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55-hour long statewide lockdown in UP from tomorrow 10 pm

10:21 pm July 9, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government today announced that it will be imposed a stricter lockdown in the state from tomorrow 10 pm to Monday 5 am. The 55-hour lockdown announcement comes in the backdrop of rising novel coronavirus cases in the state for a few weeks. All government offices and markets to remain closed during this […]

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Surging US coronavirus cases raise fear that progress is slipping

8:18 am June 23, 2020

ST PETERSBURG: Alarming surges in coronavirus cases across the U.S. South and West raised fears Monday that the outbreak is spiraling out of control and that hard-won progress against the scourge is slipping away because of resistance among many Americans to wearing masks and keeping their distance from others. Confirming predictions that the easing of […]

MP: Trader commits suicide citing losses due to lockdown

11:20 pm June 9, 2020

Khandwa (MP): A 31-year-old trader committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa town on Tuesday, citing inability to repay loans and losses incurred due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, police said. This is a second such incident of suicide reported from the town in the span of two days. Ashish Dabar allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself […]

19-yr-old migrant labourer commits suicide in UP

2:40 pm June 9, 2020

Banda (UP): A 19-year-old migrant labourer, who had returned to Uttar Pradesh from Gujarat amid the lockdown, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan in his room, police said on Tuesday. Mohit’s body was found hanging in the room by his family members on Monday, Baberu Circle Officer Rajiv Pratap Singh said. […]

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FCI refutes Scroll report; denies 65 lakh tonnes of food grain rot

1:30 pm June 4, 2020

New Delhi: The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has strongly refuted report published on Wednesday in the online news portal ‘Scroll.in’ with the heading “India let 65 lakh tonnes of grain go to waste in four months, even as the poor went hungry”. Terming the news report as “blatantly unfair” and damaging the organisation’s reputation, […]