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Daily Archives: April 21, 2021

Grand Mufti fixes Sadqaye-Fitr, urges people to pay it before Ramadhan 15th

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Nasir ul-Islam Wednesday fixed Rs 62 as Sadqay-e-Fitr (mandatory charity) per person in the month of Ramadhan...

Vaccine policy no less than demonetisation: Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday compared the central government's vaccine strategy with demonetisation, which according to him, helped industrialists...

Sikhs in US feel targeted after FedEx shooting

INDIANAPOLIS: Ajeet Singh had to steel himself for a return to work at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday for the...

Fresh supply of medical oxygen sent to some govt, private hospitals in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Some major government and private hospitals in Delhi received fresh stock of medical oxygen in the early hours of Wednesday,...

Water sold in remdesivir vials for Rs 28,000 to Covid patients in Maharashtra

NAGPUR: Two men were held on Tuesday for allegedly selling Remdesivir vials filled with water for Rs 28,000 in Sakkardara area of...

Centre’s Covid vaccine strategy ‘abject failure’: Priyanka Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Slamming the government's alleged lack of preparedness to deal with the COVID-19 second wave and terming its vaccine strategy "abject...

3 ONGC employees kidnapped in Assam

GUWAHATI: Three employees of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Wednesday were kidnapped by armed militants from a rig site...

Inquiry commission gives ‘clean chit’ to UP Police in Vikas Dubey encounter case

LUCKNOW: The three-member inquiry commission probing the encounter killings of gangster Vikas Dubey and five of his alleged associates has given a...

Haryana govt declares summer vacation in schools till May 31

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Wednesday announced summer vacation in schools till May 31, amid surging Covid cases in the state.

India witnesses 2.95 lakh Covid cases in a day

NEW DELHI: The single-day rise in new coronavirus infections inched closer to 3 lakh pushing India's total tally of Covid cases to...