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Haryana records 442 fresh COVID-19 cases, 1 more death

10:34 pm March 11, 2021

Chandigarh: The COVID-19 death toll in Haryana reached 3,065 with one more fatality on Thursday, while 442 fresh cases pushed the infection tally to 2,73,888, a bulletin by the Health Department said. One fatality was reported from Fatehabad district, it said. Of the fresh cases, 122 have been reported from Karnal and 81 from Gurgaon, […]

Air improves to ‘moderate’ in Noida, Gurgaon, Faridabad

8:14 pm March 1, 2021

Noida (UP): The average air quality improved in Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad where it was recorded in the moderate category, while it was “poor” in Ghaziabad and Greater Noida, according to data issued by a government agency on Monday. Concentration of air pollutants PM 2.5 and PM 10 remained high in the five immediate neighbours […]

Nepalese man accused of murder caught in U’khand while trying to flee country

9:42 pm February 10, 2021

New Delhi: A23-year-old Nepalese man, who allegedly killed his roommate in the national capital following an altercation, was arrested from Uttarakhand while trying to flee the country, police said on Wednesday. Tilak Bahadur had hit his fellow countryman Shekhar Kharka (23) with a brick on Monday night after the latter passed some comments about his former wife who had got engaged […]

UK university strikes air quality research pact with Indian institute

Air quality stays ‘very poor’ in NCR cities

7:48 pm February 3, 2021

Noida (UP): The average air quality in the NCR cities of Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, Faridabad and Gurgaon remained in the very poor category, which may cause respiratory illness on prolonged exposure, according to data issued by a government agency on Wednesday. Pollutant PM 2.5 and PM 10 also remained prominent in the air of […]

Farmers protest: Despite increasing number of barricades thousands converge at Ghazipur

8:34 pm January 31, 2021

New Delhi: Despite an increasing number of barricades, thousands of farmers have been converging at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border following a tearful Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait’s impassioned appeal to protesters to bolster the stir. The tide of the over two-month protest against the farm laws, which had lost its sheen after the violence in Delhi during the […]