India

Ahmedabad, Sep 21 (PTI) The ruling BJP on Monday said members of Tablighi Jamaat were responsible for the initial spread of coronavirus in Gujarat, evoking a sharp rebuke from the Congress which blamed 'Namaste Trump' event held here in February for the spurt in infections.

Both the parties traded barbs during a discussion on a resolution introduced by treasury benches in the Legislative Assembly to thank COVID warriors.

Noida (UP), Sep 21 (PTI) The farm reform bills will push the farming sector into the hands of private firms, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed on Monday as its workers protested the proposed legislations here.

Scores of AAP workers carried out a protest demonstration against the BJP-led Centre for the passage of two bills, dubbed as the biggest reform in agriculture by the government, in the Rajya Sabha on Sunday amid opposition by rival parties.

New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said the opposition will boycott the proceedings of the House till the suspension of eight members is revoked.

Speaking after the Zero Hour, Azad also demanded that the government brings a bill which should ensure private players don't procure food grains below the minimum support price (MSP) fixed by the government.

He also asked the government that the MSP should be fixed from time to time as the C2 Swaminathan formula.

Kanpur: The third container yard will be developed at Juhi Coal Yard in view of increasing load of goods sent to foreign destinations.

Giving this information the deputy CTM Himanshu Sekhar Upadhyay said that it would give impetus to the city's small and large scale industries.

The businessmen would be able to book their goods effortlessly, he added.

It was as if the long-pending facility for the traders was going to be fulfilled with the news of turning the space available at Juhi coal rack into a little bigger purpose.

Kanpur: As many as 9461 candidates appeared at the UP State Entrance Examination,(UPSEE), 2020 at nearly 13 centres here on Sunday. This test was meant for admission to a total of 9 different courses like the computer, technical and management streams. I

The Nodal Officer Prof Mukesh Singh told that as many as 9461 candidates appeared while 4214 candidates remained absent.

New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) The Supreme Court Monday stayed former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati's interim bail, granted for two months on medical grounds by the Allahabad High Court, in a gang rape case.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on September 3 had granted the interim bail to Prajapati who was a minister in the erstwhile Samajwadi Party government.

Despite the high court bail, Prajapati remained in judicial custody as a fresh case of fraud, forgery and criminal intimidation was registered against him.

New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) A total of 2,120 Pakistanis, 188 Afghans and 99 Bangladeshis were granted Indian citizenship in the last four years, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said a total of 2,729 people of 44 nationalities were granted Indian citizenship from 2017 till September 17, 2020.

New Delhi, Sep 20 (PTI) No significant or drastic mutation in strains of SARS-CoV-2 has been found in India till now, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday during an interaction with his social media followers.

He also said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has been conducting large-scale sequencing of nationally representative strains collected over a few months and detailed results on mutations of the virus will be available in early October.

Chitrakoot (UP) Sep 21 (PTI) A 25-year-old man, who had returned home during the coronavirus lockdown, ended his life by hanging himself in the Karvi Sadar Kotwali area here, police said on Monday.

Dharmendra Mishra was found hanging in his home in

Pathraundi village on Sunday and the family members rushed him to a hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead, they said.

Dharmendra's elder brother Bhupendra Mishra told police that the deceased was a priest in a temple in Delhi and had returned to the village during the lockdown.

New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) Rajya Sabha was on Monday adjourned for the day amid uproar by opposition members over suspension of eight MPs, including TMC leader Derek O'Brien and Sanjay Singh of AAP, for the remaining part of the Monsoon session over their "unruly behaviour" during the passage of farm bills.

The proceedings of the House were almost washed out as it could not take up any legislative business.

Earlier in the day some members managed to raise issues during Zero Hour.