COVID-19

COVID-19: India records highest single-day spike of 265 deaths, 7,964 cases

8:33 pm May 30, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,971 and the number of cases climbed to 1,73,763 in the country registering a record single-day spike of 265 deaths and 7,964 cases till Saturday 8 am, according to the Union health ministry. India is the ninth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic. The number […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

Parliament sanitised after latest case of coronavirus

8:10 pm May 30, 2020

New Delhi: Government agencies undertook a massive drive on Saturday to sanitise all buildings in the Parliament House Complex after a fourth case of COVID-19 was reported from the complex, officials said. Of the four cases, three had contracted the infection after Parliament resumed on May 3, when Lockdown 2.0 ended. A Rajya Sabha Secretariat […]

Nadda promises OBC status for left out Hindu backward castes

Year of accomplishments: Nadda on 1 yr of Modi 2.0

2:43 pm May 30, 2020

New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda said on Saturday that the one year of the Modi government’s second term had been a year of accomplishments, and unimaginable challenges that it faced with bold and timely decisions. Nadda underlined that Prime Minister Narendra Modi led from the front during the novel coronavirus pandemic, and took […]

Night curfew imposed in Noida, Ghaziabad till April 17

3 cops test COVID-19 positive in Gautam Buddh Nagar

9:20 pm May 29, 2020

Noida (UP): Three Uttar Pradesh police personnel posted in Gautam Buddh Nagar have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Friday. All three are police constables and about 30 people who came in their contact have been quarantined, the officials said. “One of them was posted at the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police […]

Have augmented number of ICU beds, AAP govt to HC

Maharashtra govt hikes remuneration of bonded doctors

8:17 pm May 29, 2020

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday announced a hike in the monthly remuneration of bonded doctors, bringing them on par with their colleagues hired on contract. Thackeray said the decision will help intensify the fight against COVID-19 and provide a morale booster to the medical workers. As per the revised salaries, bonded doctors […]