Madhya Pradesh

Lockdown unlikely to end in one go as positive cases cross 5,500

10:44 pm April 8, 2020

New Delhi: Dashing hopes of a complete exit from the ongoing lockdown in one go, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the country is facing a “social emergency” like situation as well as serious economic challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which showed a sharp spike in the infections, taking the nationwide tally to […]

MP: Sunday 'corona' curfew to be lifted as pandemic under control now, says CM

Coronavirus: ESMA invoked in Madhya Pradesh, says CM

7:49 pm April 8, 2020

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday invoked the Essential Services Management Act (ESMA) with immediate effect to tackle the coronavirus spread, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. “In a bid to manage the COVID-19 outbreak in a better way and in the interest of the citizens, the government has implemented the Essential Services Management […]

Record spike of 28,701 COVID-19 cases takes India's tally to 8,78,254

Indore: COVID-19 deaths rise to 16

3:51 pm April 8, 2020

Indore: The number of deaths due to coronavirus infection has risen to 16 in Indore in Madhya Pradesh with a 49-year-old man becoming the latest fatality, an official said on Wednesday. The man, who was tested positive for COVID-19 on March 24, succumbed to the infection while undergoing treatment at a private hospital on Tuesday […]

Journalist among six new COVID-19 patients in Bhopal

3:40 pm April 8, 2020

Bhopal: Six more people tested positive for coronavirus in Bhopal, taking the number of such cases in the Madhya Pradesh capital to 91, officials said on Wednesday. The six new patients include a journalist working with a news channel, a public relations department official said. He possibly contracted the infection from a police officer who […]

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

57 new cases in MP, number rises to 313

11:48 pm April 7, 2020

Bhopal: With 57 fresh cases reported in the state, the number of coronavirus cases in Madhya Pradesh rose to 313 on Tuesday. Twenty-four cases were reported in Bhopal, taking the number of COVID-19 patients in the city to 85, a health official said. Of the 313 cases, 173 are from Indore, the commercial capital of […]