New Delhi, March 27, 2020: A relief camp set up in northeast Delhi for hundreds of families affected by last month’s violence has been closed over fears of the highly contagious COVID-19 virus spreading among its occupants. The Eidgah camp in northeast Delhi’s Old Mustafabad has been shut by theContinue Reading
Thuvayoor, March 26, 2020: A vicar and two officials of a local church in Kerala’s Pathtanamthitta were arrested on March 25 on charges of conducting a funeral service, defying the government order against mass gatherings in view of the coronavirus outbreak, police said. Father Reji Yohanan, vicar of St PetersContinue Reading
Bhopal, March, 26,2020: Tribal hamlets in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar have taken their own steps to ensure the safety of their communities during the coronavirus outbreak. The villagers have made personal protective equipment such as masks made from palm leaves. They are also not stepping out from their homes to fight COVID-19.Continue Reading
New Delhi, March 25, 2020: The nationwide lockdown is a God given opportunity to wage a spiritual war against coronavirus and other evils in the world, says a leading Catholic charismatic retreat preacher. “We should accept the orders of our rulers with hope. Nothing happens in the world without God’sContinue Reading
Kolkata, March 25, 2020: The Church of North India (CNI) on March 24 decided to offer part of its premises to the state government to set up quarantine facilities. “The church is ready to offer its premises to the state government to set up temporary quarantine facilities if there isContinue Reading
New Delhi, March 24, 2020: India has mounted the largest attempted lockdown yet in the coronavirus crisis, ordering 1.3 billion people to stay at home from midnight for three weeks to prevent a public health disaster. In a televised address on March 24 night, the prime minister, Narendra Modi, announcedContinue Reading
New Delhi, March 14, 2020: The Delhi Police on March 24 cleared the Shaheen Bagh protest site amid the coronavirus outbreak, bringing curtains down on the three-month-old agitation led by Muslim women against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act. A total of nine protesters, including six women, were detained and takenContinue Reading
Darjeeling, March 23, 2020: Darjeeling’s century-old bakery handed out free bread and bakery items to children on March 23, on the eve of West Bengal shutdown to contain coronavirus. Glenary’s Bakery and Restaurant has promised to continue to supply food to charitable organizations in the shutdown weeks ahead. Located atContinue Reading
Panaji, March 23, 2020: In a bid to curb spread of novel coronavirus or COVID-19, Goa Police on March 23 urged people not to visit places of religious worship in an appeal that said: “God resides in everyone”. “We therefore request all citizens particularly priests of all religious places toContinue Reading
Mirzapur, March 23, 2020: A 30-year-old native of West Bengal who worked as a laborer in Kerala has won 10 million rupees in lottery a week after he fled the southern Indian state hit hard by COVID-19. “I was staring at a bleak future the day I came from Kerala.Continue Reading
