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Ladakh reports 9 new coronavirus cases

2:02 pm August 14, 2021

Leh: Ladakh recorded nine fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 20,436 while the active cases in the Union territory has gone up to 73, officials said on Saturday. Ladakh has registered 207 COVID-related deaths — 149 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. A total of […]

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Pondy witnesses drop in daily coronavirus cases

4:43 pm June 10, 2021

Puducherry: Puducherry saw a slight decline in fresh COVID-19 cases as 507 infections were reported in the last 24 hours ending 10 am on Thursday. Puducherry region accounted for 366, followed by Karaikal 98, Yanam 20 and Mahe 23. The new cases were identified at the end of examination of 8,215 swabs in all the […]

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100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

J&K undertakes first survey of nomadic tribal population

10:04 pm May 29, 2021

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has begun the first-ever survey and enumeration of the migratory tribal population for extending them the benefits of various welfare schemes, a senior official said on Saturday. The first survey of the nomadic tribal population has been undertaken by J&K Tribal Affairs Department with a budgetary allocation of Rs […]

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Few opted for NOTA option in five assembly polls

12:40 am May 3, 2021

New Delhi: The ‘none of the above’ or ‘NOTA’ option had very few takers in the five assembly polls, counting of which was held on Sunday. According to data available on the Election Commission website, a total of 1,54,399 or (1.22 er cent) of the total voters exercised the option in Assam. In Kerala, 91,715 […]

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74 new cases push COVID-19 tally of Andamans to 5,949

4:55 pm May 1, 2021

Port Blair: At least 74 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, taking the tally in the Union Territory to 5,949, a health department official said on Saturday. Ten new patients have travel history, and 64 were detected during contact tracing, he said. The death toll remained at 67 as […]

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