Day: March 20, 2020

RIL donates Rs 1.01 crore to Lord Balaji shrine on New Year eve

COVID-19 scare: Tirumala Hills wears deserted look

9:27 pm March 20, 2020

Tirupati: Tirumala Hills, which is the abode of Lord Venkateswara, which normally sees tens of thousands of devotees from different parts of the world, on Friday wore a deserted look owing to the outbreak of COVID-19, a temple official said. Trimbakeshwar Temple, another shrine in Nashik closed The entry of devotees into the shrine of […]

Concern over lack of protective gears for healthcare professionals

12 fresh COVID-19 cases in Kerala, total goes up to 37

9:21 pm March 20, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Twelve fresh cases of coronavirus were reported in Kerala on Friday, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 37, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. 24-hr lockdown in Shillong on Saturday While five cases were confirmed in Ernakulam, six were reported in Kasaragod and one case in Palakkad district, Vijayan told reporters after a […]

Justice Bhushan Dharmadhikari appointed CJ of Bombay HC

9:16 pm March 20, 2020

Mumbai: Justice Bhushan P Dharmadhikari was on Friday sworn in as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. 4 Nirbhaya convicts executed in Tihar Jail Justice Dharmadhikari was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of the High Court last month. This decision was taken in view of former Chief […]

Haryana suspends bus service on Sunday

9:11 pm March 20, 2020

Chandigarh: In response to the ‘Janata Curfew’ call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Haryana government on Friday announced to suspend the bus service in the state from 7 am to 9 pm on March 22. Confirming it, state Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma said, “The state government is working at every level to […]

Coming home and staying there in COVID-19 times

Five foreigners test positive for coronavirus in Kerala

9:02 pm March 20, 2020

Kochi: Five foreign nationals, who were under observation here, have tested positive for coronavirus, Kerala Agriculture minister V S Sunil Kumar said on Friday. They belonged to a group of foreign tourists which included a UK national who had tested positive for the virus on March 15, the minister told reporters here. Novel coronavirus cases […]