Karnataka HC quashes case against CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar for COVID-19 rule violationThe complaint against Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar along with eleven others was filed by the tahsildar of Ramanagara on January 12, 2022. It...
16 Jun, 2023, 07.59 PM IST
No proof of mock drill leading to death of 22 patients in Agra hospital, says reportTwo panels were formed to conduct the enquiry - a four-member death audit committee and a two-member magisterial committee. On Friday night...
19 Jun, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
Centre, states took multiple legislative steps to prevent spread of virus in 2020, says reportSeveral states, including Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Punjab and Telangana issued Covid-19 regulations for the prevention of the...
18 Jun, 2021, 05.04 PM IST
Delhi govt declares black fungus epidemic as number of cases rises, issues regulationsThe government said that all healthcare facilities will report each and every suspected or confirmed cases of black fungus to the city heal...
27 May, 2021, 10.49 PM IST
Black Fungus declared an epidemic in Bihar"Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced black fungus as an epidemic," said CMO.
23 May, 2021, 09.56 AM IST
RT-PCR negative, but you may still be infected by coronavirusDoctors across the state are coming across an increasing number of cases where patients test negative in RT-PCR but their high-resolution C...
08 Apr, 2021, 03.55 PM IST
Rs 500 fine in Chhattisgarh now for not wearing mask, up from Rs 100The state health and family welfare department on Thursday issued an order to this effect under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to contain ...
26 Mar, 2021, 11.23 AM IST
Mumbai: BMC bans Holi celebrations amid rise in COVID-19 casesAction will be taken against violators under the Epidemic Diseases Act of 1897 and Disaster Management Act, 2005, the circular stated.
23 Mar, 2021, 10.56 PM IST
Maharashtra lawyer seeks mask violation case against Raj ThackerayAn advocate in Aurangabad on Sunday submitted an application to police demanding registration of a complaint against Maharashtra Navnirman ...
07 Mar, 2021, 08.38 PM IST
View: January 26 violence could have been prevented if Centre had invoked 1897 Epidemic Diseases Act and the 2020 AmendmentThis frenzied so-called kisan cavalcade was followed by TV-channel journalists, who, in their eagerness to get close to the story, sometime...
27 Jan, 2021, 09.54 PM IST
Plaints on fleecing Covid patients: Telangana warns private hospitals, threatens to seize 50% ICU bedsIn a statement late on Monday, the Telangana government said it has received 1,039 written complaints in all from the Covid-19 patients on ...
10 Aug, 2020, 10.48 PM IST
Lockdown violation: 568 arrested, Rs 13 lakh collected as fine in UPA fine of Rs 13 lakh was imposed on as many as 568 people have been arrested in this district of Uttar Pradesh for reportedly violating the...
11 Apr, 2020, 04.28 PM IST
Armed with ordinance, Odisha now may send epidemic rule violators to jail for 2 yrsAs per the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, anybody who disobeys any regulation or order made under the principal Act is liab...
09 Apr, 2020, 04.44 PM IST
Covid-19: Antique laws return to fight a modern diseaseTo fight Covid-19 outbreak, Maha has brought in antiquated laws, including a 19th century colonial statute
21 Mar, 2020, 08.48 AM IST
Coronavirus Bangalore case: Wife, father-in-law of Google techie booked under Epidemics Act, says reportAs per the Times of India, the Google employee tested positive for coronavirus on March 12 after he returned from Italy. His wife was in qu...
18 Mar, 2020, 09.12 AM IST
The 123-year-old law that India may invoke to counter coronavirusFollowing the World Health Organisation's far-reaching announcement, the Union cabinet secretary yesterday said all states and Union Territ...
12 Mar, 2020, 05.53 PM IST
COVID-19: Govt calls for invoking provisions of Epidemic Act; GOM reviews preparationsThe identification of additional quarantine facilities, development of isolation wards, training of health workers and doctors are also bei...
11 Mar, 2020, 10.25 PM IST