BJP, Opposition on tenterhooks as Nitish seeks time to meet Governor today
Nitish, Tejashwi to march to Raj Bhavan today Nitish Kumar ends alliance with BJP in Bihar Nitish and Tejashwi to meet Governor together Chief minister Nitish Kumar has sought time from Raj Bhavan to meet the Governor at 4 pm on Tuesday amid indications that ruling JD(U)’s alliance with the BJP is on the brink. […]
India records 16,167 Covid cases in last 24hours
India reported 16,167 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, stated the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. With this, India’s active caseload now stands at 1,35,510 with active cases now constituting 0.31% of the country’s total positive cases. As per the data shared by the ministry, India’s recovery rate stands […]
Former PM Manmohan Singh arrives on wheelchair to cast his vote
While many in our country are eligible to cast vote, few are enthusiastic about it. But ‘Every vote counts’ and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has proven the same. As the term of incumbent Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu ends on August 10, members of both Houses of Parliament are voting to elect the next […]
Priyanka Gandhi stages sit-in over price rise outside Congress headquarters
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra staged a sit-in protest outside the AICC headquarters here on Friday as part of the party’s nationwide stir against price rise, the GST hike on essential items and unemployment. Dressed in black, as several other party members did to register their protest against the government, Priyanka Gandhi crossed the police […]
Centre holds meeting with health experts on monkeypox
A meeting of top health experts called by the Centre on Thursday deliberated on the need for revisiting existing guidelines on management of monkeypox amid rising number of cases of the disease in the country. India has so far reported nine cases of monkeypox including one death. “It was a technical meeting to revisit the […]
India records over 17,000 Covid cases, 47 fatalities in a day
With 17,135 new coronavirus infections reported in a day, India’s infection tally rose to 4,40,67,144, while the active cases have declined to 1,37,057, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday. The COVID-19 death toll has climbed to 5,26,477 with 47 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases […]
Kerala rains: Red alert in 3 districts as downpour continues
Red alert was declared in three districts of Kerala and Orange alert in 8 by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday as heavy rains continued to pound various parts of the state. According to an IMD district rainfall forecast issued for Kerala at 10 AM on Wednesday, Red alert was declared in the districts […]
Mamata Banerjee says cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday
Rubbishing media reports about the possible dissolution of state cabinet, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that a reshuffle was on the cards, with four to five new faces expected to get inducted in the council of ministers. Mamata added that Bengal would get seven new districts with the total number rising to 30. […]
K’taka: Cong workers lay siege to BJP MP Tejaswi Surya’s residence, detained
Congress workers in Karnataka were on Saturday detained for attempting to lay siege to BJP MP Tejaswi Surya’s residence over his alleged “stone pelting” remark. An audio in which Tejaswi could be purportedly heard saying BJP workers could have pelted stones to protest the murder of BJP activist Praveen Kumar Nettare if Congress had been […]
Covid pandemic ‘unprecedented’ which India faced confidently: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday termed the COVID-19 pandemic as ‘unprecedented’ and once in a century crisis and said the country faced it confidently due to its scientists and common people. There was a “temperament” for reforms in the government, which is not restrictive but responsive, he said about the ruling NDA at the […]
