Thursday

Debroy pitches for lowering import duty on gold to curb smuggling

9:33 pm December 10, 2020

New Delhi: Reducing the import duty on gold is the best way to curb smuggling of the yellow metal, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman Bibek Debroy said on Thursday. Addressing a virtual event organised by the Centre for Civil Society, Debroy also said the share of manufacturing in India’s GDP has […]

Tigress captured from defunct rubber factory in UP

Punjab’s Chhatbir zoo to reopen from Thursday

11:25 pm December 9, 2020

Chandigarh: The famous Chhatbir zoo in Punjab will reopen for the public from Thursday after being closed for nearly eight months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said. The zoo will remain open six days a week and a maximum of 2,700 visitors will be allowed on a single day, according to a government release. […]

COVID-19: Delhi records 2,706 fresh cases; positivity rate dips to below 4 pc

11:12 pm December 6, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi recorded 2,706 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday with the positivity rate dipping to below 4 per cent, authorities said. The positivity rate on Thursday, Friday and Saturday had stood at 4.96 per cent, 4.78 per cent and 4.2 per cent respectively. The relatively low number of fresh cases on Sunday came out […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Delhi reports 98 COVID deaths, 5,482 new cases

11:44 pm November 27, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi recorded 5,482 fresh COVID-19 cases in a day, while 98 more fatalities linked to the disease pushed the city’s death toll to 8,909 on Friday, authorities said. According to a bulletin issued by the Delhi Health Department on Friday, the total number of coronavirus cases climbed to 5,56,744 on Friday, of which […]

Couple sentenced to life for killing woman’s lover

11:23 pm November 26, 2020

Mathura: A district court on Thursday sentenced a couple to life imprisonment for killing the woman’s lover two years ago. District judge Sadhana Rani Thakur also fined the convicts of Rs 25,000, which will be given to the bereaved family members. Tek Chand, 39, and his wife Rajani, 32, killed Harendra Singh in Kolana village […]