Day: May 12, 2021

SC refuses bail to activist Gautam Navlakha in Bhima Koregaon case

11:59 pm May 12, 2021

New Delhi: In a setback to civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed his plea seeking bail in the alleged Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case of Bhima Koregaon in Maharashtra. The apex court examined the technical grounds raised by Navlakha for the default bail as the charge sheet in the case was not filed […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Religious and political events among factors that accelerated COVID-19 transmission in India:WHO

11:55 pm May 12, 2021

United Nations: The World Health Organisation has said a recent risk assessment of the situation in India found that “resurgence and acceleration” of COVID-19 transmission in the country had several potential contributing factors, including ”several religious and political mass gathering events which increased social mixing”. The WHO, in its COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, published Wednesday, said […]

COVID: Reliance Foundation contributes Rs 5 cr to Uttarakhand Disaster Mang Authority

10:30 pm May 12, 2021

Dehradun/New Delhi: Reliance Foundation on Wednesday contributed Rs 5 crore to Uttarakhand Disaster Management Authority as a support for COVID-19 relief measures. Thanking Reliance Foundation and Anant Ambani for the contribution, Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said it will strengthen the fight against the pandemic.

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

Looking at solutions for COVID-19 variant first identified in India: UK PM

10:23 pm May 12, 2021

London: File Photo Image Credit: Flickr Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said the COVID-19 variant first detected in India was of “increasing concern” in the UK and the country’s health authorities are looking at all possible solutions as its case numbers continue to rise in parts of England. During the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) session in the House of […]

Man, daughter-in-law held for role in his son’s death in Jaisalmer

10:17 pm May 12, 2021

Jaisalmer: A man and his daughter-in-law were arrested for their alleged role in the death of his son on April 25 in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district, police said on Wednesday. A case was registered regarding the death of Hiralal Meghwal by his elder brother Bhomraj Meghwal on May 6, Nachna area DSP Hukma Ram Bishnoi said. Hiralal died on April 25 and his body […]