Day: March 24, 2020

Airlines crew member claims neighbours harassing her and mother; cops initiate action

7:52 pm March 24, 2020

Kolkata: A female crew member of an airline has taken to social media to share the harassment meted out to her and her mother by neighbours and shopkeepers in the city’s Thakurpukur area, prompting the police to order strict action against those found guilty in the matter. In the video, which went viral on the […]

2 booked for violating home-quarantine in Himachal

Indefinite curfew in Himachal Pradesh

7:45 pm March 24, 2020

Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday announced a state-wide curfew to combat the spread of coronavirus. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said the curfew will come into force in all the 12 districts of the hill state at 5 pm on Tuesday. Thakur said the state government was forced to take the step as […]

Lockdown enforced strictly in Uttarakhand

7:36 pm March 24, 2020

Dehradun: The statewide lockdown in Uttarakhand was strictly enforced on Tuesday with the administration not allowing even grocery shops to remain open and private vehicles on the roads after 10 am. The lockdown was imposed on Sunday night to contain the spread of coronavirus outbreak which has infected four persons, including a US national in […]

Entire West Bengal brought under lockdown till Mar 31

7:19 pm March 24, 2020

Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday extended the ongoing lockdown in force in Kolkata and other urban areas of West Bengal to the entire state till March 31 to contain the coronavirus outbreak. “After assessing the situation, it has been decided that the ongoing lockdown will be extended to the entire state from 5 […]

Police vacate protesters at Shaheen Bagh amid coronavirus outbreak

7:07 pm March 24, 2020

New Delhi: Protestors against the citizenship law at Shaheen Bagh were vacated by the Delhi Police amid coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday morning, officials said. The women agitators have been on a sit-in at Shaheen Bagh for over three months, protesting the newly amended Citizenship Act . Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast) R P Meena said […]