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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.

09 May

UP men died in cloudburst

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A woman and her two sons from Uttar Pradesh were killed in a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district on Monday, officials said here. The woman and her two sons - believed to be adults - were working as laborers in a brick kiln at Chandhara in Budgam when the cloudburst occurred, officials said. They said that three people died on the spot. According to initial reports, the deceased are residents of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.

09 May

Prison for 14 years in term for throwing acid on woman

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A court in Odisha's Jagatsingpur district on Monday sentenced two men, including an army jawan, to 14 years in jail for throwing acid on a women college student 13 years ago after she refused one of their marriage proposals. Assistant Sessions (Women's Court) Judge Rasmita Sahu also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on each of the two convicts. Santosh Kumar Vedant alias Bapi and Biswajit Dalsinghe alias Anil threw acid on the woman when she was returning home along with her brother after attending college on April 18, 2009 in a village under Tirtol police station area. The main…

09 May

Delhi to witness heatwave again

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert, warning of a fresh heatwave spell in Delhi which may see temperatures soaring to 44 degrees Celsius by Wednesday.Though there won't be a steep rise in temperatures in most parts of Delhi as easterly winds are prevailing in the region under the impact of Cyclone Asani over the Bay of Bengal, the increase in humidity levels can cause discomfort, said Mahesh Palawat, Vice President (Meteorology and Climate Change), Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency."Without the easterly winds, temperatures would have leaped to 46-47 degrees Celsius," he said.On Monday, the Safdarjung…

07 May

Head constable dead in car crash

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A head constable posted at the Lucknow CBI office died in a car accident on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, police said. The head constable's wife and their three children were injured, they said. Superintendent of Police (Rural) Akhilesh Narayan said Sanjeev Yadav (50) of Etawar was returning from Mathura with his family when his car hit a divider on the expressway in Nasirpur police station area.

07 May

Delhi records minimum temperature

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The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 23.8 degrees Celsius on Saturday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The humidity level at 8.30 am was 66 percent. The Met Office has forecast partly cloudy skies during the day with a chance of thundershowers. The highest temperature may settle near 41 degrees Celsius.

07 May

BJP worker found dead, Shah to give a visit

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit the home of a BJP worker who died under "mysterious" circumstances in north Kolkata's Kashipur area on Friday. The body of BJP Yuva Morcha leader Arjun Chaurasia of Kashipur area was found hanging inside an abandoned building in Ghoshbagan area, police said. The BJP alleged that the ruling TMC had murdered him, which it denied. A senior state BJP leader said Shah, who is on a two-day visit to the state, will visit Chaurasia's residence this afternoon. “He was an efficient party worker. We found him dead this morning. He was part of…

07 May

India records 3,545 new Covid cases with 27 deaths

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India reported 3,545 new Covid infections in a single day taking the number of reported cases to 4,30,94,938 while the number of active cases fell to 19,688, according to a Union Health Ministry update. The death toll rose to 5,24,002 with 27 more deaths. Active cases comprised 0.05 percent of total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.74 percent, the health ministry said. According to it, the daily positivity rate was 0.76 percent and the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.79 percent. The number of people who have recovered from the disease has increased to 4,25,51,248.

06 May

Fresh COVID-19 cases in Punjab

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Punjab reported 87 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, taking the number of infections to 7,59,832, according to a medical bulletin. No Covid-related deaths have been reported in the state in the last 24 hours, it said. The death toll stands at 17,751. These include three deaths that were not previously reported. Among the fresh cases, Patiala recorded maximum 63 infections, followed by six in Mohali and four in Bathinda. There were 280 active cases in the state, it said.

06 May

Thane reports new COVID-19 cases

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With the addition of 23 coronavirus positive cases, the number of infections in Maharashtra's Thane district rose to 7, 09,132, an official said on Friday. The death number in the district remained unchanged at 11,893. The death rate is 1.67 percent. These incidents were reported on Thursday.