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On Wednesday, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh was placed under preventive arrest. He was sitting on dharna near Ramada hotel in Bengaluru, allegedly after he was not allowed by Police to visit it. Keep an eye on this space for all the latest news and updates that take place throughout the day.
18 Mar, 23:32 (IST)
Embassy of India in United States of America (USA) releases updated advisory for Indian students in USA in view of COVID19 pandemic.
18 Mar, 22:34 (IST)
PM Narendra Modi to address the nation Thursday evening on coronavirus outbreak and ways to contain it
18 Mar, 22:08 (IST)
All ongoing examinations, including that of CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) & university exams, may be rescheduled after March 31: Ministry of Human Resource Development
18 Mar, 22:04 (IST)
Police Commissionerate, Noida: In view of emergency situation arising out of threat of Coronavirus & following section 144 of CrPC, it is announced that no social, political, cultural, religious, sports and business gatherings shall be allowed in Gautam Buddh Nagar district till April 5
18 Mar, 22:04 (IST)
Police Commissionerate, Noida: In view of emergency situation arising out of threat of Coronavirus & following section 144 of CrPC, it is announced that no social, political, cultural, religious, sports and business gatherings shall be allowed in Gautam Buddh Nagar district till April 5
18 Mar, 21:06 (IST)
Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad will remain closed for visitors from March 19 to March 29 in order to control the spread of #coronavirus: Sabarmati Ashram Preservation & Memorial Trust
18 Mar, 20:08 (IST)
Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi likely to take oath as Rajya Sabha MP at 11am tomorrow. President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated him to the Rajya Sabha.
18 Mar, 19:43 (IST)
National Investigation Agency files chargesheet against 9 suspected Khalistan Zindabad Force terrorists in Punjab drone arms drop case.Further investigation against absconding accused Gurmeet Singh and Ranjit Singh continues
18 Mar, 19:41 (IST)
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2020.
18 Mar, 18:45 (IST)
Uttarakhand govt issues order to allow govt employees to work from home. The order reads, "Only employees whose presence in offices is very necessary shall be called to office". The order will be effective from March 19 to March 25.
18 Mar, 18:03 (IST)
Chennai reports second positive case for #COVID19. The patient hails from Delhi, is in isolation & stable. He is under the observation of expert team: Tamil Nadu Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar
18 Mar, 17:53 (IST)
The number of positive cases of coronavirus in India rises to 151 (including 25 foreign nationals)
18 Mar, 17:50 (IST)
As per govt guidelines, Mimi Chakraborty will be home quarantined for 14 days as she returned from London today: Anirban Bhattacharya, Press Secretary of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mimi Chakraborty
18 Mar, 17:50 (IST)
As per govt guidelines, Mimi Chakraborty will be home quarantined for 14 days as she returned from London today: Anirban Bhattacharya, Press Secretary of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mimi Chakraborty
18 Mar, 17:12 (IST)
Karnataka High Court rejects the plea by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh seeking directions to the police to allow him to meet rebel Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs who are lodged in Bengaluru.
18 Mar, 16:53 (IST)
The number of people infected by COVID-19 in Spain soared past 13,700 on Wednesday with the number of deaths rising to 558, the Spanish health ministry says
18 Mar, 16:51 (IST)
Congress leader Deepender Singh Hooda has been elected unopposed as Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana.
18 Mar, 16:39 (IST)
2012 Delhi gang-rape case: Convicts have moved Delhi Court seeking stay on sentence of the death penalty on the grounds of pendency of various legal applications, appeals and second mercy plea. The four convicts are scheduled to be hanged on 20th March, as per the death warrant.
18 Mar, 16:21 (IST)
Indian Army has issued advisory to all commands regarding #COVID19. All wargames and conferences are hereby postponed till further orders. All training activities to be postponed or cancelled, in view of the current circumstances.
Mumbai, March 18: On Tuesday, several new cases of COVID-19 were reported from across the country. While the number of infected people in Maharashtra and Karnataka shot up, West Bengal confirmed the first coronavirus case in the state, days after several other provinces began reporting COVID-19 infections. The first coronavirus victim in the northeastern state - an 18-year-old male - has a travel history to the United Kingdom.
China has given the go-ahead for researchers to begin human safety tests of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in the race to develop a shot against the COVID19 epidemic that has killed more than 7,000 people worldwide.
The situation in the US is extremely worrisome as the cases of novel coronavirus are rising exponentially in the country. The number of COVID-19 positive cases rose fivefold in the US compared to last week, when around 1,000 cases were reported in the nation. The number of deaths due to coronavirus has surged to 91 in the nation, making it the worst affected among the group of nations in South America and North America combined.
On Wednesday, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh was placed under preventive arrest. He was sitting on dharna near Ramada hotel in Bengaluru, allegedly after he was not allowed by Police to visit it.
Keep an eye on this space for all the latest news and updates that take place throughout the day.
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