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A woman gestures as she walks through a disinfection tunnel set up at the entrance of the Thennampalayam market in Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu on April 1, 2020. (AFP)

80 per cent of Tamil Nadu Covid-19 cases traced to Old Delhi meeting

The state now has 234 positive cases, of which 190 are Tablighi returnees

01 Apr 2020 11:32 PM

Nationwide, people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Old Delhi from March 10-13, such as these people from Nalgonda and Miryalaguda in Telangana, have come forward to be tested for the Covid-19 virus after reports emerged that the coronavirus spread that meeting. (PTI)

Media declared 18 Tablighi Jamaat congregants Covid+; Their tests never took place

The 18 men from Tamil Nadu had voluntarily come forward to be tested

01 Apr 2020 9:05 PM

Thirteen more people tested for coronavirus in the Ramganj area. (Photo- PTI)

Rajasthan corona count at 106 after 13 new cases

Jaipur has now become a major hotspot in the the country with 34 cases, 26 of which have been reported from the Ramganj area

01 Apr 2020 5:59 PM

Many who attended Nizamuddin religious congregation have tested positive for Covid-19. (Photo- PTI)

Of Tablighi Jamaat Nizamuddin controversy, its link to coronavirus in India

The Jamaat claims that about 2,500 members were at Nizamuddin Markaz

01 Apr 2020 5:55 PM

Health workers sanitise their collegues after disinfecting an area near Nizammuddin mosque, in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI photo

Nizamuddin Markaz: FIR against maulana, cops say 157 at masjids pose a risk

The police warned no “social distancing” is possible at these places and there was a grave public health risk

01 Apr 2020 3:41 PM

Health workers sanitise an area near Nizamuddin mosque, after people who attended the religious congregation at Tabligh-e-Jamaat's Markaz, tested postive for COVID-19, in New Delhi on Wednesday (Photo- PTI)

Markaz Nizamuddin premises vacated after 2,361 people evacuated

The total number of coronavirus cases in Delhi climbed to 120 on Tuesday after 23 new cases of the disease were reported on Tuesday

01 Apr 2020 3:15 PM

Medics screen passengers, who were airlifted from Iran, before being sent for a mandatory isolation period to an Indian Army Wellness Facility in Jodhpur. PTI photo

250 Indian pilgrims stranded in Iran corona+: Centre to Supreme Court

The embassy at Iran is in touch with the 250 people stranded there. They will be brought back, whenever there is possibility

01 Apr 2020 3:13 PM

Mumbai's covid 19 count climbs to 167. (Photo- PTI)

Mumbai's covid count rises to 167 with 16 new cases

As many as 167 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mumbai. Of them, 16 people have tested positive on Wednesday

01 Apr 2020 3:10 PM

Total number of cases in the state rise to 34

Coronavirus death count in Bengal rises to 6

A 57-year-old man, who was admitted to a private hospital in Golabari area of Howrah district two days ago, died on Tuesday night

01 Apr 2020 3:06 PM

Health workers prepare to sanitise an area near Nizamuddin mosque, after people who attended the religious congregation at Tabligh-e-Jamaat's Markaz, tested postive for COVID-19, in New Delhi. PTI image

10 covid19 hotspots in India

There are two hotspots each in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Kerala and Maharashtra and one each in Gujarat and Rajasthan

01 Apr 2020 2:49 PM

JMC workers fumigate the area around Hawa Mahal as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus, during the nationwide lockdown, in Jaipur. PTI photo

38 Covid deaths in India, 1,637 cases so far

Maharashtra recorded most deaths (9), followed by Gujarat (6), Karnataka (3) MP (3), Punjab (3), Delhi (2), West Bengal (2) and J&K (2)

01 Apr 2020 1:52 PM

People who came for ‘Jamat’, a religious gathering at Nizamuddin Mosque, being taken to LNJP hospital for COVID-19 test, after several people showed symptoms of coronavirus, during a nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi. PTI image

Search begins for Nizamuddin-linked cases as covid tally surges in India

Telangana, West Bengal, Karnataka, Gujarat and J&K are among states to have reported covid cases linked to this congregation

01 Apr 2020 12:45 PM

Indore records 19 coronavirus cases in a day

Out of the 19 new cases, 9 have been reported from a single-family which includes three children and six women

01 Apr 2020 12:33 PM

Maharashtra death toll at 12 after two more patients died. (Image- PTI)

Two more covid19 positive patient dies in Maharashtra, taking toll to 12

With 18 fresh cases, Maharashtra now has 320 covid 19 cases

01 Apr 2020 12:08 PM

More trouble brews for Maya in UPPSC scam

CBI to question 4 more officials over their role in irregularities

01 Apr 2020 9:46 AM

People who attended a religious congregation at a mosque in Delhi's Nizamuddin area are brought to hospital for COVID-19 testing on March 31, 2020. Some 700 people who attended the congregation have been quarantined while around 335 people have been admitted to hospital after 24 people were tested Covid-19 positive. (PTI)

Telangana ignored central intel on Markaz Covid-19 cluster for 10 days

Death of six people from that cluster brings hundreds to the portals of Gandhi Hospital to submit to tests

01 Apr 2020 2:35 AM

Social distancing thrown to the winds as people of Bhopal purchase vegetables during the open window available to them each day under the 21-day nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus. (PTI)

Indore blows up into Covid hotspot as authorities zero in on 31 Tablighi congregants in MP

Of the 107 people from Madhya Pradesh who attended meeting in Old Delhi, 31 traced to two religious places in Bhopal

01 Apr 2020 1:46 AM

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