Category: India News

Sushant Singh Rajput found hanging in Bandra home

Mumbai, Jun 14: Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging at his Bandra apartment on Sunday, police said. He was 34. His last screen appearance was “Chhichhore”, directed by Nitesh Tiwari. He has committed suicide at his residence in Bandra. He was found hanging today. We are investigating,” […]

Delhi coronavirus fears mount as hospital beds run out

Ashwani Jain succumbed to the coronavirus in an ambulance as his family pleaded with several hospitals to take him in, the latest victim of the pandemic sweeping through the Indian capital and exposing a deadly shortage of hospital beds. “They don’t care whether we live or die,” said […]

Sushant Singh Rajput found hanging in Bandra home

Mumbai, Jun 14:  Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging at his Bandra apartment on Sunday, police said. He was 34. Rajput’s last big screen release was Rajkumar Hirani’s Chhichhore . He has committed suicide at his residence in Bandra. Our team is there, Manoj Sharma, additional […]

India sees record jump in COVID-19 cases; death toll rises over 9K

New Delhi, Jun 14:  India saw the highest single-day spike of 11,929 novel coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the number of infections to over 3.20 lakh on Sunday, while the toll crossed the 9,000 mark with 311 more deaths, the Health Ministry said This is […]

India records biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases

NEW DELHI – India reported its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases on Saturday, adding 11,458 confirmed infections and taking the its total count to more than 300,000, according to data from the federal health ministry. India is the fourth-worst affected country in the world, having surpassed the […]

Petrol price hiked by 59 paise per litre, diesel by 58 paise in seventh increase in a row

New Delhi, Jun 13:  Petrol price on Saturday was hiked by 59 paise per litre and diesel by 58 paise as oil companies for the seventh day in a row adjusted retail rates in line with costs since ending an 82-day hiatus in rate revision. Petrol price in […]

580 Indians stranded in Kuwait return home

Chennai, Jun 13: Nearly 600 Indian nationals stuck in Kuwait returned home on Saturday by two special flights operated by the gulf nation, airport officials here said. As many as 580 passengers who arrived here hailed from different parts of Andhra Pradesh including Nellore and were later taken in […]

India’s COVID-19 cases jump from 2 lakh to 3 lakh in 10 days as it records worst daily spike

New Delhi, Jun 13: Ten days after recording two lakh COVID-19 cases, India surpassed the three lakh-mark on Saturday with the worst daily spike of 11,458 infections, while the death toll too climbed to 8,884 with 386 new fatalities, the Union Health Ministry said. India took 64 days to […]

Indian capital’s crematoriums overwhelmed with virus dead

NEW DELHI — When Raj Singh’s 70-year-old mother died from the coronavirus in India’s capital, he took comfort in the prospect of a proper cremation, the funeral rite that Hindus believe releases the soul from the cycle of rebirth. But instead of chanting sacred Vedic hymns and sprinkling […]

Mumbai braces for monsoon diseases amid strain of a pandemic

MUMBAI – For doctors and healthcare workers in India’s financial capital Mumbai who are grappling with surging coronavirus infections, the onset of the annual monsoon poses a serious threat – a new wave of patients with vector-borne diseases. Already stretched by a shortage of medics and critical care […]

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