Sohini Ghosh

Coronavirus India latest update today, 28 March: At 180, Maharashtra has the most number of cases in the country and is followed closely by Kerala (176).

The response was pursuant to the court's requirement from the state to file an Action Taken Report in response to the suo motu cognisance it had taken in the wake of the World Health Organization declaring novel coronavirus as a pandemic.

With the new facility in Vadodara, there are now five government-established COVID-19 diagnostic centres, including the ones in Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Surat and Bhavnagar.

While five corporation areas and Kutch district were already locked down, it was decided on Monday morning that the rural limits of the districts of Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot too will be shut down.

In Ahmedabad, police booked two people on Sunday for deserting home quarantine and attending a birthday party, despite a clear advisory issued by the health department to them

One of the nine persons, a 24-year-old woman who is employed as a call centre executive in an IT consultancy company, spoke to The Indian Express, where she said that a police team from Sola police station reached their office at Sola road in Ahmedabad around 9 pm on Friday night.

The three new positive cases include a 49-year old man from Vadodara with a travel history from Spain, and two women in Ahmedabad from Finland and New York.

The government also suspended all Gujarat State Road Transport Services Corporation (GSRTC) buses to Maharashtra, passengers arriving in Gujarat from other states will be screened at 16 checkposts.

In increased preparedness, the health department also made public 127 private hospitals across the state where COVID-19 tests can be done, with maximum number under the jurisdiction of Surat Municipal Corporation.

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Former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani is an accused in this case along with Babu Bajrangi and VHP leader Jaideep Patel, all of whom are out on bail.

“We could not see anyone... we just stood in this heat since morning. It would have been better to watch them on TV,” said a disappointed Ajaybhai.

Donald Trump Speech Today at Motera Stadium HIGHLIGHTS: US President Donald Trump said on Modi. Trump, who was addressing over one lakh people at Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad, also said that "India is the country that has always been admired and where millions of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Jains, and Christians worship side by side".

US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania, and senior advisers to the President, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, are expected to visit the Ashram along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi around 12.30 pm.

Donald Trump India Visit, Namaste Trump Event 2020 highlights: After a quick handshake and a hug, PM Narendra Modi introduced the Trumps to the welcoming party at the airport. A tri-services guard was also present at the airport to honour the US President.

An official close to the development told this paper that the two members who were absent are Gujarat Technical University vice-chancellor Navin Sheth and Padma Shri awardee folk artiste Bhikhudan Gadhvi.

Entry to general public may be closed on February 23 and permission to offer prayers for that day, are being postponed at the moment.

Terming dissent as the "safety valve of democracy", Justice Chandrachud said that silencing of dissent and the generation of fear in the minds of people go beyond the violation of personal liberty and a commitment to constitutional values.

Less than a fortnight to go, their first stop, Ahmedabad, is in a rush to get ready for the visit that has been awaited since 2017, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi first extended an invite.