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Dec 29, 2021 12:23 PM IST
ED files 7,000-page supplementary chargesheet in money laundering case against Anil Deshmukh
The Enforcement Directorate has named former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh as the main accused in the 7,000-page supplementary chargesheet filed in a money laundering case in a Mumbai court, reported news agency ANI. The chargesheet also names the minister’s sons in the case.
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Dec 29, 2021 11:57 AM IST
Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain says Covid-19 cases have gone up due to arrival of international passengers
Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said on Wednesday that the Covid-19 positivity rate is the city is around 1 per cent, adding the cases have increased with the arrival of international flights.
“Not a single Omicron patient has required oxygen support so far,” he added.
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Dec 29, 2021 11:29 AM IST
Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 near Crete felt in some Egyptian cities
An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude that hit the Greek island of Crete was felt in some Egyptian cities, Reuters quoted the country’s National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics as saying on Wednesday.
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Dec 29, 2021 11:07 AM IST
Chennai Police restrict New Year’s celebrations in hotels and public places
Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian on Wednesday said that Chennai Police has put restrictions on New Year’s celebrations in hotels and public places. He added that chief minsiter MK Stalin has called a review meeting on the Covid-19 sitution in the state on December 31.
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Dec 29, 2021 10:44 AM IST
Delhi resident doctors continue their strike against delay in NEET-PG counselling
Resident doctors from government-run Safdarjung hospital in Delhi have continued their strike against the delay in NEET-PG counselling.
Speaking to news agency ANI, a patient’s relative said, “We’re facing problems in getting medical treatment here, but the doctors are raising valid demands after working through Covid-19 pandemic.”
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Dec 29, 2021 09:38 AM IST
India reports 9,195 fresh Covid-19 cases in a major spike; Omicron count climbs to 781
India has reported 9,195 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, according to Union health ministry data on Wednesday. The active cases in the country currently stand at 77,002.
The country’s Omicron tally has further climbed to 781.
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Dec 29, 2021 08:30 AM IST
Amit Shah to lay foundation of developmental projects worth ₹49.36 crores in Gandhinagar today
Union home minister Amit Shah will on Wednesday virtually lay the foundation of various developmental projects worth ₹49.36 crores in Gandhinagar, his parliamentary constituency, in Gujarat. The program will be held at 1.20 pm, according to news agency ANI. Read more
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Dec 29, 2021 06:51 AM IST
Coronavirus cases surge across Australia as omicron spreads
Coronavirus cases surged across Australia on Wednesday as an outbreak of the omicron variant spread, with new infections in Sydney and surrounding parts of New South Wales state skyrocketing to more than 11,000, up from 6,000 a day earlier, reported news agency AP.
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Dec 29, 2021 06:36 AM IST
PM to hold Council of Ministers meet today; Omicron, assembly polls on agenda
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday hold a Council of Ministers meeting amid rising cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. The meeting is expected to take place at 4pm, according to Hindustan Times’ sister publication Livehindustan. Read more
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Cash in underground bunkers: Raids on Kannauj businessman conclude
Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said the agency raided and arrested the wrong P Jain. The perfume-maker who launched Samajwadi perfume is Pushpraj Jain. “Due to the mistake of Digital India, it got its own businessman raided,” Akhilesh said.
Omicron and 3rd wave of pandemic in India: What experts have said so far
Many countries in the world are witnessing the 4th peak of the pandemic as Omicron is replacing Delta as the most dominant variant. India has so far seen two surges.

Published on Dec 29, 2021 11:18 AM IST
Play Indian music on flights, at airports: Aviation ministry to Indian airlines
- On December 23, the ICCR submitted a memorandum to Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia urging him to make it mandatory for Indian airlines and airports to play Indian classical or light vocal and instrumental music.

Updated on Dec 29, 2021 11:02 AM IST
Written by Shubhangi Gupta | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, New Delhi
India sees massive jump in Covid-19 infections with 9,195 new cases in 24 hours
- The number of deaths from the Covid-19 infection climbed to 4,80,592 with 302 fresh fatalities in the 24 hours.

Updated on Dec 29, 2021 10:49 AM IST
Written by Shubhangi Gupta | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, New Delhi
Winter chill: Mercury set to plunge across northwest India
Light to moderate, isolated to scattered rainfall is likely in Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Sikkim until Thursday

Updated on Dec 29, 2021 10:43 AM IST
‘Cast 1 crore votes to party, get liquor at ₹70′: Andhra Pradesh BJP chief
Andhra Pradesh BJP president Somu Veerraju promised to bring down the price of liquor to ₹50 “if we have more revenue left”. The state will hold assembly elections in 2024. The BJP is aiming to defeat the YSRCP government in Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Published on Dec 29, 2021 10:36 AM IST
Thick snow blankets Darjeeling and Sikkim; set to spark tourism rush
The snow disrupted normal life in parts of Sikkim as electricity and mobile networks were cut off. The army earlier rescued over 1,000 tourists stranded near the India-China border in eastern Sikkim on Sunday

Published on Dec 29, 2021 10:32 AM IST
Not unparliamentary word: Narayan Rane on son ‘meowing’ Aaditya Thackeray
Union minister Narayan Rane defended his son and said he did not do anything wrong and did not refer to anyone in particular, commenting on the incident of Nitesh Rane ‘meowing’ Aaditya Thackeray.

Published on Dec 29, 2021 09:06 AM IST
Amit Shah to lay foundation of projects worth ₹49.36 crores in Gandhinagar
- Shah has been addressing rallies in Uttar Pradesh as part of Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign for the next year’s assembly polls where the party is hoping to come back to power for the second consecutive term.

Published on Dec 29, 2021 08:29 AM IST
Written by Shubhangi Gupta | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, New Delhi
Shashi Tharoor shares old post of Hinduism versus Hindutva, says still relevant
Hinduism is the union of various Indian cultures and traditions with diverse roots and no founder, while Hindutva is a homogenous racial-territorial category propagated by Savarkar, the post shared by Shashi Tharoor said.

Published on Dec 29, 2021 07:40 AM IST
Nagaland civilian killings: Army’s inquiry team to visit incident site today
As many as 13 civilians died on December 4 after they were killed by the 21 Para Special Forces (SF) of the Army in a botched-up counter-insurgency operation in the Mon district.

Updated on Dec 29, 2021 06:42 AM IST
Written by Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, New Delhi
LIVE: ED files 7,000-page chargesheet in money laundering case against Deshmukh
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Updated on Dec 29, 2021 12:31 PM IST
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