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Hot day recorded in Delhi

11:51 pm May 1, 2021

New Delhi: It was a hot day in the national capital as mercury settled at 41.5 degree Celsius, three notches above the season’s normal, on Saturday, according to the India Meteorological Department. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative figures for the city, recorded a minimum temperature at 28.2 degrees Celsius. Cloudy sky with light rain […]

Ward boy held for demanding bribe to admit COVID patient

11:46 pm May 1, 2021

Gorakhpur (UP): A ward boy of the BRD Medical College here was arrested on Saturday for allegedly taking a bribe on the pretext of admitting a coronavirus patient, police said. Dilip Kumar Singh, a resident of Rampur Khurd under Gulriha police station, had reportedly gone to the BRD Medical College on Friday and was trying […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Delhi CM announces extension of lockdown till May 10

11:42 pm May 1, 2021

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced an extension of the ongoing lockdown in Delhi by another week on Saturday amid a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases as the national capital battles an acute shortage of beds and medical oxygen in its hospitals. “Lockdown in Delhi is being extended by one week,” Kejriwal said in […]

Telangana posts 7,754 COVID-19 cases

11:35 pm May 1, 2021

Hyderabad: Telangana’s coronavirus tally surpassed 4.35 lakh as 7,754 fresh caseswere recorded while the toll stood at2,312 with 51 more casualties. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 1507, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri 630 and Rangareddy 544, a government bulletin said on Saturday providing details as of 8 PM […]

12 patients die as Delhi’s Batra Hospital runs out of oxygen

8:22 pm May 1, 2021

New Delhi: Twelve patients at Delhi’s Batra Hospital, including a senior doctor, died on Saturday and at least two other hospitals reported precipitous drops in their oxygen stocks. With the death of the 12 patients in the south Delhi hospital — which announced at 12.30 p.m. that it had run out of oxygen — the […]