Day: March 25, 2020

Concern over lack of protective gears for healthcare professionals

Over 5,500 in Surat asked to observe home isolation

11:42 pm March 25, 2020

Surat: Over 5,500 persons, mostly textile traders and their employees, were asked to stay in home quarantine on Wednesday after a 62-year-old man who worked in a textile market tested positive for coronavirus. All those who came in contact with the COVID-19 patient could have been infected, and therefore they were asked to isolate themselves […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Maharashtra: Man held for killing paramour

11:30 pm March 25, 2020

Nagpur: A 24-year-old man was arrested almost three years after he allegedly killed his paramour in Maharashtra‘s Nagpur district, police said on Wednesday. The Nagpur rural police arrested Jitesh Waman Kumbhre for allegedly killing Aishwarya Chavan, who was reported missing in 2018, an official said. There were no leads in the case for the last […]

COVID-19 positive cases rise to 606, number of infected highest in Maharashtra: Health Ministry

11:28 pm March 25, 2020

New Delhi: Nearly 90 more coronavirus positive cases were reported in India taking the total number of cases to 606 on Wednesday while the number of deaths was 10, according to health ministry data. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 553 while 43 people have been cured, discharged or migrated. The 606 positive […]

871 held in Kolkata for defying lockdown order

11:16 pm March 25, 2020

Kolkata: As many as 871 people have been arrested in the city in a span of 24 hours since Tuesday 5 pm for defying the lockdown order imposed by the government in its attempt to contain the spread of Covid-19, a senior police officer said. The arrests were made by the Kolkata Police during naka-checking […]

MP reports first COVID-19 death; elderly woman succumbs

11:08 pm March 25, 2020

Indore: A 65-year-old woman succumbed to coronavirus at a government hospital here on Wednesday, becoming the first case of COVID-19 death in Madhya Pradesh, officials said. The woman, who had no history of travelling abroad in recent times, originally hailed from neighbouring Ujjain and was undergoing treatment at the government-run M Y Hospital here. This […]