Chandigarh, People in Punjab can now get their curfew passes for emergencies, report mass gatherings, know home quarantine patients and foreign returned travellers and do a lot more on the COVA app, which will also soon provide facility of groceries, the state government said on Saturday.

Several states have adopt

Mumbai, The health authorities have confirmed the death of a senior Mumbai doctor due to COVID-19 even as the number of positive cases rose to 169 in Maharashtra on Saturday.

The positive cases include seven new patients in Mumbai and the rest in other parts of the state where they are undergoing treatment in hosp

Guwahati/Agartala, Several NGOs in northeastern states have come forward to feed the stray animals, specialy dogs, cows and monkeys, who are facing starvation due to the countrywide lockdown following coronavirus.


The dreaded virus and subsequent lockdown across India have not only shattered the lives of p

Mumbai, In one of the biggest gestures of corporate benevolence, the Tata Trusts on Saturday announced an amount of Rs 500 crore to fight the COVID-19 pandemic raging around the world.

Tata Trusts Chairman Ratan N. Tata said that the current situation in India and across the world is of grave concern and needs imm

Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Saturday requested the Central government to grant Rs 9,000 crore to the state for coronavirus impact relief works after borrowing from Reserve Bank of India.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, text of which was released to the media, Palaniswami said

Kolkata, The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to feed 30 lakh poor families in West Bengal daily during the lockdown, called to prevent spread of coronavirus.

"During the lockdown, we will provide two meals a day to at least 30 lakh poor families. We will do it in coordination with the administration,

Chandigarh,  No new case of coronavirus was reported from Punjab on Saturday, the government said. Meanwhile, the state's first case -- of an NRI belonging to Hoshiarpur -- was discharged after cured.

The state has seen one death of an elderly man, who too has a travel history to Germany via Italy.

New Delhi, Amid countrywide lockdown due to the Covid-19 outbreak, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, here on Saturday, raised with Union Home Minister Amit Shah the issue of students and labourers from Jammu and Kashmir stranded across the country.

According to Azad's office, he also demanded special he

Srinagar, Five villages in Rajouri district of Jammu & Kashmir's Jammu division have been declared as 'red zones' to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection, authorities said on Saturday.

An order issued by District Magistrate, Rajouri said that five villages -- Sarola, Mangal Nar, Kotli, Gambir M

Hyderabad, With confusion and panic setting in different areas of Hyderabad over reported declaration of some areas as 'Red Zones' in the wake of the emerging COVID-19 scenario, the authorities stepped in to control the damage.

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Commission (GHMC) issued a statement on Saturda