Politics

On Wednesday, Rajnath Singh reviewed the overall situation in eastern Ladakh with Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and the three service chiefs.

According to fresh dates, the notification for the elections would be issued on June 18 and the polls will be held on July 6. The counting will take place on July 6 evening itself.

In a strongly-worded letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Banerjee said the move by the Centre to amend the Electricity Act, 2003 was "completely unjustified" amid the socio-economic crisis brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic.

India on Thursday went past the United Kingdom in terms of coronavirus cases to become the fourth worst-hit country, according to the Worldometer and Johns Hopkins University data.

An editorial in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' said BJP's attempt to indulge in politics when Maharashtra is battling the COVID-19 crisis and cyclone Nisarga is "pitiable".

The 61-year old legislator's health, which saw improvement with oxygen requirement sliding to half, deteriorated on Monday, Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre said.

Vij said he had got requests from some people in their individual capacity who were wanting to know if beds were available in Haryana for coronavirus patients.

In front of the RJD's state headquarters, Yadav placed a huge banner with an enlarged screenshot of the circular, whereby districts had been alerted about 'apprehensions of law and order problems' in view of the large-scale influx of migrants.

Gandhi had earlier said that it was criminal on the part of the government not to provide cash to people and the industry to emerge out of this crisis.

In a statement, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh said the Centre is justifying the dire need of money to run the government machinery by privatising public sector undertakings (PSUs).

Adesh Gupta, a former North Delhi mayor and first-time councilor from West Patel Nagar, surprised many in the party after he was declared by the BJP as a replacement for the incumbent Manoj Tiwari on Tuesday.

CM Pramod Sawant said the state had controlled the virus outbreak effectively and all cases now were of people who had come from outside.

According to insiders, the MLAs want Yediyurappa to change his style of functioning and make MLA Umesh Katti a cabinet minister.

About 14,000 party cadre and leaders are expected to participate through Zoom video conferencing, a senior party leader said.

Claiming that the state government has "failed miserably" to cope with the disaster, the Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha said distribution of food and relief materials to flood-affected areas has been woefully inadequate.

However, the BMC later called the letter a formality and said the Kerala government itself offered to send medical staff, and wanted an official letter for the same. It added that the state has enough medical staff, but since it was offered help, it has t...