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Punjab records 6 Covid deaths, 124 fresh cases

11:46 pm July 10, 2021

Chandigarh: Punjab on Saturday reported six COVID-19 deaths and 124 new cases, taking the number of fatalities and infections to 16,177 and 5,97,469 respectively, according to a medical bulletin. The six deaths were reported from Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala and Tarn Taran. The death toll also includes three fatalities which were not reported earlier, […]

Gold merchant shot dead in Bengal

11:43 pm July 10, 2021

Balurghat (WB): A gold merchant has been shot dead by unidentified persons in West Bengal’s Dakshin Dinajpur district, police said on Saturday. The incident took place at Tior village in Hili police station area on Friday night when 48-year-old Pradeep Karmakar was returning home with his wife on a motorcycle, carrying gold ornaments and money, […]

NGT imposes Rs 10 crore fine on pharma company Teva API

7:15 pm July 9, 2021

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has slapped a penalty of Rs 10 crore on a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Amroha district of Uttar Pradesh for violation of environmental norms. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said it is surprising to note that a big global company like Teva API Ltd […]

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

Police lathi-charge protesting BJYM workers in Jaipur

7:11 pm July 9, 2021

Jaipur: Police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse a group of BJYM activists staging a sit-in here on Friday in protest against increasing atrocities on people belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities in the Congress-ruled state. Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists clashed with police personnel as they tried to disperse the […]

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh opens account on Koo

7:09 pm July 9, 2021

New Delhi: Twitter rival Koo on Friday said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has joined its platform to connect with people in Indian languages. Koo has seen increased adoption by ruling party leaders and others amid Twitter’s frequent run-ins with the government on various issues, including the new IT rules. Koo said communities on its […]