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COVID-19 vaccination: 4,936 key workers receive jabs on day 3 in Delhi, 16 adverse cases reported

11:25 pm January 19, 2021

New Delhi: As many as 4,936 healthcare workers received COVID-19 vaccine shots in Delhi on the third scheduled day of the immunisation exercise on Tuesday, a marked increase from the previous day, according to data shared by officials. However, the number of people who were vaccinated on Tuesday was only 48 per cent of the targeted figure […]

Delhi’s air turns ‘severe’ again

9:07 pm January 19, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality turned severe again on Tuesday due to low wind speed and high moisture levels, India Meteorological Department officials said. The city’s 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) was 404 on Tuesday. It was 372 on Monday and 347 the previous day. Before that, Delhi’s air quality remained in the severe […]

Railways bribery: CBI recovers additional Rs 2.04 crore cash hidden in Delhi hotel

8:23 pm January 19, 2021

New Delhi: The CBI has seized an additional Rs 2.04 crore hidden in a private hotel in South Delhi by the executives of ABCI Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, accused in a bribery case involving senior officials of Northeast Frontier Railways, officials said Tuesday. In its biggest trap case, the agency had arrested Chief Administrative Officer Mahender Singh Chauhan of NFR on Sunday and […]

138 litres of liquor seized from train, accused missing

One held for allegedly selling cheap liquor in scotch bottle moh

12:01 am January 13, 2021

Mohali: The Punjab Excise Department on Tuesday arrested a man for allegedly selling cheap brands of liquor, filled in scotch bottles here, an official said. Some persons were involved in smuggling cheap liquor from Chandigarh to Punjab and filling it in bottles of expensive brands, said Excise Commissioner Rajat Aggarwal here. A Zirakpur resident, Jatinder Pal Singh was arrested in a […]

Eighth round of talks between protesting farmers, government set to take place

5:44 pm January 8, 2021

New Delhi: The eighth round of talks between protesting farmer unions and the government is scheduled to be held on Friday afternoon as both sides look for a resolution to the over one-month-long deadlock on the issue of the three new farm laws Both sides have stuck to their respective positions, with agitating farmers taking […]