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Prashant Kishore begins groundwork for TRS in Telangana
He, along with actor-politician Prakash Raj, visited the Mallanna Sagar reservoir in Siddipet district on Sunday. The visit comes amid speculations that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has hired Kishor to evolve a strategy for next elections. PK, as Kishor is popularly called, also reportedly called on Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao at the latter's farm house in Siddipet district.
Will the J&K govt schemes make a significant impact on ground?
The government launched the AB-PMJAY SEHAT scheme in convergence with the Central Government's AB-PMJAY scheme to provide free of cost 'Universal Health Insurance Coverage' up to Rs 5 lakh per family on a floater basis. After the successful start of this scheme, the government has now launched a public outreach campaign 'One person one Golden card' to raise awareness regarding this flagship scheme and enroll maximum people in it.
Voting begins for 1st phase of Manipur Assembly polls
Men and women with colourful attires in large numbers queued up in front of the polling stations before the voting for 38 of the total of 60 Assembly seats started at 7 a.m. The polling would continue till 4 p.m. A total of 12,09,439 voters, including 6,28,657 females and 175 transgenders, are eligible to cast their votes across 1,721 polling stations in five districts -- Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, Churachandpur and Kangpokpi.
Manipur gears up for 1st phase polling on Monday, 173 aspirants in fray
Election Officials said that a large contingent of Central Armed Police Forces personnel were deployed in all the 38 poll-bound Assembly constituencies while the 9,895 polling personnel have already reached their designated 1,721 polling stations. In the first phase, 12,22,713 voters including 6,29,276 women electorates would decide the fate of 173 candidates, including 15 women.
Battle for UP: Yogi should go on pilgrimage, says Jaya Bachchan
Accusing the Yogi Adityanath government and the Modi government of blaming others to hide their own weakness, Jaya Bachchan said that, "They only talk about women's security, but not a single BJP MP raised the issue in Parliament. The UP chief minister cannot understand the pain of women. It is better that he goes on a pilgrimage." Bachchan was addressing a series of election meetings on Saturday evening in Uttar Pradesh.
Nadda's Twitter account briefly hacked, restored now
The Twitter account of BJP chief J.P. Nadda was hacked briefy on Sunday morning. The account, however, was restored later on. The hacker renamed the account as ICJ runs Jagat Prakash Nadda. The hacker separately tweeted seeking donation in crypto currency for Ukraine and Russia.
Battle for UP: Polling begins for 5th phase including Ayodhya, Amethi
The fifth phase will cover 61 Assembly constituencies from 12 districts. The districts going to polls in this phase include Amethi, Raebareli, Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabanki, Ayodhya, Bahraich, Shravasti and Gonda. This phase is crucial for the BJP and Congress.
Bajrang Dal activist murder case: K'taka dist inching towards peace
All curfew curbs have been lifted. The district administration, however, will keep prohibitory orders in place till Sunday with all schools and colleges remaining closed till Monday. Meanwhile, the special teams formed to probe the case have made two more arrests taking the number of arrested persons to ten. The arrested have been identified as Abdul Roshan (24), a resident of Bhadravathi town and Jafar Sadiq (55) from Shivamogga city.
Lachit Barphukan-led Saraighat war victory stopped Mughals from invading NE India: President
Inaugurating the year-long celebrations of 400th birth anniversary of Lachit Barphukan, Kovind added that the land of Assam is one of the few areas where all the attempts of the invaders in the medieval period were thwarted. He added that 'Lachit Barphukan Gold Medal Award' was instituted at the National Defence Academy (NDA) in 1999 and is given annually to the best cadet.
Covid entering endemic phase, but annual vaccines will be needed: Moderna
Although Covid is entering an endemic phase, Moderna Chief Medical Officer Paul Burton said the virus will continue to circulate but at a more static and predictable rate, CNBC reported. "We do believe that we are transitioning into an endemic phase marked by a period of stability in case counts, hospitalisations and deaths at least in the Northern Hemisphere," he was quoted as saying to analysts after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings.
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