
Delhi University announces it will allow final year students at all its colleges with 100 per cent staff strength from February 1
Srinagar recorded the coldest night after 30 years, as the temperature plummeted to minus 8.8 degrees Celsius on Sunday.
Officials of the meteorological department said the minimum temperature dropped to minus 8.8 in Srinagar.
Two army men were killed when their Scorpio lost control and rammed into a divider near milestone 74 on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura's Naujheel area on Sunday morning.
The deceased have been identified as Lance Naik Pradeep Singh Sardar, 35, from Gwalior and Guru Bakshish Singh, 42, from Tarn Taran as per available documents.
The accident was caused due to dense fog.
Their bodies have been sent for post-mortem and their families have been informed, said police.
India reports 13,052 new COVID-19 cases, 13,965 discharges, and 127 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry Total cases: 1,07,46,183 Total recoveries: 1,04,23,125 Death toll: 1,54,274 Active cases: 1,68,784
Five people, including a father-son duo, have been booked for allegedly thrashing a 16-year-old girl and attempting to outrage her modesty.
The case was registered on the orders of the chief judicial magistrate.
Andhra Pradesh reported 129 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, pushing the state's overall tally to more than 8.87 lakh, even as 147 persons recovered from the disease and one person succumbed to virus in the past 24 hours.
Krishna district reported the highest number of cases at 26, followed by Guntur and Visakhapatnam (17 each), Kurnool (15), Chittoor and East Godavari (12 each), Kadapa (9), Nellore (8), West Godavari (6), Anantapur (3), Srikakulam (2) and Prakasam and Vizianagaram (1 each).
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's close aide VK Sasikala Natarajan is likely to be discharged on Sunday from a hospital here, where she is undergoing treatment for COVID-19, an official bulletin said.
According to the bulletin, Sasikala completed 10 days of treatment on Saturday. "She has been asymptomatic and maintaining saturation without oxygen since three days. As per protocol, she can be discharged from the hospital," the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute said in its bulletin.
Farmers' protest against three farm laws enters Day 65, reports ANI
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Published: 31 Jan 2021, 9:17 AM IST