Day: April 13, 2020

Sarbananda Sonowal takes charge as AYUSH minister

Stop movement across Indo-Bhutan border: Assam CM

10:45 pm April 13, 2020

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday directed the Baska district administration to take effective measures to “stop movement” across the Indo-Bhutan border in the district and to ensure the nationwide lockdown completely. The chief minister directed this to the deputy commissioner and superintendent of police during his visit to the district to assess […]

Nagaland reports first COVID-19 case

8:41 pm April 13, 2020

Dimapur/Guwahati: A man from Nagaland has tested positive for novel coronavirus, the first case reported from the state, an official said on Monday. The 33-year-old man with coronavirus-like symptoms was admitted to a hospital in Assam’s Guwahati, where he tested positive for COVID-19, the official said. Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted that a […]

133 Bhutanese students stranded in Punjab sent back

8:37 pm April 13, 2020

Phagwara: A total of 133 Bhutanese students stranded in Punjab due to a lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 were airlifted to their country through a special flight from Amritsar on Monday, officials said. The students were studying in different parts of the state, they said. Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Deepti Uppal said the students, […]

Boris Johnson recuperates at Chequers with pregnant fiancee

8:30 pm April 13, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on Monday recuperating from his Covid-19 hospitalisation at his country retreat of Chequers, where he has been joined by his pregnant fiancee Carrie Symonds. Downing Street has said that the prime minister would not be returning to work immediately and will be based at the sprawling 1,000-acre estate […]

Four more recover from COVID-19 in Bengal

8:26 pm April 13, 2020

Kolkata: Four persons were discharged from a hospital here on Monday, after they were found to have recovered from COVID-19, an official at the facility said. Doctors released them as they tested negative for coronavirus twice, he said. All four of them, residents of Tehatta in Nadia district, were admitted to Beliaghata ID hospital here […]