Day: April 24, 2020

UP: 30-year-old man commits suicide in Muzaffarnagar

6:10 pm April 24, 2020

Muzaffarnagar (UP): A 30-year-old man died allegedly by committing suicide at his home in Almaspur here on Friday, police said. According to New Mandi police station SHO Deepak Chaturvedi, the man was identified as Rishipal and his body has been sent for a post-mortem. He allegedly ended his life by hanging from the ceiling at […]

COVID-19 cases in Nagpur city touch 100-mark

6:01 pm April 24, 2020

Nagpur: With two persons testing coronavirus positive in Nagpur on Friday, the tally of such patients in the city reached 100, officials said. These two patients had already been quarantined, but their test reports came on Friday, the district information office said. They are close contacts of the the patients who had tested positive earlier, […]

Rooftop: A breathing space for locked down residents

5:21 pm April 24, 2020

Kolkata: The deadly coronavirus sure has humans in its control, but it has not been able to tame their spirits. Boxed up inside their homes for over a month now, people have found ways to connect with their neighbours and community at large from the good old rooftops. For children, the rooftop has turned out […]

Sensex slumps 536 pts; financial stocks lead fall

5:13 pm April 24, 2020

Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex tumbled 536 points on Friday, led by a selloff in financial and IT stocks as global markets slumped on mounting economic pressure of coronavirus-led lockdowns with no respite in sight. Further, in a blow to domestic market sentiment, Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund announced winding up of six debt schemes due to […]

Skeletal remains of 4 persons found near Kedarnath

Chardham temples to reopen, no pilgrim to be allowed

5:08 pm April 24, 2020

Dehradun: The Chardham yatra is all set for a low-key opening this year with no pilgrims allowed to visit the Himalayan temples of Gangotri, Yamunotri and Kedarnath when their portals reopen in a few days after the six-month winter closure. The opening ceremony of the four temples in Uttarakhand is an important annual event attended […]