New Year

Schools re-opened with adherence to COVID-19 norms

Schools reopen in Kerala, Karnataka, Assam amid strict COVID-19 regulations

10:59 pm January 1, 2021

Bengaluru: Corridors rang out with the chatter of students meeting up with their friends and teachers after long, anxious months on Friday as schools in Kerala, Karnataka and Assam reopened with strict COVID-19 regulations, including masks, thermal screening, hand hygiene and social distancing. Though many students attended school with letters of consent from their parents, […]

Ghaziabad: Protesting farmer dies of heart attack

10:51 pm January 1, 2021

Ghaziabad: A 57-year-old farmer died of heart attack while protesting against the Centre’s farm laws at the Ghazipur border here on Friday. Mohar Singh, a resident of Bhagwanpur Nangal village in Baghpat district, was rushed to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead, an official said. Indirapuram DSP Anshu Jain told PTI […]

UP CM Adityanath lays foundation stone of Light House Project in Lucknow

5:08 pm January 1, 2021

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said his government has managed to provide houses to the urban poor, taking inspiration from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and exuded confidence that the Light House Project would prove to be a milestone in this direction. Adityanath was speaking at the foundation laying ceremony of a Light House Project, which was […]

Rupee settles 4 paise lower at 73.11 against US dollar

5:07 pm January 1, 2021

Mumbai: Snapping the six-session winning streak, the rupee depreciated by 4 paise to settle at 73.11 (provisional) against the US dollar on the first trading day of the New Year on Friday. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.09 against the US dollar and witnessed an intra-day high of 73.02 and […]

Thousands of revelers ring in New Year on Goa beaches

4:54 pm January 1, 2021

Panaji: Thousands of party revelers thronged the beaches in Goa to usher in New Year as the state government refrained from imposing a night curfew despite the coronavirus scare. Revelers started gathering at the beaches to witness the last sunset of 2020, leading to traffic snarls in the coastal belt of North Goa where popular […]