New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday urged citizen to show their "spirit of India" to express solidarity with "health warriors" in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic when they light diyas and lamps tonight at 9 pm on the call given by Prime Minister
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday urged 130 crore Indians to express solidarity with "the frontline warriors in the battle against the pandemic" when they light Diyas and lamps tonight at 9 pm on the call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The Congress party has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to express solidarity with the April 5 initiative of lighting up lamps at 9 pm on Sunday an event laced with theatrics.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 5 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has called on the public to obey Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message, to light up lamps at 9 pm tomorrow.
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Prof Najma Akhtar on Saturday urged students, teaching and non-teaching staff to comply with the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to switch off lights at 9 pm to 9.09 pm on Sunday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 4 (ANI): Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut said on Saturday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to switch off lights at 9 pm on Sunday to represent country's spirit in fight against COVID-19 as "ludicrous", adding that Modi's ideas are borrowed
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said the concerns of power grids and engineers too are being taken care of by the Central government in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to switch off lights for nine minutes from 9 pm on April 5
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Union Power Ministry on Saturday clarified that no instability would be caused to the grid and there would also be no fluctuation in the voltage which harm the electrical appliances when the people voluntarily switch off their lights between 9 pm and 9:09 pm
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday expressed concern over the Prime Minister's call to switch off lights at 9 pm on April 5, saying that it is not a contemplated move and might cause electric grid to crash.
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], April 4 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to switch off lights at 9 pm on Sunday to represent country's spirit in fight against COVID-19 can affect "power grid" as well as emergency services, said Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut on Friday.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): One coronavirus positive case was detected in Andhra Pradesh on Friday, this was also the only case to reported in the state between 10 am and 9 pm. The case was reported in Visakhapatnam taking the state tally of confirmed cases to 162.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 3 (ANI): In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has requested people in the state to light lamps on April 5 at 9 PM to make the programme successful.