Panaji, Chaos reigned on the streets of Goa on Friday after chief minister Pramod Sawant decided to open grocery stores, a decision he said taken "under duress".

Thousands of people thronged the streets from as early as 5 a.m. to scout for essential goods like rice, wheat flour, milk, oil and vegetables

Thiruvananthapuram, The agrarian sector in Kerala has taken a hit with coconut wholesalers and those at Kozhikode taking the biggest beating as around three million coconuts are piled up in the market, unable to be transported to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Kozhikode is one of the biggest coconut markets for green c

Chennai, The total number of coronavirus positive cases went up to 35 with six new cases being reported in Tamil Nadu, said National Health Mission- Tamil Nadu.

In a tweet on Friday the National Health Mission-Tamil Nadu (NHM-TN) said six new positive cases of Covid-19 were reported in the state.

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Mumbai, Around 100,000-plus citizens of North Eastern states and Tibetans living, studying or working in Maharashtra are on the verge of panic over the 21-day lockdown as they could encounter a probable 'life-and-death' situation.

Mumbai and Pune, the two main cities which are also worst-hit by COVID-

Chennai,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday enquired with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on the steps taken to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the state.

In an official statement issued here the state government said Modi had called Palaniswami and enquired about the preventive measures ag

Amaravati,  Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N. Chandrababu Naidu has hailed the steps taken by the Modi government to tackle COVID-19 threat.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, Naidu lauded the initiatives taken by him to contain the spread

Xian (China),  The schedule for China's 14th National Games in 2021 cannot be confirmed at this stage because of the postponement of this summer's Olympic Games, a local organising committee official said on Friday.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Tuesday that the 2020 Toky

Mumbai,  Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Friday urged people not to look down upon those infected with novel coronavirus, adding that its responsibility of the society to make sure that proper care of COVID-19 patients is taken.

In a video posted on his Twitter handle, Tendulkar said: "As a socie

New Delhi,  Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra said that he is committed to his undertakings despite the uncertainty due to the coronavirus situation. The country is under a 21-day lockdown since Wednesday to deal with the pandemic that has taken 20 lives thus far in India and over 20,000 around the world.

Ahmedabad,  The nationwide lockdown has brought the gardener out in India pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who on Friday shared photos of his time with plants.

Bumrah said he is using this off time to reflect on aspects of my life that are truly important.

"Using this time to reflect on the aspects o