Chandigarh: Bhagwant Mann will be the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) chief ministerial face for the Punjab Assembly polls, party chief Arvind Kejriwal announced on Tuesday. The 48-year-old two-time Sangrur MP’s name was announced at a public event where Kejriwal declared the result of the AAP’s ‘Janta Chunegi Apna CM’ drive in which it had […]
Leh:Ladakh reported 152 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the overall caseload in the Union Territory to 23,536 and active cases to 844, officials said on Tuesday. The highest 132 positive samples were received from Leh district while 20 cases surfaced in Kargil district, the officials said. According to the officials, the […]
New Delhi: With 2,38,018 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,76,18,271, which includes 8,891 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The active cases have increased to 17,36,628, the highest in 230 days, while […]
NEW Delhi: COVID-19 inoculation guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry do not envisage forcible vaccination without obtaining the consent of an individual, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. The Health Ministry in an affidavit filed before the top court submitted that India’s vaccination programme is the largest in the world and as on […]
Srinagar: The Kashmir Press Club has ceased to exist, the Jammu and Kashmir government said on Monday as it took back the premises allotted to the largest journalists’ body in the Valley following illegal takeover by a few journalists. The administration — which has been facing flak on the issue with the Editors Guild of […]
Srinagar: The ousted managing body of the Kashmir Press Club on Monday said the installation of a group of journalists as an interim body was done with the ultimate goal of shutting down the club. It reiterated that journalists in the Valley will confront these challenges . “It seems the ultimate goal was to shut […]
NEW DELHI: India saw a single-day rise of 2,58,089 new coronavirus infections taking the tally of cases to 3,73,80,253, which included 8,209 cases of the Omicron variant detected so far, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Monday. A total of 8,209 cases of the Omicron variant have been detected across 29 […]
New Delhi: India may begin inoculating children in the 12-14 age group against Covid-19 in March as the 15-18 population is likely to get fully vaccinated by then, Dr N K Arora, chairman of the Covid-19 working group of NTAGI, said on Monday. Of the estimated 7.4 crore (7,40,57,000) population in the 15-18 age bracket, […]
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday paid tributes to Rohith Vemula on his death anniversary, and said he remains a symbol of resistance and his hero. “Rohith Vemula was murdered by discrimination and indignities against his Dalit identity,” he said on Twitter. “Even as years go by, he remains a symbol of resistance […]
New Delhi: The Republic Day parade on the Rajpath this year will see the “grandest and largest” flypast ever with a total of 75 aircraft to mark the Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav celebrations, an IAF official said on Monday. The flypast will conclude with seven jaguar fighter aircraft flying in the “Amrit” formation to commemorate […]