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3 terrorists killed in Anantnag encounter
The firefight between terrorists and security forces started after a joint team of the police and the army cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about the presence of terrorists. "Two more terrorists killed in Anantnag encounter. Total three terrorists were killed. Search is going on," police said.
Judicial probe of Enforcement Directorate by CPI-M not in federal spirit, says BJP
The premise of this judicial probe is based on a complaint by two women police officials that they were allegedly being pressurised to testify that the gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh was coerced into giving statements implicating Vijayan in the case.
Bharat Biotech begins Covaxin supplies to 14 states
Bharat Biotech has started directed supplies of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to 14 states. The states are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
No shortage of ICU beds, lockdown effective: Arvind Kejriwal
Not only the daily positive cases but the daily positivity rate of Covid in the national capital has also come down to below 20 per cent. It was reported at 19.10 per cent on May 10. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday that the second wave of Covid is dipping gradually in the city and there is no shortage of beds for Covid patients.
India administers over 18 cr Covid vaccines so far
More than 90 lakh Covid vaccine doses (90,31,691) are still available with the States and UTs to be administered and more than 7 lakh (7,29,610) vaccine doses will be dispatched to them in addition within the next three days. States with negative balance are showing more consumption (including wastage) than vaccine supplied as they have not reconciled the vaccine they have supplied to armed forces.
JP Nadda slams Rahul Gandhi's conduct, attacks top Congress leaders for 'duplicity, pettiness' amid Covid
He also urged that the top echelons of Congress would stop misleading people, creating false panic and even contradicting their stands just based on political considerations. In a four-page letter, Nadda wrote, "In this fight against the pandemic, the conduct of the topmost Congress leaders including former Congress President Rahul Gandhi will be remembered for duplicity and pettiness."
ED books ex-Maharashtra HM Anil Deshmikh under PMLA
A senior ED official related to probe told IANS, "A case of money laundering has been registered under PMLA against Deshmukh." The ED action comes almost a fortnight after the CBI booked the NCP leader into the allegations of misuse of office and corruption on April 24.
Chidambaram slams BJP for justifying Central Vista project
In a series of tweets, he said: "BJP spokesperson charges Delhi government with spending crores of rupees on advertisements without using the money for improving health infrastructure. Criticism justified." "BJP government spending a small amount of Rs 20,000 crore for the Central Vista including a modest new house for the PM. Criticism unjustified," he said in another tweet.
Covid 19 update: India logs 3.29L cases, 3,876 deaths in 24 hrs
On Friday, India had recorded the highest ever 4,14,188 cases. In the past 19 days India's daily Covid tally has risen by over three lakh cases and over 3,000 casualties have been reported for the last 13 days. India's total tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,29,92,517 with 37,15,221 active cases and a total of 2,49,992 deaths so far.
Punjab Cabinet ministers seek action against Navjot Sidhu
The Cabinet ministers, including Brahm Mohindra, Sunder Sham Arora and Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, came out in strong criticism of Sidhu's actions and open criticism of the Congress Chief Minister while being an elected MLA from the same party. Terming Sidhu's onslaught on the Chief Minister as an act of gross indiscipline and an attempt to undermine the Congress govt,
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