Day: December 29, 2020

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

Six UK returnees test positive for new strain of coronavirus

2:39 pm December 29, 2020

New Delhi: Six persons who returned to India from the United Kingdom have tested positive for the new UK variant genome of SARS-CoV2, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. It said the mutated UK strain was detected in samples in NIMHANS, Bengaluru, in CCMB, Hyderabad and one in NIV, Pune. All these persons have […]

Odisha logs 263 new COVID-19 cases, four more deaths

2:35 pm December 29, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Odisha‘s COVID-19 caseload on Tuesday surged to 3,29,001 after 263 more people tested positive for the infection, while four fresh fatalities pushed the toll to 1,868, a health department official said. Of the 263 cases, 151 were reported from various quarantine centres and the rest detected during contact tracing, the official said. Sundergarh district […]

Beheaded carcass of puppy found in Mumbai

2:31 pm December 29, 2020

Mumbai: The beheaded carcass of a three-month-old puppy has been found in suburban Dahisar here, police said on Tuesday. The carcass was found lying near Jari Mari garden in Anand Nagar locality of the suburb on Sunday by a person who feeds strays, an official said. Police have registered an FIR against unknown persons. Prima […]

Four from Assam held in murder case in Goa

2:27 pm December 29, 2020

Panaji: Four labourers hailing from Assam have been arrested from Margao in Goa for allegedly killing a 26-year-old man after a drunken brawl at a beach, police said on Tuesday. They were picked up from Margao railway station on Monday evening when they were trying to flee, a Goa Police spokesperson told reporters. He said […]

COVID-19:India records 16,432 new cases

2:18 pm December 29, 2020

New Delhi: The daily new coronavirus infections in India dipped below 20,000 for the third time this month taking the COVID-19 caseload to 1,02,24,303, while the recoveries crossed 98 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. A total of 16,432 new infections were reported in a span of 24 hours, the […]