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Bihar: 7,870 new Covid cases, 34 fresh deaths

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News / Times Of India/ Patna

A total of 34 more Covid-19 fatalities were reported in Bihar Saturday, taking the toll of deaths to 1722, health department bulletin said. Total 7870 new cases surfaced across the state in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally of coronavirus patients to 3,15,427, it said...

'Centre blocked Remdesivir supply to Maharashtra'

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News / Times Of India/ Pune

The BJP hit back saying that Malik should either give proof or apologise for levelling "false" and "baseless" allegations, and said he should step down from the post...

Covid: Maharashtra CM reaches out to industrialists

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News / Times Of India/ Pune

Thackeray has appealed to the corporate community to set up oxygen production plants using modern technology in their premises and to assist the state with its supply...

Blackmarketers stole Remdesivir from beds of dead patients

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News / Times Of India/ Pune

The alleged mastermind of the Remdesivir black-marketing racket, Kunal Kohde, is learnt to have stolen several vials of the anti-viral injections from the bedside of dead patients at his hospital at Deo Nagar Chowk...

Odisha: ECI announces fresh schedule for Pipili bypoll; voting on May 13

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News / Times Of India/ Bhubaneswar

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday announced fresh schedule for the Pipili byelection, which was earlier countermanded following death of Congress nominee Ajit Mangaraj...

Maharashtra: Groom, father booked for violating Covid-19 protocol during haldi function in Kalyan

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News / Times Of India/ Thane

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Maharashtra reports over 67,000 new Covid-19 cases

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West Bengal reports 7,713 Covid cases, 32 deaths

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Telangana logs 4,446 new Covid cases, 12 deaths

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News / Times Of India/ Hyderabad

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 598 followed by Medchal Malkajgiri (435) and Rangareddy (326), a bulletin said on Saturday providing details as of 8 PM on April 16...

Covid-19: Kerala logs over 13,000 cases, 27 deaths

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News / Times Of India/ Thiruvananthapuram

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RT-PCR test must for Kumbh returnees in Gujarat

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Delhi: 49 officers deployed for Covid hosp management

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News / Times Of India/ Delhi

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'Himachal reported 200 Covid deaths in last 50 days'

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Covid negative report must for devotees from outside Odisha for Jagannath darshan

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K'taka: BJP expels ex-MLA for contesting as rebel

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Nearly 19,000 get jabs in Noida, Ghaziabad

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News / Times Of India/ Noida

As many as 8,996 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 across 92 centres in Gautam Budh Nagar on Friday...

13 fleeing with forged RT-PCR reports held

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News / Times Of India/ Surat

Valsad police booked 13 people on Thursday for trying to enter Gujarat through Bhilad check-post using fake RT-PCR reports. An unidentified agent from Mumbai was also booked for forging the reports...

Health dept takes steps to ensure availability of oxygen

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News / Times Of India/ Jaipur

Since the neighbouring states such as Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat have been reporting a surge in Covid cases and deaths since past few weeks, the state is on alert mode and ensuring availability of medicine, beds in hospitals and oxygen to deal with any crisis situation. Besides, directions have been issued to collectors to purchase oxygen concentration and medical oxygen cylinders at their level...

Ajmer: Betting racket busted in Ajmer, 4 held

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News / Times Of India/ Jaipur

City police on Friday arrested four accused for betting on IPL matches and seized two laptops and 32 mobile phones...

Bihar: Second wave of Covid puts children at risk

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News / Times Of India/ Patna

The second wave of Covid pandemic has not spared even children, who were largely safe during the initial phase of the pandemic last year. As the children do not have access to Covid vaccines, experts said stricter surveillance by parents was the solution...

Rainfall in Bihar likely to be less than nat’l average

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News / Times Of India/ Patna

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued the first seasonal forecast for southwest monsoon for 2021 and stated that the country is likely to receive 98% of the Long Period Average (LPA) rainfall for the season. Meteorologists at the Patna Meteorological Centre, on the other hand, said the state is likely to get comparatively slightly less rainfall...

NSA to be slapped on 3 Remdesivir hoarders in Kanpur

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News / Times Of India/ Lucknow

The Kanpur Nagar police will invoke the provisions of stringent National Security Act (NSA) against three persons arrested while carrying 265 Remdesivir injection vials on Thursday...

Gang from Bihar duping women with ‘gold polish’ trick busted

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News / Times Of India/ Mysore

The KSRTC bus strike helped police bust a gang, which was active since many days in parts of the district. The gang duped women into parting with their gold chains and stealing them, under the pretext of polishing them. A total 8 accused from Bihar, with 5 of them aged between 20 and 30, and remaining between 30 and 40, who are members of a gang, are the accused. All the accused are daily wage earners...

‘Dead’ patient returns home from hospital

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News / Times Of India/ Kolkata

A patient who was declared dead and a death certificate was issued in his name was found to be alive and healthy at the Chittaranjan National Medical College Hospital on Friday. Sabir Molla, the patient, had been admitted to the hospital on April 11 with chest pain. On Thursday evening, Molla’s family received a call from the hospital informing them of his death...

Make Covid-negative report must to enter Bengal: Mamata

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News / Times Of India/ Kolkata

Speaking at several public rallies, the CM argued that influx of people from states that were showing a rapid rise in Covid cases might lead to a spike in Bengal too. Bengal was still not among the 10 states reporting highest caseloads, Banerjee said. “But how long can we stall this? Several thousands are coming to Bengal just to set up pandals for BJP’s public rallies.”..

No plan to cancel Class X state board examination: Himanta Biswa Sarma

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News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday hinted that the Class 10 state board exam (Matric) will be held as per schedule in May. He, however, added as the model code of conduct is on, any decision in this regard would be taken by the new government...

6 of cargo theft racket held with 2 crore worth of ferro chrome

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News / Times Of India/ Bhubaneswar

The special task force (STF) of the Crime Branch on Friday busted a well-organised cargo theft racket, involved in stealing ferro chrome and costly commodities on the national highways in the state, with the arrest of six members of the gang. Around 210 tonnes of ferro chrome worth more than Rs 2 crore was seized from their possession...

3,108 new cases in 24 hrs as state sees 30-fold rise

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News / Times Of India/ Bhubaneswar

The state’s single-day Covid tally breached the 3,000-mark on Friday with 3,108 fresh cases, registering a 30-time growth from 110 cases on March 18. For the first time this year, the daily count had touched triple digits then...

Covid medicines fly off pharmacy shelves in Gujarat

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News / Times Of India/ Ahemdabad

It is not just antiviral Favipiravir but almost all medicines used in Covid-19 treatment and management are flying off pharmacy shelves...

Youth kills vanniyar lover after her parents choose another groom

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News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A 21-year-old dalit youth, his minor brother and a friend were arrested on Thursday on charges of strangling his lover to death in a village near Ulundurpet in Kallakurichi district. The dalit youth murdered the 18-year-old vanniyar girl after she broke up with him and decided to marry a person chosen by her parents from their own community, police said...

Automatic, drive-through washer to save SR time

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News / Times Of India/ Chennai

In a few months, trainsthatstarttheir trip from Tambaram Railway Station should have a glistening look. In a bid to improve cleanliness and to increase turnaround time of trains, Southern Railway will be setting up an automatic train washing plant at Tambaram railway yard...

Thane and Kalyan added 25,000 Covid-19 cases in 18-19 days

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News / Times Of India/ Thane

The spread of Covid-19 infection in Thane and Kalyan cities, which recently crossed the one-lakh mark each, has picked up pace as the last 25,000 cases have been added in 18-19 days as compared to five months it took during the peak last year...

Rajasthan: Many Covid cases go undetected in RT-PCR

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News / Times Of India/ Jaipur

Many patients are coming to hospitals who are tested negative by RT-PCR test, but they have pneumonia. Clinical features, serum markers and CT scan of chest clearly indicating Covid-19 infection...

Lucknow DM tests positive for Covid-19

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Sunday curfew in UP; Rs 1k fine for not wearing mask

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News / Times Of India/ Lucknow

Sunday curfew has been imposed in UP till May 15 after Covid-19 touched its highest daily tally of 27,426 cases on Friday. For a district like Lucknow, where night curfew is also in place, the closure will be from 8 pm on Saturday up to 7 am on Monday...

In Pb, rural docs threaten to boycott Covid duties

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News / Times Of India/ Chandigarh

As Punjab battens down the hatches to contain the pandemic crisis, rural medical officers (RMOs) and the Punjab government are on a collision course with the former threatening to boycott all Covid duties...

Covid-19 spike has driven tourism down 90%: Lobo

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News / Times Of India/ Goa

Science and technology minister Michael Lobo said on Friday that due to the rise of Covid-19 cases, hotel occupancy is down to 10-15%. He also said that there’s a 90% decline in the number of tourists entering the state...

Goa: As cases soar, CM puts onus on individuals to curb spread

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News / Times Of India/ Goa

Friday’s jaw-dropping exponential single-day spike of 927 Covid cases notwithstanding, chief minister Pramod Sawant continued to put the onus on individuals to control the spread of the pandemic in the state by using face masks, sanitisers and maintaining social distancing...

Live: Prices of oxygen concentrators soar in Nagpur

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ICSE exams for Classes X, XII deferred

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News / Times Of India/ Pune

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Friday decided to defer ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) board exams, which were scheduled to be held from May 4...

63,729 — Highest single-day spike in Maha

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News / Times Of India/ Pune

Maharashtra on Friday reported 63,729 fresh coronavirus cases, the highest single-day count so far, taking the tally past the 37-lakh mark, while 398 more patients succumbed to the infection, said a health department official...

Jain religious trusts can deliver pious food

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Covid rules melt in heat of Pandharpur bypoll campaign

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News / Times Of India/ Pune

The heated campaign for the Pandharpur-Mangalwedha assembly bypoll ended on Thursday with flagrant violation of Covid-19 rules with masks not worn, social distance not maintained and far more than 200 people gathering at various spots...

'Covid after vax milder, can be treated at home'

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News / Times Of India/ Pune

A number of senior citizens, healthcare workers and people over 45 with underlying conditions have contracted Covid after at least one dose of the Covid vaccine. But the infection in those who've received their jabs is mild and most of them recover at home, one analysis of such cases in Nashik has found...

Covishield reserves dry up at sites in PMC limits

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News / Times Of India/ Pune

Hospitals within Pune Municipal Corporation limits are reporting a shortage of the Covishield vaccine...

Allow Covid vaccine in open market: Naveen Patnaik to PM Modi

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News / Times Of India/ Bhubaneswar

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday asked the Centre to allow Covid vaccine in the open market outside government supply chain so that those willing and can afford can take the shots...

T'gana: Ever Given manager helping 2 seafarers get home

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News / Times Of India/ Hyderabad

Two seafarers of 25-member Indian crew have been allowed to leave the container ship ‘Ever Given’ by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA). The authorities granted permission based on the recommendation of the ship owner who reportedly informed that the two seafarers had some personal emergency back home...

Contempt case: T'gana HC tells babu to serve iftar food

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News / Times Of India/ Hyderabad

The Telangana high court on Friday allowed another IAS officer to purge himself of a contempt case by doing some social service in lieu of the punishment...

Nagarjuna Sagar bypoll today, result after 2 wks

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News / Times Of India/ Hyderabad

Over 2.20 lakh voters will decide the fate of TRS candidate Nomula Bhagat, Congress veteran K Jana Reddy and 39 others in Nagarjuna Sagar which goes to polls on Saturday...

Karnataka may touch 12.9 lakh cases by May 10

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News / Times Of India/ Bangalore

(This story originally appeared in BangaloreMirror on April 17, 2021)..

BSY tests +ve for Covid second time, in hospital

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News / Times Of India/ Bangalore

Chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday tested positive for Covid-19 - the second time within a year - and was admitted to Manipal Hospitals...

46 moved out of Bhagwati over oxygen fears

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News / Times Of India/ Mumbai

As oxygen shortage hit civic-run Bhagwati Hospital on Friday, 46 Covid positive patients had to be shifted out of the Borivli hospital to three other municipal facilities. Civic authorities said that the hospital didn’t get its regular fill of oxygen on time and hence moved out the patients before the stocks ran out...

Raj: Over 7.4L to cast votes in 3 assembly bypolls today

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News / Times Of India/ Jaipur

Over seven lakh voters will decide the fate of 27 candidates in three assembly constituencies - Sahada, Sujangarh and Rajsamand - which go to polls on Saturday...

Tanker with 15,000 litres of liquid oxygen reaches Patna

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News / Times Of India/ Patna

At least one tanker filled with more than 15,000 litres of liquid oxygen reached here from Bokaro in Jharkhand early on Friday to meet the crisis of oxygen shortage in hospitals treating Covid-19 patients in Patna...

Chandigarh goes under weekend lockdown

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At 6,277, Haryana's 1-day tally hits all-time high

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News / Times Of India/ Chandigarh

Haryana recorded 6,277 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, the highest ever tally in the state in a day, which took its cumulative infection tally to 3,42,077. Twenty more fatalities due to the viral disease were reported in the state, pushing its overall death toll to 3,354, even as 2,858 people recovered during the day...

Persuaded CM to accept my resignation, says Pb police IG Kunwar Vijay Pratap

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News / Times Of India/ Chandigarh

Punjab police IG Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, who submitted his resignation seeking premature retirement on April 11, claimed on Friday that he had been able to persuade chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh to accept his resignation after a few meetings in the last few days...

Daily new Covid cases may rise 20-fold by April end

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News / Times Of India/ Kolkata

For the past three days, the number of fresh cases has been rising by close to 1,000 each day. From 4,817 fresh cases on April 13, the number shot up to 5,892 the next day and then to 6,769 on Thursday. Going by this surging numbers, health experts fear the number of daily cases will touch the 20,000 mark in about two weeks from now...

Online studies taking a toll on students

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News / Times Of India/ Kolkata

Students who appeared for pre-board examinations this year, whether online or offline, have not fared as well as students of past batches. This, schools say, is owing to attention deficiency, absence of congenial environment in some homes and various other factors that have hampered studies through the online mode, and points to the importance of physical classroom studies in a child’s education...

HSVP team razes 15 houses in Sector 23A

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Govt orders closure of schools till Apr 30

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Sharp spike in cases, 1,919 test +ve to take Covid tally past 75k

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Shops and restaurants on 23 DLF-1 plots, developer tells government

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Ahd: Nearly 80% patients come to hosps needing O2

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News / Times Of India/ Ahemdabad

Sudhir Jadav, 50, a resident of Prabhat Chowk, succumbed at Civil Hospital on Friday morning. “His RT-PCR report was negative. But he had developed extreme breathlessness on Thursday night. We called EMRI 108 at 9 pm to hospitalize him and were told to wait...

Covid: Ahd has highest fatality rate among major cities

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News / Times Of India/ Ahemdabad

On Thursday, Gujarat crossed the grave milestone of 5,000 mortalities during the ongoing pandemic. A day before, Ahmedabad had become the 10thdistrict in India to have over 2,500 deaths. Analysis of the mortality trend in major cities revealed that Ahmedabad had case fatality rate (CFR) of 2.7% — the highest among 11 districts of India having 2,500-plus deaths...

TN: Sons dump elderly mother amid thorny bushes

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News / Times Of India/ Chennai

An elderly woman who was brought by her son on a bike and dumped amid thorny bushes at Kunnamancheri village near Ponneri was rescued by police late on Thursday...

Tamil Nadu: Power cuts today for maintenance

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News / Times Of India/ Chennai

To facilitate maintenance work, power supply will be suspended in the following areas between 9am and 2pm on Saturday (April17)...

Delhi: This weekend, home is your world

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News / Times Of India/ Delhi

The weekend curfew aimed at breaking the Covid-19 infection chain means that unless you have a valid emergency or you fall in an exempted category, you can’t step out of your house till 5am on Monday...

Maha restrictions: FAQs on what's permitted

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News / Times Of India/ Mumbai

As Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray reminded citizens that the 'war against coronavirus has begun again'. Stringent restrictions are now in place across the state and section 144 has been imposed. It has understandably also led to many queries on what the new changes mean. Here are all your questions regarding the 15-day-long curfew answered. During this period, only essential services will be exempted, and their operations to be unrestricted, the chief minister had announced...

Fire breaks out in Covid hospital in Devgadh Baria

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SGCCI appeals citizens to practice self-lockdown over weekend

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Albert Ekka's widow dies at 89

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Black Friday: 56 deaths, 3.8k cases in worst day for Jharkhand

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Former E S’bhum civil surgeon dies of Cov; laxity in treatment: Kin

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Down with Covid? Ranchi MP will now deliver food, medicines at your doorstep

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Oxygen concentrators a good option for therapy at home: Doctors

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Congress panel promises to make Margao ‘ultra modern city’

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News / Times Of India/ Goa

Leader of opposition Digambar Kamat on Friday assured the people “five years of unity, availability, accessibility, honesty and transparency with an aim to make Margao an ultra modern city” while unveiling the manifesto of Model Margao panel fielded by Congress for the upcoming civic polls...

Withdraw strike, come for talks: Chief minister Pramod Sawant

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News / Times Of India/ Goa

Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Friday urged the taxi operators to withdraw their strike and come for talks...

6 thefts at Gzb railway station in a week

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Over 2.5K sign petition to save Race Course

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Wild elephants terrorise residents of Sirumugai

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Corpn zones get Covid nodal officers

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K'taka bypolls: 3 segments to vote amid Covid surge

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News / Times Of India/ Bangalore

The Belagavi Lok Sabha constituency and Maski and Basavakalyan assembly segments will vote today in the shadow of the Covid-19 surge. The Election Commission (EC) has decided to keep polling open for more hours, from 7am to 7pm, to facilitate the compliance of health-safety rules. The last hour is reserved for positive patients...

CPM to send John Brittas, V Sivadasan to Rajya Sabha

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Covid surges in Kashi: 13,756 cases, 36 deaths reported in last 15 days

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CA’s plasma website with over 100 donors saves Covid patients

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Corporator Pande turns saviour for many with O2 concentrators

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Active patients in Vid may touch 2.50L by May: Experts

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4 hurt in garbage dumpblast in Farrukhabad

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AU asks inmates to vacate hostels

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Delhi dust storm: Woman killed, daughter hurt

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News / Times Of India/ Delhi

A 37-year-old woman died while her minor daughter and another man were injured after a tin sheet allegedly fell on them in southwest Delhi's Palam area on Friday during a dust storm, police said...