WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is coordinating with the Indian government to evacuate stranded American citizens from India who have expressed interest to return to the US, a top official here has said, amid the rapid spread of coronavirus pandemic that has upended life, disrupted travel and killed over 37,500 people.

NEW DELHI: Cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba on Monday denied speculation that the government may extend the 21-day lockdown after April 14.

With Covid-19 crisis putting additional financial burden and revenue receipts getting adversely impacted, the Telangana has announced major salary cuts to its employees.

People who showed coronavirus symptoms being taken to various hospitals from Nizamuddin area in New Delhi, Mon.

New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) Extraordinary times require extraordinary solutions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during a video conference on Monday with 130 heads of Indian missions abroad, referring to India's 21-day nationwide lockdown to fight coronavirus as the world's largest quarantine measure.

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Sake Sailajanath urged the State and Central governments to do everything in their means to prevent check the COVID-19 from spreading.

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government directed on Monday those in home quarantine to take a selfie every hour and upload it to a newly launched app, Quarantine Watch.

India had imposed a 21-day nationwide lockdown on March 24.

MUMBAI: A circular issued by BMC commissioner Praveen Pardeshi on Monday saying bodies of all dead Covid-19 positive patients must be cremated irrespective of religion stirred up a controversy in the city, with many protesting against the guidelines.

Srinagar: Photographs and videos portraying allegedly chaotic conditions in some of Jammu & Kashmir’s hospitals have gone viral on social media even as ten more persons tested positive for the deadly Covid-19 virus in the union territory on Monday.