Day: April 11, 2020

Pakistani intruder killed by BSF along International Border in Jammu

BSF extends helping hand to villagers of border areas

11:08 pm April 11, 2020

Guwahati: The Border Security Force (BSF) has been extending help to the needy villagers in border areas during the 21-day lockdown imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, officials said on Saturday. The BSF’s Guwahati Frontier distributed grocery items among the needy people of villages in Joradharla and Daribas, located under Daribas border outpost, […]

Soldier commits suicide near LoC in JK's Poonch

Maharashtra: Cop commits suicide with service revolver in Malegaon

10:57 pm April 11, 2020

Nashik: A police sub inspector allegedly committed suicide using his service revolver on Saturday in Malegaon in Nashik, an official said. Sub Inspector Azharuddin Sheikh shot himself under a tree in Malegaon City police station premises at 4:30 pm while senior officials were discussing the lockdown in place for the novel coronavirus outbreak, he said. […]

Would have had 8.2L cases by April 15 without lockdown: Govt

9:29 pm April 11, 2020

New Delhi: Stressing the role of lockdown and other containment steps in limiting coronavirus infection, the Union Health Ministry said, here on Saturday, without measures in place Covid-19 cases could have spiralled to 8.2 lakh by April 15. Without these steps, Covid-19 cases could have registered a 41 per cent cumulative increase to in 8.2 […]

Govt considers request to extend lockdown by 2 weeks more

9:16 pm April 11, 2020

New Delhi: The Centre is considering a request made by most states to extend the ongoing nationwide lockdown by two weeks beyond April 14, the government said on Saturday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with chief ministers and told them the focus should be now on ensuring health as well as prosperity of the […]

COVID-19: Lockdown set to be extended as 1,000-plus new cases push India tally above 8,000

9:14 pm April 11, 2020

New Delhi: The nationwide lockdown to contain the deadly coronavirus looks set to be extended by two more weeks till April-end after a consensus emerged among states on Saturday for continuing the curbs amid the tally of confirmed infections crossing 8,000 with a record increase of over 1,000 cases within 24 hours. While Prime Minister […]