New Delhi: Airline major SpiceJet has confirmed that two passengers, who had travelled from Ahmedabad to Guwahati via Delhi on May 25 have tested Covid-19 positive. The passengers had travelled on SG-8194 (Ahmedabad-Delhi) and SG-8152 (Delhi-Guwahati). “Covid tests were conducted at Guwahati after landing and the passengers were quarantined. The test reports came on May 27,” […]
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Maharashtra Covid-19 deaths zoom to 105 on Wednesday, cases cross 55K
Mumbai: Maharashtra on Wednesday notched a new high of 105 Covid-19 deaths, from Tuesday’s previous high of 97 fatalities, with the number of cases shooting above 55,000, health officials said here. The figures include a whopping 64 deaths in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region alone, besides 2,190 new cases recorded across the state. This comes to roughly […]
Senior Delhi cop tests positive for COVID-19
New Delhi: With coronavirus cases in the national capital spiking at an alarming rate, the latest target of the deadly virus is a senior IPS officer from Delhi Police. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northern Range) Monika Bhardwaj tested positive for COVID-19, officials of Delhi Police said. Soon after the top cop tested positive for coronavirus, […]
Rajasthan’s Churu bakes at 49.6 degrees, heatwave to abate by May 29
New Delhi: Churu town in Rajasthan once again recorded the maximum temperature at 49.6 degree Celsius on Wednesday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) asserting that the heatwave will substantially abate by May 29. Besides this, Ganganagar and Bikaner districts in west Rajasthan recorded 48.9 and 48 Degree Celsius, while Kota in east Rajasthan sizzled […]
Mumbai: Woman employee found dead in government run Covid-19 hospital
Mumbai: A Class IV woman employee posted on Covid-19 duty at the state-run St George Hospital was found dead in an elevator in the hospital building, the police said here on Wednesday. As per preliminary details, the woman’s hair apparently got caught in the moving lift, leading to the tragedy. The 45-year-old woman was alone […]
22 new corona cases in CISF, total tally 95
New Delhi: A total of 22 new coronavirus cases were reported among CISF personnel in the last 24 hours, taking total such cases in the central force across the country to 95. Maximum cases among infected CISF men were those deployed at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). The […]
Record 792 cases in 24 hours in Delhi, toll crosses 300-mark
New Delhi: The coronavirus cases count in the national capital witnessed a record jump of 792 in a day, taking the total tally to 15,257 and the death toll reached 303, the Delhi Health Department said on Wednesday. Out of the total cases, 7,690 were active, it said. As per the Delhi Health reports, 15 new […]
US convict with Al Qaeda-links sent to home quarantine in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A man who was convicted in the US for terror funding the Al-Qaeda and then deported to India last week, has been brought to Hyderabad, police said on Wednesday. Mohammad Ibrahim Zubair, 40, who reached here late on Tuesday, has been kept in quarantine at his home in Alwal under the limits of Cyberabad police […]
Maharashtra records staggering 97 Covid-19 deaths
Mumbai: Maharashtra on Tuesday notched a record 97 deaths, up by 21 over the previous high of 76 fatalities recorded last Tuesday (May 19), health officials said here. The latest death toll includes a whopping 72 deaths in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) alone, besides 2,091 new cases which were reported from across the state […]
Passenger on IndiGo’s Chennai-Coimbatore flight tests Covid positive
Chennai: Airline major IndiGo said a passenger, who travelled on its Chennai to Coimbatore flight on Monday, has tested positive for Covid-19. “We received confirmation from the Coimbatore airport doctor that a passenger who travelled on 6E 381 from Chennai to Coimbatore on 25th May evening, has tested positive for Covid-19,” the airline said in […]