Coronavirus

New Delhi: Authorities eased curbs in the national capital Monday after 40 days of strict lockdown, allowing government and private offices to function with limited number of staff, and permitting shops dealing in electronics and automobile parts to gradually restart their operations. But a large...

Melbourne: Australia can deal with the challenge of getting teams into the country for the T20 World Cup but whether it is worth having the tournament in empty stadiums is the main point for consideration, feels sports minister Richard Colbeck. Travel restrictions and question marks...

Bhubaneswar: Six new positive COVID-19 cases emerged Monday in Odisha taking the total number of infected people to 169. Of the six new cases, four are from Jajpur district and two from Bhadrak district. Jajpur district has so far reported 52 positive cases while in...

New Delhi: The government has not talked about charging anything from migrant labourers as 85 per cent of the transportation cost is borne by the Railways. The remaining 15 per cent is taken care of by state governments, the Centre said Monday.  The statement came...

Kolkata: West Bengal has the highest mortality rate in the country at 12.8 per cent, Inter Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) leader Apoorva Chandra wrote in his final observations to state Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha, before leaving for Delhi Monday. “This extremely high mortality rate is...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Congress Monday said it would bear the fare for people being transported to their native states on ‘Shramik Special’ trains amid the lockdown for the coronavirus outbreak, and accused the Narendra Modi government of leaving such stranded migrants and poor to fend...

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday made it clear that no fare will be charged from students returning to the state by special trains while migrant workers will be reimbursed the expenses incurred, besides getting additional assistance, after they complete the mandatory 21-day quarantine....

Chhatrapur: To end the controversy regarding the quality of food being provided to quarantined outstation returnees, Ganjam district collector has issued a list of the edibles that will be provided to them. The returnees under quarantine at two facilities in Beguniapada block had complained about...

Purusottampur: Odia migrant workers returning from Surat and Kerala have become a headache for the Ganjam district administration. On the other hand, some of these returnees have alleged that they have not been properly looked after by the authorities. Locals in Purusottampur block have alleged...

New Delhi: The Congress Monday compared the lockdown with demonetisation and accused the government of behaving like the East India company for not planning before the announcement of the lockdown as it caused suffering to millions. "The commonality between lockdown and demonetisation is that the...