Day: May 2, 2020

Chairman of Delhi Minority Commission booked for sedition

9:37 pm May 2, 2020

New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi Police has registered a case of sedition against Chairman of Delhi Minority Commission Zafarul Islam Khan for a controversial social media post, an officer said on Saturday. The FIR was registered against Khan on April 30 under section 124 A (sedition) and 153 A (promoting enmity between different […]

COVID-19: 122 men from single CRPF battalion in Delhi test positive

9:20 pm May 2, 2020

New Delhi: The number of COVID-19 personnel in a Delhi-based battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force, the country”s largest paramilitary, has risen to 122, officials said on Saturday. The men belong to the 31st battalion of the paramilitary, based in Mayur Vihar Phase-III area of the national capital, that has been entirely sealed after […]

Record jump in COVID-19 cases; toll rises over 9K

41 people living in one building in Delhi test positive for COVID-19

9:15 pm May 2, 2020

New Delhi: Forty-one people living in a building in southwest Delhi’s Kapashera area tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday, an official said. A case of COVID-19 had been reported from the building situated in ”theke wali gali” on April 18, prompting authorities to timely seal it. This helped in containing the spread of coronavirus in […]

Hindu Rao hospital doctor tests coronavirus positive

7:32 pm May 2, 2020

New Delhi: A doctor of the NDMC-run Hindu Rao Hospital has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said on Saturday. Two nurses of the hospital have tested positive for the disease in the last one week. After the first nurse tested positive last Saturday, samples of 78 other staffers, including the doctor, were sent […]

Yellow warning for thunderstorm, lightning in Himachal

7:27 pm May 2, 2020

Shimla: The meteorological department on Saturday issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorm accompanied with lightning, hailstorm and gusty winds for plains, low and middle hills in Himachal Pradesh till May 6. The department issues colour-coded warnings to alert the public ahead of severe or hazardous weather which has the potential to cause “damage, widespread […]