Tag Archives: Maharashtra

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Center is committed to states like Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi, which have shown a worrying peak in Covid-19 cases with serious gaps in contact tracing, quarantine and containment efforts that threaten to skew the national graph. The deterioration in the doubling time of 12 to 10 …

[ad_1] Representative image NEW DELHI: The health ministry said on Friday that Indians would have to learn to live with coronavirus, indicating that there might not be an early decrease in the disease and would require adjustment to a new normality of social distancing and sanitation that could become part …

[ad_1] The total number of new cases of coronavirus in Maharashtra soared more than 19,000 today after 1,089 more patients were declared positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. The state currently has 19,063 coronavirus cases since the outbreak, an official with the health minister said. The death toll …

[ad_1] ANI photo MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday he refuted speculation about the Army’s call in Mumbai, which has become a major coronavirus access point In a live webcast, he said additional Union government manpower can be sought if necessary for the state police to have a …

[ad_1] Sixteen migrant workers, trying to return on foot to their home state, Madhya Pradesh, were killed on Friday when a freight train ran over them between the Jalna and Aurangabad districts, nearly 260 km from here. One was seriously injured, while three escaped. According to Aurangabad police authorities and …

[ad_1] Mumbai: Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday he tried to calm fears that the army He will be called to watch the streets so that the blockade is applied since the police proved to be ineffective in restricting the movement of people. “Rumors have been circulating for the past …

[ad_1] Representative image NEW DELHI: More than 2.5 lakh passengers have traveled on 222 special trains for stranded migrant workers due to the ongoing blockade announced to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the country, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MHA) said on Friday. Addressing a press conference, MHA Joint …

[ad_1] A policeman in a protective mask enters a shelter created for migrant workers. (REUTERS / Francis Mascarenhas) Of the 17,974 Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, 11,394 were reported from Mumbai alone. PTI Last update: May 8, 2020, 12:33 p.m. IST Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Friday expressed confidence that …

[ad_1] The locomotive pilot who was driving the freight train that was involved in the Aurangabad train incident had tried to warn workers on the track by honking the train’s horn, the railway ministry said on Friday. He also tried to stop the train after seeing the men, the ministry …

[ad_1] The coronavirus hot spots in Maharashtra are likely to see an extension in the shutdown, which is scheduled to end on May 17. “We cannot rule out the possibility of a prolonged blockade at this stage, but it is too early to comment on, as there are still 10 …