TAMIL NADU

India’s COVID-19 tally rises to 5.66 lakh; 66 pc cases in June alone; PM says increasing ‘negligence’ by people a cause of worry

10:35 pm June 30, 2020

New Delhi: As the month-long ‘Unlock-1’ ends on Tuesday, India reported nearly 66 per cent of its COVID-19 cases in June alone, and a concerned Prime Minister Narendra Modi said people not strictly adhering to rules and precautions as they did during the lockdown was a cause of worry. India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 5,66,840 with a […]

Bollywood celebrities demand justice for Jayaraj and Fennix: Guilty must be punished

8:24 pm June 28, 2020

Mumbai: Several stars from Hindi film industry, including actors Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Taapsee Pannu have condemned the deaths of father-son duo P Jayaraj and J Fennix following alleged police torture in Tamil Nadu. Jayaraj and Fennix of Sathankulam, a town in Tamil Nadu’s southern district of Tuticorin, were arrested for allegedly violating lockdown norms on business hours of […]

Personalities take to social media, demand justice for death of father-son duo in TN

12:13 am June 28, 2020

Chennai : Voices demanding justice for the deaths of father-son duo following alleged police torture, grew louder and several prominent personalities took to the social media lending support to the family of P Jayaraj and his son J Fennix of Sathankulam, a town in Tamil Nadu‘s southern district of Tuticorin. The hashtags #JusticeForJayarajAndBennix and #JusticeForJayarajAndFenix have […]

Coronavirus cases in India climb to 4,40,215, nearly 11,000 recoveries in single day

11:55 am June 23, 2020

New Delhi: With 14,933 people testing positive for coronavirus in a single day, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 4,40,215 on Tuesday while the death toll rose to 14,011 with 312 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number of recoveries also surged with 2,48,189 patients cured so far, while there were 1,78,014 […]

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

India’s COVID-19 cases jump from 2 lakh to 3 lakh in 10 days as it records worst daily spike

5:02 pm June 13, 2020

New Delhi: Ten days after recording two lakh COVID-19 cases, India surpassed the three lakh-mark on Saturday with the worst daily spike of 11,458 infections, while the death toll too climbed to 8,884 with 386 new fatalities, the Union Health Ministry said. India took 64 days to cross the 1 lakh-mark from 100 cases, then […]