lockdown

MP: Cop runs fitness challenge for lockdown violators

3:39 pm April 17, 2020

Betul (MP): A policeman in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul city ran a fitness challenge for three lockdown violators who allegedly claimed that they had stepped out of their homes for a walk as they had put on weight during the lockdown. Trainee deputy superintendent of police Santosh Patel caught three youngsters strolling around College Road in […]

Lockdown extended in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan

COVID-19 lockdown: Here’s list of activities allowed from April 20

9:31 pm April 15, 2020

New Delhi: Agriculture, construction, Information Technology, industrial units in the SEZs and rural areas are among the sectors where the coronavirus-induced lockdown restrictions will be lifted from April 20 in a bid to kickstart the country’s battered economy and reduce the distress caused to millions of people. As the second phase of the national lockdown […]

Cannes film festival difficult to hold ‘in original form’: organisers

8:22 am April 15, 2020

Paris: It will be difficult to hold the Cannes film festival in its original form in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak, organisers said Tuesday, adding they were looking at new ways of hosting the world’s biggest annual celebration of cinema. The festival had already been postponed from its original mid-May dates to late June […]

Young migrant worker from Bihar ends life in Telangana

9:37 pm April 14, 2020

Hyderabad: A 24-year old migrant worker from Bihar allegedly committed suicide here reportedly upset over not being able to return home due to the coronavirus lockdown, police said on Tuesday. The man, who belonged to Lakhisarai district, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his rented room in Uppal area on Monday, they said. […]

Disinfection tunnel installed at Gujarat HC entry gate

4:23 pm April 14, 2020

Ahmedabad: A mass ‘sanitising tunnel’ has been set up at the entry gate of the Gujarat High Court, as it prepares to constitute new benches from Wednesday to hear pending bail and detention matters. The court staff and officers will have to pass through the tunnel, a sort of disinfection chamber, before entering the building. […]