India

Ballia (UP), May 14 (PTI) Two men have been booked for allegedly insulting Uttar Pradesh Minister Upendra Tiwari and threatening to kill one of his supporters, police said here on Friday.

The accused, Niranjan Rai and Jitendra Yadav, phoned Tiwari's supporter, Ajit Rai, and used abusive language for the minister, they said.

While Niranjan had contested panchayat polls as a BJP candidate, Yadav works in the state health department, Station House Officer (SHO) Vipin Singh said.

Chennai, May 14 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday condoled the death of Times Group chairperson Indu Jain.

Lalitpur, May 15 (PTI) A 70-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a 21-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur district, police said on Saturday.

The accused has been arrested, they said.

The woman was allegedly raped by the youth on Wednesday night when she was sleeping. She was alone at home at the time of the incident, said Sub-Inspector Digvijay Singh, incharge of Bar police station.

A case was registered on Thursday and the accused arrested on Friday, the police said.

Chandigarh, May 15 (PTI) Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Saturday said that black fungus has been declared a notified disease in the state.

Now, if any cases of this disease are found, the doctors will have to report them to the concerned chief medical officer (CMO), Vij said in a statement here.

NEW DELHI, May 14. /TASS/: India’s Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd pharmaceutical company released into circulation the first batch of the imported Russian Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus infection in Hyderabad on Friday, according to the Times of India newspaper.

(Reuters) --- Ashok Khondare, a 39-year-old vegetable seller in the western Indian city of Pune, had already borrowed money to pay for his sister’s treatment when she died in a private hospital two weeks after contacting COVID-19.

While trying to overcome the tragedy, he also had to deal with money problems that increased with his sister's death.

Haveri (Karnataka), May 14 (PTI) A 70-year-old COVID-19 patient died by suicide in the special ward for the virus patients at the district hospital here, police said on Friday.

CCTV footage, which went viral, showed the man taking the extreme step after everyone else in the ward went to sleep, the police said.

New Delhi, May 13 (PTI) An alleged Al-Qaeda member who is a doctor and lodged in Tihar jail, moved a Delhi court on Thursday seeking permission to assist the prison authorities to deal with the COVID-19 cases.

In an application before Special Judge Dharmender Rana on Wednesday, the accused - Sabeel Ahmed - submitted that his experience and expertise as a medical professional would be helpful in dealing with the surge in COVID-19 cases and treatment of inmates in the central jail.

New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) Drug firm Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Friday said it has launched COVID vaccine Sputnik V in the Indian market with the first dose being administered in Hyderabad, as part of a limited pilot.

The company said the imported doses of the vaccine are presently priced at a maximum retail price of Rs 948, with 5 per cent GST per dose, amounting to Rs 995.4 per dose.

New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) Petrol and diesel prices on Friday touched record high levels across the country after rates were increased for the fourth time this week.

Petrol price was hiked by 29 paise per litre and diesel by 34 paise a litre, according to a price notification by state-owned fuel retailers.