Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 3 (ANI): Mosques in Lucknow remained closed on Friday as people have been advised to offer namaz at their homes amid lockdown in the wake of coronavirus crisis.
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Friday wrote to Chief Secretaries of all states and Union Territories (UTs) for effective exemption of agriculture operations from lockdown to ensure smooth harvesting and sowing by farmers.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 3 (ANI): The Odisha government announced a 48-hour shutdown across Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Bhadrak from 8 pm on Friday in view of increasing cases of COVID-19 in these cities.
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], April 3 (ANI): As the nation has been put under complete lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, people are engaging themselves with new activities and learning new skills to kill time.
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): As Bollywood celebrities practice self-isolation in view of the 21-day-long government-imposed lockdown, actor Vicky Kaushal has been seen cleaning a fan with the cloth. The actor also joked in between as he stands on the ground while he does the househol
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that turning off lights and burning candles has no relation with the fight against coronavirus.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 3 (ANI): In a bid to alleviate the mental health concerns of people in Maharashtra during the lockdown period, a 24x7 helpline, called 'BMC-Mpower 1on1', has been launched.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 3 (ANI): Maharashtra Congress chief and state cabinet minister Balasaheb Thorat on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take the coronavirus crisis in the country more seriously.
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Government of India's flagship fitness movement -- Fit India -- will organise live sessions titled 'Fit India Active Days' starting from Saturday to ensure the people have access to the best health, fitness and wellness sessions during the lockdown in vi
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Even as the nationwide lockdown entered its 10th day, the number of positive cases of coronavirus continued to rise on Friday with India's tally climbing to 2,301, including 156 cured and discharged and 56 deaths.
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Central government on public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions for providing free of cost COVID-19 testing facility to citizens at private and government testing labs.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 3 (ANI): The central government should help the migrant and daily wage labourers to reach their homes as the lockdown has hit these people the most, said one of the members of Rahul Tarun Mitra Mandal association in Mumbai on Friday.