NEW DELHI: Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday directed state waqf boards to ensure strict implementation of lockdown and social distancing guidelines during the holy month of Ramzan starting next week amid the coronavirus pandemic. At a meeting via video conferencing, Naqvi asked the state waqf boards’ officials to create awareness among people […]
NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry on Thursday said some rules such as wearing face masks, practising social distancing and no gathering of five or more persons should be strictly enforced at public places in order to ensure that the lockdown clamped to contain the spread of coronavirus is implemented effectively. In her daily briefing […]
NEW DELHI: India needs to “significantly ramp up” the number of tests done across the country to trace COVID-19 infection if the virus is to be contained in time, experts said. The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 414 and the number of cases to 12,380 in the country on Thursday, according to the […]
NEW DELHI: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 392 with 39 fatalities reported since Tuesday evening, while the number of cases saw a jump of 1,118 to go up to 11,933 cases on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 10,197, while as […]
NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday requested the Central government to issue an advisory to the states and Union Territories to ask public servants to behave sensibly with those belonging to vulnerable sections of the society. The commission took cognizance of a communication from one of its Special Monitors and human […]
Poor left to fend for themselves: Chidambaram after PM speech on lockdown extension
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday termed as rhetoric and hollow on specifics the prime minister’s address to the nation, saying there was no mention of a financial package or concrete steps to revive the economy. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala asked where is the country’s roadmap to fight coronavirus. He said leadership does not […]
MUMBAI: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced extension of the coronavirus-enforced lockdown till May 3, a large number of migrant workers who earn daily wages came out on road in Mumbai on Tuesday demanding transport arrangements to go back to their native places. Daily wage workers have been rendered jobless ever since the lockdown […]
ISLAMABAD: A group of over 50 senior clerics in Pakistan has warned the government against the ban on religious congregations amidst the coronavirus outbreak and said the authorities should instead abide by religious norms and allow more worshippers in mosques to seek forgiveness from Allah. The government has banned prayer congregations of more than five […]
NEW DELHI: The Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday that if no Covid-19 case is reported for 28 days from a specific area, only then we can say that we have been successful in breaking the chain of transmission of the dreaded virus. In response to a query on the logic behind extending the nationwide […]
NEW DELHI: Civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha surrendered before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday in Delhi after the Supreme Court had refused to extend his plea in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said. Navlakha, who has been accused under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for alleged involvement in the […]