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12 Mar 2021

Pune

Pune sees fresh curbs in light of rising COVID-19 cases

Considering the recent spike in COVID-19 cases, the Pune district administration has directed schools and colleges to remain shut till March 31 and curtailed the operating time for hotels and restaurants.

12 Mar 2021

Srinagar

Fresh snowfall in parts of Kashmir; light rain in Delhi-NCR

Parts of Kashmir received fresh snowfall while the rest of the Kashmir Valley witnessed moderate to heavy rainfall for the third consecutive day on Friday.

12 Mar 2021

Narendra Modi

PM Modi launches Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav celebrations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav, the government's initiative to mark 75 years of India's Independence.

12 Mar 2021

Mukesh Ambani

Ambani bomb scare: Mobile phone used traced to Tihar cell

In another shocking turn in the investigation into the explosives-laden vehicle found near billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani's Mumbai residence, the police have reportedly recovered a mobile phone from inside a barrack in Delhi's Tihar Jail.

12 Mar 2021

Zomato

Covering expenses of Bengaluru-woman, delivery man, says Zomato after fiasco

Deepinder Goyal, the founder of the food-ordering app Zomato, on Friday, spoke about the incident involving a customer and a delivery man.

12 Mar 2021

Maharashtra

700 people attend wedding in Maharashtra, organizers booked

In spite of the coronavirus restrictions, around 700 people gathered to attend a marriage function at Kalyan in Maharashtra's Thane district, following which police has registered a case against its organizers, civic authorities said.

12 Mar 2021

Mumbai

Maharashtra: Three cops among six booked for abetting man's suicide

An FIR has been registered in the Thane District of Maharashtra against six persons, including three policemen and a mother-daughter duo from Nagpur, for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 38-year-old man, an official said on Friday.

12 Mar 2021

Nagpur

Woman arrested for killing husband who had five wives

A woman has been arrested in Nagpur for allegedly killing her husband, a police official said on Thursday.

12 Mar 2021

Maharashtra

Coronavirus: India's tally reaches 11.3 million with 23K+ new cases

India on Thursday reported more than 23,000 fresh coronavirus infections, pushing the nationwide tally to 11.3 million cases.

11 Mar 2021

Maharashtra

Amid lockdown worry, Centre expresses concern over Maharashtra's COVID-19 situation

The Union Health Ministry on Thursday expressed concern over the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra.

11 Mar 2021

India

Gadkari denies bribery report; Swedish firm Scania admits 'misconduct'

The office of Union Transport Minister, Nitin Gadkari, has denied the findings of international media reports that Swedish truck and bus manufacturer Scania delivered a luxury bus to the Minister for his daughter's wedding.

11 Mar 2021

Maharashtra

Vaccination centers given nod to operate 24x7 in Maharashtra

The Maharashtra Government has allowed all COVID-19 vaccination centers in the state to operate round-the-clock if they have adequate staff, to speed up the immunization drive in the state.

11 Mar 2021

India

Delhi woman had extramarital affair, planned husband's murder: Police

The Delhi Police have arrested a 41-year-old woman for conspiring to kill her husband, who was shot at in South Delhi's Defence Colony area on Wednesday.

11 Mar 2021

Uttar Pradesh

Ahead of panchayat polls, 960 liquor cartons seized in Ballia

Liquor worth around Rs. 40 lakh allegedly meant to be distributed ahead of the panchayat polls in Ballia District of Uttar Pradesh and for smuggling into neighboring Bihar has been seized from the city.

11 Mar 2021

India

PM Modi's mother receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother, Heeraben Modi, received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine today, he tweeted this afternoon.

11 Mar 2021

Noida

Theft at 'Statue of Unity' sculptor's Noida home

The Noida Police is investigating a case of theft at the house of globally-renowned sculptor Ram Sutar and has booked his domestic help who is absconding, officials said on Thursday.

11 Mar 2021

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: 7-day COVID-19 lockdown in Nagpur from Monday

Nagpur city and some adjoining areas are set to go on lockdown starting March 15 (Monday), the district administration announced on Thursday.

11 Mar 2021

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal: Man gets life imprisonment for raping minor daughter

A special court in the Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping his five-year-old daughter.

11 Mar 2021

Zomato

Zomato's delivery person, who punched woman, arrested; company assures support

The delivery man, who was accused of punching a beauty influencer in Bengaluru, has been arrested, Bengaluru DCP (South East) Joshi Srinath said, ANI reported on Thursday.

11 Mar 2021

India

Geeta, who strayed into Pakistan, may have found her mother

No DNA test has been conducted yet but for 29-year-old Geeta, who returned to India from Pakistan in 2015 after going there when she was nine, the search for her biological mother may have ended, an NGO says.

11 Mar 2021

India

Mumbai: After spike in COVID-19 cases, BMC says lockdown possible

A day after Mumbai reported more than 1,500 coronavirus cases, the city's civic body - Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) - has said that it is open to all the options to curb the virus' spread, including a lockdown.

11 Mar 2021

Farmers Protest

Farmers' agitation: Unions call for Bharat Bandh on March 26

Farmers, protesting against three Central farm laws, have called for a Bharat Bandh on March 26, to mark four months of their agitation, which has crippled normalcy at the borders of Delhi.

11 Mar 2021

Mumbai

Mumbai: 68-year-old arrested for allegedly raping street dog

A 68-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday by the DN Nagar Police in Mumbai for allegedly raping a female dog living on the streets of Juhu galli in Andheri (West) last December.

11 Mar 2021

Maharashtra

Coronavirus: India's tally reaches 11.28 million with 22K+ new cases

India on Wednesday reported more than 22,000 fresh coronavirus infections, pushing the nationwide tally to 11.28 million cases.

10 Mar 2021

Uttar Pradesh

UP: Khap panchayat bans jeans for women, shorts for men

A khap panchayat in Muzaffarnagar District of Uttar Pradesh has barred women from wearing jeans and men from wearing shorts, saying they are part of western culture and that people should wear traditional Indian clothes.

10 Mar 2021

Haridwar

Haridwar Kumbh Mela 2021: Dates, registration, and COVID-19 guidelines

Preparations are in full swing in Uttarakhand's Haridwar as Kumbh Mela 2021 is all set to begin on the occasion of Maha Shivratri tomorrow (March 11).

10 Mar 2021

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Seven-point action plan formed to contain COVID-19

To check the spike in COVID-19 cases, the Maharashtra Health Department has come up with a seven-point action plan, including testing of close contacts, fast contact-tracing, mass testing in hot-spots, and audit of deaths.

10 Mar 2021

Mumbai Police

Mumbai Police registers FIR in MP Mohan Delkar's death case

The Mumbai Police has registered an FIR on charge of abetment to suicide, and provisions of Atrocities act in connection with the death of Lok Sabha member Mohan Delkar, a senior police official said on Wednesday.

10 Mar 2021

Himachal Pradesh

Shimla: Eight dead, 11 hurt as bus falls into gorge

Eight people were killed and 11 injured as a private bus fell into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district on Wednesday, police said.

10 Mar 2021

India

Bhopal: Suspecting infidelity, man axes wife's leg and hand

A 32-year-old man allegedly attacked his wife with an axe over suspicion of an extramarital affair in Madhya Pradesh's capital city Bhopal on Tuesday night.

10 Mar 2021

Narendra Modi

Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav: PM requests all MPs to participate

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday requested MPs and all public representatives to take part in Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav to mark India's 75 years of Independence, which will start from March 12 in Gujarat's Sabarmati Ashram.

10 Mar 2021

Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani bomb scare: Facing murder allegations, Mumbai cop transferred

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday announced the transfer of Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze from the Mumbai Crime Branch after the cop was accused of murdering Mansukh Hiren.

10 Mar 2021

Kolkata

Kolkata cocaine case: Two more held, 10 arrested so far

Two persons have been arrested from Kolkata in connection with a drug haul case in which two BJP leaders in West Bengal were apprehended earlier, police said on Wednesday.

10 Mar 2021

India

Pakistan to get 'Made-in-India' COVID-19 vaccines under GAVI alliance

Pakistan will soon get Indian-made coronavirus vaccines under the United Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), a public-private health partnership to increase access to immunization in poor countries across the globe, reports say.

10 Mar 2021

West Bengal

Elderly man dies after shot of COVID-19 vaccine in Bengal

A senior citizen in Dhupguri city in Jalpaiguri District of West Bengal died allegedly after being administered the Covishield vaccine, prompting his family members to lodge a police complaint, an official said on Tuesday.

10 Mar 2021

Zomato

Zomato's delivery person punches woman, horrifying visuals surface

On Wednesday, a gut-wrenching video surfaced on social media, wherein a Bengaluru-based beauty influencer, Hitesha Chandranee, accused a Zomato delivery person of physically abusing her.

10 Mar 2021

India

Tirath Singh Rawat takes oath as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament Tirath Singh Rawat took oath as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand in Dehradun this afternoon.

10 Mar 2021

Gujarat

Gujarat: Minor girl killed in leopard attack in Amreli

A three-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard at a village in Gujarat's Amreli district, a forest official said on Wednesday.

10 Mar 2021

Maharashtra

Coronavirus: India's tally reaches 11.26 million with 17K+ new cases

India on Tuesday reported more than 17,000 fresh coronavirus infections, pushing the nationwide tally to 11.26 million cases.

'Gross Interference'; India summons UK envoy over farm laws debate

The central government on Tuesday summoned the British High Commissioner in India to express its disapproval over the recent discussions on farmers' protest and press freedom in the United Kingdom Parliament.