A 4.5 magnitude earthquake shook Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district on Sunday night, the meteorological department said. No loss of life or property was was reported, it said.
A three-year-old boy died in Bihar on Sunday due to acute encephalitis syndrome, also known as brain fever, which killed about 200 children in the state last year, officials said.
With the MeT department forecasting heatwave conditions in Odisha in the next few days, the state disaster management authority on Sunday warned that the situation may compound the challenges in containing the spread of novel coronavirus.
Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Sunday said it was temporarily suspending breath analyser alcohol test for all aviation personnel, including pilots, hours after an Air India union made the request saying these tests could aid the spread of coronavirus.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra called upon telecom companies to make their services free for a month to enable the poor migrant labourers reach out to their near and dear ones.
A team of 14 medical staffers, including doctors and nurses, which was treating COVID-19 patients at RML Hospital has been sent into home quarantine and their samples are being tested, official sources said.
Two siblings owning and operating a truck service were on Sunday booked for allegedly ferrying 64 labourers illegally to Uttar Pradesh, Saki Naka police in Mumbai said.
ANI | Monday March 30, 2020, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh
With a name that rhymes with the coronavirus pandemic, villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district are a troubled lot. Residents of Korauna village say they have been facing discrimination ever since COVID-19 started spreading around the world and reached India.
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, who was released Tuesday after 232 days in detention, has been sharing "tips" on surviving lockdown, drawing on his "months of experience".
The centre has suspended two senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and sent show-cause notices to two others on charge of "dereliction" of their duty in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak in the national capital.
Assam is one of a handful of states still to record a positive COVID-19 case, even as the number of overall cases in India crossed 1,000 late Sunday evening
The Centre today set up 11 empowered groups for ensuring a comprehensive and integrated response to COVID-19, which has infected more than 1000 people in the country and killed more than 25 people. The groups - set up under the Disaster Management Act - are expected to set things back on track after the lockdown period ends, government sources said.
Edited by Aditi Ghosh | Sunday March 29, 2020, New Delhi
A fire broke out at a furniture market in Shaheen Bagh in south Delhi today evening, officials said. At least four fire trucks were at the site. Fire department officials said they doused the fire within an hour.
The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a petition seeking relief for thousands of migrant workers who are leaving Delhi en masse for their hometowns in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar because they don't have the resources to survive the 21-day lockdown, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week to check the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
The centre has asked states and union territories to allow transportation of goods without the essential and non-essential distinction during the 21-day coronavirus lockdown, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week.
