Day: April 8, 2020

70 new COVID-19 cases in Thane city, tally rises to 913

Nine more test coronavirus positive in MP’s Barwani

11:39 pm April 8, 2020

Barwani (MP): Nine more persons tested coronavirus positive in Barwani of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, which took the tally of such patients in the district to 12, an official said. All these cases were reported in Sendhwa town, where three patients had been found earlier. “Samples of 45 persons were collected from Khalwadi area of […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Awhad should be sacked from ministry: BJP

11:36 pm April 8, 2020

Mumbai: The BJP on Wednesday demanded that Maharashtra Governor B S Koshyari remove state housing minister Jitendra Awhad from the cabinet for his alleged involvement in an assault on a man over a social media post. Former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis led a delegation of BJP leaders which met the governor earlier in the day […]

UP reports 70 new coronavirus cases, total rises to 2,281

UP seals coronavirus hotspots in 15 districts

11:34 pm April 8, 2020

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to completely seal off coronavirus hotspots in 15 districts to stop to the spread of the infection, announcing curfew-like restrictions there. The orders came as the state’s coronavirus count reached 343 with 11 fresh cases being reported. The news triggered panic buying with earlier reports wrongly saying […]

Karnataka reports 5th COVID-19 death; 6 fresh cases

11:29 pm April 8, 2020

Bengaluru: A 65-year-old man from Kalaburagi district became the fifth COVID-19 fatality in Karnataka, where six new positive cases were confirmed, pushing the tally in the state to 181, the health department said on Wednesday. The man with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), died at a designated hospital in Kalaburagi on Tuesday, a day after […]

Factory workers protest over non-payment of salaries

11:25 pm April 8, 2020

Gorakhpur (UP): Casual workers of a textile company in Uttar Pradesh‘s Gorakhpur district held a demonstration in front of the factory on Wednesday over non-payment of salaries and demanded food for around 200 migrant workers amid the lockdown. The casual workers held the demonstration before the factory at the Industrial Estate in Bargadwa. “All the […]