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Man injured due to sharp kite string in Nashik district

Sale of banned Chinese string persists unabated

10:15 pm October 31, 2020

By Aditya Vikram Singh/New Delhi: DESPITE tall promises made by the state governments to curb the Chinese string menus, the sale of the Chinese string has continued unabated throughout the parts of the country. Various state governments across the country have claimed of tackling the issue by announcing blanket ban on sale of Chinese string and […]

Property tax: SDMC mulls to provide doorstep service for filing online returns & its collection

9:46 pm October 28, 2020

New Delhi: The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is planning to provide doorstep service for its property taxpayers for filing their online returns and its collection. Chairman, Standing committee, Rajdutt Gahlot , on Wednesday said that the SDMC is planning to engage an agency for this purpose. He said that today we had passed this […]

Delhi: Man hangs himself to death, suicide note blames landlord

9:42 pm October 28, 2020

New Delhi: A 35-year-old man allegedly hanged himself to death at his rented accommodation in south Delhi”s Kotla Mubarakpur, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, they said. The deceased has been identified as Naresh Kumar who ran a tattoo shop in South Extension-I, police said. […]

Schools in Delhi to remain closed till further orders; Parents welcome decision

9:35 pm October 28, 2020

New Delhi: All schools in Delhi will continue to be closed till further orders in view of the COVID-19 situation, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced on Wednesday. Parents are not in favour of reopening schools either, Sisodia said at an online press conference. The Delhi government had earlier announced that schools will remain closed […]

‘Once in a Blue Moon’ on October 31

5:38 pm October 28, 2020

By Aditya Vikram Singh/New Delhi: THE ‘Once in a Blue Moon’ story will come to be true once again this Saturday when the world will witness the occurrence of the rare celestial wonder Blue Moon on October 31. Although this is a rare and good tiding for the excited and exalted sky-watchers, there is some […]