New York, March 12 In an unprecedented move, US President Donald Trump has announced he is shutting down travel from Europe to the US as the coronavirus grew into a pandemic that he said called for an "unprecedented response".

Speaking to the nation from the White House Oval Office on Wednesday nigh

Rome, March 12  Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has announced the closure of all retail shops, coffee bars, pubs, restaurants and beauty salons, and called on the private sector to let employees take leave or work from home as much as possible.
The stringent new measures are aimed at stemming the spread of the

United Nations, March 12 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for action on the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the disease a pandemic.

"Today's declaration of a pandemic is a call to action -- for everyone, everywhere. It's a

Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh), March 12 Two brothers have been arrested for fighting among themselves and then setting their own house on fire during Holi revelry.

The incident took place on Wednesday at Malaraiganj village.

The brothers had been fighting since Holi eve on some domestic dispute. Bo

Lucknow, March 12 Five persons, including two former vice chancellors of the Lucknow University (LU) and two registrars have been booked for fraud and cheating in a 13-year-old case of appointment of a lecturer.

The case has been registered at the Hasanganj police station on the complaint of Prashant Pandey.<

Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh), March 12 A newly-married youth, 23, was crushed to death when a speeding tractor on which he was performing stunts for Tik Tok overturned on him.

This is the second such incident in Muzaffarnagar within a fortnight. A few days ago, a man had drowned while shooting a video for Ti

Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), March 12  A 24-year-old man was shot at by the father of a girl with whom he was allegedly having an affair.

The incident took place on Tuesday in Sahukara locality in Pilibhit.

According to reports, the girl's father, however, alleged that the youth was blackmaili

Bhopal, March 12  After Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned from the Congress, many others have started abandoning the party as well. Resignations have come from almost every part of Madhya Pradesh. So far hundreds of workers and party officials have put in their papers.

Many leaders have started aspiring for a pla

Investigative agencies have received a video of the killing of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma from the people of the locality and soon the name of his killer will be revealed, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

Shah said that after the riots the government put up advertisements in newspaper

Canada is setting up a (Canadian) $1bn ($728 mn) coronavirus response fund, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Wednesday, asserting his government would do everything to keep their people "healthy, safe and supported".

Canada has presently reported 93 cases of coronavirus and one death linked to the disease.