INDIA

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Not able to marry girl of his choice, man ends his life

9:40 pm May 23, 2021

Kota (Raj): A 27-year-old man here allegedly committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance after not being able to marry a girl of his choice, police said on Sunday. The girl, whose marriage was fixed for Saturday, also tried to end her life by taking poison. She was saved by immediate medical intervention and married […]

Family members can also be covered under workplace COVID-19 vaccination: Govt

11:56 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry Saturday announced that family members and dependents of workers can also be covered under the COVID-19 vaccination drive at industrial and workplace inoculation centres. In a letter to all chief secretaries, the Health Ministry said that for industrial and private workplace CVCs (COVID-19 vaccination centres), the vaccine doses will have to be procured […]

Rahul emphasises power of local languages

Rahul Gandhi accuses PM of shedding crocodile tears on Covid deaths

11:46 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said a crying prime minister is the government of India’s response to ”the highest Covid deaths” in the country, devoid of vaccines and having the lowest GDP. Gandhi made the frontal attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the grim pandemic situation in the country, leading two other senior Congress leaders, P Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh, too to […]

98 deaths, 5,021 fresh virus cases in Haryana

10:31 pm May 22, 2021

Chandigarh: Haryana on Saturday reported 98 coronavirus deaths as 5,021 fresh cases pushed the state’s infection count to 7,33,628, a Health Department bulletin said. The infection has killed 7,415 people till now in the state. According to the bulletin, nine deaths each were reported from Gurgaon and Hisar, seven each from Ambala and Karnal and […]

Bengal reports 154 more Covid deaths, 18,863 fresh cases

10:25 pm May 22, 2021

Kolkata: West Bengal’s Covid-19 death toll rose to 14,208 after 154 more people succumbed to the disease on Saturday, the health department said in its bulletin. The tally mounted to 12,48,668 as 18,863 fresh cases of infection were reported from different parts of the state, it said. In the last 24 hours, 19,202 recoveries have […]