Pakistan's foreign minister has on Saturday announced that it is planning to reopen Kartarpur Sahib Corridor. Taking to Twitter, Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said. That it has conveyed its readiness to reopen the Kartarpur corridor for Sikh pilgrims from June 29. Which also marks the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh.

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Pakistan had shut Kartarpur Corridor for an indefinite period from March 16.

Pakistan International Airlines is grounding 262 airline pilots suspected of dodging their exams. Following inquiries into their qualifications. The aviation minister said on Friday in a move that has caused global concern.

The action was prompted by the preliminary report on an airliner crash in Karachi last month. Which found that the pilots had failed to follow standard procedures and disregarded alarms.

Ninety-seven people were killed in that crash and the airline in question. State-run Pakistan International Airlines, said on Thursday it would ground pilots with "dubious" licences.

Coronavirus infection cases in the country have breached the 5 lakh-mark after India registered 18,552 new cases in the last 24 hours. The new cases have crossed the previous record of 17,296 that was registered on Friday. The total number of people in India who tested positive for coronavirus infection has reached 5,08,953.

The current total includes 1,97,387 active cases. 2,95,881 coronavirus cases have been cured or discharged from the hospital. The total recovery now stands at 58.13 percent. The death tally has also increased to 15,685.

India’s largest two-wheeler and three-wheeler manufacturer Bajaj Auto’s Aurangabad manufacturing facility. Has been reportedly shut down after 79 employees tested positive for coronavirus infection.

After a month-long shutdown, Bajaj Auto had reopened its plant at Aurangabad in Maharashtra on April 22. Due to the fear of coronavirus infection the company was also working with a limited workforce. The Aurangabad plant handles a bulk of the exports of motorcycles and three-wheelers for the company.

Thunderstorms and lightning have wrought havoc in Bihar over the past two days. Claiming 92 lives, leaving many injured and causing widespread damage to property, the state disaster management department said .

According to a statement put out by the department. The deaths in lightning and thunderstorms happened in 24 districts of the state. With Gopalganj accounting for the maximum number of casualties at 13.

Mumbai became the second city in the nation to cross 70,000 coronavirus cases. With 1,350 cases reported on Thursday, the city’s cumulative tally touched 70,878. Mumbai also reached another grim milestone by crossing 4,000 coronavirus infection deaths. It added 98 deaths on Thursday, 58 of them in the last 24 hours, taking its overall toll to 4,062.

Maharashtra recorded 4,841 coronavirus cases on Thursday, its highest daily jump. The previous high was 3,890, recorded just a day before. Mumbai Metropolitan Region alone recorded a 20 percent  jump in cases between Wednesday and Thursday.

The total number of coronavirus infection cases in India jumped to 4,90,401 after 17,296 new cases were reported in 24 hours. This is the highest number of new cases reported in 24 hours.

According to health ministry's numbers released today morning. The number of active cases stands at 1,89,463 while 2,85,636 people have recovered and one patient has migrated. A record total of 13,940 coronavirus infection patients were declared cured in a single day. The recovery rate has improved to 58.24 percent.

Pakistan-based Sumaila and a resident of Jalandhar Kamal Kalyan, who got engaged online in 2018. Have sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in securing visas for Sumaila and her family members for their wedding.

The duo, scheduled to get married in March, had to delay the wedding in the wake of coronavirus lockdown. Now, Sumaila has urged Prime Minister Modi, through the media, to allow visas for her and her family members.

Sumaila wants to get married to Kalyan as soon as visas are granted by the Indian government. They had completed the requisite paperwork but the process was stalled due to coronavirus lockdown.

A fire broke out at a bank in south Mumbai's Nariman Point area today, fire brigade officials said. The bank is located in the Jolly Maker Chamber 2 building. The fire broke out around 5 am, the officials said.

It spread across electric wiring, office records, false ceiling in an area of 4,000 sq feet on the ground floor, they said, adding nobody was injured.

Fire tenders have been rushed to the spot. The fire fighting operations are underway.

The total number of coronavirus cases in India climbed to 4,73,105. The death toll rose to 14,894 today, according to the Union Health Ministry. The country reported 418 fatalities and a record single-day spike of 16,922 cases in the last 24 hours.

During the last 24 hours, a total of 13,012 coronavirus infection patients have been cured. A total of 2,71,696 patients have been cured so far while there are 1,86,514 active coronavirus cases in the country.