Thu, 24 Dec 2020 17:39:46
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa withdrew the night curfew just six hours before it was to be imposed on Thursday.
“Based on experts’ opinion, it was decided to impose a night curfew aimed at curbing the spread of the new Covid-19 strain detected in Britain and other countries. However, in the wake of public opinion that a night curfew is not necessary, it has been decided to
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Thu, 24 Dec 2020 12:58:44
In a positive sign, Covid-19 infection has been reducing drastically in Uttara Kannada district since the second week of December with the number of cases not crossing 10. But alarmingly, patients who are admitted to intensive care units now are in more critical condition than before.
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Thu, 24 Dec 2020 12:38:08
The district administration announced that it has no plans to enforce lockdown in the wake of appearance of a new mutation of Covid-19 virus strain in United Kingdom.
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Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:33:05
In a major relief for Marathas, the Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday decided to provide reservation to the community under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category for educational admissions and jobs.
The 10 per cent EWS quota is earmarked for those who are not covered under any social reservations.
Notably, the implementation of the quota for the Maratha community under the SEBC (Soc
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Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:16:38
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) member Zafaryab Jilani said on Wednesday the mosque which is planned to come up in Ayodhya following last year's Supreme Court verdict is against the Waqf Act and "illegal" under the Shariat laws.
Athar Hussain, the secretary of a trust formed to build the mosque in Ayodhya, however, said everyone interprets the Shariat in their own way and when the
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Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:11:31
Principals of schools in the national capital are not in favour of scrapping nursery admissions for next year in view of the COVID-19 pandemic even as the government maintains that no final decision has been taken yet in this regard.
Usually, the process to enter children in nursery in around 1,700 schools in Delhi begins in last week of November.
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Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:07:38
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said 23 lakh people in the world had already received the Covid-19 vaccine and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi when India's turn would come.
In a Twitter post, the former Congress president also shared a 'Covid vaccinations' chart showing China ahead followed by the United States, United Kingdom and Russia.
He tweeted that 23 lakh peopl
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Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:04:52
As many as 1,688 passengers arrived at the Mumbai international airport from the UK and other countries since Monday midnight and 745 of them were quarantined in the city, a civic official said on Wednesday.
In the wake of detection of a new variant of coronavirus in the UK, a new Standard Operating Procedure has been issued for dealing with passengers arriving from Europe and the Middle-East.
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Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:00:00
Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) Chief Sheoraj Singh on Wednesday wrote a letter in blood to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding the repeal of the three new farm laws that have stoked massive protests by farmers' unions in north India.
The letter by Singh, who is camping at the Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida along with his faction members since December 2, came as protestors marked the birth
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