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With over 70,000 cases, Delhi surpasses Mumbai

10:59 pm June 24, 2020

New Delhi: With 3,788 fresh cases, Delhi’s coronavirus tally rose to over 70,000 on Wednesday, surpassing Mumbai to become the worst hit city in the country, even as authorities prepared to conduct a house-to-house screening by July 6 as part of a revised containment strategy in the national capital. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also requested the Centre to withdraw […]

Mumbai cop shoots video song on fight against `corona’

8:23 pm June 23, 2020

Mumbai: A police constable in Mumbai has produced a video song aiming to spread awareness about the fight against coronavirus and also to boost morale amid crisis. Constable Sanjeev Landge, attached to Kherwadi police station, has written, set to music and sung the 2.40-minute song. He himself stars in it, along with some colleagues in […]

Death threat to UP CM: Lucknow court denies bail to accused

11:58 pm June 22, 2020

Lucknow: A Lucknow court on Monday rejected the bail plea of the man accused of issuing death threats to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on WhatsApp. The court of Additional Sessions Judge Durg Narayan Singh also denied bail to Sayed Mohammed Faisal, who had allegedly issued threats for the release of Kamran Amin Khan. […]

23-year-old woman hangs self, man named in suicide note held

11:41 pm June 22, 2020

Mumbai: Aman has been arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 23-year-old woman found hanging in her house in Kandivali in Mumbai, police said on Monday. The girl’s body was found on Saturday morning and a suicide note recovered from the spot named Hritik Mishra as the one responsible for her taking this extreme […]

Concerned over how quickly COVID-19 cases are rising in India: Indian-origin expert

1:35 pm June 21, 2020

New York: Harvard Global Health Institute Director Dr. Ashish Jha has expressed concern over how quickly new the coronavirus cases are rising in India and said when populous states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh get hit hard, the country could see a “large increase” in virus infections and deaths. India on Sunday saw a record single-day spike of 15,413 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s […]