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148 more Covid deaths in Punjab, 3,724 cases

11:43 pm May 28, 2021

Chandigarh: The death toll in Punjab reached 14,180 on Friday with 148 more fatalities, while 3,724 new infections took the tally to 5,59,795, according to a health bulletin. The number of active cases declined to 44,964 from 48,231 on Thursday, the bulletin stated. Twenty deaths were reported from Ludhiana, 19 from Amritsar, 13 from Sangrur and 10 […]

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

Centre seeks services of West Bengal Chief Secretary, officer to report in Delhi on Monday

11:40 pm May 28, 2021

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday sought services of West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay and asked the state government to relieve the officer immediately with a direction to him to report in Delhi on Monday. Bandyopadhyay, a 1987-batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, was earlier due to retire on May 31 after completion of 60 […]

Motorcycle rider killed after hitting parked truck

11:36 pm May 28, 2021

Wardha: A man was killed after his motorcycle rammed into a stationary truck near Dongargaon in Hingna police station area on Friday, police said. Bhanudas Marotrao Chichodkar (60) was heading towards Butibori area of the city from Jamtha when he hit the truck, parked in front of a liquor shop without parking lights on. He died on the spot. […]

‘My village, corona-free village’ should be goal of every villager: UP CM

11:05 pm May 28, 2021

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked newly elected village heads on Friday to strive for making their hamlets free of the coronavirus. ”My village, corona-free village” should be the goal of every villager and there should be a healthy competition among panchayats to achieve the target, the chief minister said while interacting with the village […]

Donations for Ayodhya mosque made tax-free

9:03 pm May 28, 2021

Ayodhya: The government has granted tax exemption to those contributing for the construction of the mosque, for which the Supreme Court had allotted five acres in the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi land dispute case, according to a members of the trust overseeing the project. The decision came nine months after the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF), the trust […]