Uttarakhand

IMD warns cold wave in 9 Odisha districts, Phulbani coldest at 7.5 degree Celsius

Delhi’s minimum temperature dips, fog disrupts traffic movement

6:29 pm January 22, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi‘s minimum temperature dropped to 4.2 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal, on Friday even as foggy conditions disrupted traffic movement, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Moderate fog lowered visibility to 350 metres at Safdarjung and Palam, officials said. According to the IMD, very dense fog is when visibility is between 0 […]

CBI arrests senior railway official, 2 others in bribery case

11:44 pm January 17, 2021

New Delhi: In its biggest bribe-trap case, the CBI arrested the chief administrative officer (construction) of the Northeast Frontier Railways on Sunday for allegedly receiving Rs one crore for granting favours in awarding lucrative contracts to a private company, officials said. Mahender Singh Chauhan, a 1985-batch Indian Railways Service of Engineer (IRSE) officer, was nabbed from Maligaon in Assam’s Guwahati, while two […]

Allahabad HC stays arrest of 'Mirzapur' web series directors, writers

Mandate of 30 days’ notice under Special Marriage Act optional: Allahabad HC

10:41 pm January 13, 2021

Lucknow: In a judgement that is likely to bring relief to inter-faith couples, the Allahabad High Court Wednesday declared as optional the mandatory publication of notice of intended marriages under the Special Marriage Act, saying it violated the Right To Privacy. Making such publication mandatory would invade in the fundamental rights of liberty and privacy, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad […]

Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

Delhi bans sale of poultry products as bird flu cases reported in UP

8:16 pm January 13, 2021

New Delhi: Fresh bird deaths and avian influenza cases were reported in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, while in neighbouring Delhi, civic bodies banned the sale of poultry products, even as the city government asked people not to panic and eat completely cooked eggs and chicken. Unusual mortality among birds has also been reported in some districts of Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir, as per a […]

Reports of over 50 bird deaths received by Delhi govt, samples sent for testing, say officials

Bird deaths reported in J’khand, UP; Centre issues advisories on testing, culling operations

8:23 pm January 12, 2021

New Delhi: Fresh bird deaths were reported in Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday amid cases of avian influenza in 10 states and union territories, with the Centre saying it has issued advisories regarding testing protocols and maintaining sufficient stock of PPE kits required for culling operations. In Uttarakhand, where nearly 300 birds, mostly crows, have died over the last few days, an […]