Day: March 25, 2020

Gujarat: Congress, BJP spar over Dhaman-1 ventilators

Bike-rider hits police officer patrolling streets

7:29 pm March 25, 2020

Palghar: A police officer patrolling the streets to ensure lockdown for containing coronavirus suffered head injuries when a motorbike-rider knocked him down in Maharashtra‘s Palghar district on Wednesday, officials said. A police team spotted a 20-year-old man, identified only as Rajbar, riding a two-wheeler near Evershine Nagar but when they tried to stop him, he […]

Goa CM warns of jail for violation of quarantine breach

7:25 pm March 25, 2020

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday warned that those who are found to be roaming on streets despite having been advised home quarantine due to suspected coronavirus infection would be jailed. Since morning, barring hospitals and pharmacies, all commercial establishments in the coastal state remained closed with police patrolling the streets. As nation-wide […]

Docs from Goa to undergo training for COVID-19 testing

7:13 pm March 25, 2020

Mumbai: The Indian Navy on Wednesday flew a team of four doctors from Goa, who will undergo training for testing COVID-19 samples in Pune. The team, led by Dr Savio Rodrigues, head of the microbiology department at Goa Medical College, will undergo training to set up a COVID-19 testing facility in Goa, the Navy said. […]

Sensex zooms 1,862 pts; Nifty reclaims 8,300 level

7:09 pm March 25, 2020

Mumbai: Benchmark Sensex soared 1,862 points on Wednesday led by massive gains mainly in heavyweights RIL, HDFC twins and ICICI Bank as investors shrugged off concerns over the 21-day nationwide lockdown in anticipation of a stimulus package by the government to cushion the economic blow of Covid-19. Domestic market was also enthused by recovery in […]

Maharashtra: Man booked for making false coronavirus claim

4:22 pm March 25, 2020

Thane: A case was registered against a 40-year-old man who allegedly made a false claim that he was suffering from COVID-19 in Maharashtra‘s Thane city, police said on Wednesday. An offence under section 505 (public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code was registered against a Thane resident on Tuesday, senior inspector Kishore Khairnar of the […]