Delhi News Live Updates: City reports 1,537 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths
Delhi News Live Updates: Delhi on Tuesday reported 1,537 new Covid-19 cases and 2 deaths. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:
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COVID-19 | Delhi reports 1,537 fresh cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours. Positivity rate stands at 26.54%. (ANI)
Father-son duo booked for killing dog in Kurukshetra
A 67-year-old man and his son have been booked in connection with the killing of a dog here, police said on Tuesday. Police on Monday arrested Satish Kumar Kapur (67) and his son Shivam Kumar (27), residents of Vishnu Colony, in connection with the incident. They were later released on bail. Sub-Inspector Jasbir Singh (Subash Mandi) said that an employee of the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, had filed a complaint with the police station Krishna Gate, Thanesar on April 8, stating that a person had shot dead a dog in front of a nursing home. (PTI)
Maharashtra: Maoist facing 23 offences, carrying Rs 2 lakh reward arrested in Gadchiroli district
Police on Tuesday said they have arrested a Maoist who was carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh and facing nearly two dozen serious offences in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. A press release by the Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police's office said acting on specific inputs, the district special force and CRPF jawans jointly conducted an-anti Naxalite operation in the Hachbodi forest and apprehended the Maoist, Sadhu alias Sanjay Narote. The 31-year-old, a resident of Gadchiroli district in the eastern Maharashtra, was recruited as a member in the Gatta dalam (squad) of Maoists in 2015, said the release. (PTI)
Chhattisgarh | Bijapur MLA Vikram Mandavi’s convoy was attacked by suspected Maoists in Gangaloor village. Mandavi was returning after attending a public event and reached Bijapur district headquarters safely. Probe underway related to any activity by Maoists in the area: Police
Uttar Pradesh | In the wake of rising temepratures, all public and private schools in Varanasi are to function from 7am to 11.30am until further orders.
J&K | Avalanche with Low Danger Level is likely to occur above 2800 to 3500 metres above sea level over Doda, Kishtwar, Poonch, Ramban & Ganderbal districts in the next 24 hours: JKDMA
Bihar: Motihari hooch tragedy toll rises to 31
The death toll in the Motihari hooch tragedy in Bihar has risen to 31. Police have made 183 arrest in connection with the case so far.
Delhi | Rouse Avenue Court reserves order on the bail plea of Delhi's former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in an ED case related to alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped excise policy. Pronouncement of order on April 26 at 4pm. (PTI)
"The judge has granted remand on the condition that the evidence emerging during this investigation be placed on record," says Lawrence Bishnoi's lawyer after Delhi's Patiala House Court grants 7-day custody of the gangster to NIA. (PTI)
Lawrence sent to 7-day NIA custody by Delhi court
Delhi's Patiala House Court grants 7-day custody of Lawrence Bishnoi to NIA. The court asked the agency to produce evidences after the expiry of the custody.
Haryana to introduce new law to settle family land feuds: CM Manohar Lal Khattar
In a bid to resolve family land disputes, Haryana is all set to introduce a new legislation that objectifies to ensure quick redressal of all such disputes that remain pending in courts for years due to absence of any proper redressal mechanism, said Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar while speaking at the programme held late at night in Chandigarh on Monday.
READ MORENIA seeks seven-day custody of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi who is being presented before Delhi's Patiala House court. (ANI)
Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi brought to Delhi's Patiala House Court.
#WATCH | Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi brought to Delhi's Patiala House Court. Lawrence Bishnoi is currently lodged in… https://t.co/bYi27Mz9B0
— TOI Delhi (@TOIDelhi) 1681798255000SC defers till April 25 hearing on pleas against scrapping of 4 percent Muslim quota in Karnataka after state seeks time to file reply. (PTI)
Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar brought to Delhi's Patiala House court in connection with a money laundering case. (ANI)
#WATCH | Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar brought to Delhi's Patiala House court in connection with a money laundering… https://t.co/spTblt5Kg3
— TOI Delhi (@TOIDelhi) 1681795746000A team of NDRF arrives at the rice mill building collapse site in Karnal, Haryana.
#WATCH: A team of NDRF arrives at the rice mill building collapse site in #Karnal, #Haryana. (ANI) https://t.co/WH24bE8mho
— TOIChandigarh (@TOIChandigarh) 1681793037000A 2.5-year-old child dies after falling into a pit dug up to install a water pipeline by Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) in Magadi. FIR registered against BWSSB engineer and contractor. (ANI)
Around 150 workers were inside the building when the incident took place. Prima facie we found that the building had some defects. A committee will be formed to investigate the incident. Legal action will be taken against the rice mill owners: Anish Yadav, DC Karnal
Four people dead and 20 were injured in the incident. We have started the rescue operation. NDRF and SDRF teams will also reach here. No one is missing now, we have cross-checked the list of workers.
Karnal SP Shashank Kumar
At least four rice mill workers were killed while 20 others suffered injuries after a three-storeyed rice mill building collapsed on Monday night at Karnal in Haryana.
READ MOREFour labourers killed, 20 others injured in the incident. 120 other labourers were safely rescued from the building, reports PTI quoting a senior official.
Several rice mill workers feared being trapped under debris after a three-storey rice mill building collapsed in Karnal. Workers used to sleep inside the building. Fire brigade, police and ambulance have reached the spot. Rescue operations under way.
#Haryana: Rice mill building collapses in #Karnal. Several feared trapped. More details awaited. https://t.co/7x08MW2mmu
— TOIChandigarh (@TOIChandigarh) 1681786878000Bihar: The death toll in the Motihari Hooch tragedy rises to 29.
Delhi's Patiala House Court on Monday directed the authorities to keep Lawrence Bishnoi in Tihar Jail and produce him before it on Tuesday.
Uttarakhand: Schools closed, night curfew in Pauri villages after tiger kills 2
After two elderly men, a farmer and a retired schoolteacher, both in their 70s, were mauled to death in almost back-to-back tiger attacks within 72 hours on the fringes of the Kalagarh Tiger Reserve (KTR), a worried local administration on Monday decided to impose night curfew from 7pm to 6am, and close schools in the area for two days.
UP student killed in public at 11.30am, ‘ex-BF’ arrested
A 21-year-old college student walking back home after her BA exam was shot dead Monday in UP’s Jalaun by two motorcycle-borne miscreants, one of them allegedly her “ex-boyfriend”, in a daylight strike barely two days after the murders of Atiq Ahmed and his brother in full public view while in police custody.
READ MORECheetah Oban strolls out of Kuno National Park, once again
Cheetah Oban is getting a new nickname – ‘ghumakkad’ (the wanderer). It slipped out of Kuno National Park for a second time, and was spotted 15km away on Sunday morning.
READ MOREIn U-turn, Nitish Kumar govt to pay ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh for ‘proven’ hooch deaths since 2016 in Bihar
Dry Bihar’s latest hooch tragedy on Monday prompted CM Nitish Kumar to back down from his so far steadfast refusal to compensate for such deaths and declare ex gratia of 4 lakh with retrospective effect to every family that lost a member to liquor poisoning since 2016, the year prohibition took effect in that state.
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