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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…
Capt. Amrinder meets Sonia Gandhi in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 10 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Amrinder Singh met Congress President Sonia Gandhi here on Tuesday amid the ongoing feud in state unit of the party.
Sources said Singh met the Congress President and raised the issue of…
INDRA-2021 Russia-India Joint Commando Drill to eliminate terrorists
New Delhi, Aug 10 (UNI) Troops from India and Russia carried out an anti-terror operation during the Indra-2021 drills at the Prudboi training ground in the Volgograd Region in Russia’s south, the press office of Russia’s Southern…
Veteran actor Prakash Raj injured while shooting in Chennai
Hyderabad, Aug 10 (UNI) Veteran actor Prakash Raju, who was injured on the set of a Tamil Film in Chennai on Tuesday, was admitted to Sunshine hospitals in the city to get the surgery.
He suffered injuries during the shooting of…
Kerala HC: Make RTPCR certificates mandatory for buying liquor from shops
Kochi, Aug 10 (UNI) Justice Devan Ramachandran of Kerala High Court on Tuesday
said vaccination certificates or RTPCR certificates must be made mandatory for people
visiting beverage shops as the crowd is uncontrollable and buyers are…
CM dismisses suggestions of early elections in Gujarat
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Monday dismissed suggestions that Gujarat would go to polls earlier than its 2022 schedule to coincide with the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh to be held in March next year. Rupani, who was at the…
Bihar denies SC/ST scholarship for 3 years, says ‘technical issues’ with portal
For three years now, Bihar has not received a single application for the Post-Matric Scholarship, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students.
Officials blame it on “technical issues with the National…
J&K: Two Hizbul Mujahideen men arrested; weapons seized, searches conducted in multiple ops
In joint operations in different parts of Jammu division on Monday, police and security forces arrested two newly recruited Hizbul Mujahideen militants, seized a cache of arms and ammunition, and carried out searches at multiple locations,…
RS remembers Quit India Movement; Venkaiah urges House to raise productivity
While the morning session of Rajya Sabha was on Monday washed out once again, as the Opposition continued to demand discussions on different issues, the House paid tribute to the participants of the Quit India Movement in 1942 on its…
SC seeks Centre response on PIL seeking publication of COVID vaccine trial data
New Delhi, Aug 9 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response from the Centre on a plea seeking public disclosure of data regarding clinical trials and post-vaccination efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.
While issuing a notice to…
SC quashes Amazon, Flipkart’s plea against CCI probe
New Delhi, Aug 9 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday junked a plea filed by Amazon and Flipkart that sought to halt the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) inquiry into their business practices, dealing a major setback to the US firms.…
Now get COVID-19 Vaccination certificate in seconds on WhatsApp
New Delhi, Aug 9 (UNI) Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said people, who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, can now obtain their vaccination certificate in seconds on WhatsApp.
'Revolutionising common man's life using…
