Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused rival parties of spreading “rumours” against Covid vaccines and thanked people for ignoring them and taking the jabs. Addressing his second virtual rally in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Modi said the state witnessed benefits of the “double engine” government in administering Covid jabs.The prime minister said the Union Budget […]
Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh will be among the star campaigners who will campaign in Punjab. The list released by the Congress includes Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Harish Chaudhary, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Charanjit Singh Channi, Ambika Soni, Meira Kumar, Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel, Sunil Jakhar, Partap Singh Bajwa, Ajay Maken and Bhupindra Singh Hooda.Anand […]
Yogi Adityanath today filed his nomination from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur, where he is contesting his first state election, with the BJP using the occasion to project a united front. Union Home Minister Amit Shah was by his side. Before taking his first formal step towards fighting the UP election, the five-time MP prayed at the […]
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday said 65 per cent of the adolescents in the 15-18 age group nationwide have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. “Young India’s historic effort continues…In just 1 month, 65% of children aged 15-18 received the first dose of the vaccine. World’s largest vaccination campaign is creating new […]
The Haryana government moved the Supreme Court on Friday against the Punjab and Haryana High Court order staying the state’s law providing for 75 per cent quota to local people in private sector jobs. A Bench led by CJI NV Ramana agreed to take it up on February 7 after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta mentioned […]
The Enforcement Directorate arrested Bhupinder Singh alias Honey, a nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, from Jalandhar on Friday, weeks after raiding his houses and offices in connection with money laundering allegations linked to a 2018 illegal sand mining case. Bhupinder Singh’s arrest comes around two weeks before Punjab votes in Assembly elections […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address a digital rally on February 4 covering 14 assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand, BJP sources said on Thursday. On the same day, Modi is also likely to address a digital rally in Uttar Pradesh, sources said.It would be Modi’s second set of digital rallies with the first one […]
A total of 33 people withdrew their nomination papers for the February 20 state assembly polls, Punjab’s Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju said on Thursday.Raju said 1,645 nomination papers were found in order out of 2,266 nominations which were received for the 117 assembly constituencies of the state.He further said 588 nomination papers were […]
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 168.40 crore with over 50 lakh vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, the Union health ministry said. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late night, it said.A total of 50,11,156 vaccine doses have been administered till […]