Top BJP, Congress leaders file papers

Agartala (Agencies):

Top BJP, Congress, CPIM leaders including Tripura Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, state Congress President submitted their nomination papers on Monday, the last day of filling candidatures.

AVALANCHE WARNING ISSUED FOR DIFFERENT AREAS IN JAMMU & KASHMIR

Srinagar: The authorities on Monday issued avalanche warning for different areas of the UT and advised people in these areas not to venture out unnecessarily.“High danger level avalanche is likely to occur 2,500 metres above sea level over Doda, Kishtwar and Poonch districts in next 24 hours,” it warned, adding a “medium danger level avalanche is likely to occur above 1,500 to 2,500 metres over Bandipora, Baramulla, Ganderbal, Kupwara, Kulgam & Ramban in next 24 hours”.

blocked in other places as well. Please travel with caution.”

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TAMIL NADU: 10 PASSENGERS SUSTAIN BURNS AS BUS CATCHES FIRE IN SALEM

Coimbatore: The passengers of a Bengaluru-bound private bus had a miraculous escape, as many of them managed to jump out of the vehicle that caught fire near Mettur in Salem district of Tamil Nadu in the early hours of Monday, police said. However, 10 passengers, including a few women, sustained burn injuries while jumping out from the window to save their lives, police said. They have been rushed to the government hospital in Mettur where they are being treated.

MAN ENDS LIFE WHILE ON VIDEO CALL WITH WIFE

Kolkata: In a shocking incident, a middle-aged man committed suicide on Monday while he was on a video call with his wife, who is currently staying in Ahmedabad.

The police later recovered the hanging body from his rented accommodation at Garfa in South Kolkata. The deceased has been identified as Prasun Bandopadhyay (47), who worked as an officer with a private sector bank.

POLICE, MAOISTS EXCHANGE FIRE IN RANCHI DISTRICT

Ranchi: A gunfight broke out between the police and Maoists belonging to the banned Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) on Sunday night in the Budhmu police station area of Ranchi. During the encounter, more than 100 rounds were fired by both sides. Police said that four extremists were injured in the gunfight, but they managed to escape into the thick forest.

Central Team Visits Schools In West Bengal To Review Midday Meal Scheme

Kolkata: A 13-member central team on Monday started a review of the midday meal scheme in schools in West Bengal, a senior official said. The joint review mission consisting of Union education ministry officials, one nutritionist, and a representative of Unicef along with the director of PM Poshan Scheme, V Bhaskar, also held a meeting with state education department officials. The officials, who are scheduled to conduct their review till February 6, visited several schools in North and South 24 Parganas districts on Monday.

Notably, the doors of Kedarnath Dham will open on April 26 and

UTTARAKHAND’S GANGOTRI TEMPLE ENVELOPED IN THICK BLANKET OF SNOW

Uttarakhand: Gangotri Temple premises were covered in a thick blanket of snow on Monday amid fresh snowfall in the region. The Gangotri Dham, part of the ‘Char Dham’ pilgrimage yatra located along the river Bhagirathi was seen enveloped in snow. The idols in the temple premises, the entrance and the pathway leading to the temple have been completely covered in white snow as the mercury dropped to -14.8 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department said.

those of Gangotri and Yamunotri will open on April 22, after winter

Leprosy rate down since 2014: Minister

New Delhi (PTI): The prevalence rate of leprosy in the country has come down from 0.69 per 10,000 population in 2014-15 to 0.45 in 2021-22, Union (MoS) Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said on Monday. Further, the annual new case detection rate per 1,00,000 population has come down from 9.73 in 2014-15 to 5.52 in 2021-22, Pawar said at an event to observe National Anti-Leprosy Day here. The theme of this year was “let us

Protest against eviction drive rocks Jammu

Jammu (PTI): Scores of people staged a protest in Sunjwan-Bathindi on city’s outskirts against J&K administration’s ongoing anti-encroachment drive to retrieve “illegally occupied” land. The authorities have served notices to violators and ordered them to remove illegal constructions within seven days. The protesters, including women and children, poured onto the main road in driving rain and tried to march towards the Civil Secretariat against the eviction order, the officials said.

fight leprosy and make leprosy a history”.

“India is making progress and new leprosy cases are declining year after year. With the whole of government, whole of society support, synergy and cooperation, we can achieve the target of ‘Leprosy Mukt Bharat’ by 2027, three years ahead of the SDG (Sustainable Development Goal),” Union Minister for Health Mansukh Mandaviya during his video address at the event.

break, informed the temple committee. The doors of Shri Badrinath

Dham will open the following day, on April 27.

Preparations for the ‘Char Dham Yatra’ also started as soon as the date of opening of the doors of Kedarnath, Yamunotri and Gangotri was fixed.

The shrine is one of the four ancient pilgrimage sites referred to as ‘Char Dham’ which also includes Yamunotri, Gangotri and Badrinath.

Chief Minister Manik Saha, who was elected to the state assembly in the June 2022 by-elections after former Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb was removed from the top post in May last year, submitted his nomination paper in the Bordowali constituency here.

Manik Saha would take on Congress candidate Ashish Kumar Saha, who was elected to the assembly as BJP nominee in 2018 assembly elections. Ashish Kumar Saha quit BJP in January last year and joined Congress next month.

Excise Raids To Curb Illicit Liquor Ahead Of Polls

Agartala: Ahead of Assembly polls in Tripura, the State Excise Organization has been conducting raids to curb illicit liquor selling, manufacturing and transportation on daily basis. The raids are conducted as per the direction of the Election Commission of India (ECI). As per the report, the Excise Organization seized 225.705 litres of illicit liquor on Sunday throughout the State whose value stands at Rs 83,338. Two cases have been registered for violation of Excise law.After the date of announcement of the poll ie on January 18, the State Excise Organization seized a total of 6446.175 litres of illicit liquor so far the value of which stands to total Rs 13,98,600.

HM inaugurates eye hospital in Ujjain

Poor eye patients will be able to get affordable treatment at this 50-bedded hospital built at a cost of ` 15 crore, says Union Home Minister Amit Shah

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Ujjain: Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated SGML Eye Hospital built by Shri Swaminarayan Sansthan Vadtal in Ujjain, through video conferencing. Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan was also present.

Shah said that Ujjain Dham has always been the centre of faith for crores of devotees of the country and the temple of Lord Mahakal has

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been very important in the history of our country since the time of the Vedas. He said that many temples in Ujjain have become the centre of attraction for the whole world and recently PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the grand corridor of ‘Mahakal Lok’ to restore the grandeur of Ujjain and its faith. With the construction of

Mahakal Lok, the centre of devotion of crores of people across India.

He said an eye hospital is being inaugurated here today. He said that Bhagwan Swaminarayan came from Uttar Pradesh to Gujarat and resided there permanently and by roaming all over the country, he gained knowledge and propagated among people through ‘Vachanamrit’ and he did a lot of work for the welfare of the whole world.

EC withholds Lakshadweep LS bypoll after HC order on MP

New Delhi (PTI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday withheld the Lakshadweep Lok Sabha bypoll after the Kerala High Court suspended the conviction and sentence of Mohammed Faizal, the MP representing the constituency who later stood disqualified, in an attemptto-murder case.

The poll panel had announced the bypoll recently and it was to be held on February 27. The gazette notification, kicking off the nomination process, was to be issued on

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Tuesday. The bypoll was announced following Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Faizal’s disqualification on the ground of his conviction by a sessions court in Kavaratti.

Mohammed Faizal had approached the high court against the order. The high court has suspended the conviction and sentence imposed on him.