Day: December 21, 2020

Tripura’s COVID-19 tally rises to 33,175, death toll at 377

10:18 pm December 21, 2020

Agartala: Tripura‘s COVID-19 tally mounted to 33,175 after 30 more tested positive for the virus on Monday, a health department official said. Two fresh fatalities pushed the coronavirus death toll to 377, he said. West Tripura district, comprising state capital Agartala, has accounted for 189 COVID-19 deaths, the official said. The state now has 237 […]

IMD warns cold wave in 9 Odisha districts, Phulbani coldest at 7.5 degree Celsius

Cold wave persists in north India

10:14 pm December 21, 2020

New Delhi: Many parts of north India was under the grip of a cold wave with minimum temperatures remaining below the 5 degrees Celsius-mark at several places, while the 40-day harshest winter period, ‘Chillai-Kalan, began in Kashmir on Monday. The 40-day period from December 21 to January 31 is considered the harshest winter period as a cold […]

Mamata writes to Tomar for funds for disbursement among farmers

10:10 pm December 21, 2020

Kolkata: A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah blamed Mamata Banerjee of not giving Rs 6000 to farmers under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, the West Bengal chief minister Monday shot off a letter to the union agriculture minister for transferring the requisite fund for disbursement among farmers. In her letter to Agriculture […]

Wife of Navy officer killed in Vikramaditya fire to join Army

10:05 pm December 21, 2020

Indore: The wife of a Navy officer who died in a fire on board aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya last year said on Monday that she had cleared the Services Selection Board interview and was all set to join the Army as a tribute to her braveheart husband. Lieutenant Commander Dharmendra Singh Chauhan, hailing from Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh, […]

Indian students, families caught up in UK flight suspension

10:01 pm December 21, 2020

London: Many Indian students booked to travel back home to be with their friends and family in India over the Christmas and New Year period are among those caught up in Monday’s suspension of all flights to and from the UK as the world reacts to a new rapid-spreading strain of coronavirus detected in parts of England. While many […]