Gujarat on Saturday reported its first case of new COVID-19 variant Omicron in Jamnagar, informed the state’s health department. “A person who came from Zimbabwe was infected with Omicron. His sample has been sent to Pune,” an official said. This is the third case of the Omicron variant in the country. The first […]
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Centre approved more than Rs 1 lakh cr for Uttarakhand’s development in last 5 yrs, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the Central government has approved more than Rs 1 lakh crores for the development of Uttarakhand in the last 5 years. Addressing an event after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for multiple projects worth around Rs 18,000 crore in Dehradun said, […]
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US-bound Air India flight returns to Delhi due to death onboard
An Air India flight to Newark in the USA returned to Delhi airport after three hours of departing due to the death of a passenger onboard. “Air India Delhi-Newark (US) flight returned to Delhi after more than three hours of flight, due to a medical emergency on board,” an Air India official told ANI. A team of airport doctors arrived on the […]
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PM Modi inaugurates, lays foundation stone for multiple projects worth Rs 18,000 cr in Dehradun
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for multiple projects worth around Rs 18,000 crore on Saturday in Dehradun. The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of eleven development projects. This includes the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor (from Eastern Peripheral Expressway Junction to Dehradun) which will be built at a cost […]
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PM Modi reached parade ground, the people of Dehradun welcome him
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached the Parade Ground in Dehradun. According to the information, his address will start at around 1:40 pm. In this address, Modi will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate schemes worth 18 thousand crores. Along with this, Modi will address the election rally. देहरादून की […]
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PM Modi reached Jolly Grant airport Dehradun, these BJP leaders including CM Dhami welcome
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Jolly Grant airport by Air Force plane. He was warmly welcomed here by Governor Gurmeet Singh, Assembly Speaker Prem Chand Agarwal, DGP Ashok Kumar, and Chief Secretary SS Sandhu, including CM Dhami. After this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave to address the public […]
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India to tour SA for three Tests, three ODIs, T20Is to be played later: Jay Shah
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah on Saturday announced that India would tour South Africa for three-Test and three ODIs. The four T20Is which were also originally part of the tour will now be played on a later date. “BCCI has confirmed CSA that […]
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India reported 8,603 new Covid-19 cases, 415 deaths
A total of 8,603 new COVID-19 cases and 415 fatalities were reported across the country in the last 24 hours, informed Union Health Ministry on Saturday. As per an official statement from the ministry, India’s active caseload currently stands at 99,974. The active cases account for less than 1 percent […]
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PM Modi extends greetings on Navy Day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended his greetings on the occasion of Navy Day and said Indian Navy personnel have always been at the forefront of mitigating crisis situations like natural disasters. Sharing a snippet of one of his old episodes of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio programme where he […]
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Russia, India to sign 10 bilateral agreements including semi-confidential ones
Russia and India will sign 10 bilateral agreements in various areas including some semi-confidential ones following the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov. “About 10 bilateral agreements will be signed, which are quite important and include some semi-confidential ones,” TASS […]
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PM Modi to inaugurate and lay foundation stone of multiple projects in Dehradun today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Dehradun to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple projects worth around Rs 18,000 crore on Saturday. “A significant focus of the visit will be on projects to improve road infrastructure, which will make travel smooth and safer, and also increase tourism in […]
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NCR air pollution: CAQM release new guidelines, directs to stop entry of trucks
Amid the rising concerns over air pollution in Delhi-NCR, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Thursday released new guidelines to prevent further deterioration of the environment and air quality in the national capital. The directions which were given earlier related to industrial pollution shall also continue to be in force along […]
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CAA fundamentally anti-national, targets a community, alleges Shashi Tharoor
Terming Citizenship (Amendment) Act ‘fundamentally anti-national’, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday alleged that the act targets a particular community. Tharoor said, “I spoke in Parlament when the CAA came up. I objected to the Home Minister. Any law that is seen targetting any community is fundamentally anti-national. They (Centre) […]
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Shashi Tharoor:Protest by BJP MP’s in Parliament provocative, rubs salt in wound
Attacking Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the suspension of 12 Opposition MPs, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said that the protest by the ruling party’s MPs in the parliament was like rubbing salt in the wound. “It was needlessly provocative of the BJP MPs to come here and rub salt in the wound. […]
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INSACOG calls for Covid vaccine booster dose to those at-risk, above 40 years
The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) has called for the administration of a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose for those who are above 40 years of age and at-risk people, informed an official statement issued by INSACOG on Monday. The body, in its bulletin on November 29, has said that those […]