No decision has been taken yet on calling off the farmers’ protest, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which is spearheading the stir, said on Tuesday and demanded clarification on certain points, in the government’s proposal, including on the precondition set for withdrawal of “fake” cases against farmers. Farmer leaders, who are members of the Samyukta Kisan […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Monday as India and Russia kicked off their first ‘2+2’ ministerial dialogue to elevate the age-old ties between the two nations. PM Modi, who hosted the Russian president in New Delhi’s Hyderabad House, said the coronavirus pandemic could not dent the relationship between both […]
India’s Omicron tally is steadily rising with fresh cases of the variant in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Delhi. Seven in Maharashtra, nine in Jaipur and a man in Delhi were found positive with the variant, taking the total count in the country to 21.A woman and her two daughters who travelled from Nigeria, her brother and […]
India has confirmed its fourth case of Omicron variant of coronavirus (Covid-19), hours after a senior citizen from Gujarat was found infected with the highly transmissible variant. The infection has been reported in a 33-year-old man from Maharashtra’s Kalyan-Dombivli who has a travel history to Cape Town in South Africa, people familiar with the development […]
Ahead of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections, Chandigarh Congress Committee and BJP Chandigarh issued list of their candidates today. While the Congress released a list of 30 candidates, BJP announced seven more candidates in addition to their 23 contenders, whose names were announced yesterday. The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections are slated to be held on December […]
Chandigarh BJP unit today issued a list of 23 candidates for the upcoming Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections. The elections are slated to be held on December 24. As per the list BJP has fielded Manjeet Kaur from Ward No 1, Dalip Sharma from Ward No 3, Savita Gupta from Ward No 4, Nikita Gupta from […]
A total of four high risk (household) contacts of South Africa returnee, residing at Sector 36, were tested yesterday. Out of these four contacts, two were reported to be positive for COVID 19 and the rest were negative. The returnee and the two positives contacts are now shifted to an institutional quarantine (GMCH-32) yesterday. As […]
A 39-year-old city resident, who had recently returned from South Africa, has been tested positive for COVID-19. One of his family member and domestic help are also positive for COVID-19. Two other family members are reported to be negative. Report of one family member is awaited. The family is said to residing in Sector 36. […]
The government on Monday said it has decided to review its decision to resume operation of scheduled commercial international passenger services from December 15 and also the SOP on testing and surveillance of incoming passengers, particularly from countries identified as “at risk”, in view of the emerging concerns over the new Covid-19 variant “Omicron”. An […]
To repeal the three contentious farm laws, the government on Monday will introduce in Lok Sabha a new bill, which states that though “only a small group of farmers are protesting” against these legislations, the need of the hour is to take along everyone for inclusive growth.The bill has been listed for introduction and passage […]