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Army unit named in FIR for Nagaland shooting deaths
The 21 Para Special forces of Army “blankly opened fire” resulting in the killing of many Oting villagers in Mon district of Nagaland near Assam border, the state police has alleged in its FIR against the Army unit. It further alleges that the “intention” of security forces was...
Vijayan says Sangh Parivar agenda defeated in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: The communal agenda of the Sangh Parivar failed to gain traction in Kerala due to the strong presence of the Left movement in the state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Sunday. Vijayan, while inaugurating a study centre in the memory of communist revolutionary P Krishna Pillai, said...
Sena’s Priyanka quits parliament TV show over MPs suspension
New Delhi: Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Sunday stepped down as an anchor for a show on the state-run Sansad TV channel in protest over the suspension of twelve MPs including her from the Rajya Sabha over “unruly behaviour” last week. Ms Chaturvedi expressed her discontent on...
Chaos at Delhi airport under Omicron rules
New Delhi: Waiting up to 8 hours in a crowded space and shelling out Rs 3,500 in case you need a rapid COVID-19 test – that’s the cost many are paying for flying into Delhi from abroad under the new rules aimed at stemming the spread of Covid’s...
Nagaland villagers killed in mistaken identity firing
At least a dozen villagers were killed today in a case of “mistaken identity” in Oting village in Mon district of Nagaland that borders Myanmar after a counter-insurgency operation went awry, said police sources. A security force jawan was also killed in the incident. Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio,...
India’s 5th Omicron case detected in Delhi
New Delhi: A man who arrived in Delhi from Tanzania and was admitted to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital (LNJP) was today found positive with the new Covid variant, Omicron, taking the total number of such cases in the country to five. According to PTI, 12 samples had...
Surge In daily coronavirus deaths as Bihar, Kerala clear backlog
New Delhi: India reported 2,796 Covid-related deaths today, the highest single-day rise since July 2020, as Bihar carried out a reconciliation exercise of its Covid data, the health ministry said. With the 2,796 deaths, India’s death count has gone up to 4,73,326. On Saturday, India had recorded 391 deaths....
Akhilesh says ready to join Mamata-led front
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said he might be open to joining an alternate political front to be led by the Trinamool Congress boss and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Mr Yadav – busy building a platform to challenge the BJP in the 2022 UP Assembly election...
MP to drop Urdu words from police vocabulary
Bhopal: When a senior police officer in Madhya Pradesh used the Urdu word ‘Dastayab‘ – referring to the recovery of a missing item – during a meeting attended by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, he did not know the chain of events he would set off. Not only...
Omicron hits tourism sector with 20% cancellations
New Delhi: The tourism sector that was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic for a whole year in 2020 due to lockdowns and travel restrictions is yet again facing a possible crisis. Cancellations have increased during the holiday season, say tour operators. The Omicron threat is beginning to...
Bommai calls urgent meeting after Omicron discovery
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will hold a meeting today with his colleagues and health experts on how to deal with the Omicron threat. With two Omicron cases, Karnataka is the first state to find this coronavirus variant of concern. State Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar will...
Controversial Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala joins Cong
Chandigarh: Sidhu Moosewala, a controversial singer known to flaunt guns and police cases in his song videos, joined the Congress today in the run-up to the Punjab election early next year. Both Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu welcomed him aboard. The...
Review meeting amid chaos over Omicron travel rules
New Delhi: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will meet state and UT officials to review Covid testing and surveillance measures at international airports. India yesterday enforced strict rules for foreign arrivals, particularly from nations with Omicron cases. Today’s meeting comes after a day of long queues and lengthy waiting times for...
6 passengers from ‘At-Risk’ countries hospitalised
New Delhi: Six people who flew into Delhi from “at-risk” countries, including the UK and the Netherlands, on Wednesday have been admitted to the Lok Nayak Hospital after four of them tested positive for COVID-19 and two “showed symptoms”, officials said. Their samples have been sent to the National...
15 lose vision after botched Bihar cataract surgery
Muzaffarpur: A hospital in this north Bihar district is in the eye of a storm over alleged botched-up cataract surgeries at a free camp held by it recently which has resulted in complete loss of vision in the operated eye of at least 15 patients. According to Muzaffarpur civil...
New airport rules over Omicron take effect
New Delhi: The Delhi airport tweeted this morning that operations for international arrivals from “at-risk” countries are running smooth as fresh travel guidelines for new Covid variant, Omicron, kicked in last night. The variant, first detected in South Africa, poses a “very high” risk globally, the World Health Organization...
Mamata in Mumbai pushes Opposition unity
Mumbai: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee — on a tour to strengthen the opposition network in the country ahead of the 2024 general elections — met Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray and senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut this evening. The future of opposition and ways to challenge the BJP...
Rains, storm threaten Mumbai, Odisha, Andhra
New Delhi: The weather office has forecast heavy rain in northern Gujarat and north and north-west Maharashtra today. Palghar, Thane and Mumbai could be the worst hit, according to the forecast. A cyclonic storm may also hit Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts on Saturday morning. A low-pressure area over...
