New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Sunday, said the time had come to re-open Delhi, and people would have to be ready to live with COVID-19, as he announced the implementation of all lockdown relaxations prescribed by the Centre for the red zones in the national capital. Addressing anRead More

Mumbai Rishi Kapoor, the romantic star of many a Bollywood film who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2018, died in a Mumbai hospital on Thursday, his brother Randhir Kapoor said. He was 67. Rishi, a third-generation actor of the famous Kapoor dynasty, is survived by his wife Neetu Kapoor, actorRead More

New Delhi Jayshree Sengupta, a long-time contributor to The Tribune, passed away on April 19 following a two-year battle with cancer. She was busy researching and writing articles until her final days. Jayshree was born in Allahabad and brought up in New Delhi. She attended Modern School (class of 1960),Read More

Mumbai Maharashtra, with 583 new COVID-19 cases, crossed the 10,000-mark on Thursday, while 27 more patients succumbed to the virus, taking the toll to 459, said a state health department official. With the addition of the new cases, Maharashtra’s COVID-19 tally stood at 10,498, he said. With 27 more patientsRead More

New Delhi The number of Covid-19 hotspot districts in India as on Wednesday morning has come down to 129 from 170 in a fortnight. In the same period, the number of infection-free districts or green zones, too, have decreased from 325 to 307, according to official sources. During this time,Read More

Mumbai Actor Irrfan Khan died in a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday, losing his battle with a rare form of cancer, a statement from his representative said. He was 54. The “Maqbool” actor, who was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour in 2018, lost his mother in Jaipur just four days ago. HeRead More

New Delhi The Indian Council of Medical Research said on Monday it had cancelled the rapid test kit procurement tender floated earlier through an Indian importer of the Chinese kits after the equipment was found faulty in field tests and asked states to send them back to the suppliers. InRead More

New Delhi As India enters final week of the lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday conveyed to chief ministers that the country will have to give importance to the economy as well as to continue the fight against coronavirus. In a video conference with the chief ministers, fourth suchRead More

New Delhi The nationwide tally of coronavirus positive patients neared 25,000 on Saturday with fresh cases getting detected in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh among other places, but the government said the daily growth rate has dipped to 6 per cent and some states began relaxing someRead More

New Delhi With a recent COVID Air Quality report showing pollution levels falling by dramatic levels in 10 major cities across the world, including Delhi and Mumbai, during the coronavirus lockdown, experts are now advocating the need to maintain levels even after the lockdown is over, pitching for reaching theRead More