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Maharashtra govt to lift restrictions for fully vaccinated passengers

Maharashtra govt to lift restrictions for fully vaccinated passengers

Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Aslam Shaikh hinted that fully vaccinated passengers will be allowed to travel unrestricted in train services within two to three days. A detailed discussion took place over the opening of Mumbai local train and Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses for fully vaccinated individuals. "As a Minister, I am also of the view that person whose two doses are completed should be allowed to travel in Mumbai local, we have also informed Chief Minister about this. After studying the report by the task force, a decision on Mumbai local will be taken in next two to…
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Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets PM Narendra Modi

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets PM Narendra Modi

On Tuesday West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. This is Mamata's first visit to the national capital since Trinamool Congress returned to power in the assembly polls earlier this year. Her visit has coincided with the Monsoon Session of Parliament in which the Opposition parties are protesting on a range of issues including the allegations of surveillance through Pegasus spyware, price rise. Sharma told the media that he and Mamata Banerjee have worked together for years. I appreciate her for how she fought the recent election and won. She has come to Delhi…
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OPPO launched Two New Smartphone

OPPO launched Two New Smartphone

Taking the smartphone videography benchmark a notch ahead OPPO, the leading global smart device brand, announced the launch of the most awaited Reno series, the OPPO Reno6 Pro 5G along with Enco X True Wireless Noise Cancelling earphones in new blue color variant. The 5G superphone- Reno6 Pro 5G would be available on mainline retailers and Flipkart at INR 39,990and Reno6 5G would be available on Flipkart at INR 29,990. Both the Reno6 Pro 5G and the Reno6 5G feature a mighty AI 64MP quad-camera setup on the rear and a 32MP front camera. The Reno6 Pro 5G is bundled…
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Barabanki Mishap: 18 Labourers Sleeping on Road Crushed to Death After Truck Rams Into Bus in UP

Barabanki Mishap: 18 Labourers Sleeping on Road Crushed to Death After Truck Rams Into Bus in UP

According to reports, the accident took place in the early hours of Wednesday. The bus was going from Haryana to Bihar.The reports also claims that indthe double-decker bus on the Kalyani River bridge on the Ayodhya border, was halted following an axle breakdown. Eighteen labourers were crushed to death after a truck rammed into a double-decker bus on the Lucknow-Ayodhya National Highway under the Ram Sanehighat police circle in Barabanki. The deceased were sleeping on the roadside when the accident took place. Nineteen people have been seriously injured and have been referred to the Trauma Centre in Lucknow. The accident…
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Assam declares 3-day state mourning

Assam declares 3-day state mourning

Tuesday to condole the death of five policemen and one civilian ,The Assam government declared a three-day state mourning . The grave incident happened in a border clash with Mizoram on the previous day, a source said. At least six persons were killed and 60 others, including an SP, injured in a bloody clash along the Assam-Mizoram border on Monday. During this period, the national flag will fly at half-mast and there will be no public entertainment, the order issued by the General Administration Department said. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has spoken to the chief ministers of Assam and…
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Mamata meets PM Modi: More vaccine for the state, Bengal name change discussed

Mamata meets PM Modi: More vaccine for the state, Bengal name change discussed

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Earlier in the day, she had met Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Anand Sharma and is also likely to meet Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday. Mamata arrived in Delhi on Monday on her first visit to the national capital after assuming office for the third term.  Speaking to the reporters after the meet, the CM said that she has urged the PM for more Covid vaccines for West Bengal. “It was a courtesy meeting with PM today. During the meeting, I raised the issue of COVID & the…
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Tokyo Olympics: India’s Manu Bhaker reacts during the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team shooting event

Tokyo Olympics: India’s Manu Bhaker reacts during the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team shooting event

Indian shooters endured yet another forgettable outing at the Tokyo Olympics here on Tuesday as they crashed out in the qualifying stages of the mixed team events in both pistol and rifle. Considered the team's best bet for a podium finish, the duo of Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker caved in under pressure and failed to qualify for the final of the 10m air pistol mixed team event. Thy finished seventh in Qualification 2 after topping the first phase with 582 at the Asaka Range. Both the 19-year-old shooters lost the plot completely when the top eight teams battled it…
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Odisha police busts newborn trafficking racket, 7 arrested

Odisha police busts newborn trafficking racket, 7 arrested

Five women are among seven people arrested from Odisha’s steel city Rourkela as police cracked a newborn babies trafficking racket flourishing across interstate borders, officials said on Tuesday. The officials of Plant Site police station in Sundergarh district cracked the racket, following a complaint filed by one Seema Khuntia who alleged that her one and a half year-old granddaughter was abducted. Rourkela Additional SP, Bikram Keshari Bhoi said, “Eight out of seven involved in the crime have been arrested and their mobile phones have been seized. We found a lot of pictures of new born babies in their mobile phones,…
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Delhi, Goa CMs cross swords on Twitter

Delhi, Goa CMs cross swords on Twitter

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal crossed swords on Twitter, a day after Power Ministers of the two states engaged in a public spat in poll-bound Goa, over the benefits of power tariff models implemented by their respective governments. The online slamming between the two chief ministers started with Sawant accusing the Aam Aadmi Party of indulging in cheap politics and denigrating Goan politicians. “AAP has always indulged in cheap politics through constant protests & theatrics. But to say Goans are third-class politicians is an insult to great sons-of-the-soil like Bhausaheb Bandodkar, Jack Sequeira, Manohar…
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Children will get Covid vaccine from August , said Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

Children will get Covid vaccine from August , said Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

On Tuesday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the Covid-19 vaccine for children is expected to be launched in the country from August. Last week, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director Dr Randeep Guleria said the trials for covaxin were underway and the results were expected by September. But curently Covaxin trials are underway on children aged 2-6 years in Delhi AIIMS. Mandaviya also said that India is soon going to be largest vaccine-producing country as more companies will get the production licence. On June 7, Delhi AIIMS started screening children between the age of 2 to 17 for…
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