Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 20 (ANI): The death toll in the fire incident that took place at the firecracker factory in Virudhunagar on February 12 has mounted to 21, R Kannan, Viruthunagar district collector confirmed on Friday.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], February 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 406 new COVID-19 cases and eight deaths on Friday taking the tally to 542,674 and death toll to 8,337, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Jakarta [Indonesia], February 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia increased by 9,039 in the past 24 hours to 1,252,685, with the death toll going up by 181 to 33,969, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.
Kolkata (West Bengal), February 17 (ANI): Bengali actor Yash Dasgupta on Wednesday joined BJP along with several other Tollywood actors including Papiya Adhikari and Mallika Banerjee.
Sidhi (Madhya Pradesh) [India], February 17 (ANI): As many as 50 people have died after a bus carrying 57 passengers fell into the canal on Tuesday, said District Magistrate, Ravindra Kumar Choudhary.
Jakarta [Indonesia], February 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 10,029 within one day to 1,233,959, with the death toll rising by 229 to 33,596, Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Sidhi (Madhya Pradesh) [India], February 16 (ANI): As many as 39 bodies have been recovered from the Sidhi bus accident site, where a bus carrying around 54 passengers, fell into a canal, said Ravindra Kumar Choudhary, District Collector, on Tuesday.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], February 16 (ANI): As FASTag becomes mandatory for all vehicles across the country from Monday's midnight, the commuters at the National Highway Authority of India's Kshipra toll plaza in Indore are finding it seamless, hassle-free and less time-consuming.
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], February 15 (ANI): The death toll in the avalanche triggered by the bursting of a glacier in Chamoli, Uttrakhand has gone up to 55, Chamoli Police said on Monday.
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], February 15 (ANI): Chamoli Police recovered three more bodies from the Tapovan tunnel on Monday, taking the death toll due to the Uttarakhand glacier burst to 54.
New Delhi [India], February 14 (ANI): Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry on Sunday announced all lanes in the fee plazas on the National Highways shall be declared as 'FASTag lane of the fee plaza' with effect from the midnight of 15-16 February, informed an official statement.