Congress party has sent leaders BK Hariprasad and Rajni Patil as All India Congress Committee (AICC) Observers to Ahmedabad to talk to Congress MLAs. They will reach Ahmedabad tomorrow. Four Congress MLAs had tendered their resignation to Gujarat Assembly Speaker earlier today.
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15 Mar, 22:24 (IST)
In a shocker, Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik said a Governor in the Indian polity has no major role. Speaking about Kashmir in particular, Malik said the role of Governor in the frontier state is to play golf and drink alcohol.
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15 Mar, 21:45 (IST)
The list of business of the Madhya Pradesh State Assembly for tomorrow has schedule for Governor Lalji Tandon's address and Motion of Thanks towards the Governor's address. It does not mention the floor test.
15 Mar, 20:39 (IST)
"It seems the state Election Commissioner is working at the behest of N Chandrababu Naidu. He was appointed when Naidu was Chief Minister and both belong to same caste," said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy on the postponement of local body polls.
15 Mar, 20:04 (IST)
"A trainee Indian Forest Service officer has tested positive for coronavirus. He has travel history to Spain. 25 samples were sent for test, reports of 18 have come and 17 have tested negative," Uttarakhand Additional Health Secretary, Yugal Kishore Pant said.
15 Mar, 19:30 (IST)
The overall toll of COVID-19 patients in India rose to 16 in Maharashtra's Pune on Sunday.
15 Mar, 19:00 (IST)
"It is a matter of concern that COVID-19 has been reported from Jammu & Kashmir and in view of health emergency, it is imperative that all lockdown in the territory must be lifted immediately," said Zafar Mirza, State Minister of Health of Pakistan, in the SAARC video-meet on coronavirus.
15 Mar, 18:17 (IST)
"I propose, we create a COVID-19 emergency fund. This could be based on voluntary contributions from all of us. India can start with an initial offer of 10 million US dollars for this fund," PM Modi said at the SAARC video conference on coronavirus.
15 Mar, 17:26 (IST)
Kashmir's divisional commissioner Baseer Ahmed Khan has been appointed as Advisor to Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Girish Chandra Murmu.
15 Mar, 16:56 (IST)
Southern Railways has withdrawn supply of woolen blankets to AC coach passengers and has commenced removal of curtains in all classes of AC coaches amid coronavirus concerns. Passengers are requested to cooperate and bring their blankets if necessary or may ask from coach attendant.
15 Mar, 16:48 (IST)
"I am aware that Prime Minister Modi is keen to organise a link-up between all the G20 leaders. I think that's a commendable initiative. Australia obviously supports that," Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison said.
15 Mar, 16:10 (IST)
"All educational institutions - schools, colleges, tuition classes, anganwadi across the state will remain closed from 16th to 29th March. No teaching work will be done here but the teaching and non-teaching staff can come," Gujarat Chief Secretary Anil Mukim said.
15 Mar, 15:32 (IST)
Amid the coronavirus outbreak in the national capital, a 24/7 helpline number has been set up at AIIMS (All India Institute Of Medical Sciences) - 9971876591.
15 Mar, 15:26 (IST)
Madhya Pradesh: Ahead of the floor test, the Bhopal district administration prohibits the gathering of five or more people at public places under Section 144 of CrPC in several parts of the state capital. The restrictions will be in place from March 16 to April 13.
15 Mar, 15:20 (IST)
Madhya Pradesh Political Crisis: BJP leader and former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan arrives at hotel in Gurgaon where party MLAs are staying.
15 Mar, 14:34 (IST)
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to close Mumbai Zoo (Veer Mata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan And Zoo) till further orders, to prevent #Coronavirus spread.
15 Mar, 13:49 (IST)
Delhi: BJP leaders Narendra Singh Tomar, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Dharmendra Pradhan, and Jyotiraditya Scindia meet Solicitor General Tushar Mehta at his residence.
15 Mar, 13:24 (IST)
Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath arrives at Vallabh Bhavan in Bhopal, for state cabinet meeting.
15 Mar, 12:57 (IST)
Jyotiraditya Scindia Arrives at Residence of Narendra Singh Tomar For Meeting Ahead of MP Floor Test
Jyotiraditya Scindia has arrived at the residence of Union Minister and BJP leader Narendra Singh Tomar for a meeting ahead of floor test in Madhya Pradesh assembly tomorrow.
15 Mar, 12:12 (IST)
Karnataka Health Minister BS Sriramulu visits Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) in Kalaburgi and inspects isolated wards there.
New Delhi, March 15: All eyes will be on Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will join the leaders of South Asian Association Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries through a video conference call and chalk out a strategy to fight the coronavirus outbreak. According to India's Ministry of External Affairs, all SAARC members have accepted PM Narendra Modi's proposal and will participate in the video conference at 5 pm today.
A lot of political developments are expected to take place in Madhya Pradesh where Governor Lalji Tandon has asked Chief Minister Kamal Nath to seek a trust vote in the Assembly soon after his (governor) address on March 16. Following the Governor's direction on the floor test, the Congress started shifting its legislators to Bhopal from a resort in Jaipur where they were lodged to prevent poaching. The Congress government has been in deep crisis after 22 party MLAs resigned post-Jyotiraditya Scindia's exit.
Telangana reported a fresh case of novel coronavirus on Saturday, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the state to two. As a precautionary measure, the KCR government announced closure of all educational institutions till March 31, to prevent the spread of the pandemic. According to Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, a person, who travelled to Italy, tested positive for the virus. The patient has been admitted to the state-run Gandhi hospital.
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