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COVID-19: 317 new cases, 13 deaths in Aurangabad

7:55 pm September 22, 2020

Aurangabad: The number of COVID-19 cases in Aurangabad in Maharashtra reached 31,085 after 317 cases were detected in the last 24 hours, while 13 deaths during this period took the toll to 879, an official said on Tuesday. A total of 24,286 people have been discharged so far, including 301 in the last 24 hours, […]

3 arrested with leopard head, wild boar meat in Odisha

11:47 pm September 20, 2020

Bhawanipatna (Odisha): Three persons were arrested from Odisha’s Nuapada district on Sunday with a leopard head and skin, wild boar meat and several articles meant for poaching, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, a team of forest department personnel conducted a raid at Tipajhar village in the Dharambandha police station area near Sunabeda wildlife sanctuary […]

Tomb of woman who loved British army officer to be repaired

4:04 pm May 29, 2020

Aurangabad: Noted Marathi poet N D Mahanor has said he will undertake repair work of the tomb of Paro, the woman who aided British army officer Major Robert Gill in is rediscovery of the world-famous Ajanta caves in the district. Major Gill (1804-1879) was a painter and photographer and is best known for his paintings […]

Damoh: Six-year-old girl raped, her eyes damaged by accused

9:35 pm April 23, 2020

Bhopal: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh by an unidentified person, who also damaged her eyes, a police official said on Thursday. The incident took place at a village in Jabera tehsil on Wednesday evening when the minor was playing outside her house with other children, police said. “At […]

Maharashtra: 13 morning walkers booked for defying lockdown

PM announces 21-day nationwide lockdown, says this is only way to fight coronavirus

10:13 pm March 24, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a complete lockdown across the country for 21 days from Tuesday midnight, asserting that social distancing is the only way out for the country in its decisive battle against the coronavirus. In his second address to the nation on the pandemic raging across much of the world […]