PM Modi to hold video conference with CMs as COVID-19 cases spike in India
Apr 02, 2020, at 11:18 am
NewDelhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday hold a video conference with all the Chief Ministers to take stock of the situation caused by Novel Coronavirus at a time India is witnessing a spike in the positive COVID-19 cases.
COVID-19 lockdown: Kolkata Police officer sings song to cheer self-isolated residents
Apr 02, 2020, at 12:12 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Joining the cops from other cities, a Kolkata Police officer on Wednesday took to the art of signing in a bid to cheer the self-isolated residents of a particular area in the city amid lockdown called to combat COVID-19.
56-year-old, who tested positive for COVID-19 in Mumbai's Dharavi, dies
Apr 01, 2020, at 11:31 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Raising concern of a possible community outbreak, one person who tested positive for the highly contagious COVID-19 in Mumbai's Dharavi, the largest urban slum cluster in Asia, died on Wednesday.
COVID-19 crisis: Mamata Banerjee writes to Centre seeking sanction of Rs. 25000 cr for her state
Apr 01, 2020, at 10:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wrote to the Centre urging the latter to sanction Rs. 25000 crores grant for her government to cope up with the economic crisis as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak in the entire country including the eastern state.
NIA to probe recent gurudwara attack in Afghanistan
Apr 01, 2020, at 09:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday registered a case to probe the recent terror attack in a Gurdwara in Afghanistan's Kabul.
FIR against Tablighi Jamaat sect chief, 6 others for defying COVID-19 warning
Apr 01, 2020, at 08:49 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi Police have registered an FIR against Tablighi Jamaat sect chief cleric Maulana Saad and six others for flouting Coronavirus warning and hosting a congregation of 3000 people at Alami Markaz Banglewali Masjid in Delhi, which emerged as country's one of the hotspots of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Apr 01, 2020, at 06:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: With the increase in COVID-19 cases recorded in India in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health on Wednesday said 1800 people related to Tabligh Jamaat have been shifted to 9 hospitals or quarantined centers across Delhi.
CRPF deployment in Jalandhar to enforce Covid-19 lockdown
Apr 01, 2020, at 06:44 pm
Jalandhar/UNI: Six sections of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were on Wednesday deployed at vulnerable locations and hot spots of the city to enforce the ongoing lockdown to contain the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
IAF continues its support towards fight against Coronavirus
Apr 01, 2020, at 06:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian Air Force on Wednesday said it continues to provide full support in Nation's efforts to contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus and the management of COVID-19.
J&K sets up Price Monitoring & Resource Unit of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
Apr 01, 2020, at 06:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory has become 12th State on Wednesday where the Price Monitoring & Resource Unit (PMRU) has been set up by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA).
Maharashtra Health Min orders to trace Nizamuddin congregation returnees
Apr 01, 2020, at 06:08 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope has directed health and civic officials to vigorously trace the people who returned to the State after attending the religious gathering at Nizamuddin mosque in Delhi so as to contain the COVID-19 spread.
Police directed to track mobile phones of people under quarantine: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
Apr 01, 2020, at 06:05 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday the Delhi Police have been directed to track mobile phones of people in home-quarantine to find out if they stepped out or came in contact with others.
COVID-19 cases rise to 5 in Assam; Health Min says could go to double-digit very soon
Apr 01, 2020, at 05:32 pm
Guwahati/UNI: Stating that the number of Coronavirus infection cases could go up to double-digit in the state very soon, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said that four new cases of positive COVID- 19 have been reported in the state, taking the total number of cases to five, with all the patients having a history of visiting congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi.
Tablighi Jamaat committed Talibani crime: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Apr 01, 2020, at 05:12 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the Tablighi Jamaat committed a "Talibani crime" with its religious gathering in New Delhi recently that has now been linked to 128 coronavirus positive cases across the country.
Apr 01, 2020, at 04:44 pm
New Delhi/(UNI): National Security Advisor Ajit Doval had pitched in to resolve the Markaz crisis when the head of Nizamuddin Markaz Maulana Saad refused entry of Delhi Police to get the mosque evacuated in the intervening night of March 28-29, the officials said here on Wednesday.
How Tablighi Jamaat turned Delhi's Nizamuddin into hotspot of COVID-19 spread in India
Apr 01, 2020, at 04:25 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Right under the nose of the Delhi Police which falls under the Narendra Modi government, Tablighi Jamaat, the Islamic missionary movement, turned a busy, crowded Nizamuddin in the national capital into the hotspot of the spread of COVID-19 keeping 1.3 billion people of the massive country on toes.
Tripura identifies 22 people who visited Delhi during Tablighi Jammat in Nizamuddin
Apr 01, 2020, at 04:08 pm
Agartala/ UNI: Tripura government has started testing for coronavirus with the identification of as many as 22 people from the state who had visited the Covid-19 hotspot in Delhi between March 14 and16 last, exactly during the Tablighi Jammat in Nizamuddin.
2,361 people evacuated from Nizamuddin Markaz during 36-hour exercise: Manish Sisodia
Apr 01, 2020, at 11:06 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Wednesday 2,361 people were evacuated from Nizamuddin Markaz after 36-hour exercise by officials.
A convenient excuse for some to vilify Muslims: Omar Abdullah tweets on Tablighi Jamaat
Apr 01, 2020, at 10:41 am
Srinagar/IBNS: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said as several people, who attended a Tablighi Jamaat event at a mosque in Delhi, tested positive for COVID-19, some people were given an oppurtunity to 'vilify Muslims'.
Indian Railway to modify 20,000 coaches to accommodate 32,000 beds for isolation needs
Mar 31, 2020, at 11:19 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Indian Railways has decided to modify 20,000 coaches into isolation coaches to augment the quarantine facilities being created in the country as part of COVID-19 preparedness.
PM Modi earns kudos from world for his 21-day lockdown order to combat COVID-19
Mar 31, 2020, at 10:32 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Several international experts and think thank groups have appreciated Indian PM Narendra Modi's 21-day lockdown move to combat COVID-19 outbreak in India with many calling the process as a step in the right direction.
Covid-19: Shopian youth distributes food items, medicines to people in need
Mar 31, 2020, at 10:21 pm
Shopian/IBNS: In a positive move at a time when the country, including the Kashmir Valley, is witnessing a COVID-19 outbreak, a group of volunteers in South Kashmir’s Shopian district led by advocate Owais Khan distributed essential commodities to the people.
Activist slams Pakistan government for raking up Kashmir issue amid COVID-19 outbreak
Mar 31, 2020, at 10:17 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: A Kashmiri political activist has flayed the Pakistan government for raking up the Kashmir issue at a time when the entire world is combating the COVID-19 outbreak.
COVID-19 positive cases cross 300-mark in Maharashtra
Mar 31, 2020, at 09:44 pm
Pune/UNI/IBNS: Raising concern and threat, Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 72 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the state to 302.
Mar 31, 2020, at 09:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After at least 24 people evacuated from Markaz Nizamudding were found positive for Covid-19, West Bengal government has directed its authorities to trace out and isolate all the people who had reportedly attended Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi's Nizamuddin weeks ago, officials said on Tuesday.
Indian Railway to modify 20,000 coaches to accommodate 32,000 beds for isolation needs
Mar 31, 2020, at 08:04 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Indian Railways has decided to modify 20,000 coaches into isolation coaches to augment the quarantine facilities being created in the country as part of COVID-19 preparedness.
COVID-19's local transmission is under control in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal
Mar 31, 2020, at 05:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said local transmission of COVID-19 is under control in the national capital.
Mar 31, 2020, at 05:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Migrant workers stopped while journeying back home and sent to government shelters amid coronavirus lockdown should be provided with medical aid, food and counselling from religious leaders, the Supreme Court told the Centre on Tuesday, said media reports.
Not the time to find faults, says Health Ministry on COVID-19 cases in Nizamuddin
Mar 31, 2020, at 05:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Reacting to the recent development around the mass gathering of Tableeghi Jamaat preachers at a religious event which was held at Alami Markaz Banglewali Masjid in Nizamuddin area of New Delhi, following which twenty-four people have tested positive for COVID-19, the Indian government on Tuesday said it was not the time for fault finding.
West Bengal: 57-year-old man tests positive for COVID-19
Mar 31, 2020, at 04:46 pm
Kolkata: A 57-year-old man from Kolkata on Tuesday tested positive for novel coronavirus, taking the tally in West Bengal to 27.