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A police personnel makes announcements using a loudspeaker at the closed Jambli Naka market during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Thane. PTI Photo

Borders of Maharashtra's Thane district sealed till April 15

After Mumbai city, Thane district is affected with the spread of Covid-19 pandemic with a police officer testing...

12 April 2020 11:12 AM IST

Doctors wearing protective suits examine a woman in a bid to detect COVID-19 positive cases, at a camp at Sewri slums during the nationwide lockdown, in Mumbai. PTI Photo

Mumbai's BMC resumes door-to-door screening drive in Dharavi

The civic body is screening around 7.5 lakh population in Dharavi, which started on Friday and will continue for around...

12 April 2020 10:53 AM IST

Muslim wedding. (Photo- Twitter)

Covid-19 postpones weddings of 14,000 MP couples

Fearing lockdown extension, hosts are cancelling marriage hall, hotel bookings

12 April 2020 10:34 AM IST

A medic takes samples for a coronavirus test in the containment zone of Kurla in Mumbai on April 11, 2020. (PTI)

Mumbai stares at medical crisis as nearly 100 frontline workers test...

With some hospitals being sealed off, hundreds of beds have fallen into disuse in hotspot city

12 April 2020 9:39 AM IST

The divisional commissioner of Indore, Akash Tripathi, visits the Taat Patti Bakhal locality where health workers were attacked by local people last week. (PTI)

In Covid hotspot Indore, graveyards witness a sudden spurt in burials

At least 183 bodies were buried in five graveyards in the first nine days of April

12 April 2020 9:15 AM IST

A worker wearing full protecting gear sanitises a tiger enclosure at the Alipore zoo in Kolkata. (PTI)

Zoos on high alert: Animals under watch 24x7, keepers told to keep...

Central Zoo Authority sends urgent advisory after report of a tiger being corona positive at Bronx Zoo in New York

11 April 2020 1:04 PM IST

: A pedestrian wearing a mask walks past parked auto rickshaw during the nationwide lockdown, in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, at Kandivali in Mumbai. PTI Photo

With 92 new cases, Covid19 count in Maharashtra reaches 1,666

So far, 110 persons have died due to the infection in the state

11 April 2020 1:01 PM IST

Hurrack or Feni

As liquor stores down their shutters, Goa goes traditional

Hurrack, which is also caled as Feni is a traditional liquor in Goa, which is made from cashew apple juice

11 April 2020 12:22 PM IST

Firefighters spray disinfectant near Nizamuddin mosque in Delhi. PTI Photo

Panic in Assam as 3 Covid positive Tablighis hold meet of 100

The three men, on their way back from Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi, had organised a religious congregation of nearly 100...

11 April 2020 11:10 AM IST

Indore was where health personnel were attacked while doing a survey last week. Here, residents of the Taat Patti Bakhal locality apologize to a team of doctors a day after health workers were attacked by some locals who went there to screen residents in wake of COVID 19 pandemic, in Indore, Thursday, Aworkers were attacked by some locals who went there to screen residents in wake of COVID 19 pandemic, in Indore, Sunday, April 5, 2020. (PTI Photo)(PTI05-04-2020_000160B)

Another doctor falls to Covid-19 in Indore, India's surprise hot-spot...

And over in Bhopal, of the 117 confirmed cases reported so far, 61 are health officials and 12 are cops

11 April 2020 8:09 AM IST

Nagar Nigam workers sanitise area sealed to contain spread of coronavirus amid nationwide lockdown in Lucknow. PTI photo

Ramping up testing in UP can be lifesaver: Priyanka to Yogi

The Congress leader also called up creation of more isolation wards and quarantine centres

10 April 2020 1:38 PM IST

Ind-Ra downgrades power sector ratings to negative

Ind-Ra downgrades power sector ratings to negative

Power generation companies will face an elevated counterparty risk due to steep fall in demand

10 April 2020 1:28 PM IST