The Ministry of Human Resource Development has decided to postpone entrance exams including JNU, UGC, NET and IGNOU PhD and several others keeping in mind the lockdown. ....

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday appealed to the citizens to raise their voice for "testing" more people to contain the spread of the coronavirus. ....

The Union Health Ministry on Monday said 109 deaths were reported across the country due to Coronavirus, and the total number of infected cases so far has risen to 4067. ....

A 55-year-old resident of Varanasi died on April 3 at the Sir Sundar Lal hospital in BHU of 'lung infection. His report on Sunday night revealed that he was Coronavirus positive. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led people on Sunday during the '9 pm, 9 minute' 'Mini Diwali' as he shared his photographs showing himself lighting up diyas. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called DMK President M.K.Stalin and enquired about his and his family's health. ....

Midway through the 21-day lockdown in Madhya Pradesh coronavirus cases kept up a rising trend. The total corona positive cases touched 215. ....

The Union Health Ministry on Sunday said the total tally of cases in Delhi has left behind the worst-hit Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. With 503 in the national capital, the total tally of coronavirus cases reached 3,577. The updated data was put out by the Health Ministry in the evening. ....

In a sudden flare-up, five terrorists and three Indian soldiers were killed and three Pakistan soldiers injured in two separate incidents on the Line of Control (LoC) on Sunday in Jammu & Kashmir. ....

Even as there were over 3,500 coronavirus cases on Sunday and the death count reached 83, India overwhelmingly responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call on Sunday night. Right at 9 p.m., Indians switched off lights and lit candles or flashed mobile torches for nine minutes to express solidarity with "Corona warriors". ....

The Union Health Ministry on Sunday said the total tally of cases in Delhi has left behind the worst-hit Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. With 503 in the national capital, the total tally of coronavirus cases reached 3,577. The updated data was put out by the Health Ministry in the evening. ....

Even as there were over 3,500 coronavirus cases on Sunday and the death count reached 83, India overwhelmingly responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call on Sunday night. Right at 9 p.m., Indians switched off its lights and lit candles or flashed Diyas, candles shine bright as India switches off power to thank 'Corona warriors' mobile torches for nine minutes to express solidarity with "Corona warriors". ....

Three Indian Air Force personnel, including one who had been near Delhi's Nizamuddin Markaz -- the headquarters of Tablighi Jammat, have been sent to home quarantine, sources said on Saturday. ....

The Centre on Saturday said the number of coronavirus cases rose to 2,902 in the country, out of which 1,023 positive cases have links to Tablighi Jamaat from 17 states. Nearly 22,000 members of the Jamaat and their contacts have been quarantined so far, it added. ....

Comparing the number of people being tested in India for coronavirus with other countries, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, here on Saturday, took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his appeal to the people to light torches on Sunday, saying shining torches in the sky would not solve the problem. ....

Identification of foreign returnees in Andhra Pradesh has become a big challenge while many districts in Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra and Chattisgarh lack personal protective equipment (PPE)and medical facilities. These revelations came in a survey, COVID-19 National Preparedness Survey 2020 - carried out by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. ....

The Centre on Saturday said that under the "Lifeline Udan" initiative, 107 flights have transported over 138 tonnes of medical supplies across the country till April 3. ....

The Centre on Saturday said 1,023 coronavirus positive cases with links to Tablighi Jamaat reported from 17 states till now and nearly 22,000 members of the Jamaat and their contacts have been quarantined so far. ....

Amid the 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of novel coronavirus (Covid-19), grocery stores and supermarkets are running out of stock for essential items here. ....

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed the people to switch off the lights of their homes and light a "diya" or candle on Sunday at 9 p.m. for nine minutes, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said that the concerns of power grids be taken care of so that there was no obstruction in the power supply. ....