India, All india, 1st Dec 2021, News & Stories from India

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In a circular, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) asked the Mumbai airport operator to communicate this new rule to all the domestic airlines. (AFP Photo/File)

Negative RT-PCR report must for domestic passengers arriving at Mumbai airport: BMC

The Maharashtra State Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday night had issued the latest guidelines

01 Dec 2021 6:34 PM

The IMD said the region is most likely to see above-normal rainfall (more than 132 per cent of the long period average) in December. (PTI Photo)

India saw 645 heavy, 168 very heavy rainfall events in Nov, highest in 5 years: IMD

The country as a whole received 56.5 mm of rainfall against the normal of 30.5 mm -- an excess of 85.4 per cent -- in November

01 Dec 2021 4:48 PM

The decision comes just five days after the DGCA made the announcement regarding resumption of scheduled commercial international passenger services. (Twitter)

Omicron threat: Centre not to resume international flights from Dec 15

The aviation ministry also clarified that post-arrival testing can be exempted if a person is travelling from a not at-risk country

01 Dec 2021 3:49 PM

Ashes of farmers killed during protest against farm laws are kept on table during a protest in solidarity with farmers in Mumbai. (Photo: AP)

No record of farmers who died during agitation, says Centre

Farmers' unions have demanded compensation for the families of those farmers who died during the agitation

01 Dec 2021 2:39 PM

Villagers through a field along a road amid dense fog on a cold winter morning in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Normal to above normal minimum temp likely over northwest India: IMD forecast

Below normal maximum temperatures are likely over most parts of the country

01 Dec 2021 1:32 PM

PM Modi to launch multiple development projects in Uttarakhand on Dec 4

The Nazimabad-Kotdwar road widening project will reduce travel time and also improve connectivity to Lansdowne

01 Dec 2021 1:30 PM

Gulmarg resort in north Kashmir's Baramulla district also recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.6 degrees Celsius. (AP file photo)

At -2.5 degrees Celsius, Srinagar records coldest night of season

Pahalgam, which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra, recorded a low of minus 5.2 degrees Celsius

01 Dec 2021 1:14 PM

Actor Kangana Ranaut. (Photo: Twitter/File)

Plea against Kangana Ranaut seeking censoring of all her social media posts in future

The plea also sought direction to transfer all the FIRs filed across India against the actor to Mumbai's Khar police station

01 Dec 2021 1:08 PM

Travellers from the "at-risk" countries have to follow additional measures on arrival in India from Tuesday midnight. (Photo: PTI)

Four passengers from UK, Netherlands test positive for Covid in Delhi

Their samples have been sent for genome sequencing to ascertain if they have the new variant, sources said

01 Dec 2021 12:58 PM

A pedestrian walks past a wall mural highlighting the benefits of vaccination and urging people to get vaccinated against the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP/File)

November records lowest number of fresh COVID-19 cases in India since May 2020

The number of daily cases peaked on May 6, when the country registered 4,14,188 Covid cases in a span of 24 hours

01 Dec 2021 12:31 PM

The fighting broke out soon after the security forces laid siege to Qasbayar village of Pulwama’s Rajpora area to flush out militants dead or alive. (Representational image: PTI)

Two militants including JeM commander killed in Kashmir's Pulwama gunfight

The other slain militant is believed to be a Pakistani national Furqan

01 Dec 2021 11:59 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Parliament to attend the Winter Session, in New Delhi. (PTI /Manvender Vashist)

PM Modi meets top ministers to discuss strategy for Parliament winter session

The meeting was attended by ministers Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, Kiren Rijiju and Pralhad Joshi

01 Dec 2021 11:57 AM

An elderly man, who earlier refused the vaccine, receives the vaccine for COVID-19 during a door to door vaccination drive in Sativeti village, on the outskirts of Gauhati. (Photo: AP)

India records 8,954 fresh Covid cases, 28 per cent higher than yesterday

The death toll climbed to 4,69,247 with 267 fresh fatalities, while the active cases were recorded at less than a lakh after 547 days

01 Dec 2021 10:05 AM

A pedestrian walks past a wall mural depicting a health worker to spread awareness about the Covid-19 coronavirus in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Six passengers returning from 'high-risk' countries test positive in Maharashtra

The public health department of Maharashtra said that the passengers are either asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic

01 Dec 2021 9:49 AM

Opposition leaders protest near Mahatma Gandhi's statue over suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs, during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)

Rajya Sabha logjam continues over MPs' suspension

BJP seeks apology to House; Opposition reluctant

01 Dec 2021 7:35 AM

The SKM, an umbrella body of over 40 farmers’ unions, has been spearheading the farmers’ movement against the three contentious agricultural reform laws and their other demands, including a legal guarantee for MSP. (Representational Image. PTI)

Centre asks Samyukt Kisan Morcha to give 5 names for MSP committee

This move comes a day after both Houses of Parliament had passed a bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws

01 Dec 2021 6:48 AM

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