Coronavirus

Guwahati/Shillong: To check the rapid surge in the number of COVID-19 cases, the Assam government Tuesday enforced a night curfew across the state from 8 pm to 5 am, officials said. Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua said in his order that the curfew would remain...

Washington: The Biden administration seems to have adopted a mission mode approach and removed all bureaucratic hurdles to help India in its fight against deadly COVID-19 pandemic that has spread like wildfire across the country. India is struggling with a second wave of the pandemic...

New Delhi: The Delhi government Tuesday came under scathing attack from both the High Court and the Centre over its handling of the medical oxygen crisis that has hit COVID-19 patients here with the former saying if the state cannot handle the situation it will...

New Delhi: Relatives of a 67-year-old woman assaulted the doctors at a Delhi hospital on Tuesday morning after the elderly lady died in the emergency ward apparently because the hospital did not have any vacant ICU beds. The video of the incident has gone viral...

New Delhi: Nations across the world have come forward to help India in its fight against the raging second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which is extremely virulent and has ravaged the country in the past few weeks. As per official sources, the US, the...

Agra: With Agra reeling under an alarming pandemic situation, several families of Covid victims were seen at loggerheads with the healthcare workers over shortage of beds, medicines and oxygen supply. On Tuesday, one such family members of a Covid victim, attacked the security personnel of...

Mumbai: Actress Madhuri Dixit Nene has urged everyone to get vaccinated, adding that she has received her second jab of the Covid vaccine. "Got my second jab today. I urge everyone to get vaccinated as soon as it's available to you. #StayHomeStaySafe," Madhuri wrote as...

New Delhi: The BCCI said Tuesday it would do everything to ensure that foreign players competing in the IPL reach their respective countries seamlessely once the tournament ends. The BCCI announcement came a day after three Australians quit the event amid an upsurge of COVID-19...

New Delhi: A plea was moved Tuesday in the Delhi High Court. The plea moved by Vikram Singh, the former DGP of Uttar Pradesh sought directions to the Election Commission to take action like imposing penalty and lodging FIRs against ‘star campaigners’ and leaders of...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court termed Tuesday the massive resurgence of COVID-19 cases in India a ‘national crisis’. It said that it cannot remain a ‘mute spectator’ in such circumstances. The Supreme Court made it clear that its suo motu proceeding on devising national policy...