New Delhi, Mar 17: A doctor, who treated the 76-year-old man who died of the novel coronavirus in Karnataka’s Kalburgi, has tested positive for the virus, news agency ANI reported on Tuesday. India had reported its first case of coronavirus death after the man from Kalburgi, who had returned from Saudi Arabia, succumbed to the […]
India on Tuesday reported its third coronavirus fatality with a 64-year-old man dying in Mumbai, Health Ministry officials said as the number of positive cases rose to 125. The patient, whose wife is stable, is the first COVID-19 death in Maharashtra, the official said. Earlier, a 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi in Karnataka with a travel […]
Coronavirus: The ban on gatherings, the Aam Aadmi Party chief indicated, will also cover the Shaheen Bagh protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, National Register of Citizens and National Population Register. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced that any gathering – religious, family, social, political or cultural – of over 50 people will not be […]
NEW DELHI – The number of novel coronavirus cases in the country rose to 110 on Sunday with Uttarakhand reporting its first case and one fresh case each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of cases includes two persons who died in Delhi and Karnataka. While a 76-year-old man […]
At least 11 people were killed and three others seriously injured after a truck and cabin pickup collided on Saturday morning on a highway in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district, police said. The dead include six women, four men and a child mostly from the Bolero Camper and, according to the police, their identity is being ascertained. […]
New Delhi: The government on Friday extended the deadline for submitting bids for buying 100 per cent stake in Air India till April 30. The deadline was originally set at March 17. The government had allowed access to the virtual data room of Air India to interested bidders late in February and allowed them further time […]
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that during his latest visit to Jammu and Kashmir, he held talks with the families of Indian students still in Iran, one of the worst affected countries by coronavirus outbreak, and assured that the government will facilitate their evacuation at the earliest possible. “I visited Srinagar recently […]
Amid fear of spread of coronavirus, Parliament on Thursday cancelled the visitors passes in general so as to avoid any contact with outsiders. When asked about any proposal of adjourning the House, the Speaker said: “NO”. Speaker Om Birla was asked after he arrived in Parliament. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi did not comment […]
New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah, replying to a discussion in parliament on last month’s violence in Delhi, hit back at the Congress saying it had no right to point fingers at any party, given its track record. “76 per cent people who have died in riots in India were killed during Congress rule. It […]
Four-time MP and former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who has resigned from Congress, joined the BJP in presence of party chief JP Nadda on Wednesday. As per BJP sources, Scindia is likely to be rewarded with a Rajya Sabha nomination from Madhya Pradesh — and later, a Cabinet ministerial berth. Scindia walked out of Congress along with 22 state […]