Day: May 26, 2021

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

Lab technician held for charging money for RT-PCR tests

10:00 pm May 26, 2021

Jaipur: A lab technician of a government hospital and a sample collection worker were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly charging money from people for conducting RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said. A complaint was received that lab technician Ravindra Upadhyay, posted at a government hospital in Ganga […]

Woman commits suicide over health issues in Mumbai

9:56 pm May 26, 2021

Mumbai: A 58-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide due to some health problems at her home in the eastern suburb of Mulund here, police said on Wednesday. The victim Trupti Rajesh Shah was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her apartment at a housing society in Mulund (west) late on Tuesday night, an official said. […]

Cyclone ‘Yaas’: Rain pounds coastal districts of Odisha

9:29 pm May 26, 2021

Bhubaneswar: Coastal districts of Odisha received very to extremely heavy rainfall as cyclone ‘Yaas’ battered the region, the meteorological department said on Wednesday. Chandbali in Bhadrak district recorded rainfall of 288.3 mm over the past 24 hours, followed by Rajkanika in Kendrapara (251 mm), the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre said. Nawana in Mayurbhanj district received 210.4 […]

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

3 held for slaughtering cows in Delhi

9:25 pm May 26, 2021

New Delhi: Three men were arrested in connection with three separate incidents of cow slaughter in outer Delhi, police said on Wednesday. Asif (36), his brother Mohnish (24), carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 each, were arrested along with their relative and accomplice Naeem (20) on Tuesday from their hideouts in Jamia Nagar, they said. […]

22-year-old lured with food, gang raped in ambulance

9:20 pm May 26, 2021

Jaipur: A 22-year-old woman was allegedly raped here by an ambulance driver and his accomplice who lured her into the vehicle after promising to give her food, police said on Wednesday. The alleged incident took place on Monday, they said. The accused drove to a secluded area where they raped the woman, who is married, […]