India witnesses surge of 591 cases in 24 hours, total positive cases stand at 5,865
Apr 09, 2020, at 06:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India recorded fresh 591 positive Novel Coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours taking the tally across the country to close to 6,000, informed the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.
Apr 09, 2020, at 05:18 pm
Kolkata/UNI A taxi driver has lent his privately owned hospital, built from his savings and donations in the memory of his sister, to the state government for using as a quarantine facility for the people suspected with coronavirus infection at Bauripur in South 24 Parganas district.
Lockdown can't be stopped as COVID-19 cases surging: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 09, 2020, at 04:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After Odisha extended the anti-Novel Coronavirus lockdown till Apr 30, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday hinted at continuing the shutdown amid the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country.
Hundreds of Tablighi Jamaat attendees still remain untraceable
Apr 09, 2020, at 04:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Over five hundred Tablighi Jamaat attendees are still untraceable and their mobile phones switched off, causing worries for the government as the congregation allegedly triggered a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country, said a Times Now report.
COVID-19: Ahead of Centre's call, Odisha extends lockdown till Apr 30
Apr 09, 2020, at 01:55 pm
Bhubaneswar/IBNS: Ahead of the Centre's call on the extension of the nationwide anti-COVID-19 lockdown, the Odisha government on Thursday set Apr 30 as the due date for the lifting of the shutdown in the eastern state of India.
Odisha extends anti-Coronavirus lockdown till Apr 30
Apr 09, 2020, at 01:13 pm
Bhubaneswar/IBNS: Prioritizing people's lives ahead of the disarrayed state's economy, Odisha has extended the lockdown, which was called to stem the spread of COVID-19, in all its districts till Apr 30.
India-US partnership stronger than ever: Modi tweets after Trump praises Indian PM
Apr 09, 2020, at 11:05 am
New Delhi/Washington/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the India-US partnership is at its peak following US President Donald Trump's heaps of praises for the South Asian country's most popular leader.
Jharkhand: First COVID-19 death recorded
Apr 09, 2020, at 10:16 am
Ranchi/Bokaro/UNI: Jharkhand recorded it's first death due to Novel Coronavirus on Thursday, after a 70-year-old man died at Bokaro General Hospital.
Thank you India: Donald Trump tweets over easing restrictions on hydroxychloroquine export
Apr 09, 2020, at 09:57 am
Washington/IBNS: With Indian government easing restrictions on export of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, US President Donald Trump on Thursday thanked PM Narendra Modi on social media for the step taken by his government.
Delhi Govt seals 20 Coronavirus hotspots, makes it compulsory for people to wear masks
Apr 08, 2020, at 11:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the steep rise of COVID-19 positive cases, the Delhi government has sealed twenty coronavirus hotspots in the national capital while making it compulsory for people to wear masks on stepping out of their homes.
COVID-19 tests should be free in govt and private labs: Supreme Court
Apr 08, 2020, at 10:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the government to ensure that the novel coronavirus tests must be conducted for free at all state-run or private diagnostic labs across the country.
K'taka: Police seizes ambulance ferrying 20 labourers, quarantined
Apr 08, 2020, at 07:46 pm
Chikkamagaluru/UNI: The police have seized an ambulance ferrying 20 labourers including eight children from Mangaluru to Vijayapura at Balehonnur check-post in Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka on Wednesday.
Apr 08, 2020, at 05:04 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has given her suggestions to the government, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's outreach to the opposition in the fight against coronavirus.
COVID-19: Uttar Pradesh orders complete shutdown in 15 districts till Apr 13
Apr 08, 2020, at 03:35 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: To stop the further spread of the deadly Novel Coronavirus, the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a complete shutdown in 15 districts of the state till Apr 13, media reports said.
Quarantined Tablighi Jamaat members booked in Delhi for allegedly throwing urine in bottles
Apr 08, 2020, at 03:35 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Tablighi Jamaat members quarantined for COVID-19 in four flats in Delhi's Dwarka have been accused of throwing out urine in bottles, allegedly to spread coronavirus, an NDTV report said.
Jammu Kashmir Workers Party chief Junaid wishes people on Shab e Barat
Apr 08, 2020, at 03:29 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: Jammu Kashmir Workers Party president Mir Junaid extended his greetings and wishes people on the occasion of Shab e Barat.
Supreme Court asks Centre to ensure free COVID-19 testing in private labs
Apr 08, 2020, at 03:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the central government to ensure free testing in private laboratories for the deadly Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19, media reports said.
Tablighi Jamaat's Maulana Saad traced to Delhi's Zakir Nagar
Apr 08, 2020, at 02:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Maulana Saad, the absconding chief of the Delhi faction of Islamic missionary movement Tablighi Jamaat, has been traced by police to Zakir Nagar here days after a massive congregation of Muslim preachers came to light amid the spike in Novel Coronavirus cases in the country, Times Now reported.
PM Modi chairs all-party meeting as states appeal to Centre to extend anti-Coronavirus lockdown
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:25 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met the leaders of various political parties amid the appeals by several states to the Centre to extend the 21-day nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of Novel Coronavirus.
Centre considering extension of lockdown beyond Apr 14: Reports
Apr 07, 2020, at 10:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After several states sought an extension of the 21-day lockdown in India beyond April 14 to combat the spread of novel Coronavirus, the Centre is considering the appeal, media reports quoting top government sources revealed on Tuesday evening.
One more COVID-19 positive case in Assam, tally rises to 28
Apr 07, 2020, at 10:06 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam has reported one more positive case for COVID-19 on Tuesday taking the state tally to 28.
KDMC suspends senior official in Maharastra for allowing marriage during COVID-19 crisis
Apr 07, 2020, at 09:52 pm
Thane/UNI: A Divisional Ward Officer of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) was suspended on Tuesday for allegedly letting a marriage ceremony happen during the COVID-19 crisis.
12 admitted to isolation ward in UP for coming in contact with COVID-19 positive person
Apr 07, 2020, at 08:02 pm
Etawah/UNI: As many as 12 people who came in contact with persons affected by Novel Coronavirus have been identified and sent to the isolation ward while their samples have been sent for testing in this Uttar Pradesh district.
SAD leader Sira targets Imran Khan over pro-Khalistan leader's Nankana Sahib land loot charges
Apr 07, 2020, at 07:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa has slammed Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Tuesday over pro-Khalistan leader and Hafiz Saeed-aide Gopal Chawla's alllegation that land in Nankana Sahib belonging to Guru Nanak Dev was being grabbed by the rich by paying money and there was a collusion with the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) of Pakistan.
Come forward for testing or face action: Punjab Health dept asks Tablighi Jamaat members
Apr 07, 2020, at 06:12 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Punjab Health Department on Tuesday gave a 24-hour deadline to all Tablighi Jamaat members of the Delhi Nizamuddin Markaz event, who were hiding out in the state, to report to the nearest police station, or else face criminal prosecution.
West Bengal has 69 active COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths recorded: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 07, 2020, at 05:49 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said 69 COVID-19 infected patients are currently undergoing treatment in the state.
Apr 07, 2020, at 05:42 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: While the country’s leadership is seized of the way forward after April 14 when the 3 week national lock down in the wake of Corona virus crisis comes to an end and the basis of such decision is being debated, Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu urged that concerns about the health of the people shall take precedence over that of stabilization of economy.
Punjab: No Place for Minorities
Apr 07, 2020, at 05:00 pm
On March 31, 2020, a crowd of Islamist radicals attacked the Gurudwara in Nankana Sahib city. The crowd gathered in the evening in front of the main entrance of the Gurudwara and started throwing stones. The extremists threatened to eliminate every single Sikh faithful from the city and announced that they would give the location with an Islamic name.
Apr 07, 2020, at 04:58 pm
On March 11, 2020, a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as P. Srimathi (27), was arrested by the personnel of Tamil Nadu ‘Q’ Branch near Attappady forests in Palakkad District. According to a Police Official, Srimathi was a member of the Kabani and Bhavani Dalam (armed squad) of the CPI-Maoist. She was wanted in over 20 cases registered both in Kerala and Karnataka, and was on the watchlist of Police of both the States for long.
Andhra Pradesh: Unfinished Task
Apr 07, 2020, at 04:55 pm
Relying to a question in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament), the Government on March 18, 2020, asserted that “steadfast implementation of the National Policy and Action Plan-2015 has resulted in consistent decline in LWE [Left Wing Extremism] related violence in the country” including in Andhra Pradesh. However, the fatalities in year 2019 suggest an upward trend.