The increasing coronavirus cases in Agra, mostly linked to the March Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi, has put the preparedness of the Uttar Pradesh government under stress. ....

The Indian Railways, which had announced closure of all passenger, mail and express train services from March 24 to April 14 in a bid to stop the chain of transmission of novel coronavirus (Covid-19), has started preparation to resume all its services from April 15, sources said on Saturday. ....

At least 20 more members of the Tablighi Jamaat, who returned from the congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin Markaz in March, were tested positive for coronavirus in Haryana on Saturday, taking their total number in the past 24 hours to 25. ....

In a huge scare, at least 11 jawans of CISF posted at Mumbai Airport tested coronavirus positive, official sources said on Friday. ....

The US has recorded nearly 1,500 coronavirus deaths in a span of 24 hours, the highest number of fatalities registered in a day globally since the pandemic began last December, it was reported. ....

Gujarat crossed the hundred figure mark with 105 positive cases of Coronavirus on Saturday and also reached double digits as far as total deaths is concerned. ....

The coronavirus positive numbers continue to climb steadily with every passing day in Andhra Pradesh. The state has reported 16 new cases in the 12 hours ending 10 a.m. on Saturday. With this, the state's tally of corona cases stood at 180. ....

Load despatch centres across the country have been told to be in high level of preparedness to counter any threat to power grid following sudden drop in demand when the country switches off electricity at their homes on the call of the Prime minister this Sunday night. ....

India reported six fresh deaths in the last 24 hours due to novel coronavirus (Covid-19) taking the total death toll to 68 and the total number of confirmed cases to 2,902, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. ....

With the 21-day corona lockdown disrupting supply chain since March 25, a city-based techie developed an application (app) to enable the people locate essential supplies in the neighbourhood, said his start-up on Friday. ....

The Yogi Adityanath government has cancelled bank holidays on Mahavir Jayanti (April 6) and Good Friday (April 10). ....

Six security men were injured on Friday in an unprovoked firing by the Pakistan Army on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, police sources said. ....

In India, around 50 doctors and medical staff have tested positive for coronovirus (Covid-19), raising the eyebrows of the Union Health Ministry, sources said on Friday. ....

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to light candles on Sunday at 9 p.m. for nine minutes amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, election strategist Prashant Kishor called for a well-thought-out plan and response to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. ....

The Andhra Pradesh (AP) government on Friday reported the state's first death associated with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). ....

Jharkhand has got its second confirmed case of coronavirus as a 50-year-old man of Hazaribagh district has been tested positive. ....

In what seems to be a sudden spurt in coronavirus cases in Uttar Pradesh, 34 patients have tested positive at the King George's Medical University (KGMU) laboratory. ....

A 78-year-old man from Godhra died on Friday due to the coronavirus infection, taking the death toll in Gujarat to 8. Till Friday, total 95 persons were found positive in the state, including a 7-year-old among the new cases. ....

Senior Congress leader and MP from here Shashi Tharoor has slammed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's video message on Friday morning in which he urged the people to light lamp on Sunday at 9 p.m. ....

The total number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in India surged to 2301, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday. ....