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40 cases of Delta Plus variant found in India
A total of 21 cases of the new strain have been found in Maharashtra, six in Madhya Pradesh, three each in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, two in Karnataka and one each in Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Jammu, said sources. The MoHFW on Tuesday also informed that the Delta Plus variant of Covid-19 was found in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri and Jalgaon; Kerala's Palakkad and Pathanamthitta; and Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal and Shivpur.
India records 50K Covid cases, crosses 3 crore-mark
India recorded 50,848 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the country's total caseload to over three crores, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Wednesday. As it continued with a declining trend of coronavirus infection, the country reported 1,358 deaths.
Smuggler shot dead by BSF along Indo-Pak border in Jammu
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday said it foiled a narcotic smuggling bid by seizing heroin and killing a smuggler at a border outpost along the International Border in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. BSF officials said a smuggler was shot dead and 27 packets of heroin were recovered at border outpost Pansar in Hira Nagar.
2 terrorists with pistols shot dead J&K police inspector
Police said at about 8 p.m. on Tuesday evening, two unidentified terrorists fired indiscriminately upon a police inspector, in front of the local mosque, while he was going for prayer at 8 p.m. at the Menganwaji Nowgam area of Srinagar district. Senior police officers reached at the terror crime spot and inspected the scene of the crime.
Nitish Kumar in Delhi, sets off speculation of Union Cabinet expansion
There was also speculation that the Bihar Chief Minister is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief J.P. Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and others. However, Nitish Kumar and his party termed the visit as a private one for medical issues and denied any political meetings were scheduled.
NCP plays down opposition meet, says convened by Rashtra Manch
NCP's former Rajya Sabha member Majeed Memon said that "speculation is in media that Sharad Pawar has called the meet, which is not correct". He said this meeting was called by the Rashtra Manch and was only organised at the residence of Pawar. Memon also dismissed as a "wrong perception" that it was an opposition meet, excluding the Congress, or a 'third front' meet.
JD-U has no role in LJP crisis, says Nitish Kumar
"We have no role in whatever is going on in the LJP at present. I don't know why they are dragging the JD-U and its leaders into it. I believe they blame us to achieve publicity," he said while interacting with media persons in the national capital.
There is NO vaccine hesitancy in India
Yashwant Deshmukh, Founder-Director of CVoter, said, "In fact, India happens to be among the most pro-vaccine countries in the world. I don't even know why exactly such subjective stories are done by some agencies, which only suits the weird narrative of India still being a country of snake charmers.
Congress to attend all-party meet on J&K called by Centre
The decision to join the meet was taken at a meeting chaired by interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi, involving party leaders from the states. The meeting was attended by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Karan Singh, P. Chidambaram and Ghulam Nabi Azad, among others.
NIA arrests 2 KLF members in Shaurya Chakra awardee Sandhu murder case
A NIA spokesperson here said that the anti-terror probe agency arrested Harbhinder Singh aka Pinder and Navpreet Singh aka Nav, both residents of Tarn Taran district of Punjab on Monday. They were produced before a Special NIA Court in Mohali which sent them to four days NIA custody.
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