Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Premchand Aggarwal on Saturday quarantined himself after he heard about state BJP president Bansidhar Bhagat testing positive for COVID-19. Aggarwal was in-tuned with Bhagat two days ago, his PRO Tajendra Negi said. The Speaker will undergo a coronavirus test a few of days later but has gone into self-isolation as a precautionary measure, Negi said. He will take up work as advised by doctors after his report arrives, he said. And in a development BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj was forcibly home quarantined here on Saturday for 14-day for violating COVID norms, a senior district official said. The…
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Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries on Saturday announced acquisition of Future Group for Rs 24,713 crore to bolster its fast-growing retail business. “Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL), subsidiary of Reliance Industries, will acquire the retail and wholesale business and therefore the logistics and warehousing business from the longer term Group as going concerns on a slump sale basis for lumpsum aggregate consideration of Rs 24,713 crore,” the corporate said during a statement. Through the deal, Reliance will acquire Future Retail that owns the BigBazaar that sells everything from groceries to cosmetics and apparel, and Future Lifestyle Fashions Ltd that operates…
The Arjuna Award has come his way after 13 years of toil in international cricket and motivated by the popularity , veteran India pacer Ishant Sharma plans to continue in top flight till the time his “body allows”. Ishant, 31, made his international debut in both Tests and ODIs in 2007 and played his first T20I the subsequent year. He remains an important player in Test cricket. “I realised my passion for cricket at a really young age and since then I even have been striving to offer my 100 per cent effort day in and outing . Every step…
India has once again seen a record daily rise in coronavirus cases with 77,266 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total count to 33,87,500, according to data from the Union Health Ministry this morning. An additional 1,057 new deaths brought the overall death count to 61,529. India has the third-highest number of virus infections in the world, after the United States and Brazil. 25,83,948 patients have recovered from the infection in the country, taking the recovery rate to 76.27 per cent. Maharashtra remains the hardest-hit state in the pandemic, accounting for 7,33,568 cases. Since August 4, India’s…
58-year-old uncle of cricketer Suresh Raina died while four members of his family sustained injuries allegedly in an attack by robbers in Punjab’s Pathankot district. The deceased has been identified as Ashok Kumar, a government contractor. According to police, the incident happened at Thariyal village in Punjab’s Pathankot on the night intervening August 19 and 20. Kumar’s elder brother Shyam Lal confirmed that the victim was the cricketer’s uncle. He said Raina is predicted to go to the village. Earlier, a senior police official had said they can not confirm the victim’s relationship with the cricketer. According to police, three…
Metro train services will become operational from September 7 while schools, colleges and other educational institutions will remain shut under Unlock 4, the Union Home Ministry said today. Issuing guidelines for Unlock 4.0, which will come into effect from September 1, the home ministry said the government has decided to open up more activities under containment zones. However, the lockdown will be strictly enforced in all containment zones till September 30. The home ministry said these guidelines have been formulated based on feedback received from states and UTs, and extensive consultations held with related central ministries and departments. As per…
Chennai Super Kings’ Suresh Raina has returned to India due to personal reasons and will miss the entire IPL 2020 season, the franchise tweeted on Saturday. “Suresh Raina has returned to India for personal reasons and will be unavailable for the remainder of the IPL season. Chennai Super Kings offers complete support to Suresh and his family during this time,” CSK CEO KS Viswanathan was quoted as saying on the team’s official Twitter handle. Suresh Raina has been an integral part of the the CSK team from the very beginning and his departure will come as a massive blow to…
A Muslim boy named Lucky Khan reportedly posed as a Hindu to befriend a minor Hindu girl in Bajaria area of Kanpur. Filing the complaint at the Bajaria police station, the relatives of the victim said that Lucky Khan entrapped the minor girl into a love affair by posing as a Hindu. He then allegedly drugged her and took compromising photographs with her which he used to blackmail her. He threatened the girl of making these objectionable pictures go viral on social media if she did not agree to convert to Islam and marry him. Following the complaint, Bajaria police…
The government has permitted the airlines to serve pre-packed snacks, meals and beverages on domestic flights and hot meals on international flights, consistent with a politician order. Moreover, any passenger who refuses to wear a mask during a flight are often placed on the no-fly list by the airline, said a senior official of the aviation regulator DGCA. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, in-flight meal service wasn’t permitted on domestic flights since their resumption on May 25. On international flights, only pre-packed cold meals and snacks were being served counting on the flight duration since May this year. In an…
Marking the sixth anniversary of the ‘Jan Dhan’ scheme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the initiative has been a “game-changer” and served because the foundation for several poverty alleviation initiatives. After he led the BJP to power in 2014, this was one among his government’s first major projects under which bank accounts of crores of individuals , mostly poor, were opened. “Today, six years ago, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana was launched with an ambitious aim of banking the unbanked. This initiative has been a game-changer, serving because the foundation for several poverty alleviation initiatives, benefitting…