News highlights: Ernakulam becomes first district to fully vaccinate all adult population against Covid-19

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India & UAE decide to set up a joint task force which will common platform for continuous dialogue to remove small bottlenecks that may come up from time to time and to raise new opportunities for collaboration between UAE & India: Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal in Dubai

India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 90 crore (90,42,59,810) landmark

India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 90 crore (90,42,59,810) landmark. More than 65 lakh vaccine doses (65,27,196) administered today till 7 pm

Ernakulam district has become the first district in Kerala to complete 100% vaccination of its eligible population against Covid-19 with the first dose

Kerala Govt allows schools to reopen for classes 1-7, class 10, and class 12 from November 1 engaging fully vaccinated staff

Four people were killed in a targeted attack in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Saturday evening. Two civilians and two Taliban force members were killed, as per local officials: TOLO News

636 fresh coronavirus cases and four more fatalities push Karnataka's infection tally to 29,77,225 and death toll to 37,811

Congress appoints Nitendra Singh as party's candidate for the ensuing Assembly bye-elections in Madhya Pradesh

Kerala reports 13,217 new Covid cases, 14,437 recoveries and 121 deaths today

Kerala reports 13,217 new Covid cases, 14,437 recoveries and 121 deaths today.

Active cases: 1,41,155

Death toll: 25,303

96,835 samples were tested in the past 24 hours

Samyukt Kisan Morcha announces to withdraw demonstrations for the early start of procurement of Kharif crops as Central Govt decided to begin the procurement from tomorrow in Haryana and Punjab

Former Indian footballer Denzil Franco and Goa Boxing Association vice president Lenny D'Gama join Trinamool Congress in Panaji

Congress appoints Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel as AICC senior observer for the ensuing Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh

Delhi records one Covid-19 fatality, 33 fresh cases; positivity rate 0.05%

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has urged Railway Board chairman to withdraw cases registered by the Railway Protection Force against members of various farmer organisations, says a CMO spokesperson

12 policemen injured after their bus falls into ditch in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district:

Kejirwal to announce 'Winter Action Plan' to fight pollution in city on October 4: Gopal Rai

Southwest monsoon, which arrived in Madhya Pradesh on June 10, is expected to withdraw from state in 2nd week of October: IMD official

(PTI)

Centre disrespecting majority sentiment with closure of mosques: Mehbooba Mufti

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday accused the Centre of bias, saying preventing people from offering prayers at mosques and shrines in Kashmir shows the Government of India's "disrespect" for the sentiments of the majority community.

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Chhattisgarh can never become Punjab, asserts CM Baghel amid leadership change buzz

(ANI)

Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi orders withdrawal of cases registered against members of farmers organisations by RPF during dharnas on railway tracks: Punjab Information and Public Relations Department

The MLAs are going on their own wish, they are independent...but there is no political movement: Chhattisgarh CM and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel

(ANI)

West Bengal | IMD issues Orange and Yellow warnings for heavy rain for Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, North and South Dinajpur districts and few other districts between October 2-4

(ANI)

Farmers protest outside Haryana CM ML Khattar's house; police use water cannons

Protesters gathered outside the residence of Haryana CM ML Khattar's house, on Saturday, in protest against the delay in paddy procurement by Centre.

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India crosses 90 crore Covid-19 vaccinations: Mansukh Mandaviya

Modi govt attacking Congress, alleges Kapil Sibal

Amarinder Singh may float own party, tie up with BJP: Report

Miffed with the Congress leadership, former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh is reportedly geraing up to launch his own political party.

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PM Modi launches Jal Jeevan Mission app; hails it as 'village, women-driven movement'

Petrol, diesel rise to new record highs as rates hiked for 3rd consecutive day

Petrol and diesel prices soared to new record highs across the country on Saturday after rates were hiked again by 25 paise and 30 paise a litre, respectively.

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If a big political party like Congress remains without a head, then it naturally causes confusion. I am sure the Congress party will soon resolve its internal matters: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut

(ANI)

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale occurred 143 km NNW of Basar, Arunachal Pradesh at 10:15 IST today: National Center for Seismology

(ANI)

India reports 24,354 new Covid-19 cases, 234 deaths

India logged 24,354 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,37,91,061, while the active cases declined to 2,73,889, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.

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PM Modi pays tribute to Lal Bahadur Shastri on his birth anniversary

People crowd govt-run liquor shops in Delhi

A day after 260 private liquor vends were closed down in Delhi, the remaining 400 government shops saw a slight rush on Friday.

A senior official of the excise department said the rush was mainly due to a dry day on Saturday on account of the Gandhi Jayanti, which was also coupled with the closure of private liquor vends. (PTI)