Holi

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

SOS messages, panic as virus breaks India’s health system

10:08 pm April 26, 2021

New Delhi: Dr. Gautam Singh dreads the daily advent of the ventilator beeps, signaling that oxygen levels are critically low, and hearing his critically ill patients start gasping for air in the New Delhi emergency ward where he works. Like other doctors across the country, which on Monday set another record for new coronavirus infections […]

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UP: Three detained on gang-rape charge

6:28 pm April 3, 2021

Shahjahanpur (UP): Three men have been detained in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 25-year-old woman in this district, police said on Saturday. The alleged gang-rape took place on March 22 in a village under Mirzapur police station limits, they said. Jalalabad Circle Officer (CO) Massa Singh said the woman was abducted by […]

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UP: Woman kills three-year-old son, attempts suicide

6:43 pm March 30, 2021

Pratapgarh (UP): Angry with her husband for refusing to take her to her parents’ home on Holi, a woman allegedly stabbed her three-year-old son to death and attempted suicide at a village here, police said on Tuesday. Kesh Kumari, a resident of Pure Baijnath village under the Antu police station area, had a confrontation with […]

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Delhi Police warns of strict action against those not following COVID protocols on Holi

9:56 pm March 28, 2021

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Sunday said patrolling will be intensified during Holi celebrations and strict action will be taken against those who do not follow coronavirus guidelines issued by Delhi Disaster Management Authority. Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, the DDMA had on Tuesday ordered that there would be no public celebrations in […]

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

Action will be taken against those who celebrate Holi in public: Jain

9:50 pm March 27, 2021

New Delhi: Opining that lockdown is no solution to COVID-19, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday urged residents to celebrate Holi at home and warned that action will be taken against those who celebrate Holi in public. He said that the Delhi government is creating various teams in order to implement the measures with […]

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