Articles by Sabir Hussain
Manmohan Singh admitted to hospital for fever; his office says he is OK
Singh, who was admitted to Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was under observation at cardio-thoracic ward late Sunday night after he reportedly complained of chest pain.

Updated on May 11, 2020 12:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
HT Correspondent | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Styrene gas leak survivors will have to wait some more days to return home
Authorities suspect that styrene gas may have contaminated food, drinking water and other essentials in the houses of the villagers.

Published on May 10, 2020 10:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad |
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Odisha’s Covid-19 cases double in a week as migrant workers return from Surat
On Sunday, the total number of Covid-19 cases in touched 377, more than double from 163 cases just a week ago

Updated on May 10, 2020 09:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar |
Debabrata Mohanty | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Six year-old in Odisha suffocates to death after getting trapped in car
The boy had gone to his grandparents’ house with his mother for a religious function. His father is stranded in Surat due to the lockdown.

Published on May 10, 2020 09:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubbaneswar |
Debabrata Mohanty | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Passenger trains to start running from Tuesday; online booking begins today
It will be mandatory for the passengers to wear masks and undergo screening at departure and only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed to board the trains.

Updated on May 11, 2020 12:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Anisha Dutta | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Karnataka sees biggest single day jump with 54 new Covid-19 cases
Shivamogga district which was in the green zone reported eight of the 54 new cases on Sunday.

Updated on May 10, 2020 08:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru |
Venkatesha Babu | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Deer gets kiss of life after crashing through roof of Mumbai slum
Although it is not known why the deer jumped on the roof, a slum dweller said it was being chased by a predator.

Updated on May 10, 2020 07:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai |
HT Correspondent | Edited by Sabir Hussain
2 yoga teachers among 3 men nabbed for molesting Japanese woman in Rishikesh
All the accused were employed at the yoga training centre the woman had joined.

Published on May 10, 2020 06:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun |
HT Correspondent | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Cash crunch forces many Telangana expats in Persian Gulf to drop travel plans
Many stranded migrant workers from Telangana have backed out from travelling in Vande Bharat special flights because they cannot bear expenses for their travel and pay for their 14-day quarantine on their return to India.

Updated on May 10, 2020 06:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad |
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Uttarakhand evacuates 26,000 migrants, awaits five special trains
Uttarakhand has sought five trains to evacuate its residents stranded in the lockdown from Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, Pune, Surat and Ahmedabad.

Updated on May 10, 2020 04:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun |
Kalyan Das | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Desperate migrant workers protest in Bhilwara, demand passage to home
The workers dispersed after the District Collector assured them that they would be evacuated soon.

Updated on May 10, 2020 03:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur |
HT Correspondent | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Gujarat’s Covid-19 tally at 7,797, AIIMS director visits Ahmedabad hospital
Gujarat has the highest number of Covid-19 cases in the country after Maharashtra.

Updated on May 09, 2020 09:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Surat |
Jaykishan Sharma | Edited by Sabir Hussain
NIA nabs alleged narco terrorist with Hizbul link from Sirsa
Ranjit Singh alias Rana, the prime accused in the smuggling of 532 kg of heroin in Attari last year.

Updated on May 09, 2020 09:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
HT Correspondent | Sabir Hussain
‘Couldn’t even hug my son’: A quarantined man’s pain of losing his child
Manish Kumar Tyagi, who was in quarantine, could only see his child from a distance.

Updated on May 09, 2020 10:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow |
Manish Chandra Pandey |Edited by Sabir Hussain
Riyaz Naikoo’s killing a shock, says Hizbul Mujahideen boss Syed Salahuddin
In a video widely circulated on the internet, Syed Salahuddin says that since January this year 80 Mujahideens (terrorists) have ben killed by security forces in Kashmir.

Updated on May 09, 2020 10:11 PM IST
Hindustan times, Jammu |
Ravi Krishnan Khajuria | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Sharad Pawar asks PM Modi to speak to CMs not allowing migrants to return
“I humbly request our @PMOIndia Shri. Narendra Modi ji to intervene in this matter by talking to the CMs of the respective states who are not allowing these people to come back home,” Pawar said in a tweet.

Updated on May 09, 2020 05:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Sabir Hussain
National Herald case: ED attaches part of Bandra building worth Rs 16 crore
The Enforcement Directorate has attached part of a nine-storey building of the Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the publisher of National Herald newspaper, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act at a prime location in Bandra.

Updated on May 09, 2020 05:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumnai |
Pratik Salunke | Edited by Sabir Hussain
UN agencies commemorate 40th anniversary of smallpox eradication with a stamp
Smallpox was eradicated on the back of a 10-year-old effort spearheaded by the WHO involving thousands of health workers around the world to administer half a billion vaccinations.

Published on May 09, 2020 04:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
HT Correspondent | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Kolkata man becomes 1st Indian to beat Covid-19 after 38 days on ventilator
Doctors said that it was a remarkable feat by the hospital authorities and was a miracle, because a Covid-19 patient has little chance of survival after being on a ventilator for so long.

Updated on May 09, 2020 03:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata |
Joydeep Thakur | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Covid-19: Bombay HC tells Maharashtra to protect Arthur Road jail inmates
The Bombay High Court’s direction came during the hearing of an interim bail plea of a prisoner who claimed that had become more vulnerable due to the spread of Covid-19 in Arthur Road jail because he suffers from diabetes and hypertension.

Updated on May 09, 2020 01:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai |
Kanchan Chaudhari | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Alcohol sale in Karnataka falls after government hikes prices
On Wednesday, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa while announcing a ₹1,610 crore Covid-19 relief package on Wednesday had said that it would be primarily funded by a hike of 11% in excise tax. This was on top of the 6% hike which was announced in the budget presented in March indicating a cumulative 17% hike in retail prices.

Updated on May 07, 2020 09:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru |
Venkatesha Babu | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Maharashtra’s Covid-19 numbers cross 18,000, infection spreads to Arthur Road jail
50 new Covid-19 cases were reported from Dharavi which has emerged as a hotspot, a BMC official confirmed. The new cases have taken Dharavi’s tally to 783.

Updated on May 07, 2020 09:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Kerala keeps Covid-19 slate clean as first batch of expatriates head home
Kerala now has 25 Covid-19 patients in hospitals after 474 have recovered.

Updated on May 07, 2020 08:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram |
Ramesh Babu | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Chhatisgarh CM reminds Centre of ₹1000 cr penalty on NMDC after it donates ₹150 cr to PM Cares
The NMDC had been ordered to pay ₹1,623 cr to the Chhattisgarh government by the Supreme Court in 2014. It has paid ₹600 cr so far.

Updated on May 07, 2020 07:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Raipur |
Ritesh Mishra | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Doctors ask why migrant workers returning to Bengal are given HCQ tablets
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had earlier warned against the rampant use of hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19.

Updated on May 07, 2020 06:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata |
Tanmay Chatterjee | Edited by Sabir Hussain
AIIMS director warns Covid-19 pandemic yet to peak in India
Between March 25 and May 7, the number of Covid-19 cases in India rose by more than 52,000.

Updated on May 07, 2020 09:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
HT Correspondent | Edited by Sabir Hussain
NDRF’s chemical and biological team to assess Vizag gas leak
A special team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) with expertise in chemical, biological and nuclear fields will be flying in from Pune to study the situation.

Updated on May 07, 2020 03:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
HT Correspondent | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Jaipur focuses on ‘super spreaders’ to contain Covid-19 infections
Among all the districts in Rajasthan, Jaipur has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases at 1,099 so far.

Updated on May 07, 2020 02:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur |
Sachin Saini | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Bengal’s retail and hospitality sectors plan new models to sidestep Covid-19 crisis
The retail sector and hospitality industries which have been badly hit during the lockdown are keen to resume business with safeguards against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Updated on May 07, 2020 03:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata |
Tanmay Chatterjee | Edited by Sabir Hussain
Bengal records 100+ cases of Covid-19 on a single day for first time
Kolkata is emerging as a major concern with 119 cases reported in last three days.

Published on May 06, 2020 09:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata |
Snigdhendu Bhattacharya | Edited by Sabir Hussain