Day: January 15, 2021

Odisha reports 186 new COVID-19 cases, two more deaths

2:47 pm January 15, 2021

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s COVID-19 caseload mounted to 3,32,949 on Friday as 186 more people tested positive for the infection, while two fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 1,898, a health department official said. Of the new cases, 108 were reported from quarantine centres and 78 detected during contact tracing. Sundargarh district recorded the highest number […]

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K's Samba

Three killed in fire at scrap shop in west Delhi

2:34 pm January 15, 2021

New Delhi: Three people, including a child, were killed in a fire at a scrap shop in west Delhi‘s Kirti Nagar area, police said on Friday. The blaze was reported around 10:50 pm on Thursday and seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot, according to the fire department. Small rooms built on top of […]

PM speaks to Union minister Shripad Naik

2:30 pm January 15, 2021

Panaji: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke to Union minister Shripad Naik, who is recuperating at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) near here after getting injured in a road accident. Naik’s office stated that Modi called up the BJP leader minutes before Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu met the Union minister at the hospital. […]

Four killed in two separate road accidents in UP

2:24 pm January 15, 2021

Fatehpur (UP): Four people, including a minor boy, were killed and one was seriously injured in two separate road accidents here, police said on Friday. Three people were killed when their motorcycle was hit by a speeding truck on the Kanpur-Allahabad national highway near Ambapur village here late on Wednesday evening, said Upendranath Rai, SHO […]

Severe cold cold conditions in parts of west UP

Cold conditions persist in Punjab, Haryana

2:22 pm January 15, 2021

Chandigarh: There was no let-up in cold weather conditions in Punjab and Haryana on Friday with Bathinda being the coldest place at 3.8 degrees Celsius, an official of the Meteorological Department here said. A thick blanket of fog enveloped several places in the two states in the morning, reducing visibility and causing inconvenience to commuters. […]