New Delhi/IBNS: National carrier Air India, which has been working relentlessly amid coronavirus scare to rescue Indians stranded in different parts of the world, recently, had praise coming from an unexpected quarter, said a media report.
Kolkata/IBNS: The number of coronavirus cases in West Bengal mounted to 49 as the state government on Saturday confirmed 11 new cases while officials of the Kolkata Port Trust reported that an employee of one of its contractors, who had attended Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi, had been found Covid-19 positive in Haldia.
Rahul accuses Centre of not testing enough to fight COVID-19, says shining torches in sky won't help
New Delhi/UNI: Accusing the Narendra Modi government of not testing enough to fight against Coronavirus outbreak, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said making people clap and shining torches in the sky will not solve the problem.
COVID-19 and Tablighi Jamaat incident: Door-to-door combing begins in Dharamshala
Dharamshala/UNI: A week-long 'Active Case Finding Campaign' was on Friday launched in this district in its first phase.
India's Coronavirus cases surge, death toll reaches 62
New Delhi/IBNS: India completed the tenth day of a nationwide 21-day lockdown to curb the spread of Coronavirus as the official death toll touched 62 and the number of positive cases spiked up, partly propelled by a Muslim religious gathering last month that led to a massive hunt to track the participants scattered across the country.
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Assam reports four new COVID-19 positive cases, tally rises to 20
Guwahati/IBNS: Four more positive cases for COVID-19 have been reported in Assam, who attended the religious congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi and with these the tally in the northeastern state has been increased to 20.
Mysuru: Jamaat attendees’ lab reports likely on Friday
Mysuru/UNI: About 30 attendees of the Nizamuddin Tablighi Jamaat conclave from Mysuru city have been placed in the government quarantine facility and the throat swab samples of at least 10 participants had been sent for the lab tests.
New Delhi/IBNS: Taking a strong note of the flagrant violations of the tourist visa conditions, the government banned 960 foreign nationals from 41 countries, including the US, who were present in Tablighi Jamaat at Delhi's Nizamuddin Markaz, a Hindustan Times report said.
Situation in Delhi is under control: Arvind Kejriwal
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said despite a sharp rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in the national capital since Thursday,situation in the city remained under control.
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid criticism from the opposition over the migrant workers' crisis following the 21-day-lockdown called to arrest the spread of coronavirus infection, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has garnered appreciation from World Bank's India country director Junaid Ahmad.
Switch off lights for nine minutes, light candles, mobile flashlights: Modi
New Delhi/IBNS: In his video message to the nation, Indian PM Narendra Modi on Friday asked people to switch off lights in their homes at 9 pm on Sunday and light up candles, clay lamps, torch or mobile flashlights for nine minutes to show their solidarity at a time when the country is under a 21-day lockdown to fight against COVID-19 outbreak.
New Delhi/IBNS: In his video message to the nation, Indian PM Narendra Modi on Friday urged people to switch off lights in their houses at 9 pm for nine minutes on Sunday.
People in Hindpiri protest against screening staff, force them to go back
Ranchi/UNI: A 100-member screening team of health department, which was sent to Hindpiri area here, for screening the people for COVID-19 in the area, had to face a huge resentment from the people after which they were forced to return.
'No one can stop people from participating in Tablighi Jammat', says Congress leader Furqan Ansari
Godda/UNI: Former MP and senior Congress leader Furqan Ansari has said participating in Jamaat was not a crime or offence and no one could stop people from participating in Tablighi Jamaat.
COVID-19 positive cases cross 2000 mark in India, 53 deaths recorded
New Delhi/IBNS: Even as the majority of 1.3 billion people are observing the 21-day nationwide lockdown called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to combat the Coronavirus outbreak, the number of positives cases from the highly contagious disease crossed 2000 in India with 235 fresh detections in the last 24 hours.