Use data networks responsibly: COAI
With the government imposing 21-day lockdown to tackle coronavirus spread, industry body COAI on Wednesday urged mobile consumers to use data networks responsibly, so that critical services can run smoothly on communications infrastructure. COAI's appeal to public comes at a time...
Uddhav: Stay home, listen to your ‘home’ minister
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray's message a night after people went into panic buying after the PM announced a 21-day lockdown without specifying on the supply of essential items. Thackeray assures the people in the state that there is sufficient stock...
Let food processing units work: Centre to states
The Centre has asked all states and Union Territories (UTs) not to obstruct or close food processing units, and maintain uninterrupted supply amid lockdown in the country due to coronavirus outbreak. In a communication to all chief secretaries of states...
Social distancing vital in fight against coronavirus: Bhagwat
Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said social distancing is important in the battle against coronavirus, and asked the swayamsevaks to resolve to fight the pandemic and lead by example by following social discipline. Bhagwat addressed the swayamsevaks on...
Maharashtra tally 112, five more test positive
Maharashtra reported five new coronavirus cases since Tuesday night, taking the number of cases in the state to 112, the highest in the country so far, officials said. The latest cases are from Sangli district, where five members of a...
Ayodhya: Ram Lalla idol shifted to temporary structure
The Ram Lalla idol in Ayodhya was shifted to a temporary new location on early Wednesday morning in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, clearing the site to allow construction of a Ram temple. The idol of...
IRCTC to automatically refund all tickets
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has asked people not to cancel the tickets they have booked online for those trains that have been cancelled and assured them that they will get full refund automatically. Earlier, the railways had...
Suspension of Railway extended till April 14
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of a 21-day lockdown across the country, the Indian Railways on Tuesday announced that its suspension of all passenger services will continue till April 14 in the wake of coronavirus outbreak. However, freight movement will...
Nationwide lockdown for 21 days: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation on vital aspects relating to the menace of coronavirus. He informed that total lockdown in the entire country for 21 days from midnight. The lockdown is for 3 weeks, PM Narendra Modi says in...
Govt extends tax deadlines, no COVID-19 package
Giving relief to citizens unable to meet deadlines due to coronavirus outbreak, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the last date for filing of income tax return for FY2018-19 has been extended to June 30. Also, interest rate on...
Man dies from hantavirus in China: All you need to know about the virus, and how it spreads
Even as the coronavirus outbreak takes the world by storm, a number of other diseases are also rearing their ugly heads. Cases of swine flu and bird flu have already been reported in India and other countries. Now, a man...
Omar Abdullah released after 8 months in detention
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah was released on Tuesday after nearly eight months of detention. His release order was issued after charges under the Public Safety Act (PSA), slapped on him in February, were revoked. Abdullah, who...
492 COVID-19 cases in India, 9 deaths
Coronavirus cases rise to 492 in India; number of active cases 446: Health Ministry data. Yesterday, the number of cases were 415, up 77 today. The figure includes at least 41 foreign nationals and the nine deaths reported so far,...
Shaheen Bagh protesters removed amid COVID-19 outbreak
Protesters against the citizenship law at Shaheen Bagh were vacated by the Delhi Police amid coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday morning, officials said. The women agitators have been on a sit-in at Shaheen Bagh for over three months, protesting the newly amended...
Coronavirus: Over 150 IRS trainees asked to vacate Nagpur academy amid lockdown
More than 150 Indian Revenue Service trainees at the National Academy of Direct Taxes in Nagpur, Maharashtra, were on Sunday asked to leave the campus and go back to their homes even though public transport services have been suspended across...
COVID-19 suspects testing -ve to be isolated
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Monday said coronavirus suspects who have tested negative for COVID-19 will now be kept in isolation for 14 days, as per the Centre's new precautionary advisory. Speaking to reporters, Tope said earlier people who...
Maha CM urges citizens to stay indoors
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday appealed to citizens to stay at home for their own safety in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Despite CrPC Section 144 being invoked in the state, a number of people were seen...
PM tells state govts to ensure lockdown followed
A day after successful "Janta curfew", Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked state governments to ensure rules of lockdown are followed properly and called on citizens to take the issue seriously. "Many people are still not taking the lockdown seriously. Please...
Coronavirus Latest: 14 new cases reported from Mumbai, 1 from Pune
Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus related cases in India Mumbai:Taking the total number of coronavirus patients in Maharashtra to 89, Mumbai has reported 14 new cases in the last 24 hours, state health ministry said. Fifteen new Covid-19 cases...
Sec 144 imposed in Maha, CM says had no option
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray speaks over coronavirus scare in the state: "I would like to request everyone to continue Janata Curfew till tomorrow morning. Number of cases has increased considerably. I have no option left but to apply Section...

