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

About 15 hospitals treating black fungus cases in Delhi: Satyendar Jain

9:44 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: Amid escalating cases of black fungus in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday asked people to be watchful and not resort to self-medication, particularly steroids, and said about 15 hospitals in the city are treating mucormycosis patients. Black fungus or mucormycosis is a fungal infection that affects the nose, […]

ONGC to look at HPCL, MRPL merger post-June 2021

Kidnapped ONGC employee set free by ULFA(I) militants; CM welcomes release

3:42 pm May 22, 2021

Guwahati: Responding to an appeal from Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the banned ULFA (I) outfit on Saturday freed ONGC employee Ritul Saikia kidnapped by them over a month back. Saikia, kidnapped on April 21, was released by the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) militants near the Myanmar border in Longwa village of Mon district in Nagaland this morning, a top official at Assam Police headquarters told PTI. The new chief minister of Assam, […]

Madhya Pradesh declares black fungus a notified disease

3:34 pm May 22, 2021

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has declared black fungus or mucormycosis a notified disease in the state. The state Public Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday issued an order, in which it notified black fungus under the provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act and the Madhya Pradesh Public Health Act. A notifiable disease is required by law to be reported […]

Terror hideout busted in J-K’s Poonch; arms, ammo seized

3:20 pm May 22, 2021

Jammu: Security forces busted a terrorist hideout near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Poonch district on Saturday and seized some arms and ammunition, the third such recovery in a fortnight, police said here. The recovery includes an AK-56 assault rifle, a magazine with 30 rounds, and two Chinese pistols and a magazine, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Poonch, Vinod Kumar said. The hideout was busted during […]

NGT directs Delhi chief secretary to take measures to protect Bhalswa lake

3:14 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: Observing that the mandate of law is to maintain the water bodies in their pristine glory as they perform important ecological functions, the National Green Tribunal directed Delhi’s chief secretary to hold a meeting and take remedial measures to protect Bhalswa lake in the north west Delhi against pollution and encroachment. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice A K Goel ordered […]