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Delhi Covid cases up 15% in one day
New Delhi: Delhi logged 3,194 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, 15 per cent higher than Saturday. One person has died. The city logged 2,176 cases on New Year’s day — a 50 per cent spike. The positivity rate rose to 4.59 per cent, according to data...
Bhim Army chief, others detained in Bhopal
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and a dozen other people were detained on Sunday ahead of their plans to gherao (encircle) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s residence to seek 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes, police said. Azad was detained at the airport...
Punjab CM threatens sit-in against Governor
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday threatened to stage a ‘dharna’ against Governor Banwarilal Purohit for withholding his assent to a bill for regularising 36,000 contractual employees. Channi also accused Purohit of dithering on approving the bill under pressure from the BJP. The state assembly had passed...
Hospitalisation low despite spike in Covid, says Kejriwal
New Delhi: Do not panic. This was the major focus of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s address today as the national capital saw a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases. The city has also reported the second-highest cases of the highly transmissible Omicron strain after Maharashtra. “COVID-19 cases are...
Oxfam says charity work will be hampered
New Delhi: The government’s decision to refuse renewal of its FCRA licence – needed to receive funding from abroad – will severely affect ongoing humanitarian and social work in 16 states, Oxfam India said in a statement issued Sunday. “As per the list released by the Ministry of Home...
Cong deploys ‘catch them young’ strategy to counter RSS
The Congress is into war mode with the RSS on ideological front and has started a series of programmes to counter the RSS-BJP ideology and attract youth and children in the age group of 7 to 18 into its fold. The party believes that young talent can be potential...
Bihar Muslim chief secretary: JD-U cites Nitish secularism
In a massive administrative reshuffle in Bihar, senior IAS officer Amir Subhani became the new chief secretary. Considered a close and trusted aide of chief minister Nitish Kumar, Subhani is the only Muslim civil servant serving as chief secretary right now. The appointment is being seen as a “political...
Gurgaon, 4 other Haryana cities close cinemas, sports centres
New Delhi: Cinema halls and sports complexes will be closed in Gurgaon and four other cities in Haryana as part of restrictions imposed on Saturday by the state government in view of a surge in coronavirus cases and the emergence of Omicron variant. Besides, both government and private offices, except...
Oxfam among 12,000 NGOs losing foreign funding licence
New Delhi: FCRA licences – required to be able to receive funding from abroad – of over 6,000 NGOs and other organisations expired overnight, the Home Ministry said Saturday morning, days after it refused to renew such a licence for Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity. Home Ministry sources said...
Armed Forces ex-chiefs write to President, PM on hate speeches
New Delhi: Five former chiefs of staff of the armed forces and over a hundred other people including veterans, bureaucrats, and prominent citizens have written to President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding “open call of the genocide of Indian Muslims” at various events, most...
WHO expert sees Omicron burden shift to OP from hospitalisation
New Delhi: The biggest challenge India will face amid the Omicron crisis will be the sudden need for medical care, WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said. “The surge is going to be very fast and many people are going to be sick,” she warned with the new variant...
12 dead in stampede at Vaishno Devi temple
Jammu: Twelve pilgrims have died and over a dozen others injured in a stampede at Jammu and Kashmir’s Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. The stampede was triggered by a massive rush of devotees, officials said today. The incident occurred outside the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine on Trikuta hills. The...
Maharashtra minister warns ‘lockdown stage’ approaching
The stage of imposing a fresh lockdown is approaching in Maharashtra but Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will take a call on it, state minister Vijay Wadettiwar said here on Friday. Maharashtra recorded 8,067 new coronavirus cases during the day, a rise of 2,699 compared to Thursday, and eight...
Omar Abdullah alleges house lock-down by cops
Srinagar: Political leaders including three former chief ministers were detained ahead of a march by the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) to protest against the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission. “Good morning and welcome to 2022. A new year with the same JK police illegally locking people in...
J&K police probe clean chit to security forces contested
Srinagar: A Special Investigation Team of the Jammu and Kashmir Police probing last month’s encounter in Srinagar’s Hyderpora has concluded that two civilians – a doctor and a businessman – were either used as human shields by terrorists or killed by terrorists. The SIT had earlier said both Dr...
Rahul, Priyanka slam police action against doctors
New Delhi: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday slammed the Modi government for the police action against resident doctors in the national capital who took to the streets to protest the delay in NEET-PG counselling. “Showering of flower petals from PR (public relations), in reality...
Cong flag falls as Sonia unfurls it on Foundation Day
The Congress tricolour fell off the flagpole on Tuesday morning as party president Sonia Gandhi tried to unfurl it to mark the party’s 137th foundation day at AICC headquarters here. A video shared on Twitter showed Gandhi pulling the flag to unfurl it as a party member assists...
Centre’s J&K real estate summit raises eyebrows
Srinagar: A first-of-its-kind real estate summit in Jammu organised by the centre and the J&K administration to encourage people from across the country to buy land, or a second home, in Jammu and Kashmir, has drawn sharp political reactions in the erstwhile state. Outsiders – those not classified as...
