Sabir Hussain works as a senior content manager, who is also a rewrite hand for the newspaper and the web. He has worked across newspapers, wire services and television for over 25 years.
Articles by Sabir Hussain
TMC roasts Centre over ‘late’ Covid-19 response
The TMC also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah were supervising and controlling “a concerted effort to malign and heckle the Bengal government.
Updated on May 06, 2020 09:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Snigdhendu Bhattacharya | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Alwar hospital under fire after man claims wrong body, cremates it
Te man who cremated a body believing it to be that of his father said that he hadn’t seen him for 20 years and relied on his father’s employer to recognise him
Updated on May 06, 2020 08:04 PM IST
Hindustan Tmes, Alwar | Devendra Bhardwaj | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Uttarakhand to evacuate all 1.3 lakh of residents stranded in other states
About 1.30 lakh residents of Uttarakhand stranded outside have registered themselves with the state government’s website expressing their willingness to return .
Published on May 06, 2020 06:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | HT Correspondent | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Industries, tea gardens in Assam resume operations as lockdown norms relaxed
The Assam government also wants to attract industries that want to shift out of China.
Updated on May 06, 2020 06:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Utpal Parashar | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Jodhpur’s Covid-19 testing rate higher than US, Spain, Italy, say officials
449 Covid-19 tests are being carried out daily in Jodhpur city in comparison to 435 in Spain, 205 in the USA, 375 in Italy and 307 in Germany.
Published on May 06, 2020 04:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jodhpur | Dinesh Bothra | Edited by Sabir Hussain
MoEF modifies definition of high tide line to spare Goa’s khazan lands
The High Tide Line (HTL) in Goa will now be demarcated along the bunds (embankments) along rivers and creeks even if such bunds have since been breached or lie in a state of disrepair.
Published on May 06, 2020 03:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Gerard de Souza | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Centre tells Bengal to open B’desh border, cites international commitments
The Centre said the closure of the border cold jeopardise Indian’s international commitments to Bangladesh.
Updated on May 06, 2020 03:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Neeraj Chauhan and Saubhadra Chatterji | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Karnataka announces ₹1,610 cr Covid-19 relief package
The Covid-19 relief package will benefit farmers, MSMEs, handloom weavers, flower growers, washermen, barbers and autorickshaw and taxi drivers in Karnataka.
Updated on May 06, 2020 01:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Sabir Hussain
BMC scraps lockdown relaxations in Mumbai, only essential shops to stay open
The BMC scrapped the relaxations after large crowds, particularly outside wine shops violated social distancing norms that have been made mandatory to check the spread of Covid-19.
Updated on May 06, 2020 01:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Mehul R Thakkar | Edited by Sabir Hussain
‘Unbelievably cruel’: Omar Abdullah slams extension of Mehbooba Mufti’s detention
“Unbelievably cruel & retrograde decision to extend @MehboobaMufti’s detention. Nothing she has done or said in any way justifies the way the Indian state has treated her & the others detained,” Omar tweeted.
Updated on May 05, 2020 10:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Covid-19 cases in Delhi breach 5,000-mark, death toll at 64
The total number of positive cases now stands at 5,104. There was no casualty in the last 24 hours and the death toll remained at 64.
Updated on May 05, 2020 10:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Nagpur Veterinary College returns tiger cub’s samples without Covid-19 testdline
The Mahrashtra forest department will now send the tiger cub’s swab samples to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal.
Published on May 05, 2020 06:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Badri Chatterjee | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Covid-19: 50 people to be allowed at weddings, 20 at funerals, says govt
The Union Health Ministry had earlier advised against large gatherings at funerals to avoid possible Covid-19 infection.
Updated on May 05, 2020 06:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Sabir Hussain
ITBP ex-officer suspected to be Covid-19 carrier after 45 men test positive
The ITBP reported its first Covid-19 case April 28. On Monday, the number reached 21 before it more than doubled to 45 on Tuesday.
Updated on May 05, 2020 06:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Neeraj Chauhan | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Punjab’s first Shramik Express with 1,188 migrants heads for Jharkhand
The migrants were screened at three different locations before they boarded the train which will make a non-stop journey to Daltonganj in Jharkhand amid the lockdown.
Published on May 05, 2020 03:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | Gagandeep Jassowal | Edited by Sabir Hussain
‘Special corona fee’: Delhi govt to charge 70% tax on liquor from today
Senior government officials said that the lockdown since March 25 to prevent the spread of Covid-19 cost the Delhi government around Rs 645 crore in revenue from the sale of alcohol
Updated on May 05, 2020 06:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Sabir Hussain
13 more including 2 kids from BSF camp in Tripura test Covid-19 positive
All 27 Covid-19 cases in Tripura are now from the same BSF camp.
Updated on May 04, 2020 11:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Number of stranded people to be evacuated by Uttarakhand to fall as Centre tweaks rules
Under the Centre’s new guidelines, only those migrants stranded either in shelter homes or enroute are allowed to be brought back by the respective state governments.
Published on May 04, 2020 10:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | Kalyan Das | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Odia man buried after villagers boycott cremation over Covid-19 fears
Doctors said Sridhar Dalei died of a hepatic coma but villagers suspected that Coovid-19 took his life.
Updated on May 04, 2020 09:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Kerala keeps Covid-19 slate clean for second successive day
Despite Kerala’s remarkable record in keeping the Covid-19 pandemic from spreading, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan cautioned that complacency could prove costly.
Published on May 04, 2020 08:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | Ramesh Babu | Edited by Sabir Hussain
BSF driver in IMCT convoy in Bengal tests positive for Covid-19
BSF officials said the constable did not come in contact with any of the officials in the IMCT.
Published on May 04, 2020 06:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Joydeep Thakur | Edited by Sabir Hussain
More than 1,000 pilgrims stranded in Ajmer leave for West Bengal
This is the third train of the North Western Railway to be used for evacuation.
Published on May 04, 2020 05:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Most challenging situation, says IAS officer leading Pune’s Covid-19 fight
Rubal Agarwal says the battle against Covid-19 is the most challenging situation in her life but is confident of winning the battle.
Published on May 04, 2020 04:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Abhay Khairnar | Edited by Sabir Hussain
12 more BSF personnel in Tripura test positive for Covid-19
The BSF troopers who have tested positive for Covid-19 have been put in isolation at the force’s camp.
Updated on May 04, 2020 01:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | Priyanka Deb Barman | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Bihar BJP boss attacks Nitish Kumar over lockdown handling, JD (U) defends
The BJP which is the junior partner in the coalition government in Bihar now finds itself in an awkward position after state unit chief Sanjay Jaiswal’s Facebook post criticising the administration’s handling of the lockdown.
Updated on May 03, 2020 11:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Vijay Swaroop | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Delhi records new high of 427 Covid-19 cases in a day, tally now 4,549
For the second consecutive day on Sunday, Delhi recorded the highest rise in Covid-19 numbers ina single day.
Updated on May 03, 2020 11:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Written by Sabir Hussain
Native village remembers Col Sharma as simple, amiable person
Colonel Ashutosh Sharma and four others were killed in an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara.
Published on May 03, 2020 09:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Parwana Memoodpur (Bulandshahr) | HT Correspondent | Edited buy Sabir Hussain
Assam tweaks curfew hours to 6 pm to 6 am during extended lockdown
Pharmacies, media houses, medical establishments, fire services, ambulances and government vehicles on official duty will be exempted from the curfew.
Published on May 03, 2020 08:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Utpal Parashar | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Kerala begins reverse quarantine to protect vulnerable from Covid-19
Kerala has prepared a blueprint for ‘reverse quarantine’ and grassroots health workers have started monitoring health conditions of aged and people who are immuno-compromised.
Updated on May 03, 2020 07:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | Ramesh Babu | Edited by Sabir Hussain
MHA orders ‘second line of defence’ for police as Covid-19 cases rise
The Hiem Ministry’s order came after many central police forces have reported Covid-19 cases with the CRPF being the worst hit by the pandemic.
Updated on May 03, 2020 06:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Neeraj Chauhan | Edited by Sabir Hussain