Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 28 (ANI): People gathered at markets to buy essential items in Guwahati, Assam, before complete lockdown is imposed on entire Kamrup Metropolitan from 7 p.m. today, for the next 14 days, due to rise in COVID-19 cases.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 28 (ANI): Central Railway is operating Mega Block on its suburban sections for carrying out various engineering and maintenance work on Sunday. This is the first mega block on the Central Railway since the lockdown was imposed.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 27 (ANI): Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) General Secretary, Suprio Bhattacharya on Saturday justified State government's decision to impose lockdown in the state till July 31 saying that it is an essential step amid rising COVID-19 cases in the state.
Bhilwada (Rajasthan) [India], June 27 (ANI): Bhilwada District Collector has imposed a fine of Rs 6,26,600 on a person who invited more than 50 people in his son's marriage ceremony on June 13.
Washington D.C. [USA], June 26 (ANI): The US State Department has imposed its first wave of visa restrictions against Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials in retaliation for Beijing's policies in Hong Kong, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Friday.
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): Independent experts from the United Nations have called for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in China as they raised deep concerns over treatment of Uighur Muslim minority in Xinjiang and said the impending national security law concernin
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], June 26 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a high-level committee to look into the recent blowout at an Oil India Ltd (OIL) well in Assam's Baghjan and directed the company to deposit Rs 25 crore for the damages caused.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 26 (ANI): Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday informed that a complete lockdown will be imposed in the entire Kamrup Metropolitan district from the midnight of June 28 for the next 14 days, due to rise in COVID-19 cases.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 26 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday clarified that the state government would not impose another COVID-19 lockdown in Bengaluru as it has already sealed some areas.
Washington DC [USA], June 26 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States has imposed a new round of sanctions against four Iranian metal companies and four sales agents outside of Iran, the Treasury Department said on Thursday (local time).
Washington DC [USA], June 26 (ANI): The US Senate on Thursday (local time) passed a bill by unanimous consent that would impose sanctions on China for its decision to implement the controversial national security law on Hong Kong, which critics say will erode the city's democratic freedoms.
Kishtwar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 26 (ANI): The Annual Sarthal Devi Ji Yatra will not take place this year due to ongoing restrictions imposed by the administration in view of COVID-19 pandemic.