Covid-19 quarantine team attacked by mob in Bengaluru; 54 arrested
Bengaluru/IBNS: At least 54 people have been arrested after a team of health workers and policemen were attacked in a West Bengaluru neighbourhood on Sunday evening, when they went to quarantine the people who had come in contact with three coronavirus patients, said media reports.
Indian Army takes initiative to combat COVID-19
Guwahati/IBNS: In yet another attempt to engage, empower, and mainstream ex -women insurgent cadres of Darrang district in Assam, unit of Indian Army engaged the destitute ex -cadres in making much needed face masks.
Basis on which Centre deploying IMCT in Bengal unclear: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she was unable to understand the basis on which the Centre has taken the decision to deploy two Inter-Ministerial Central teams to seven districts of West Bengal for making spot-assessment of the COVID-19 situation.
Kerala govt implements odd-even scheme from today to control vehicle movement amid eased lockdown
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: The Kerala government has implemented the odd-even scheme to control vehicle movement in accordance with its guidelines to reopen the state from Monday, media reports said.
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted two Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCT) which will visit seven Covid-19 hotspot districts of West Bengal to make spot-assessment of the situation as well as to report it to the Centre, officials said on Monday.
Follow lockdown measures strictly: Centre to States, UTs; Kerala named for 'violating'
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Monday asked all states and union territories to follow its anti-COVID-19 lockdown guidelines "strictly" besides calling out Kerala for "violating" the same by granting extra relaxations post Apr 20.
ICMR-NICED provided defective Covid-19 test kits causing delay: Mamata's health dept hits back
Kolkata/IBNS: A week after ICMR-NICED had claimed that West Bengal government was sending minimum number of samples for Covid-19 tests, state health and family welfare department on Sunday accused the Central virus research lab of providing "defective" test kits to the state-run medical colleges.
COVID-19 does not see race or caste before striking: Narendra Modi
New Delhi/IBNS: Urging people to maintain brotherhood, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the COVID-19 disease does not see 'race, religion, colour, caste, creed, language or border' and strikes people equally.
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has ruled out lockdown relaxation until review by experts on Apr 27, citing the increasing number of cases in the national capital which account for 12 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases in the country.
Amit Shah reviews COVID-19 Control Room ops, death toll in India touches 488
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has reviewed the functioning of the MHA Contol Room operations and the prevailing situation of the country in fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, which claimed the lives of 488 people so far and infected 14, 792.
26 sailors tested positive for COVID-19, says Indian Navy
Mumbai/IBNS: At least 26 sailors at the Western Naval Command in Mumbai have tested positive for COVID-19, Indian Navy has confirmed on Saturday, said media reports.
Bihar minister slams Prashant Kishor for preaching Nitish on lockdown sanctity
Patna/UNI: Reacting sharply over a tweet of former Janta Dal (U) National vice-president Prashant Kishor (PK) for preaching Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on lockdown sanctity, state Information and Public Relation Department (IPRD) Minister Neeraj Kumar alleged that PK had no interest in the well being of the people of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh as he maintained mysterious silence when the labourers of Bihar and UP were left in lurch at Anand Vihar during the lockdown.
Over Rs 33 cr refunded by NFR during lockdown
Guwahati/UNI: Over Rs 33 crore has been refunded to more than 3.67 lakh passengers by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) for cancellation for trains due to nationwide lockdown to combat COVID 19 since March 24 last.
Jharkhand: 11 'Maulvis' from three countries sent to jail for violating visa and lockdown norms
Jamshedpur/UNI: At least 11 religious preachers from Kazakhstan, Kirgistan and China were sent to jail on Saturdayin connection with violation of Visa and lockdown norms imposed in the country to stop Coronavirus spread.
Coronavirus outbreak: 4,291 cases related to Tablighi Jamaat, says Lav Agarwal
New Delhi/UNI: Out of the total 14,378 cases of Novel Coronavirus across the country, a total of 4,291 have been found to be linked to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday, underlining that 29.8 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases in the country were linked to 'one particular place'.