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Migrants’ protest in Mumbai: FIR against TV journalist

3:13 pm April 15, 2020

Mumbai: An FIR has been registered against a television journalist over his report that trains would restart, which may have prompted gathering of migrants in suburban Bandra on Tuesday, a police official said. The accused, Rahul Kulkarni, based in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra, has been detained and police are in the process of bringing him […]

Govt considers request to extend lockdown by 2 weeks more

9:16 pm April 11, 2020

New Delhi: The Centre is considering a request made by most states to extend the ongoing nationwide lockdown by two weeks beyond April 14, the government said on Saturday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with chief ministers and told them the focus should be now on ensuring health as well as prosperity of the […]

Shah Rukh Khan offers his office for BMC quarantine facility

9:09 pm April 4, 2020

Mumbai: Days after Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan announced several initiatives to help the central and state government in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the superstar has now opened his office for treating Covid-19 patients. The local municipal body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), took to social media on Saturday to thank […]

Migrants arrival in Bihar posed unmanageable crisis but it was averted: Sushil Modi

5:21 pm April 2, 2020

New Delhi: The unexpected arrival of tens of thousands of migrants amid the lockdown posed an “unmanageable” crisis for Bihar but it was defused with a number of effective measures, state Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Thursday. The state government decentralised its efforts by turning one school in every panchayat into a […]

COVID-19 cases climb to 1,251; total deaths 32

12:47 am March 31, 2020

New Delhi: The number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 1,251 in India on Monday, registering the highest single-day increase of 227 cases, while the death toll rose to 32, the Union Health Ministry said. It said the number of active cases was 1,117, and 101 people were either cured or discharged and one had migrated, […]