Day: December 5, 2020

3419 new COVID cases in Delhi, 77 deaths

11:57 pm December 5, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi registered 3,419 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to over 5.8 lakh on Saturday, while the toll rose to 9,574 with 77 more deaths, according to a health bulletin. The new cases came out of a record 81,473 tests, including 35,352 RT-PCR tests. The positivity rate slipped to 4.2 per cent […]

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Man dies after being hit on head with tabla in Delhi’s RK Puram

11:54 pm December 5, 2020

New Delhi: A man who worked as a “granthi” at a gurdwara in RK Puram was killed allegedly over a petty issue while performing “kirtan”, police said on Saturday. Both the deceased, Ravinder Singh, and the accused, Darshan Singh, worked at the gurdwara, they said. On Friday morning, while performing kirtan, they got into quarrel over some […]

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50-yr-old man found murdered in Delhi’s Sonia Vihar

11:50 pm December 5, 2020

New Delhi: The body of a 50-year-old man bearing multiple injuries to the head was found at his home in northeast Delhi‘s Sonia Vihar area on Saturday morning, police said. The deceased, identified as Birender Singh, used to stitch gunny bags and lived with his wife, they said. A senior police officer said the victim’s […]

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BJP's 'Aar Noi Annay' campaign marred by sporadic violence, party demands President's Rule

BJP’s ‘Aar Noi Annay’ campaign marred by sporadic violence, party demands President’s Rule

11:47 pm December 5, 2020

Kolkata: Sporadic clashes between ruling TMC and the opposition BJP activists on Saturday marred the saffron party’s anti-government campaign in West Bengal leaving more than a dozen people injured and prompting it to demand the imposition of President’s Rule in the state. The BJP Saturday held its state-wide campaign christened ‘Aar Noi Anyay’ (No more injustice) against the “misrule and corruption” […]

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Do not test the patience of farmers: Cong to PM

11:43 pm December 5, 2020

New Delhi : The Congress on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to test the patience of farmers and said he should immediately repeal the black farm laws after apologizing to them. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that farmers in Bihar are in trouble without the MSP system and APMC Act and now the entire country has been […]

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