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PM Modi raps Kejriwal for televised comments during meeting on COVID

9:33 pm April 23, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s decision to telecast his comments live during an interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday regarding the pandemic situation in the national capital drew disapproval from the latter, who chided him for ‘breaking protocol’, and later the Union government officials accused the AAP leader of ‘playing politics’. […]

C’garh: Two IEDs recovered in Sukma

9:20 pm April 23, 2021

Sukma: Two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district were recovered by security forces on Friday, an official said. The IEDs were planted in Jagargunda-Kondasavli area and were unearthed by a patrolling team of the CRPF’s 231 Battalion, he said. The IEDs were defused on the spot itself, the official informed.

155 cartons of illicit liquor in Agra

9:17 pm April 23, 2021

Agra (UP): Three people were arrested following the seizure of 155 cartons of illegal liquor here, police said on Friday. A raid was conducted after a tip-off at Shamsabad block of Agra on Thursday night, they said, adding that three of six accused managed to flee. Police recovered a country-made gun and two live cartridges […]

Father, daughter die of electrocution in Agra

9:09 pm April 23, 2021

Agra (UP): A man and his 12-year-old daughter died on Friday after an electric wire fell on them in a village in this district of Uttar Pradesh, police said. “The incident occurred at about 9.15 am in Salempur Ghankar village when Dileep Jadon (32) and his daughter Sapna were fencing their field with iron wires […]

Ladakh reports 198 new COVID cases, one death

7:29 pm April 23, 2021

Leh: One more person died due to coronavirus in Ladakh, taking the death toll to 135 on Friday, while 198 fresh cases pushed the infection tally to 12,937, officials said. The fatality was reported from Leh. The death toll stands at 135 — 91 in Leh and 44 in Kargil. Of the fresh cases, 183 […]