INDIA
Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Bengal for first time on Wed
The Congress is contesting 12 seats in the fifth phase out of the 44 Assembly constituencies that will go to the polls on April 17, including three seats where it had won in 2016.
PM to address Association of Indian Universities' 95th meet
Modi will attend the event at 11 a.m. through video conferencing. He will also launch four books related to Dr B.R. Ambedkar, authored by Kishor Makwana.
Maharashtra to undergo 'Lockdown style' curfew April 14-30
"From tomorrow 8 pm, Section 144 will be imposed across Maharashtra.. From 7 a.m.-8 p.m. only essential services shall remain open. This is imperative to break the chain of the virus. Saving lives is our topmost priority," Thackeray said in an address to the state late this evening.
Navjot Singh Sidhu questions his government's probe into 2015 firing incident
Two persons were killed and many others were injured after the police under the previous SAD-BJP government resorted to unprovoked firing on hundreds of people protesting the alleged desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib in Bargari village in Faridkot district in 2015.
CBI arrests senior passport assistant for taking bribe
A CBI official here said that the agency arrested Kumar for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000 from the complainant.The agency had registered a case on a complaint alleging that the official had demanded a bribe for issuance of his passport in January 2020.
Supreme Court directs states to furnish data on migrant children amid pandemic
A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde asked all state governments, which have been a party in the case, to submit their response. Senior advocate Jayna Kothari appeared for the petitioners before the bench also comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian. After a brief hearing in the matter, the bench gave two weeks to the state governments to file their replies.
Sushil Chandra takes charge as 24th CEC
Along with Arora and former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, Chandra oversaw the successful organisation of that year's Lok Sabha elections. Chandra's term will end on May 14, 2022. Before that, however, Assembly elections are likely to take place in the states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur.
India permits use of Sputnik-V vax in emergency situations
The Drugs Controller General India (DCGI) gave its nod for the emergency use of the vaccine based on recommendations of the the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) and careful consideration, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHF) said on Tuesday.
Arvind Kejriwal urges Centre to cancel CBSE exams
"There would be around six lakh students and around one lakh teachers who will come to the exam centres and in turn, these centres may turn into new Covid-19 hotspots. This fourth wave of the pandemic in Delhi is very critical and it is also affecting the youth and children. I would request the Centre to cancel the CBSE exams," he said while addressing a press conference.
EC issues notice to BJP's Bengal President Dilip Ghosh
The poll panel has given an opportunity Ghosh till 10 a.m. on Wednesday to explain his remarks which he made while addressing a public rally in Barangar, North 24 Parganas (West Bengal). The Commission's notice came after Ghosh courted controversy on Sunday by saying that more Cooch Behar-like killings may happen if "naughty boys like the ones who received bullets in Sitalkuchi" try to take the law into their hands.
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