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• Dec 25, 2021 03:51 PM IST

  Punjab Police takes dismissed head constable into custody to probe Ludhiana court blast case

  Punjab Police takes dismissed head constable into custody regarding the investigation into the Ludhiana court blast.

• Dec 25, 2021 03:43 PM IST

  Ambala fully vaccinates 100% adult population with Covid-19 vaccine

  Ambala has achieved the 100% vaccination coverage of its adult population with both doses of Covid-19 vaccine, deputy commissioner Vikram Yadav told ANI.

• Dec 25, 2021 03:26 PM IST

  People offer prayers at Srinagar’s Saint Luke’s Church for Christmas

  People offer prayers at over a century-old Saint Luke’s Church in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) for Christmas, following its reopening after three decades.

• Dec 25, 2021 02:54 PM IST

  Kejriwal urges lawyers of Punjab to join AAP

  AAP supremo and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged the “80,000-85,000” lawyers of Punjab to join the party, according to ANI. “We will build lawyers’ chambers, medical and life insurance, will give stipend and will also build high court benches,” Kejriwal said, while talking to lawyers in Amritsar.

• Dec 25, 2021 02:17 PM IST

  Mandaviya chairs high-level meeting on P&K fertiliser production

  And proposes additional provisions in NBS Policy to promote domestic production of P&K fertilizers in the country. Decision will help in utilizing the unutilized domestic production capacity of these fertilizers & promote Atmanirbhar Bharat: Chemicals & Fertilizers Ministry

  — ANI (@ANI) December 25, 2021

  Union minister for chemicals and fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday chaired a high-level meeting wherein it was decided to continue support to the domestic industry for the production of P&K fertilisers, ANI reported citing the ministry.

• Dec 25, 2021 01:18 PM IST

  PM Modi takes decisions that do ’good’ to people: Amit Shah

  “The last 21 governments have taken decisions keeping in mind their vote banks. Narendra Modi govt never took decisions that ‘looks’ good to the people, he always took decisions that ‘did’ good to the people,” says Union home minister Amit Shah at Good Governance Day program in Delhi

• Dec 25, 2021 12:50 PM IST

  Ludhiana blast: Deceased ex-cop was carrying explosives, says top cop

  The deceased person, former policeman Gagandeep Singh was carrying the explosion. He was dismissed from service in 2019 and spent two years in jail following his arrest in a drug-trafficking case: Siddharth Chattopadhyaya, DGP, Punjab

• Dec 25, 2021 11:41 AM IST

  Prisoner dies in Delhi’s Tihar Jail

  A case of death of a prisoner has come to light in Tihar Jail no. 3 yesterday. He was found unconscious in his cell and was taken to hospital where the doctors declared him dead. Magisterial inquiry underway. 5 deaths have taken place in the last 8 days at Tihar jail: Delhi Police

• Dec 25, 2021 10:57 AM IST

  Covid-19: Centre to send teams to 10 states

  A decision has been taken to deploy multi-disciplinary central teams to 10 identified states some of which are either reporting an increasing number of Omicron and Covid-19 cases or slow vaccination pace: Union health ministry

• Dec 25, 2021 10:11 AM IST

  2 unidentified terrorists neutralised in J&K’s Shopian

  Two unidentified terrorists neutralised in the encounter that broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Chowgam area of Shopian. Incriminating materials including arms and ammunition recovered. The search operation is underway: Kashmir Zone Police

• Dec 25, 2021 09:31 AM IST

  India logs 7189 new Covid-19 cases and 387 deaths

  India’s Covid-19 tally rises to 34,779,815 with 7189 fresh cases. 387 new fatalities tale toll to 479,520.

• Dec 25, 2021 08:58 AM IST

  173 new Covid-19 cases in Mizoram

  Mizroam logs 173 new Covid-19 cases as tally rises to 140,427. 138,322 recoveries, 1569 active cases and 536 deaths thus far.

• Dec 25, 2021 08:21 AM IST

  Low visibility procedures at Delhi Airport

  Low visibility procedures are in progress at Delhi Airport. All flight operations are presently normal: Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL)

• Dec 25, 2021 07:45 AM IST

  At 398, Delhi’s AQI in ‘very poor’ category

  Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) presently at 398 (overall) in the ‘very poor’ category, as per System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR)-India.

• Dec 25, 2021 07:15 AM IST

  Over 6000 new Covid-19 cases in Australia’s New South Wales

  New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, logs 6288 new Covid-19 cases, 376 more than the previous day. Death toll, however, stays unchanged.

• Dec 25, 2021 06:28 AM IST

  Canada’s Covid-19 cases top 1.95 million

  Canada logs 11,304 new Covid-19 cases, as total cases rise to 1,957,058. Overall deaths at 30,139.

• Dec 25, 2021 05:58 AM IST

  In fresh record, UK sees 122,186 new Covid-19 cases

  UK reports fresh record of 122,186 new Covid-19 cases, up from 119,789 a day before.

• Dec 25, 2021 05:23 AM IST

  Encounter breaks out in J&K’s Shopian

  Encounter breaks out between security forces and terrorists in Chowgam area of Shopian: Jammu and Kashmir Police