Senior Punjab Congress leaders met former state in-charge, Harish Rawat, in Dehradun today. CM Charanjit Singh Channi was also present at the meeting, along with PPCC Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, present Punjab party in charge Harish Chaudhary, and Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh. The Congress delegation later visited Kedarnath Temple and offered prayers. 
With one more Zika virus case recorded in Kanpur , the total infection tally in the city has reached to 11. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Kanpur, Dr Nepal Singh, said that pathology samples of a 42-year-old woman from Shiv Katra, sent to the KGMU lab in Lucknow and National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, tested positive for the virus on Monday.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik on Tuesday, while refuting former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' allegations that he has relations with the underworld, said that he has spent 62 years of his life in Mumbai but no one had the guts to say he had such connections.
India recorded 10,423 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the lowest in 259 days, along with 443 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday, the country saw a total of 15,021 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.20 per cent and total recoveries to 3,36,83,581.
Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik addressed a press conference on Tuesday and said Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and its zonal director Sameer Wankhede is involved in massive forgery. Malik reiterated that the case should be thoroughly investigated. Meanwhile, Sameer Wankhede is facing charges of bribery and extortion and recorded his statement with officials of the vigilance department for the second time on Monday. Attacking former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, the NCP leader today said, "no one can accuse me of having links with the underworld." Fadnavis on Monday had accused Nawab Malik of having relations with Jaydeep Rana who is involved in a drugs trafficking case, adding he will soon present evidence of Malik's relations with the underworld.
Members of five tribal organisations of Tripura held a protest on Monday in front of Bangladesh Assistant High Commission here condemning the attack and torching of the Katakhali Forest Buddhist Monastery under Teknaf in Cox's Bazar district in the neighbouring country.
Celebrations for Deepotsav began on a grand scale in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya on Monday evening. The majestic 'Ram Ki Paidi' Ghat was dotted with colourful lights for the mega celebrations. The ghat is the main venue of Deepotsav celebrations which will be illuminated with nine lakhs earthen diyas on the eve of Diwali on Wednesday.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
