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Jaigaon police arrest two with brown sugar
13 Jul

Jaigaon police arrest two with brown sugar

editor0 CommentsIndia, North Bengal, North East, West Bengal,
The Jaigaon police arrested two people with brown Sugar. The arrested accused have been identified as Rakesh Prasad and Bishal Sharma. They were produced at the court today. The OC of Jaigaon Police Station Abhishek Bhattacharya said that the police, acting on a tip-off, arrested the duo with 50 grams of brown sugar with an estimated market value of Rs 1.5 lakh. Police are investigating whether anyone else is involved in the incident.
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PM Modi to chair Covid-19 review meet today with chief ministers of northeast states
13 Jul

PM Modi to chair Covid-19 review meet today with chief ministers of northeast states

editor0 CommentsIndia, North East,
PM Narendra Modi will interact with Chief Ministers of Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram at 11 am today via video conferencing. He will talk to the CMs about the COVID-19 situation in these states.The proposed meeting follows Union cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba's interaction with the officials of the northeastern states' home departments last Wednesday amid concerns over rising cases of coronavirus infection in the region. The northeastern states have witnessed a recent spike in Covid-19 cases, despite a decrease in the number of cases across India. The central government had rushed multi-disciplinary expert teams to…
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India reports over 37K new Covid cases, recoveries cross 3 crore-mark
12 Jul

India reports over 37K new Covid cases, recoveries cross 3 crore-mark

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, India,
India recorded 37,154 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours and 724 deaths, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Monday, adding that the total recovery from the virus also crossed the three crore-mark. This is the 34th consecutive day when India reported less than one lakh new coronavirus cases. The active cases have now come down below 5 lakh. The country has 4,50,899 active cases presently and has witnessed a total of 4,08,764 deaths so far. According to the Union Health Ministry, a total of 39,649 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, taking…
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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announces Rs 352 crore Covid package for 32 lakh MGNREGA workers
10 Jul

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announces Rs 352 crore Covid package for 32 lakh MGNREGA workers

editor0 CommentsIndia
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday (July 9) disbursed a Rs 352 crore package for 32 lakh workers engaged under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the state from April to June. The financial package was a part of the Odisha government’s special COVID-19 package of Rs 1,690 crore for the poor. Each of the 32 lakh workers was given an extra amount of Rs 50 per day in addition to their wages, under the MGNREGA. The state paid an additional amount of up to Rs 4,500 for three months to the workers, ANI reported.…
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Those with over two kids can’t contest local polls, apply for govt jobs
10 Jul

Those with over two kids can’t contest local polls, apply for govt jobs

editor0 CommentsBreaking News, India
According to a draft of the proposed population control bill, anyone violating the two-child policy in Uttar Pradesh will be debarred from contesting local bodies elections, from applying for or getting promotion in government jobs, and receiving any kind of government subsidy. The Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission (UPSLC) states that the provisions are part of the draft titled The Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill, 2021. The UPSLC website says, "The State Law Commission, UP is working on control, stabilisation and welfare of the population of the state and has prepared a draft bill." Suggestions have been…
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Siliguri’s Pradhan Nagar police rescue missing 14-year old boy
09 Jul

Siliguri’s Pradhan Nagar police rescue missing 14-year old boy

editor0 CommentsBreaking News, India, North Bengal, West Bengal, ,
A 14-year old boy found by special team of Siliguri's Pradhan Nagar police station, who ran away from his home was successfully rescued from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir. Amid the investigation, the minor's mother updated the police that her son had called from Baramulla and informed them. The boy went missing on May 31. The team left Siliguri for Jammu and Kashmir on June 21 and reached Baramulla after contacting Naugaon Police in Srinagar. Then on July 05 the minor was finally rescued and returned to Siliguri by the help of the police team. On the other hand, the…
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India logs 43,393 new COVID-19 cases, recovery rate at 97.19%.
09 Jul

India logs 43,393 new COVID-19 cases, recovery rate at 97.19%.

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, India,
India has recorded 43,393 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry. India’s active caseload stands at 4,58,727. The active cases constitute 1.49% of total cases. The recovery rate has risen to 97.19%. 2,98,88,284 people have recovered across the country so far. 36.89 crore vaccine doses were administered so far under a nationwide vaccination drive. The weekly positivity rate remains below 5%, currently at 2.36%. The daily positivity rate is at 2.42%, less than 3% for 18 consecutive days. The testing capacity has been substantially ramped up –42.70 crore total tests have been conducted.
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Yogi Adityanath expected to return to power in UP despite Covid failures
09 Jul

Yogi Adityanath expected to return to power in UP despite Covid failures

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, India,
There is good news for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as majority feels he will win the upcoming state assembly elections in 2022. As per the IANS-CVoter Snap Poll, 52 per cent say Adityanath will win the UP elections despite his failure to handle the Covid pandemic in the state, while 37 per cent said Adityanath will not be able to win the elections. The BJP has recently registered a big victory in the Zila Parishad elections in Uttar Pradesh. It has has won 65 out of 75 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Zila panchayat polls. BJP’s thumping victory…
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Former Union Minister’s Wife Killed at Home in Delhi’s Vasant Vihar, Washerman Nabbed
07 Jul

Former Union Minister’s Wife Killed at Home in Delhi’s Vasant Vihar, Washerman Nabbed

editor0 CommentsIndia,
Wife of former Union minister Rangarajan Kumaramangalam was killed allegedly by a washerman at her residence in Delhi’s Vasant Vihar on Tuesday evening. The accused has been identified as 24-year-old Raju Lakhan, a resident of Bhanwar Singh camp in the same area. According to a complaint by the househelp, the family’s regular washerman (dhobi) came to the house around 9 pm. But this time he overpowered the maid, dragged and locked her in one of the rooms. In the meantime, two other men entered, overpowered deceased Kitty Kumaramangalam and smothered her using a pillow, following which they fled, a police…
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Two Army personnel arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan ISI
07 Jul

Two Army personnel arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan ISI

editor0 CommentsBreaking News, India,
The Punjab Police on Tuesday arrested two Army personnel and busted a major cross-border espionage network that was allegedly involved in providing classified documents to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Agency of Pakistan. The breakthrough and recovery of secret documents came while Jalandhar Rural Police, led by SSP Naveen Singla, was investigating a Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) case. One of the arrested suspects was identified as Sepoy Harpreet Singh (23) — who hails from village Cheecha in Amritsar — and was posted in Anantnag. He joined the Indian Army in 2017 and belongs to the19 Rashtriya Rifles. The second…
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