BJP going to get a big zero in Punjab elections, Channi is more 'drama' minister than CM, says Harsimrat Kaur Badal

77 countries have now reported cases of Omicron and the reality is that Omicron is probably in most countries, even if it hasn’t been detected yet. Omicron is spreading at a rate we have not seen with any previous variant: Tedros A Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO

Eight new cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus detected in Maharashtra, including 7 in Mumbai; none of patients had history of international travel as per preliminary info: Health dept.

Rajasthan Government announces an ex-gratia of Rs 1 crore for the family of Squadron Leader Kuldeep Singh who lost his life in the Tamil Nadu chopper crash on December 8, 2021.

Uttarakhand Health Minister Dhan Singh Rawat received minor injuries after his car met with an accident while travelling from Thalisain to Dehradun. 

Uttarakhand Health Minister Dhan Singh Rawat received minor injuries after his car met with an accident while travelling from Thalisain to Dehradun. Details awaited. pic.twitter.com/2lNgM45inE

— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2021

Tamil Nadu chopper crash: Group Captain Varun Singh’s medical condition continues to be critical but he is stable. He is on life support system in Bengaluru Command Hospital.

Starting on Dec 20, all international travelers from 'at-risk' countries, arriving at airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad will have to compulsorily prebook an RT-PCR test.

Former Congress MP Amrik Singh Aliwal, ex-legislators Harjinder Singh Thekedar, Prem Mittal, Farzana Alam and Rajwinder Kaur Bhagike and some other local leaders joined Capt Amarinder Singh's Punjab Lok Congress today.

We will provide Rs. 50000/acre as crop insurance to the farmers for any crop damage. Pension schemes will be resumed for employees who joined after 2004. Mandir, Gurudwara, Masjid and Church will get free electricity in Punjab: Sukhbir Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal

Rajya Sabha passes the 'Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2021'. The 'Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2021' seeks amendment in the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946.

If all of us come together, it is possible to convince the people of Uttar Pradesh and win 400 seats (in the upcoming Assembly elections): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.

#WATCH | If all of us come together, it is possible to convince the people of Uttar Pradesh and win 400 seats (in the upcoming Assembly elections): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav pic.twitter.com/ON8rKxd8sR

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 14, 2021

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is very well aware of the fact that none of the rivers is clean hence he decided not to take a dip in Maa Ganga (in Varanasi yesterday): SP chief Akhilesh Yadav in Jaunpur.

Karnataka Legislative Council election result: BJP is leading on 12 seats, Congress on nine, and JDS is ahead in one constituency.

All schools for standard 1st to 7th to reopen from December 15 in Mumbai, says civic body BMC

The investigation team probing Lakhimpur Kheri violence says the incident was as per a "pre-planned conspiracy" which led to the death of 5 people and left several injured.

Investigation team probing Lakhimpur Kheri violence says the incident was as per a "pre-planned conspiracy" which led to death of 5 people and left several injured

(file photo) pic.twitter.com/oAjYLQwF3V

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 14, 2021

MHA has approved setting up a National Cyber Forensic Laboratory for Evidentiary purposes in the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Hyderabad. This will strengthen the mechanism to deal with cybercrimes, says MoS Home Ajay Kumar Mishra in a written reply in Lok Sabha

A division bench of Calcutta High Court has directed Election Commission to install CCTV cameras in 144 booths of Kolkata for municipal corporation elections, reports ANI

Bills after Bills are being passed in Parliament in the din. This is not the way to run the Parliament. PM doesn't come to House. We are not allowed to raise any issue of national importance. It is the unfortunate killing of democracy: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

This (suspension of 12 MPs) is a symbol of the crushing of the voice of the people of India. Their voices have been crushed. They have done nothing wrong. We are not allowed to discuss important issues in Parliaments: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

This (suspension of 12 MPs) is a symbol of the crushing of the voice of people of India. Their voices have been crushed. They have done nothing wrong. We are not allowed to discuss important issues in Parliaments: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi https://t.co/y9VorAbVpw pic.twitter.com/VdWJvx1wIe

— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2021

Opposition MPs hold a march from Parliament to Vijay Chowk demanding to revoke the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs.

#WATCH Opposition MPs hold a march from Parliament to Vijay Chowk demanding to revoke the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs pic.twitter.com/EmBpZ311Go

— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2021

Kolkata Police STF has arrested a 27-year-old man with Rs 1 crore in unaccounted cash from Park Street area in the city yesterday "During interrogation, he had no reasonable explanation for the cash he was carrying. IT department was informed & a case was registered," the STF says.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 PM following sloganeering by Opposition demanding to revoke the suspension of 12 Opposition MPs. "Let's maintain decency & decorum in the House. Unruly & unparliamentary behavior is not going to work at all," says Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.

Four more cases have been reported, the health condition of these patients is stable. All previous Omicron cases in the State have tested COVID negative now: Rajasthan Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena on new Omicron cases

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday informed that four new cases of Omicron have been reported in the national capital. 

Shiromani Akali Dal holds a rally in Moga to commemorate the completion of 100 years of the party’s foundation. 

Punjab: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) holds a rally in Moga to commemorate the completion of 100 years of the party’s foundation pic.twitter.com/FwrBnOQly6

— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2021

Delhi's first patient of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, a 37-year-old man, has been discharged from the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) hospital, reports ANI.

A tsunami warning has been issued after a massive earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia`s East Nusa Tenggara province, according to authorities on Tuesday.

Opposition BJP has bagged the Local Authority constituency polls in Akola and Nagpur seats. BJP candidates - Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Vasant Khandelwal - have emerged winners in Nagpur and Akola respectively in the elections held last Friday.

It was a planned attack by two foreign terrorists and one local terrorist. Three police personnel have lost their lives in this attack. One terrorist who managed to flee will be caught and the group will be neutralised soon: IGP Kashmir on Srinagar terrorist attack.

Srinagar | IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar along with other police personnel pays tribute to constable Rameez Ahmad Baba who lost his life in yesterday's terrorist attack.

Srinagar | IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar along with other police personnel pays tribute to constable Rameez Ahmad Baba who lost his life in yesterday's terrorist attack pic.twitter.com/YZb95om67A

— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2021

Mumbai Police says it has arrested three persons in a case pertaining to the mobile phone snatching of actress Nikita Dutta in Bandra on November 28.

Maharashtra: Mumbai Police says it has arrested three persons in a case pertaining to the mobile phone snatching of actress Nikita Dutta in Bandra on November 28

(Photo: Dutta's Twitter account) pic.twitter.com/Pse2PuALoF

— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2021

Union Minister for Culture and Tourism, G Kishan Reddy holds a review meeting with tourism secretaries of Punjab, Haryana and UT of Chandigarh and Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) Chandigarh, Kufri and Gurdaspur

Supreme Court allows the Central government to construct three double-lane strategic highways for the Char Dham road project in Uttarakhand

Supreme Court constitutes a committee to be led by former Supreme Court judge AK Sikri to ensure all remedial measures are taken in the interest of the environment and recommendations of the committee are implemented while going ahead with the project.

PM Narendra Modi chairs a meeting of the Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

#WATCH | PM Narendra Modi chairs a meeting of the Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh pic.twitter.com/kQ1qjVtbzk

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 14, 2021

Floor leaders of Opposition parties in both the Houses of Parliament hold a meeting at the office of LoP in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss strategy for further agitation to press for the demand of revoking suspension of 12 MPs

#WATCH | Delhi: Floor leaders of Opposition parties in both the Houses of Parliament hold a meeting at the office of LoP in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss strategy for further agitation to press for the demand of revoking suspension of 12 MPs pic.twitter.com/9rbYyz8DBk

— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2021

CPI(M) MP, Dr V Sivadasan has given Suspension of Business Notice under rule 267 in Rajya Sabha to discuss the issue of rising inflation in the country.

The (Rajya Sabha) chairman has full powers to suspend any rule, issue direction, or revoke it but Govt is not letting him do it. I request the chairman to use his powers to bring back these 12 (suspended) MPs to the House, says Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge

Nagpur MLC election counting: 549 votes declared valid. In the first-preference vote count, Chandrashekhar Bawankule leads with 362 votes, Mangesh Deshmukh has got 186 votes, reports ANI 

Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha "to discuss the intrusion of Chinese military into the Indian territory and direct the government to take immediate action to prevent intrusion"

India reports 5,784 new COVID-19 cases, 7,995 recoveries, & 252 deaths in the last 24 hours. 

COVID19 | India reports 5,784 new cases, 7,995 recoveries, & 252 deaths in the last 24 hours

Active cases: 88,993
Total recoveries: 3,41,38,763
Death toll: 4,75,888

Total vaccination: 133.8 crore doses pic.twitter.com/jp8gvBI2UG

— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2021

The back-to-back announcements, foundation stone laying of new projects and inaugurations of half-finished projects by Central & State Govts just before the announcement of the Assembly elections are not going to help that party (BJP) expand its voter base: BSP chief Mayawati

I hope that the alliance of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will come to power in Punjab with the full majority in the next Assembly elections, under the leadership of Sukhbir Singh Badal, says BSP chief Mayawati

Congress MP Manish Tewari gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over privatisation in the banking sector.

After inaugurating the Kashi Vishwanath Dham temple project, PM Narendra Modi interacted with Kashi Dham workers on Monday, see pics.

Behind the success of the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham project is the hardwork of countless individuals. During today's programme I had the opportunity to honour them and have lunch with them. My Pranams to these proud children of Bharat Mata! pic.twitter.com/iclAG9bmAR

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 13, 2021

Floor leaders of Opposition parties in both the Houses of Parliament to meet today at the office of LoP, Rajya Sabha to discuss a proposal of a march of all Opposition MPs in Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha from Gandhi statue to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with 12 suspended MPs.

Union Minister Jitendra Singh will move 'The Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2021, & 'The Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021' in Rajya Sabha today for consideration & passage. The Bills seek an extension of tenure of ED & CBI directors up to a maximum of 5 years.

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel flags off 'Run For CG Pride' from Gandhi Udyan in capital Raipur.

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel flags off 'Run For CG Pride' from Gandhi Udyan in capital Raipur pic.twitter.com/F0snlMGZBg

— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2021

The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi is presently at 328 (overall) in the 'very poor' category, as per System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), India

Delhi | Air Quality Index (AQI) is presently at 328 (overall) in the 'very poor' category, as per System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR)-India

— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2021

IIT Kanpur develops a portable testing device 'Bhu Parikshak' that can detect soil health in just 90 seconds through a mobile application. The device has been developed by a team of Prof Jayant K Singh, reports ANI

IIT Kanpur developed a portable testing device
'Bhu Parikshak' that can detect the soil health in just 90 seconds through a mobile application

Device is developed by team of Prof Jayant K Singh. We'd transferred the technology to a start-up: Institute Director Abhay Karandikar pic.twitter.com/eFxgbPod3E

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 13, 2021

No US soldiers will be punished over Afghan civilian drone strike deaths, says Pentagon

PM Narendra Modi also inspected Banaras Railway Station late on Monday. UP CM Yogi Adityanath was also present with him.

PM Narendra Modi also inspects Banaras Railway Station late Monday night

"We are working to enhance rail connectivity as well as ensure clean, modern and passenger friendly railway stations," tweets PM Modi

CM Yogi Adityanath also present with him. pic.twitter.com/haFXYANO3K

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 13, 2021

Late on Monday, PM Narendra Modi inspected key development works in Varanasi "It is our endeavour to create best possible infrastructure for this sacred city," PM Modi tweeted. 

PM Narendra Modi inspects key development works in Varanasi

"It is our endeavour to create best possible infrastructure for this sacred city," tweets PM Modi pic.twitter.com/CySzpdffUz

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 13, 2021

Nine Deputy Chief Ministers from BJP-ruled states are also expected to attend to discuss a variety of issues.

On Day 2 of his Varanasi visit, PM Modi will arrive at BLW Guest House at 8:50 am to participate in a conclave of Chief Ministers from BJP-ruled states -  Gujarat, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Manipur, Tripura, and Uttarakhand -  at 9 am.