India News: Taking to Twitter, the Congress MP mentioned rallies and wrote, "For the first time I have seen such crowds of sick and dead." Earlier on Saturday, he
India News: NEW DELHI: Alluding to the increasingly high number of casualties in the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, Congress leader Rahul Ga.
Former Union minister Bachi Singh Rawat dies at 71
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Last Updated: Apr 18, 2021, 11:54 PM IST
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Bachi Singh Rawat was a four-time MP from the Almora-Pithoragarh constituency and had defeated former chief minister and Congress leader Harish Rawat thrice in consecutive elections.
Considered close to senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, Rawat was a Union minister of state for science and technology in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. Source: Loksabhaph.nic.in
Former Union minister and senior BJP leader Bachi Singh Rawat died at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences here on Sunday. He was 71. Rawat was admitted to the hospital on Saturday after he complained of difficulty in breathing.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday expressed his condolences to the families of people who were killed in a fire incident in Chhattisgarh s Raipur. Taking to Twitter, the Congress leader wrote: The news of a fire incident in the ICU of a hospital in Raipur is sad. My condolences to the families who lost their loved ones. He also made an appeal to the state government that all assistance should be given to the bereaved families during this difficult time. At least five persons were killed after a fire broke out in Raipur s Rajdhani hospital on Saturday. Other patients have been shifted to other hospitals.
COVID-19: Kerala Governor asks varsities to postpone exams
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Last Updated: Apr 18, 2021, 04:37 PM IST
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According to Raj Bhavan sources, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan suggested university managements to come out with fresh dates based on the virus situation in the State.
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Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Sunday requested Vice-Chancellors of various universities to postpone all offline examinations due to the soaring COVID-19 cases amid call by the Opposition Congress to cancel all the examinations.
According to Raj Bhavan sources, Khan suggested university managements to come out with fresh dates based on the virus situation in the State.