Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: Letter From Param Bir Singh Via Unofficial ID, HM Trying To Contact Him: Maha CMO
Welcome to the ABP News LIVE for Saturday, March 20, 2021: India saw 40,953 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, the highest single-day rise recorded in 111 days. Maharashtra reports 25.7k new cases contributing more than 50 per cent to the caseload. Suspended police officer Sachin Vaze and businessman Mansukh Hiran met the day when the Scorpio in Hiran's possession was 'stolen', a CCTV footage confirming the same was found out. Vaze will undergo gesture analysis today. The north-eastern state of Sikkim is leading the Covid-19 vaccination race amongst other states in the country. Till Friday morning, Sikkim had vaccinated 7% of its 69 lakh population by at least one dose of the vaccine, calculations based on government vaccination data showed.
Letter from Param Bir Singh was received at 4:37 pm today via a different email address, not his official one & was without his signature. The new email address needs to be checked. Home Ministry is trying to contact him for the same: Chief Minister's Office, Maharashtra
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is addressing a rally in Haldia. Traning guns on BJP Leader Suvendhu Adhikari, Mamata said that he betrayed Bengal when he betrayed the All India Trinamool Congress. Mamata also attacked BJP and said that the Modi government is privatizing all the government institutions which is a huge setback for the country. Mamata said that the country is still facing the consequences of demonetization and GST even after all these years which were the worst decisions taken by the central government.
Yesterday WhatsApp, Instagram & Facebook were down for 50-55 min, everybody got worried. But in Bengal, development, & dreams have been down for 50-55 years. First, it was Congress, then Left, and now TMC, who've blocked state's development: PM Modi in Kharagpur, West Bengal
The enthusiasm of people in Bengal shows they are ready for the change and want BJP to over the state government. An attempt to murder BJP Bengal's president Dilip Ghosh was made a few days ago but BJP is standing with the courage to fight against TMC's dirty politic", says PM Modi in Kharagpur rally.
Suspended police officer Sachin Vaze and businessman Mansukh Hiran met the day when the Scorpio in Hiran's possession was 'stolen', a CCTV footage confirming the same was found out. Later, Vaze had tried to destroy the evidence against him, investigators claimed on Friday.
This is the same SUV that was found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence on February 25 containing gelatin sticks and a threat letter.
According to sources, NIA brought Sachin Vaze to Antilia where he was made to walk multiple times near the spot where the SUV was found. This will be used to conduct a gesture analysis wherein reportedly, his movement will be matched with CCTV footage of the man who was spotted wearing a PPE Kit near Antilia on the night when the SUV was parked.
India reports 40,953 new COVID19 cases, 23,653 recoveries, and 188 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry.
Total cases: 1,15,55,284
Total recoveries: 1,11,07,332
Active cases: 2,88,394
Death toll: 1,59,558
Total vaccination: 4,20,63,392
The north-eastern state of Sikkim is leading the Covid-19 vaccination race amongst other states in the country. Till Friday morning, Sikkim had vaccinated 7% of its 69 lakh population by at least one dose of the vaccine, calculations based on government vaccination data showed.
The state is followed by Kerala and Goa who have administered at least one jab of Covid-19 vaccine to 4.84% and 4.48% of their population respectively. Kerala, which recently witnessed a fresh wave of infections, has so far vaccinated 17.27 lakh of its 3.57 crore population while nearly 71 thousand poeple in Goa have been vaccinated till date.
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Welcome to the ABP News LIVE for Saturday, March 20, 2021: India saw 40,953 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, the highest single-day rise recorded in 111 days, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,15,55,284, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.
Registering an increase for the tenth day in a row, the total active caseload has reached 2,88,394, which now comprises 2.49 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 96.12 per cent, the data stated.
Suspended police officer Sachin Vaze and businessman Mansukh Hiran met the day when the Scorpio in Hiran's possession was 'stolen', a CCTV footage confirming the same was found out. Later, Vaze had tried to destroy the evidence against him, investigators claimed on Friday.
This is the same SUV that was found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence on February 25 containing gelatin sticks and a threat letter. Recently Sachin Vaze became the centre of an investigation after the National Investigation Agency began probing the case.
After her granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda, actress-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan has come down heavily on Uttarakhand chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat over his comments that wearing ripped jeans is not Indian culture but aping of the West. “Showing bare knees by wearing ripped jeans just to look like rich kids is the value given now which is just a race towards westernisation when the Western world today is following us. Ripped jeans pave the way for societal breakdown and is a bad example parents set for children,” he said. Now, Jaya has slammed Rawat for propagating “a bad” mindset.
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