India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 156 crore with more than 57 lakh vaccine doses administered on Saturday, 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.Cumulatively, 52,40,53,061 first doses have been administered to individuals in the 18-44 […]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday thanked the BJP leadership for choosing him as the candidate from the Gorakhpur seat in the assembly election and exuded confidence that the party would return to power in the state with an “overwhelming majority”. “I express thanks to the prime minister, national president and BJP Parliamentary […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has written to the Election Commission of India (ECI) seeking postponement of the upcoming state assembly elections. Channi requested the ECI to postpone elections by at least six days saying he has got a representation from the dalit community which wants to take part in the birth anniversary of […]
Cold conditions persisted in several parts of Punjab and Haryana on Saturday with Hisar recording the lowest minimum temperature of 4.4 degrees Celsius, the weather department said. Among other places in Haryana, Ambala, Karnal and Narnaul recorded their minimum temperatures at 7.4 degrees Celsius, 7.8 degrees Celsius and 5.6 degrees Celsius, respectively.Rohtak, Gurgaon and Bhiwani […]
The farmer unions contesting the Punjab assembly polls will no longer be part of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), the umbrella body that spearheaded the agitation against the now-repealed agri laws said on Saturday.SKM leaders in a press conference after their meeting at Kondli on the Singhu border also said that BKU leader Rakesh Tikait […]
The Congress on Saturday released its first list of 86 candidates for the February 14 Assembly elections in Punjab, fielding Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi from Chamkaur Sahib and PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu from Amritsar East. The party has also fielded Punjab Deputy Chief Ministers — Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa from Dera Baba Nanak and […]
Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Election Commission on Saturday extended its ban on physical rallies and roadshows until January 22 in the five poll-bound states, saying it will subsequently review the situation and issue fresh instructions. he poll panel, however, granted a relaxation for the political parties to the extent that indoor meetings […]
After the Congress denied ticket to him for the upcoming Punjab assembly polls, Moga MLA Harjot Kamal on Saturday joined the BJP here in the presence of its senior leadership, including Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. The Congress on Saturday released its first list of 86 candidates for the February 14 state assembly polls, refusing […]
The Shiromani Akali Dal announced on Saturday to field youth leader Parminder Singh Sohana from Mohali assembly seat for the February 14 Punjab Assembly polls. With this announcement, the party has so far declared 94 candidates.”SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal has announced youth leader Parminder Singh Sohana as party candidate from Mohali. He has remained […]
Chandigarh reported 1,795 new cases over the last 24 hours, a health bulletin from the Chandigarh administration showed on Saturday.Chandigarh has 8,511 active cases—over 470 per cent rise since last Saturday. Chandigarh’s added over 9,000 new cases in the same period—67 per cent of this since Wednesday, when the union territory began reporting over 1,000 […]