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Mumbai Mayor distributes masks to spread awareness as COVID-19 cases surge
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 23 (ANI): Amid the spike in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar distributed masks in the Dadar vegetable market on Tuesday to raise awareness among people.
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Bengaluru violence: SC notice to Karnataka govt, others on plea against ba
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Karnataka government and others after hearing a plea filed by Congress MLA of Pulikeshinagar Constituency R Akhanda Srinivasamurthy, challenging the bail granted to former Mayor of Bengaluru Sampath Raj
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Mumbai deploys marshals to ensure people wear masks amid surge in COVID-19
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 19 (ANI): As Mumbai is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases in the past few days and the current situation is "worrisome", the state government has deployed marshals to enforce mask-wearing and social distancing at public and religious places, said Mumb
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Foreign envoys agreed there were free and fair elections in J-K: Srinagar
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): There was a consensus among foreign envoys of 24 countries who are on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir that there were free and fair elections in the Union Territory, which is the biggest attestation to the empowerment of democracy, said Srinagar Mun
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People must wear masks to avoid another lockdown: Mumbai Mayor
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 16 (ANI): Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Tuesday said that it is in the hands of people to avert another COVID-induced lockdown by wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.
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Suspended Congress leader Karate Thiagarajan joins BJP in Chennai
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 12 (ANI): Suspended Congress leader and former Deputy Mayor of Chennai Corporation Karate Thiagarajan joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday during a public rally at Thiruvanmiyur in Chennai.
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TRS candidate bags Mayor's seat in GHMC
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 11 (ANI): Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) candidate Gadwal Vijayalaxmi of ward number 93, Banjara Hills, elected as the new Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Thursday.
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China's power to inflict damage to Czech for supporting Taiwan, Tibet 'gre
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], February 10 (ANI): Prague mayor Zdenek Hrib said that he believed that China's power to inflict economic damage on the Czech Republic for his expressions of solidarity towards Taiwan and Tibet is 'greatly overestimated'.
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Minsk collected USD 375,000 from anti-govt protesters for damage
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Minsk authorities have collected about $375,000 from participants of anti-government unauthorized rallies for damage caused by their actions to the city, Vladimir Kukharev, the mayor of the Belarusian capital, said on Tuesday.
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Germany detects new coronavirus variant linked to Norway, Luxembourg in Ha
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 5(ANI/Sputnik): A new coronavirus variant, known as B.1.1.6 and previously identified in Norway and Luxembourg, was detected for the first time in Germany, in the central city of Halle, Mayor Bernd Wiegand said on Thursday.
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US Senate confirms Biden's pick for Homeland Security chief
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): The Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas after a Republican effort stalled confirmation of President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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White House to move ahead with immigration executive actions on Tuesday
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): The White House on Monday (Local time) said that it does not intend to reschedule planned executive actions and remarks on immigration set for tomorrow, despite a delay in confirming the Department of Homeland Security Secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorka
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