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

Active cases in Uttar Pradesh drop below 1 lakh

10:11 pm May 22, 2021

Lucknow: Active COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh dropped below 1 lakh on Saturday and settled at 94,482, an official said. The infection tally in the state mounted to 16,65,176 with 6,046 fresh cases, while 226 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 18,978. Of the 226 new deaths, state capital Lucknow recorded 21 fatalities, followed […]

Five-fold increase of cyclones in Bengal: Study

Coast Guard gears up to take on cyclone ‘Yaas’

10:03 pm May 22, 2021

Visakhapatnam: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has geared up to meet the likely challenges from the developing cyclonic storm Yaas on the east coast. The low pressure predicted over north Andaman Sea and adjoining East Central Bay of Bengal on 22 May would intensify into a cyclonic storm by 24 May, said a press release […]

Arunachal committee wins India Biodiversity Award

9:58 pm May 22, 2021

Itanagar: The Shergaon Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh was on Saturday awarded the best such panel in the country at the fifth edition of the India Biodiversity Award, official sources said. The award was given by the National Biodiversity Authority at a virtual programme on the occasion of the […]

Rajasthan: Around Rs 4.5 crore cash seized from car

Man held with Rs 60 lakh at Nagpur railway station

9:54 pm May 22, 2021

Nagpur: A man was held at Nagpur railway station in Maharashtra on Saturday allegedly with Rs 60 lakh unaccounted cash, an official said. Shabbir Husain Hasan Ali Karanjawala (55), a resident of Bengali Panja here, had alighted from the New Delhi- Chennai Grand Trunk Express in the morning and a large bag he was carrying […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Delhi govt likely to extend lockdown by another week

9:52 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: The Delhi government is likely to extend the ongoing lockdown by another week, although the Covid situation is improving in the city with less number of cases and declining positivity rate in the past few days, official sources said on Saturday. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had first imposed a lockdown on April 19 […]