Day: April 11, 2020

COVID-19: Spitting and tobacco consumption in public places to attract Rs 2,000 fine in Delhi

Case booked against man for spitting in public

8:43 pm April 11, 2020

Hyderabad: With the Telangana government banning spitting in public places in the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic, a police case has been registered here against a man for violating the rule. During vehicle-checking on Friday, police found the man spitting on the road here and registered a case against him for disobedience to order duly promulgated […]

Srinagar-Leh highway reopens after four months

8:06 pm April 11, 2020

Kargil: The 434-km Srinagar-Leh national highway, considered as the lifeline of the Union Territory of Ladakh, was reopened on Saturday to ferry essential commodities after remaining closed for over four months owing to heavy snowfall along the Zojila Pass. In view of the coronavirus outbreak, the Ladakh administration on Friday had decided to only allow […]

Maharashtra: Two test positive for COVID-19 in Aurangabad

8:00 pm April 11, 2020

Aurangabad: Two persons tested positive for coronavirus at Aurangabad in Maharashtra, taking the district’s tally to 20, an official said on Saturday. Two persons, including a friend of a 38-year-old COVID-19 patient and a 29-year-old man, tested positive for the infection on Friday night, civil surgeon Dr Sundar Kulkarni said. With the two new cases, […]

Maharashtra: Man kills self over coronavirus scare

7:56 pm April 11, 2020

Nashik: A 31-year-old man, who assumed that he contracted coronavirus, allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra‘s Nashik city, police said on Saturday. Pratik Raju Kumavat, a resident of Chehedi area of Nashik Road, allegedly hanged himself from the ceiling of his home on Saturday and left a suicide note stating that he might have contracted coronavirus, […]

7 booked, 1 held after group clash in Muzaffarnagar

7:51 pm April 11, 2020

Muzaffarnagar (UP): Seven people were booked and one arrested after a violent fight between two groups here in which one person had died, officials said on Saturday. A former village head is among those booked in connection with the incident, they said. One person was shot dead and three others injured in a clash between […]