Day: September 18, 2020

Alert villages in Nanded as Godavari water rises: Chavan

8:46 pm September 18, 2020

Nanded: Maharashtra minister Ashok Chavan on Friday directed the authorities in Nanded to alert 337 villages in the district in view of the rise in the Godavari river water following heavy rains and discharge from various dams. Chavan, who is the district guardian minister of Nanded, gave this direction during an emergency meeting. Pochampad project […]

Dharavi’s coronavirus tally goes up by 18 to 2,993

8:39 pm September 18, 2020

Mumbai: The COVID-19 infection count in Dharavi, the largest slum in Mumbai, rose to 2,993 with the addition of 18 cases on Friday, a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said. The tally is now close to the 3,000-mark about five- and-a-half months after the first COVID-19 case was detected in the area on April […]

Assam: Elephant dies after getting stuck in wetland

2 elephants, leopardess found dead in districts

8:24 pm September 18, 2020

Coimbatore: Two elephants and a leopardess were found dead in the districts of Coimbatore and Nilgiris, forest sources said on Friday. One of the elephants that had been roaming with injuries for the last six months was found dead in Nellithurai forest in Coimbatore district on Thursday evening. It was noticed by the forest department […]

51 new cases push Nagaland’s COVID-19 tally to 5,357

7:52 pm September 18, 2020

Kohima: Nagaland reported 51 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, pushing the tally in the state to 5,357, Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom said. The state currently has 1,213 active cases. “Out of 544 results received, 51 positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed 23 in Kohima, 20 in Dimapur, 4 in Mokokchung, 2 in Mon […]

Bengal man held for smuggling hilsa fish from Bangladesh

7:49 pm September 18, 2020

Kolkata: Border Security Force personnel apprehended one person from West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district for allegedly smuggling 29 kilogram of hilsa from Bangladesh, BSF said on Friday. During night patrolling at Dobarpara border outpost on Thursday, BSF troops saw a man riding a motorbike on a road along the international boundary. When they stopped […]