One more UK returnee tests positive for new Covid strain in Tamil Nadu, takes total to 7

The number of cases of a mutant strain of coronavirus, that first surfaced in the United Kingdom, reached seven in India on Tuesday with one more person who returned from Britain recently testing positive. The person has been has been isolated in a separate room ta the King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research in Chennai while his co-passengers and other contacts have been tested and found negative for COVID-19, Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said.

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Patna: Police baton charge Left workers protesting against farm laws

The Patna police on Tuesday resorted to lathicharge to disperse the crowd, mostly from Left parties, as they marched to the Raj Bhavan to lodge their protest against the three farm laws. According to news agency ANI, the march was organized by the members of Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sangharsh Samanvay Samiti and other Left organisations.

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Expelled Congress MLAs Rajdeep Gowala, Ajanta Neog join BJP in Assam

Former Assam Minister and Congress MLA from Golaghat, Ajanta Neog and Congress MLA from Lakhipur, Rajdeep Gowala joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday. The two senior MLAs formally joined the ruling party today in an event attended by Assam BJP President Ranjit Das and State Health, Finance and Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The joining ceremony took place in the BJP state office in Hengrabari.

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Owaisi's AIMIM announces first candidate for 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has declared its first candidate for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, scheduled to be held in early 2022.

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'Eliminated politics of announcing & forgetting': PM Modi attacks erstwhile govts for delaying infra projects

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that development of infrastructure should be kept above politics and if there has to be a competition among political parties on infrastructure, it should be on its quality, speed and scale. The PM was speaking after inaugurating the 351-km New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) and Operation Control Centre (OCC) at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh through videoconference.

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BJP Bharuch MP Mansukh Vasava resigns from party

BJP Bharuch MP Mansukh Vasava resigns from party on Tuesday. In his letter to BJP state president C.R Patil, Vasava said he will resign from Lok Sabha during Parliament's budget session. Reportedly, Vasava’s resignation comes days after he wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking withdrawal of MoEFCC notification declaring 121 villages of Narmada district as ‘eco sensitive zone’.

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Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj Cabinet's nod for promulgation of 'anti-love jihad' ordinance

The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Dharma Swatantrata (Religious Freedom) Ordinance, 2020 to check the rising cases of "love jihad" in the state. It has been sent to Governor for final assent.

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