Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today announced it has extended the lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic till April 30, becoming the first state to do so as the number of patients infected by the novel coronavirus continues to rise across the country. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked the

New Delhi: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 166 and the number of cases to 5,734 in the country on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active COVID-19 cases is 5,095, as many as 472 people were cured and discharged and one had migrated, it said

New Delhi: The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that a settlement has been reached between Karnataka and Kerala on lifting the blockade of border roads by the former and parameters for passage of patients for urgent medical treatment at the interstate border have been formulated. A be

Bhopal: Members of the Muslim community helped in performing the last rites of their Hindu neighbour in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city as relatives of the deceased could not reach the place due to the nationwide lockdown. Senior Congress leader and former state chief minister Kamal Nath lauded the

The Centre is mulling extending the 21-day lockdown, which will end on April 14, till the end of the month after many states and experts made a request for it, sources in the government said on Tuesday. Just on Monday, Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had said he will appeal to Prime

Rajpipla: A case was registered against an unknown person in Gujarat for placing an online advertisement to "sell" the Statue of Unity in Kevadiya in Narmada district for Rs 30,000 crore to meet the government's expenses for hospitals and medical infrastructure to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

Mumbai: The Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai has been declared a containment zone by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) after as many as 26 nurses and three doctors tested positive for COVID-19 in a span of one week. The administration has barred the entry to and exit from the hospital unti

The national capital has reported 120 Covid19 patients and that two people have died because of the disease till date The national capital has reported 120 Covid-19 patients and that two people have died because of the disease till date. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announ

Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday lashed out at the Centre over new domicile rules for Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was an insult to injury of the people as there were none of the promised protections. "Talk about suspect timing. At a time when all our efforts &

New Delhi: The Centre and state governments have decided to completely lock down 75 districts across the country where coronavirus cases have been reported, officials said on Sunday. It has also been decided to suspend the interstate bus services till March 31, the officials said. The decision

New Delhi: An unidentified man allegedly opened fire and hurled a petrol bomb at the empty protest site outside the Jamia Millia Islamia on Sunday, according to officials and students of the university. The Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC), comprising current and former students of the universi

In an effort to control the spread of coronavirus, the Tamil Nadu government has announced that the inter-state borders with Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh will be closed for vehicular movement. The borders will be sealed until March 31. Only vehicles transporting essential items like medicine

New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday took oath as a nominated member of Rajya Sabha amidst unprecedented scenes of opposition members shouting slogans and walking out of the House. This is the first time ever that the House has witnessed slogan shouting and walkout du

New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday hit out at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, saying its report card on the completion of its three years is “filled with lies”. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a press conference on the occasion of the BJP governme

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has recommended use of anti-HIV drug combinations Lopinavir and Ritonavir on a case-to-case basis depending upon the severity of the condition of a patient having coronavirus infection. In its revised guidelines on the 'Clinical Management of COVID - 19' issue

New Delhi: Maintaining that women and men officers should be treated equally, the Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared permanent commission for women in the Navy and asked the Centre to complete the modalities within three months. A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud said there cannot be 101 exc

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday criticised the government for nominating former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha and used the remarks of former law minister Arun Jaitley on cooling-off period for judges to attack it. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala asked whe

In a bizarre incident, some unidentified miscreants fled away with the BMW car of a stock broker after he pulled up the car to urinate on a roadside in Noida, Uttar Pradesh police said on Sunday (March 15). According to police, the incident happened in Sector 90 under Phase 2 police station limits,