Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee To Visit Goa On Oct 28 For First Time Ahead Of 2022 Elections
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Pakistan remains under increased monitoring (grey list). Its govt has the 34-point action plan of which 30 items have been addressed: Financial Action Task Force
J&K: An encounter has started at the Chanapora area of Srinagar. Police and security forces are carrying out the operation, ANI reported.
NCB releases a press note with the factual position on certain information on social media regarding Sameer Wankhede.
Delhi: Red Fort, Qutub Minar illuminated as part of Archaeological Survey of India's initiative to illuminate 100 monuments in Tricolour across the country as India achieves landmark milestone of administrating 100 crore COVID vaccination
The nation has created history today. All the citizens have together crossed the milestone of 100 crore vaccinations. India has presented a new example of self-reliance before the world. I congratulate all the citizens for this achievement: President Ram Nath Kovind
West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee to visit Goa on 28th October. She will return to West Bengal on 1st November. This is her first visit to the state, ANI reported.
SpiceJet airline celebrates India's 100-crore vaccination feat with a poster of PM Modi and healthcare workers. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, MoS Health Bharati Pravin Pawar and SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh show a victory sign.
J&K: A suspected IED was detected this morning on NH701 between Chaklu-Tragpura in Rafiabad, Baramulla by BSF's Road Opening Party. Traffic, including Army convoys, were halted. Bomb Disposal Team from Army Camp, Langait was moved to spot. IED destroyed in-situ. Traffic was resumed thereafter, ANI reported.
Sensex tumbles 336.46 pts to end at 60,923.50; Nifty drops 88.50 pts to 18,178.10
Union Minister Anurag Thakur announced that the cabinet has approved the Dearness Allowance (DA) for Central Government employees from 28% to 31%. The new increased DA hike will come into effect from July 1, 2021. DA hike will benefit the pensioners as well, Anurag Thakur informed on Thursday.
On Thursday, India touched the 100 crore or one billion Covid vaccinations mark. The overall count includes both the first and second doses. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a visit to Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi to mark the occasion and gave a "thumbs up" to frontline workers.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls with thunderstorms & lightning over Kerala, Mahe, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal from 21st to 25th. IMD issues 'Orange' and 'Yellow' rainfall alert in various districts of Kerala from today till 25th October.
A song and audio-visual film was launched by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to celebrate India's 100 crore covid vaccinations milestone.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami conducted an aerial survey of rain-affected areas in Uttarakhand.
CoWIN has played a crucial role in achieving 100 crore vaccinations by making the whole process systematic and smooth. There is no other platform in the world that has scaled up so fast: Dr RS Sharma, CoWIN platform Chief and CEO, National Health Authority
After Aryan Khan was denied bail by the Bombay sessions court on Thursday, Shah Rukh Khan has reached the Arthur Road Jail to meet his son. Aryan's counsel will file a bail application at High Court today.
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the BJP over the targeted killings in Kashmir and said it should give an answer to the people over the claims of restoration of peace in the valley.
He also said that the National Conference was never a pro-Pakistan party and always worked for the betterment of all, irrespective of their caste, creed, and religion.
"They (BJP) used to say after the abrogation of Article 370 (in August 2019) that they have restored peace in J&K... Where is the promised peace and development? Give answers to the people," Abdullah said addressing party workers in the Ramban district, reported PTI.
Eleven civilians, including two teachers, a pharmacy owner, and five non-local labourers, were killed in targeted attacks by terrorists in different parts of the Kashmir valley this month.
Amid speculations about cabinet changes in Rajasthan, Chief Minister's Officer on Special Duty (OSD) has refuted reports of Ashok Gehlot meeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Delhi during his recent visit.
Gehlot had gone to Delhi to attend the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting held on October 16.
Denying media reports, Rajasthan Chief Minister's OSD Lokesh Sharma tweeted on Wednesday night: "No meeting between CM Ashok Gehlot with Rahul Gandhi was held on October 16."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Infosys Foundation Vishram Sadan (Rest House) at National Cancer Institute (NCI) tomorrow on Jhajjar Campus of New Delhi AIIMS, his office said on today.
The 806-bed Vishram Sadan has been constructed by the Infosys Foundation as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative.
It is aimed at providing air-conditioned accommodation to the attendants of cancer patients, who often have to stay in hospitals for long duration, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya appealed to all those who are eligible to get inoculated without delay and contribute to the "historic" journey. He will launch a song by singer Kailash Kher and an audio-visual film at the Red Fort for the occasion. The day is also expected to see the raising of the largest national flag, weighing around 1,400 kg, at the Red Fort, news agency PTI reported.
The total vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 99.7 crore on Wednesday, according to the 10.50 pm data from the CoWIN portal, with around 75 per cent of all adults having administered the first dose and around 31 per cent having received both doses.
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Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS, October 21, 2021: Hello and welcome to ABP News LIVE Breaking News Blog! To mark the completion of administering of 100 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses, the largest khadi tricolour in the country, weighing around 1,400 kg, will be displayed at the Red Fort on Thursday, official sources said.
The same tricolour with dimensions 225 feet by 150 feet was unfurled on October 2 Gandhi Jayanti in Leh, they said.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday appealed to all those who are eligible to get inoculated without delay and contribute to the historic vaccination journey of India.
To mark the milestone on the COVID-19 vaccination exercise, a series of events have been lined up. Mandaviya will launch a song by singer Kailash Kher and an audio-visual film at the Red Fort.
"The country is close to making a vaccine century. To be a part of this golden opportunity, I appeal to the citizens who are yet to be vaccinated to contribute to this historic golden vaccination journey of India by getting vaccinated immediately," he said in a tweet in Hindi.
The total vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 99.7 crore on Wednesday, according to the 10.50 pm data from the CoWIN portal, with around 75 per cent of all adults having administered the first dose and around 31 per cent having received both doses.
A day after Amarinder Singh said he would launch a new outfit and hoped to tie up with the BJP for the Punjab election, his "friend request" has been accepted. "We are ready for an alliance with Captain Amarinder Singh," said the BJP's Punjab in-charge Dushyant Gautam.
"Our doors are open for an alliance, though only our parliamentary board can take the decision," Gautam said. He said the BJP was always ready to join hands with outfits that are nationalistic, concerned about the country and concerned about national security.
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