The Indian Railways turned 167 years old on Thursday and for the first time ever, its trains did not carry any passengers on its birthday and instead stood idle in the yards waiting for the nationwide lockdown to end. On this day 167 years ago, the wheels of the first passenger train in the country from Mumbai to Thane started rolling. In 1974, Indians experienced life without trains for the first time. In May 1974 during the strike of the railways that lasted for around three weeks, drivers, station masters, guards, track staff and many others went on ‘chakka jam’…
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A big VIP wedding took place in Karnataka this morning amid the coronavirus lockdown and photos showed no social distancing, masks or any precaution in the rituals. Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s grandson Nikhil Kumaraswamy married Revathi, the grandniece of a Congress leader and former minister, at a farmhouse about 28 km from state capital Bengaluru. The wedding ceremony involving two political families had no guests, as claimed by former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, the groom’s father, but all traditions were followed. Family and relatives were at the farmhouse in Ramanagara of Mr Kumaraswamy, where the bride and groom…
Hundreds of people participated in the Siddhalingeswara temple chariot festival in Chitapur village on Thursday, violating the lockdown orders. “Today at 6.30 am, around 100-150 people had come near Siddalingeshwara temple for about 20 mintues and took part in chariot pulling procession,” told Superintendent of Police Lada Martin. A case has been registered against 20 people and further investigation is going to ascertain more details related to the religious gathering. Meanwhile, a sub-inspector has been suspended. Thirty-six cases of coronavirus were reported in Karnataka on Thursday, taking the state”s tally to 315.
The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 437, and the number of cases to 13,387 in the country on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 11,201, as many as 1,748 people have been cured and discharged, and one had migrated, it said. The total number of positive cases includes 76 foreign nationals. Maharashtra, Delhi tops the list Seventeen deaths have been reported since Thursday evening: seven from Maharashtra, six from Delhi, three from West Bengal and one from Tamil Nadu. Of the total 437 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally…
ICMR said that a total of 3.02 lakh samples from 2.86 lakh individuals have been tested as on April 16 out of which 12,581 individuals have been confirmed positive among suspected cases and contacts of known positive cases in This translates into only 4.39 per cent of the individuals who were tested were positive for COVID-19. On Thursday till 9 p.m., 27,256 samples have been reported and of these 1,206 were positive for SARS-CoV-2, translating into a conversion rate of 4.42 per cent. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday refuted the allegation of testing less people to…
12,759 CASES 10,824 ACTIVE 1,515 RECOVERED 420 DEATHS
As the highly contagious coronavirus spreads around the world, Israel and the Palestinians struggle to contain a local outbreak that has virtually halted daily life and led to tens of thousands of people entering quarantine. 12,758 Israelis have so far tested positive for the coronavirus; 142 people have died. In the West Bank, 282 cases have been diagnosed so far. Two have died. In Gaza, 13 cases have been diagnosed. Coronavirus world tracker: Live statistics of cases and deaths The government has called upon Israelis to wear face masks in public to better protect themselves and others from the virus.…
Telangana Health Minister E. Rajender on Thursday said that 640 of 700 so far tested positive for Covid-19 in the state are attendees of Tablighi Jamaat conclave in Delhi and their contacts. He told reporters that barring 50-60, all others found infected were returnees from Markaz (Tablighi Jamaat headquarters), their family members and contacts. As many as 20 members of a family of Markaz returnee in the old city of Hyderabad were found positive. “Six persons spread virus to 81 members of their families and other contacts,” he said. In another case 11 members of a family were found positive…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday extended the state’s shutdown till May 15 even as the state, the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in the US, continued to see a drop in hospitalisations and ICU admissions and recorded the lowest deaths in 10 days. The New York Pause, which had required schools and nonessential businesses to stay closed through April 29, has now been extended till May 15. “New York on PAUSE will be extended in coordination with other states to May 15. Non-essential workers must continue to stay home. Social distancing rules remain in place. We must stay…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a money laundering case against Tablighi Jamaat leader Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, trusts liked to the Jamaat and others, officials said on Thursday. They said an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) has been filed by the agency based on a Delhi Police FIR. A criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been filed, a senior official said. The Delhi Police”s crime branch had, on March 31, lodged an FIR against seven people, including the cleric, on a complaint by Station House Officer of Nizamuddin police station for holding a congregation of…