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COVID-19 death toll climbs to 3,583 in India

2:43 pm May 22, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 3,583, while the number of cases climbed to 1,18,447 in the country, registering an increase of 148 deaths and 6,088 cases since Thursday 8 am, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 66,330, while 48,533 people have recovered […]

Nearly 15,000 guest workers go home from Tamil Nadu

11:52 pm May 20, 2020

Chennai: Nearly 15,000 guest workers left Tamil Nadu for their home states on Wednesday in ten special trains that originated from different cities as the state stepped up measures for the return of the migrants stranded due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The migrant workers, belonging to Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand,Odisha and Manipur departed from origin […]

‘About 80,000 migrants left Pune so far for home states’

12:00 am May 19, 2020

Pune: Nearly 80,000 migrant workers and other people have left Pune district in Maharashtra so far in trains and public transport for their home states amidst the coronavirus-induced lockdown, a senior official said on Monday. In the next two days, 18 special trains from the district are scheduled to leave for various districts in different […]

Punjab: 12 migrant labourers injured as bus overturns

8:38 pm May 12, 2020

Ludhiana (Pb): At least 12 migrant labourers were injured when their bus overturned after hitting a road divider some 45-km from here on Tuesday, police said. Two of the labourers sustained severe injuries in the accident near Khanna and they were taken to a hospital in Patiala, the police said. The labourers were going to […]

1,118 fresh COVID-19 cases; 26 more deaths in Delhi

COVID-19 death toll rises to 2,206; cases climb to 67,152

2:54 pm May 11, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,206 and the number of cases climbed to 67,152 in the country on Monday, registering an increase of 97 deaths and a record jump of 4,213 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood […]