Day: January 18, 2021

Maharashtra: Man collapses while playing cricket, dies

11:59 pm January 18, 2021

Nagpur: A 25-year-old man suddenly collapsed while playing cricket on a ground here in Maharashtra on Monday and was declared dead at a hospital, police said. The incident occurred when the deceased Raman Gaikwad, a final year student of BCA, was playing cricket with his friends in Ajni area, an official said. Gaikwad’s friends first […]

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‘Clear the Capitol,’ Mike Pence pleaded, timeline of riot shows

US Capitol briefly put under lockdown due to ‘external security treat’

11:52 pm January 18, 2021

Washington : The Capitol Hill, the complex comprising of US Congress and its buildings, was briefly put under lockdown on Monday due to ”an external security treat”, local police said after a fire was reported a few blocks away. ”All buildings within the Capitol Complex: External security threat, no entry or exit is permitted, stay away from exterior windows, doors. […]

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Over 3,200 healthcare workers administered COVID vaccine in Himachal Pradesh

11:48 pm January 18, 2021

Shimla: A total of 3,299 healthcare workers were on Monday vaccinated for COVID-19 in Himachal Pradesh, Special Secretary (health) Nipun Jindal said. He said on 1,536 healthcare workers were vaccinated on Saturday, the day when the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive began. With this, the total number of vaccinated healthcare workers in the hill state has […]

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Tandav row: FIRs registered in UP against director, actors, Amazon India’s content head

11:43 pm January 18, 2021

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh police has booked the makers of web series Tandav, actors Saif Khan and Zeeshan Ayyub and Amazon India’s content head over the alleged derogatory depiction of Hindu gods, with an aide of the chief minister warning them of serious legal repercussions. An FIR was lodged at Hazratganj police station against the Amazon’s India head of original content, Aparna Purohit, series director Ali Abbas, producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki, and […]

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

Teenager arrested for torturing 9-year-old boy

11:40 pm January 18, 2021

Kochi : A teenager was arrested here on Monday for allegedly torturing a nine-year-old boy at the child’s home at nearby Chambakkara, resulting in severe burn injuries and requiring hospitalisation, police said. The 19-year-old was arrested on the basis of the boy’s statement, they said. The youth, staying in the same house and reportedly in […]

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