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TN Assembly to meet on Feb 8 to pass NEET Bill again
It may be noted that Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi had returned the earlier Bill passed on September 13, 2021, after holding it with him for 142 days. A resolution to conduct a special session of the Assembly to pass the Bill was adopted at a meeting of ten parties. The parties attended included DMK, Congress, PMK, MDMK, VCK, CPM, and CPI while AIADMK, BJP, and Puratchi Bharatham boycotted the meeting.
Cong using Kejriwal formula to settle Punjab CM face issue
Taking a cue from the AAP, the Congress has also reached out to its workers and through the Shakti App has sought the response of the party workers. The App was designed during the 2018 elections to take feedback and only registered Congress workers can take part on it and register their preferences. Sources in the party say that incumbent Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is leading the race for the top job.
ISI-funded mosques, madarsas on India-Nepal border raise serious security concerns
These religious setups have mushroomed within 10 km from the Nepal border and also across the border in the Nepal side, leading to demographic change in some parts of the border areas in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, the report has said. Quoting intelligence inputs, officials said that in the last three years, the number of mosques has gone up from 760 in 2018 to 1,000 in 2021, while the number of madrasas has risen from 508 in 2018 to 645 in 2021 in Nepali territories, officials said.
Foggy conditions to prevail over NW India for next 4 days
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), apart from fog, cold to severe cold day conditions will likely prevail over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh for the next two days. However, the weather agency also said that "gradual rise in minimum temperatures by 3-5-degree Celsius is very likely over most parts of Northwest India during the next 4 days and fall thereafter".
1,304 candidates in fray for Feb 20 Punjab polls
As many as 341 candidates withdrew their nomination papers on the last day of withdrawal. Raju said 2,266 candidates had filed their nomination papers. During the scrutiny, 1,645 papers were found valid. He said the highest number of candidates 19 each are in fray from Sahnewal and Patiala constituencies. The least number of five candidates are in the fray from Dinanagar.
Channi's nephew confessed to his crime, show ED documents
Sources claimed that since he was close to Channi, he was using the political connection to earn a huge amount of money. Honey is currently in the ED's custody where a team of officials are interrogating him. His family has been allowed by the court to meet him once for an hour everyday. According to ED documents accessed by IANS, Honey has confessed that it was his Rs ten crore which were recovered by the ED during raids.
Battleground Uttarakhand: BJP banking on 'Brand Modi'
The saffron party is prominently using Prime Minister Narendra Modi's image in several publicity videos, theme song and hoardings across the state, projecting him and his government's achievements. Modi and the images of his visit to Uttarakhand are prominently displayed in all the campaign videos, including the theme song for the Assembly polls.
Manipur CM N. Biren Singh files nomination seeking re-election for 5th time
The 61-year-old Congress turned BJP leader, who elected to the state Assembly for the fourth consecutive term earlier in between 2002 and 2017, submitted his candidature to the Returning officer Elangbam Amuthoi Khanganba accompanied by Manipur state BJP President Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi.
Dhankhar slams Mamata for publicly asking cop about Guv's interference
Dhankhar was referring to an incident that took place on Thursday evening at the Netaji Indoor Stadium when Banerjee during an administrative meeting with the IAS and IPS officers of the state asked the Superintendent of Police of East Midnapore district, K. Amarnath, whether the Governor calls him.
Vaccine effectiveness of 99.3% seen in fully vaccinated: Mandaviya
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has developed the India Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker, by merging mainly three national databases -- CoWIN, National Covid-19 Testing database and Covid-19 India portal, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
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