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Maha: Girl, two women rescued from flesh trade; one held

8:39 pm May 20, 2021

Thane: Two women and a girl were rescued from flesh trade by the police, who conducted a raid at a flat in Mira Road of Maharashtra‘s Thane district, an official said on Thursday. The raid was conducted at Shanti Nagar locality on Wednesday by Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar police, he said. “Acting on a tip-off that […]

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

Mother, son found dead at home in northeast Delhi

8:36 pm May 20, 2021

New Delhi: A woman and her son were found dead inside their house in northeast Delhi’s Karawal Nagar on Thursday morning, police said. The deceased has been identified as Umlesh (56) and Ashok (29). They stayed on the first floor and ran a general store on the ground floor of the house, they said. When […]

TN gets consignment of medical oxygen from Odisha

8:28 pm May 20, 2021

Coimbatore: Tamil Nadu received its 10th consignment of medical oxygen on Thursday by rail from Odisha, amid the COVID-19 surge in the southern state. An Oxygen Express train carrying 29.24 metric tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) arrived at Madukkarai Railway station near here from Rourkela in Odisha, a railway division release said. Tamil Nadu […]

First case of black fungus reported in HP

8:03 pm May 20, 2021

Shimla: The first case of Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, has been detected in Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Thursday. A native of Khagar in Hamirpur district has been diagnosed with Mucormycosis infection, Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) hospital’s senior medical superintendent Dr Janak Raj said. The woman is currently being treated at IGMC […]

Pinarayi Vijayan sworn in as Chief Minister of Kerala

7:58 pm May 20, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: CPI(M) veteran Pinarayi Vijayan, who led the Left Democratic Front (LDF) to an unprecedented consecutive victory in the April 6 assembly polls, was on Thursday sworn in as the Chief Minister of Kerala for the second successive term. Governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the oath of office to 77-year-old Vijayan in a low-key function […]