Four Covid-19 Patients Cast their Votes Wrapped in PPE Suits in RR Nagar Bypolls
4 years, 2 months ago

Four Covid-19 Patients Cast their Votes Wrapped in PPE Suits in RR Nagar Bypolls

News 18  

Bengaluru: The coronavirus pandemic did not deter four COVID infected people from exercising their franchise during the Rajarajeshwari Nagar assembly bypoll on Tuesday. These four men in home isolation came to the polling stations in ambulances wearing Personal Protective Equipment kits, hogging the limelight. According to sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar, 148 coronavirus-infected voters were identified, four of whom conveyed their willingness to the polling officers to exercise their franchise. At one of the polling stations, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad was personally present to supervise the arrangements.

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‘Faulty’ COVID vaccine behind recruitment drive deaths: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
4 months ago

‘Faulty’ COVID vaccine behind recruitment drive deaths: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

The Hindu  

Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren on Wednesday alleged that “faulty” COVID-19 vaccine doses administered by the BJP-led Union government were responsible for 12 candidates losing their lives during physical tests for an excise constable recruitment drive in the State. The Chief Minister alleged that the BJP-led government had given “faulty vaccines”, which have had a …

Lok Sabha Elections Phase 2 Voting 78 Year Old Pneumonia Patient Arrives In Ambulance Cast Vote In Bengaluru
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections Phase 2 Voting 78 Year Old Pneumonia Patient Arrives In Ambulance Cast Vote In Bengaluru

ABP News  

Lok Sabha Elections Phase 2 Polling: The second phase of polling in the Lok Sabha elections began in 88 constituencies spanning 13 states and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. कलावती के इस जज्बे को देख लोग बोले- आप पर गर्व… pic.twitter.com/M4sgK6IgsW — ABP News April 26, 2024 In Bengaluru, long queues were seen outside many restaurants …

Karnataka Covid cases jump 75% in 24 hours, one more death recorded
1 year ago

Karnataka Covid cases jump 75% in 24 hours, one more death recorded

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka's fresh COVID-19 infections surged by over 75 per cent on Wednesday to 260 cases. The state reported one virus-related death, same as the day before, and had a positivity rate of 3.46 per cent, against 2.02 per cent recorded yesterday. Of the 260 new cases, 134 were from state capital Bengaluru alone, making up for 624 active cases in …

Bengaluru Reports 3 Deaths, 80 Active Covid Cases In Karnataka
1 year ago

Bengaluru Reports 3 Deaths, 80 Active Covid Cases In Karnataka

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Of the 92 active Covid new variant JN.1 cases in Karnataka, Bengaluru has alone 80 active cases followed by Mysuru with 5 cases, Ballari having 3 cases while Mandya and Ramanagar districts have lone cases each. In Bengaluru city, 1,000 tests have been conducted daily and tests have also been carried out in border areas of Chamarajnagar, Mysuru and …

Out to cast vote, 23-yr-old delivers baby at polling booth in Karnataka's Ballari
1 year, 7 months ago

Out to cast vote, 23-yr-old delivers baby at polling booth in Karnataka's Ballari

India Today  

A 23-year-old pregnant woman, who was out to cast her vote, delivered a baby at a polling station in Karnataka's Ballari in a rare incident on Wednesday, the Election Commission said. The woman reached the polling station in Kurlagindi village of Ballari to exercise her right to franchise in the assembly elections when her water broke and labour pains started, …

AP reports 267 Covid cases in past two weeks
1 year, 9 months ago

AP reports 267 Covid cases in past two weeks

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: AP health minister Vidadala Rajini on Friday disclosed that during the past two weeks, medical authorities have tested 15,096 people and found 267 of them with symptoms of Covid-19. Participating in a country-wide video conference with union health minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, along with ministers of other states, Rajini underlined that Chief Minister Y.S. Dr Mandaviya held a video …

AP reports 267 Covid cases in past two weeks
1 year, 9 months ago

AP reports 267 Covid cases in past two weeks

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: AP health minister Vidadala Rajini on Friday disclosed that during past two weeks, medical authorities have tested 15,096 people and found 267 of them with symptoms of Covid-19. Participating in a country-wide video conference with union health minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, along with ministers of other states, Rajini underlined that Chief Minister Y.S. Dr. Mandaviya had held a video …

Uptick in COVID cases: Union Health Ministry writes to Karnataka to examine situation at micro level
1 year, 9 months ago

Uptick in COVID cases: Union Health Ministry writes to Karnataka to examine situation at micro level

The Hindu  

Concerned over the rise in COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday wrote to the State to examine the situation of COVID-19 at the micro level and maintain focus on implementation of necessary measures for prompt and effective management. What is worrisome is the number of ICU admissions have “Hence, Bengaluru needs to be added to …

Latest news LIVE: Goa Speaker says he has accepted merger of CLP into BJP
2 years, 3 months ago

Latest news LIVE: Goa Speaker says he has accepted merger of CLP into BJP

Business Standard  

India added 6,422 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 44,516,479, while the active cases increased to 46,389, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The active cases comprise 2.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.71 per cent, the ministry said. Goa Chief Minister …

LIVE: Nitish wins trust vote after BJP lawmakers walk out of Bihar assembly
2 years, 4 months ago

LIVE: Nitish wins trust vote after BJP lawmakers walk out of Bihar assembly

Business Standard  

As Ukraine marks 31 years of independence from the Russia-dominated Soviet Union on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, Kyiv will fight Russia 'until the end' and will not be making "any concession or compromise". BJP's Vijay Kumar Sinha on Wednesday resigned as the Speaker of the Bihar Assembly ahead of a floor test to prove the majority of the 'Mahagathbandhan' …

Latest live updates: Delhi reports 2,311 new Covid cases in past 24 hours
2 years, 5 months ago

Latest live updates: Delhi reports 2,311 new Covid cases in past 24 hours

Business Standard  

Live news updates: Former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday elected as 14th Vice President of India. Polling to elect the next Vice President of India began at 10 am, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi being among the first ones to cast vote. Three grain ships left Ukrainian ports on Friday while the first inbound cargo vessel since Russia's …

Karnataka Issues Fresh Covid-19 Guidelines For Apartments, Offices After Spike In Cases
2 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka Issues Fresh Covid-19 Guidelines For Apartments, Offices After Spike In Cases

ABP News  

New Delhi: Karnataka government on Tuesday issued fresh Covid-19 guidelines for educational institutions, offices and apartments as the state sees a rise in cases. Hence the Technical Advisoty Committee, which is appointed by the state government recommended the health department issue fresh SOPs to contain the Covid-19 cases. In the guidelines, the health department stated that in an apartment if …

Bengaluru daily new Covid cases dip to 776, hospitalisations go up
2 years, 6 months ago

Bengaluru daily new Covid cases dip to 776, hospitalisations go up

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru recorded 776 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday - lower than yesterday's 820 - and 665 people recovered from the infection, taking the total number of active cases in the city to 4,929. Bengaluru's positivity rate stayed above the four per cent mark - at 4.34 per cent. Active cases were at 5,180, with 703 people being discharged or …

Top news of the day February 19 2022: 80% of India’s adults fully-vaccinated against COVID-19; voting concludes for Tamil Nadu urban local body polls, and more
2 years, 10 months ago

Top news of the day February 19 2022: 80% of India’s adults fully-vaccinated against COVID-19; voting concludes for Tamil Nadu urban local body polls, and more

The Hindu  

80% of India’s adult population fully vaccinated against COVID-19: Health Ministry According to official data, around 96.5% of the country’s adult population has been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Voting concludes for Tamil Nadu urban local body polls The elections were held to fill over 12,800 posts in more than 640 urban local bodies across the State. Explained …

Bengaluru civic body says worst of third Covid wave over as cases dip
2 years, 11 months ago

Bengaluru civic body says worst of third Covid wave over as cases dip

India Today  

Bengaluru, once the worst coronavirus-hit district of Karnataka, has been registering a dip in Covid numbers for the past few days. On February 1, the city logged 6,685 Covid cases and nine deaths as compared to 10,692 infections on January 31. Trilok Chandra, BBMP special commissioner, health told TOI, "With cases dropping, the number of hospital admissions has seen a …

Basavaraj Bommai to hold meeting on COVID restrictions today
2 years, 11 months ago

Basavaraj Bommai to hold meeting on COVID restrictions today

India TV News  

Highlights CM Basavaraj Bommai will chair an expert committee meeting on Saturday He'll take a final call today on lifting of Covid restrictions in Karnataka Karnataka logged 31,198 new Covid cases against 71,092 discharges on Friday Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will on Saturday chair an expert committee meeting to take a final call on lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in Karnataka. …

Karnataka Records 48,049 New Covid-19 Cases, 29,068 from Bengaluru Alone
2 years, 11 months ago

Karnataka Records 48,049 New Covid-19 Cases, 29,068 from Bengaluru Alone

News 18  

Continuing to register a surge in cases, Karnataka on Friday logged 48,049 new cases of COVID-19, and 22 fatalities, taking the tally to 34,25,002 and the death toll to 38,537. India added 3,47,254 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,85,66,027 which includes 9,692 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data …

Amid COVID-19 surge, Election Commission postpones West Bengal's civic body polls
2 years, 11 months ago

Amid COVID-19 surge, Election Commission postpones West Bengal's civic body polls

Firstpost  

On Friday, the Calcutta High Court had asked the West Bengal SEC to consider postponing the municipal elections by at least four to six weeks In view of the surge in COVID-19 cases in West Bengal, State Election Commission has decided to postpone the civic elections in Asansol, Bidhannagar, Siliguri and Chandannagar and hold it on 12 February, 2022. On …

West Bengal govt postpones civic body polls amid Covid surge
2 years, 11 months ago

West Bengal govt postpones civic body polls amid Covid surge

India Today  

Amid a massive upswing of Covid-19 cases in the state, the West Bengal government has decided to postpone elections to four municipal corporations, which were scheduled to be held on January 22. The decision comes after the Calcutta High Court asked the state Election Commission to see if polls can be deferred by a few weeks owing to the prevailing …

WB Municipal Polls: Calcutta High Court Reserves Judgment In Plea Seeking Postponement Of 4 Civic Polls Amid Covid-19 Surge
2 years, 11 months ago

WB Municipal Polls: Calcutta High Court Reserves Judgment In Plea Seeking Postponement Of 4 Civic Polls Amid Covid-19 Surge

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday reserved judgment in the Public Interest Litigation petition seeking postponement of municipal elections in Siliguri, Chandernagore, Bidhannagar and Asansol in the wake of the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the State of West Bengal. The Court also took on record a report filed by the State government and the West Bengal State Election …

Coronavirus live updates | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tests positive for COVID-19
3 years ago

Coronavirus live updates | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tests positive for COVID-19

The Hindu  

The number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise on Sunday, with 1,79,339 new infections, taking the total number of active patients in India to over seven lakh. - AP Delhi Administration of precautionary dose of Covid vaccine begins in Delhi Amid a surging third wave of coronavirus infections, Delhi on Monday started administering a third or "precautionary dose" to people …

Health minister Mandaviya to chair Covid-19 review meeting with 5 states, 1 UT today
3 years ago

Health minister Mandaviya to chair Covid-19 review meeting with 5 states, 1 UT today

Hindustan Times  

Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya will on Monday chair a meeting to review the coronavirus disease situation in five states and one Union territory, news agency PTI reported. It comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the pandemic situation across the country on Sunday that has been worsening due to the fast-spreading Omicron variant of Covid-19. According to …

Covid Surge in Bengal: BJP Demands 4 Civic Polls to be Postponed, Calcutta HC Seeks Clarity from Poll Panel
3 years ago

Covid Surge in Bengal: BJP Demands 4 Civic Polls to be Postponed, Calcutta HC Seeks Clarity from Poll Panel

News 18  

In the wake of a Covid-19 surge, BJP leaders in West Bengal have demanded that four municipal elections scheduled to be held in the state should be postponed for at least a month. On December 27, the West Bengal state election commission announced that the pending civic polls at Asansol, Bidhannagar, Siliguri and Chandannagar municipal corporations will be held on …

Bengal BJP demands civic polls to be postponed due to Covid surge
3 years ago

Bengal BJP demands civic polls to be postponed due to Covid surge

India Today  

The Bengal BJP had demanded civic polls in the state scheduled for January 22 to be postponed in view of the surge in Covid cases in West Bengal. The BJP has requested that the polls be deferred by a month, saying the Covid situation is grim and the state government must first save the lives of people. "The way the …

Covid surge, full vaccination, law & order: Election Commission's top focus in poll-bound states
3 years ago

Covid surge, full vaccination, law & order: Election Commission's top focus in poll-bound states

India Today  

The Election Commission of India held an extensive meeting with Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan to review the Covid-19 situation in the five poll-bound states. Read | Election Commission looking at Covid situation, large gatherings in poll-bound states The EC asked the health secretary to speed up the vaccination drive of eligible population in poll-bound states. Union Home Secretary Ajay …

Karnataka to impose tougher Covid curbs? Minister answers as cases surge
3 years ago

Karnataka to impose tougher Covid curbs? Minister answers as cases surge

Live Mint  

The Karnataka government is mulling 'tough rules' to arrest the spread of Covid-19 as daily infections are starting to spike, said state revenue minister R Ashoka on Saturday. "We will convene a meeting and announce some tough rules before 7 January when the night curfew will be lifted," the minister said. Further elaborating on this, Ashoka said a government panel …

Consult health experts, government on Covid situation, not political parties: Congress tells ECI
3 years ago

Consult health experts, government on Covid situation, not political parties: Congress tells ECI

India Today  

Lashing out at the Election Commission, the Congress Thursday asked it to consult health experts, seek data on Covid-19 from the government and take an independent decision on holding elections in five states rather than acting like a "toothless tiger". Taking exception to Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra's remarks in Lucknow that all political parties favoured holding elections on time …

Top news of the day: Centre says 18% of India’s adult population has received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine; Ford to stop manufacturing cars in India, and more
3 years, 4 months ago

Top news of the day: Centre says 18% of India’s adult population has received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine; Ford to stop manufacturing cars in India, and more

The Hindu  

All above 18 in Sikkim, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Himachal Pradesh got at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. “Ford India will cease manufacturing vehicles for sale in India immediately… will wind down vehicle assembly in Sanand by the fourth quarter of 2021 and vehicle and engine manufacturing in Chennai by the second quarter of 2022,” the company said …

India reports 32,937 fresh COVID-19 cases, 417 deaths; Union health minister arrives in Kerala to review situation
3 years, 4 months ago

India reports 32,937 fresh COVID-19 cases, 417 deaths; Union health minister arrives in Kerala to review situation

Firstpost  

India’s toll rose to 4,31,642 while total caseload is now at 3,22,25,513. The number of active cases declined by 3,389 to 3,81,947, while 3,14,11,924 patients have recovered from the disease India’s coronavirus caseload mounted to 3,22,25,513 on Monday with 32,937 fresh infections, while the active cases came down to 3,81,947, the lowest in 145 days, according to Union health ministry …

Covid situation under control to hold bypolls for 7 assembly seats: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid situation under control to hold bypolls for 7 assembly seats: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

India Today  

A six-member delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs met the Election Commission in Delhi over demanding that bypolls on seven vacant West Bengal Assembly seats are held at the earliest, party leaders said. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, meanwhile, said that the state government has already informed the ECI that they are ready to conduct both bypolls of seven MLA …

Travelling to Karnataka? Covid test mandatory for travellers of these two states
3 years, 6 months ago

Travelling to Karnataka? Covid test mandatory for travellers of these two states

Live Mint  

The Karnataka government on Friday said that people arriving from Maharashtra and Kerala need to go through mandatory covid-19 tests over the concern of the 'Delta Plus' variant of coronavirus. Noting that a greater number of Delta Plus variant virus infections are being reported in neighboring Maharashtra, it said directions have been put on border districts on alert. Earlier, two …

Karnataka postpones local body elections in view of pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka postpones local body elections in view of pandemic

India TV News  

The local body elections in Karnataka have been postponed in view of COVID-19 pandemic, the state government announced on Thursday. Karnataka has clocked 5,983 new cases of COVID-19 and 138 fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 27.90 lakh and the toll to 33,434, the health department said on Thursday. Out of 5,983 new cases reported on Thursday, 1,209 …

Bengal Govt Appoints Senior Bureaucrats to Combat Covid Spread in 10 Dists Including Kolkata
3 years, 6 months ago

Bengal Govt Appoints Senior Bureaucrats to Combat Covid Spread in 10 Dists Including Kolkata

News 18  

The West Bengal government on Sunday appointed 10 senior bureaucrats as nodal officers in districts witnessing high numbers of COVID-19 cases. The nodal officers will work to control and combat the spread of coronavirus in 10 districts, which include — Nadia, Howrah, Jalpaiguri, Hooghly, Purba Medinipur, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Darjeeling, North 24 Parganas, Cooch Bhar and South 24 Parganas. An …

West Bengal govt appoints senior bureaucrats to combat Covid-19 in 10 districts
3 years, 6 months ago

West Bengal govt appoints senior bureaucrats to combat Covid-19 in 10 districts

India Today  

West Bengal government on Sunday appointed 10 senior bureaucrats as Nodal Officers in 10 districts to control and combat spread of Coronavirus. The districts witnessing high number of Covid-19 cases are Nadia, Howrah, Kolkata, Jalpaiguri, Hooghly, East Midnapore, Darjeeling, South and North 24 Parganas, Coochbehar. The officers have been asked to visit the assigned districts and guide the district administration …

COVID-19 update: Daily cases lowest in 45 days; PM announces scheme to help children orphaned by pandemic
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 update: Daily cases lowest in 45 days; PM announces scheme to help children orphaned by pandemic

Firstpost  

Kerala extended shutdown in the state till 9 June but withdrew ’triple lockdown’ in Malapppuram whereas Andhra Pradesh decided to extend and intensify restrictions in Tirupati and its entire Chittoor district till 15 June Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced welfare measures for children who lost their parents to COVID-19, including ensuring a corpus of Rs 10 lakh when …

'Polling Officers Infected With Covid-19 During Election Duty Be Treated At Par With Covid Warriors': Telangana High Court
3 years, 7 months ago

'Polling Officers Infected With Covid-19 During Election Duty Be Treated At Par With Covid Warriors': Telangana High Court

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has observed that polling officers who have been infected with Covid-19 during the recent municipality elections in the State must be treated at par with Covid-warriors. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy said that the State must ensure that such polling officers are given adequate medical treatment and all …

Telangana: 500 Teachers on Poll Duty Test COVID Positive, 15 Die
3 years, 7 months ago

Telangana: 500 Teachers on Poll Duty Test COVID Positive, 15 Die

The Quint  

The Telangana State Election Commissioner C Partha Sarathi told TNM that all COVID-19 related guidelines were followed for the Khammam and Warangal corporation elections. Also, though there were provisions for COVID-19 positive patients to vote, no one actually turned up to vote,” said Partha, who added that the Commission has not undertaken any steps to identify if polling staff had …

Assam Govt Orders Pasting of Posters Outside Covid Patients in Home Isolation
3 years, 7 months ago

Assam Govt Orders Pasting of Posters Outside Covid Patients in Home Isolation

News 18  

The Assam government on Friday ordered all district authorities to paste posters outside the residence of COVID-19 positive persons if they are in home isolation to protect the community at large from further spread of the disease. Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah, in his capacity as the Chairperson of the state executive of the Assam State Disaster Management Agency, issued the …

Opinion | How Covid pandemic is spreading from metros to villages
3 years, 7 months ago

Opinion | How Covid pandemic is spreading from metros to villages

India TV News  

First, the good news. The second wave of Covid-19 pandemic is showing hopeful signs of decline, with the daily count of fresh cases below 3.5 lakh for the second consecutive day. Active cases dipped by 4,000 to settle at 3.7 lakhs, but the number of Covid-related deaths jumped to 4,205 on Tuesday, the highest single day toll recorded till now. …

COVID- Submit Details Regarding Facilities, Medicines, Infrastructure & Vaccination Drive: Calcutta High Court To WB Govt
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID- Submit Details Regarding Facilities, Medicines, Infrastructure & Vaccination Drive: Calcutta High Court To WB Govt

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the State Government to file an affidavit disclosing the exact state of affairs as well as the facilities, medicines, infrastructure, and the vaccination drive already started within the State.The Bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Shampa Sarkar was hearing a plea filed in connection with the surge in the Covid19 cases within …

News 18 Afternoon Digest: India's Covid Tally Breaches 4 lakh Mark for Fourth Day; Himanta Biswa Sarma Ahead in Race to Be Crowned as Next Assam CM and Other Stories
3 years, 8 months ago

News 18 Afternoon Digest: India's Covid Tally Breaches 4 lakh Mark for Fourth Day; Himanta Biswa Sarma Ahead in Race to Be Crowned as Next Assam CM and Other Stories

News 18  

India’s Covid Tally Breaches 4 lakh Mark for Fourth Day, Deaths Continue Upward Trend India logged in 4,03,738 fresh Covid cases and 4,092 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the overall Covid tally to 2.22 crore. Himanta Biswa Sarma Ahead in Race to Be Crowned as Next Assam CM, NDA to Meet Today Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma …

Spiralling COVID Cases & Dried-up State Coffers, Tamil Nadu CM Stalin Won’t Find the Going Easy
3 years, 8 months ago

Spiralling COVID Cases & Dried-up State Coffers, Tamil Nadu CM Stalin Won’t Find the Going Easy

News 18  

The spiralling COVID-19 cases and the dried-up state coffers, besides a host of lesser evils, will make sure that the new government is on its trembling toes even before its chief minister M.K. Stalin, in fact, has already got down to real business when he held an ‘informal’ meeting with top state officials, including chief secretary Rajeev Ranjan, at his …

PM Modi Dials Four CMs, Two LGs to Review Covid-19 Situation
3 years, 8 months ago

PM Modi Dials Four CMs, Two LGs to Review Covid-19 Situation

News 18  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke to chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand and Telangana about the COVID-19 situation in their respective states, government sources said. According to the latest data from the Union Health Ministry, Andhra Pradesh is among the ten states/UTs accounting for over 70 per cent of new daily cases reported in the …

After Victory in Kerala, CM Pinarayi Vijayan Says 'Fight Against Coronavirus Will Continue'
3 years, 8 months ago

After Victory in Kerala, CM Pinarayi Vijayan Says 'Fight Against Coronavirus Will Continue'

News 18  

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s statement that the Bharatiya Janata Party, which had won one seat in Kerala in the 2016 Assembly polls, would see its account getting closed this time, has come true with the Centre’s ruling party failing to secure any victory despite fighting hard in three constituencies. In an address post victory, state CM Vijayan said to the …

Coronavirus | Uneasy silence grips Kolkata as COVID-19 cases mount
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Uneasy silence grips Kolkata as COVID-19 cases mount

The Hindu  

An uneasy silence has gripped the city of Kolkata, whose streets were witnessing dizzying political activity until recently but where arterial roads are now ruled by the sound of hurrying ambulances. The question uppermost on the minds of its people is no longer “Who will come to power?” but “What if we need hospitalisation due to COVID-19?” Hospitals in the …

How campaign spiked Covid fatalities, infections in election states
3 years, 8 months ago

How campaign spiked Covid fatalities, infections in election states

India Today  

When West Bengal went for the first of the eight-phase assembly elections on March 27, the seven-day average of daily cases was modest. The West Bengal Transmission Such is their pace now in West Bengal that it would take just 34 days to double the number of coronavirus cases. Similarly, at the then prevailing rate of growth in the number …

Is the Election Commission responsible for the second wave of Covid cases?
3 years, 8 months ago

Is the Election Commission responsible for the second wave of Covid cases?

India Today  

On April 26, coming down heavily on the Election Commission for “not stopping political parties” from violating Covid protocols during their campaign rallies for Assembly polls in four states—Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry—over the last one month, the Madras High Court said that murder charges should probably be imposed on the constitutional …

Covid-19: Rahul Gandhi asks Assam Congress candidates to visit constituencies, help people
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: Rahul Gandhi asks Assam Congress candidates to visit constituencies, help people

India Today  

Isolated at home in Delhi after testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this month, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asked the party candidates who contested recently held Assam Assembly election to visit their constituencies and help people affected by the pandemic. India Today TV has learnt that all the Congress candidates, who were housed in a resort in Sonapur on the …

Allahabad HC issues notice to state election commission over death of 135 panchayat poll staff
3 years, 8 months ago

Allahabad HC issues notice to state election commission over death of 135 panchayat poll staff

India Today  

The Allahabad High Court has taken judicial notice of a news article in the Hindi daily ‘Amar Ujala' that 135 students, ‘shiksha mitras', and investigators appointed to election duty died during the state's Panchayat elections due to Covid-19. Hearing a PIL, a division bench comprising Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Ajit Kumar further directed the state election commission to “take …

West Bengal Election 2021 updates: Mamata misleading people on COVID vaccination, says JP Nadda
3 years, 8 months ago

West Bengal Election 2021 updates: Mamata misleading people on COVID vaccination, says JP Nadda

Firstpost  

Load More West Bengal election phase 7 voting LATEST News and Updates: BJP president JP Nadda on Monday accused Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee of misleading people of West Bengal on various issues, ranging from “insider-outsider” to Covid vaccination during the campaigning for the assembly elections in the state Parno Mitra, BJP candidate from Baranagar in North 24 Parganas, tested …

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