Day: April 12, 2021

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Sixth round of sero survey gets underway in Delhi

11:12 pm April 12, 2021

New Delhi: Amid an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases in Delhi, the sixth round of the serological survey, which seeks to find the prevalence of antibodies against coronavirus in people, got underway in the national capital on Monday. Sources said around 28,000 samples, about 100 from each of the 272 wards, will be collected as […]

Minnesota cop will be charged in shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright

Daunte Wright death in Minnesota traffic stop sparks unrest

9:43 pm April 12, 2021

BROOKLYN CENTER: A Black man died after being shot by police in a Minneapolis suburb during a traffic stop and crashing his car several blocks away, sparking violent protests that lasted into the early hours Monday as officers in riot gear clashed with demonstrators and the man’s mother called for calm. The man was identified […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

COVID: Hong Kong to ease some travel, social limits

9:35 pm April 12, 2021

Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s leader says fully-vaccinated residents could soon be allowed to form “vaccination bubbles” that would allow socializing in larger groups during the pandemic, as part of incentives to encourage more people to get inoculated. So far, only about 8% of the population has been inoculated since Hong Kong began its vaccination program […]

Offices, metro, bus services operate with 50-per cent capacity in Delhi

9:24 pm April 12, 2021

New Delhi: Offices, metro and bus services in Delhi operated with 50-per cent capacity on Monday following the restrictions imposed by the AAP dispensation in view of the surge in COVID-19 cases in the national capital. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) had on Saturday night ordered the prohibition of all types of gatherings, a […]

Amid surge, CM asks officials to increase no. of beds in Delhi hospitals

6:46 pm April 12, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday instructed the city health officials to increase COVID bed in all the private and government hospitals in the national capital. He added that the bed count must be at par with the available bed count in November last year when corona was at its peak. In […]