Rescuers retrieved the body of a second woman from under the debris of a partially collapsed 18-floor apartment block late on Saturday night, more than 60 hours after the incident. The body of Sunita Shrivastava, which was spotted under the debris on Friday, was pulled out at 11:30 pm by the rescue team, a senior […]
Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi hit out at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, claiming that the latter had tried to level several false allegations against him. Charanjit Singh Channi’s remark followed after he got a clean chit by the Ropar administration in the illegal mining case. “Arvind Kejriwal is a liar… (He) tried leveling several allegations […]
Seven labourers were rescued while two others were still trapped after an under-construction tunnel caved in at Sleemanabad in Madhya Pradesh’s Katni district, officials said on Sunday. The tunnel of the Bargi canal project had caved in late Saturday night, trapping nine labourers. Seven of them were so far pulled out from the debris, Madhya […]
Dense fog conditions during night and morning hours are very likely to prevail in isolated places over northern parts of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh during the next 24 hours, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). Meanwhile, Saharanpur city engulfed in dense fog, resulting in low visibility on Sunday morning. Parts of southern Tamil […]
India registered 44,877 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in last 24 hours, taking the daily positivity rate marginally down to 3.17 per cent, the Union health ministry bulletin showed on Sunday morning. A total of 684 people succumbed to the viral infection in the span of one day, taking the death toll to […]
A two- day Dayalbagh Manufactures Exhibition cum Sale (February 12 and 13), was inaugurated by Mahavir Kaushik, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula (Haryana) along with Sudha Kaushik in the online mode today. Inauguration started with a prayer and a small cultural programme, along with the display of exhibition website. This exhibition will remain open to public […]
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday set up a new 20-member national working committee of the party and dissolved the previous one formed in 2017, dropping a few prominent names. On February 2, Banerjee was re-elected as the party’s chairperson. Till the time she decides upon the new office bearers of the national working […]
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Indian Navy have seized over 760 kg narcotics, including hashish, methamphetamine and heroin, worth about Rs 2,000 crore in the international market, from the high seas off Gujarat coast, officials said on Saturday. The joint operation was carried out in the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat coast, leading […]
With a drop in daily Covid-19 cases, the Election Commission (EC) on Saturday announced relaxations in campaigning rules for political parties ahead of the second phase of Assembly elections in five states. According to the new guidelines, pad yatra (foot march), consisting not more than the permitted number of persons as per State Disaster Management […]