Notably, the GFP had earlier shared power with the BJP in Goa, but withdrew its support in July 2019 after its all three MLAs, including party president Vijai Sardesai, who was then deputy chief minister in the Pramod Sawant-led government, were dropped from the cabinet.Addressing a press conference here, All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge […]
New Delhi:India logged 7,447 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,47,26,049, while the active cases declined to 86,415, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 4,76,869 with 391 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily […]
Delhi’s first patient of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, a 37-year-old man, has been discharged from the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) hospital, officials said on Tuesday. The man, a resident of Ranchi, had travelled from Tanzania to Doha and from there, to Delhi on a Qatar Airways flight on December 2. He […]
India recorded 7,350 fresh coronavirus infections within a span of 24 hours, which took the country’s overall tally to 3,46,97,860. The number of active cases declined to 91,456, the lowest in 561 days, the Union Health Ministry data showed on Monday. The 8 am data suggests that death toll from the pandemic has reached 4,75,636 with […]
Drawing attention towards three states where eight districts have been reporting over 10 per cent Covid-19 positivity rate, the Centre has asked all states and union territories to maintain strict watch on the situation with focussed district level measures for containment of clusters of new cases. In a letter to states and union territories (UTs), […]
The Supreme Court Friday took note of “slight” improvement in air pollution level in Delhi-NCR and permitted the commission on air quality management to take a decision on various representations seeking easing of curbs, like ban on construction activities, within a week. A special bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices D Y […]
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday informed Parliament that a tri-services inquiry team led by Air Marshal Manavendra Singh has started investigation into the helicopter crash that killed India’s first Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and 12 others. Briefing both houses of Parliament on the crash, Singh said that all efforts were […]
An army helicopter carrying senior defence officials has crashed in the Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. The helicopter was flying from Sulur Airbase to Wellington. 14 personnel including senior officials, were on board. As per reports, Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat was also on board. According to top officials in Tamil Nadu, four […]
The Army has ordered a court of inquiry headed by an officer of major general rank into the Nagaland firing incident in which 14 civilians were killed, official sources said on Tuesday. Former senior Army officers on Monday called the incident “unfortunate” and “tragic”, adding that the botched-up operation was likely a result of wrong […]
Whatever progress and development we may make as a State, people will account for very little as long as impunity is given to security forces under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). Thus ran the editorial of The Morung Express in the aftermath of the death of eight civilians killed in a mistaken ambush […]