Day: July 24, 2020

Conditional permission of chardham yatra issued for people of other states

9:12 pm July 24, 2020

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Devasthanam Board on Friday issued a revised standard operating procedure (SOP) allowing asymptomatic persons from outside the state to undertake the chardham yatra but with conditions. According to the revised SOP, asymptomatic people from outside the state who have undergone the RT-PCR test from an ICMR-authorised lab and tested negative 72 hours prior to […]

736 new coronavirus cases in MP, 11 deaths

9:04 pm July 24, 2020

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh reported 736 new coronavirus patients on Friday, 177 of them in Bhopal, which took the case count in the state to 26,210, health officials said. With eleven patients succumbing to the infection during the day, the death toll due to the pandemic rose to 791, they said. Two deaths each were reported […]

Congress lauds Narasimha Rao as “pride of the party”

9:03 pm July 24, 2020

Hyderabad: Describing former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao as a dedicated Congress leader, AICC President Sonia Gandhi on Friday said the grand old party takes pride in his accomplishments and contribution,even as another former PM Manmohan Singh praised him as a “great son” of this country. “Shri P V Narasimha Rao’s tenure was also […]

Partly cloudy skies keep mercury in check in Delhi

8:46 pm July 24, 2020

New Delhi: Partly cloudy skies in the national capital kept the mercury in check on Friday, and only sporadic rains are predicted in the next two to three days, the weatherman said. The India Meteorological Centre said widespread rains are likely in northwest India, including Delhi-NCR, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Kuldeep Srivastava, the head […]

Teenager allegedly raped by 2 men in UP’s Greater Noida

8:43 pm July 24, 2020

Noida (UP): A teenage girl was drugged and allegedly raped by two men in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida, police said on Friday. The incident took place on Thursday at around 8 pm when the girl, aged around 14 years, was returning home after delivering milk at a house a few lanes away […]