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Mizoram says ready for lawsuit on border issue

11:44 pm July 29, 2021

Aizawl: Mizoram Deputy Chief Minister Tawnluia on Thursday said his government is ready to face any lawsuit over claims that it had encroached on neighbour Assam’s territory. The Deputy Chief Minister’s remarks came as a rebuttal to the encroachment charge levelled by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday, who said his government would […]

Delhi’s vaccine stock to last four days, says bulletin

11:36 pm July 29, 2021

New Delhi: The national capital’s stock of anti-coronavirus vaccine will last for four days, according to a COVID Vaccination Bulletin issued by the Delhi government on Thursday. As of Thursday morning, the balance stock of Covaxin and Covishield were 2,17,030 and 6,09,610 doses respectively. The bulletin noted that only 20 per cent of Covaxin stock […]

Ghaziabad: Girl dies as portion of house collapses

11:32 pm July 29, 2021

Ghaziabad: A six-year-old died as she was buried alive after a portion of a house collapsed due to heavy rainfall, police said on Thursday. Another girl escaped with minor injuries. The incident took place at Pasonda village when a balcony of a house under which the girls were playing caved in. Deputy Superintendent Police Alok […]

Assistant engineer held for taking bribe

11:58 pm July 28, 2021

Jaipur: 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. […]

Missing notes from Nashik mint were not stolen: police

11:57 pm July 28, 2021

Nashik (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 […]