Name: Kerala: Thousands of devotees light the 'Ayyappa Jyothi'
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Days after a govt probe absolved Dr Kafeel Khan of Gorakhpur's BRD hospital, the UP govt has ordered a fresh probe against the suspended doctor, The Times of India has

UP govt orders fresh probe against Dr Kafeel

Days after a govt probe absolved Dr Kafeel Khan of Gorakhpur's BRD hospital, the UP govt has ordered a fresh probe against the suspended doctor, The Times of India has reported.&nbsp;The govt has insisted that Dr Khan hasn't got clean chit in the case of children's deaths at the hospital due to lack of oxygen in 2017. Principal secretary, medical education department, Rajneesh Dube has said that the fresh inquiry will investigate a total of seven charges against Dr Khan. He also alleged that Dr Khan is spreading misinformation in media about the clean chit

Days after a govt probe absolved Dr Kafeel Khan of Gorakhpur's BRD hospital, the UP govt has ordered a fresh probe against the suspended doctor, The Times of India has reported. The govt has insisted that Dr Khan hasn't got clean chit in the case of children's deaths at the hospital due to lack of oxygen in 2017. Principal secretary, medical education department, Rajneesh Dube has said that the fresh inquiry will investigate a total of seven charges against Dr Khan. He also alleged that Dr Khan is spreading misinformation in media about the clean chit

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister on Saturday said that secularism is the “biggest threat to India’s tradition getting recognition on the global stage” and

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister on Saturday said that secularism is the &ldquo;biggest threat to India&rsquo;s tradition getting recognition on the global stage&rdquo; and those &ldquo;creating false propaganda about India&rdquo; will face the heat. Besides, hitting out at India&rsquo;s &ldquo;secularism&rdquo;, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister urged people &ldquo;not to lose the harmonious spirit of the nation by being involved in petty communal disputes.&rdquo; Adityanath made the comments at the launch of the first edition of Global Encyclopedia of the Ramayana, an e-book prepared by the Ayodhya Research Institute. The first edition of the Encyclopaedia was released in English, editions in Hindi and Tamil will also be published.

At least 155 illegal Rohingya immigrants who escaped persecution in Myanmar and were living in Jammu and Kashmir were sent to a "holding centre" on Saturday. A PTI repo

At least 155 illegal Rohingya immigrants who escaped persecution in Myanmar and were living in Jammu and Kashmir were sent to a "holding centre" on Saturday. A PTI report said they were not holding valid travel documents required under the Passports Act. On Saturday, the Jammu police brought hundreds of Rohingyas from their colonies in Jammu to the city's Maulana Azad Stadium, where their documents were checked. Later in the evening, 155 Rohingyas who couldn't present valid documents during the verification were sent to Sub-Jail Hiranagar in Kathua district, which has been turned into a "holding centre" for the Rohingyas.

Poet and activist Varavara Rao, who has been in jail for over two years in the Bhima-Koregaon case, walked out of Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital late on Saturday afte

Poet and activist Varavara Rao, who has been in jail for over two years in the Bhima-Koregaon case, walked out of Mumbai&rsquo;s Nanavati Hospital late on Saturday after being granted bail for six months by the Bombay High Court on medical grounds. Rao was undergoing treatment at the hospital where was admitted by the Maharashtra government after the high court intervened. Posting a photo, his lawyer Indira Jaisingh tweeted that the activist was &ldquo;free at last&rdquo;. Rao was arrested in 2018 and has been in jail since. He contracted Covid-19 in July 2020 and has been in and out of hospital because of his health.

Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya met actor Mithun Chakraborty on Saturday. The meeting added fuel to speculations that the actor m

Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya met actor Mithun Chakraborty on Saturday. The meeting added fuel to speculations that the actor may join Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the dias at the Brigade rally in Kolkata.
Vijayvargiya tweeted to say, he had a late-night discussion with the actor and he was moved hearing stories of his patriotism and love for the poor. BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, however, said nothing has been discussed regarding Chakraborty's joining the saffron camp.
Once considered close to the CPI(M), Mithun Chakraborty was Rajya Sabha MP for the TMC for few years, before resigning expressing a desire to quit politics.

Muthoot group chairman, MG George Muthoot, died on Saturday, reportedly after falling from the fourth floor of his house. He fell from the fourth floor of his house in

Muthoot group chairman, MG George Muthoot, died on Saturday, reportedly after falling from the fourth floor of his house. He fell from the fourth floor of his house in Delhi's East of Kailash at around 9 pm on Friday, the police said. He was rushed to Fortis Escort Hospital where he was declared dead during treatment. His postmortem report which was conducted by AIIMS suggests no foul play.
As a chairman of the company, he played a pivotal role in taking Muthoot Finance to new heights, expanding its reach across the country and even overseas especially to the Middle East.
The Muthoot group runs over 20 businesses from gold loans to securities, realty estate to infrastructure, hospitals to hospitality and education. It is headquartered in Kochi making it one of the largest business houses in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to raise the political temperature in Bengal with his speech from the iconic Brigade Parade ground today. PM takes on one his fierce

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to raise the political temperature in Bengal with his speech from the iconic Brigade Parade ground today. PM takes on one his fiercest critics, Mamata Banerjee, at the city's iconic location, ahead of the crucial assembly elections in Bengal.
There are speculations that actor Mithun Chakraborty and many important TMC leaders who didn&rsquo;t get ticket to contest the poll may share the dais with PM Modi at Brigade.
Security agencies from the Centre and Kolkata Police have turned the area around Brigade Parade ground into a fortress considering the PM&rsquo;s security. The Special Protection Group (SPG) officials in assistance with the Kolkata&nbsp;Police have put up a four-layered security cover in front of the podium from where PM Modi is scheduled to address the gathering.
There will be a crowd monitoring and management control room behind the main stage for smooth entry and exit of all the attendees in the meeting. More than 1,500 CCTV cameras were installed in and around the Brigade Parade Ground for security reasons.

While the Customs on Friday told Kerala High Court that Swapna Suresh, an accused in smuggling case, has made "shocking revelations" against Chief Minister Pi

While the Customs on Friday told Kerala&nbsp;High Court that Swapna&nbsp;Suresh, an accused in smuggling case, has made "shocking revelations" against Chief Minister Pinrayi Vijayan&nbsp;in a dollar smuggling case, the NIA&nbsp;has claimed that Swapna&nbsp;made no such statements before them but they would not like to comment on an investigation by other agencies, the Indian Express has reported quoting sources.
The&nbsp;Customs affidavit in court claimed that Swapna&nbsp;has stated with clarity about smuggling of foreign currency at the instance of Kerala&nbsp;CM and Speaker with the help of UAE&nbsp;Consulate.
The dollar case relates to alleged smuggling of USD 1,90,000 by a former finance head of the UAE Consulate in Thiruvananthapuram to Muscat in Oman.
&nbsp;

Protesting farmers blocked the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway at Haryana’s Palwal toll plaza on Saturday to mark 100 days of the farmers’ protests.

Protesting farmers blocked the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway at Haryana&rsquo;s Palwal toll plaza on Saturday to mark 100 days of the farmers&rsquo; protests. The tricolour was seen fluttering on tractors, along with loud protest songs and speeches.
Farmers blocked the Palwal toll plaza on the six-lane expressway by squatting on the road in the scorching heat. Security has been now heightened in the area.
Palwal toll plaza, almost 85 km from Delhi, marks the start of the 136-km expressway which ends at Kundli. Farmers will block the way from till evening.
The farmers&rsquo; agitation against the three agricultural laws, begun on November 26. In these 100 days, the farmers have braved harsh weather conditions, but remained firm on their demands. Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at the Delhi border points &mdash; Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur to demand a complete repeal of laws, enacted in September, last year.

Former Union Minister and ex-TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi joined the BJP on Saturday in the presence of BJP chief JP Nadda at BJP headquarters in New Delhi. Dinesh Trived

Former Union Minister and ex-TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi joined the BJP on Saturday in the presence of BJP chief JP Nadda at BJP headquarters in New Delhi.
Dinesh Trivedi had resigned as TMC MP in Rajya Sabha on February 12. Trivedi left the Mamata Banerjee-led party saying he felt suffocated. He also alleged that the party was "no longer in hands of" its chief Mamata Banerjee.
Dinesh Trivedi's resignation came two days after he had endorsed Prime Minister Modi's speech in Lok Sabha in which he called for a key role in the private sector. He had also applauded the BJP-led Centre saying the country is under the best leadership.
Trivedi, who represented West Bengal in Rajya Sabha for the third time and was a former railway minister.

With the West Bengal elections just a few days away, PM Modi on Thursday held one-on-one meetings with senior leaders at the BJP headquarters to understand the on groun

With the West Bengal elections just a few days away, PM Modi on Thursday held one-on-one meetings with senior leaders at the BJP headquarters to understand the on ground situation in Bengal. Reports say he also urged his party colleagues to see to it that the BJP does not indulge in name-calling or abuses and keeps the campaign positive.
Reports quoting senior BJP leaders said, the PM asked them not to indulge in negativity to counter the diatribe against the party and its leaders from the ruling TMC. PM Modi reportedly asked BJP leaders to ensure that the party's campaign is civilised.

Six BJP workers suffered injuries after some miscreants hurled crude bombs at them in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district. Two of them are in a critical cond

Six BJP workers suffered injuries after some miscreants hurled crude bombs at them in West Bengal&rsquo;s South 24 Parganas district. Two of them are in a critical condition.
On Friday night, miscreants threw crude bombs at the group while they were returning from a wedding. The injured have been rushed to the hospital for further treatment.&nbsp;
The injured BJP workers have claimed that Trinamool Congress workers were behind the bomb attack.&nbsp;Police have started an investigation into the incident.&nbsp;

Asia’s largest slum, Dharavi has reported a sevenfold increase in Covid-19 positive cases, from just 10 cases on 22 January to 73 on March 4.The BMC is on alert,

Asia&rsquo;s largest slum, Dharavi has reported a sevenfold increase in Covid-19 positive cases, from just 10 cases on 22 January to 73 on March 4. The BMC is on alert, according to officials, and the civic body is taking stringent measures to prevent the situation from escalating, as it had done in mid-2020 when the pandemic was at its worst. Reports quoting BMC officials say, they have gone back to their old model that helped contain the spread last year. The BMC has aggressively started screening people from the slum and conducting tests. Not just active cases, the number of people under institutional quarantine in Dharavi has increased to 94, from just 3 in the first week of February. Maharashtra is among the few states contributing to India's Covid-19 load; the state reported a record surge of infections &ndash; 10,000 cases on Wednesday.

Assam Assembly Election 2021: The BJP has reached a seat-sharing formula with its Assam allies ahead of the assembly election in the state that starts March 27.

The BJP has reached a seat-sharing formula with its Assam allies ahead of the <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/poll-dates-out-for-bengal-tn-kerala-assam-puducherry-results-on-may-2-1614346682127" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assembly election</a> in the state that starts March 27.
Reports say the BJP will contest in 92 of the 126 seats in the Assam Assembly, with 26 going to the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and 8 to the United People's Party Liberal (UPPL).
Reports also add that an initial list of 84 BJP candidates has been finalised, and more details on seats and names of candidates are likely to be announced on Friday.
Assam will vote in three phases - March 27, April 1 and April 6 - with results due on May 2.

Hours after BJP projected ‘metro man’ E Sreedharan as its CM candidate for Kerala elections, Union minister V Muraleedharan’s statement has triggered

Hours after BJP projected &lsquo;metro man&rsquo; E Sreedharan as its CM candidate for Kerala elections, Union minister V Muraleedharan&rsquo;s statement has triggered confusion. 
He claimed to have &ldquo;cross-checked&rdquo; with party&rsquo;s Kerala chief K Surendran on the announcement, who said that &ldquo;he has not made any such announcement&rdquo;.
&ldquo;What I wanted to tell was that through media reports I learnt that the party has made this announcement. Later, I cross-checked with the party chief who said that he has not made any such announcement,&rdquo; V Muraleedharan was quoted as saying by ANI. 
Sreedharan, the architect of the Delhi Metro, had formally joined the BJP on February 25 in the presence of Union Minister RK Singh at a function in Malappuram district. He had earlier said that he will work as a technocrat rather than as a politician.

The West Bengal Assembly election is likely to witness a direct contest between TMC turncoat Suvendhu Adhikari who joined the BJP earlier this year, and Mamata Banerjee

The West Bengal Assembly election is likely to witness a direct contest between TMC turncoat Suvendhu Adhikari who joined the BJP earlier this year, and Mamata Banerjee from Nandigram, the constituency that catapulted Didi and the TMC to power in the state.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has already announced to contest as the Trinamool Congress candidate from Nandigram. Reports suggest Mamata Banerjee wants to contest from Nandigram alone, instead of two constituencies, her usual being Bhabanipur.
The decision to field Suvendu Adhikari from the Nandigram seat, according to Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh was taken at the BJP&rsquo;s core committee meeting on candidates in Bengal on Thursday.
The assembly elections in West Bengal are set to be held in eight phases between March 27 and April 29. The votes will be counted on May 2.

The campaign for the West Bengal assembly elections is now a phenomenon that continues to give. In a rather peculiar gesture, a former Trinamool Congress lead

The campaign for the West Bengal&nbsp;assembly elections is now a phenomenon that continues to give. In a rather peculiar gesture, a&nbsp;former Trinamool Congress leader was seen doing squats on stage moments after joining the BJP in Purbo Medinipur district on Thursday.
Sushanta Pal, known to be a loyalist of TMC turncoat Suvendu Adhikari, described the act as an attempt to &ldquo;atone past sins&rdquo; during his tenure with the Mamata&nbsp;Banerjee-led ruling party. &nbsp;
As Sushanta&nbsp;Pal did squats on stage, some&nbsp;BJP supporters present at the rally chanted &lsquo;Jai Shri Ram&rsquo; slogans. Most others however looked at the spectacle&nbsp;in utter&nbsp;bewilderment.

Dushyant Chautala, whose Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) is a ruling ally of the BJP in Haryana, on Thursday said, he does not believe in the term 'love jihad' and has no is

Dushyant Chautala, whose Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) is a ruling ally of the BJP in Haryana, on Thursday said, he does not believe in the term 'love jihad' and has no issue with someone who is willingly converting to marry his/her partner.
In an interview with NDTV, the deputy chief minister said, Haryana will get a law specifically for checking forceful religious conversion and his party will support it, but if anybody converts willingly or marries a partner of another faith, then there is no bar.
Chautala&rsquo;s statements come at a time when the BJP is looking to table a legislation in Haryana to check &ldquo;love jihad&rdquo;. Chautala has been at loggerheads with the BJP over the farmers&rsquo; protests as well, and has even threatened to resign if their demands are not dealt with.&nbsp;Several BJP-ruled states, including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka, have already brought in legislations against &ldquo;love jihad&rdquo;.

Bengaluru has pipped Pune to emerge as the best city on ease of living index among 49 million-plus cities in 2020. Among 62 cities with less than one million

Bengaluru&nbsp;has beaten&nbsp;Pune to emerge as the best city on ease of living index among 49 million-plus cities in 2020. Among 62 cities with less than one million population, Shimla has topped the list followed by Bhubaneswar, according to the Union housing and urban development ministry. According to the report, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Surat, Navi Mumbai, Coimbatore, Vadodara, Indore and Greater Mumbai are the other eight cities that have found place in the top 10 among the million-plus cities. While Delhi ranks at 13, its neighbouring Ghaziabad and Faridabad have found place at 30 and 40 respectively. The other NCR city of Meerut ranked at 36.

A wildfire has been raging on in Odisha's Similipal Tiger Reserve for a week now. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has ordered officials to douse the fire. Till Wednesday,

A wildfire has been raging on in Odisha's Similipal Tiger Reserve for a week now. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has ordered officials to douse the fire. Till Wednesday, the fire had devoured eight out of the total 21 ranges of the Similipal Forest Reserve which is spread over 2,750 square km. Patnaik held a high-level review meeting on the situation and described Similipal Forest as a valuable asset of the world. The CM also directed officials on Wednesday to ensure the conservation of the forest and take precautionary measures to avoid the recurrence of a forest fire.

Taj Mahal Bomb Threat: The Taj Mahal in Agra was briefly shut on Thursday morning after UP Police received a call about a bomb at the iconic monument.

The Taj Mahal in Agra was briefly shut on Thursday morning after Uttar Pradesh Police received a call about a bomb at the iconic monument.
Tourists were hurriedly evacuated after the call. Authorities conducted thorough checks following the bomb threat. Entry to tourists resumed a little after 11 am.
A senior police officer said no bomb has been found so far and that efforts are on to trace the caller. "I'd like to assure everyone that 99 per cent, it is a hoax call. But we are following the drill," Agra Inspector General told ANI.

In a message to the Kerala govt, thousands of devotees, including a large number of women, on Wednesday lit lamps called 'Ayyappa Jyothis' across the state to protect t

Kerala: Thousands of devotees light the 'Ayyappa Jyothi'

In a message to the Kerala govt, thousands of devotees, including a large number of women, on Wednesday lit lamps called 'Ayyappa Jyothis' across the state to protect the century-old traditions of the Sabarimala temple. The lamps were lit along the national highway, from Kasaragode in the north to Thiruvananthapuram in the south. The event, organised by the Sabarimala Action Council, was backed by the BJP.

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