Condolences are pouring in on the demise of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's father Anand Singh Bisht, who passed away at AIIMS on Monday morning in Delhi. ....

At least 30 media persons, mostly from the electronic media, have tested Covid-19 positive after they underwent tests at a special camp organized here last week, an office-bearer said. ....

About 50 suspects were detained for allegedly assaulting healthcare workers and damaging public property in the city's south-west suburb on Sunday night, police said on Monday. ....

No fresh coronavirus cases were reported from any of the eight northeastern states in the past 24 hours even as several people, who had earlier tested positive, discharged from the hospital as they recovered from the dreaded disease, ministers and officials said on Sunday. ....

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath spoke to his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray on Monday and sought action against the accused in the Palghar incident in which three people were lynched over rumours of them being kidnappers. ....

With 1,553 new cases in 24 hours, the total tally of novel coronavirus cases stood at 17,265 on Monday, the Ministry of Health and Family welfare said. ....

Three days after a huge mob of villagers lynched three persons near a village in Palghar during lockdown, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party demanded a high-level probe into the incident. ....

The number of total Covid positive cases in India as risen up to 17,615 as per latest data released by the ICMR. ....

Ever since the diplomatically disastrous trip of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's to India two years ago, the New Delhi-Ottawa relations have been at an ebb. Reason: the increasing influence of Pakistan in Canada. ....

Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Sunday asserted that doubling rate of coronavirus cases has increased from three days before imposition of lockdown in March to 9.7 days now. ....

Lockdown will not be lifted in 19 districts that have reported more than ten Corona positive cases, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said in a meeting conducted through video conferencing with all District Magistrates and police chiefs on Sunday evening. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, showing his determination to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic, said on Saturday, "There is no need to panic." ....

The total number of coronavirus cases in India on Saturday evening reached 14,792, including foreign nationals, with 12,289 active cases, the Union Health Ministry said. ....

A Group of Ministers' meeting chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday reviewed the situation in the wake of extension of lockdown due to Covid-19 up to May 3, in New Delhi. The meeting examined suggestions received to enlist services of retired doctors, health professionals and medical students in the final year of their graduation, government sources said. ....

Union Home minister Amit Shah in a telephonic message to Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh on Saturday appreciated the role of the police to enforce the lockdown in the Union Territory, J&K police said. ....

Tamil Nadu police has collected about Rs 1.06 crore as fine from vehicle drivers for violating the lockdown orders, said a police official on Saturday. ....

The Uttar Prfadesh government is all set to launch the much-awaited Rapid Testing Kits, which use antibody-based blood tests for Covid-19, the results of which will come in minutes. Uttar Pradesh will become the first state in the country to do so. ....

One more person died of coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh while 31 new cases were reported during the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. ....

Senior Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday demanded mobilisation of scientists, engineers and data experts to work on innovative solution amid the coronavirus crisis. ....

The total number of coronavirus cases in India on Saturday increased to 14,378 with 11,906 active cases, while the death toll stood at 480, the Union Health Ministry said. ....