Election panel pulls up Punjab, Manipur for low vaccination rateThe poll panel has barred all physical rallies, pad yatras and vehicle rallies until January 22 in view of the Omicron threat. It is closel...
20 Jan, 2022, 07.12 AM IST
Political parties go virtual, knock on doors following ban on ralliesCovid-19 cases in poll bound Manipur have been rising with the positivity rate increased from 4.1 per cent to 7.1 per cent in the last coup...
17 Jan, 2022, 09.46 AM IST
COVID-19 cases in poll bound Manipur continue to rise; positivity rate up to 7.1% from 4.1%Manipur Health and Family Welfare Department’s Additional Director Khoirom Sasbeekumar Mangang said, “During the holidays the positivity ra...
15 Jan, 2022, 11.17 PM IST
EC to decide on rally relaxations after meeting Union Health Ministry officials, chief secys; vaccination rate KeyThe Election Commission had earlier barred all public rallies in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab until Janua...
15 Jan, 2022, 07.27 AM IST
View: The Election Commission has sought to achieve a fine balance in protecting both voters and the voteThe EC has sought to achieve a fine balance in protecting both voters and the vote. Politicians and party workers need to respond with a se...
09 Jan, 2022, 10.45 PM IST
All set to start administering precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine in India from MondayUnion Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, in a tweet on Sunday, said reminder SMSes have been sent to over one crore healthcare and frontlin...
09 Jan, 2022, 09.00 PM IST
Election Commission may cancel rallies, suspend officials for Covid-19 violationThe ECI held meetings with the Health Secretary and the Union Home Secretary on Thursday to take stock ahead of announcing the poll schedul...
07 Jan, 2022, 09.44 AM IST
Expenditure limits for candidates hiked ahead of assembly polls; EC to promote virtual ralliesThe law ministry has approved the same and notified the increase with an amendment to Rule 90 of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961.
07 Jan, 2022, 07.02 AM IST
ECI meets AIIMS chief, ICMR DG to review COVID-19 situation ahead of Assembly polls in five statesAs per sources, a complete review of the prevailing COVID-19 situation was done during the meeting. The inputs of medical experts were take...
06 Jan, 2022, 09.19 PM IST
Poll panel set to tighten Covid-19 guidelines for upcoming electionsThe idea is to bring in measures to effectively 'enforce' its Covid-19 guidelines - a lacunae found in the last round of assembly elections...
06 Jan, 2022, 11.11 AM IST
Vaccinations for children between 15-18 years; booster shots for frontline workers, senior citizens with comorbiditiesPrime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on Christmas on Saturday night and announced two big changes in the vaccination policy. "...
28 Dec, 2021, 05.52 PM IST
Election Commission unlikely to delay Assembly elections or ban ralliesFollowing a 'stocktaking' meeting with Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Monday, the commission received a fair idea on the pandemic...
28 Dec, 2021, 07.13 AM IST
Election Commission assesses Covid situation in poll-bound statesThe terms of Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur legislative Assemblies are ending on different dates in March next year while the Uttar P...
27 Dec, 2021, 04.26 PM IST
First Omicron case reported in ManipurThe patient tested positive for the Omicron variant of Covid-19 currently undergoing treatment in the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical...
27 Dec, 2021, 04.11 PM IST
Health secretary to brief Election Commission on COVID-19 situation tomorrowThe commission is likely to seek updates from Bhushan on the COVID-19 situation and the emergence of Omicron, the new coronavirus variant, ...
26 Dec, 2021, 11.26 PM IST
61% of eligible population fully vaccinated against COVID-19"During analysis of 183 Omicron positive cases 121 had a foreign history, 44 cases have no travel history but most of them are those who ca...
25 Dec, 2021, 11.28 AM IST
Delta main variant but Omicron rising, positivity in Kerala, Mizoram a worry, says Health MinThe health ministry on Friday said that while the world was seeing a positivity of over 6% due to spread of Omicron variant of the coronavi...
25 Dec, 2021, 07.46 AM IST