Day: May 6, 2020

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

MEA holds flurry of meetings on ‘Vande Bharat’ mission

11:59 pm May 6, 2020

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs on Wednesday held a flurry of meetings to fine tune arrangements for evacuation of thousands of stranded Indians from abroad under a mega exercise beginning Thursday. Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla held a video-conference with chief secretaries of a number of states as part of efforts to ensure […]

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Prez greets citizens on eve of Buddha Purnima

PM Modi to address Vesak event on Thursday

11:55 pm May 6, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in a virtual Vesak global celebrations on Buddha Purnima on Thursday. He will deliver the keynote address in the morning, an official statement said in Wednesday. Buddha Purnima celebrations are being held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic. The event is being organised in the honour of the […]

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Woman, lover arrested for killing husband

11:52 pm May 6, 2020

New Delhi: A woman and a man were arrested for allegedly killing her husband in northwest Delhi, police said on Wednesday. On the intervening night of Friday and Saturday when Sharat Dass (46) was asleep at his house in Jelarwala Bagh, Anita called Sanjay to her house and they smothered Dass to death with the […]

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Sultry Thursday in Delhi, light rain likely on Friday

Lockdown, rain improve air quality in Kolkata

11:50 pm May 6, 2020

Kolkata: Very little commercial activity during the ongoing lockdown and rain on Wednesday morning have improved the air quality in the city with the average index remaining in the ‘good’ category, an official said. The average air quality index (AQI) during the day was 16 (PM 2.5) at a monitoring station in Jadavpur, 18 in […]

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1,118 fresh COVID-19 cases; 26 more deaths in Delhi

11 fresh COVID-19 cases in Telangana on Wednesday

11:38 pm May 6, 2020

Hyderabad: Eleven fresh cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Telangana on Wednesday, taking the number of people infected by the virus in the state to 1107. No death occurred today and the number of people who succumbed to the virus continued to be 29, a COVID-19 bulletin said. It said 20 people were cured/discharged […]

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