Breaking News LIVE: Tamil Nadu Eases Covid Curbs Ahead Of Festive Season. Schools, Cinema Theatre To Reopen
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Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin on Saturday extended lockdown in the state till November 15. Inter-State AC buses (except Kerala) has been allowed to occupy on 100 per cent capacity from November 1. All school classes will be allowed to open and function on an alternate-day basis. Cinema theatre halls to open at 100 per cent capacity from November 1.
Uttar Pradesh government has decided to rename the Faizabad railway station as Ayodhya Cantonment railway station, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's office tweeted on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met seven Indian COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers today, a meeting that comes in the wake of the country achieving the landmark of administering 100 crore doses of the jabs
Representatives from seven vaccine makers - Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Zydus Cadila, Biological E, Gennova Biopharma and Panacea Biotech - attended the meeting with PM Modi.
Singapore has removed India and five other South Asian countries from its travel restriction list as the country continues to witness decline in Covid-19 cases.
All travellers with a 14-day travel history to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore from Wednesday, country's Health Ministry said.
Ahead of Diwali, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh on October 26. According to news agency ANI, Kejriwal will visit Ayodhya for 'Ram Lalla Darshan' on October 26.
Mumbai NCB's raids are underway at three places in Bandra, ANI reported.
Resumption of travel for India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan & Sri Lanka. All travellers with 14-day travel history to these countries will be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore from 26 Oct2021, 23:59 hours: Singapore's Strait Times quotes its Health Ministry.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter scale occurred 45 km north-east of Karimnagar, Telangana at 1403 hours: National Center for Seismology
Questioning of actor Ananya Panday being done over some suspicious financial transactions and also in connection with WhatsApp chats with Aryan Khan. The actor was questioned regarding this yesterday: Narcotics Control Bureau, Mumbai.
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami met disaster victims in Champawat district today
UP CM Yogi Adityanath has taken the decision to rename Faizabad railway junction as Ayodhya Cantt.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah holds security review meeting during his three-day visit to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir
Meanwhile, Jammu-Srinagar National Highway closed as heavy rains trigger shooting stones and landslides at Ramban and Udhampur.
PM Modi interacts with beneficiaries and stakeholders of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat Swayampurna Goa' programme.
New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet seven Indian COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers on Saturday, a meeting that comes in the wake of the country achieving the landmark of administering 100 crore doses of the jabs, official sources said.
Representatives from seven vaccine makers -- Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Zydus Cadila, Biological E, Gennova Biopharma and Panacea Biotech -- will be participating in the meeting.
"Modi is likely to emphasise on ways to vaccinate eligible people in India as quickly as possible and also help other countries in inoculating their population as part of the mantra "vaccine for all", an official source said.
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has exceeded 101.30 crore, according to the health ministry data updated at 7 am.
India on October 21 achieved a major milestone in its vaccination programme against COVID-19 as the cumulative vaccine doses administered in the country surpassed the 100-crore mark, resulting in celebratory events across various parts.
More than 75 per cent of India's adult population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, with nine states and union territories administering the first dose to all eligible people.
Over 31 per cent of the country's around 93 crore adults have been administered both the doses, according to health ministry officials.
So far, all adult population in nine states and union territories -- Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Dadra and Nagar Haveli -- have received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine.
Three vaccines -- Covishield manufactured by Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and Sputnik V -- are currently being used in the country's Covid vaccination drive.
Bodies of 7 trekkers recovered, 2 rescued and 2 remain missing out of a group of 11 trekkers which had gone missing in Harsil. 5 more bodies of trekkers from another group of 11 trekkers that went missing near Lamkhaga Pass also retrieved: Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar.
Chandigarh, Oct 22 (PTI) Punjab Agriculture Minister Randeep Singh Nabha on Friday handed over cheques of Rs 50 lakh each to the family members of the four farmers and a journalist who died in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, according to an official release.
He said the Punjab government has always supported the farmers' agitation against the "black farm laws" and stood by the farming community.
Eight people were killed in the October 3 violence in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district. Besides the farmers, who were run over by vehicles carrying BJP workers, and the journalist, three were BJP workers who were allegedly lynched by angry farmers.
Nabha handed over the cheques of Rs 50 lakh each to the families of the four farmers and the journalist in Lucknow, according to the release issued by the Punjab government.
"The Punjab government has already given a government job to one member of each bereaved family of 157 farmers who died during the ongoing agitation (against farm laws)," Nabha said.
"A US airstrike today in northwest Syria killed senior al-Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar," says Central Command spokesman Army Major John Rigsbee in a statement, AFP reported.
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee to visit Goa on October 28, ahead of 2022 Assembly elections.
Background
Breaking News LIVE, October 23, 2021: Hello and welcome to ABP News LIVE Breaking News Blog! Union Home Minister Amit Shah will begin his three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir today, this is his first visit to the Union territory after the abrogation of Article 370.
He will review security-related projects in Srinagar.
“Shah will review security and development-related projects in Srinagar on Saturday and he will likely hold a public rally in Jammu on Sunday,” a senior police official said, as quoted by news agency ANI.
Besides the security review meeting in Srinagar, he will also interact with members of J&K’s Youth Clubs and inaugurate the first international flight between Srinagar and Sharjah in the UAE.
Ahead of the Union Home Minister’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir, several traffic restrictions have been imposed in Srinagar such as those driving two-wheelers are being subjected to intensive security checks.
In addition, a total of 50 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) teams have been deployed to the union territory for security purposes.
Around 700 people have been detained in the union territory, a few under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), after the recent killings of non-locals in Jammu and Kashmir, police officials informed.
Meanwhile, a total of 26 detainees are being shifted to the Central Jail of Agra from Jammu and Kashmir under the Public Safety Act 1978. The order has been issued ahead of Amit Shah’s three-day visit to the union territory beginning Saturday, ANI reported.
The important visit comes amid encounters by security forces to neutralise the terrorist elements in the Kashmir valley while 11 lives have been claimed in the recent targetted killings of civilians mostly targetting non-locals.
Besides this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the beneficiaries and stakeholders of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Swayampurna Goa scheme via video conferencing on Saturday, October 23, at 11 AM. PM Modi's interaction will be followed by an address by him on the occasion. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant will also be present on the occasion.
The Atmanirbhar Bharat Swayampurna Goa scheme was launched on October 1 last year with the aim to make the villages self-reliant. This programme is inspired by the Prime Minister's clarion of Atmanirbhar Bharat.
The aim of the programme is to focus on agriculture, animal husbandry, youth and adolescent, senior citizens, women and SHGs, tourism, fisheries, natural resources, various schemes and their convergence and general-good governance.
Meanwhile, Gujarat Congress leaders have invited the party's former national president Rahul Gandhi to the three-day Chintan Shibir scheduled to be held in the state in November.
The meeting will draw plans regarding the state assembly elections scheduled to be held next year.
Top leaders of Gujarat Congress had a marathon meeting with the Gandhi scion on Friday in New Delhi.
He held a detailed discussion regarding the upcoming assembly elections in Gujarat which are likely to be held in December next year with all the top leaders. There were also discussions regarding the presidentship of Gujarat Congress as well as the Leader of Opposition Party (LOP) position in Gujarat.
At present, both the positions are vacant, since both leaders holding that have resigned a long back.
The newly appointed Gujarat in-charge Raghu Sharma was also present and he was also briefed about the party position in Gujarat.
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