Day: March 23, 2020

Action if people venture out without valid reason: Police

11:42 pm March 23, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: With the Kerala government imposing a lockdown from midnight tonight, the police department has asked people to remain indoors and not to venture out without any valid reason, failing which stern measures, including arrests, would follow. State police chief Loknath Behara said there will be an effective lockdown and it will be coordinated by […]

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Min temp of 22.4 C in Delhi

Coronavirus: 30 states, UTs under complete lockdown

11:31 pm March 23, 2020

New Delhi: A total of 30 states and Union Territories covering 548 districts have announced complete lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, the government said on Monday. A tweet by the Press Information Bureau said the states which have imposed lockdown in all districts include Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, and Nagaland.

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Concern over lack of protective gears for healthcare professionals

Kolkata doctor couple, who returned from US, forced to isolation unit for venturing out

11:26 pm March 23, 2020

Kolkata: A doctor couple and their daughter, who returned from the US recently, were forcefully taken to the isolation facility in Rajarhat on Monday after they were found to be ignoring the advice of home quarantine and venturing out, officials said. The two doctors, residents of a housing complex off EM Bypass near Ruby Hospital, […]

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Coronavirus: 4,329 people under observation in J-K

11:25 pm March 23, 2020

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday said 4,329 travellers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been put under observation and four people have tested positive for coronavirus so far in the Union Territory. According to the daily media bulletin on novel coronavirus (COVID-19), 2,916 people have been kept under home quarantine […]

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Gujarat: Congress, BJP spar over Dhaman-1 ventilators

Dwarka family booked for violating quarantine rules

11:10 pm March 23, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Monday registered a case against a family, one of whose members is an air hostess, in Dwarka for violating quarantine rules, officials said. An FIR was registered at Dwarka North Police Station under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act after […]

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