If the country’s biggest party indulges in hooliganism, it will send out a wrong message and the country cannot progress in such a scenario, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday, a day after the BJP’s youth wing members allegedly vandalised property outside his house. The BJP’s youth wing damaged property outside Kejriwal’s house on […]
The government on Wednesday hiked the Dearness Allowance (DA) for its employees and Dearness Relief (DR) for the pensioners by 3 per cent to 34 per cent of their basic pay and pension respectively. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to […]
Once the Punjab government implements the policy of doorstep delivery of ration to people, citizens in others states, too, will “start demanding” it, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday. In a virtual briefing, he also alleged that the BJP-led central government had been trying to “impede” the implementation of this policy in the […]
1,660 fresh Covid-19 infections were reported in the past 24 hours. This is marginal decline from 1,685 cases reported on the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. Meanwhile, following a continuous downward trend, the country’s active caseload has further declined to 16,741 this morning, constituting 0.04 per cent of the country’s total […]
Yogi Adityanath on Friday took oath as Uttar Pradesh chief minister for the second term in a mega ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders. Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak were also sworn in as deputy chief ministers. Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel administered the oath to Adityanath in a […]
New Delhi, Mar 23: In view of the continuous dip in coronavirus cases, the home ministry has decided to end its all COVID-19 containment measures from March 31, two years after their implementation following the outbreak of the pandemic. However, wearing of face mask and maintaining social distancing norms will continue as earlier. The […]
India saw a single-day rise of 1,549 new coronavirus infections, taking the infection tally to 4,30,09,390, while the active cases have further declined to 25,106, the Union health ministry said on Monday. The Covid death toll has climbed to 5,16,510 with 31 daily fatalities, the ministry data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases […]
The Karnataka government on Saturday said the mortal remains of a medical student from the state, who was killed in Russian shelling in war-torn Ukraine, is expected to reach the airport here early on March 21, and all the documentation required for transportation have been completed. Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagaudar, a final-year medical student at Kharkiv […]
Amid a spike in Covid cases in Southeast Asia and Europe, the union government on Thursday sent a stern warning to states that they should not let their guard down, according to ndtv.com. It also suggested the states continued to ‘focus on the five-fold strategy of test, track, treat, follow Covid-appropriate behaviour and vaccinate while […]
The Ameer-E-Shariat Karnataka, Maulana Sagir Ahmad Khan Rashadi has called for state-wide bandh on Thursday expressing “sadness” on the verdict of the High Court related to hijab. In a video message, Rashadi said, “I request all the Muslims to listen to the order read out here attentively and implement it strictly. Expressing our anger against […]