Day: April 25, 2020

Sri Lanka to ease coronavirus restrictions from May 26

COVID-19: Sri Lanka extends curfew in high risk districts till May 4

8:00 pm April 25, 2020

Colombo: Sri Lanka on Saturday extended the nationwide curfew in four high risk districts, including Colombo, till May 4 to stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office announced, a day after the Island nation recorded the highest number of 49 infections in a single day. The four out […]

History-sheeter held in UP after brief encounter

Police team quarantined in UP’s Bahraich

7:52 pm April 25, 2020

Bahraich (UP): A police team which had taken a man to a quarantine facility here has been quarantined after he tested positive for COVID-19, a senior police official said on Saturday. Additional Superintendent of Police Ajay Pratap Singh said the man was quarantined on April 19 and has now been confirmed to have the coronavirus […]

Seven COVID-19 cases reported in Kerala: seven cured

7:51 pm April 25, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Seven new cases of coronavirus were reported from Kerala on Saturday taking the total number of infected persons in the state to 457 and seven people were cured, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. “Three new cases each were reported from Kottayam and Kollam districts and one from Kannur district. As of now, the state […]

No public gatherings in UP till June 30: Adityanath

7:42 pm April 25, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government will not allow any public gathering till June 30, well beyond the end of the current nationwide lockdown, officials said on Saturday. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has told officials that the situation will be reviewed after June 30. Chief Minister @myogiadityanth ji has directed officials not to allow any […]

No private players operating NMR service: Southern Railway

NFR carrying out maintenance work during lockdown period

7:37 pm April 25, 2020

Guwahati: The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is using the lockdown period to carry out maintenance work even as the freight and parcel carrying trains are running regularly with essentials items 24X7, an official said. With the passenger trains having stopped plying throughout the country for more than a month, different divisions of NFR are busy […]