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13 May

Man arrested for stalking woman

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A 25-year-old man from West Delhi was arrested for stalking a woman on social media, police said on Friday. The accused name is Surpreet Singh, a resident of Tilak Nagar here, they said. The woman filed a complaint that since February 14; An unknown person is stalking her on social media, also received messages from various accounts. Police conducted a technical analysis and found that the stalker was using various fake IDs to conceal his identity, a senior police officer said.

12 May

Active COVID-19 cases dips in the country

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With 2,827 new coronavirus infections reported in a day, India's number of Covid-19 cases rose to 4,31,13,413, while active cases fell to 19,067, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll rose to 5,24,181 with 24 fatalities from the latest updated data. Daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.60 percent and weekly positivity rate at 0.72 percent, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recovered from the disease has increased to 4,25,70,165. The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive have crossed 190.83 crore.

12 May

Road crash on Yamuna Expressway

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Five people, including four from Maharashtra and one from Karnataka, were killed in a road accident on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, police said. Those seven people were in Mahindra Bolero. They were on their way to Noida from Agra when their car hit a dumper truck from behind near Jewar toll plaza, reports said.

12 May

New COVID-19 cases in Mizoram

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Mizoram recorded 55 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, 22 more than the previous day, taking the tally to 2,27,849, a health department official said. The death toll stands at 697 as no new deaths due to the infection have been reported in the last 10 days. The daily positivity rate rose to 12 percent from the previous day's 7.73 percent as new cases were detected from 455 samples tested, the official said. The northeastern state now has 209 active cases. According to State Immunization Officer Lalmuanaoma Jongte, more than 8.52 lakh people have been vaccinated with 6.92 lakh. and 42,192…

12 May

Temperature in the city settles to normal

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The national capital witnessed a warm morning on Thursday as the city recorded a minimum temperature of 29.5 degrees Celsius, the highest minimum temperature of the month so far, the Met office said. Skies will be clear on Thursday and heat wave may start from Friday. The maximum temperature on Thursday is likely to be around 43 degrees Celsius, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said. The relative humidity was 67 per cent at 8.30 am on Thursday, the Met office said. Back-to-back showers, thunderstorms, and strong winds provided some respite from the intense heat wave.

10 May

India looking at new markets for edible oil

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India was looking at tapping new markets for edible oil imports following the standoff between Ukraine and Russia, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. According to her, due to the conflict, the country is facing various obstacles in the import of edible oil. "Everyone knows there is a war between Russia and Ukraine. There are various obstacles to importing oil. You know we cannot import edible oil, we were getting sunflower oil. Now, we don't," she said at an event here. "Now, we are importing edible oil from different markets and also looking at new markets," she said.…

10 May

New COVID-19 cases in Odisha

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Odisha recorded 12 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the tally to 12,88,222, a health department bulletin said. Another 53 coronavirus patients have died so far due to comorbidities. Odisha now has 114 active cases. The daily positivity rate was 0.08 percent and four of the newly infected persons were children. In total, 14,225 samples were tested for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

10 May

Vidya Balan-starring ‘Neeyat’

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Vidya Balan's titular thriller film "Neeyat", began its first shooting schedule in the UK on Tuesday. The Prime Video movie reunites Balan with his "Shakuntala Devi" director Anu Menon. Balan took to Instagram and posted a picture with Menon and Abundantia Entertainment film producer Vikram Malhotra. “Excited to begin shooting one of the most engaging scripts I have read in the recent times, with some of my favourite people – @directormenon & @ivikramix All I can say is expect the unexpected. #Neeyat Filming Begins,” the 43-year-old actor wrote. The story of the film is written by Menon, Advait Kala and…

10 May

Rajasthan HC stays arrest of TV journalist Aman Chopra

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The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday stayed the arrest of Noida-based journalist Aman Chopra who was booked by the state police for a TV controversy over the demolition of a temple by civic authorities in Alwar district. Chopra had already obtained a stay on his arrest from the Jaipur bench of the court in cases registered against him in Bundi and Alwar districts, but a similar FIR filed in Dungarpur made him face arrest. A team of Rajasthan police camped in Noida, neighboring Delhi, to arrest the TV 18 journalist in connection with the third FIR. Now, Justice Dinesh Mehta…

09 May

Rahul Gandhi to visit Gujarat on May

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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be on a one-day election tour of Gujarat on Tuesday where he will address a meeting of tribals in Dahod. He will address a public meeting at Navjivan Arts and Commerce College in Dahod on the 'Adivasi Satyagraha rally', the party said. Later, Gandhi will address a meeting of Congress MLAs at Swami Vivekananda Sankule in Govinda Nagar, Dahod. During his visit, Gandhi will hold another meeting with tribal leaders of Gujarat at the same place.