Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with chief ministers on Monday at 3 pm via video conference to discuss the current situation and decide the future course of action in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak in the country. This is the fifth time that Prime Minister Modi will meet with state chief ministers to take stock of the Covid-19 situation in various states. A nationwide lockdown was imposed in the country in March to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The lockdown was extended for the third time from May 3 to May 17 in…
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After Nepal raised objections to inauguration of the new road to Lipulekh, India has said the road section lies completely within the territory of India. India on Saturday rejected objections raised by Nepal over the inauguration of a new road to the Lipulekh pass along the border with China in Uttarakhand. The road section in Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand lies completely within the territory of India, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Saturday. “The road follows the pre-existing route used by the pilgrims of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra,” MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said in a statement on Saturday. The…
near The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,981 and the number of cases climbed to 59,662 in the country on Saturday, registering an increase of 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 39,834, while 17,846 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.? “Thus, around 29.91 per cent patients have recovered so far,” a senior health ministry official said The total number of cases also include 111 foreign nationals A total 95 deaths were reported since Friday morning, of…
Putting an end to the speculations about his health, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday took to Twitter and said that he is not suffering from any disease. Shah said since last few days people had been sharing “concocted stories on social media about my health.” “I am totally healthy and not suffering from any disease,” Shah said in the Tweet. Shah also said that some people had even posted tweets praying for his death. “I hold no grudge against people who are spreading such rumours. I want to thank them too,” Shah wrote. The social media was abuzz…
An MLA of Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) named by a doctor who committed suicide last month has been arrested. The AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal had applied for protection from arrest after a police case was filed by the doctor’s son. The MLA’s aide Kapil Nagar is also in police custody. Mr Jarwal had been missing since his name was found in the suicide note. He allegedly skipped two police summons to appear for questioning. On Thursday, Delhi Police had questioned Mr Jarwal’s father and brothers. A 52-year-old doctor was found hanging at his home in south Delhi on…
Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary has the coronavirus, the White House said, making her the person who works at the White House complex known to check positive for the virus in the week. President Donald Trump, who publicly identified the affected Pence aide, said he wasn’t worried about the virus spreading within the White House. Nonetheless, officials said they were stepping up safety protocols for the complex. Pence spokeswoman Katie Miller, who tested positive Friday, had been in recent contact with Pence but not with the president. She is married to Stephen Miller, a top Trump adviser. The White…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said the West Bengal government is not allowing trains with migrant workers to reach the state that may further create hardship for the labourers. In a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Shah said not allowing trains to reach West Bengal is “injustice” to the migrant workers from the state. Referring to the ‘Shramik Special’ trains being run by the central government to facilitate transport of migrant workers from different parts of the country to various destinations, the home minister said in the letter that the Centre has facilitated more than two…
Five people were arrested for allegedly conducting congregational prayers at a mosque here in violationofthe COVID-19 lockdown norms. A case was registered against five people for conducting evening prayers on Friday, police said. We received information that prayers were being conducted within the mosque, they said adding they were held at Eriyad Masjidul Bilal mosque here. On Friday, four people, including the president of an area temple trust, were arrested for allegedly conducting a spiritual recitation during a temple here in violation of lockdown restrictions.Though lockdown conditions are eased in accordance with the Centre’s guidelines, public gatherings, including functions, weddings,…
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi suffered a cardiac arrest at home and is now on ventilator support, according to a hospital statement. He’s in critical condition, the Shree Narayana Hospital in Raipur said. Ajit Jogi, 74, leads the Janata Congress Chattisgarh (JCC), a party he founded after he was sacked from the Congress in 2016. He is the first of only three men to have led Chhattisgarh as chief minister, serving between 2000 and 2003. His successor, Raman Singh of the BJP, held the post for 15 years before the incumbent, the Congress’s Bhupesh Baghel, took over in 2018.…
A total of 30 more Border Security Force (BSF) troopers and their family members on Friday tested positive for Covid-19, taking the total number of infected among the para-military personnel and their kin in Tripura to 116, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on Friday. Deb, in a late night tweet, said that the fresh 30 positive cases were found in the BSF”s 86th and 138th Battalions, which both have their headquarters in Ambassa, the district headquarters of Dhalai, 82 km north of Agartala. The fresh cases also included four family members of the BSF personnel belonging to 138th Battalion…