New Delhi, Jan 4 Nearly 5,500 fresh cases of Covid have been reported in Delhi on Tuesday with a positivity rate of about 8.5 per cent, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said while asserting that the weekend curfew imposed in the city should not be treated as a lockdown. Interacting with reporters, he said experts have […]
New Delhi, Jan 4 The Republic Day camp for the cadets of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) was formally inaugurated by its Director General Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The camp is held at the culmination of one complete year of training of NCC cadets and is conducted […]
New Delhi, Jan 4 The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) said on Tuesday that it has ensured that the Zoji La mountain pass, which links Ladakh with the rest of the country, is kept open after December 31 for the first time ever. Last year, the pass was kept open till December 31, the BRO’s statement […]
Pakyong (Sikkim), Jan 4 Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, who arrived here on a three-day vacation with his family, on Tuesday said that greenfield Pakyong airport is a great boon for Sikkim. Speaking to reporters after his landing, Sangma said that his Sikkim counterpart Prem Singh Tamang is very close to him and he […]
New Delhi, Jan 4 The Enforcement Directorate (RD) on Tuesday said it has attached assets worth Rs 27.87 lakh of a Bihar-based Naxal operative in connection with a money-laundering probe against him. The action has been undertaken against the family members and associates of Maoist Dilip Sahni alias Nitesh, the agency said in a statement. […]
New Delhi, Jan 4 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over reports of China constructing a bridge on the Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh near the Line of Actual Control (LAC). “PM’s silence is deafening. Our land, our people, our borders deserve better,” Gandhi said on Twitter. […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4 Three teenagers died on Tuesday after the motorcycle they were traveling on rammed into a tree along the roadside upon losing control of the vehicle here, police said. Nedumangadu resident Stephin (16), Peroorkada residents Bineesh (16) and Mullappan (16) lost their lives in the accident that happened at Perrorkada near Vayazhila in […]
Chennai, Jan 4 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu State Public health department said that the state has vaccinated 3,25,288 (Three Lakh Twenty Five Thousand and Two hundred and eighty-eight) teenagers in the age group of 15-18 years on the first day of the vaccine drive for this age group. The state public health department in a […]
Chennai, Jan 4 (BPNS) Even as the political parties in Tamil Nadu are busy preparing for the upcoming Urban Local Body elections, the alliance partners of the DMK are irritant over the big brother attitude of the DMK regarding seat sharing. Congress has already raised concern with the state DMK leadership after several district secretaries […]
Chennai, Jan 4 (BPNS) The advisory council constituted by the Tamil Nadu government to ascertain the living conditions and other details of Sri Lankan Tamils living inside and outside of camps have decided to conduct a survey on the Sri Lankan Tamils who require Indian citizenship. A meeting of the council held during the last week […]
