Migrants resort to violence near Madhya Pradesh border over food, transportation scarcity
Bhopal/IBNS: Thousands of migrants resorted to violence in Sendhwa town along the Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra border over the scarcity of food and transportation after being stuck in a traffic jam on the National Highway 3.
Special train for migrants to run from Bhiwandi to Gorakhpur tonight
Thane/UNI: A special train for the stranded people will be run from Bhiwandi Road railway station in the district to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday night.
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged the migrant workers to stay wherever they are, citing risk of coronavirus infection spreading to villages where the contagion has not reached yet.
J&K CS releases Rs 40 cr to DCs to combat Coronavirus outbreak
Jammu/UNI: In order to further strengthen and upscale the offensive against Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) spread, Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday ordered release of Rs 40 crore additionally to all Deputy Commissioners to support their corona mitigation efforts.
Self-imposed complete shutdown in Telangana following Janata curfew
Hyderabad/UNI: The 24-hour Janata curfew, as a part of the fight against the global pandemic, evoked good response in Telangana with the state witnessing a self-imposed complete shutdown on Sunday.
Munger/UNI: Munger health department is preparing a list of those who came in contact with Saif Ali, who died due to corona virus infection, during his movement and treatment at different health clinics in the Munger district headquarters during the last fortnight before shifting to the AIIMS at Patna.
Lucknow Metro to remain suspend till Mar 31
Lucknow/UNI: Lucknow Metro Rail services shall remain suspended for passengers till March 31, in order to stop the spread of coronavirus, metro offical said on Sunday.
Covid-19 outbreak: India suspends all passenger train services till March 31
Kolkata/IBNS: As a precautionary measure against the spread of novel coronavirus which has already claimed six lives in India, country's rail ministry on Sunday declared to suspend all passenger train services till Mar 31 midnight.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar satisfied the way Bengal dealing with Coronavirus
Kolkata/UNI: Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today expressed his satisfaction at the way the state was dealing with the novel Coronavirus outbreak.
New Delhi/IBNS: In a slew of measures taken to combat the deadly Novel Coronavirus, the government has banned the landing of all international commercial flights in India for a week beginning on Mar 22, asked states to enforce work from home for private employees apart from advising citizens above 65 and children below 10 years of age to remain indoors.
India records fourth Coronavirus death from Punjab
New Delhi/IBNS: The death toll in Novel Coronavirus increased to four in India as a patient passed away in the northern state of Punjab on Thursday.
Mamata Banerjee takes swipe at Bengal's first COVID-19 patient for not taking precaution
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday took a swipe at her state's first positive Coronavirus patient, an 18-year-old son of a bureaucrat, for not taking precaution even after he was advised to get quarantined.
COVID-19: India to pay heavy price for Modi government's inability to act decisively, says Rahul
New Delhi/IBNS: Once again attacking the Narendra Modi government over the Coronavirus outbreak, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the country will have to pay a price for the Centre's "inability to act decisively" to contain the situation.
276 Indians infected with Coronavirus abroad, most in Iran: Government
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Wednesday informed that 276 Indians have been infected with the deadly Novel Coronavirus abroad with most of them staying in Iran followed by UAE and Italy, media reports said.
Kolkata: Covid-19 infected youth's family members kept in isolation, swab samples sent for test
Kolkata/IBNS: Six persons, who came in contact with West Bengal's first and so far only Covid-19 positive patient, have been shifted to the isolation ward of Kolkata's Beliaghata ID hospital from a quarantine facility in Rajarhat on Wednesday morning, officials said.