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Yaas: NDRF deputes highest-ever number of teams for Odisha, Bengal; over 10L evacuated

Cyclone Yaas likely to make landfall near Balasore, Home Minister reviews preparations with state CMs, officials

11:56 pm May 24, 2021

Kolkata/New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Cyclonic storm Yaas is likely to make landfall near Balasore in north Odisha at a speed of 155 kmph to 165 kmph, gusting to 185 kmph, around noon on May 26, the Met department said on Monday. Anticipating the fury of the storm, Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed preparations including evacuation of […]

Two diagnosed with black fungus in UP’s Shahjahanpur

11:53 pm May 24, 2021

Shahjahanpur: Two people were diagnosed with black fungus or mucormycosis in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district on Monday, officials said. Both the patients, a 46-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman, have been sent to Lucknow for treatment. While the man lost his vision, the woman’s eyes were also impacted, they said. Black fungus or mucormycosis is […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Girl abducted by Chhattisgarh man from Jammu, rescued

11:50 pm May 24, 2021

Jammu: Police on Monday rescued a girl who was allegedly abducted here by a man from Chhattisgarh, officials said. The accused, identified as Lallu of Jangir from Chattisgarh, was also arrested, they said. A written complaint was lodged by the girl’s mother that her daughter had gone missing since May 15 and she suspected that […]

Guj Dalit man attacked over mustache by 11 people

11:47 pm May 24, 2021

Ahmedabad: A Dalit man was attacked in Viramgam taluka in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad allegedly by 11 people for sporting a long mustache, and three people have been arrested so far in the incident, police said on Monday. Suresh Vaghela (22), who belongs to a Scheduled Caste community, in his complaint, has said 11 members of an […]

Centre approves 2 PSA oxygen plant in Arunachal Pradesh

9:41 pm May 24, 2021

Itanagar: The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has approved the setting up of two pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants in Arunachal Pradesh. The plants would be set by DRDO at Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) at Naharlagun near here, and Tenga in West Kameng district, under PM Cares Fund, […]