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Breaking News LIVE, December 31, 2021: With Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections just a few days ahead, Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Ayodhya today.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will pay a visit to Ram Lalla and the Hanumangarhi temple in Ayodhya and address three public meetings in Uttar Pradesh. Amit Shah will do inspection of the Ram Temple construction site.
Shah will be addressing the public meetings during the party's Jan Vishwas Yatra.
In a statement issued here, the Uttar Pradesh BJP said Shah will visit the Hanumangarhi temple (in Ayodhya) on Friday at 10.30 am, and then will have a 'darshan' of Ram Lalla at 11.00 am. After this, at around 11.30 am, he will address a public meeting.
At 1.00 pm, Shah will address a public meeting in Sant Kabir Nagar.
The Union minister is scheduled to hold a roadshow in Bareilly at 3.30 pm, and then address a public meeting in Bareilly at 5.00 pm.
Meanwhile, in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir, a terrorist identified as Suhail Ahmad Rather, affiliated with terror outfit JeM along with 2 other unidentified terrorists neutralized in an encounter with security forces in Srinagar late night. Incriminating material including arms and ammunition recovered, said IGP Kashmir.
Patient care remained affected at several major hospitals in Delhi on Thursday as resident doctors protesting over the delay in NEET PG counselling for nearly two weeks, intensified their agitation, and also sought the withdrawal of police cases lodged against some of their colleagues.
Several resident doctors gathered on the premises of Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) and chanted slogans as their stir, led by the Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA), entered into the 14th day.
Union Health Secretary, ICMR DG write to chief secretaries of all states/UTs
Any individual presenting with fever with/without cough, headache, sore throat, breathlessness, body ache, the recent loss of taste or smell, fatigue, and diarrhea should be considered as a suspect case of COVID-19 unless proven otherwise: Union Health Ministry https://t.co/3IL7wWLfo2
— ANI (@ANI) December 31, 2021
Ace helicopter pilot Virender Singh Pathania appointed as new Director-General of Indian Coast Guard
Ace helicopter pilot Virender Singh Pathania appointed as the new Director General of the Indian Coast Guard. He is presently posted as the Additional Director General in the Coast Guard headquarters.
— ANI (@ANI) December 31, 2021
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Breaking News LIVE: Amit Shah Offers Prayers At Hanuman Garhi Temple In Ayodhya
Union Home Minister Amit Shah offers prayers at Hanuman Garhi temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah offers prayers at Hanuman Garhi temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh pic.twitter.com/MNGleLuO1V
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 31, 2021
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