Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha in Rajya Sabha on Thursday moved a suspension of business notice in the Upper House to discuss the grant of special status to Bihar. Jha, in his letter to the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, said, “As you are aware that Bihar has been […]
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Amit Shah to hold ‘Nishad Samaj Jan Sabha’ in UP tomorrow
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is slated to hold ‘Nishad Samaj Jan Sabha’ in Uttar Pradesh on Friday as many political parties in the state are trying to woo castes beyond their core vote base in order to set social equations in their favour ahead of Assembly elections months away. […]
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Omicron spreads further in India:Three more cases found in Telangana, total tally rises to 64
The Omicron variant, which is spreading at an ‘unprecedented rate’, according to the World Health Organization, has found its way to Telangana with the state recording three cases on Wednesday. According to reports, a 24-year-old Kenyan woman, a 23-year-old Somalian man and a seven-year-old kid, who arrived at the Hyderabad […]
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2022 Assembly polls: Punjab Congress to hold meeting with district presidents
Ahead of the upcoming Assembly election, Punjab Congress will convene a meeting of newly-appointed District Presidents at Congress Bhawan here on Wednesday to hold a discussion on the polls The meeting will be chaired by Harish Chaudhary, who is the party in-charge in Punjab. State Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu tweeted, “Meeting […]
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Maharashtra govt slashes RT-PCR rates to Rs 1,975 from 4,500
The Maharashtra government has once again slashed the price of the RT-PCR test at Mumbai airport In the beginning, the price was Rs 4,500. Then it was cut down to Rs 3,900. And now it is slashed to Rs 1,975, said a press release Today the notification regarding the same […]
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IndiGo flight with politicians on board diverted to Bengaluru due to technical snag
A Rajahmundry-bound IndiGo flight for Tirupati was diverted to Bengaluru airport on Tuesday due to a technical snag in the aircraft. Actor-turned-politician and YSRCP MLA Roja Selvamani and TDP senior leader and former Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu were on board in the flight. Roja said that the flight was diverted without informing the […]
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Maharashtra: Fire breaks out at Thane godown, no causalities reported
A fire broke out at a godown in the Bhiwandi area of Maharashtra’s Thane on Wednesday. According to the Thane Municipal Corporation, four fire tenders are present at the spot. However, no causalities have been reported so far. More details are awaited. (ANI)
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One terrorist killed by security forces in J-K’s Pulwama
One terrorist has been neutralised by security forces in the ongoing encounter in the Rajpura area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama. The operation, which started on the intervening night of December 14 and 15, is still underway. “Pulwama Encounter Update: 1 unidentified terrorist killed. Operation going on,” the Kashmir Zone police tweeted. […]
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Five travellers from UK test positive for Covid-19 in Noida
At least five persons, who arrived in Gautam Budh Nagar recently from the United Kingdom, have tested positive for COVID19, informed, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Gautam Budh Nagar Dr. Sunil Sharma. Dr. Sunil Sharma, said, “Five persons, who arrived in GB Nagar recently from the United Kingdom, which is among the “at-risk” […]
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Arvind Kejriwal to participate in Tiranga Yatra in Jalandhar tomorrow
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will participate in Tiranga Yatra being organised by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Jalandhar on Wednesday. Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi, “I will be participating in Tiranga Yatra which is being organised tomorrow. I request all the residents of Jalandhar to take part in the […]
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Opposition marches in Delhi for suspension of 12 MPs, Rahul Gandhi also joined
As soon as the winter session began on Tuesday morning, opposition leaders created a ruckus over the suspension of 12 MPs. Opposition leaders raised slogans in the House and demanded the withdrawal of the suspension. In view of the ongoing uproar by the opposition, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned till […]
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Omicron cases in India rise to 49, Delhi, Rajasthan see more cases
Rajasthan and Delhi have reported four cases each of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, which have now taken the country’s tally of such infections to 49, according to the ministers of the western state and the Union territory on Tuesday. Rajasthan health minister Parsadi Lal Meena said four more […]
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IGP Kashmir pays tributes to policeman killed in Srinagar terrorist attack
Kashmir Zone Inspector General of Police, Vijay Kumar on Tuesday paid tribute to constable Rameez Ahmad Baba, who lost his life in last night’s terrorist attack. Kumar told reporters here, “It was a planned attack by two foreign terrorists and one local terrorist. Three police personnel have lost their lives in […]
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Maharashtra Excise Dept issues notice to bar owned by Sameer Wankhede
The Thane unit of Maharashtra Excise Department has issued a show-cause notice to a Navi Mumbai-based bar owned by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede, said the Collector’s office. Wankhede had furnished wrong information about his age in his application for the bar licence in 1997, the Collector’s office said on […]
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G Kishan Reddy holds review meeting with tourism secretaries of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh
Union Minister for Culture and Tourism, G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday held a review meeting with tourism secretaries of Punjab, Haryana, and Union Territory of Chandigarh and Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) Chandigarh, Kufri, and Gurdaspur. Reddy said that the ministry has set new targets for the tourism departments and has suggested ways to improve footfall at Archaeological Survey of India […]