Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 18 (ANI): Lockdown has been extended in Punjab's Ludhiana district upto May 31. However, activities like taxi and cab aggregators, barbershops and salons and agricultural activities have been permitted to operate in non-containment zones.
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has directed all States and Union Territories (UTs) to initiate necessary action in terms of categorisation of red, orange and green zones, and delineation of containment and buffer zones.
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given powers to States/UTs to demarcate areas in Green, Orange and Red zones, which will them to start activities except in containment zones.
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Union Ministry of home affairs (MHA) on Sunday while issuing guidelines for lockdown 4 fulfilled the demand of almost all states of deciding Red, Green and Orange zones by state authorities instead of the central government.
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 17 (ANI): One Tahir Ahmad Bhat, belonging to the Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit was killed in an encounter occurred in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, said Inspector General of Police, Jammu zone, Mukesh Singh.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 17 (ANI): In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Dehradun district administration has been using technological surveillance as well as community surveillance through grassroots workers in containment zones.
Rishikesh (Uttarakhand) [India], May 17 (ANI): ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers and government teachers have been deployed to conduct daily door-to-door health surveillance of citizens residing in coronavirus containment zones of Shiva Enclave and Awas Vikas colony of Rishikesh.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 17 (ANI): Heavy police force has been deployed in Hindpiri area, a COVID-19 red zone, after locals resorted to stone-pelting against CRPF personnel on Saturday, the district administration said.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 17 (ANI): South Central Railway zone has developed a robotic device, "RAIL-BOT" (R-BOT) to assist in hospital management functions towards patient care in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 16 (ANI): Personnel of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) who have been deployed to enforce lockdown in containment zones here, took out a flag march from Khadak Police Station to Samarth Police Station on Saturday.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 16 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced the replacement of strict curfew with a lockdown till May 31 in the State, while indicating resumption of limited public transport and maximum possible relaxations in non-containment zones