TIMES OF INDIA
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Dec 24, 2020, 17:39:27 IST
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Night curfew order, issued earlier, has been withdrawn after reviewing the situation on the suggestion of technical advisory committee: Chief minister's office, Karnataka
ED attaches fixed deposits along with seized cash totalling to Rs 1.85 crores under PMLA in Kerala gold smuggling case: Enforcement Directorate (ANI)
Magnitude 4.6 earthquake hits Mokokchung in Nagaland, says National Center for Seismology.
Midnight Christmas mass shall be permitted in Bengaluru tonight
Karnataka: Midnight Christmas mass shall be permitted in Bengaluru tonight, says the police commissioner. The state… https://t.co/pKWOpqrQyB
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We would need 1.02 crore doses of vaccine for the first phase of vaccination since each person will get two doses. We have the capacity to store 74 lakh doses but which will be increased to 1.15 crore within one week: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi govt completed all preparations and is ready for vaccination. There are around 51 lakh people including healthcare & frontline workers who would get vaccine in the first phase. The process of identification of all such people is almost complete: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (ANI)
Yesterday there were 871 positive cases in Delhi. For the last three days, less than 1,000 cases have surfaced per day. The infection rate has been below 2% for a few days. The situation seems to be mellow for now: Satyendar Jain, Delhi health minister (ANI)
Visva-Bharati embodiment of philosophy, vision and hard work of Guru Rabindranath Tagore: PM Narendra Modi at Visva-Bharati
Head constable of the Vasai-Varar police commissionerate in the Palghar district, commits suicide. He shot himself in the Tulinj police station today in the morning. (ANI)
Delhi health department asks Lok Nayak hospital to set up a separate isolation unit for people testing Covid positive after returning from UK. (ANI)
Greater Chennai Corporation rolls back implementation of user fee charges for garbage collection from January 1, 2021 based on chief minister's advice.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to chair a meeting of the health minister and health secretary today to review preparation for Covid-19 vaccination. (ANI)
Kerala chief secretary approaches Supreme Court against the high court order which raised the number of permissible daily pilgrims at Sabarimala Temple to 5,000. (ANI)
Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally mounts to 1,13,609 with detection of 202 fresh cases; active case count 1,633: Health department official.
Congress asks state units to organise 'Tiranga Yatra' to mark its 136th foundation day on December 28, party's social media department run 'Selfie with Tiranga' campaign. (ANI)
Ensure strict compliance to ban on sale, use of firecrackers during Christmas, New Year: CPCB to Delhi, UP, Haryana, Rajasthan. (PTI)
Buses of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation & Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, autorickshaws & cabs will operate during night curfew (11 pm-5 am) which starts tonight: Karnataka transport minister Laxman Savadi (file photo). (ANI)
Haryana: Police register cases against farmers protesting & blocking CM Manohar Lal Khattar's convoy in Ambala"We've registered cases against 13 farmers under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. We're investigating into the incident," says DSP Ambala Madan Lal. (ANI)
Delhi's air quality continues to remain in severe category, with overall AQI standing at 450, as per System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting & Research (SAFAR). The national capital recorded AQI level of 404 (severe category) in the morning yesterday. (ANI)
Air India's Kolkata-Hyderabad flight returned back soon after taking off & declared full emergency due to technical reasons yesterday. Chief Justice of India was on board the flight. He will depart for Hyderabad today: Kolkata airport director (ANI)