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Navi Mumbai: Teen factory helper dies of electric shock

8:45 pm May 9, 2021

Thane: A 13-year-old boy employed as a helper in a factory in Mahape MIDC in Navi Mumbai died of electric shock, police said on Sunday. The incident happened on Friday morning and a Rabale MIDC police station official said an accidental death case had been registered for the moment, though charges against the firm for […]

Lockdown extended in Uttar Pradesh till May 17

8:41 pm May 9, 2021

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday extended the statewide coronavirus lockdown ending on Monday by a week, a senior official said. The “corona curfew” was earlier scheduled to end at 7 am on May 10. In a statement issued here, Additional Chief Secretary (Information), Navneet Sehgal said the “corona curfew” imposed in the state […]

273 COVID deaths, over 13K cases in Delhi

8:34 pm May 9, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi recorded 273 more coronavirus deaths on Sunday, the lowest since April 21, and 13,336 new infections with a positivity rate of 21.67 per cent, the Health Department said. The number of new cases, the lowest since April 12, can be attributed to a smaller number of tests — 61,552 — conducted on […]

YouTuber Rahul Vohra dies of COVID-19 complications

7:48 pm May 9, 2021

New Delhi: Actor-YouTuber Rahul Vohra died on Sunday at a hospital here due to COVID-19 complications, theatre director-playwright Arvind Gaur confirmed. Vohra, 35, had shared his coronavirus diagnosis earlier this week in a Facebook post. He was admitted at the Rajeev Gandhi Super Speciality hospital, Tahirpur and was shifted to Ayushman Hospital, Dwarka, on Saturday […]

MP: Professor held for killing husband in Chhatarpur

7:42 pm May 9, 2021

Chhatarpur: Police have arrested a 63- year-old college professor for allegedly electrocuting to death her doctor husband over a domestic dispute in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur city, officials said on Sunday. The incident took place on April 29 following which she allegedly tried to mislead the police by saying that her 65-year-old husband, a renowned physician, […]