Schools may call students of class 10, 12 from January 18: Delhi government

"Government trying to form a committee on farm laws via Supreme Court, all members are pro laws," say protesting farmers

Supreme Court has stayed the implementation of three farms laws until further orders and also formed a four-member committee to submit a report before the court on the three agriculture laws. The members of the committee are:

1. Bhupender Singh Mann, BKU

2. Anil Ghanwant of Shetkari Sanghatana

3. Ashok Gulati, Agricultural Scientist

4. Pramod K Joshi of the International Food Policy Research Institute

Former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha refuses to head the Supreme Court panel on farmers' protest

Against the Novel Coronavirus, the Indian government will launch mass vaccinations from January 16. The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi reviewed the nation’s situation in a meeting after which this decision was announced. 

Priority will be given to healthcare and frontline workers. 

A government statement said, "After the detailed review, it was decided that in view of the forthcoming festivals including Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Magh Bihu, etc, the COVID-19 vaccination will start from January 16, 2021." 

Next in hierarchy of vaccination will be individuals above 50 years of age. Those under 50 years of age will be considered who have co-morbidities. 

The government statement continued, "Emergency Use Authorisation or Accelerated Approval has been granted by the National Regulator for two vaccines (Covishield and Covaxin) which have established safety and immunogenicity."

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The 8th round of talks has started with Farmer leaders sticking to their demands for repealing the three farm reform laws. The farmers continued to remain firm on their demand for complete rollback of the laws. 

Union Budget to be presented on Feb 1, Parliament budget session starts January 29, say sources.

Ready to rollout covid vaccine within days 10 days from emergency use authorisation date based on dry run feedback: Centre

20 fresh cases of UK Coronavirus strain in India, total tally reaches 58. 

Farm Laws will not be repealed, government tells farmers leaders in the seventh round of talks. 

Income Tax officers at Robert Vadra's office to record his statement in property case.

" It would make every Indian proud that the two vaccines given emergency approval are made n India": PM Modi

Vaccines of Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech are granted permission for restricted use in emergency situation: DCGI

Vaccination drive has been based on election process planned down to the booth level. Over 57,000 participants across 719 districts have completed training. 96,000 vaccinators have been trained so far: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. 

Eight civilians were injured on Saturday in a militant grenade attack in J&K's Pulwama district.

"The grenade missed its target and exploded on the road.

"Eight civilians sustained injuries in the explosion. They were shifted to hospital for treatment. Doctors said all of them are out of danger," police said.

The area was immediately cordoned off for searches to trace the militants.

Former Home Minister Sardar Buta Singh passed away on Saturday. He was 86.

A senior leader of the Congress, Singh became Lok Sabha member eight times, besides being appointed as Governor of Bihar.

Oxford Coronavirus vaccine cleared by the expert panel for India, to go to Drug regulatory next: sources. 

Dubai-based absconding Kingpin of cryptocurrency fraud, Umesh Verma has been arrested in Delhi.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested three peddlers on charge of possessing synthetic drug mephedrine, officials said on Friday.

NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede said , "We intercepted three peddlers with the synthetic stimulant during raids at Andheri and Kurla areas on Thursday night and arrested them."

PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of Light House Projects under GHTC-India. 

CBSE Board Exam 2021: class 10th, 12th exams to be held from May 4 to June 10, results by July 15. 

Covid vaccine approval likely soon, India's drug controller says, "Probably we'll have a new year with something in hand". 

PM Modi lays foundation stone of AIIMS Rajkot, Gujarat.

5 new cases of UK coronavirus strain has been detected taking the total number of cases to 25.  

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar and Minister Piyush Goyal having lunch with farmers leaders at Vigyan Bhawan.

The UK government has accepted the recommendation from the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to authorize Oxford University-AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine for use. This has fuelled speculations that India will also approve the Oxford vaccine, which is being manufactured by Serum Institute of India, soon.

Three terrorists were killed in an encounter between the terrorists and the security forces in the Lawaypora area in Srinagar outskirts on Wednesday, officials said.

As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where the terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.

India has extended the suspension of UK flights till January 7. The suspension was earlier till December 31. This development comes amid reports of 14 new cases of the new COVID-19 strain in India, taking the number to 20.

A decision has been taken to extend the temporary suspension of flights from the UK till January 7 2021: Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.  

20 cases of UK coronavirus strain confirmed in India, the health ministry said on Wednesday. 

Genome sequencing for all symptomatic and positive passengers who arrived in India in last 14  days: Government

Free Wi-Fi will be set up at Singhu border for protesting farmers, AAP's Raghav Chadha.

" I foresee a short extension", Civil Aviation Minister on suspension of flights from the UK over new coronavirus strain. 

Thousands of farmers in Bihar's Patna march to Governor's house, demanding the farm laws to be scrapped. 

Superstar Rajnikanth announces break on his political career, says he can't enter politics.  

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Monday gave his assent for the state sticking to the earlier decision to partially reopen schools from January 1, 2021 onwards.

The state government, which had ordered the closure of schools and colleges in March due to the pandemic, had decided last week to partially reopen the educational institutions from January 1, 2021.

A Haryana Police head constable in Gurugram was on Monday caught by state Vigilance Bureau sleuths while allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 5 lakh, sources said.

According to the sources, accused head constable Amit Kumar, posted at the Kherki Daula police station in Gurugram, had allegedly collected this huge amount on behalf of the station house officer (SHO).

India on Monday record 16,432 fresh covid-19 cases, lowest in six months. 

PM Modi flags off 100th Kisan Rail which will run from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar in West Bengal. 

Centre calls farmers for talks on December 30 at 2 pm over farm laws, says committed to resolve issues with open mind. 

Music director AR Rehman's mother Kareema Begum passes away at 83.  

Shiv Sena's chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut's wife Varsha Raut summoned by Enforcement department today in PMC Bank fraud case. 

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat shifted to AIIMS New Delhi following Covid-19 complications. He tested positive for coronavirus on December 18. 

Prime Minister inaugurates India's first driverless train for Delhi metro. 

France begins covid-19 vaccination campaign, a 78-year-old woman receives the first shot. 

Two unidentified terrorists have been killed in an overnight encounter with the security forces in South Kashmir's Shopian district, officials said on Saturday.

Police said search operation is going on in the area.

A 45-year-old man died in a mask-making factory in Delhi early Saturday while two others remained injured, police said.

"The Fire Department received a call at around 3.54 a.m. Immediately six fire tenders were rushed to the spot," said Atul Garg, director of the Delhi Fire Service.

The machines and raw materials on the third floor in mask manufacturing factory had caught fire. Three persons rescued by the DFS staff were rushed to the hospital, where Jugal Kishore succumbed.

Our government is ready to talk to those opposing us as long as the discussions are based on facts. Only an 'Atmanirbhar' farmer can lay the foundation for 'Atmanirbhar Bharat': PM Modi

Farmers on Friday took over toll plazas across Haryana for three days to lodge their protest against the three contentious farm laws.

In the neighbouring Punjab, the toll plazas have been made free by the protesting farmers for quite some time.

In Haryana, the farmers took over the Bastara toll plaza on national highway 44 and Peont toll plaza on Karnal-Jind national highway 709A.

Likewise, they allowed vehicles to pass through the Shambhu toll plaza and the Chaudhary toll plaza on the Hisar-Rajgarh highway

Rajnikanth admitted to hospital over blood pressure fluctuations. 

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh says, Let's implement farm laws for a year or so, will amend if not beneficial for the farmers.

PM Narendra Modi releases instalment of PM-KISAN, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar also present at the event. 

"Many Indian Americans affected": 7 US lawmakers on farmers protest. 

India records 23,067 new cases of coronavirus 6.6% lower than yesterday; 1.01 crore total cases and 1,47,092 deaths. 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal says his government is fully prepared for Covid-19 vaccination and vaccine doses may arrive anytime soon in Delhi. 

Two newly discovered mass graves in the city of Tarhuna, some 90 km south of the capital Tripoli.

The two sides had been engaged in a deadly armed conflict for more than a year in and around Tripoli, which ended recently with the UN-backed government taking over all of western Libya after the withdrawal of the eastern-based army.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra taken into custody while other Congress leaders stopped on their march to Rashtrapati Bhawan. 

A video of the incident went viral on Wednesday where the groom could be seen sitting on a horse and firing from a country-made weapon.

Taking note of the video, an FIR was registered at the Babri police station in Shamli district.

The FIR has been registered under IPC section 286 (negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance) and relevant sections of the Arms Act

Rahul Gandhi led a demonstration with Congress MPs from Vijay Chowk to meet President Ramnath Kovind. 

PM Narendra Modi addresses the centenary celebrations of Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan. Remembers 'Gurudev' Rabindranath Tagore and talks about his vision of the world as a global village.  

Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president Ajay Kumar Lallu has been put under house arrest here as he prepared to move out for the party's protest against farm laws on Wednesday.

The UP Congress had announced that its leaders would beat 'thalis' outside the houses of BJP MLAs and MPs to protest against farm laws.

Lallu was scheduled to hold a demonstration outside the house of Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh but was not allowed to move out.

He beat the thalis in his house along with his supporters to register his protest.

Karnataka imposes night curfew from 10 pm to 6 am until January 2 over UK's mutant strain. 

Accordingly, the pump price of petrol remained at Rs 83.71 a litre and diesel Rs 73.87 a litre in Delhi on Wednesday. Across the country as well, the price of the two petroleum products remained unchanged.

With Wednesday's pause, fuel prices have now increased on 15 of the past 34 days with petrol prices rising by Rs 2.65 per litre and diesel by 3.41 a litre.

"This year, China's economy is able to achieve positive growth. This is attributable to financial institutions' intensified support for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises," Li said. "The Central Economic Work Conference has underlined that necessary support for economic recovery shall be sustained, with well-calibrated and more effective policy operations."

Attendees at the Monday meeting agreed that the economy is steadily returning to normal, and required continued efforts to help address the pressing concerns facing enterprises regarding their production and operation, and to ensure proper policy transition and adjustment.

More than 1.89 lakh trees have been felled for the construction of the Bundelkhand expressway, according to an RTI response. The trees were cut in Banda, Chitrakoot, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Aurraiya and Etawah, it said.

The 296-km long four-lane road will connect Etawah to Chitrakoot and Uttar Pradesh districts to the National Capital Region via the Yamuna expressway.

In a reply to a query by Banda-based activist Kuldeep Shukla, senior manager of the state Forest Department, Atul Asthana, said that the UP Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) has cut 1,89,036 trees for the project.

The UPEIDA has planned to plant over 2.70 lakh saplings along the expressway, the RTI added.

Banda Divisional Forest Officer Sanjay Agarwal said the trees were cut after permission from the Centre.

The expressway will ensure better connectivity of the Bundelkhand area with the national capital region (NCR).

Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal got married to choreographer Dhanashree Verma in Gurugram on Tuesday. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) spinner took to his social media accounts to share the news with his fans. He wrote, 22.12.20 - We started at “Once upon a time” and found “Our happily ever after,” coz' finally, #DhanaSaidYuz for infinity & beyond!". 

Dr VK Paul, Member (Health) of NITI Aayog said on Tuesday said that UK virus strain a 'Super - Spreader' has 70 per cent increased transmissibility. 

Education Minister Ramesh Pokriyal:  No board exams in January or February may be held later. 

The new strain of coronavirus found in the UK not seen in India so far, says the government. 

Bharat Biotech has recruited 13k volunteers for the phase three clinical trials of its COVAXIN covid-19 vaccine across multiple sites in India. 

A passenger, who arrived in Chennai via Delhi from London, has tested positive for Covid-19, health department officials said on Tuesday, adding that the test sample has been sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune to check whether it is the new mutant variant of the virus.

Farmers block Ghazipur border. Traffic from Delhi towards Ghazipur and Ghaziabad on Delhi-Meerut Expressway affected. 

Unicef has announced the launch of a Covid-19 vaccine market dashboard, an interactive tool to follow the developments of the rapidly evolving coronavirus vaccine market and the efforts of the COVAX Facility to ensure fair and equitable access for every country in the world.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the centenary celebration of Aligarh Muslim University. 

Five people were burnt alive on Tuesday morning after a container truck hit a car on the Yamuna Expressway.

According to information, the container truck was coming from the wrong direction.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the incident and has directed district officials to take necessary action and provide help to the victims' kin.

Though the deceased have not yet been identified, police sources said that the car was registered in the name of one Raj Kumar of Lucknow and the deceased belonged to Unnao.

Circle officer Etmadpur, Agra, Archana Singh, said the car went up in flames when its fuel tank burst after the collision.

India decides to cancel flights from UK till 31 Dec over new variant of covid-19. Passengers arriving from the UK before midnight tomorrow will have to take an RT-PCR test at the airport. 

Seven people, including a highway police chief, were killed in two improvised bomb blasts in Afghanistan on Monday, according to authorities.

In Parwan province, five police officers, including provincial highway police chief Wali Mohammad, were killed in Charikar city after their vehicle hit an IED, a senior police official told Xinhua news agency.

In Badghis province, two civilians were killed and another wounded after a cargo truck was torn apart also by an IED in Muqur district

The police officials accused the Taliban militant group for planting the roadside bombs.

Monday's development comes after the Interior Ministry on Sunday claimed that 28 civilians were killed and 47 others injured in blasts across the country in the last three days.

Will create protest sites across UP, says farmer leaders. Farmer leaders are holding talks at Delhi border raising the issue of blocking the vehicles by the administration at various places. 

Farmers begin day-long 'relay' hunger strike at all protesting sites. Farmers to strike in batches and the first batch consists of 11 members said a farmer leaders.

Canada is set to halt the entry of passenger flights from the UK for 72 hours amid fears over a highly infectious new mutant strain of the novel coronavirus which has been discovered in Britain, authorities announced.

"Given the high number of cases of a variant Covid-19 virus observed in some areas in the UK, the decision has been made to suspend entry into Canada of all commercial and private passenger flights from the UK for 72 hours," Xinhua news agency quoted a statement from Canadian health authorities as saying on Saunday.

The temporary ban came into immediate effect on Sunday.

Canada became the latest nation to take action against the spread of the mutant strain of coronavirus after several countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Belgium and Saudi Arabia, announced restrictions on passenger planes to and from from the UK.

On December 19, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had announced that the newly identified strain of the virus may be up to 70 per cent more transmissible.

Bharat Biotech has claimed that amongst all the vaccine platforms such as an mRNA-based vaccine, DNA-based vaccine, vector-based vaccine, or live attenuated vaccines, etc., the inactivated vaccines being developed by it for Covid 19 are safest, and hence, the adverse reactions are lesser.

In a series of frequently asked questions (FAQs) for its trials, Bharat Biotech said BBV-152 is a whole-virion inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Amongst all the vaccine platforms such as an mRNA-based vaccine, DNA-based vaccine, vector-based vaccine, or live attenuated vaccines, etc., the inactivated vaccines are safest, and hence, the adverse reactions are lesser.

It said about 755 participants have been vaccinated in phase 1 & 2 clinical trials. No serious adverse events have been reported to be related to the vaccine in phase 1 and 2 clinical trials.

Jaideep Ahlawat wins the best actor (male) drama at Flyx Filmfare OTT Awards for Patal Lok. 

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday recommended dissolution of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament at an emergency Cabinet meeting.

The recommendation to to dissolve the House came two years prior to its term.

It will now be forwarded to President Bidya Devi Bhandari for approval and effect.

Interim chief Sonia Gandhi's meeting with senior Congress leaders on Saturday morning ended after almost five hours and sources said nobody in the meeting objected to Rahul Gandhi's name from being proposed for the party chief's position again, although there will be "Chintan shivir" or brain storming camps soon.

"No one has a problem with Rahul Gandhi, and this is not just for today. Everybody said that we need Rahul Gandhi's leadership. We must not fall into the trap of other people who are trying to distract the party's agenda," senior party leader Pawan Bansal said emerging out of the most awaited meeting ever since the group of 23 had shot a letter to Sonia Gandhi in August this year.

The meeting which lasted for hours after starting off a little after 10.30 a.m. and went off on a cordial note despite the participation from the disgruntled group, saw Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka speak at the meeting.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that the national capital has fought a war against Covid-19 pandemic and the third wave has now been brought under control.

Noting that the patients were lying on the streets and corridors of hospitals when New York had reached its Covid-19 peak, Kejriwal said: "It was not the case in Delhi as 7,000 beds were lying vacant when the highest single-day spikes were reported."

With reports of 1,133 present Covid cases in Delhi, the CM said that the positivity rate has now dropped to 1.3 per cent compared to November when the figure was 15 per cent.

Two Iraqi citizens were allegedly duped of Rs 9,93,695.85 and Rs 1,80,447.66 by miscreants posing as cops, Gurugram police said on Saturday.

According to the police, a complaint in the matter was filed by Abduj Jabbar, who is a translator for Iraqi nationals.

In the complaint, Jabbar said one Iraqi national Mehandi Hasan had came to Gurugram a few days ago with his 49-year-old relative Ahemad Jakki for medical treatment in a leading private hospital in Gurugram.

On Thursday evening, both the duped victims had visited a mall at the M.G. road for shopping.

Spanish Health Minister Salvador Ilia has confirmed that the country will begin a vaccination programe against the novel coronavirus from December 27 onwards.

The programe will first administer the Biotech Pfizer vaccine, which will begin arriving in the country on December 26, reports Xinhua news agency.

"If Europe has agreed that vaccination begins in a coordinated manner, in Spain we are going to start the first possible day," Illa said at a press conference on Friday.

India’s Covid tally has breached the mark of 1 crore. According to the latest data provided by Health Ministry, 10 lakh cases have been registered in last one month whereas the number of recoveries surged to 95.50 lakh. 25,152 cases and 347 deaths linked to covid have been registered in last 24 hours.

At minus 6.6 degrees Celsius on Saturday, Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far, while the temperature in Ladakh's Drass town to minus 29.

"Srinagar recorded minus 6.6 as the minimum temperature today which is the coldest recorded so far this season. This record was surpassed during the last 10 years on December 25, 2018 when the minimum had dropped to minus 7.7 in Srinagar," an official of the MET Department said.

"Drass town recorded minus 29 as the minimum temperature which is the lowest recorded today in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh," the official added.

Gulmarg recorded minus 9.2 and Pahalgam minus 9.5 as the night's lowest temperatures.

Leh town recorded minus 18.3 and Kargil minus 21.1 as the minimum temperatures.

Jammu city recorded 3.3, Katra 4.9, Batote 2.5, Bannihal 3.2 and Bhaderwah minus 3.0 as the minimum temperatures.

Goa's tourism industry may have suffered a loss of between Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 7,200 crore and job losses in the range of 35 per cent to 58 per cent on account of the Covid-19 pandemic, an official report said.

The report 'Coping with COVID-19: Survival and Revival of Goa's Tourism Industry' compiled by the Goa Tourism Ministry and consultancy firm KPMG Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd, also said that the state tourism industry directly contributes 16.43 per cent revenue towards the state Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and approximately 35 per cent of state's population is directly employed by the tourism sector.

Despite bone chilling cold wave surging through Jammu and Kashmir, the eighth and last phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections on Saturday recorded a voter turnout of 8.93 per cent across several districts in the first two hours.

Since polling began at 7 a.m., officials said Anantnag has recorded the lowest turnout in Kashmir division while Samba in Jammu saw highest amount of polling.

As per the figures given by the office of State Election Commissioner, in Kashmir Division, Pulwama has recorded voting percentage of 1.38, Baramulla 8.62 per cent, Kulgam 1.36 per cent, Shopian 1.03 per cent, Anantnag 0.62 per cent, Bandipora 12.94 per cent, Kupwara 11.52 per cent and Budgam 6.55 per cent till 9 am.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will undertake a two-day tour of West Bengal from on December 19.  He is slated to meet state BJP leaders. 

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat tests positive for coronavirus. 

The MET on Friday sounded an orange alert for the national capital for two days till Sunday after icy winds blowing from the snow-clad Himalayas brought down the city's mercury to nearly 3 degrees Celsius. It will be a cloudy Saturday with fog causing trouble for traffic till Monday.

The IMD has four colours-coded warnings as per the intensity of any weather system -- green, yellow, orange and red. Orange alert is given to authorities to be prepared.

Farmers have the choice to sell their produce in mandi or outside mandi. They have the choice to terminate the farming agreement which the sponsors cannot do, says PM Modi. 

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday provided 'Z' category security cover to former West Bengal Minister Suvendu Adhikari, who resigned from the Trinamool Congress on Thursday.

An MHA official here said Adhikari has been provided with the heightened category of security while he is based in West Bengal. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will man him with bullet proof vehicles.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address farmers of Madhya Pradesh through video conferencing at a state-level Kisaan Sammelan(farmer’s conference) on Friday. PM will speak about beneficial provisions of the new agrarian laws.

Centre to hold a virtual meeting with West Bengal government at 5 pm today over law and order issue in the state. 

Four-person charged for Hathras gang rape & murder,  says lawyer of accused. 

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that he was ready to talk with US President-elect Joe Biden, who will be inaugurated on January 20, 2021, "on any subject".

"We are willing to discuss any issue, what we are not willing to negotiate and what we will not give in on is the revolution, socialism and our sovereignty," Xinhua news agency quoted Diaz-Canel as saying on Thursday while addressing the annual session of Parliament.

"Those principles will never be on the table," he said.

After two major exit from Trinamool Congress, Barrackpore MLA Shilbhadra Dutta resigned from Trinamool Congress giving a major blow to Mamata Banerjee.

Trinamool Congress loses three MLAs in a row, now Silbhadra Dutta resigns. On Thursday, Suvendu Adhikari and Jitendra Tiwari had resigned from the party. 

The February contract of gold on the MCX was trading at Rs 50,235.00 per 10 gram, lower by Rs 155 or 0.31 per cent from its previous close.

The March contract of Silver was trading at Rs 67,622 per kg, lower by Rs 645 or 0.94 per cent from its previous close.

Anuj Gupta, DVP, Commodities and Currencies Research, Angel Broking Ltd. said: "As for today traders can go for 'buy' in gold at Rs 50,000 levels with the stop loss of Rs 49,700 levels for the target of 50,700 levels."

"They can also go for 'buy' in silver at Rs 67,800 levels with the stop loss of 67,000 levels and for the target of 70,000 levels," he said.

The number of initial unemployment claims in the US increased to 885,000 last week, three-month high, as surging Covid-19 cases weigh on economic recovery, the Labour Department reported.

In the week ending December 12, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits increased by 23,000 from the previous week's upwardly revised level of 862,000, Xinhua news agency quoted a report issued by the Department's Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) as saying.

At least five people died after a massive winter storm hit the US Northeast this week, the Weather Channel reported.

In New York State, two deaths connected to the storm were reported, Xinhua news agency quoted Governor Andrew Cuomo as saying on Thursday.

Shocking photos showed at least 66 vehicles, including 11 passenger ones, were involved in a pileup on Interstate 80 in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday.One person was killed and several others were injured in the pileup, according to state police.

The interstate remained closed on Thursday as troopers and tow trucks worked to remove the vehicles.

A 63-year-old man walking with a snow blower was hit and killed on Wednesday by a plow truck in North Versailles, Pennsylvania, KDKA-TV reported.

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the government to devise a mechanism to give rotational breaks to doctors and healthcare personnel, who have been working continuously since April.

A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, to look into the matter as doctors and health care personnel are at the forefront of fighting Covid-19 pandemic. Mehta said the Centre will take a decision on this issue within two days.

Earlier, the top court had emphasized that it is essential to give a break to doctors and health care personnel who are involved in fighting the pandemic.

The Bharatiya Janata Party's newly-elected corporators in Greater Hyderabad on Friday took a pledge at the Bhagyalakshmi temple abutting historic Charminar.

Party's Telangana unit president Bandi Sanjay Kumar administered oath to 48 corporators. They took a pledge to stay away from corruption, serve the people and abide by the party principles.

Low intensity tremors felt in Delhi-NCR and neighbouring areas late on Thursday night. 

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Uttar Pradesh government’s appeal against Allahabad high court’s decision to set aside detention of Dr Kafeel Khan under National Security Act (NSA).

The Met has forecast thunderstorms with lightning in parts of south coastal Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.
There is no rain forecast on Wednesday and Friday though, even as a weather system is developing over southwest Bay of Bengal.
"The cyclonic circulation over southwest Bay of Bengal off Sri Lanka coast persists and now is seen at 1.5 km above mean sea level," said a Met official.
Winter has completely set in on the southern state as nights have turned colder and foggy, the Met official said.
Tuesday mostly cloudy in Bhimavaram and vicinity in West Godavari district, including villages such as Chinnapulleru, Seesali, Kalla, Kallakuru, Doddanapudi and others.

PM says opposition misleading farmers, "will keep assuring them, address concerns"

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday declared that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in 2022. Addressing a virtual media briefing, Kejriwal said the AAP has come victorious in the national capital and governed the Delhi thrice. It also emerged as the main opposition party in Punjab during the state assembly polls.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kisan Morcha national president Rajkumar Chahar will be meeting Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar along with farmer organisations at 1 pm today. 

In a democratic set up like ours, only dialogue can solve the problem. Prakash Javedkar said that the Centre is open to dialogue on every issue that the farmers have and are facing, relating to the new farm laws, but repealing the entire law can not be an option. 

Millions of user across the world having trouble in accessing Google services, including Gmail, YouTube, and Google search. Downdetector confirmed the outage saying that the issues started at around 11:56 GMT, and are affecting users worldwide. Downdetector showed over 9,000 reported cases from users having issues accessing YouTube. No comment from Google, yet. 

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar reaches Krishi Bhawan where he is slated to meet some farmers leaders. 

Farmers protesting against the three new farm laws at Ghazipur border here started their day-long hunger strike on Monday. Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader said, "The day-long hunger strike started at 8 a.m. will end at 5 p.m. This is today's strategy and if the government still does not agree to our demands, we will decide a new strategy for tomorrow.

The national capital saw a massive dip in the mercury on Monday and if the weatherman is right it may plummet further by Thursday-Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 8.4 degrees Celsius, down from 11.4 on Sunday and 14.4 on Saturday. "The temperature has dropped by six notches as compared to Saturday," head of the IMD's regional forecasting centre, Kuldeep Srivastava told.

The Madhya Pradesh government started 'Pashu Dhan Bima Yojana' offering insurance cover to the indigenous cattle owned by farmers. This will help them in mitigating the loss they suffer due to the death of cattle.As per official information, scheme has been implemented across all the districts and the cattle including the milch animals will be covered under it.

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has turned into a Coronavirus cluster with about 71 cases reported till date and some more are expected. The students allege the IIT-M's decision to run only one mess is the reason for the large scale spread of coronavirus. 

Militants shot and injured the personal security guard (PSO)of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader on Monday in the outskirts of Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district.

Police said the militants fired at constable Manzoor Ahmad, security guard of PDP leader Haji Parvaiz Ahmad in Natipora outskirts area.

"The injured constable has been shifted to hospital for treatment. The area has been surrounded for searches to trace the militants", police said.

Militants shot and injured the personal security guard (PSO)of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader on Monday in the outskirts of Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district.

Police said the militants fired at constable Manzoor Ahmad, security guard of PDP leader Haji Parvaiz Ahmad in Natipora outskirts area.

"The injured constable has been shifted to hospital for treatment. The area has been surrounded for searches to trace the militants", police said.

Bharatiya Janata Party’s national president JP Nadda said on Sunday said that he has tested positive for coronavirus.

Nadda, whose convoy was attacked on a recent visit to West Bengal, announced his health status in a tweet today.  In his tweet, Nadda said he was isolating himself at home and asked people who have recently come in touch with him to get themselves tested.

Mumbai police on Sunday, arrested Vikas Khanchandani, Republic TV CEO, in connection with the fake tv rating scam. By far 12 arrests have been made in the case. 

The arrest of Vikas Khanchandani came less than a week after the apex court had rejected an appeal from ARG Outlier Media Private Limited, which owns the Republic Media network, seeking protection for the group and its employees.

"This petition is ambitious. You want Maharashtra police not to arrest any employee and transfer the cases to CBI. You better withdraw this," Justice DY Chandrachud had told the Group, which had alleged the Maharashtra Police of harassing the media company, its employees and its Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. 

Congress leader Ahmed Patel passed away this morning at 3.30 a.m. at the age of 71 years after Covid-19 complications in Gurugram Hospital. This news was shared by his son Faisal Patel on Twitter.

Writer-director Richie Mehta's seven-episode series has Shefali Shah in the central role of DCP Vartika Chaturvedi, and narrates the story of investigation in the aftermath of the heinous Del

The Centre again has invited the Punjab farmers' organizations for the second round of talks on December 3. 

The meeting will be held in New Delhi, The information about the meeting was disclosed by former Union Minister Vijay Sampla.