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

OPD services at Rajiv Gandhi hospital to resume tomorrow

9:23 pm January 10, 2021

New Delhi: Doctors at Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) are slated to conduct a heart bypass surgery on Monday, which will be the first operation to be done there since it was declared a dedicated coronavirus facility nearly 10 months ago, officials said. The national capital had reported its first coronavirus case […]

COVID-19: Delhi records 111 deaths, 5,879 fresh cases

11:10 pm November 21, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi recorded 5,879 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday and a positivity rate of 12.90 per cent, while 111 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 8,270, authorities said. These fresh cases came out of the 45,562 tests conducted on Friday, including 21,845 RT-PCR tests, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi […]

Maha celebrates Diwali in toned-down manner amid COVID-19

2:04 pm November 14, 2020

Mumbai: Diwali, the festival of lights, is being celebrated across Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Saturday with fervour, but in a subdued manner under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, Laxmi Pujan, the main day of Diwali, and Naraka Chaturdashi, are being celebrated on the same day on Saturday. In Maharashtra, […]

Kerala logs 5,804 new COVID-19 cases, 6,201 recoveries

7:09 pm November 13, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 5,804 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, pushing the total caseload to 5,14,642 as the toll mounted to 1,822 with 26 more fatalities, Health minister, K K Shailaja said. Total recoveries rose to 4,34,730 with 6,201 people getting cured today while the active cases touched 77,390, the minister said in a press release […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Kejriwal directs authorities to take steps to prevent spread of COVID-19 in Delhi

3:42 pm September 9, 2020

New Delhi: Amid a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday directed medical superintendents and senior officials to take every possible step to prevent the spread of the virus in the city. The chief minister held a review meeting with Health Minister Satyendar Jain, Chief Secretary Vijay Dev, senior officials and medical superintendents of Delhi government-run […]