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BJP’s welfare work during lockdown biggest “seva yagya” in history: Modi

11:17 pm July 4, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday described the BJP’s welfare work during the coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown as the “biggest seva yagya in history” and asserted that the party has come to represent all sections of society due to its service to the people. Addressing party leaders at the ‘Seva Hi Sangathan’ meet held through video […]

June records ‘excess’ rainfall, good precipitation expected in July: IMD

8:46 pm July 1, 2020

New Delhi: The month of June ended with “excess” rainfall, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday, forecasting a good precipitation in July. According to the IMD data, the overall rainfall in June was 118 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA), which is considered “excess” rainfall. It was also the wettest June in the […]

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

Lockdown loans to survive could push street children into bonded labour, fear NGOs

1:19 pm June 28, 2020

New Delhi: He ran away from his home in Bihar, lived on Delhi’s streets, sold scraps for a living and then, just as life was settling into an uneasy groove, came the lockdown pushing the 15-year-old into an endless cycle of debt. The young teen, whose earnings have come down from Rs 200 to just about […]

Bihar’s Garibnath temple to be shut for devotees during Shravan month

12:59 pm June 28, 2020

Muzaffarpur: Devotees, this year, will have to give their visit to Bihar’s Garibnath temple a miss during the holy month of Shravan, as the century-old shrine, which reopened on June 1, has decided to shut its doors again from July, amid the spurt in COVID-19 cases. Lakhs of people from across the country visit the […]

Tailor found dead at Noida home, suicide suspected

11:54 pm June 24, 2020

Noida: A 26-year-old man was found dead inside his rented accommodation here on Wednesday in a suspected suicide case, police said. The deceased, who hailed from Bettiah in Bihar’s West Champaran district, was staying in Ilahabas village and worked as a tailor, the police said. The locals had informed the police about the incident, saying […]