Coronavirus

Vijayawada: Four staff members of Andhra Pradesh Governor's office here Sunday tested positive for Covid-19. A security officer and a staff nurse were among those found infected. They were shifted to a hospital for treatment. Following this development, officials carried out disinfectant operations at Raj...

Bhubaneswar: The rapid spread of coronavirus continued in Odisha as five persons from Balasore district tested positive for COVID-19 Monday, according to the Health and Family Welfare department. The new cases took the total tally in the state to 108. The number of active cases...

New Delhi: Will the fans rush back? Will training abroad be as hassle-free as it used to be? What about contact sports where social distancing can’t really be practiced? Well these are the questions that are haunting the sports world. Will sports ever be the...

Indore: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed hope that his government will be able to bring the COVID-19 crisis in Indore city under control by following the ‘Bhilwara model’ of infection containment. In an e-mail interview to this agency, Chouhan said his...

Mumbai: Trying to get a feel of normal life amid lockdown, Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha treated herself by sitting in her “parked car” to remember how it feels like. Sonakshi took to Instagram, where she shared a selfie from the car. In the photograph Sonakshi...

New Delhi: Sportswear giants Adidas now manufacture custom-made shoes for Hima Das with her name printed on them but country’s top sprinter Sunday revealed that there was a time when she had to write the famous brand name manually on her sub-standard spikes. During an...

Mumbai: Actress Tisca Chopra is missing going outdoors but she says she is making the most of staying indoors. Tisca shared a stunning photograph on Instagram of herself in a monochrome monokini. In the image, the Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji actress can be seen...

Barcelona: The sound of children shouting has returned to Spain’s streets for the first time in six weeks after the government lifted a strict home confinement on its youngest citizens. Spain’s government let children under 14 years out for the first time Sunday morning after...

New Delhi: The CBI Sunday arrested DHFL promoter Kapil Wadhawan and RKW Developers promoter Dheeraj Wadhawan from a Mahabaleshwar-based quarantine facility, nearly 50 days after booking them in a case of bribery against former Yes Bank CEO Rana Kapoor, officials said. They were arrested with...

New Delhi: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected Sunday a lot of changes were made. Health Secretary Preeti Sudan was given a three-month extension to maintain continuity in the government’s coronavirus fight, while Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare was given additional charge of the I&B...