Day: March 2, 2021

Ghazipur border closed again

6:10 pm March 2, 2021

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Tuesday afternoon closed the Ghazipur border again, hours after it reopened a portion of NH-9 for traffic movement, officials said. The stretch was closed since January 26 when violence broke out during the farmers’ tractor parade in the national capital on Republic Day. The one side of the road […]

Gold tumbles Rs 679, silver crashes Rs 1,847

6:03 pm March 2, 2021

New Delhi: Gold prices on Tuesday tumbled Rs 679 to Rs 44,760 per 10 grams in the national capital, due to bleak international market trend and rupee appreciation, according to HDFC Securities. The precious metal had closed at Rs 45,439 per 10 grams in the previous close. Silver also crashed by Rs 1,847 to Rs […]

Six killed as truck overturns in Kanpur

5:59 pm March 2, 2021

Kanpur: A coal-laden truck overturned here leaving six people dead and 13 others seriously injured, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday when the truck was carrying labourers and their family members to Firozabad, said an official. The labourers and their family members boarded the truck at Bhognipur crossing. While some of […]

Delhi Cong holds protest against rising fuel prices

5:55 pm March 2, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Congress leaders and workers on Tuesday staged a protest near the BJP headquarters here against the rising petrol, diesel and cooking gas prices. The protesters, raising slogans against the BJP-led central government, took a march from the Delhi Congress office but were stopped by police before the BJP headquarters on DDU Marg. […]

Health Minister Vardhan, wife get COVID-19 vaccine shot

5:50 pm March 2, 2021

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and his wife took the first dose of indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin at the Delhi Heart and Lung Institute on Tuesday. India opened up vaccination for those over 60 years and within the age bracket of 45 to 59 years with specified co-morbidities from March 1. The […]