In view of the lockdown and closure of educational institutions for an indefinite period, Tripura and Mizoram governments in innovative steps on Saturday announced teaching through television channels and online platforms. ....

With 63 new cases, the number of coronavirus cases in the Rajasthan capital reached 286, the highest for any city in the state, said Additional Chief Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh, here on Saturday. ....

The Coimbatore police has registered a case against a Covid-19 patient for breaking the windowpanes of a hospital after he was denied homemade biryani. ....

Claiming everything was under control in his state in its fight against coronavirus, Karnataka Chief Minster B.S. Yediyurappa said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday gave tips to deal with the ongoing nationwide lockdown. ....

The Meerut district administration officials who went to seal the Jali Kothi area under the containment plan guidelines were attacked by the residents in which the city magistrate was seriously injured. ....

Delhi Cheif Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to extend the lockdown beyond April 14. ....

If the Chief Ministers' conference on Saturday, a third in less than two weeks, convened by PM Modi is an indication, there has been a growing unanimity that the ongoing shutdown should continue "at least for two more weeks". ....

Police registered a case against a sarpanch who led 40 persons to offer namaz on Shab-e barat at a mosque in Khairikhurd village of Chhindwara district, police said on Friday. They were, however, granted bail under discretionary powers of the police. ....

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Thursday, said a total 6,761 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus have been reported so far in the country. ....

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the Border Security Force (BSF) to stop all the cross-border movement across the India-Pakistan and India-Bangladesh borders amid COVID-19 outbreak. ....

23 more persons tested positive on Friday in J&K as the total number of corona patients crossed the 200-mark. ....

After Orissa, the Punjab Cabinet led by Amarinder Singh on Friday decided to extend curfew in the state by 21 days till May 1. ....

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has hailed the work done by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), Auxiliary Nurses and Midwives (ANMs) and Anganwadi workers in fighting coronavirus. ....

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren held an all- party meeting on Friday and informed the state parties that around two lakh people arrived in the state after lockdown was imposed. ....

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is monitoring nearly 66,036 persons who have been in quarantine for coronavirus. ....

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday indicated that his government was seriously thinking of extending the lockdown as the time did not appear to be right for lifting the restrictions. ....

The scam-tainted Wadhawan brothers who are out on bail in the Yes Bank/DHFL fraud cases were reportedly spotted violating the lockdown in the famed hill-station of Mahabaleshwar, and have now been shunted into quarantine, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader said here on Thursday. ....

Maharashtra recorded 25 deaths in a day, breaking all coronavirus records in the country so far. The number of positive cases increased by 26 on Friday morning, taking the count of such cases to 1,390, officials said. ....

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said the state government will provide ration to the families displaced from Pakistan who are now residing in any district of the state. ....

BSP president Mayawati has demanded stern action against Subrat Pathak, the BJP MP from Kannauj, for his involvement in a case of assault against a Dalit tehsildar. ....