New Delhi: India recorded 43,654 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday that took its tally to 3,14,84,605 while 640 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,22,022, according to Union health ministry data. The number of active cases stood at 3,99,436, an increase of 1,336 in a span of 24 hours, and comprises 1.27 per […]
Read MoreJaipur: An assistant engineer (AE) was arrested on Wednesday allegedly while he was taking a bribe of Rs 5 lakh in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said. Sohan Lal, who was posted as AE at Dhorimana panchayat samiti, had allegedly demanded the bribe from private firms for clearing bills of development works. […]
Read MoreNashik (Maha): The mystery behind notes worth Rs 5 lakh going missing from the Currency Note Press (CNP) here has been solved and there had been no theft but a wrong categorization, city police said on Wednesday. The missing bundles were wrongly `punched’ by two supervisors from the cut-pack section of the unit who later […]
Read MoreJammu/Srinagar/Kargil: A series of cloudbursts struck different parts in the twin Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh overnight, killing eight people and leaving 17 others missing, officials said on Wednesday. The cloudbursts hit Dacchan and Boujwa areas in Kishtwar; the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas; Bandipora in north Kashmir […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: The first rainwater harvesting park of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) was inaugurated in Dwarka Sector-8 on Wednesday, the civic body said in a statement. The BJP’s Delhi unit president Adesh Gupta, South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri and SDMC Mayor Mukesh Suryan inaugurated the facility. The mayor said the objective of the […]
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