The Bihar government on Thursday extended the lockdown for another 10 days while revising the timing of the opening of shops selling essential items. Shops in urban areas will open between 6 am and 10 am while the timing will be 8 am-12noon for rural areas. Also, the number of guests allowed at weddings has been cut to 20 with a ban on 'Baraat' and loudspeakers.Read Less
Bhagat Singh’s nephew Abhay Sandhu died of post-COVID health-related complications. He had been undergoing treatment at Fortis Hospital in Mohali for the past several days: Punjab government (ANI)
Gujarat reports 9,995 new Covid cases, taking the total to 7.35 lakh. The state also recorded deaths of 104 positive patients, taking the death toll to 8,944.
29 deaths and 4,305 new Covid-19 cases recorded in Telangana today. Total no of cases mounts to 5,20,709 of which 54,832 are active.
Onset of monsoon over Kerala likely to be on May 31 with model error of plus or minus 4 days: IMD. PTI
Lockdown extended in Kerala till May 23: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Andhra Pradesh reports 22,018 new Covid-19 cases, taking the cumulative caseload to 13,88,803. Toll increases to 9,173 with 96 more deaths
Telangana high court stays the state government's order to allow ambulances with patients coming from neighbouring states only if they have prior tie-up with hospitals. (ANI)
The state government will bear the cost of Covid-19 treatment of journalists of print, electronic & digital media. We will also bear the cost of their family members' Covid-19 treatment: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Our Govt has decided to consider workers employed in Pharmaceuticals/medicine supply chain from production to retailing as frontline Covid healthcare warriors. Divyangs/differently abled people with disability cards to also be considered for priority vaccination: Goa CM P Sawant
First dose of Sputnik vaccine administered in Hyderabad
Gang war in Chitrakoot jail in Uttar Pradesh. Firearms find way inside high security barrack. Notorious criminals Mukeem Kala, Mirajuddin & Anshu Dikshit killed.
24 teams pre-deployed & 29 teams on standby/ ready for Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat & Maharashtra ahead of Cyclone Tauktae warning: National Disaster Response Force DG, SN Pradhan
Odisha reports 12,390 new Covid-19 cases, 8,665 recoveries and 22 deaths in the last 24 hours
Rajasthan needs at least 20 lakh vaccine doses urgently
Rajasthan 4th in country in number of active Covid cases
Lockdown extended in Shillong as cases mount
Lockdown in the entire East Khasi Hills district, which includes state capital Shillong, has been further extended up to May 24 with Covid-19 cases and related deaths mounting as 18 fatalities and 591 new cases were registered on Wednesday.
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