COVID-19

Six deaths, 981 new COVID cases in Haryana

11:44 pm March 24, 2021

Chandigarh: Haryana reported six COVID-19 fatalities on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 3,110 and the tally to 2,82,569 with 981 fresh cases, a health department bulletin said. While two deaths were from Ambala, a fatality each was reported from Gurgaon, Faridabad, Hisar and Jind districts. Among the districts to report fresh cases included Gurgaon […]

24,645 new coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, 58 deaths

11:43 pm March 22, 2021

Mumbai: A day after Maharashtra reported highest single-day spike since the outbreak of COVID-19, the state on Monday saw a drop in daily count, recording 24,645 new cases. While the caseload increased to 25,04,327, the state also reported 58 deaths due to COVID-19, taking the death toll to 53,457. On Sunday, the state had reported […]

Amid COVID-19 surge, anganwadis shut in Chhattisgarh

11:20 pm March 22, 2021

Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government on Monday ordered closure of all anganwadi and mini anganwadi centres amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state. The circular issued by the state Women and Child Development department, however, added that eligible women and children beneficiaries of anganwadis will continue to get ready-to-eat food through home delivery facility. […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Arrested in UP after Tablighi Jamaat event, 11 Bangladeshi members allowed to go home

7:15 pm March 21, 2021

Bhadohi: Eleven Bangladeshi Tablighi Jamaat members, who were arrested from here for flouting visa norms and put in a government travel blacklist, have left the country after a Lucknow court allowed them go on completing their punishment, police said Sunday. Superintendent of Police Ram Badan Singh said they left Saturday on a bus from Bhadohi with a […]

1 new case pushes Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally to 4,447

3:26 pm March 21, 2021

Aizawl: Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally rose to 4,447 on Sunday as a 52-year-old man tested positive for the infection, a health official said. The new patient, who hails from Mamit district, tested positive for COVID-19 during screening at the inter-state border with Tripura, he said. The state now has 15 active cases, while 4,421 people have […]