Day: June 2, 2020

Cyclone: Maharashtra CM asks people to be alert

PM Modi reviews cyclonic conditions in western coast

4:23 pm June 2, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took stock of the situation in the wake of cyclonic conditions in western India. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said the low-pressure area formed over the Arabian Sea has intensified into a depression and it will further intensify into a cyclonic storm. Cyclone Nisarga will cross […]

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K's Samba

Man tied to tree, burnt alive for harassing girl

4:16 pm June 2, 2020

Pratapgarh (UP): A 22-year-old man was tied to a tree and burnt alive in Uttar Pradesh‘s Pratapgarh district for allegedly sexually harassing a girl few months ago, police said on Tuesday. A police team immediately reached the spot but agitated villagers in Bhujaini clashed with them and set afire two vehicles. Ambika Prasad Patel was […]

Another Mumbai policeman dies of COVID-19; state toll 29

4:10 pm June 2, 2020

Mumbai: An Assistant sub-Inspector (ASI) of Police died due to COVID-19 on Tuesday, taking the total number of the police personnel having succumbed to the viral infection in Mumbai to 19 and in Maharashtra to 29, an official said. The ASI breathed his last at Sion hospital here where he was admitted on Thursday. “The […]

ASHA workers played critical role in COVID-19 management in UP, tracked 30.43 lakh migrant returnees

Bihar provides condoms to migrant labourers

4:04 pm June 2, 2020

Patna: To prevent unwanted pregnancies, the Bihar government is distributing free condoms to migrant labourers going home after completing 14-day institutional quarantine and those in home quarantine, an official said on Tuesday. As of now, over 8.77 lakh people have left quarantine facilities, while 5.30 lakh are still living in block and district centres. “Migrant […]

HC decides to monitor disposal of COVID-19 bodies

3:59 pm June 2, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said it would be monitoring implementation of the AAP government’s recent order on disposal of bodies of those who died of COVID-19. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said that it wants to see how the Delhi government health department’s May […]