Day: December 7, 2020

Cop dies of COVID-19 in Kolkata

7:56 pm December 7, 2020

Kolkata: An assistant sub-inspector of the Kolkata Armed Police died of COVID-19 on Monday, taking the total number of policemen in the force who have succumbed to the infection to 14, a senior officer said. Samir Kumar Nath, who belonged to the sixth battalion of Kolkata Armed Police, had been battling the disease for the […]

Oppn stoking unrest over farmers’ protests, displaying shameful double standards: BJP

7:53 pm December 7, 2020

New Delhi: With the opposition rallying around the farmers’ protest against the Narendra Modi government’s agri reforms, the BJP on Monday accused its rivals of “shameful double standards” as it claimed that parties like the Congress and the NCP had once supported what are now key provisions of the new laws. Noting that opposition parties […]

100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

J-K records 280 new COVID cases, 9 deaths

7:45 pm December 7, 2020

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Monday recorded 280 new COVID-19 cases, while nine fatalities took place in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 1,13,568 and the death toll to 1,755, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 166 are from the Jammu division and 114 from the Kashmir division, they said. The officials […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Nobody should be forced to observe ‘Bharat Bandh’, emergency services allowed: Farmer leaders

7:38 pm December 7, 2020

New Delhi: Farmer leaders on Monday said that emergency services will be allowed during ‘Bharat Bandh’ on December 8, and appealed to their affiliates to not force anyone to observe the shut down against the three recently enacted agriculture-related laws. Addressing a press conference here, farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal said that the Central government […]

Three killed, 2 injured as car falls into nullah in UP

7:33 pm December 7, 2020

Gorakhpur: Three persons were killed and two others injured when their car fell into a nullah in the Ekouna area of neighbouring Deoria district on Monday, police said. The accident took place when the driver of their four-wheeler lost control over the vehicle on a small bridge on Pachlari-Karahkol road, they said. Superintendent of Police, Deoria, Sripathi Mishra confirmed that […]