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MS Dhoni and Jharkhand Cricket Team rescued safely after major fire at their hotel in Delhi

March 18, 2017, 12:06 AM

Gursshheen Gahllen | New Delhi

MS Dhoni and the members of the Jharkhand cricket team were safely rescued from ITC Welcome Hotel in Dwarka after a major fire today in the morning. — Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Former Indian Cricket Team Captain MS Dhoni, along with the members of the Jharkhand Cricket Team, was safely rescued from ITC Welcome Hotel, Sector 10, Dwarka, New Delhi, after a major fire broke out at the hotel complex today in the morning.

The team is in the countrys capital for Vijay Hazare Trophy. Team Jharkhand was supposed to play the semifinal match against Team Bengal today but as the team’s kit has been reduced down to ashes, the match has been postponed for tomorrow.

As per reports, Delhi Fire Services department received a call at around 6:30 am about the fire inside the ITC Welcome Hotel. Around 30 firemen along with the tenders were immediately sent to the spot and the fire was brought under control by 8 am. Team Jharkhand was taken to the Air force Cricket Ground, Palam where all the players were made to stay put until the fire was completely under control.

Team Jharkhand had made it to the semifinal by defeating Team Vidarbha by six wickets and by chasing a total of 159 in 50 overs.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.