New Delhi : Railways on Thursday, March 19 canceled 84 trains, which will not operate between March 20 and March 31, in view of low occupancy and the novel coronavirus pandemic, officials said. With this, the total number of canceled trains has climbed to 155. Railway officials said the trains were identified last night and […]

New Dehli : A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked his party’s MPs to visit their constituencies to spread awareness on coronavirus, BJP president J P Nadda said the party would not hold any protest or demonstration for a month in view of the virus outbreak. “PM, yesterday (Tuesday) in the parliamentary party meeting, […]

Madikeri : District in-charge Secretary V Anbukumar has directed the district administration to strictly follow government orders in connection with the precautions to be taken against Coronavirus infection. Chairing a meeting at the DC’s office on Wednesday, he said that newspapers, access to television, wi-fi and quality food should be provided to those confined to […]

Mangaluru : A team comprising of officials, multi-purpose workers and health officials will create awareness on coronavirus in each ward of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) by distributing pamphlets on precautionary measures to be taken to contain the spread of the disease, MCC Commissioner Ajith Kumar Hegde Shanady said on Wednesday. The team will visit houses […]

Mangaluru : Minister for Health and Family Welfare B Sriramulu said that a laboratory to test samples for coronavirus will be set up in Mangaluru at the earliest. “Such testing laboratory should be set up in all the districts across Karnataka,” Sriramulu stressed while presiding over a review meeting in DC hall on Tuesday. He […]

New Delhi : The centre has announced grant of ex gratia relief to the families of the those who died due to novel coronavirus. While the Home ministry in its notification announced Rs 4 lakh ex gratia for the families of deceased person and those involved in the relief operations in the containment of Covid-19, as […]

Lucknow : After holding a high-level meeting on Friday to decide on precautionary and preventive measures to control the spread of coronavirus in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced closure of all the educational institutes, from basic to higher education, till March 22. However, an exemption has been made for institutes where examinations are […]

Bengaluru : The Karnataka government on Friday asked doctors and other health staff to work on public holidays also till the spread of coronavirus is contained. Accordingly, starting from tomorrow — a second Saturday — and Sunday followed by all public holidays subsequently, they have been asked discharge their duties. The government issued a circular […]

New Delhi:  The second death linked to the coronavirus reported in Delhi, a 68-year-old woman has died of coronavirus on Friday. The woman was the sixth case of coronavirus to be reported from the capital and had other conditions including high blood pressure and diabetes. A resident of West Delhi, she had come in contact with her son […]

Mangaluru : The Mangaluru city corporation commissioner issued an order to stop selling fast foods in road side in the city from Friday. The order was issued  to be a precautionary measure for coronavirus dissemination. It is learned that street vendors have banned the sale of food or any fruit or vegetables. It is said […]