corona

Record jump in COVID-19 cases; toll rises over 9K

41 people living in one building in Delhi test positive for COVID-19

9:15 pm May 2, 2020

New Delhi: Forty-one people living in a building in southwest Delhi’s Kapashera area tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday, an official said. A case of COVID-19 had been reported from the building situated in ”theke wali gali” on April 18, prompting authorities to timely seal it. This helped in containing the spread of coronavirus in […]

Plan prepared to vaccinate all adults in 3 months: CM Kejriwal

Won’t stop clinical trials of plasma therapy as initial results are good: Kejriwal

9:25 pm May 1, 2020

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the Delhi government will not stop clinical trials of plasma therapy to treat severally-ill COVID-19 patients as its initial results are good. The announcement came days after the centre said that plasma therapy for treatment of coronavirus patients is at an experimental stage and it has […]

As cost cutting measure, Railways stops British-era practice of using Dak messengers

Railways to run ‘Shramik Special’ trains to move migrant workers, other stranded persons

9:13 pm May 1, 2020

New Delhi: The Indian Railways decided to run “Shramik Special” trains from “Labour Day” on Friday to move migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons stranded at different places due to lock down as per the guideline issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs. These special trains will be run from point to point […]

EC to hold Maharashtra legislative council polls on May 21

8:25 pm May 1, 2020

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to conduct biennial election to Maharashtra Legislative Council on May 21,2020. The ECI on Friday reviewed the matter concerning feasibility of conduct of biennial election for the nine vacant seats of the MLC by MLAs in the state of Maharashtra. Sunil Arora, chief election commissioner […]

Lockdown: Man cycling from Maha to reach UP home dies in MP

7:41 pm May 1, 2020

Barwani (MP): A 50-year-old man died in Sendhwa in Madhya Pradesh after cycling over 390 kilometres to get home from Bhiwandi in Maharashtra to Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh, those accompanying him said on Friday. Tabarat Mansoori had gone to Bhiwandi looking for work but could not find any due to the lockdown imposed for the […]