Day: April 8, 2020

Goa bustles with tourists but pandemic may play party-pooper

Goa to recommend extension of lockdown till April 30

8:19 pm April 8, 2020

Panaji: The Goa cabinet on Wednesday decided to recommend an extension of the COVID-19 lockdown till April 30 in light of the rise in the number of coronavirus cases. The state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, also decided that section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code should remain in place till the ongoing health […]

162 new coronavirus cases in Maharashtra; state tally 1,297

People should use masks while stepping out of homes: Thackeray

8:06 pm April 8, 2020

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday urged people to use masks while going out of their homes to buy essential items, in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus. In his address to the state, Thackeray also asked former army health services personnel, retired nurses and ward boys to join the “war” […]

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

69 people booked for violating lockdown orders in UP’s Firozabad

7:59 pm April 8, 2020

Firozabad (UP): The police have registered cases against 69 people here for violating the lockdown orders, officials said on Wednesday. Superintendent of Police (city) Prabal Pratap Singh said, “Cases were registered against 69 persons for moving in the city without masks, not maintaining social distancing and also not adhering to the lockdown orders.” Notice have […]

Collector continues to work without leave after his father death

7:53 pm April 8, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Cuttack District Collector Bhabani Shankar Chaini, leading the fight against COVID-19 from the front, set a new benchmark of exemplary public service, as he decided not to take leave even after the death of his 98-year-old father. The Cuttack Collectors father Damodar Chaini (98), also a former administrator died on Tuesday while his son […]

MP: Sunday 'corona' curfew to be lifted as pandemic under control now, says CM

Coronavirus: ESMA invoked in Madhya Pradesh, says CM

7:49 pm April 8, 2020

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday invoked the Essential Services Management Act (ESMA) with immediate effect to tackle the coronavirus spread, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. “In a bid to manage the COVID-19 outbreak in a better way and in the interest of the citizens, the government has implemented the Essential Services Management […]