Day: April 8, 2020

5,000 cases registered in Mumbai for lockdown violation

All COVID-19 hotspots in 15 districts to be sealed till Apr 15: UP govt

4:46 pm April 8, 2020

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday said all COVID-19 hotspots in 15 districts of the state (Agra, Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Kanpur, Varanasi, Shamli, Meerut, Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Saharanpur, Maharajganj, Sitapur) will be sealed till April 15 to check the spread of the deadly coronavirus. “All coronavirus hotspots in 15 districts will be completely […]

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

‘Guru Dakshina’ in times of lockdown By Tapan Mohanta

4:17 pm April 8, 2020

Kolkata: As the coronavirus-triggered lockdown is under way, a humble Maruti 800 car chugs along the warren of forlorn streets of South Kolkata with a sticker pasted on its windshield–‘Emergency Medicine Supply’. It is not a typical medicine supply vehicle but a private car belonging to Anupam Sen, an alumnus of a city school who, […]

Rupee settles 70 paise lower at 76.34 against US dollar

3:56 pm April 8, 2020

Mumbai: The Indian rupee settled 70 paise lower at 76.34 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday amid rise in coronavirus cases in the country and weak domestic equities. Forex traders said rising brent prices and firm US dollar index also weighed on the local unit. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened weak […]

Record spike of 28,701 COVID-19 cases takes India's tally to 8,78,254

Indore: COVID-19 deaths rise to 16

3:51 pm April 8, 2020

Indore: The number of deaths due to coronavirus infection has risen to 16 in Indore in Madhya Pradesh with a 49-year-old man becoming the latest fatality, an official said on Wednesday. The man, who was tested positive for COVID-19 on March 24, succumbed to the infection while undergoing treatment at a private hospital on Tuesday […]

I-T Dept cautions against breach in e-filing accounts

3:45 pm April 8, 2020

New Delhi: The Income-Tax Department has asked taxpayers to guard against possible breach of their personal e-filing account and report such an instance to the police cyber security wing. “If you think your e-filing account many have been compromised or accessed in an unauthorised manner, then you may be a victim of cybercrime,” the department […]