DELTA PLUS NOW A ‘VARIANT OF CONCERN’, CAN LEAD TO THIRD WAVE

June 23, 2021

The Delta Plus variant of Covid-19 is now a ‘variant of concern’, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The Delta Plus variant is found in nine countries, including India, which has reported 22 cases, the Central government said on Tuesday. “In India, 16 of the 22 cases of Delta Plus...

Nagpur man kills 5 kin before committing suicide

June 22, 2021

A 45-year-old man allegedly killed five members of his family, including his wife and two teenage children, before committing suicide by hanging himself in his house in Pachpaoli area of Nagpur in the early hours of Monday, police said. The accused Alok Matukar slit the throats of his wife Vijaya...

CENTRAL AGENCIES HARASSING US, LET’S JOIN HANDS WITH BJP AGAIN: SHIV SENA MLA TO CM THACKERAY

June 21, 2021

Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik has said that the party should team up with the BJP again to save its leaders from being ‘harassed’ by central agencies. In a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, legislator Pratap Sarnaik has said the former allies must patch up, especially for the...

Fake vaccination camp held in Mumbai housing society

June 18, 2021

A housing society in Mumbai’s Kandivali area has complained to police that it was apparently cheated by some persons who organized a Covid-19 vaccination camp for its members by claiming to represent a private hospital, and the vaccine that was administered could be spurious. The society, Hiranandani Heritage Residents Welfare...

Third wave may hit in 2-4 weeks: Maharashtra Covid task force

June 18, 2021

The Maharashtra task force for Covid-19 on Thursday warned that there may be a third wave in the state in the next two to four weeks. It, however, said that children would not be affected as much as those in lower middle-class clusters that haven’t been exposed to the virus...

BJP WORKERS CLASH WITH SHIV SAINIKS ON RAM MANDIR LAND PURCHASE ISSUE

June 17, 2021

The controversy over the scam in the purchase of land for the Ram Temple premises in Ayodhya has created a face-off between BJP and other opposition leaders across the country. However, the BJP has distanced itself from the issue. Shiv Sena, one of the opposition parties against the BJP, while...

ACTOR ARRESTED FOR ‘DEFAMATORY’ SOCIAL MEDIA POST AGAINST MAHARASHTRA MINISTER

June 16, 2021

Maharashtra Police on Sunday arrested a Marathi actor in connection with a “defamatory” post on social media against Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra cabinet minister Eknath Shinde. Thane›s Srinagar Police arrested Mayuresh Kotkar on the basis of a complaint registered by Shiv Sena corporator Yogesh Jankar. A resident of Balkum...

Indian student in Aussie jail for saving Tricolour from Khalistanis

June 15, 2021

A band of Haryanvis had clashed with a group of Khalistanis at Harris Park in Sydney, Australia, in February 2021, following which one Vishal, originally from Kurukshetra, Haryana, had been arrested by the Australian police. He has been in custody since the last three months and no consular access has...

NASHIK MAN CALLED ‘IRONMAN’ FOR MAGNETIC STRENGTH POST VACCINATION, GOVERNMENT CLARIFIES

June 12, 2021

Post-vaccination there were several viral videos of how things are getting stuck to the arm where vaccine dose is injected. This time around a video of a 71-year-old man from Nashik Arvind Sonar has gone viral and is talk of the town where the man has claimed to have developed...

PK’s Pawar meet sets off 2024 election buzz

June 12, 2021

On Friday, poll strategist Prashant Kishor met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar at the latter’s Silver Oak residence in Mumbai, triggered talks within political circles about the two coming together for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. As per the sources, Kishor met Pawar and talked about the third...