Day: April 21, 2021

Maha govt imposes new lockdown-like restrictions

11:56 pm April 21, 2021

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Wednesday imposed several new restrictions including a ban on inter-city and inter-district travel and curbs on office attendance in an attempt to bring the spiralling coronavirus infections under control. Central, state and local governing body offices shall function with 15 per cent attendance. But emergency services dealing with the COVID-19 […]

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Yamuna Sports Complex starts functioning as COVID centre

11:52 pm April 21, 2021

New Delhi: The Yamuna Sports Complex started functioning as COVID centre on Wednesday amid spiralling coronavirus infections and huge shortage of beds in Delhi. The centre has a total bed capacity of 880 beds, which includes 200 beds with oxygen supply. It will be monitored by Seemapuri Subdivisional Magistrate Shailendra Kumar Singh, according to a […]

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Five undertrials escape from Rajasthan sub-jail

11:44 pm April 21, 2021

Bikaner: Five undertrials escaped from a sub-jail in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district in the early hours of Wednesday, officials said. Three prison staffers, including the deputy jailer, were suspended after a preliminary investigation found them guilty of laxity, they said. This is the second incident of jailbreak in Rajasthan this month. Director General, Prisons, Rajiv Dasot […]

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Bankers panel asks certain staff to work from home

11:38 pm April 21, 2021

Bengaluru: In view of the rise in COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, the State-level Bankers Committee (SLBC) has asked employees with co-morbidities, pregnant women and persons with disability to work from home and announced change in business hours The SLBC Karnataka convener and Canara Bank general manager B Chandrasekhara Rao, in a letter, told the State […]

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Bomb attack on BJP candidate’s car in Bengal

11:34 pm April 21, 2021

Barrackpore (WB): A country-made bomb was allegedly hurled at the vehicle of BJP candidate from Khardah assembly constituency, Shilbhadra Dutta, in North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday evening, a police official said here. However, no casualty was reported. Dutta claimed that he was taking tea at a roadside stall on Kalyani Expressway at Rahara when […]

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