Day: May 30, 2020

COVID-19: Thane civic staff dies on day he was to retire

8:50 pm May 30, 2020

Thane: A civic employee deployed to give food and water to inmates of a quarantine centre in Bhayander Pada in Thane district in Maharashtra died of COVID-19 on his retirement day on Saturday, an official said. The man had tested positive on May 18, and was under treatment, and died at around 1:30 pm, hours […]

Amarinder dubs Kejriwal's announcement of observing fast as 'theatrics'

Punjab extends lockdown till June 30

8:47 pm May 30, 2020

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday announced a four-week extension of the coronavirus lockdown till June 30. Though experts have advised against opening of hospitality services and shopping malls in the state, the chief minister said his government will take into account the Centre’s guidelines for lockdown 5.0. The Centre on Saturday issued […]

4 recover from coronavirus in UP’s Shamli

8:42 pm May 30, 2020

Muzaffarnagar (UP): Four people have recovered from COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, officials said on Saturday. After the four recoveries, the total number of active cases in the district stands at seven, they said. The four patients recovered and tested negative for the deadly virus in second samples, the officials said. The recovered patients […]

Maharashtra Father-son use lockdown time to solve water woes

Maharashtra: Marathwada Water Council meet held in Aurangabad

8:38 pm May 30, 2020

Aurangabad: Amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown in place and monsoon just weeks away, the Marathwada Water Council began in Aurangabad on Saturday morning to discuss issues in one of Maharashtra’s most-parched regions. While BJP leader and former state minister Pankaja Munde, addressing the meeting online, asked the Uddhav Thackeray government to mitigate water woes of the […]

COVID-19: India records highest single-day spike of 265 deaths, 7,964 cases

8:33 pm May 30, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,971 and the number of cases climbed to 1,73,763 in the country registering a record single-day spike of 265 deaths and 7,964 cases till Saturday 8 am, according to the Union health ministry. India is the ninth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic. The number […]