Bhartiya Janata Party chief J.P. Nadda and party’s national general secretary B.L. Santosh will visit Gujarat on Monday to attend a meeting of the BJP State Unit. Both leaders are also scheduled to engage in the three-day ‘Samanvay Baithak’ national level organised by the RSS. JP Nadda and Santosh will be present at the headquarters of the Gujarat BJP to attend a meeting on the working of the State Party. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Deputy CM Nitin Patel and Chief State Unit C.R. Patil is also going to attend the conference. The ‘Samanvay Baithak’ is being organised by the…
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As the flights for India-UK have been opened, Air India has opened bookings for its Indian-UK flights. The Air India sources also took to twitter to give information about the flight details. The airline repoted that bookings are now available via Air India’s website, booking offices, call centre and registered travel agents. “Booking for Air India flights between India and UK is open now,” the airline said in a tweet. Flights for which bookings have been announced are: Mumbai-London-Heathrow; Delhi-London-Heathrow. Air India has confirmed that these services are in addition to daily flights. Earlier that day, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep…
The BCCI President Sourav Ganguly had undergone angioplasty was reported by hospital authorities that his condition is stable. The former cricketer had to rushed to hospital after experiencing “chest discomfort while doing tread mill at his home gym” The hospital reported that he had a mild heart condition while on a treadmill and noted that the problem had been resolved at the right time. Ganguly also tested negative for COVID-19, PTI quoted the physician as saying. The BCCI president was admitted at the Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The hospital had previously reported that an ECG…
Former Union Minister Buta Singh died early Saturday morning at the AIIMS in Delhi. He was 86 years of age. He had been in a coma since October last year, when he had a brain haemorrhage. His death was announced on Facebook by his son Arvinder Singh Lovely Sidhu. “My father, Buta Singh, passed away today morning. May Waheguru bless his soul,” said the post in Hindi. PM Modi condoled the senior leader’s death. https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1345235144614047744?s=20 Tributes poured in from President Ram Nath Kovind, Congress’ Rahul Gandhi, Ashok Gehlot, Amarinder Singh and Kuldeep Bishnoi, besides many others including, Defence Minister Rajnath…
Munawar Faruqui, a stand-up comedian was apprehended for allegedly insulting Hindu sentiments and also Home minister Amit Shah during a comedy show in Indore. The incident came to light when a group of Hindu activists visited the event to track it and stopped the proceedings when the artist made the supposedly unwanted references. The comedian was taken into legal custody for performing at a cafe in the famous 56 Dukan town of Indore. Other detained include Inodre-based Prakhar Vyas, Priyam Vyas, Nalin Yadav, and event organiser Edwin Anthony. “The arrested men have been booked under IPC sections 188, 269, 34…
Arunachal Pradesh has not reported a fresh case of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the health department official said on Saturday. The coronavirus count of the state stood at 16,719, he said. Two more people were cured of the infection on Friday, bringing the total number of recoveries inside the state to 16,566, said State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa. The COVID-19 recovery rate within the state is 99.08 per cent, the SSO said. Arunachal Pradesh now has 97 active coronavirus cases, while 56 people have succumbed to the infection thus far he said, adding that the fatality…
A rehearsal for COVID-19 vaccination is ongoing in three centres in West Bengal, with at least 75 doctors involved in the programme on Saturday, a politician said. The exercise began at 9 a.m. at the Urban Primary Health Centers in Duttabad and Madhyagram and the Amdanga Rural Hospital in North 24 Parganas district, he said. “At least 75 people are participating within the programme at three centres. they need been asked to register their names for the vaccination mock drill. Their health condition are going to be observed for a minimum of half-hour after completion of the exercise,” the official…
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly was admitted to Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal. According to sources, Ganguly was taken to the hospital on Saturday morning after he had complained of chest pain. According to sources, the former player suffered a mild pain in his chest and complained that he felt giddiness when he went to in the gym for his regular workout. Immediately, he visited Woodlands Hospital to get his check-up done. After the check-up, it was found that there was a cardiac issue. Therefore, the doctors formed a three-member board. This being led by Dr Saroj Mondal who will…
Barely a few days passed that an idol of Lord Ram had been found desecrated by some unknown miscreants at Ramatheertham in Vizianagaram district, in Andhra Pradesh. This is not the first instance when such an incident has occurred where Hindu sentiments have been hurt. Recently there was another case when a temple priest of Vigneshwara temple found idol of Sri Lord Subrahmanya vandalised with two cut-off limbs of the idol lying at the base of the statue. Also, 400-yea- old idol of Lord Ram was found beheaded by the temple priest in the ancient Sita Lakshmana Kodandarama temple. As…
Major jolt to Mamata Banerjee led the TMC in West Bengal as BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari’s brother Soumendu Adhikari officially joined BJP on Friday. He was joined by 14 other TMC councillors from the 20-member Contai Municipality. Soumendu Adhikari was chairman of the Municipality, but was suspended from office after Suvendu Adhikari joined Bhartiya Janata Party. https://twitter.com/TimesNow/status/1344962829468594177?s=20 TMC MP and Mamat Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee had taunted Suvendu for failing to move his father and brothers from TMC to BJP. Affected by the departure of Suvendu Adhikari, Mamata Banerjee, who headed the government in West Bengal, had recently removed his…