Day: April 18, 2020

COVID-19: Noida extends night curfew till April 30

Lockdown violation lands 34 people behind bars in Noida

11:38 pm April 18, 2020

Noida (UP): Thirty-four people were arrested and 237 vehicle owners penalised across Noida and Greater Noida on Saturday for allegedly defying restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 lockdown, police said. Gautam Buddh Nagar is among the districts in Uttar Pradesh where coronavirus hotspots (areas that have recorded multiple COVID-19 positive cases) have been completely sealed […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

600 litres of adulterated ghee seized in Delhi

11:34 pm April 18, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi police has seized 600 litres of adulterated ghee packed in containers of a popular dairy brand in Northwest district, officials said on Saturday. On a tip-off, the police intercepted a vehicle in Mangolpuri area on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, a senior police officer said, adding that the driver was […]

Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison

Man wanted in murder case held in UP’s Mathura

11:26 pm April 18, 2020

Mathura: A man, accused of shooting dead a villager while attacking a police party earlier this year, was arrested here on Saturday, officials said. The accused, Bhuri alias Shahrukh, was nabbed near Chaudras drain under the Kosi Kalan Police Station limits, police said. He was planning to flee to Haryana’s Palwal district but was arrested […]

Gujarat COVID-19 death toll up by 12 to 53: Govt

11:22 pm April 18, 2020

Ahmedabad: Gujarat on Saturday recorded 12 more deaths due to COVID-19 disease, taking the state toll to 53, a Health department official said. These deaths were reported from Ahmedabad (5), Surat (2), and one each from Panchmahal, Anand, Gandhinagar, Bhavnagar, and Vadodara, said Principal Secretary (Health) Jayanti Ravi. Most of the deceased suffered from comorbidities […]

125 Bahrain nationals evacuated from Pune

11:19 pm April 18, 2020

Pune: One hundred and twenty-five Bahrain nationals, stranded here because of coronavirus outbreak, were evacuated on Saturday, an airport official said. A special flight of Gulf Air evacuated 125 Bahrain nationals from here and flew to Chennai to take on board others, said a senior official of the Pune International Airport. Before boarding the flight, […]