5 Naxals killed in 2 encounters in Chhattisgarh; one jawan injured
Five Naxals, including two women, were killed in two encounters with security personnel in Sukma district and the forests along the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border on Tuesday morning, police said. In Sukma district, a dreaded woman ultra, carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on her head, was gunned down during the gunfight between Naxals and the […]
Punjab Assembly poll postponed, voting on February 20
New Delhi, Jan 17: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to postpone the voting dates for the Punjab Assembly election to February 20. Earlier, the State was scheduled to go for polls on February 14. This comes after several political parties, including Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party and former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s […]
Covid cases in Delhi on rise, hospital admissions stabilised: Health Minister
Hospitalisation rate due to coronavirus infection in the city has remained stable but the cases and the positivity rate have seen an increase, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday. The minister said the death audit committee, which met on Wednesday, found that the fatalities had mostly occurred among those with comorbid conditions. The […]
Supreme Court ex-judge Justice Indu Malhotra to head panel to probe breach in PM security in Punjab
Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Indu Malhotra, will head the special panel to probe into the security lapse during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab last week, the Supreme Court announced on Wednesday. A Bench led by CJI NV Ramana said the other members of the panel will be DG of the NIA or […]
UP Polls: BJP Starts Door-To-Door Campaign As EC Bans Physical Rallies
With the Election Commission putting a moratorium on holding public rallies and gatherings in view of spurt in coronavirus cases, the BJP on Tuesday launched its door-to-door campaign to reach out to voters across the Uttar Pradesh. Starting the campaign in the state capital Lucknow, UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh knocked doors of houses in […]
Election Commission To Announce Poll Dates For UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur Today
The Election Commission will announce the dates for assembly polls in five states at 3.30 pm Saturday. The poll body has convened a press conference in which it will declare the schedule for the polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur While the term of the current Uttar Pradesh assembly is ending in […]
International passengers to undergo mandatory quarantine for one week
All International passengers will have to undergo a week of mandatory quarantine, a new order from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday. The new order comes in the middle of bludgeoning Covid-19 cases in India, driven by a highly transmissible variant called Omicron that’s responsible for rising cases worldwide. The new rules will […]
Covid-19 India Update: 495 New Omicron Cases Recorded, Highest Jump In 24 Hours
India on Thursday saw the biggest single-day jump of 495 Omicron cases, taking the total number of infections of the new variant of coronavirus to 2,630, according to Union health ministry data. Of the total cases, Maharashtra has the maximum at 797, followed by Delhi at 465, Rajasthan 236, Kerala 234, Karnataka 226, Gujarat 204 […]
Covid-19 Update: 33,750 New Cases Reported; 1,700 Omicron Infections So Far
A total of 1,700 cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus have been detected across 23 states and Union Territories so far, out of which 639 have recovered or migrated, according to the Union health ministry’s data updated on Monday. Maharashtra has recorded the maximum number of 510 cases, followed by Delhi (351), Kerala (156), Gujarat […]
Covid-19: 55% Samples In Maharashtra Omicron Positive, 13% With Delta Variant
As much as 55 per cent out of 282 samples of coronavirus patients from Mumbai, sent for genome sequencing, have tested positive for the Omicron variant, and 32 per cent with the Delta variant, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Friday. This was the seventh batch of samples sent to a lab at the Kasturba Hospital of […]
