Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday directed director general of police (DGP) Abhay to deal with domestic violence cases with an iron hand during the lockdown period. Reviewing the COVID-19 situation in the state, the Chief Minister directed the DGP to keep a strict eye...

Thiruvananthapuram: A leading Malayalam actor's 90 second video song on the need to fight corona that's uploaded on the Kerala Police's Facebook page, has gone viral in just three hours Tuesday and attracted over 68,000 views. Popular actor Nedumudi Venu who has acted in more...

Hyderabad: The Telangana government Tuesday credited Rs 1,500 each in over 74 lakh bank accounts towards the financial assistance to poor families during coronavirus induced lockdown. State cabinet minister KT Rama Rao said the government transferred Rs 1,112 crores to banks for this programme. Chief...

Mumbai:  Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation and informed citizens that the nationwide lockdown is being extended till May 3 in an attempt to battle the deadly COVID 19 pandemic. Celebs welcomed this decision and took to social media to urge people...

New Delhi: The Indian Railways said Tuesday that all passenger train services, including premium trains, mail/express trains, suburban trains and the Kolkata Metro Rail, will continue to remain suspended till May 3. This announcement came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the lockdown in India...

New Delhi: London-based Financial services company and investment bank Barclays has cut its growth forecast for India to zero per cent for the 2020 calendar year from the earlier projection of 2.5 per cent for the same period. The new projection came after India extended...

New Delhi: The pandemic coronavirus has hit the Indian economy very hard and the country will take a substantial amount of time to recover from the jolt. However, it is the media industry, particularly the print media which is struggling to keep going amongst the...

Mumbai: Amid the coronavirus crisis, actor Amitabh Bachchan has penned his feelings on humans and humanity. Big B shared a throwback image from his young days in which he seen talking to somebody over the phone. In another image he posted alongside the old black-and-white...

Gurugram: Samsung India Tuesday pledged Rs 20 crore to help the country fight the COVID-19 pandemic which has seen positive cases surge past 10,000, amid the lockdown extension till May 3. The South Korean giant will donate Rs 15 crore to the PM Cares Fund,...

New Delhi: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday announced the extension of the nationwide lockdown till May 3, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has said that all domestic and international flights will remain suspended during the period. "All domestic and international scheduled airlines...