The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has reached 283, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. ....

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has forbidden his ministers from going to crowded places due to the growing scare over the coronavirus outbreak. ....

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday approved the inclusion of AYUSH Health and Wellness Centre (HWCs) component of Ayushman Bharat in National AYUSH Mission (NAM). ....

West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government on Saturday clamped down on non-essential social gatherings by shutting all restaurants, pubs, bars, clubs, hookah bars and massage parlours besides amusement parks and zoos from Sunday to March 31 to prevent spread of the Corona Virus infection. ....

The Ministry of Health has said that the total number of novel coronavirus cases, on Saturday, rose to 285 in India. ....

In order to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the authorities in Bhopal have ordered to shut down all restaurants and eateries in the city, officials said. ....

After the resignation of former chief minister Kamal Nath, efforts are on to form a new government in Madhya Pradesh. Sources said that the next government is likely to assume office by March 25. ....

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday called for 24-hour shutdown in the state from 6 a.m. on Sunday as part of the efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. ....

Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh, who had attended a party where coronavirus-positive singer Kanika Kapoor was also present, has tested negative for the virus that has sparked a scare in UP capital city Lucknow. ....

A total of 215 evacuess who were brought to the ITBP Chhawla Quarantine Facility from Italy on March 15, have tested negative for the novel coronavirus, an official said on Saturday. ....

National Conference Party president and MP from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah on Saturday released an amount of Rs 1 crore from his Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) fund to combat coronavirus threat in Jammu and Kashmir. ....

Around 300 Indians, comprising Punjabis, have been struck at the Kuala Lumpur airport after India banned the entry of flights from Malaysia in a bid to contain novel coronavirus outbreak. ....

A group housing society in Noida Sector 74 on Saturday was sealed as one of the residents tested positive for COVID-19 infection. ....

In a major health concern, the total number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra shot up to 63 on Saturday, with 11 new cases detected overnight among several foreign-returned persons, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said here. ....

The Lucknow administration has shut down a large part of the trans-Gomti area in the Uttar Pradesh capital where Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor, who has tested positive for COVID-19, was staying. ....

It was 3 a.m. on Friday when all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case were taken out from their barracks for a brief time. They were already awake as the "fear to be hanged" did not allow them to sleep. When the jail authorities asked them to finish their routine work and wear the new clothes provided by the jail authorities, they all broke down and fell at the feet of the jail staff. ....

Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon has accepted the resignation of Kamal Nath as Chief Minister; however, he has asked Nath to continue to work as acting Chief Minister till an alternative arrangement emerges. ....

The Italian COVID-19 patient, Andrey Carly (69 years), who tested negative in Rajasthan after being given medical treatment here, died on Friday due to heart attack, confirmed health officials here on Friday. ....

Amid the crisis over the government, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath announced on Friday that he was going to submit his resignation to the Governor. ....

Congress leader and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor said that he stands in solidarity with the Prime Minister's appeal for "Janata Curfew", and would observe this on Sunday, but he criticised Modi for failing to spell out the action. ....