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BJP to boycott WB speaker’s election, not attend Assembly

9:36 pm May 7, 2021

Kolkata: West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh Friday said that party legislatures will boycott the election for the speaker in West Bengal assembly and its newly elected lawmakers will not attend the House till the post poll violence in the state is controlled. The speaker’s election is slated for Saturday. The BJP lawmakers will not […]

56 deaths, 4,190 virus cases in Himachal Pradesh

9:16 pm May 7, 2021

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh on Friday recorded 56 coronavirus deaths and its highest single-day spike of 4,190 cases, pushing the state’s infection count to 1,22,906, a senior official said. So far, the virus has killed 1,780 people in the state, where a curfew has been imposed to check the coronavirus spread till May 17. The number […]

UP: 3 held for black-marketing of oxygen flow meters in Ghaziabad

11:46 pm May 6, 2021

Ghaziabad: Three men were arrested from Ghaziabad for alleged black-marketing of oxygen flow meters, police said on Thursday. Salman, Imran, and Javed, residents of Delhi, were selling a meter for Rs 15-20,000 in the national capital region, they said. Acting on a tip-off, a team of police personnel from Ghantaghar Kotwali Police Station led by SHO Sandeep Kumar […]

Delhi witnesses sudden change in weather

11:36 pm May 6, 2021

New Delhi: A sudden change in weather was witnessed in Delhi on Thursday afternoon as skies turned cloudy and light rains in some parts of the national capital brought the mercury down, giving much-needed relief to the people of the city. Dusty winds accompanied by thunders were witnessed in the city. The national capital recorded […]

Taking steps to ramp up capacity to transport liquid oxygen with city: Delhi govt

11:22 pm May 6, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi government has taken a number of steps to ramp up the capacity to transport liquid oxygen, including tracking of tankers via GPS and putting a decentralized management system in place for distribution of the life-saving gas within the city, an official statement said on Thursday. The Delhi government team tracks the movement of each and […]