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Cyclone Gulab makes landfall, heavy rains likely in several places
"The system centre crossed the coastline during 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m., whereas the landfall process of the whole storm centre crossed the coastline as well as continued for a few hours after that. The landfall process completed after 10.30 p.m.," India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its midnight bulletin.
Hundreds of farmers block highways in Punjab, Haryana
Traffic across Punjab and Haryana is likely to hit badly and see traffic disruptions for several hours as farmers, farm labourers, commission agents, trade and employee unions and activists of political parties squatted on national highways till 4 p.m.
Public transport operational in Delhi despite Bharat Bandh
Besides the metro trains and buses, auto rickshaws and other mode of public and private transports were also operational in the national capital. The security at metro stations have been heightened, however, there was no announcement on train services being suspended.
New Punjab 'Captain' has six new faces in Cabinet
Several ministers from the previous Amarinder Singh government were retained including both women ministers Aruna Chaudhary, who is related to Channi, and Razia Sultana, a prominent Muslim face. Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office to the new ministers at a simple ceremony held in the lawns of Raj Bhavan.
53.5% in 18-44 age group vaccinated against Covid in India
According to the Ministry, 34,66,84,035 people in this age bracket have received at least one dose of the vaccine while 7,34,36,483 have received both the doses. In the age group of 45-59 years, 28.3 per cent of people have been vaccinated which includes 15,59,65,608 people with one dose and 7,35,71,780 people with both doses.
Pakistan violates LoC ceasefire in Tithwal, India retaliates
Sources said Pakistani troops opened unprovoked fire on Indian army posts, drawing a swift response from the Indian side. The exchange of fire continued for 15 minutes. "Pakistan's unprovoked ceasefire violation was suitably retaliated," a source said. There were no casualities on the Indian side.
Yogi adds 7 new ministers including Jitin Prasada ahead of polls
All the new ministers were administered oath of office and secrecy by Governor Anandiben Patel at a hurriedly convened ceremony at the Raj Bhavan, in the presence of the Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues. Among those who were sworn in are one cabinet minister and six ministers of state. The much-awaited expansion comes barely months before the state is preparing for assembly elections in early 2022.
Landfall process of Cyclone Gulab begins
"The cloud bands have touched coastal regions and thusm the landfall process has commenced over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjoining south coastal Odisha. System will cross coasts between Kalingapatnam & Gopalpur, about 25 km to north of Kalingapatnam during the next 3 hours," the Bhubaneswar Met Centre said in a tweet.
Grand welcome to PM Modi at airport on return from US
BJP chief J.P. Nadda, national general secretary Arun Singh and Tarun Chugh, former union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Lok Sabha member Ramesh Bidhuri, party Delhi unit president Adesh Gupta and others received Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Airport. Since morning thousands of Delhi BJP workers and people gathered at the Palam Airport technical area to receive the Prime Minister.
Centre-states review situation in Left-wing extremism affected areas
Chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Bihar's Nitish Kumar, Telangana CM K. Chandrashekhar Rao, Jharkhand's Hemant Soren, Maharashtra's Uddhav Thackeray and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik were present in the meeting held at Vigyan Bhawan here. The Chief ministers of Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and West Bengal did not attend the review meeting.
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