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Delhi govt adds 300 ICUs, Telemedicine centre to its Covid care centre
New Delhi, Aug 12 (UNI) The Delhi government has upgraded one of its temporary Covid-19 care with 300 ICU beds and a telemedicine centre. Delhi's health minister Satyender Jain inaugurated the facility on Thursday and called it "the most…
Govt. demands apology from Opposition for unruly scenes in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, Aug 12 (UNI) The Centre on Thursday fielded seven ministers to counter Opposition's allegation that ''outsiders'' were brought to Rajya Sabha for ''manhandling'' MPs on Wednesday, saying only Parliament security was present, and…
Drone-manufacturing unit with Rs. 581 Cr coming up in UP
New Delhi, Aug 12 (UNI) In a push to government's Make-in-India initiative and defence production, two companies namely Encore Research Lab LLP and Allen & Alvan Pvt Ltd would invest Rs 550 crore and Rs 30.75 crore respectively to set…
No change in petrol, diesel prices on Thursday
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices in the country remained static for the 26th consecutive day on Thursday.
Accordingly, in the national capital, petrol continues to be sold for Rs 101.84 per litre, while diesel is also being sold at the…
My target is to achieve 100 km per day of highway construction: Gadkari
NEW DELHI: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said infrastructure development is very important for the country and his target is to achieve the pace of 100 km per day in highway construction.
Addressing a virtual event organised…
Minister writes to PM over ‘attacks on religious minorities’ in Bangladesh
Minister of state for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shantanu Thakur, has written to Prime minister Narendra Modi highlighting recent alleged attacks on religious minorities in Bangladesh. Thakur is a BJP Lok Sabha MP from Bongaon.…
Rallies in Haryana: Cornered by farm stir, BJP puts its might behind Tiranga
With its back against the wall due to intense farmer agitation over the past eight months, the ruling BJP is putting its entire might behind its “Tiranga Yatras” in Haryana. Till now as many as 51 yatras have been organised after first such…
Gujarat Govt’s 5-year celebrations: ‘Over 48 lakh people got benefits worth Rs 5,065 cr’
In the programmes held between August 1 and 9 on the occasion of completion of five years of Vijay Rupani government in office, around 48.56 lakh beneficiaries were provided various benefits worth Rs 5065 crore, said an official release…
Setback for ISRO as GSLV-F10/EOS-03 mission fails due to performance anomaly in cryogenic stage
SRIHARIKOTA: Indian Space Research Organisation's second mission of the year to place an earth observation satellite by a GSLV rocket faced a setback as the mission could not be accomplished fully due to performance anomaly in the cryogenic…
Congress alleges Twitter handles of five senior leaders, including Randeep Surjewala, locked
Close on the heels of temporary suspension of Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account, the Congress on late Wednesday claimed that similar action was taken against the handles of five senior leaders, including media head Randeep Surjewala.
The…
Kerala announces Rs 2 cr, promotion for P.R. Sreejesh
Facing criticism for not honouring new Indian hockey icon P.R. Sreejesh, the Kerala government, after the weekly cabinet meeting, on Wednesday announced that it will give a cash award of Rs 2 crore and a promotion to him.
Sreejesh, the…
Major landslide hits HP’s Kinnaur distt: 10 dead, 14 rescued, 25 missing
Shimla, Aug 11 (UNI) At least ten people died while 14 others were rescued after a landslide struck five vehicles in Negalsari of Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district on Wednesday.
At least 25 people are still missing and a rescue operation…
Census 2021 to be India’s first digital census
New Delhi, Aug 11 (UNI) The 2021 Census will be the first digital census in the country, as the exercise would be held digitally and there is a provision for self-enumeration.
"The forthcoming census is to be the first digital census and…
LS Speaker expresses anguish over House ruckus; just 20 Hrs working
New Delhi, Aug 11 (UNI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday expressed anguish over the disruptions in the Monsoon Session of Parliament, as he announced that the Lower House functioned only for 20 hours 14 minutes out of scheduled 96…
Ashwini Upadhyay gets bail, Slogans and ‘video’ case at Jantar Mantar
New Delhi, Aug 11 (UNI) A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to Supreme Court lawyer and former BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay in connection with the alleged inflammatory slogans raised at Jantar Mantar here on Sunday.
Yesterday,…
HP: All schools to close till Aug 22
Shimla, Aug 10 (UNI) All Schools in Himachal Pradesh will remain closed from August 11 till August 22 owing to a surge in COVID cases, State government said on Tuesday.
The decision was taken by the council of ministers in the cabinet…
In Srinagar, Rahul Gandhi calls for full restoration of statehood to J&K
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday demanded restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir alongside “free and fair elections” to be held in J&K.
Gandhi was speaking after inaugurating a Congress office in Srinagar —…
ISRO gearing up for GISAT-1 launch on Thursday
Chennai: The Indian space agency is carrying out pre-rocket launch activities at its rocket port in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota for sending up its earth observation satellite EOS-03 or Geo Imaging Satellite-1 (GISAT-1) early on Thursday,…
BJP leader Ashwani, five others arrested for communal slogans at Jantar Mantar
New Delhi, Aug 10 (UNI) BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay and five others were arrested by Delhi Police on Tuesday in connection with chanting of controversial slogans during a demonstration at Jantar Mantar.
The slogans were ostensibly chanted…
LS passes Constitution amendment bill; restores power of states, UTs to make OBC lists
New Delhi, Aug 10 (UNI) Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill that seeks to restore the power of
states and Union territories to make their own OBC lists.
The bill was passed by the House with 385 members voting in its support during the…
