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Business, transport suspended in India during 14-hour lockdown for coronavirus

MUMBAI – Hundreds of millions of Indians stayed indoors on Sunday, heeding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to citizens to self-isolate as authorities battled to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus epidemic. At least 341 people have so far contracted the disease and four deaths have been reported in India […]

Novel coronavirus cases climb to 324 in India

New Delhi, Mar 22: Novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 324 on Sunday after fresh cases were reported from various parts of the country, the Union Health Ministry said. The total includes 41 foreign nationals and four deaths reported from Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra so far. “The […]

Maha: Four held for hoarding hand sanitisers worth lakhs

Aurangabad, Mar 21: Four persons were arrested for allegedly hoarding hand sanitisers worth over Rs 6 lakh in Maharashtra’s Jalna city, police said on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, officials of Jalna police’s crime branch and the Food and Drug Administration raided a shop on Old Mondha road, an […]

Coronavirus cases rise to 258 in India: Health Ministry

New Delhi, Mar 21: Novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 258 on Saturday after 35 fresh cases were reported in various parts of the country, according to the Health Ministry. Among the 258 are 39 foreign nationals, including 17 from Italy, three from the Philippines, two from the […]

India executes four men for brutal 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder

NEW DELHI – India hanged four men on Friday who were convicted for the rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi in 2012, in a case that shocked the world and shamed the country over its appalling record for crimes against women. […]

Maharashtra to close shops, offices in Mumbai to curb spread of coronavirus

BENGALURU – Maharashtra on Friday decided to close all shops and offices except those providing essential services in India’s financial capital Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur until March 31 in an attempt to restrict the spread of coronavirus, the chief minister of the state said. The state, which has […]

MP Governor accepts Kamal Nath’s resignation

Bhopal, Mar 20: Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon on Friday accepted the resignation of Chief Minister Kamal Nath. Nath had submitted his resignation to the governor at the Raj Bhawan here around 1 pm on Friday. “The governor accepted the resignation of Kamal Nath and asked him to continue […]

501 child marriages reported in India in 2018: Irani

New Delhi, Mar 20: Over 500 child marriages were reported in the country in 2018, with the maximum being from Assam, Union Women and Child Development minister Smriti Irani informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. In a written reply to a question on whether the incidents of child marriages […]

Novel coronavirus cases climb to 195 in India

New Delhi, Mar 20: The novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 195 on Friday after 22 fresh cases were reported from various parts of the country, according to the Health Ministry data. The cases include 32 foreign nationals including 17 from Italy, 3 from the Philippines, two from […]

India bars international commercial passenger flights from landing in country for one week

NEW DELHI – India’s government said on Thursday it will ban all scheduled international commercial passenger flights from landing in the country from March 22 for one week to contain the spread of coronavirus. India has already suspended visas for the vast majority of foreigners seeking to enter […]

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