8.48 am : The Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra says it was investigating an alleged incident of bodies of 12 Covid patients...
8.48 am: The Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra says it was investigating an alleged incident of bodies of 12 Covid patients being taken in hearse van, piled up on top of each other, for last rites to a crematorium on Sunday, The Indian Express reports. “We have issued a notice to one of our Class IV employees who was monitoring the job of carrying Covid bodies to the crematorium and disposing them off,” Municipal Commissioner Shrikant Michaelwar says.
8.44 am: The Indian Railways suspends all passenger train services until further notice, PTI reports. However, it says that 230 special trains will continue to remain operational. Local trains in Mumbai, which are presently being run on limited basis only on the requisition of state government, will also continue to run.
8.41 am: Here are the top updates from Tuesday:
- West Bengal’s coronavirus tally crossed 1 lakh as the state recorded 2,931 new cases. The state now has 1,01,390 cases in all. Forty-nine more deaths pushed the state’s toll to 2,149. Maharashtra, meanwhile, recorded 11,088 new cases, taking its tally to 5,35,601. The toll rose to 18,306 as 256 deaths were reported.
- Delhi reported eight coronavirus deaths and 1,257 cases. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that his government’s effort will be to ensure that...
