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• Jan 15, 2022 03:42 PM IST

  R-Day parade meaningless if we don’t have Netaji tableau: Netaji’s grandnephew

  To really honour Subhash Chandra Bose, one should understand his ideology and implement it. Today divisive politics is tearing the nation apart. The Republic Day parade will be meaningless if we don’t have a Netaji tableau in it: Chandra Kumar Bose, Netaji’s grandnephew

• Jan 15, 2022 02:57 PM IST

  Bengal civic body polls deferred over Covid concerns

  The Civic body polls in West Bengal have been deferred owing to the current Covid-19 scenario, elections will now take place on February 12 instead of January 22. The counting of the voters will take place on February 15.

• Jan 15, 2022 02:31 PM IST

  Cong releases first list of 86 candidates for Punjab Assembly elections.

  Congress releases first list of 86 candidates for Punjab Assembly elections. Chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi will contest from Chamkaur Sahib SC while party’s state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu will contest from Amritsar East.

• Jan 15, 2022 02:30 PM IST

  Two, including SBI official, held from Maharashtra in bribery case

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two accused including a State bank of India (SBI) official from Maharashtra in link with a bribery case where the accused had demanded a bribe of ₹20,000 for processing and sanctioning of a top-up loan, ANI reported.

• Jan 15, 2022 01:49 PM IST

  Yogi can stay back in Gorakhpur: Akhilesh Yadav takes dig at UP CM’s nomination

  Akhilesh Yadav, starting his press conference in Lucknow, takes a swipe at the chief minister Yogi Adityanath and says, “Now that he is contesting Gorakhpur City seat, he can stay back in Gorakhpur”.

  “SP will go to people with progressive politics, progressive manifesto,” he adds.

• Jan 15, 2022 01:34 PM IST

  Lucknow Police pastes notice outside SP office for violation of Model Code of Conduct

  Ahead of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s press briefing today, Lucknow Police put up a notice outside SP office stating violation of Model Code of Conduct, Section 144, COVID protocols by the party yesterday, January 14.

  “I appeal to the leaders party workers to abide by EC guidelines, Covid protocols whenever they come to the office…I have also heard that a notice was also put up at our office today,” SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said.

• Jan 15, 2022 01:22 PM IST

  UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath to contest from Gorakhpur, Dy CM Keshav Maurya from Sirathu

  Gorakhpur is a familiar political turf for chief minister Yogi Adityanath from where he was elected unopposed for 5 consecutive terms and from where he draws his other identity as head priest of Gorakhnath Mutt.

  Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya to contest from Sirathu assembly segment. Read more

• Jan 15, 2022 01:04 PM IST

  Union minister announces BJP’s candidate list for UP polls, CM Yogi to contest from Gorakhpur

  “We are releasing list of candidates on 57/58 seats in first phase and 38/55 in second phase,” announces BJP leader & Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

  Chief minister Yogi Adityanath to contest from Gorakhpur seat. 

• Jan 15, 2022 12:51 PM IST

  Study shows evidence of early community transmission of Omicron in Delhi, reports ANI

  Department of Clinical Virology at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi has found evidence of early community transmission of Omicron (B1.1.529) in the national capital.

• Jan 15, 2022 12:13 PM IST

  Start-ups will be backbone of new India: PM Modi

  Start-ups are going to be the backbone of new India. When India completes 100 years of independence, start-ups will have an important role. Country’s innovators are making the country proud globally, PM Modi said.

• Jan 15, 2022 12:04 PM IST

  January 16 to be celebrated as ‘National Start-up Day’, says PM Modi

  January 16 to be celebrated as ‘National Start-up Day’, says Prime Minister Modi at interaction with start-ups, today.

• Jan 15, 2022 11:52 AM IST

  Republic Day celebrations to begin from January 23 every year, reports ANI

  Republic Day Celebrations will now begin every year from 23rd January instead of 24th January to include the birth anniversary of Subash Chandra Bose, news agency ANI reported, citing government sources.

• Jan 15, 2022 11:50 AM IST

  BSP chief Mayawati releases first list of candidates for UP assembly elections

  BSP supremo Mayavati released the first list of candidates for UP assembly election. She also released 17th edition of parties blue book on her 66th birthday at BSP party office in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh India on Saturday.

• Jan 15, 2022 11:13 AM IST

  Akhilesh Yadav doesn’t want Dalits, just the vote bank: Bhim Army chief

  After all the discussions, in the end, I felt that Akhilesh Yadav does not want Dalits in this alliance, he just wants Dalit vote bank. He humiliated the people of Bahujan Samaj, I tried for 1 month 3 days but the alliance could not happen, said Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad.

• Jan 15, 2022 09:42 AM IST

  India reports 268,833 new Covid cases, 402 deaths in last 24 hours; active caseload over 14 lakh

  India on Saturday reported 268,833 fresh Covid-19 cases and 402 deaths in last 24 hours, taking the active caseload to 14,17,820. The cumulative total for infections stand at 36,850,962, the Union health ministry stated.

  There are a total of 6,041 confirmed cases of Omicron.

• Jan 15, 2022 08:52 AM IST

  J&K admin extends Covid-19 restrictions, weekend curfew

  Restrictions imposed in Jammu & Kashmir shall continue to remain in force till further orders. There shall be complete restriction on non-essential movement during weekends; night curfew to remain in force from 9 pm-6 am with complete restriction on non-essential movement, it said.

• Jan 15, 2022 08:31 AM IST

  Watch: Jallikattu competition underway in Tamil Nadu

• Jan 15, 2022 07:27 AM IST

  PM Modi to interact with startups today

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with startups today at 10:30 am via video conferencing; startups to make presentations before PM on six themes including Growing from Roots; Nudging the DNA; From Local to Global etc.

• Jan 15, 2022 06:51 AM IST

  Chief of Army Staff Gen Naravane extends greetings on Army Day

  Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane conveys felicitations and warm wishes to All Ranks of the Indian Army, veterans and their Families on the occasion of 74th Army Day.

• Jan 15, 2022 06:38 AM IST

  People visit Sabarimala temple for Makaravilakku festival

• Jan 15, 2022 06:08 AM IST

  Intel agencies suspect Russia’s ground invasion of Ukraine in next 30 days: White House

  Intelligence agencies monitoring Russian cyber operations against Ukraine believe Russia’s pattern of activity could signal a ground invasion of Ukraine within the next 30 days, the White House said on Friday.

• Jan 15, 2022 06:05 AM IST

  Media reports on  ‘significant undercount’ of Covid-19 deaths ‘baseless, misleading’, says Centre

  The central government on Friday refuted media reports alleging a “significant undercount” of COVID-19 deaths in the first two waves in India, saying that these are baseless, misleading and ill-informed.

  “It is clarified that such media reports are fallacious and ill-informed. They are not based on facts and are mischievous in nature. India has a very robust system of birth and death reporting which is based on a Statute and is carried out regularly from the Gram Panchayat level to the District-level and State level. The whole exercise is carried out under the overall oversight of the Registrar General of India (RGI),” the ministry of health and family welfare said.