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Prime Minister Modi meets BJP's national Secretaries
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met BJP's national Secretaries at his official residence on Sunday. BJP chief J.P. Nadda and General Secretary, Organisation, B.L. Santhosh, were also present at the meeting. Sources said that almost all national Secretaries except Bishweswar Tudu, who was recently inducted into the Modi Cabinet, were present in the meeting.
Suspended over 22,500 accounts: Twitter in 1st compliance report
"We receive complaints in our Grievance Officer - India channel that relate to account verification, account access, or seeking assistance or information regarding an account or Twitter's enforcement actions that are not included in the data below. The majority of complaints received in this channel during this reporting period fell into these categories," the report said.
Delhi reports 53 new Covid cases, 3 deaths
The daily Covid positivity rate was at 0.7 per cent, according to the government health bulletin. With three more deaths reported on Sunday, Delhi's Covid toll has reached 25,015. In the same time, 99 people more recovered from the disease, taking the national capital's total number of recoveries to 14,09,325. A total of 76,823 Covid samples were tested in the last 24 hours, including 53,280 through RT-PCR and 23,543 through the Rapid Antigen method
New rules to ensure responsible social media ecosystem: IT Minister
Taking to the India-made micro-blogging platform Koo, he said that he reviewed the implementation and compliance of the new guidelines along with the Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar. "Reviewed the implementation and compliance of Information Technology Rules, 2021, along with my colleague Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar Ji. These guidelines are empowering and protecting users."
Two alleged Al Qaeda-linked terrorists held in Lucknow: Police
The two alleged ultras were reportedly hiding in a house in Kakori area. UP ATS IG G.K. Goswami, who led the seven-hour operation, told reporters that the suspects were planning serial blasts in the state capital and other cities in the coming days. He said that arms, as well as live bombs including pressure cooker bombs, detonators and 6 to 7 kg of explosives had been recovered from the house.
Number of ministers increased, but not of vaccines: Rahul
Rahul Gandhi tweeted, "The number of ministers has increased, but not of vaccines" and questioned, "Where Are Vaccines". He also tagged a gfx along with his tweet which said India needs to go at vaccination rate of about 80 lakh per day to target 60 per cent of population with both doses by December 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 7 expanded his cabinet and council of ministers.
Delhi unlocks further, academic gatherings allowed from Monday
"Only teachers and professors will be allowed inside educational institutions for online lectures and other administrative work," the Delhi Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said on Sunday. Exemption has also been given for Delhi Police and Army personnel to attend skill training classes. They will no longer require permission from the DDMA to attend these programmes.
Terror funding case: NIA team arrests several persons in Kashmir
The NIA team along with Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF raided several places in Anantnag and Srinagar districts in connection with the case registered 10 days ago relating to the radicalisation in the Indian subcontinent. Besides, NIA, Intelligence Bureau, RAW (Research and Analysis Wing), and the Jammu and Kashmir Police were jointly involved in the search operations.
NIA conducts raids across J&K in terror funding case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday carried out raids at multiple locations across Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a terror funding case. Officials in the anti-terror agency informed that the raids were conducted in Anantnag, Srinagar, Awantipora, Baramulla and some other places in connection with a case registered 10 days ago relating to the radicalisation in the Indian subcontinent.
Thaawarchand Gehlot takes oath as Karnataka's new Governor
Former union minister and leader of the house in Rajya Sabha, Thaawarchand Gehlot took oath on Sunday as the 19th Governor of Karnataka at a swearing in ceremony held at the Glass House of Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru on Sunday.
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