All coronavirus deaths to be certified, action against defaulters: Centre informs Supreme Court

Jun 20, 2021, at 06:57 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: All coronavirus deaths, regardless of where the patients die, will have to be certified as 'Covid deaths', the Centre has stated in an affidavit in the Supreme Court.

Delhi records 7 Covid deaths, lowest in more than two months

Jun 20, 2021, at 07:41 am

Delhi/IBNS: Delhi registered seven Covid-19 deaths, the lowest in in two months, since April 1, and 135 fresh infections, taking the positivity rate to 0.18 per cent, according to the data released by the state government.

Playing politics on corpses should be learned from 'vultures of the earth': Harsh Vardhan's counter on Rahul Gandhi's attack

May 27, 2021, at 07:06 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his barbed tweet on a New York Times report on Covid numbers in India, saying that playing politics on Covid deaths should be learned from "vultures of the earth".

DDMA orders 14 days mandatory home quarantine, compulsory registration on govt website for Kumbh returnees

Apr 18, 2021, at 08:52 pm

Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has asked all the residents of Delhi, who attended the Mahakumbh in Haridwar from April 4 to April 17, to go into mandatory home quarantine for 14 days and upload their details in Delhi government's website, said media reports.

After PM Modi's appeal, seers agree to symbolic participation in Apr 27 'Shahi Snan'

Apr 18, 2021, at 01:56 am

Haridwar/IBNS: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal, the seers have agreed to participate in the ongoing Kumbh Mela in a symbolic manner where the next "Shahi Snan" or the royal bath is scheduled on April 27.

Kumbh Mela: Top seer dies of Covid-19, several others infected

Apr 17, 2021, at 02:45 am

Haridwar/IBNS: Mahamandaleshwar Kapil Dev Das, 65, who was admitted to hospital earlier this week with coronavirus infection, died on Thursday, according to officials, media reports said.

Maharashtra makes Covid negative report mandatory for passengers from four states

Nov 24, 2020, at 06:15 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra government on Monday made Covid-negative report mandatory for visitors from Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Goa, said media reports.

More scribes die of Covid-19, JFA expresses anguish

Oct 20, 2020, at 10:04 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: The Covid-19 pandemic continues to take its toll on journalists, as more and more of them are dying because of novel coronavirus induced complications across India.