Coronavirus

Kolkata: Regular work at the Calcutta High Court and its circuit benches will continue to remain suspended till April 30, amid the spurt in COVID-19 cases, an official said here Thursday. Chief Justice TBN Radhakrishnan has arrived at the decision, upon considering the prevailing situation...

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police have seized 1,355 vehicles in the last 24 hours for breaking lockdown rules. It should be stated here that the lockdown in Odisha has been extended till April 30. Earlier, police had urged citizens not to use vehicles to visit local markets...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad, whose supporters are charged with roughing up a man from Thane over a social media post, Thursday shared screenshots of posts by some social media users allegedly threatening to kill him. Awhad alleged that some people were planning to...

Berhampur: With blood banks facing acute shortage in Ganjam district a blood donation camp was organised Thursday at the MKCG Hospital here by an NGO called ‘Sabuja Bahini’. Many hospitals in the district which also have blood banks are facing a crunch for which the...

Ahmedabad: With the Ahmedabad civic body making public details of coronavirus patients “in larger interest” of citizens, an IT professional has developed an app using the Google Maps feature to provide the exact location of the patients so that people can stay away from such...

Los Angeles: Power couple George and Amal Clooney are the latest Hollywood personalities to make significant contributions to help navigate the devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic. According to Deadline, the couple has donated over USD 1 million directed towards six different funds and charities...

R Udayagiri: Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Gajapati district administration organised a disinfection drive to sanitise offices and streets at various places of this town. Personnel of the fire services department were seen Thursday spraying disinfectant solution in various localities of the town to...

Paris: More than 1.5 million cases of the novel coronavirus have been registered worldwide, according to a tally compiled by this agency at 0530 GMT Thursday from official sources. Of the 1,502,478 infections, 87,320 people have died across 192 countries and territories since the epidemic...

New Delhi: Blaming the Union government, Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel has said that 'failure' to stop the inbound flights to the country has led to the spread of coronavirus as the disease has evolved in some other country and travelled to India through 'carriers'....

Mumbai: Amitabh Bachchan is missing his wife Jaya Bachchan on her 72nd birthday, as she is stuck in Delhi owing to the lockdown. The veteran actor took to his blog to express his feelings. "Jaya's birthday today and the distance where she is stuck, reduced...