be shut till March 31 in view of the threat of coronavirus, Union Culture Minister Prahlad Patal said on Monday. An order regarding the same will be issued soon, he said. “All ASI monuments and central museums will be shut till March…

The tourists were then taken to a government hospital for check-up by the police. With Kerala on high alert for coronavirus, foreign tourists visiting Gods Own Country are finding it difficult to get accommodation and move around, prompting the government to disapprove of such acts and ask people not to see every foreigner as a…

Srinagar: The administration has imposed Section 144 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic. District Magistrate Shafqat Iqbal imposed the ban on the assembly of four or more people in any public place and it will remain in place till March-end, according to an order. The…

Citing coronavirus concerns, the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh teetering on the brink of collapse got a reprieve from the Assembly Speaker who did not take up the floor test on Monday as directed by the Governor and adjourned the state Assembly till March 26. As Governor Lalji Tandon asked Chief Minister Kamal…

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced India’s biggest sports body BCCI to virtually shut down its headquarter in Mumbai from Tuesday with its employees being advised to work from home. It has been learnt that the employees have been asked to “work from home” with all the cricketing operations already being suspended till further notice. “The…

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: TWO Kerala women, who had fled the country to join Islamic State-led community in Afghanistan and were later rounded up by Afghan agencies after IS citadels got breached, have expressed interest to return to the state. In a video released by a website, Fathima alias Nimisha, a native of Thiruvananthapuram, and Sonia Sebastian aka…