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Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje said opposition leader in the assembly, Siddaramaiah, is in a dilemma over his beef-eating remarks.

Even as Gujarat recorded its first confirmed cases of bird flu, four crows were found dead at a village in Mangrol taluka in the state's Junagadh district, an official said on Saturday.

In preparation for the second vaccination dry run slated for January 11, a training session was held in the rural areas of Jewar, Dadri and Dankaur on Thursday where about 150 ANMs and facilitators were given training by the district immunisation officer.

The Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) in Greater Noida has started non-Covid treatment, including in-patient department (IPD) surgeries for which prior RT-PCR tests are being conducted. Being the only government tertiary centre after the District Hospital, the hospital started the facility following repeated inquiries from patients in Greater Noida.

Congress staged a torch rally to protest against the new farm laws in Lakhimpur district on Thursday night. The protesters demanded immediate withdrawal of the laws which have triggered massive protests across the country.

The Embassy of Israel in India on Friday appointed Assam’s prominent HR consultancy expert Joyshree Das Verma as honorary consul in the northeastern region.

A few days ahead of Republic Day, police in Darrang district in Assam averted an attempt by the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (Ulfa-I) to recruit new cadres and arrested seven persons, including a pro-talks leader. The arrests come after a 10-day operation that began on December 30.

Taking its commitment forward for the welfare of farmers, Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday reiterated that his government will protect the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 1,868 for every quintal of paddy for the farmers of the state.

While the vaccination dry run on Friday in the Mysuru region was largely a smooth affair, there were some glitches.

Assam on Friday imposed a temporary ban on poultry from outside the northeast as a precautionary step in view of the outbreak of avian flu in the country.

Intensifying their stir against illegal mining around Baby Betta in Pandavapura taluk, Mandya, farmers’ outfits have appealed to the district administration to enforce a blanket ban on the activity in the region.

While the state government is considering an overhaul of its Primary Health Care (PHC) centers, doctors want health minister Dr K Sudhakar to provide ECG machines to every PHC.

Though Dakshina Kannada has been recording below 50 cases of Covid-19 every day, the health department has ramped up testing.

Environmental engineers of the solid waste management (SWM) wing of Huballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) are confident of clearing mountains of garbage created at the dumping yards of the twin cities.