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19 Indians stuck in Dubai airport for 3 weeks desperate to return home

7:15 pm April 13, 2020

Dubai: Nineteen Indians are stuck at the Dubai International Airport for the last 21 days after India announced its COVID-19 lockdown, leaving them tired, homesick and desperate to return home, according to a media report. Most of these stranded persons were in transit when India stopped inbound flights in view of the coronavirus pandemic, the […]

Communication ministers directs India Post to prioritise medicines delivery

UK expects first batch of 3 mn paracetamol packets from India soon

11:55 pm April 10, 2020

London: The UK on Friday expressed its gratitude to the Indian government as a first batch of 3 million paracetamol packets is all set to arrive in Britain within 48 hours after New Delhi lifted its export ban amid the coronavirus pandemic. Lord Tariq Ahmad, the Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth […]

Gujarat reports 241 COVID-19 cases, 17 deaths

6:32 pm April 9, 2020

Ahmedabad: The total number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat jumped to 241 on Thursday with 55 new patients being found in the state, an official said. The death toll also went up to 17 with one more person succumbing to the viral disease. Out of the 55 new cases, 50 were reported from Ahmedabad, two […]

Gujarat: Congress, BJP spar over Dhaman-1 ventilators

16 new COVID-19 cases in Gujarat; state tally jumps to 144

3:03 pm April 6, 2020

Ahmedabad: Gujarat reported 16 new coronavirus cases on Monday, taking the total number of such cases in the state to 144, a health department official said. Ten of these new patients have direct or indirect link to religious congregation organised by Tablighi Jamaat at Nizamuddin in Delhi last month, Principal Secretary (Health) Jayanti Ravi said. […]

Tablighi Jamaat: ED conducts multi-city raids

103 men who attended Nizamuddin event traced in Gujarat; one dead

11:24 pm April 3, 2020

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Police on Friday traced 19 more persons who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area, taking the number of such persons in the state to 103. All the 19 persons who were traced on Friday were residents of Ahmedabad city and have been sent to quarantine facilities, said Director […]