Gujarat

IMD warns cold wave in 9 Odisha districts, Phulbani coldest at 7.5 degree Celsius

La Nina influences 2020 as India records above normal rains, harsher winter, reduced heatwave

4:04 pm December 28, 2020

New Delhi: La Nina seemed to have played a critical role in influencing the country’s weather in 2020 which was a second consecutive year of above normal rainfall with below normal temperatures in the winter and less occurrence of heatwaves. The year also saw formation of five cyclones in the seas along eastern and western […]

Gujarat records 910 new coronavirus cases, six deaths

11:48 pm December 25, 2020

Ahmedabad: As many as 910 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Gujarat in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload to 2,40,105, the state health department said on Friday evening. Six patients with viral infection died during this period, taking the death toll to 4,268, it said in a release. With 56,970 tests […]

Conspiracy afoot to confuse farmers: PM Modi

8:23 pm December 15, 2020

Dhordo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said a conspiracy is afoot to confuse farmers over the new agri laws and accused the opposition of using farmers’ shoulders to fire their guns. As the protest by farmers outside Delhi entered the 20th day, Modi made a strong pitch for the agri laws enacted in September, describing them as historic […]

194 new coronavirus cases in Surat district

11:28 pm December 11, 2020

Surat: The COVID-19 caseload in Surat district of Gujarat neared 46,000 with 194 persons testing positive in the last 24 hours, Gujarat health officials said on Friday evening. The case count in the district reached 45,998. With three deaths during the day — two from the city and one from the rural area — the […]

Mamata compares BJP leadership to Hitler, Mussolini

11:15 pm December 10, 2020

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister hit out at the BJP on Thursday comparing its leadership to dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini and claimed that the party is indulging in false propaganda. Banerjee, who is among the vocal critics of the saffron party, said it has a ”prepared script” to break the movements against it and is trying to do so with […]