INDIA

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Odisha: Rape accused fugitive arrested after 5 years

11:57 pm July 17, 2021

Kendrapara (Odisha): A 32-year-old man, who was on the run for five years after allegedly raping a 22 -year-old woman in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, has been arrested, police said on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team nabbed the accused from a house in Bhubaneswar on Friday night. He is a resident of a […]

Kanwar Yatra cancelled in Uttar Pradesh

11:53 pm July 17, 2021

Lucknow: The annual Kanwar Yatra in Uttar Pradesh has been cancelled this year, a senior government official said here on Saturday night. The development came a day after the Supreme Court said it cannot allow the Uttar Pradesh government “to hold 100 percent physical Kanwar Yatra in view of COVID”, stressing that sentiments, including religious, […]

Gujarat sees 37 COVID-19 cases, 1 death, 110 recoveries

11:49 pm July 17, 2021

Ahmedabad: Gujarat on Saturday reported 37 COVID-19 cases, one death and 110 recoveries, taking the tally to 8,24,460 and the toll to 10,075, an official said. The recovery count stands at 8,13,853, which is 98.71 per cent of the tally, leaving the state with 532 active cases, he said. “Ahmedabad led with six cases. The […]

COVID-19: Karnataka logs 1,806 new cases,42 deaths

11:57 pm July 16, 2021

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Friday reported 1,806 new COVID infections and 42 deaths, pushing the caseload to 28,80,370 and death toll to 36,079, the health department said. Active cases stood at 31,399. As many as 2,748 patients recovered today, taking the total recoveries to 28,12,869. The positivity rate for the day was 1.18 per cent and […]

Adityanath govt destroying democracy: Priyanka

11:55 pm July 16, 2021

Lucknow: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra here on Friday said Yogi Adityanath government is destroying democracy in Uttar Pradesh and questioned the appreciation “certificate” given by PM Narendra Modi to him on fighting Covid. The Congress leader said this at a press conference, just hours after she arrived here on a two-day visit. Earlier […]