Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:26:49
Deputy Commissioner Dr Rajendra K V has said that new guidelines relating to religious and cultural programmes in the district would be announced after consultations with DK District in-charge Minister in the wake of a spike in Covid cases in the district.
speaking after launching the first round of Covid vaccination drive for journalists above 45 years having BP and diabetes. The DC himself re
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Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:22:07
India will do away with toll booths and implement complete GPS-based toll collection within one year, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.
He said 93 per cent of the vehicles pay toll using FASTag, but the remaining 7 per cent have still not taken it despite paying a double toll.
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Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:14:50
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday batted for polling through ballot papers, saying the electronic voting machines could be "fudged".
His statement came days after when some MLAs, including Navjot Singh Sidhu, had questioned the use of EVMs and had said voting should be held through ballot papers.
"We should go back to ballot papers and I'm totally in support of this," Amarind
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Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:12:10
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held wide-ranging talks with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah to elevate bilateral relations.
The Kuwaiti foreign minister arrived here on Wednesday evening on a nearly 18-hour visit.
"Glad to welcome this morning, along with @MOS_MEA, FM @anmas71 of Kuwait. Productive discussions on our bilateral agenda & reg
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Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:09:39
The Centre on Wednesday said it has not taken any decision on the nationwide roll-out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai was replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha on whether the central government had any plans to implement the NRC throughout the country.
"Till now, the government has not taken any decision to prepare the National R
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Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:07:57
Marathas have been dominant socially and politically as almost 40 per cent of MPs and MLAs of Maharashtra are from this community and the entire hypothesis that they have been left behind, faced historical injustice is completely flawed, the Supreme Court was told on Wednesday.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan was hearing arguments while dealing with issues such
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Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:13:50
India on Thursday recorded 35,871 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise in over 100 days, which took the infection tally to 1,14,74,605, according to Union health ministry data.
Registering an increase for the eighth consecutive day, the active caseload reached 2,52,364, which accounts for 2.20 per cent of the total infections.
The recovery rate further dropped to 96.41 per cent,
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Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:11:29
An MLA of the Apna Dal (S), an ally of the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh, came out in support of the farmers agitating against three new agriculture laws of the Centre on Wednesday and questioned why the government was adamant on implementing the legislations.
"It seems that the government has no problem with people and farmers getting angry. It looks like the aim is not to make a handful of indu
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Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:07:30
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday hit out at Centre for "failing miserably" in rolling out the COVID-19 vaccination for Indians.
"I share the pride that India exported 5.9 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines. At the same time, I am disappointed that we have administered only 3 crore doses to Indian citizens," Chidambaram tweeted.
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