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

Weekend curfew announced in Delhi; malls, gyms, spas to be closed

9:32 pm April 15, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced sweeping restrictions, including a weekend curfew and the closure of malls, gymnasiums, spas and auditoriums, in a bid to break the chain of the COVID-19 infection in the national capital. He also said there is no shortage of hospital beds in Delhi and over 5,000 […]

AAP: Power Minister Satyendar Jain accepts Goa counterpart's 'challenge' for debating Delhi's electricity model

Delhi conducts record 1,14,288 COVID tests in 24 hours: Satyendar Jain

6:03 pm April 12, 2021

New Delhi: Amidst surge in COVID cases, the Delhi government has gradually increased the testing and has conducted more than 1,14,000 COVID tests in last 24 hours, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Monday. He said, “Delhi recorded 10,774 positive COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 9.43% on Sunday. Whereas, in the last […]

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

COVID: Delhi records 10,774 fresh cases, highest single-day spike, 48 deaths

9:50 pm April 11, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi recorded 10,774 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the highest single-day surge in the national capital till date, according to data shared by the health department. According a bulletin issued by the department on Sunday, 48 new fatalities were also recorded, pushing the death toll to 11,283. The fresh cases came out of […]

Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens

COVID: Night curfew imposed in Noida, Allahabad, Meerut and Ghaziabad

10:30 pm April 8, 2021

Lucknow: Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar, Allahabad, Meerut and Ghaziabad imposed a night curfew to tackle the infection spread. Earlier on Wednesday, similar restrictions were imposed in Kanpur and the Lucknow Municipal Corporation area. Till Thursday, coronavirus has killed 9,003 people in the state while the […]

COVID: India grieves 200,000 dead with many more probably uncounted

Maharashtra: 8 bodies of COVID-19 victims cremated on one pyre

3:28 pm April 7, 2021

Aurangabad: Eight bodies of COVID-19 victims were cremated on one pyre due to shortage of space at a makeshift crematorium in Maharashtra’s Beed district, a civic official said on Wednesday. Since residents had opposed the cremation of bodies of COVID-19 patients at crematoriums in Ambajogai town, local authorities had to identify another place away from […]