Day: March 10, 2020

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Karnataka government wages war on drug menace, says Minister

8:19 pm March 10, 2020

Bengaluru: Karnataka government has declared a war on drugs, with rise in the number of related cases, state Home Minister Basavar Bommai said on Tuesday. The government has taken it as a challenge with zero tolerance against drugs and is committed to fighting it, he said. “This is a social menace that is prevalent at […]

Sujanpur Tira festival concludes in HP's Hamirpur

Subdued Holi celebrations in Pink City amid corona scare

8:09 pm March 10, 2020

Jaipur: The coronavirus scare visibly stemmed Holi celebrations at several places here in the Pink City with people preferring to avoid public gathering and crowd. Amid subdued celebrations, people smeared natural colours and gulal on each others’ faces in neighbourhood but avoided joining large groups and venturing out beyond their colonies. “Only last year people […]

In Patna, Tej Pratap Yadav celebrates Holi, Lalu style

7:58 pm March 10, 2020

Patna: Residents of the Bihar capital were on Tuesday reminded of the boisterous Holi celebrations organised by RJD chief Lalu Prasad, as his elder son pedaled down the streets with hordes of supporters who broke into ‘Phagwa’ songs and smeared each other’s faces with ‘gulaal’. Yadav, who sounds quite a lot like his inimitable father, […]

44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

6 fresh coronavirus cases reported in Kerala; Schools, colleges, cinemas shut till March 31

7:39 pm March 10, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Six more coronavirus cases were confirmed in Kerala on Tuesday, taking the total number of infected to 12 as the government decided to impose severe restrictions, including closure of educational institutions and cinema houses till the month end, in a bid to halt its further spread. Announcing the latest cases at a media interaction […]

Scindia quits Congress, likely to join BJP

7:33 pm March 10, 2020

New Delhi: Jyotiraditya Scindia quit the Congress on Tuesday following a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and may join the BJP as the saffron party set in motion its plan to topple the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh to capture power there. Scindia, a leading Congress figure for years, met Union Home Minister […]