Day: May 9, 2020

31 fresh COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths in Punjab

8:33 pm May 9, 2020

Chandigarh: Punjab reported two more coronavirus deaths on Saturday, while 31 people tested positive for the infection, bringing the number of cases to 1,762 in the state, according to the state government’s medical bulletin. The fresh fatalities pushed coronavirus-related death toll to 31 in Punjab. There are 1,574 active cases in the state, according to […]

Coronavirus patient kills self at Mumbai hospital

8:29 pm May 9, 2020

Mumbai: A 60-year-old man who had tested positive for coronavirus committed suicide at a hospital in suburban Andheri on Saturday, police said. The patient was found to have hanged himself with his pajamas from a steel rod on the ninth-floor terrace of the hospital on Saturday afternoon, a police official said. He might have been […]

Returnees can use own vehicles to enter Sikkim

8:27 pm May 9, 2020

Gangtok: The Sikkim government will allow people stranded in different parts of the country to return to the Himalayan state on their own vehicles from May 11. A limited number of vehicles will be allowed to enter Sikkim everyday and priority will be given to patients, a press note said. Over 6,200 persons of Sikkim […]

Five dead in clash between two groups in Kutch, Gujarat

8:24 pm May 9, 2020

Bhuj: Five persons were killed in a clash between two groups at Moti Hamirpar village in Kutch district of Gujarat on Saturday afternoon, police said. A group of people wielding sharp weapons attacked another group on suspicion that they were informing police about the hooch trade in nearby areas, said an official. Liquor production and […]

Two fresh COVID-19 cases in Kerala, total goes up to 505

8:21 pm May 9, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Two fresh cases of COVID-19 were reported from Kerala on Saturday, both being foreign returnees who reached the state from Dubai and Abu Dhabi on May 7 and were among the expatriates airlifted by the Centre as part of its mission to bring back stranded Indians abroad. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said with the […]