The Ministry of Railways on Thursday said that it has no plans to shift IRIMEE from Jamalpur in Bihar to Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow and any assertions to this effect are incorrect and misleading.

The clarification by the ministry came after senior Bihar minister Sanjay Kumar Jha urged Railway Minister Piyush Goyal to rescind the outrageous order of shifting the Indian Railways Institute for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (IRIMEE) from Jamalpur to Lucknow.

In another attack on China, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called coronavirus the worst-attack ever on the country, adding that it is even worse than Pearl Harbour and 9/11 terror attacks.

Trump blamed China for the pandemic and said that Beijing could have stopped it from spreading across the world.

The Delhi High Court has allowed Bharti Airtel to claim a refund of Rs 923 crore by rectifying goods and services tax (GST) returns filed between July and September 2017.

The case pertains to underreporting of input tax credit in the GST summary return form, GSTR 3B, during those three months in 2017 due to absence of the purchase-related return form during the transition period.

Food delivery firm Zomato aims to branch out into delivering alcohol, according to a document seen by Reuters, as it seeks to cash in on high demand for booze during the coronavirus lockdown.

Zomato has already diversified into grocery as the restrictions on movement shuttered some restaurants and people hesitated to order outside food.

In a tragic news, at least 11 people including a child lost their lives while thousands fell sick after a chemical gas leaked at a pharmaceutical company in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam on Thursday.

The incident occurred at RR Venkatapuram village of the area where gas leakage was identified at LG Polymers in Gopalpatnam. People complained of burning sensation in eyes and difficulties in breathing following which, they were admitted to the hospital.

As the death toll in gas leak at a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Vishakapatnam jumped to eight, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on phone to take stock of the situation.

Modi also assured Reddy of the help and support required from the central government in the matter.

The bodies of Riyaz Naikoo, the operational commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, and his associate who were killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Wednesday will not be handed over to their families but instead will be buried by authorities at an undisclosed location.

The decision, officials said, was taken to stop glorification and big funeral processions of terrorists.

Amid record rise of COVID-19 cases in some districts on Maharashtra and Gujarat, the Centre has raised concerns over high fatality rate in the two states.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan held a meeting to discuss the situation in both Maharashtra and Gujarat and expressed concern over high fatality rate among COVID-19 patients in some districts of Maharashtra and Gujarat.

Ahmedabad reported 291 new coronavirus cases, taking the total to 4,735, while the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 298 on Wednesday.

25 deaths were recorded in a day on Wednesday.

The worst affected city in Gujarat and one of the worst-hit cities in the country, Ahmedabad has announced several measures to contain the spread of the virus in the city.

Around 39 crore poor people received financial assistance of Rs 34,800 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) as on May 5, 2020, the government said on Wednesday.

The package was announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on March 26, 2020 to protect them from the impact of the lockdown due to COVID 19.

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