Day: March 26, 2020

Gujarat: Congress, BJP spar over Dhaman-1 ventilators

Assam to set up four 300-bedded temporary hospitals for coronavirus patients: Minister

9:46 pm March 26, 2020

Guwahati: The Assam government will set up four temporary hospitals with 300 beds each across the state for treatment of COVID-19 patients, a minister said on Thursday. It is also constructing an isolation facility for 700 persons with separate rooms and 200 attached lavatories at the Sarusajai Sports Complex, which will be ready within a […]

Elderly man tests positive for COVID-19 in Bengal

7:58 pm March 26, 2020

Kolkata: An elderly man tested positive for COVID-19 in West Bengal, taking the total number of cases in the state to 10, a senior health official said on Thursday. The 66-year-old from Nayabad in Kolkata had no history of travelling abroad or outside the state, he said. He is undergoing treatment at a private hospital’s […]

Assam man walks, hitch-hikes from Gujarat amid lockdown

Transport arranged for 700 migrant workers: Gujarat DyCM

7:48 pm March 26, 2020

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said on Thursday that he arranged vehicles for around 700 migrant labourers who had left the city for Rajasthan on foot amid lockdown on account of coronavirus. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, on the other hand, urged migrant workers not to leave and assured that arrangement will be made […]

Coronavirus: SGPC postpones annual budget session

7:39 pm March 26, 2020

Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Thursday postponed its annual budget session in view of the current situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but gave approval to the next 90 days of expenditures. The SGPC also condemned gruesome killing of Sikhs in the Afghanistan’s gurdwara and said the committee would extend all possible […]

India could've seen 8.2L COVID-19 cases by Apr 15 sans lockdown, containment steps: Health ministry

TN Govt extends lockdown till April 14

7:31 pm March 26, 2020

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday announced extending the ongoing lockdown of the state to stem the spread of coronavirus till April 14, coinciding with the 21-day national lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The lockdown, announced by Chief Minister K Palainswami on Monday as part of the government’s measures to tackle COVID-19, […]