Defying the challenges of hilly terrain and hostile weather, hundreds of health workers in Himachal Pradesh who have walked on foot through forests or even used ‘jhulas’ to reach remote locations, are rejoicing a rare yet significant achievement. Last week, the state became the first in the country to exceed its target of 100 per […]
Sonia Gandhi on Monday approved several committees ahead of the Assembly polls in Goa. Girish Chodankar has been retained as the state president and former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat will continue as the Congress legislative party leader while Alexio Sequeira is the Working state President. Former Chief Minister Luizinho Falerio has been appointed Chairman of […]
The current happenings in Afghanistan have raised new security questions, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Monday, asserting the Central government is alert and capable of dealing with any situation. He also said no anti-national force should be allowed to encourage terrorism from across the border by taking advantage of the developments in Afghanistan. He was […]
The Centre on Saturday issued an order extending the existing Covid compliance of containment measures to remain enforced till September 30 and asked the state governments and Union Territory administrations to abide by the earlier directions issued by the Union Ministries of Home and Health and Family Welfare. In the order, the Union Ministry of […]
India recorded 46,759 new cases of COVID-19 within a span of 24 hours, which took India’s cumulative infection tally to 3,26,49,947 on Saturday. For the fourth consecutive day, the count of active cases registered went upward, according to Union Health Ministry data. According to the data updated at 8 am, the death toll has gone […]
Schools in the national capital will reopen in a phased manner from September 1, according to sources. A decision in this regard was taken at the meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Friday. “Reopening of schools will begin in a phased manner. Classes for 9-12 grades will begin from September 1 and […]
India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases has rose to 3,26,03,188 on Friday after the country recorded 44,658 new cases in the past 24 hours. With the fresh spike, the total number of active cases now stands at 3,44,899. The death toll climbed to 4,36,861 with 496 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated […]
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has threatened the party leadership of coming up with a befitting reply if the freedom to take decisions is not granted to him. However, the Congress said that the state chiefs are granted full liberty to take their decisions while staying within the party’s norms and constitution. Harish Rawat, […]
Days after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharanam announced the Rs 6 lakh crore National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a dig at the government by saying that it was “busy in sales”. On Thursday, Gandhi expressed concern over the rising Covid-19 cases in the country and said that people should take care of themselves […]
A cloudburst occurred near Satla Devi temple in Khabadwala village in Uttarakhand has caused flooding of rivers and streams. The state disaster management officials said the flood water entered houses, electric poles and trees fell down at places, and two-wheelers were swept away after the cloudburst late Tuesday night. However, no casualty was reported anywhere, […]