Coronavirus

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote Wednesday to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking financial assistance of Rs 25,000 crore to fulfil the state government’s commitments of providing free ration to the people and continuing other welfare schemes amid a dip in the revenue...

London: A 13-year-old boy with no underlying health conditions has become the UK’s youngest victim of the coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom (UK). The death toll continued to rise in the country with UK recording over 500 coronavirus deaths for first time in 24...

Chandigarh: At least 503 people, comprising 72 foreigners, who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin have been identified in Haryana and the government is putting them under quarantine to prevent coronavirus spread, Home Minister Anil Vij said Wednesday. The process to identify all...

New Delhi: Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections in March slipped below the   psychological Rs 1 lakh crore-mark for the first time in four months to Rs 97,597 crore as the COVID-19 lockdown that shut most businesses compounded tax collections in an already sluggish economy. GST...

New Delhi: Christian Michel, lodged in Tihar jail, an accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam Wednesday sought interim bail from Supreme Court in the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. He cited the apex courts recent order granting bail to undertrial prisoners to decongest the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a video conferencing with the Chief Ministers on Thursday morning and discuss the measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The conference is scheduled at 11 am tomorrow and comes in the backdrop of increasing number...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha police have lodged 209 cases for different violations of lockdown norm in the state, a report issued by the police said Tuesday. According to a notification issued by the police, out of the 209 cases, 198 were registered for violation of lockdown whereas...

Mainpuri (UP): A young woman was shot dead Wednesday for informing the police of people who had reached her village in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri after the lockdown. The incident took place in Allipur village where Vinay Yadav had prepared a list of persons, mostly migrant...

New Delhi: The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Ramesh Pokhriyal has asked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) school authorities from class one to class eight in view of the current lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The minister has also...

New Delhi: Union Minister of Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Wednesday instructed the IITs that mental health related challenges faced by students during the lockdown period should be addressed by all institutes. He directed the institutes to establish a helpline. “There should be a...