Day: May 2, 2020

COVID-19: KDMC acquires 80 per cent beds at pvt hospitals

COVID-19: MHA reconstitutes empowered groups

1:51 pm May 2, 2020

New Delhi: The eleven empowered groups of officers created by the central government to implement COVID-19 containment measures in the country have been reconstituted, an official spokesperson said on Saturday. The reconstitution of the groups, first created on March 29 under the Disaster Management Act, was necessitated as some members either retired, appointed or were […]

Maharashtra: Four test positive for COVID-19 in Amravati

1:47 pm May 2, 2020

Amravati: Four persons, including a deceased patient, tested positive for COVID-19 at Amravati in Maharashtra on Saturday, taking the tally in the city to 47, an official said. Of the 24 swab samples that were tested, results of four have come out positive, district collector Shailesh Naval said. A deceased 58-year-old man from Kanwar Nagar […]

Punjab: Cop dragged on car bonnet in Jalandhar, driver held

1:45 pm May 2, 2020

Chandigarh: An assistant sub inspector of the Punjab Police was dragged on the bonnet of a car after he tried to stop the driver at a checkpoint in Jalandhar on Saturday amid the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. ASI Mulkh Raj was dragged for some distance but escaped unhurt while the car driver, Anmol Mehmi (20) was […]

62-yr-old beaten to death in UP’s Amethi

1:36 pm May 2, 2020

Amethi: A 62-year-old man was beaten to death allegedly over a land dispute in a village here, police said on Saturday. According to police the incident took place in Hariharpur village under Munshiganj Police Station in Amethi district on Saturday. Additional Superintendent of Police Dayaram sad that severely injured Awadhesh Singh was taken to the […]

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Odisha prepares SOP to send stranded migrant workers

1:28 pm May 2, 2020

Bhubaneswar: With the Centre allowing movement of migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists and students stranded due to the lockdown, the Odisha government has issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) for sending persons stuck in the state to their home states by road or rail. In a letter to all district collectors and municipal commissioners, Additional chief […]