Latest Stories of Alphonse Joseph
West Bengal govt allows business establishments to remain open till maximum 10:30 PM
Alphonse Joseph
| Friday, August 13, 2021, 22:14 [IST]
Kolkata, Aug 13: The West Bengal government on Friday allowed all shops and business establishments including bars and restaurants to remain open till usual working hours but not beyond 10.30 PM. The relaxation will come into effect from Monday onwards. ...
Uttar Pradesh govt to give cash awards to all participants of Tokyo Olympics: Yogi Adityanath
Alphonse Joseph
| Friday, August 13, 2021, 21:27 [IST]
Gorakhpur, Aug 13: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said the state government will honour with cash awards all those who participated in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics at an event in Lucknow on August 19. He said 75 ...
COVID-19: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announces package for pandemic hit weavers
Alphonse Joseph
| Friday, August 13, 2021, 20:11 [IST]
Bhubaneswar, Aug 13: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday announced a special package for the COVID-19 pandemic-hit weavers as part of Odisha government's financial assistance to the poor affected due to shutdown and lockdown. The eligible beneficiary will get financial assistance of ...
COVID-19: Mumbai reports first death due to Delta Plus variant, third in Maharashtra
Alphonse Joseph
| Friday, August 13, 2021, 19:12 [IST]
Mumbai, Aug 13: Mumbai has recorded its first death due to the Delta Plus variant of coronavirus with a 63-year-old fully vaccinated woman succumbing to the infection in the last week of July, a civic official said. This was the ...
Ahead of Independence Day, Delhi Police issues traffic advisory
Alphonse Joseph
| Friday, August 13, 2021, 18:32 [IST]
New Delhi, Aug 13: Ahead of Independence Day, the Delhi Police issued a traffic advisory on Friday to ensure smooth vehicular movement across the national capital. According to the advisory, the traffic for general public around Red Fort, from where Prime ...
TMC likely to join Sonia Gandhi's virtual meet for opposition leaders
Alphonse Joseph
| Friday, August 13, 2021, 17:31 [IST]
Kolkata, Aug 13: The Trinamool Congress has received an invite to a virtual meet for opposition leaders by Congress president Sonia Gandhi slated for next week, a political aide of TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee confirmed. The TMC is likely to join ...
Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath reviews situation in flood-affected districts
Alphonse Joseph
| Friday, August 13, 2021, 16:50 [IST]
Ghazipur, Aug 13: Over 600 villages in 24 districts of Uttar Pradesh are affected by floods, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday, and directed officials to help people on war-footing. He also advised the officials to ensure enough stock ...
Twitter accounts of Maharashtra Congress, minister Thorat suspended, claims party leader
Alphonse Joseph
| Thursday, August 12, 2021, 22:23 [IST]
Mumbai, Aug 12: Twitter accounts of the Maharashtra unit of the Congress and its senior leader Balasaheb Thorat have been suspended, Minister of State for Home and IT Satel Patil claimed on Thursday. The ruling BJP at the Centre is ...
Let Congress open 'Nehru Hookah bar' at its office: CT Ravi
Alphonse Joseph
| Thursday, August 12, 2021, 21:24 [IST]
Bengaluru, Aug 12: Reiterating his demand to rename Indira Canteens as "Annapoorneshwari Canteen," BJP National General Secretary CT Ravi on Thursday said, "let Congress open the Indira Canteen or Nehru Hookah Bar at its office". Alleging that there was "pure ...
Venkaiah Naidu, Om Birla express concern over 'disruptive behaviour' of some MPs
Alphonse Joseph
| Thursday, August 12, 2021, 20:34 [IST]
New Delhi, Aug 12: Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday expressed deep concern over the "disruptive behaviour" of some parliamentarians during the just-concluded Monsoon session and felt such actions should ...
Maharashtra: BMC launches e-pass facility to travel in Mumbai suburban trains
Alphonse Joseph
| Thursday, August 12, 2021, 19:40 [IST]
Mumbai, Aug 12: The Maharashtra government on Thursday launched an online facility to enable citizens who have completed 14 days after second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to obtain passes to travel in suburban trains in Mumbai from August 15. A ...
UDF stages sit-in protest in front of Kerala Assembly gate
Alphonse Joseph
| Thursday, August 12, 2021, 18:44 [IST]
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 12: Irked over the denial of their notice for an adjournment motion on the controversial dollar smuggling scam, the opposition UDF on Thursday boycotted the Kerala Assembly proceedings for the day and convened a symbolic "House" outside the campus ...