The DMRC had shut Saket, Qutub Minar, New Delhi, Shastri Park, Seelampur, Chandni Chowk, and Kashmere Gate metro stations to ensure social distancing as part of its crowd control measures

Night curfew between 9 pm and 5 am will be imposed from tonight and will remain in force till further orders,\" Home and Health Minister Anil Vij said. He said the decision has been taken in the wake of an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases

\"People need to respond for their own good. If they don't heed then we may have to take stringent measures. If required and if the necessity arises, we will impose lockdown,\" says BS Yediyurappa

Indian CEOs believe that partial lockdown to fight COVID-19 infection could impact the movement of labour as well as movement of goods, in turn affecting industrial production significantly

Delhi issues fresh guidelines: Passengers from Maharashtra will have to show negative RT-PCR report not older than 72 hours while entering Delhi

According to CAIT leaders, night curfew, lockdown and other restrictions during the last week have been futile in bringing down the number of COVID-19 cases

We need to remove age criteria and scale up vaccination. There will be no lockdown. New restrictions will be imposed soon, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said

With 1,45,384 new cases, lockdowns are increasingly becoming a possibility. India also witnessed 77,567 discharges in the past 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said

Night curfew will remain in force from 8 am to 6 pm till April 30 in nine cities including Ajmer, Bhilwara, Jaipur and Jodhpur, and markets will be closed by 7 pm while in Udaipur, the curfew will start at 6 pm and markets will be closed by 5 pm

The national capital reported 7,437 new positive cases on Thursday, with positivity rate at 8.10 per cent. Active cases in Delhi stood at 23,181.

India coronavirus update: Active cases have continued to scale up to 9,79,608 which comprise 7.5 per cent of the total infections. Likewise, coronavirus-related deaths are also accelerating as hospitals get overwhelmed

Out of these, 32 doctors are in home isolation whereas 5 are hospitalised for treatment. The majority of these doctors have mild symptoms

All government, private educational institutes including coaching institutes barred from holding physical classes till April 17. Medical, paramedical and nursing institutes have been excluded from this order

States impose night curfew: Mostly, Twitterati seems to be wondering how will night curfew help in curbing the spread, when most people go about their business during the day hours

Coronavirus update in India: India on Sunday registered 1.03 lakh cases, 1.07 lakh cases on Tuesday; and 1.15 lakh cases on Wednesday. Overall, India has registered a total of 1,29,28,574 cases of coronavirus until April 8

Night Curfew in Delhi: All those who have been exempted from night curfew restrictions will have to produce a curfew pass, also called e-pass. If you are travelling or commuting through Delhi between 10pm-5am due to work requirements, you must apply for a curfew pass

COVID-19 in India: List of cities under lockdown, night curfew as coronavirus cases escalate

According to data by the union health ministry, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Rajasthan contributed 54 per cent of the total cases and 65 per cent of the total deaths in the country

The Delhi government on Tuesday imposed a night curfew, between 10 pm and 5 am till April 30, to curb the growing number of COVID cases. The restrictions will not include inter-state and intra-state movements of essential and non-essential goods. The order specifies that night curfew has been imposed to control the movement of people. According to the Delhi government health bulletin, a total of 3,548 fresh COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths were reported in the city in the last 24 hours on Monday. Watch the video for more.Also Read: COVID-19 lockdown in Maharashtra: Check out Zomato, Swiggy delivery timings after new coronavirus restrictions

West Bengal phase 3 polling: The Election Commission has claimed that Tapan Sarkar, a sector officer in charge of elections took the EVMs and VVPATs to TMC leader Gautam Ghosh's residence on April 5, and both Sarkar and Ghosh are relatives