Category: NATIONAL NEWS

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is likely to inaugurate the redeveloped Chandni Chowk market on September 12, officials said on Tuesday. Earlier the project was to be inaugurated on April 17 this year but was cancelled due to the second wave of COVID-19. According to officials of the Public Works Department (PWD), which is one of the agencies involved in the redevelopment work, the department has been asked to start preparations for inauguration and complete all the misses and fixes . The redeveloped Chandni Chowk is likely to be formally…

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 India’s COVID-19 infection tally rose by 42,618 in a day to reach 3,29,45,907 while the number of active cases touched 4,05,681 following an increase for the fourth consecutive day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll climbed to 4,40,225 with 330 more people succumbing to the viral disease, showed the data updated at 8 am. In a span of 24 hours, the active caseload rose by 5,903. The number of active cases now comprise 1.23 per cent of the total infections, while the national…

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 At least 54 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, taking the tally in the northeastern state to 53,156, an official said on Friday. The death toll in the state rose to 261 as a 56-year-old man from the Capital Complex Region succumbed to the infection on Wednesday at a dedicated COVID hospital here, State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said. “The patient died due to acute respiratory distress syndrome with COVID Pneumonia and was also suffering from hypertension,” the SSO said. Fifty fresh cases were detected through…

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On August 19, the Calcutta High Court had ordered a CBI probe into “heinous crimes of murder and rape” in Bengal after the assembly elections The Bengal government has challenged a Calcutta High Court order for a CBI probe into post-poll violence in the Supreme Court, saying the agency will not conduct a fair investigation.  “The Central Bureau of Investigation is working at behest of the Centre, don’t expect a fair investigation,” said the government of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, which has been at loggerheads with the agency for several…

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A number of state assembly polls, including in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, are scheduled over the next few months. The BJP’s NDA ally Janata Dal-United (JDU) today demanded that the Centre roll back the hike announced today in LPG cylinder prices by petroleum companies. The party, which leads the coalition in Bihar, cited the financial pressure on households amid the Covid pandemic and said political rivals could use the issue to cause damage to the alliance’s prospects in the many polls scheduled over the next few months. Petroleum companies today…

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Record Rain In Delhi: The rain hit Delhi on a day when schools in the city reopened after 17 months. Record rain in Delhi today led to flooding and traffic jams during the morning rush hour in many parts of the national capital and neighbouring Gurgaon and Noida. Delhi received 112.1 mm rainfall in a day, the highest in 12 years and a 19-year record for September, said the India Meteorological Department or IMD, which issued an orange alert. Videos shared online show cars struggling to cross the flooded Dwarka…

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Kerala Covid Cases: Stricter measures in containment zones and curtailing movement are some of the aspects the state urgently needs to focus on, sources said. With over 85 per cent Covid patients in Kerala isolated at home, the state needs to step up measures to curb the daily surge, Union Health Ministry sources said today, stressing on a “smart and strategic lockdown”. Kerala has not been following the Centre’s advice while reporting the highest daily cases in the country, officials insisted, adding that neighbouring states are feeling the impact. Highlighting…

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With several parts of Assam hit hard by floods, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to take stock of the situation and assured the state of all possible help from the Centre. The flood situation in Assam deteriorated with two persons losing their lives and over 3.63 lakh people suffering in the deluge across 17 districts, an official bulletin said on Monday. In a tweet, Modi said, “Spoke to Assam CM Shri @himantabiswa and took stock of the flood situation in parts of…

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The farmers are protesting a lathi charge in Haryana’s Karnal; farmers there were charged down by police as they tried to stop state BJP chief OP Dhankar’s convoy Angry farmers blocked multiple roads across Haryana this afternoon to protest “brutal” police action against fellow farmers in neighbouring Karnal district, as they were protesting a meeting led by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to discuss a forthcoming municipal election.  Later in the day there was a second lathi charge – this time on farmers in Amritsar who were agitating against Prime Minister Modi’s virtual inauguration…

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