Day: May 8, 2020

Fresh COVID-19 case in HP, tally rises to 48

2:12 pm May 8, 2020

Shimla: One more person tested positive for coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur district on Friday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 48, an official said. Hamirpur had become coronavirus-free on April 29 after the last two patients in the district tested negative for the infection. A 42-year-old man from Bijhari town […]

BMW to increase vehicle prices in India by up to 2 pc from January

BMW launches 8 Series Gran Coupe, M8 Coupe in India

1:20 pm May 8, 2020

New Delhi: German luxury carmaker BMW on Friday launched its 8 Series Gran Coupe and M8 Coupe in India priced between Rs 1.3 crore and Rs 2.15 crore. The BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe is powered by a 3-litre, 6-cylinder in-line BSVI petrol engine. This is the most luxurious sports coupe ever built by BMW, […]

Coronavirus claims life of another CISF official

12:58 pm May 8, 2020

New Delhi: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) official posted in Kolkata has succumbed to COVID-19, officials said on Friday. He is the second CISF official to die of coronavirus. The Assistant Sub Inspector rank official was posted at the Indian Museum security unit of the force in West Bengal’s capital city. On Thursday, a […]

Train accident: Survivors raised alarm, but in vain

Maharashtra: 14 migrant workers crushed to death by goods train in Aurangabad

12:51 pm May 8, 2020

Aurangabad: At least 14 migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks were crushed to death by a goods train in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra on Friday morning, police said. Two other labourers were injured in the accident which took place at 5.15 am under the Karmad Police station jurisdiction, an official said. The workers, who were […]

Health Ministry issues advisory for healthcare workers

J&K govt scales up COVID-19 testing facilities

11:18 am May 8, 2020

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has scaled up sampling and testing facilities, with over 3,000 samples and 1.000 tests on a daily basis, an official spokesperson said. The administration has taken a combination of containment and mitigation measures to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic by carrying out contact tracing, limiting travel and […]