COVID-19

Four more corona patients die in Uttarakhand

COVID-19 cases increases to 13 in Puducherry

8:27 pm May 20, 2020

Puducherry: Three fresh cases of COVID-19 were reported on Wednesday taking the total number of cases in the Union territory of Puducherry to 13, even as the government underscored the need to wear masks to contain the spread of the infection. Director of Health and Family Welfare Service S Mohan Kumar told PTI that a […]

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

Two Bangladeshis arrested in Sikkim

10:56 pm May 19, 2020

Gangtok: Two Bangladeshis were arrested on charges of illegally staying in Sikkim for months, the Foreigners Registration office said on Tuesday. Suman Majumdar, 21, has been arrested from a locality in Pakyong police station area, while Md Matiur Rahman (23) was nabbed from Rangpo police station area, it said, adding that the arrests were made […]

Uttarakhand: Chamoli reports first case of COVID-19

8:31 pm May 19, 2020

Gopeshwar: Chamoli has reported its first case of COVID-19 with one person testing positive for the virus in the district. The man had returned from Delhi along with his family to Mathkot Pajyana village in the district on May 15, Chief Medical Officer K K Singh told reporters here on Tuesday. His swab samples were […]

Mortician test COVID-19 positive in Howrah

8:26 pm May 19, 2020

Kolkata: A mortician working at a crematorium in Shibpur area of Howrah city has tested positive for novel coronavirus infection, a state health department official said on Tuesday. The burning ghat is one of the facilities where bodies of patients who died of COVID-19 are being cremated, he said. The man, employed by the Howrah […]

Boney Kapoor’s house help tests positive for COVID-19

5:14 pm May 19, 2020

Mumbai: Filmmaker Boney Kapoor on Tuesday said his house help has tested positive for coronavirus. In a statement, the producer said 23-year-old Charan Sahu, a member of his staff at his residence in suburban Andheri, told them that he was feeling unwell on Saturday evening and after that, the filmmaker sent him for tests. After […]