Man Suspected of Coronavirus Commits Suicide by Jumping off Safdarjung Hospital Building: Police

New Delhi: A man suspected to be infected with COVID-19 allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a Safdarjung Hospital building on Wednesday, soon after he was admitted to the facility here by airport authorities, police said. The man was brought by the airport authorities as a coronavirus suspect and was immediately put […]
‘Won’t interfere’: Supreme Court on Madhya Pradesh floor test, cites Constitutional duties

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it is not going to come in the way of the legislature to decide who enjoys the trust. It was hearing the petitions filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seeking the trust vote in Madhya Pradesh and the Congress which had opposed it. “As a constitutional court, we […]
Tihar Jail Holds Dummy Hanging Of Nirbhaya Gang-Rape Convicts

New Delhi: A dummy execution for the four Nirbhaya gang-rape convicts was conducted at Delhi’s Tihar Jail by hangman Pawan. The four convicts in the 2012 case — Mukesh Singh, Akshay Singh Thakur, Pawan Gupta, and Vinay Sharma — are scheduled to be hanged at 5:30 am on March 20. The execution of their death warrants […]
People living in difficult times, institutions under ‘great threat’: Former VP Hamid Ansari

People of the country are living in “difficult times” and it was important to act because if this continues, “it will be too late to wake up”, former vice-president Hamid Ansari was quoted as saying by PTI. Speaking at the launch of Bhalchandra Mungekar’s book “My Encounters in Parliament”, Ansari said the institutions were under […]
Indians in Iran: Can’t confirm whether 250 people are infected with COVID-19, says MEA

Amid media reports claiming that over 250 Indians have tested positive with COVID-19 in Iran, the Ministry of External Affairs Tuesday said they cannot confirm the development. At a routine coronavirus status press briefing in the national capital today, MEA Additional Secretary Dammu Ravi was quoted as saying by PTI: “Cannot confirm that over 250 Indians in Iran have […]
Mumbai man dies of COVID-19, third fatality in India

India on Tuesday reported its third coronavirus fatality with a 64-year-old man dying in Mumbai, Health Ministry officials said as the number of positive cases rose to 125. The patient, whose wife is stable, is the first COVID-19 death in Maharashtra, the official said. Earlier, a 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi in Karnataka with a travel […]
Shaheen Bagh protesters will have to follow ban on gathering over coronavirus: Kejriwal

The ban on gatherings of more than 50 people in Delhi to stop coronavirus spread will also cover protests including the one against the amended citizenship law in Shaheen Bagh, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday. Arvind Kejriwal announced the new steps during a press conference after reviewing the city government’s efforts to stop the […]
Many Indian pilgrims in Iran test positive for COVID-19

New Delhi/Tehran: A large number of Indian pilgrims in Iran have tested positive for coronavirus and will stay back for medical treatment in the country till they recover. The overall death toll crossed 700 and infections rose to around 25,000 across Iran on Sunday. Iran is one among the worst affected countries with most cases […]
‘Will Be Available’: Pakistan After PM Modi Proposes SAARC Video Conference On Coronavirus

Pakistan has said it will participate in a video conference of SAARC member countries proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to combat the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic that has killed over 5,000 people globally. Prime Minister Modi reached out to the eight-member regional grouping on Friday and pitched for a video conference among the leaders of […]
Coronavirus: Modi calls for SAARC nations’ conference to build strateg

Agencies NEW DELHI: In the wake of the rapid spread of coronavirus infections across countries, including South Asia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proposed a conference among leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka to discuss a strategy to combat the disease. “I would like to propose that the leadership of […]