Earlier this week, the government had dispatched the team to Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Manipur. All of these states have reported an increase in the number of active cases. Authorities in Gurgaon and Faridabad in Haryana and Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh have started randomly testing people arriving in …
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High-level teams from the central government have quickly moved to four more states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, and Himachal Pradesh – to help state governments address the Covid-19 situation. All four states have reported an increase in the number of active cases or have shown an increase in new …
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Punjab farmers unions announced Saturday that they will completely lift their nearly two-month-long rail blockade against the Center’s new farm laws starting Monday, clearing the way for the movement of goods and passenger trains in the state. However, the unions have given the Center 15 days to make a decision …
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NEW DELHI: The Punjab farmers protesting against three new agricultural laws have decided to lift their rail blockade from 23 November. The farmers’ unions said they will lift the blockade for 15 days during which the central government should hold talks, adding that the protests will resume if the government …
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Farmers unions in Punjab on Saturday allowed all trains to resume starting Monday for 15 days, during which the central government should start talks on its new agricultural laws. If the talks don’t happen in 15 days, then the unrest will resume, the Punjab Department of Information and Public Relations …
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that marriage between first cousins is illegal. The court said that the marriage that the petitioner wants to celebrate with a girl, who is his first cousin, was also illegal per se. “… the presentation in the present petition that when she …
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Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has urged the center to help end the blockade of farmers protesting against agricultural laws and said he will meet with Prime Minister Modi and Interior Minister Amit Shah on the issue. Captain Amarinder Singh urged the central government to show magnanimity and agree to the …
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The national chairman of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), JP Nadda, will travel the country to strengthen the organization with the aim of starting to prepare for the 2024 general elections. Nadda, not resting on the laurels of a great victory, will soon undertake a 100-day ‘Rashtriya Vistrit Pravas’ across …
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The Northern Railway said on Friday that as many as 41 trains were canceled and eleven halted in view of the farmers’ unrest in Punjab. Hours earlier, the Minister of Agriculture, Narendra Singh Tomar, and the Minister of Railways, Food and Consumer Affairs, Piyush Goyal, held talks with a delegation …
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One day before Diwali, Delhi woke up as “very poor” air qualityFriday morning, showing a marginal increase in the 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) from the previous day. On Friday morning the AQI is 328 while on Thursday the AQI was 314. The capital’s AQI was “severe” for six …
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