Monday, 30 September 2024
Monday, 30 September 2024
The Gandhi family walked together in the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Saturday as former party president Sonia Gandhi, her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren joined Rahul Gandhi in the march in the national capital.
Sonia Gandhi and her family members walked with Rahul Gandhi for a short distance till the yatra halted for the morning break at the Ashram Chowk in Delhi.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said RT-PCR test for the detection of COVID-19 would be made mandatory for international passengers arriving from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand.
Any passenger from these countries found symptomatic or testing positive for coronavirus would be quarantined, Mandaviya said.
A district court here has sought a survey report by a revenue department official of the Shahi Idgah mosque complex on January 20, according to the counsel for petitioners who have sought its shifting claiming it was built at the birthplace of Lord Krishna.
The order by Civil Judge Senior Division (III) Sonika Verma came in the suit Bal Krishna and others Vs Intezamia committee and others, petitioners' counsel Shailesh Dubey said on Saturday.
With some countries witnessing a surge in Covid cases, the Centre on Saturday urged states and union territories to ensure the availability of Liquid Medical Oxygen, adequate inventory of cylinders and functional life support equipment such as ventilators at hospitals to face any challenge.
A special court in Mumbai on Saturday remanded ICICI Bank's former CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar in the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) till December 26 in connection with alleged cheating and irregularities in loans sanctioned by the bank to Videocon Group companies.
The Kochhars were arrested by the probe agency on Friday night after a brief questioning session.
At least eight people who were returning from Sabarimala were killed after the vehicle they were travelling in plunged into a gorge here, a senior district official said on Saturday.
The accident occurred late on Friday, District Collector K V Muralidharan said.
From its humble beginning in December 2002 with a corridor of just 8.2 km spanning six stations on the Red Line, the Delhi Metro has grown into a network of over 390 km in 2022, completing an eventful journey of 20 years of operations.
A special commemorative ceremony was held at the Welcome metro station which was attended by Japan's Ambassador to India Hiroshi Suzuki, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's Managing Director Vikas Kumar, among others.
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose faced protests by Left students of Jadavpur University, of which he is the chancellor, on Saturday when he went to attend the convocation but he pacified them by speaking to them.
SFI and Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students' Union (FETSU) members waved placards and raised slogans outside the marquee set up for the programme as Bose's car went near the main convocation venue demanding early students union election, which is overdue for over three years.
Wreaths were laid at a solemn ceremony held here on Saturday for the 16 Army personnel who died in a tragic road accident at Zema in North Sikkim, the Army said.
The 16 brave hearts of the Indian Army lost their lives when the Army truck they were travelling in skidded down a steep slope at Zema in North Sikkim on Friday morning, an Army statement said.
Cold conditions tightened its grip in Kashmir as the minimum temperature decreased at most places in the Valley, officials said on Saturday.
However, the meteorological department has forecast respite from cold and dry weather for a few days from Monday.
The minimum temperature in Srinagar settled at minus 5.4 degrees Celsius -- down from minus 4.8 degrees Celsius Thursday night, the officials said.
