Breaking News January 17

Amazon Prime Video officials in India summoned by the Information & Broadcasting Ministry, in connection with the controversy around web series 'Tandav'

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan will meet officials of Ministry of External Affairs and Department of Pharmaceuticals tomorrow to discuss the export of COVID-19 vaccine: Health Ministry official

56,943 persons have tested positive for COVID19 in Himachal Pradesh, till now. 

Total active cases: 697
Total recovered cases: 55,280
Total deaths: 954

Parliamentary standing committee on IT has summoned Facebook and Twitter officials on January 21, in connection with the prevention of misuse of social media.

Two illegal migrants from Myanmar, who entered India illegally on 01.11.2020 from Bangladesh border, were arrested from Uttam Nagar area. They were living in Hastsal village without any legal passport or visa. Six suspected Rohingyas were detained outside Anand Vihar Railway Station and an FIR has been registered against them in Patparganj Industrial Area. They had arrived in Delhi on 06.01.21 through train: Delhi Police

Farmers will carry out tractor parade with national flag on Outer Ring Road of Delhi on Republic Day. No disruption will be caused to the official Republic Day ceremony: Yogendra Yadav, Swaraj India

I want to ask Congress leaders, you ruled the country for 4 generations, why there was no cooking gas in homes of poor women? Why there was no toilet, electricity, homes, Ayushman Bharat scheme for poor? Because they didn't want to remove poverty but poor?

Don't believe what Congress says. When your turn comes, please get the vaccination administered and India will soon become a corona-free country.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses Jana Sevaka Samavesha Rally in Belagavi, Karnataka.

There is no change in the total number of persons found positive with the new UK strain of COVID19 since yesterday, the number of infected persons remains at 116: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Indian classical musician and Padma Vibhushan awardee Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan passes away in Mumbai.

Mumbai Police have arrested a 32-year-old man who was allegedly cheating people, particularly women in the name of online shopping.  Police say that he cheated around 22,000 people for over Rs 70 lakhs. Further investigation underway.

CBI arrests a senior railway engineering service officer along with two others for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 1 crores. Searches underway at 20 locations in five states.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur along with his wife casts vote in Bagsiad, Mandi for elections to Panchayat Raj Institutions.

Mizoram on Sunday reported eight new COVID-19 cases, taking the state's tally to 4,322. Of the eight cases, seven were reported from Aizawl district and one from Kolasib district.

Six cases were confirmed at Zoram Medical College's RT-PCR laboratory and two were detected through Rapid Antigen Test from Aizawl and Kolasib district.

Mizoram now has 85 active COVID-19 cases, while 4,228 people have recovered from the virus and the coronavirus recovery rate in the state is 97.83 per cent, the official said. The COVID-19 death toll in Mizoram is nine so far.

The state has tested 1,92,766 samples till date, of which 2.24 per cent was found positive for COVID-19.

Trinamool Congress appoints Birbhum MP Shatabdi Roy as vice-president of the party's West Bengal unit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to AIADMK founder and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M G Ramachandran on his birth anniversary and lauded his efforts towards poverty alleviation and emphasis on women empowerment.

"Bharat Ratna MGR lives in the hearts of several people. Be it the world of films or politics, he was widely respected," Modi tweeted.

"During his CM tenures, he initiated numerous efforts towards poverty alleviation and also emphasised on women empowerment. Tributes to MGR on his Jayanti," the prime minister said.

Night temperatures dipped by a few degrees in parts of Rajasthan where Pilani was the coldest place with 1.4 degrees Celsius followed by Churu which shivered at 1.9 degrees. Dense fog also engulfed many parts of the state.

Ganganagar, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Alwar, Bundi and Dabok recorded 2.5, 6.1, 6.3, 7.4, 9.6 and 10 degrees respectively. The night temperature in Ajmer, Jaipur, Barmer and Jodhpur was 11.1, 11.6, 12.3 and 13.2 degrees respectively, according to the weather department.

Puducherry: BJP MLA & state party treasurer KG Shankar passes away due to cardiac arrest at the age of 72.

Three people were arrested for house-breaking thefts (HBT) in Thane's Kalyan and Ambernath areas, police said on Saturday. Shekhar Nair, his wife Sunita and accomplice Devendra Shetty would zero in on homes of which owners were out of station, carry out thefts and escape in motorcycles and autorickshaws with no number plates, said Kalyan ACP AT Pawar. The arrests were made on Friday and stolen goods worth Rs 4.11 lakh had been recovered, he added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to flag off eight trains connecting different regions of the country to Kevadiya, Gujarat, via video conferencing today.

At least four persons died of electrocution and several others injured when a bus came in contact with hanging live electricity wire in Rajasthan's Jalore district on Saturday night.

The incident occurred in Maheshpura village under Kotwali police station when the bus driver lost his track and entered into a rural area where the bus touched hanging wire and it caught fire, Deputy Superintendent of Police Himmat Singh said.

The private bus was on its way to Beawar in Ajmer from Barmer. Four persons have died and several others injured, the DSP said, adding that the rescue operation is underway.