Day: May 20, 2020

Vegetable seller killed in Ludhiana

3:19 pm May 20, 2020

Ludhiana: A 35-year-old vegetable seller was allegedly stabbed to death by three unidentified men in Chander Nagar here on Wednesday, police said. Ramu, a native of Uttar Pradesh, was stopped by three assailants when he was going to the market to buy vegetables on a bicycle in the morning, they said. Attackers demanded money from […]

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Cyclone ‘Amphan’ rolls towards Indian shores, unleashes downpour, flattens dwellings

3:16 pm May 20, 2020

Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: Extremely severe cyclone ‘Amphan’ hurtled towards Indian shores on Wednesday, triggering downpour in coastal Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal, uprooting trees, flattening fragile dwellings and forcing evacuation of over four lakh people, officials said. Despite losing its force a bit since Tuesday, the storm, which was categorised as super cyclone at one point of […]

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Odisha COVID-19 death toll rises to 6, total cases 1,052

3:10 pm May 20, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded another coronavirus death on Wednesday, taking the virus death toll in the state to six, officials said. The state also reported 74 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of cases to 1052, they said. A 70-year-old man from Khurda district succumbed to the infectious disease during treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, the […]

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Cyclone Amphan: Heavy downpour, high velocity winds pound Odisha

3:02 pm May 20, 2020

Bhubaneswar: As cyclone “Amphan” hurtled towards the coast, heavy downpour coupled with high velocity winds pounded coastal Odisha, uprooting trees and flattening fragile structures, officials said on Wednesday. More than 1.25 lakh people have so far been evacuated from low-lying coastal areas and the process of evacuation was still underway in some places like Balasore […]

6 people killed as truck rams pickup van in UP’s Etawah

2:55 pm May 20, 2020

Etawah: Six people were killed and one was injured when a pickup van was hit by a speeding truck at the Bakewar vegetable market here, police said on Wednesday. “The accident took place around 10 pm on Tuesday at the Bakewar sabji mandi (vegetable market),” Senior Superintendent of Police, Etawah, Akash Tomar said. The deceased […]