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Woman jumps in front of train with nine-month-old son

Railways runs 10 trains to ferry migrants home

11:58 pm May 2, 2020

New Delhi: The railways on Saturday ran 10 trains to ferry home to Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar nearly 10,000 migrants from eight states, a senior official said. He said the trains were planned on the request of these eight states — Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat. “We have […]

COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,074; cases 33,050

3:03 pm April 30, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 1,074 after 66 more fatalities and the number of cases climbed to 33,050 in the country on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 23,651, while 8,324 people have recovered, and one patient has […]

Concerned over how quickly COVID-19 cases are rising in India: Indian-origin expert

COVID-19 death toll rises to 872 in country; cases climb to 27,892: Health ministry

5:16 pm April 27, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 872 and the number of cases climbed to 27,892 in the country on Monday, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 20,835 while 6,184 people were cured and discharged, and one patient has migrated, the ministry said. The […]

COVID-19 death toll rises to 779, no. cases climbs to 24,942 in India: Union health ministry

10:33 pm April 25, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 779 and the number of cases climbed to 24,942 in the country on Saturday, registering an increase of 56 deaths and 1,490 cases since Friday evening, according to the Union health ministry The 56 deaths were the maximum reported in the country in a span […]

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

India sees highest one-day spike, govt says outbreak under control

9:08 pm April 24, 2020

New Delhi Nationwide cases of confirmed coronavirus infections rose on Friday by over 1,750 — the maximum for a day — to nearly 23,500 with several states including Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat detecting new patients, even as the government said the outbreak is under control and the tally could have reached one lakh by now […]