Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 21 (ANI): Two days after the Cabinet of the Congress-ruled state appointed Arjun Partap Singh Bajwa, son of Qadian MLA Fateh Jung Singh Bajwa, as inspector (Group B) in Punjab Police, and Bhisham Pandey, son of Ludhiana MLA Rakesh Pandey, as Naib Tehsildar,
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Congress General Secretary and Uttar Pradesh in-charge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has in a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urged a guaranteed wheat procurement from farmers in the state.
Tokyo [Japan], June 21 (ANI): Japan's defence minister Nobuo Kishi has urged European nations to have a stronger military involvement in the Indo-Pacific to counter China's influence in the region.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 20 (ANI): The Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL) has urged the state government to release the salaries of its employees for June only if they clear their electricity bills.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 20 (ANI): Telangana IT Minister K Taraka Rama Rao (KTR) on Sunday urged the Centre to establish a vaccine testing facility in Hyderabad on a war-footing.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 20 (ANI): Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik on Sunday urged Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to come to terms with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the former alliance partner BJP for the benefit of the party.
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra on Sunday hit out at the Centre alleging that by allowing state and panchayat elections to be held, it had allowed Covid-19 cases to spike and that the Centre had exported six million vaccines abroad.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 19 (ANI): Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan, on Saturday, received the first dose of his COVID-19 vaccine. The actor, who had contracted the deadly disease in December last year, also urged his fans to get vaccinated.
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Saturday wrote to the States and Union Territories (UTs) and urged them to follow the "calibrated" process carefully while opening up activities amid declining COVID-19 cases.
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Indian wrestler Babita Phogat has urged every sportsperson of the country to observe two minutes of silence to pay tribute to track legend Milkha Singh.
Washington [US], June 19 (ANI): Cautioning Americans against the highly transmissible delta variant that appears to be "particularly dangerous" for young people, US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) urged people to take the shot as soon as possible.
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 18 (ANI): The chairperson of the Imam Association Jammu and Kashmir, Hilal Ahmad Lone has appealed to students of the Darul Uloom Imam E Azam to work towards peace and de-redicalisation in Kashmir valley.