Day: May 29, 2020

Case against SP leader Abu Azmi, others over protest

9:30 pm May 29, 2020

Mumbai: A case was registered on Friday against Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi and 45 others for violating lockdown norms during a protest in the city, a police official said. Azmi, president of the Maharashtra unit of the Samajwadi Party, had had a heated argument with senior police inspector of Nagpada police station Shalini Sharma […]

Veteran lyricist Yogesh Gaur dies

9:28 pm May 29, 2020

Mumbai: Veteran lyricist Yogesh Gaur, who penned the famous ‘Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaaye’ and ‘Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli” in “Anand”, passed away on Friday. He was 77. Known by his first name in film circles, Yogesh was a prominent lyricist in ’70s Hindi cinema and gave some of his best songs in the […]

Night curfew imposed in Noida, Ghaziabad till April 17

3 cops test COVID-19 positive in Gautam Buddh Nagar

9:20 pm May 29, 2020

Noida (UP): Three Uttar Pradesh police personnel posted in Gautam Buddh Nagar have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Friday. All three are police constables and about 30 people who came in their contact have been quarantined, the officials said. “One of them was posted at the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police […]

Commercial flight operations resume at Agartala airport

9:16 pm May 29, 2020

Agartala: Commercial flight operations resumed at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport here on Friday with 166 passengers arriving on a plane from Kolkata, officials said. Private carrier IndiGo operated the flight from Kolkata to Agartala, they said. The aircraft landed at 10 am and the return flight to Kolkata took off at 11:15 am. “166 […]

Monkey business triggers false alarm over coronavirus

9:09 pm May 29, 2020

Meerut (UP): A video clip on social media showing a band of monkeys with samples snatched from a lab technician triggered a false alarm over coronavirus. Some thought the samples being taken to Meerut medical college were from suspected COVID-19 patients, and could infect the monkeys and then people. The blood samples being taken to […]