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Tamil Nadu man dies of COVID-19 in Puducherry

8:51 pm June 6, 2020

Puducherry: A 43-year-old man from neighbouring Tamil Nadu died here on Saturday of COVID-19 as three more tested positive for the virus in the union territory. The apparently asymptomatic man from Chennai, who visited his in-laws here a couple of days ago died of heart attack and an autopsy disclosed that he was positive for […]

20 fresh positive COVID-19 cases in Ladakh

8:16 pm May 30, 2020

Leh: Twenty more people tested positive for coronavirus in Ladakh, taking to 74 the number of those infected with the novel disease in the Union Territory, health department officials said on Saturday. Seventeen positive COVID-19 cases were reported from Kargil district and three others in Leh district on Friday, the officials said. Of the total […]

Six new COVID-19 cases in Ladakh

11:16 pm May 23, 2020

Leh: Days after Ladakh was declared coronavirus free, six fresh cases have come to light in the union territory over the past three days with almost all of them having a travel history outside the Himalayan region, officials said on Saturday. All the six new patients, five in Kargil and one in Leh, have been […]

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Pondy government toes Centre’s line on lockdown norms

11:30 pm May 3, 2020

Puducherry: The Territorial government on Sunday decided to extend the lockdown till May 17 as was announced by the Centre. Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, who chaired a meeting of the cabinet to take decisions on easing of the lockdown, told newsmen that the meeting had decided to implement the shutdown as was decided by the […]

Two more test positive for coronavirus in Ladakh

11:19 pm April 28, 2020

Leh: Two members of a family were tested positive for coronavirus in Ladakh, taking the total number of cases in the union territory to 22, a senior government official said on Tuesday. However, 16 of the patients were already cured and discharged from hospitals. “We have received 32 sample reports from NCDC (National Centre for […]