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20 Jul

Bangladesh liberation warriors visiting Assam

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A group of Bangladeshi 'freedom fighters' is visiting Assam to further strengthen the age-old ties between India and Bangladesh. A 25-member delegation of 'Muktijoddha' is on a visit to Guwahati and Shillong for three days. India celebrates 75 years of its independence as Azadi Ka Amrita Mohotsav, while the 'Swarnim Vijay Varsh' marks the 50th year of India's victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war that led to the birth of Bangladesh. the chief minister said in a Twitter post,“The Bangladesh Liberation War was a landmark event where 9 valiant soldiers from Assam made the supreme sacrifice. Some Assam Police…

19 Jul

Rajya Sabha proceedings has adjourned

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The proceedings of the Rajya Sabha were adjourned without transacting any business in the pre-lunch session on Tuesday as opposition parties, including the Congress, pressed for an immediate discussion on everything from price hike to the Agnipath project. Congress, Left and AAP members insisted on discussing these issues, forcing the adjournment of proceedings till 2 pm. Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu rejected notices given to opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharg and other leaders under Rule 267 calling for adjournment of business for the day to take up issues listed by them. Opposition members insisted on discussing the matter. But this did not…

19 Jul

Andaman and Nicobar faces new Covid cases

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands reported 10 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 10,330. According to the report, nine fresh patients have a history of travel due to which the infection was detected. There are now 59 active patients in the Union Territory and out of them 58 are under home quarantine and one has been admitted to the hospital. The death toll remained at 129 as no new deaths due to infection were reported, the official said. Also 13,492 children aged 12-14 received at least one vaccine dose, the official added.

19 Jul

Himachal Pradesh landslide leaves 8 injured in Kangra

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On Tuesday in a landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district eight people were injured. As per the report of Kangra District Emergency Operations Centre, at a construction site near a flour mill, a landslide occurred and the injured have been identified as Rajeev Kumar (19), Gaurav (20), Dev Narayan (40), Sahadev (21) and his brother Vasudev (30) and Jagat (42) — all from West Bengal — Neetu (24) from Uttar Pradesh and Vinay Kumar (44) from Kangra district, state disaster management director Sudesh Mokta said. Currently, injured all are admitted to a nearby hospital.

18 Jul

Kejriwal urges to have Covid vaccine booster

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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appealed to Delhiites to get COVID-19 alert. Only 10 percent of the people in the city have worked so far. He appealed to parents of children aged 12-17 to give the second dose of the vaccine. The Chief Minister said the government will also set up camps in schools to vaccinate children. School authorities may approach local district administration officials for this purpose. Kejriwal also asserted that Delhi has the capacity to administer one lakh doses per day.

18 Jul

BJP MLA from UP casts vote for Presidential poll

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A BJP MLA from UP has voted in the presidential election, NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu has cast her only possible saffron party vote from Kerala, otherwise, there is no elected representative from the southern state. BJP's Sevapuri MLA Neel Ratan Singh Patel, who is currently undergoing an Ayurvedic treatment at a hospital in North Palakkad district, traveled all the way to Thiruvananthapuram to exercise his franchise at a polling booth set up in the state assembly complex. Patel said he represents the Sevapuri Assembly segment under the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency represented by Prime Minister Modi. “I am currently undergoing…

18 Jul

Odisha faces new Covid-19 cases

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Odisha recorded 816 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, while one more patient died of the disease. Active cases rose to 5,911, of which 2,011 patients were in Khurda district. The test positivity rate was 4.59 percent as cases were detected among 17,787 samples. According to the data, 118 of the new patients were children. Another 53 covid patients died due to the infection. Khurda district, where the capital Bhubaneswar is located, had the highest number of cases at 218, followed by 141 in Sundargarh and 78 in Cuttack, a report added.

16 Jul

145 J-K Haj pilgrims returns

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The first batch of 145 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir has returned from Hajj in Saudi Arabia. The batch was received at the Srinagar International Airport by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, PK Pol and other senior officials of the police and civil administration.This year 6,000 pilgrims from J-K went on the annual pilgrimage. Hajj has resumed this year after a gap of two years due to Covid-19.

16 Jul

PM Modi inaugurates Bundelkhand Expressway in UP

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 296-km-long Bundelkhand Expressway, which passes through seven districts of Uttar Pradesh and was built at a cost of around Rs 14,850 crore. CM of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath welcomed Modi at the inauguration ceremony at Kaitheri village in Orai tehsil of Jalaun district on Sunday. On February 29, 2020, Modi laid the foundation stone for the construction of the expressway and it was completed in about 28 months. It stretches from NH-35 at Gonda village near Bharatkoop in Chitrakoot district to Kudrail village in Etawah district, where it joins the Agra-Lucknow Expressway.

16 Jul

Former Punjab Assembly speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon dies

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Former Punjab Assembly Speaker and senior SAD leader Nirmal Singh Kahlan, 79, died after a prolonged illness on Saturday. Senior Akali leader Daljit Singh Cheema said in a tweet that Kahlon will be cremated on July 17 at Dadujodh village near Fatehgarh Churian in Gurdaspur district. Kahlon was the Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats in the Akali government from 1997 to 2002. He also worked as a Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2012.