TAMIL NADU

TN reports 1,904 COVID-19 infections, 30 deaths

11:50 pm July 20, 2021

Chennai: Tamil Nadu reported 1,904 new COVID-19 cases, including three returnees from Andhra Pradesh, taking the tally to 25.39 lakh, while 30 more deaths took the toll to 33,782. Recoveries continued to outnumber new infections with 2,439 people getting discharged, pushing the cumulative to 24,78,778, leaving 26,717 active cases, a health department bulletin said. As […]

Read More
India records 38,949 fresh Covid cases

India records 38,949 fresh Covid cases

11:44 pm July 16, 2021

New Delhi: India recorded 38,949 new COVID-19 cases, which took the infection tally to 3,10,26,829, while the death toll reached 4,12,531 with 542 more fatalities, according to Union health ministry data updated on Friday. The active cases have declined to 4,30,422 and comprise 1.39 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery […]

Read More

TNCC holds state-wide protests against fuel price hike

11:58 pm July 8, 2021

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee on Thursday held state-wide protests against the Central government over rise in fuel and cooking gas prices and demanded its immediate rollback. Alongside protests in front of fuel pumps in the state, signature campaign was also held across Tamil Nadu to press the union government to roll back the […]

Read More
After petrol, CNG price up in Delhi, adjoining cities

After petrol, CNG price up in Delhi, adjoining cities

9:42 pm July 8, 2021

New Delhi: After petrol, the price of CNG and piped cooking gas in the national capital and its adjoining towns was increased on Thursday in line with rising costs. Indraprastha Gas Ltd — the firm that retails CNG to automobiles and piped gas to household kitchens in the national capital region — raised CNG price […]

Read More

Oxygen Express: Over 30,000 tonnes of LMO delivered

11:45 pm June 13, 2021

New Delhi: Oxygen Express trains have crossed the milestone of delivering 30,000 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen across the country, the railways said on Sunday. The service was started in the wake of a severe second Covid wave and these trains had started deliveries on April 24 in Maharashtra with a load of 126 tonnes. […]

Read More