Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: Encounter Breaks Out Between Terrorists And Security Forces In J&K's Shopian
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Dehradun, Jan 26 (PTI) Former BJP MLA from Narendra Nagar Om Gopal Rawat on Wednesday joined the Congress along with his supporters here in the presence of state party president Ganesh Godiyal and other leaders.
Welcoming him into the party fold, Godiyal said his entry will strengthen the Congress.
Om Gopal Rawat was disappointed over denial of ticket to him by the BJP from the Narendra Nagar seat from where sitting MLA and Cabinet minister Subodh Uniyal has been fielded for the Assembly polls.
Three men sustained burn injuries in an incident of fire that broke out due to cylinder gas leakage in Andheri (East) area of Mumbai, Maharashtra at about 10 pm tonight. The condition of one of them is critical: BMC
The number of injured persons in the Bandra building collapse rises to nine, BMC informed, as reported by ANI.
Congress is considering reworking its list of candidates already announced for Uttarakhand Assembly elections. Harish Rawat is likely to contest from Lal Kuan seat, not Ramnagar: ANI reported sources as saying.
Encounter breaks out between terrorists and security forces in Check Nowgam area of Shopian, J&K, ANI reported Police as informing.
Former Goa CM Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal Parrikar will file his nomination papers from Panaji Assembly constituency tomorrow, ANI reported him as saying.
At least five persons are feared trapped after a 5-storey building collapsed in Behram Nagar locality of Bandra (East), Mumbai. Five fire engines, one rescue van, and 6 ambulances have been rushed to the site, ANI reported BMC as informing.
Delhi CM and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal will be on a visit to Punjab from January 28th to 30th. He will visit several assembly constituencies there, including Jalandhar and Amritsar, ANi reported.
Goa TMC General Secretary Adv Yatish Naik resigns from the party ahead of the upcoming Goa assembly election 2022. Yatish Naik in his resignation letter blamed TMC's functioning in the state made him take the decision.
"Seeing the manner in which the Party is functioning, I find no good reason to continue being a member of the party. I feel humiliated, tired and dejected for having been made to go through all this" his resignation letter read.
The latest update from the BJP camp is that Uttar Pradesh BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh and Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma will not be contesting in the upcoming UP assembly election 2022.
Chhattisgarh Govt on the occasion of Republic Day 2022 announced state govt employees to work 5-days a week from now on. In another significant update, CM Bhupesh Baghel-led govt announced for pension state's contribution is to be increased from 10% to 14% as part of Anshdayi Pension Scheme.
The national flag was unfurled on 73rd Republic Day at Rajpath followed by the National Anthem with a booming 21-gun salute on Wednesday. According to the tradition, the 21-gun salute was presented by the ceremonial battery of the 871 field regiment.
The ceremonial battery was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Jitender Singh Mehta. President Ram Nath Kovind honoured the proud winners of the highest gallantry, including the winners of Param Vir Chakra and Ashok Chakra.
Flower petals were showered by four Mi-17 V5 helicopters flying in the wineglass formation.
Railway Ministry has stayed examinations of Non-Technical Popular Categories & Level 1 of Railway Recruitment Board in wake of students' protest. A committee has also been formed to listen to the candidates who cleared or failed the examinations.
The government of Andhra Pradesh issues a gazette notification, taking the total number of districts in the State from the existing 13 to 26.
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned Russia of severe consequences if it were to move into Ukraine as he welcomed any efforts to de-escalate the tensions in the region.
"I have made it clear early on to President (Vladimir) Putin that if he were to move into Ukraine, there would be severe consequences, including significant economic sanctions, as well as I would feel obliged to beef up our presence -- NATO's presence on the eastern front: Poland, Romania, etc.," Biden told reporters.
Earlier in the day, Biden had a meeting with his national security team. "There has been no change in the posture of the Russian forces. They are along the entire Belarus border," he said.
At the same time, Biden said the US has no intention of putting American forces or NATO forces in Ukraine. "But as I said, there are going to be serious economic consequences if he (Putin) moves," he asserted.
Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto for the upcoming Uttarakhand assembly elections is likely to be released on February 2, party sources said on Tuesday. "BJP's manifesto for the Uttarakhand polls is likely to be released on February 2 in the presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari," a source said to ANI.
The party has declared names of candidates on 59 seats out of the 70 seats in Uttarakhand. Elections to the 70-member Uttarakhand assembly will be held on February 14. The counting will take place on March 10.
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India's military might, cultural diversity and varied unique initiatives will be showcased as President Ram Nath Kovind leads the nation today in celebrating the 73rd Republic Day.
The celebrations this year are special as India is in the 75th year of Independence - being celebrated as 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav'.
To mark the occasion, the Ministry of Defence has conceptualised a series of new events during the parade on Rajpath, and the 'Beating the Retreat' ceremony at Vijay Chowk on Saturday (January 29).
The government had said that the Republic Day celebrations will now be celebrated for a week - between January 23 and 30 - every year.
In other news, Congress on Tuesday released its second list of 23 candidates for Punjab assembly elections, fielding former chief minister Harcharan Singh Brar's daughter-in-law Karan Brar from Muktsar.
With this, the party has so far announced 109 candidates of the total 117 assembly seats in Punjab.
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu's aide Smit Singh has been fielded from Amargarh assembly seat, while former Punjab chief minister Rajinder Kaur Bhathal's son-in-law Vikram Bajwa got the ticket from Sahnewal assembly constituency.
Former Punjab minister Ashwani Sekhri has been again fielded from his Batala assembly seat, which he lost last time. Former MLA Harchand Kaur has been fielded from Mehal Kalan (SC) constituency.
Sitting MLA from Bhoa (SC) seat Joginder Pala has been fielded from the same constituency and Ramanjeet Singh Sikki from Khadoor Sahib constituency.
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