City Police Commissioner, Dr. PS Harsha on Thursday in a tweet ordered ban on vehicular movement post 12:30 pm in the District amidst the lockdown.

The number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 1,965 in the country on Thursday while the death toll rose to 50, according to the Union Health Ministry.

As India is facing huge crunch for the protective gear for medical personnel fighting COVID-19 patients has reportedly exported 90 tons of medical equipments and safety gears to Serbia. The matter came to light through a tweet from the Serbian wing of UNDP. The health ministry has however denied any knowledge of the matter.

Atleast 10 shops were gutted in a major fire broke that out at Bamboo Bazaar here on Thursday, fire department sources said. The blaze was detected in the early hours.

The Uttar Pradesh police on Wednesday booked a senior journalist over comments on Twitter claiming that the day Tablighi Jamaat held its event in Delhi, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had insisted that a Ram Navami fair will take place as usual.

America continues to wage an all-out war to defeat the "horrible" coronavirus, President Donald Trump has said, as the US reported over 5,000 deaths and more than 200,000 infections, the highest in the world, due to the fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic.

Mangaluru: Groceries shops have been allowed to open from 7 am to 12 pm from April 2 onwards for the purchase of essential commodities, district administration said in a press release.

Mangaluru: Taking the total number of Corona Virus positive cases in Dakshina Kannada District to nine, another man from Puttur tested positive for the deadly virus on Wednesday here. The patient is reportedly a resident of Aryapu village in Puttur and had recently returned from Dubai.