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Three persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Goalpara district on Thursday, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 16, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted. All the patients had attended a congregation organised by the Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi’s Nizamuddin West last month, Sarma tweeted. Assam now has the highest […]
Over 1,900 COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in India as of Thursday. The country saw 62 deaths, of which Maharashtra accounts for 16. More than 9,00,000 people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and nearly 46,000 have died since it first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, according to […]
About 1,500 people from Karnataka may have attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Nizamuddin West, Delhi, from March 8 to 20. Of these, the State has been able to trace 800 people and 143 of these have been found to be symptomatic. Jawaid Akhtar, Additional Chief Secretary (Health and Family Welfare), said that the Centre […]
The lockdown will be intensified very soon in such a manner that even two-wheeler riders will be prohibited from crossing the inter-district and inter-State borders. Deputy Chief Minister K. Narayanaswamy and Panchayat Raj Minister Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy, during a review meeting with the district officials, made an announcement to this effect, which will have a […]
Police personnel need to work with determination and keep their inspiration intact in the days to come to tackle the COVID-19 as lockdown will be implemented more stringently, according to Kurnool Superintendent of Police Fakkerappa Kaginelli. Distributing gloves, goggles, masks, and sanitisers to the police personnel at Kondareddy Buruju on Wednesday in the presence of […]
A man was arrested in Mangaluru for allegedly spreading malicious content and rumours on social media against Karnataka government functionaries engaged in the work against COVID-19. He has been identified as Nizam alias Neeza. He was produced before a local court and remanded to judicial custody on Tuesday, Police Commissioner P.S. Harsha said in a […]
Tipplers facing a long dry phase in view of the COVID-19 lockdown fell prey to an apparent April Fool’s day prank on social media — that liquor outlets would open for a day on Wednesday — and thronged a shop in Karnataka’s Gadag town, only to be driven away later. People queued up at the […]
A day after the government drew fire on the supply of pharma products to Serbia, the Emirates Cargo said it has flown several flights carrying life-saving pharma products and equipment from Mumbai, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad to the US, Europe, Australia and the Gulf countries. Last week, Emirates SkyCargo, the cargo arm of the Dubai-based Emirates […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the government has quarantined 54 persons including 40 foreigners who attended the religious congregation organised by the Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi. The Chief Minister, who held a meeting of the COVID-19 task force at the Secretariat, said 71 people from the State attended the congregation in […]
The Gujarat Police has identified 72 persons from the State to have attended the Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area, which has emerged as a major coronavirus “hotspot”. Of them, 71 persons have been traced and quarantined; one of them died of COVID-19 in Bhavnagar district. Among the 71 persons, 34 are from […]