Day: April 2, 2020

TMC govt playing with emotions of Hindus: Adityanath

Adityanath skips Ram Navami ritual at Gorakhnath math

11:46 pm April 2, 2020

Gorakhpur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minster Yogi Adityanath on Thursday skipped a Ram Navami ritual at his Gorakhnath math’ due to the lockdown to contain coronavirus. However, the kanya pujan was performed with a limited gathering of math’ employees, and the management said social distancing was maintained. In the absence of Adityanath’, who is the […]

Oman to evacuate stranded citizens from Kochi on Friday

11:40 pm April 2, 2020

Kochi: Gulf country Oman will on Friday evacuate its citizens stranded in Kochi due to outbreak of novel coronavirus. Oman Air will operate a special passenger relief flight on Friday to evacuate 53 Oman citizens who were undergoing treatments in various alopathic/ayurveda hospitals in Ernakulam and adjoining districts, a CIAL spokesman said here on Thursday. […]

Lockdown violators should be booked under IPC, DM Act: MHA

11:34 pm April 2, 2020

New Delhi: The government on Thursday directed states and union territories to book under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Disaster Management Act, 2005 people who violate the lockdown or make false claims. In a letter to all chief secretaries of the states and union territories, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said […]

Death toll rises to 53; cases surge past 2,000

11:29 pm April 2, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to coronavirus (COVID-19) has touched 53 in India while the total number of cases has climb to 2,069, Union Health Ministry said in its latest update. About 400 COVID-19 positive cases have been found whose epidemiological linkage can be traced to the Tablighi Jamaat cluster, the health ministry said […]

PM Modi to interact with CMs on Thursday over COVID situation, vaccination drive

Modi to share video message with people today

11:25 pm April 2, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share a video message with people on Friday amid a nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak. “At 9 AM tomorrow morning, I”ll share a small video message with my fellow Indians,” the prime minister tweeted, without divulging the subject of his message. Modi held a meeting with […]