INDIA

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Mayawati expresses concern over status of vaccination drive

3:08 pm May 22, 2021

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Saturday expressed serious concerns over the status of the vaccination drive against COVID-19 and asked the central and the state governments to pay attention to it. ”The status of the vaccination drive to save the people of the country from the deadly coronavirus is quite frightening as compared to […]

Gujarat: Lioness, four blackbucks found dead near dam

2:54 pm May 22, 2021

Ahmedabad: A lioness and four blackbucks were found dead near a dam at Visavadar in Gir forest division of Gujarat’s Junagadh district, an official said on Saturday. These wild animals apparently died due to drowning, and there does not seem to be any connection with cyclone Tauktae, which ravaged the state earlier this week, he […]

Madhya Pradesh declares black fungus a notified disease

2:46 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 […]

Upset over engagement, woman ends life in Jammu

2:40 pm May 22, 2021

Jammu: A 20-year-old woman on Saturday committed suicide in Narwal area here, days after she got engaged to a man allegedly against her wish, police said. Rubika, a resident of Qasim Nagar locality, jumped from Gujjar Nagar bridge over river Tawi and hit the dry river bed about 90 metres below, they said. She was […]

Veteran music director Raamlaxman dies at 78

2:40 pm May 22, 2021

Mumbai: Veteran music director Raamlaxman, best known for his work on Rajshri Productions’ blockbuster movies — “Maine Pyar Kiya”, “Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!” and “Hum Saath Saath Hain” — died due to a cardiac arrest. He was 78. The composer, whose real name was Vijay Patil, passed away at his residence in Nagpur in the […]