Suvendu Adhikari is a big leader. I am ready to fight with him in any of the 294 seats in West Bengal and I am sure he will lose his security deposit in elections. If he doesn't accept this challenge, I will believe that he is scared: TMC Sujata Mondal
Schools for students of 9th to 12th standard will reopen from January 4, 2021, in the jurisdiction of Pune Municipal Corporation. All schools will have to follow the COVID-19 SOPs: Pune Municipal Corporation
Around 30 people have been detained after a group of people vandalised Delhi Jal Board office. Legal action has been initiated against the violators: Delhi Police
Delhi Police Cyber Cell busted a pan-India racket, which duped people through an app called Love Likes. 7 accused arrested & more than 30 bank accounts frozen. "2 kingpins are in Dubai. Around Rs 10 crores transactions have come to light," says Amit Goel, Addl DCP, South West.
PM Modi will flag off the country’s first-ever fully automated driverless train service on 37km Magenta Line (Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden) & will also launch fully operational National Common Mobility Card for travel on Airport Express Line on Dec 28: Delhi Metro Rail Corp
Andhra Pradesh reported 357 new COVID-19 cases, 355 recoveries & 4 deaths today, according to the State Health Department.Total cases: 8,80,075 . Active cases: 3,862 . Total recoveries: 8,69,124 . Death toll: 7,089
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Ayushman Bharat 'PM-JAY SEHAT' to extend coverage to all the residents of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir on 26th December, via video conferencing: Prime Minister's Office.
11 deaths and 436 new COVID-19 cases reported in Uttarakhand today. Total cases: 88,376. total recovered cases: 80,467. total recovered cases: 80467. total deaths: 1,458
Puducherry reports 40 new COVID-19 cases and 26 discharges in the last 24 hours, according to Puducherry government. Total number of cases: 37,885. Active cases: 364. Death toll: 629
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announces that FASTag is being made mandatory for all vehicles in country from 1st Jan, 2021. He says it's useful for commuters as they will not need to stop at toll plazas for cash payments, saving time & fuel: Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Karntaka has withdraws night curfew hours after imposing it. Karnataka Police on Thursday issued the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the night curfew that has been imposed in the state between 11 pm and 5 am, effective from today till January 2.
Rahul Gandhi is Wayanad MP. Is there APMC Act in Kerala? If not, then, why don't you stand with farmers there? How is it possible that something is good for Kerala, & not in Delhi? He must clarify where and with what intention he is supporting farmers: BJP MP Dr Sudhanshu Trivedi.
Chief Secretary, Govt of Maharashtra issues SOP to be implemented by concerned authorities with immediate effect for the passengers arriving from Europe, South Africa & Middle-East countries and flights coming through the airports of these countries.
Economic Offences Wing (EOW) arrested Krishan Kumar Jalan & Dhruv Jalan in a case related to fraud & trespass of property worth ₹ 66 crores in Golf Links, New Delhi. They entered into an agreement with multiple persons to sell the same property & cheated them: Delhi Police.
Mumbai, December 24:The Oxford University and Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc applied for the approval of their joint COVID-19 vaccine candidate before the UK regulatory body. The vaccine developers have submitted the full set of data related to their clinical trials.
At least 20 people who returned from the United Kingdom, where a new and more contagious strain of coronavirus was detected, have tested positive for COVID-19 in India. Samples of the 20 who tested positive have been sent to specialised laboratories to determine if the infection is from the mutant coronavirus found in Britain.
Very Dense fog conditions were observed in isolated pockets over Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh. Dense fog conditions were also seen in isolated pockets over Delhi and east Uttar Pradesh said India Meteorological Department.
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