New Delhi, November 16 Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘very poor’ category for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, with the air quality index being recorded at 396. The air quality index in neighbouring cities stood as follows — Ghaziabad (349), Greater Noida (359), Gurugram (363) and Noida (382) — in the morning. In […]
President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Dhaka on December 16 to attend the Victory Day celebrations, the media here quoted the Bangladesh Foreign Minister as saying. President Kovind is visiting the neighbouring country on December 16 and 17 on the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart Abdul Hamid, the Daily Star newspaper reported on Sunday. “This […]
The Commanding Officer of an Assam Rifles battalion, his wife and son and personnel of the paramilitary force were killed in an ambush in Manipur on Saturday, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said. The incident occurred in Churachandpur district close to the Myanmar border. “Strongly condemn the cowardly attack on a convoy of 46 AR which […]
Terming the rise in Delhi’s air pollution as an “emergency situation”, the Supreme Court on Saturday asked the Centre and the Delhi government to take emergency measures to improve the air quality. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said the situation of pollution is so bad that people are wearing masks inside […]
The depression over Bay of Bengal will cross the coast between north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh on Thursday evening and the city would witness “strong” winds up to 45 km, the weather office here said on Thursday. Most districts in northern Tamil Nadu including Chennai are likely to receive heavy to very heavy […]
A forensic report has confirmed that weapons recovered from Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra and others after the Lakhimpur violence had been fired. After the farmers’ protest at Lakhimpur Kheri took a violent turn, the protestors had alleged that Ashish Mishra had opened fire. Though the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report confirmed that […]
India registered 10,126 new Covid-19 cases, while the active cases continue to show downward trend in the country on Tuesday. According to the Union Health Ministry data, fresh 10,126 new Covid-19 cases are the lowest in the country in 266 days. The active cases in the country have dipped to 1,40,638 cases, which is the […]
Four CRPF personnel were killed and three injured after a fellow CRPF personnel shot them at a camp of the paramilitary force in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday, a police official said. The incident occurred at around 3.30 am in the camp of CRPF’s 50th battalion in Lingampalli village of the district, around 400 km […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced extension of the Aam Admi Party (AAP) government’s free ration scheme by six months till May 2022. “Inflation is at its peak. The common man is struggling to manage even two square meals a day. Many have lost their jobs due to COVID-19. Prime minister sir, please […]
India on Friday registered 12,729 new Covid-19 cases taking the country’s case tally to 3,43,33,754. According to the Union Health Ministry data, the active Covid-19 cases have increased to 1,48,922. The death toll has reached to 4,59,873 due to Covid-19 with 221 fresh fatalities. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 […]