The Congress on Saturday bemoaned the Central government's "conspicuous silence" on the Disaster Management Act (DMA), 2005, and asked it to formulate a national plan for handling the coronavirus crisis, saying it's time the government rethink the lockdown measures."...
Every day 6,693 people in Delhi violates the complete lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, sources in Delhi Police said on Saturday. In fact over 300 of them move around without a mask that has been made mandatory to help fight the disease that has already claimed 50 lives here alone....
Long queues were seen outside grocery shops in five cities with people wanting to stock up their needs as total lockdown is set to kick-in in from Sunday onwards....
Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Saturday said that Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund's decision to wind up six debt schemes was a matter of "grave concern" to the investors, mutual fund industry and the financial markets and urged the government to "resolve" the situation quickly....
Despite the central government's order to allow the opening of standalone shops amid the lockdown, shopkeepers in Delhi will have to wait a little longer as the Delhi government is yet to decide on the implementation of the order....
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday made it clear that no public gatherings will be allowed in the state till June 30. ...
Andhra Pradesh's COVID-19 tally crossed the 1000-mark on Saturday morning. With 61 new cases detected during the course of testing done between 10 a.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. on Saturday, the number of coronavirus cases in the state touched 1016, while the death toll reached 31. Srikakulam which did not have a single case till date, h...
The gunman behind Canada's bloodiest mass shooting that left at least 22 dead, began his rampage by first assaulting his girlfriend, who hid from him in the woods overnight, and has now become a key witness in the ensuing investigation, police said....
With the easing of lockdown norms to revive economic activity in non-hotspots or containment zones, the Karnataka government directed district authorities to arrange transport for movement of stranded labourers in the state for construction or other works, an official said on Saturday....
After a late night order on reopening of shops amid the coronavirus lockdown, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday issued a clarification saying that only standalone shops are allowed to open as per the directive and that the order does not apply to Covid-19 containment zones or liquor stores....
