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Coronavirus cases in India rise to 74: Health Ministry

8:15 pm March 12, 2020

New Delhi: The number of coronavirus patients in the country has risen to 74 with 14 fresh cases, including nine from Maharashtra and one each from Delhi, Ladakh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh as well as one foreign national, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. Giving a state-wise breakup, the ministry said Delhi reported […]

Concern over lack of protective gears for healthcare professionals

Coronavirus: Elderly couple among 17 from TN stranded on cruise ship docked in Egypt

10:39 pm March 9, 2020

Coimbatore: An elderly couple from here is among the 17 passengers from Tamil Nadu stranded in a cruise ship anchored in River Nile in Egypt after 45 people onboard it tested positive for coronavirus, according to their family. After the ship with 171 tourists docked in the Nile near Luxor City in Egypt, all the […]

44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

Boy from US sent to hospital for observation

6:30 pm March 8, 2020

Chennai: A 15-year old boy who arrived here from the US via Doha on Sunday was diagnosed with fever during screening at the airport and was sent to a hospital for observation, airport sources said. The boy, who arrived along with his father had some symptoms associated with fever as well and was sent to […]

India requests UK museum for ancient idol ‘stolen’ from Tamil Nadu temple

3:24 pm February 25, 2020

London: India has made a formal request for a 15th century bronze idol believed to be stolen from a temple in Tamil Nadu and found its way to a UK museum through auction. The statue of Saint Tirumankai Alvar was acquired by the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford from Sotheby’s auction house in […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

14 recovered bullets are of foreign make: DGP

11:35 pm February 22, 2020

Kollam: The 14 bullets recovered from Kulathupuzha area in the district are of foreign make, DGP Loknath Behera said here on Saturday. “Preliminary investigation has revealed that the bullets are of foreign make. The Anti-Terrorist Squad will probe the matter,” he said in a release. Two civilians had spotted the bullets in an abandoned package […]