Chandigarh

Death toll in Punjab spurious liquor tragedy rises to 62

4:35 pm August 1, 2020

Chandigarh: The death toll in the Punjab spurious liquor tragedy rose to 62 on Saturday as 23 more casualties were reported from the state’s Tarn Taran district, officials said. Till Friday night, the district had reported 19 deaths. In Tarn Taran, the death toll has reached 42, Deputy Commissioner Kulwant Singh told PTI on Saturday, […]

India records highest one-day jump of 57,118 COVID-19 cases; recoveries surge to 10,94,374

4:04 pm August 1, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally reached 16,95,988 on Saturday with a record single-day increase of 57,118 cases, while the recoveries surged to 10,94,374, according to the Union Health Ministry data The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 36,511 with 764 people succumbing to the disease in a day, the data updated at 8 am […]

Rains lash Delhi; no relief from waterlogging woes New’

3:32 pm July 22, 2020

New Delhi: A fresh spell of rains drenched the national capital on Wednesday, inundating low-lying areas and affecting traffic movement in parts of the city. The India Meteorological Centre said the rains covered most parts of Delhi and the adjoining areas of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The rains inundated low-lying areas and key traffic intersections […]

Leh to Delhi: Daily 1000-km journey to send mother’s milk to her newborn

10:51 pm July 21, 2020

New Delhi: For nearly a month, 33-year-old Jikmet Wangdus and his brother-in-law have been going to the Delhi international airport daily to collect a box flown all the way from Leh. Except, the package is not an ordinary one. The box has seven small containers inside, each carrying the precious breast milk of Wangdus’ wife for their […]

Delhi man stabs himself with knife after argument with family

Woman, daughter found murdered in Haryana’s Panipat

7:27 pm July 18, 2020

Chandigarh: A 45-year-old woman and her teenage daughter were found murdered in their house in Haryana’s Panipat district, police said on Saturday. The woman and her daughter, 17, were found dead with their throats slit and stab wounds on the bodies, Panipat Model Town SHO, Sunil Kumar, said over the phone. The incident was reported […]