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Aam Aadmi Party's former Haryana state president Naveen Jaihind on Monday started a dharamyudh (crusade) against the alleged recruitment scam of government jobs in Haryana and announced to gherao (confront) state assembly with youths on December 17.

Former MLA Urimajalu Ram Bhat, the face of Jan Sangh and BJP and responsible for the ascendency of the party in the coastal part of Karnataka, especially Puttur, passed away at his residence in Kombettu, Puttur, 50 kms from Mangaluru on Monday, due to age related illness. He was 92.

In a tragic incident, two girls and a boy between 3 and 7 years of age were burnt alive when a heap of straw caught fire in Pachokhara Khurd village under the limits of Manihan police station in Mirzapur district on Monday.

Deputy commissioner Dr K V Rajendra said that a cluster was identified in a paramedical college in the city outskirts where nine positive cases were reported in the last three days.

More vegetables have breached the Rs 100 mark after tomato prices shot up to Rs 110 a fortnight back making vegetarian platter expensive.

"The first thing that is now before the government is legislative council polls, then assembly (legislature session), after that on the advice of the leadership, will take further decisions," Bommai said in response to a question on cabinet expansion.

As many as 26 trains will remain cancelled between December 7 and December 15 for doubling work in Sambalpur-Hirakud stretch and safety related modernisation work between Belpahar and Himgir stations. Besides, a popular train Bhubaneswar-Balangir express will be short terminated from Wednesday to December 14.

The unprecedented incident of counter-insurgency operations by Assam Rifles going off-centre in Nagaland's Mon district on Saturday has refuelled loud cries for withdrawal of the over six-decade-old Armed Forces (Special Power) Act of 1958 which grants the military wide powers of arrest and the right to "shoot to kill.

The Assam government on Sunday evening published an SOP in wake of the Omicron threat, making it mandatory for all international passengers arriving in the state from "at-risk" countries to go for seven-day home quarantine even if they test Covid negative at the airport. Those who test positive will be hospitalised as per protocol and their samples will be sent for genome sequencing to confirm Omicron variant infection.

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma distributed fixed deposits (FDs) of Rs 4 lakh to each of the 1,105 of former National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) cadres belonging to different factions who abjured violence and joined the government's peace initiative.

The traffic police constituted a fast fog action support team (F-FAST) on Sunday to prevent road accidents on low visibility days.

Three persons allegedly decamped with Rs 31.88 lakh from an unguarded ATM at Naharpur Rupa, police said Sunday.

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is planning a foot overbridge in front of the Maruti plant on Old Delhi-Gurgaon road, a move that will give respite from daily snarls in the area.

Work on the proposed infrastructure projects to ease traffic congestion between Gurugram and Jaipur on the National Highway 48 (NH48) may commence next month with tenders for at least two flyovers, set to come up at Bilaspur chowk and Manesar, at final stages.

The JD(S)'s NH Konareddy, a former MLA of Navalgund, has become a topic of discussion after supporting the Congress' candidate in the Dharwad local bodies constituency at a time there is a buzz that the BJP and the JD(S) may form a pact for some seats in the MLC elections.

The project to redevelop Atul Kataria Chowk through the construction of an underpass and a flyover to smoothen traffic flow is likely to miss its latest December 31 deadline.

Former Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Manjinder Singh Sirsa has not only contradicted Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal’s claim that he was armtwisted to join BJP but also questioned that if the Akali Dal chief was aware of his being pressurised then why did he not raise voice about it and rushed to help him. It was during an open discussion, during a late night meeting on November 30, with Union home minister Amit Shah that he asked him to join BJP as... Читать дальше...

As many as 35 more students of a residential school in Narasimharajapura taluk tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday.

None have been infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 so far in Tamil Nadu, Ma Subramanian, state health minister, told reporters here on Sunday.

The tourism and hospitality industries were the worst-affected sectors during the first and second waves of Covid-19. Recently, following a drop in the number of cases and high vaccination numbers, these sectors were witnessing the green shoots of recovery, however, the fear of Omicron has again caused fear for those in the hospitality industry, with many tourists cancelling their advance bookings and hotel room reservations.

Faced with the problem of staff shortage, foresters at the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve are making up for it by being more vigilant. Their commitment and efforts are paying off, as reflected by their success in protecting the teeming wildlife in the thick jungle and the conspicuous absence of illegal activities in and around the reserve.

The unseasonal showers have rained plenty of woe on the farmers of Chamarajanagar, as attested to by the fact that standing crops across 2,523 hectares were destroyed in the district. A joint survey conducted by personnel from the revenue, agriculture, horticulture and sericulture departments ascertained the extent of the losses, which was found to be rather staggering. The other key finding of the survey, conducted at the behest of Chamarajanagar deputy commissioner Charulatha Somal, was that 640... Читать дальше...

The Covid-19 tally in UP recorded another jump for the second day on Sunday with 29 new cases in the last 24 hours. Six persons recovered from infection in the same duration.