Day: March 20, 2020

Holy flag atop Puri’s Jagannath temple catches fire

10:57 pm March 20, 2020

Puri: A holy flag atop the Jagannath temple in Odisha’s Puri caught fire when a grand lamp was being placed near it, officials said on Friday. The incident took place when the ‘Mahadeepa’ or the lamp was being placed atop the 12th-century shrine by the servitors on Thursday night on the occasion of ‘Papanashini Ekadashi’, […]

PM extends greetings on Navroz

10:50 pm March 20, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on the occasion of Navroz on Friday. “Navroz Mubarak! I pray that the coming year is filled with happiness and prosperity. May everyone be healthy and their aspirations be fulfilled,” he said in a tweet. Navroz is a festival that marks the beginning of the Parsi New […]

All 4 Covid-19 patients in Nagpur stable: Minister Raut

10:43 pm March 20, 2020

Nagpur: Maharashtra Energy minister Nitin Raut on Friday said the four Covid-19 patients in Nagpur were stable and the situation in the district was under control. PM should make statement in House on efforts to combat coronavirus: TMC Raut, the guardian minister of Nagpur, speaking at a press conference, did not rule out the possibility […]

TN shuts land border with neighbouring States

10:40 pm March 20, 2020

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Friday said its borders with neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala will be shut till March 31 from tomorrow for road traffic except for transportation of essential commodities. The government, as part of its measures to prevent spread of coronavirus, said only vehicles carrying essential commodities -milk, petrol, diesel, […]

Four more test positive for coronavirus in Chandigarh

10:33 pm March 20, 2020

Chandigarh: Four more people tested positive for coronavirus in Chandigarh on Friday, taking the total confirmed cases to five in the Union Territory. Among new coronavirus cases were the mother, brother and the cook of the 23-year-old woman who was earlier tested positive for the infection. 24-hr quarantine for all international travelers to Pune “Three […]