In an unprecedented step, the Election Commission on Saturday banned public rallies, roadshows and corner meetings till January 15 in the five poll-bound states, citing the fresh surge in Covid-19 cases, and issued stringent safety guidelines. Declaring the election schedule for Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra urged political […]
Day after registering a case in connection with a morphed video of a cabinet committee wherein some persons tried to show that the meeting was against the Sikh community, the Delhi Police on Saturday said the footage originated from Pakistan. During the monitoring of social media, it was observed that the fake/morphed video had been […]
Political parties fielding candidates with criminal cases will have to mandatorily upload on their website details of such persons as also reasons for selecting them to contest the polls, the Election Commission said on Saturday. The poll panel on Saturday announced assembly election schedule for Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa. The polls will […]
Tightening restrictions in the face of surging Covid-19 cases, the Maharashtra Government on Saturday prohibited movement in public in groups of five or more from 5 in the morning to 11 at night, effective January 10 midnight.Further, no movement will be allowed in public from 11 pm to 5 am except for essential services, a […]
The Delhi government has decided to increase 5,650 normal beds and 2,075 ICU beds for coronavirus patients in 14 hospitals, along with 2,800 beds in eight COVID-care centres, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Saturday. In a statement, he said the Delhi government is making all necessary arrangements in view of the rising coronavirus cases […]
The EC would not like to interfere in the presentation of the Union Budget, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra said on Saturday, asserting the annual exercise would not disturb the level-playing field for parties during elections to five states. The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday announced the schedule for assembly elections to Uttar Pradesh, […]
The Election Commission is relying on enhanced vaccination of both polling personnel and voters to deliver a ‘Covid-safe’ election in five states amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the country driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant. Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra on Saturday said he has asked the chief secretaries of poll-bound states […]
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala and Punjab minister Rana Gurjeet Singh tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. hautala in his tweet said he had a mild fever and had isolated himself. “Today, due to mild fever, I got an RT-PCR test done, the report of which came positive. I have isolated myself. All those […]
Chandigarh reported a whopping 541 cases on Monday, a health bulletin said on Saturday—the highest cases reported in the city since last summer when the delta variant led to a substantial rise in both cases and deaths.Chandigarh’s active cases have shot up to 1,794—a rise of 169 per cent since Wednesday. Chandigarh’s added 1,262 cases […]
A 1987-batch IPS officer, Viresh Kumar Bhawra on Saturday assumed the Charge of Director General of Police (Head of Police Force) Punjab. The order issued by the State Government reads, “On the consideration of the panel received from the Union Public Service Commission, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to appoint Viresh Kumar Bhawra, IPS […]