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MAMATA TO TAKE OATH AS WB CM FOR THIRD TERM, WILL MOVE COURT OVER NANDIGRAM

May 4, 2021

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, whose party won 213 seats in the West Bengal Assembly elections, will take oath as the Chief Minister for the third consecutive term on May 5, informed TMC leader Partha Chatterjee on Monday. Briefing mediapersons, Chatterjee said, “The TMC legislators have unanimously elected Mamata Banerjee...

Bengal Governor raises concern over post-poll violence, summons top police officials

May 4, 2021

Given the rise in post-poll incidents of crime and violence in West Bengal, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday summoned the state Director of General Police (DGP) and Kolkata Police Commissioner to discuss the law and order situation. “DGP, West Bengal and Kolkata Police Commissioner summoned by me in the wake...

TELANGANA GOVT FORMS PANEL TO PROBE ETELA RAJENDER’S ILLEGAL LANDS DEAL

May 4, 2021

The Telangana government on Monday constituted a three-member panel led by Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Commissioner M Raghunandan Rao to inquire into the allegations of land grabbing by former minister Etela Rajender. Some farmers had on Friday levelled allegations against Rajender for grabbing around 20 acres of lands in...

Sonu Sood gets critical Covid patient airlifted from Jhansi to Hyderabad

May 4, 2021

Bollywood actor and humanitarian Sonu Sood, who recently helped a 25-year-old girl by getting her airlifted from Nagpur to Hyderabad’s Apollo Hospital, on Monday once again got a critically ill Covid-19 patient airlifted from Jhansi to Hyderabad, to the same hospital. The patient, Kailash Agarwal, hails from Jhansi. The doctors...

‘NO CONSIGNMENT OF 3,000 OXY-CONCENTRATORS PENDING WITH CUSTOM AUTHORITIES’

May 4, 2021

No consignment of 3,000 oxygen concentrators is pending with the Customs authorities, the Finance Ministry on Monday reiterated. The Ministry’s response after the matter regarding a consignment of 3,000 oxygen concentrators lying with Customs authorities came up in the Delhi High Court. It was clarified in the court by the...

In Delhi, inoculation kicks off at 301 centres

May 4, 2021

On Monday, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that the vaccination against COVID-19 has begun in 301 centres for beneficiaries aged 18-44 across the national capital. “Vaccination has started at 76 schools of Delhi government today. With this, vaccination has begun at 301 centres for the 18-45 age group....

POSTPONE OFFLINE EXAMS SCHEDULED IN MAY: GOVERNMENT TO INSTITUTIONS

May 4, 2021

Owing to the second wave of COVID-19, the Ministry of Education on Monday urged all the heads of centrally funded institutions to postpone all offline examinations scheduled in May. Secretary, Higher Education, Amit Khare in a letter addressed to all the heads of centrally funded institutions, urged the institutions to...

GOI, POONAWALLA ISSUE STATEMENTS TO COUNTER MISLEADING REPORTS ON VACCINE ORDERS

May 4, 2021

Amid state governments claiming shortages of the Covid-19 vaccines and media reports alleging that the Central government did not place fresh orders for vaccines, Government of India and vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII) issued their respective statements on Monday to address the matter. The government stated that news...

DIFFICULT DECISION TO DROP WARNER, BUT WE WANTED TO TRY NEW COMBINATION, SAYS BAYLISS

May 3, 2021

NEW DELHI: After suffering a 55-run loss against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL), SunRisers Hyderabad head coach Trevor Bayliss said that it was a difficult decision to drop David Warner from the playing XI. On Saturday, SRH had removed David Warner as its captain and the former...

KKR LOOK TO FIX OPENING ISSUES, RCB FACE SPIN ISSUES

May 3, 2021

The 30th match of VIVO IPL 2021 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) today. Both the teams have played 7 games till now, out of which Kolkata Knight Riders have won 2 games while Royal Challengers Bangalore have won 5 games. Kolkata Knight...

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