Category: NATIONAL NEWS

Security forces are on high alert along the Pathankot-Jammu National Highway to keep a vigil on any suspected movement to foil the designs of terrorists ahead of Republic Day celebrations, officials said. Border Security Force (BSF) troops have been deployed at Himachal Pradesh-Punjab checkpoint as a beefed-up security measure on the highway, they said. The security setup along the highway is on high alertness and checkings have been intensified as a measure to foil any design of anti-national elements, they said. The security grid has been put on high alert…

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Yogi Adityanath, who has been declared BJP candidate from Gorakhpur will be the second leader to contest from the district as a Chief Minister after Tribhuvan Narayan Singh, who lost in 1971. Singh had contested from Maniram assembly seat of the Gorakhpur district while being a Chief Minister. There was a mixed reaction from political parties after Yogi Adityanath was made the BJP candidate from Gorakhpur Sadar seat on Saturday. Main opposition Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday took a jibe at the BJP’s decision to field Yogi Adityanath…

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The demand for reopening of schools in Maharashtra will be considered after the next 10-15 days as there is a low incidence of coronavirus infection in children and students are suffering education loss, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said here on Sunday. He said the final decision will be taken by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Schools have been shut in Maharashtra till February 15 due to the rise in COVID-19 cases across the state. “Demands are rising from certain quarters for reopening of schools as children are suffering the…

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 Delhi is expected to record less than 25,000 coronavirus cases on Friday, Health Minister Satyendra Jain said, while stating that almost 75 per cent of those who have succumbed to the infection were unvaccinated “Delhi is expected to record less than 25,000 cases today,” Jain told reporters The city had on Thursday reported 28,867 COVID-19 cases, the sharpest single-day spike since the pandemic began, and 31 deaths, while the positivity rate surged to 29.21 per cent, according to the health department data Delhi’s previous biggest daily jump of 28,395 cases…

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India logged 1,68,063?new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,58,75,790?which includes 4,461 cases of the Omicron variant,?according to the?Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday The?active cases rose to 8,21,446,?the highest in 208 days, while the death toll climbed to?4,84,213?with 277 fresh fatalities, the data?updated?at 8 am stated Of the total 4,461 cases of the Omicron variant,?1,711?people have recovered or migrated so far Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of 1,247 cases followed by Rajasthan?at 645,?Delhi 546,?Karnataka?479 and?Kerala 350 The active cases comprise 2.29 per cent of…

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said there is no plan to impose a lockdown as of now in the city, and that there will be no need for it if people wear masks. He said that on Sunday, the city is likely to report 22,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours. He appealed to the public to wear masks and not panic. Rising COVID-19 cases are a matter of concern but there is no need to panic. Very few people are getting hospitalised. Wearing mask is very important. There…

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The daily rise in coronavirus infections was recorded above one lakh after 214 days, taking India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,52,26,386 which includes 3,007 cases of Omicron reported across 27 states and UTs, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. Out of the total Omicron cases reported so far, 1,199 people have recovered or migrated. Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of 876 cases followed by Delhi at 465, Karnataka 333, Rajasthan 291, Kerala 284 and Gujarat 204. The country saw a single day rise of…

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“They are even hacking my children’s Instagram accounts…Do they not have any other work?” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had said in response to a question on Central agencies’ raids on political opponents and allegations of illegal phone surveillance. The Instagram accounts of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s children have not been hacked, official sources told NDTV on Wednesday. The initial investigation by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team CERT-In found that the accounts were not hacked, sources said. Ms Gandhi Vadra had alleged on Tuesday that the government has hacked the Instagram accounts…

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