Authorities here issued 8,935 challans and imposed fines worth over Rs 1.76 crore for alleged violation of coronavirus-related norms during the weekend curfew, according to official data. The Delhi Police lodged 751 FIRS under section 188 of the IPC and issued 3,156 challans. The southeast district recorded the highest violations for not wearing masks. According […]
He said till now there has been no Omicron variant-related death in the national capital. Jain said most of the patients who succumbed to coronavirus infection on Thursday had comorbidities. “The hospital admissions are lower this time and the severity of infection is lower as well. Delhi will see around 20,000 cases with a positivity […]
India on Friday delivered two tonnes of life-saving medicines to Afghanistan as part of humanitarian aid to the war-torn country. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the supplies were handed over to the Indira Gandhi Hospital in Kabul. “As part of our ongoing humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people, India supplied the third batch […]
The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a plea seeking a thorough investigation into the breach in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security in Punjab and ensuring there is no such event in the future. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana took note of senior advocate Maninder Singh’s submission that a serious breach […]
Faced with fresh Covid-19 threats, the Karnataka government is considering more containment measures to control the spread of the virus and the state cabinet is likely to decide in this regard, later this week after consulting experts. The government has already imposed containment measures like “night curfew” from 10 PM to 5 AM, since December […]
India saw a single-day rise of 22,775 new COVID-19 cases, highest since October 6, while the number of active cases surpassed one lakh and Omicron infection tally reached 1,431, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. India logged 161 fresh Omicron infections, taking the total tally of such cases in the country to 1,431. Of […]
India logged 309 fresh Omicron infections across 23 states and UTs so far, taking the total tally of such cases in the country to 1,270, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. 374 people have recovered or migrated. Maharashtra recording the maximum number of 450 cases followed by Delhi at 320, Kerala 109 […]
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday that Omicron accounts for 46 per cent of the 115 Covid-19 samples analysed in the national capital and the new, fast-spreading variant of concern is gradually spreading in the community. “There are 200 coronavirus patients in Delhi hospitals. Genome sequencing of the samples of 115 patients showed […]
The government on Monday announced that children between 15 and 18 age group can register for Covid-19 vaccination on the CoWIN app from January. According to the reports, the children can register themselves for the vaccination using their school ID cards. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that the children in the 15-18 age […]
An explosion took place inside Ludhiana District Court complex, the police said. The explosion is believed to have taken place in the washroom of third storey of the court complex at a time when the district court was functioning. Several people are feared to be dead. Visuals from after the blast show that the walls […]