Coronavirus

New Delhi: With the whole country locked down due to the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country, people working far from their native place face a harrowing time when an emergency breaks out back home. But as tales of solidarity and help attest, there are...

Bangalore: Nearly 1,000 people from different parts of Karnataka, who are linked to Tablighi Jamaat congregation in New Delhi, have been screened so far following the inputs provided by the Centre and police, and 11 have tested positive for COVID-19. The Karnataka government has been...

Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh): Fourteen persons, including 11 Bangladeshis, who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area and kept in an isolation facility here have tested negative for coronavirus, officials said Thursday. “Samples of these 14 were sent to Banaras Hindu University (BHU),...

Bhopal: In a strongly worded tweet that appears to be aimed at the stone pelters in a few pockets of Indore, targeting medical staff, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took an unusually tough position, issuing stern warning. He said, “This is not just...

New Delhi: About 400 COVID-19 positive cases have been found whose epidemiological linkage can be traced to the Tablighi Jamaat cluster, the Union Health Ministry said Thursday. Addressing the daily briefing, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agrawal said 328 new cases of the novel coronavirus...

Lucknow: The Tablighi Jamaat, founded in 1927 by Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi in Mewat region in Haryana, is a movement that focuses on ensuring that Muslims practise the religion as it was practised in the time of Prophet Mohammad. The Tablighi Jamaat can be termed as...

Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh): Well it may sound funny, but then this is true. There has always been the tendency among parents to name their newborn after famous persons or incidents. However, there are two couples of this town in Uttar Pradesh (UP) who have named...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that the Centre and states must have a common plan to ensure staggered movement of people after the national lockdown ends. He made the comment during a video-conference with the chief ministers of India and added that...

New Delhi: A flying object over a locality in Nizamuddin left the residents wondering what it was. Later they came to know that the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) deployed a drone to spray a disinfectant over the locality, now said to be the epicentre...

Ganjam: In light of coronavirus outbreak, Ganjam district administration has started a disinfection drive to sanitise offices and streets at various places.  Several employees of the district fire services department could be seen spraying a disinfectant solution to sanitise the areas. “The sanitising liquid being...