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COVID-19: No death reported in HP in three days

10:07 pm July 21, 2021

Shimla: No Covid-related deaths were reported for the third consecutive day in Himachal Pradesh that reported 67 fresh coronavirus cases on Wednesday, officials said. The new cases took the virus count to 2,04,685, a health official said. The state has so far reported 3,491 deaths due to the virus. The active caseload reached 941 in […]

Temperatures hover close to normal in Haryana and Punjab

10:05 pm July 21, 2021

Chandigarh: The maximum temperatures hovered around the normal limits at most places in Haryana and Punjab on Wednesday. Following rains for the last two days, mainly dry weather prevailed in most parts of the two states. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ambala recorded a maximum temperature of 34.2 degrees Celsius, while Hisar registered […]

No death due to oxygen shortage in MP: minister

10:03 pm July 21, 2021

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Health Minister Prabhuram Choudhary on Wednesday claimed that there has been no death on account of shortage of medical oxygen in the state. The statement came a day after the Union government told the Rajya Sabha that no deaths due to lack of oxygen were “specifically reported” by the states and Union […]

Man marries minor girl, arrested for abduction and rape

10:00 pm July 21, 2021

Ballia (UP): A 23-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a three-year-old case of abduction and rape, police said. For the last three years, the accused, The accused and the girl had been living together after marriage, Station House Officer (SHO) Yogesh Yadav said, adding they have two children. The man, a resident […]

Snake gets stuck in AC unit, rescued in Delhi

9:56 pm July 21, 2021

New Delhi: A two-foot-long juvenile Indian rock python slithered into the air conditioner unit fitted at a house in Chattarpur and got stuck there. Upon realising their air conditioner wasn’t functional, the family decided to investigate. To their surprise, a two-foot-long juvenile Indian Rock Python had slithered into the air-conditioning unit through the exhaust tube […]