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YouTuber Rahul Vohra dies of COVID-19 complications

7:48 pm May 9, 2021

New Delhi: Actor-YouTuber Rahul Vohra died on Sunday at a hospital here due to COVID-19 complications, theatre director-playwright Arvind Gaur confirmed. Vohra, 35, had shared his coronavirus diagnosis earlier this week in a Facebook post. He was admitted at the Rajeev Gandhi Super Speciality hospital, Tahirpur and was shifted to Ayushman Hospital, Dwarka, on Saturday […]

MP: Professor held for killing husband in Chhatarpur

7:42 pm May 9, 2021

Chhatarpur: Police have arrested a 63- year-old college professor for allegedly electrocuting to death her doctor husband over a domestic dispute in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur city, officials said on Sunday. The incident took place on April 29 following which she allegedly tried to mislead the police by saying that her 65-year-old husband, a renowned physician, […]

TV journalist Vipin Chandh dies of COVID-19

7:38 pm May 9, 2021

Kochi: Television journalist Vipin Chandh, the chief reporter of Mathrubhumi News here, died of COVID-19 related complications in the city early on Sunday, his family said. He was 42 and is survived by his wife and child. Chandh, who was very active in reporting even during the second wave of the pandemic, had tested positive […]

38.8°C max temp in Delhi

9:35 pm May 8, 2021

New Delhi: Mainly clear skies prevailed in Delhi on Saturday, with the maximum temperature recorded at 38.8 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature settled at 22.3 degrees Celsius, three notches below the normal, the India Meteorological Department said. The relative humidity recorded at 5.30 pm was 24 per cent. The department has forecast mainly clear sky for Sunday, with the […]

Most Delhi residents favour extension of lockdown by at least a week: Survey

9:25 pm May 8, 2021

New Delhi: Around 85 per cent of the Delhi residents surveyed support extension of lockdown by at least a week while 47 per cent favour 3-week lockdown extension, according to a survey conducted by online platform LocalCircles. Around 84 per cent of respondents want Delhi to allow contactless home deliveries of all goods so that business continuity can be […]