Added on April 5, 2020
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New Delhi: Nearly 22,000 Tablighi Jamaat members and their contacts have been quarantined across the country so far, a home ministry official said on Saturday. During the daily briefing, Punya Salila Srivastava, a joint secretary in the Union Home Ministry, told reporters that the Union government undertook “massive efforts” in coordination with states to trace […]
Added on April 4, 2020
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New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India has said it is “deeply perturbed” over the government blaming the media in the Supreme Court for causing panic among migrant workers, leading to their exodus in the wake of the lockdown, and asserted that such actions could obstruct the process of dissemination of news. In a strongly-worded […]
Added on April 4, 2020
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Srinagar: Restrictions on the movement and assembly of people in Kashmir to contain the spread of coronavirus were tightened on Friday in view of congregational prayers, officials said. The congregational prayers were not held at most mosques of the valley last Friday as various religious organisations appealed the people to offer prayers at home. Main […]
Added on April 4, 2020
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New Delhi: A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration to restore 4G internet speed in the Union Territory in light of prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. The plea, filed through ‘Foundation for Media Professionals’, has assailed an order of the UT administration of March […]
Added on April 4, 2020
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New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Girish Chandra Murmu on Friday said the UT administration has been keeping intensive surveillance and has identified hotspots to preempt COVID-19 outbreak but “faced problems due to movement of Tablighi Jamaat” members, a statement issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan said. Murmu was participating in a video-conference of governors, Lt […]
Added on April 4, 2020
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Jammu: Five security personnel were injured in firing by the Pakistan Army along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Friday, officials said. The unprovoked ceasefire violation took place in Sunderbani sector of the district, they said. The injured were admitted to a hospital, the officials said. (PTI)
Added on April 4, 2020
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New Delhi: The government on Friday said there is no shortage of medical supplies across the country to fight COVID-19 outbreak. “Government of India is making sure that all the essential medical supplies are in place to fight COVID-19. 62 lifeline Udan flights transported over 15.4 tons of essential medical supplies in last five days,” […]
Added on April 4, 2020
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and other authorities on a PIL seeking a direction to them to provide free of cost testing facility for COVID-19 to all citizens in the country. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Deepak Gupta, in a hearing conducted through video conferencing, […]
Added on April 4, 2020
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New Delhi: The number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,547 in the country on Friday while the death toll rose to 62, registering a jump of 478 cases, according to Union health ministry data. The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 2,322, while 162 people were either cured or discharged and one had migrated, […]
Added on April 4, 2020
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Asks people to show solidarity towards fight against corona
New Delhi: In a new appeal to the countrymen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked people to put off the lights in their houses for nine minutes at 9 pm on Sunday, April 5, and light lamps at their doors or balconies. “You are not alone, no one is alone in the fight against […]
