Kolkata, May 28 (KMS): More than 150,000 people were left homeless in the aftermath of a cyclone that unleashed storm surges in eastern India and Bangladesh, officials said on Thursday, with heavy rains hampering relief work in some low-lying coastal areas. At least five people were killed in the two …
Read More »Rainwater gushes into ICU, other wards of Tata Covid hospital in Kerala
Kasaragod, May 27 (KMS): The Rs 60-crore covid hospital, built by the Tata Trust in Kasaragod, is giving nightmares to health officials as it is leaking in the rain. The hospital — rapidly set up by piecing together 128 customised shipping containers — is one of the two mainstays for …
Read More »Muslim man’s arrest for pro-Palestine social media post shows up police’s Islamophobia
Lucknow, May 27 (KMS): All 32-year-old Yasser Arafat had wanted to do on the night of May 19 when he posted a pro-Palestine image and comment on his social media page was display the courage with which residents of the battered city of Gaza were standing up to Israel. The …
Read More »Farmers hold countrywide demonstrations, reiterate demands
New Delhi, May 27 (KMS): Countrywide demonstrations were held by farmers, burning the effigies of the Modi government and hoisting black flags on their rooftops and vehicles to mark six months of their sit-in at Delhi borders seeking withdrawal of three farms laws and guarantee for minimum support price. The …
Read More »“If Pak attacks India…”: Arvind Kejriwal analogy on procuring vaccines
New Delhi, May 27 (KMS): States cannot afford to compete among themselves to buy coronavirus vaccines – any more than being forced to buy individual stores of weapons and ammunition in case of an attack by Pakistan – Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal told media. Kejriwal called on the Indian …
Read More »Farmers observe ‘Dlack Day’ in Punjab, Haryana against farm laws
Chandigarh, May 27 (KMS): Farmers, including women and youth, on Wednesday observed ‘black day’ in Punjab and Haryana by hoisting black flags atop several structures and vehicles and burning effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of their protest against the Centre’s new farm laws. Political parties including the …
Read More »Anti-Muslim legislations ‘similar to IIOJK’ irk locals on Indian archipelago
New Delhi, May 27 (KMS): Locals on the Lakshadweep islands, off the coast of the southern Indian state of Kerala, are expressing fury over a string of new legislations initiated by a new administrator appointed by the Bhartiya Janata Party-led federal government five months ago. According to a report in …
Read More »India’s oil industry struggles to predict demand recovery in pandemic
New Delhi, May 27 (KMS): Indian energy demand is taking a big hit as Covid-19 runs rampant across the country. But uncertainty around when the virus wave will subside and the lack of a unified government response has left the oil industry in the dark as to how quickly consumption …
Read More »At least five dead as another cyclone batters India
Calcutta, May 27 (KMS): At least five people died Wednesday as howling winds and waves the height of double-decker buses pelted eastern India. Barely a week after Cyclone Tauktae claimed at least 155 lives in western India, cyclone Yaas has forced the evacuation of more than 1.5 million people in …
Read More »Modi regime transmitting India variant of coronavirus to IIOJK
#NonLocalsTransportedToIIOJK Islamabad, May 26 (KMS): After failing to control the spread of India variant of COVID-19 surge in the country, Narendra Modi-led fascist government is now transporting the deadly virus to Indian illegally occupied Kashmir, putting the lives of the local people in grave danger. A report released by Kashmir …
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