COVID-19

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

One death, 440 new COVID-19 cases in Haryana

11:56 pm March 14, 2021

Chandigarh: Haryana reported one more COVID-19 fatality on Sunday, taking the death toll to 3,074, while the infection count rose to 2,75,137 with 440 new cases, a health department bulletin said. The death was reported from Karnal district, it stated. The fresh cases were reported from districts including Karnal (100), Gurgaon (65), Kurukshetra (54) and […]

Maha: 1.29 lakh given vaccine, tally now over 28.19 lakh

10:17 pm March 14, 2021

Mumbai: Over 1.29 lakh people were vaccinated against COVID-19 in 1,556 centres in Maharashtra on Saturday, officials said. Of these, 1,23,150 got the Covishield vaccine and 6,816 were given Covaxin, they said on Sunday. Between January 16, when the vaccination drive began, and March 13, a total of 28,19,888 beneficiaries have been given the shots, […]

Schools, colleges reopen in 1st step of UK’s lockdown easing

8:27 pm March 8, 2021

London : Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the “national effort” that has gone into fighting against coronavirus as schools and colleges opened on Monday to mark the step one in the UK’s phased roadmap to lift strict lockdown restrictions in place for months to control the spread of COVID-19. Secondary schools and colleges will be inviting students for their […]

Amid outbreak, premier Marathi literary meet postponed

11:57 pm March 7, 2021

Aurangabad: The 94th All India Marathi Literary Conference (AIMLC) scheduled to be held in Nashik from March 26 to 28 has been postponed due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in the state, a member of the organising committee said here. In a release, Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal president Kautikrao Thale Patil said […]

No new COVID-19 case in Arunachal

3:38 pm March 7, 2021

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh did not report any new COVID-19 case on Sunday, a senior health official said. The state’s caseload stands at 16,839, of which three are active cases, while 16,780 people have recovered from the disease and 56 patients have succumbed to the infection so far, State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said. The […]