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Manish Sisodia Writes To L-G Anil Baijal, Urges Not To Take Decision On Delhi Govt Matters
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday wrote to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, urging him not to take decisions on the subjects falling under the Delhi government's purview. ....
Delhi Reports 44 New Covid Cases, 5 Deaths
The national capital on Tuesday reported 44 new Covid cases, and five deaths in the last 24 hours. ....
Delhi Assembly Passes Resolution To Confer Bharat Ratna To Sundarlal Bahuguna
The Delhi Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution for conferring 'Baharat Ratna', the country's highest civilian award, to late environmentalist Sundarlal Bahuguna, a founding member of the Chipko movement. ....
PM Modi Removes ‘Rajiv Gandhi’, Khel Ratna Award To Now Be Called Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on Friday that he was renaming the nation's highest award for sports in response to "many requests from citizens across India". It will now be called Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award after the hockey wizard who won three Olympic gold medals for India from 1928 to 1936.....
Delhi's Daily Covid-19 Caseload Rises To 72; City Sees 1 New Death Due To Virus
Delhi witnessed a rise in its daily new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as 72 people tested positive in the last 24 hours, taking its cumulative Covid-19 infection count to 1,436,695, a health department bulletin showed on Saturday. Daily deaths due to the viral disease fell to 1, while 22 new recoveries were logged in this period, the bulletin showed further.....
Hard To Ascertain Oxygen-related Death Without Probe: Sisodia To Centre
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday said that it is difficult to ascertain without a probe if there were any oxygen-related deaths during the second Covid wave. He said that he has written to the Union Health Ministry saying that it is difficult to find out the exact number of oxygen-related deaths without an investigation. He was addressing a virtual press conference here.....
Calcutta HC Orders CBI Probe In Post-poll Violence In Bengal
In a major blow to the West Bengal government, a five-member bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday handed over the investigation of serious crimes like rape and murder in the post-poll violence to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and formed a three-member team to investigate the lesser criminal offences. ....
Delhi Logs 28 New Covid Cases, One Death In 24 Hours
The national capital on Tuesday logged 28 fresh Covid cases, while one more death was reported, as per the Delhi government's health bulletin. ....
Schools For Classes 9 To 12 Reopen In Tamil Nadu
As announced, the schools for higher classes from IX to XII reopened on Wednesday in Tamil Nadu with strict Covid-19 protocol in place. Most of the schools in the state will function till 1 to 1.30 p.m. even though the state government has said that classes would be held till 3.30 p.m. ....
Rakesh Tikait Defamed Farmers By Politicising Issues For His Self-interest: BJP
A day after the Kisan Mahapanchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, the BJP said Bhartiya kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait has defamed farmers by politicising the issue for his self-interest. ....
