Day: May 8, 2020

COVID-19: One more death, 22 new cases in Haryana

11:29 pm May 8, 2020

Chandigarh: Haryana on Friday reported one more coronavirus-related death and 22 fresh infections, nine of them from Gurgaon, pushing the number of cases to 647 in the state, officials said. The death of the 28-year-old man, stated to be a tuberculosis patient, was second from Panipat district and eight coronavirus-related fatality in Haryana, the officials […]

Mumbai case surge: Dharavi to get 2 COVID care centres

Dharavi’s tally of COVID-19 patients rises to 808

11:23 pm May 8, 2020

Mumbai: The number of COVID-19 patients in Dharavi, Mumbai’s biggest slum sprawl, reached 808 on Friday as 25 more persons tested positive for the infection, a senior official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The death toll in the area also rose to 26, he said. Although the death toll increased on Friday, no […]

Tigress captured from defunct rubber factory in UP

Maharashtra: Tigress that killed 2 people in Gondia captured

11:17 pm May 8, 2020

Nagpur: A tigress that had killed two people in Gondia forest range in Maharashtra in March and April was captured on Thursday, officials said. It had killed a woman on April 18 and a man on March 29 in Goregaon and Tirora ranges, an official said. “A committee was set up as per National Tiger […]

ASHA workers played critical role in COVID-19 management in UP, tracked 30.43 lakh migrant returnees

Gujarat: Man thrashes migrant over train tickets

11:12 pm May 8, 2020

Surat: A man was arrested in Surat city of Gujarat on Friday for allegedly beating up a migrant from Jharkhand over booking of train tickets. While opposition Congress claimed that accused Rajesh Verma is a BJP worker, the ruling party denied it. A video of the incident which took place outside the accused’s office went […]

Donations for Ayodhya mosque made tax-free

Man sneaks into mosque, gives untimely prayer call

9:23 pm May 8, 2020

Ahmedabad: A 40-year-old man, apparently mentally unsound, has been arrested in Bhuj town in Gujarat’s Kutch district for allegedly `creating enmity between different communities’. Maamad Abdulla Luhar sneaked into a mosque on Thursday midnight, gave untimely Azaan (call for prayer) through the mosque’s loudspeaker and allegedly asked the community members to come out with weapons, […]