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In a letter to the states and UTs, Additional Secretary and Mission Director, National Health Mission, Vikas Sheel said: "All those beneficiaries born in year 2005, 2006 and 2007 i.e. those who have already attained or would be attaining the age of 15 years as on January 1, 2023 are eligible in 15-18 years' category." The letter also clarifies that all those beneficiaries born in 2004 or earlier or those who have already attained or would be attaining the age of 18 of years as on January 1, 2023 are eligible for 18 years and above group for vaccines.

Both Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu have urged Rahul Gandhi to announce a CM face well ahead of the polls, instead of going with the collective leadership. "Both (Channi and Sidhu) have assured me that they will help whoever is named as the CM face," said Rahul Gandhi, who kickstarted Congress' election campaign in Punjab on Thursday after paying obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

There would be rains in several states also, it said. The Western Disturbance lies as a trough in middle tropospheric level and there is a north-south trough in lower tropospheric levels, and another trough runs from south Tamil Nadu to south interior Karnataka in lower tropospheric levels, the IMD said. Under the influence of the fresh Western Disturbance from January 29, light isolated rainfall/snowfall is likely over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad from January 29-31.

Naqvi said that the country always follows the principle of tolerance and secularism. "We always believe in cultural nationalism and it is our constitutional commitment," he said. Addressing the event, former vice president Ansari reportedly said that in recent years India is experiencing the emergence of trends and practises that dispute the well-established principle of civic nationalism and imposing a new practice of cultural nationalism.

The Commission has banned the physical rallies till January 31 this year and will review the situation after that. According to the sources, the Commission's Observers are keeping a tab on the campaign contents, which are being circulated during these virtual rallies. The Commission on January 14, had conducted a detailed meeting with the government officials who have been designated as general, police and expenditure observers, who were asked to keep close watch on the expenditure during these virtual rallies too.

During the last hearing on Tuesday, the bench said it will consider reducing the fine on condition that she should do some public work. Her celebrity status should be implied for some good of society. She could do a programme for the Delhi Legal Services Authority (DLSA), the court had said.

The number of flags on houses and shops gave an idea of the party that was popular in the area - or even the one that was not. Today, in Covid times, the scenario has changed and so have the people. Crowds are still there at tea stalls and eateries but the conversation is about the weather. Politics has been meticulously drained out of the banter.

UAPA was imposed on Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) last year for spreading fake news to incite communal violence and reinforces the narrative of minority plight in India - from fabricated stories on CAA to Tripura violence, the report said. IAMC members like Kaleem Kawaja have been vocal supporters of the Taliban.

Political parties in Uttar Pradesh are hopeful that the Election Commission (EC) would allow public meetings with restrictions after January 31 and have started making plans accordingly. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati has become the first to announce her party's poll campaign launch from Agra through a public meeting on February 2.

 The first phase of polls in Uttar Pradesh will decide the fate of nine ministers in the Yogi Adityanath government. This phase of polling is extremely crucial since it includes districts in western UP where candidates in several constituencies are facing hostile voters, mainly due to the farmers' agitation. The first minister contesting in this phase is Suresh Rana, minister for cane, from the Thana Bhawan Assembly seat in Shamli district.