An alarming spurt in the number of COVID-19 positive cases occurred in J&K on Saturday as five more tested positive for the dreaded virus, taking the total to 33. ....

Congress' interim President Sonia Gandhi wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday to draw his attention to the plight of migrant workers, who have been caught in the biggest ever reverse migration process as states closed borders forcing them to return to their hometowns on foot. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with Radio Jockeys (RJs) via video conference where he appreciated the role played by the RJs in spreading awareness about coronavirus He said it is praiseworthy that even in lockdown, RJs are discharging their responsibility and recording programmes from home. ....

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been keeping mum while the country is going through an unprecedented lockdown and migrants are struggling. ....

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday said labourers are country's backbone and they should be helped as mass exodus of migrants started with the lockdown in the country. ....

At a time when the country is looking for updates on new corona patients and what is India's current Corona tally, Health ministry could provide only one update through Friday. However, the latest tally on Saturday morning says, India's total Corona affected patient count has hit 873. ....

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has set up Team 11 to monitor the situation in various sectors amid coronavirus and the subsequent nationwide lockdown. ....

Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi has written a letter to Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and has asked for safety of students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya who are currently staying in Navodaya Nainital in a student exchange programme. ....

Aviation regulator DGCA has extended the suspension of domestic flights by a fortnight till April 14 in view of the ongoing 21-day nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis. ....

Punjab's first coronavirus patient, who returned from Italy and undergoing treatment in a government hospital, has tested negative and will be discharged on Friday, said Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. ....

There are at least 640 active COVID-19 cases in India at present, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday, taking the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country to 724. ....

While the festivals have arrived, this time they feel colourless without celebrations and joy as the entire national capital is locked down due to outbreak of deadly coronavirus. ....

The Jammu and Kashmir Bank, which has the largest number of branches in J&K and Ladakh union territories, has decided to fully implement the RBI guidelines seeking a three-month long moratorium on term loans. ....

Amid tens of thousands of citizens stranded in urban centres and many taking a long walk home without food and shelter, the Congress has alleged that the government is unable to control the reverse migration. ....

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 8,165 lives in locked-down Italy by Thursday, with the cumulative number of cases reaching 80,539, according to new data released by the Civil Protection Department. ....

The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide topped 500,000 as of Thursday noon, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University in the US. The fresh figure reached 510,108 cases with 22,993 deaths. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday enquired with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on the steps taken to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the state. ....

The number of coronavirus positive cases in Maharashtra increased from 125 to 135 after ten new cases were detected till late Thursday night, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said here on Friday. ....

Weddings, celebrations, parties and social get togethers are being postponed due to the lockdown and the Corona scare but now the post-death rituals are also being put off. ....

The Indian Railways is preparing to convert train coaches into isolation wards to prepare for a fight against coronavirus pandemic. ....