News Headlines : 11th October 2021

  • Sep Saraj Singh, Sep Vaisakh H, NB Sub Jaswinder Singh, Nk Mandeep Singh and Sepoy Gajjan Singh lost their lives during an ongoing operation in Shahadra, Thanamandi, Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir.
  • CM Charanjit Singh Channi announces ex-gratia of Rs 50 lakhs & a government job to one member of the bereaved family of Naib Subedar Jaswinder Singh, Naik Mandeep Singh & Sepoy Gajjan Singh, who sacrificed their lives in a gunfight with terrorists in Poonch.
  • The 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded with one half to David Card and the other half jointly to Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens.
  • India strongly condemns the terrorist attack on a Shia mosque in Kunduz, Afghanistan in which more than 100 Afghans were reported to have lost lives & several others injured.
  • India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage crosses 95.82 crore (95,82,64,532) with more than 59 lakh (59,62,469) doses have been administered till 7 pm today.
  • Ministry of Railways has sanctioned the Final Location Survey for Tanakpur-Bageshwar (Uttarakhand) new broad gauge rail line at a cost of Rs 28.95 crores.
  • A Delhi court summons Delhi BJP leader Vijender Gupta for allegedly making false statement of corruption against Delhi Minister Kailash Gahlot over procurement of public buses. The summon has been issued in a defamation case filed by Kailash Gahlot.
  • Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia launched “Desh ke Mentor” programme today. Under this programme students of Delhi government schools will be provided guidance on career choices by people successful in their own fields.
  • Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra & other party leaders observe ‘maun vrat’ at Gandhi statue at GPO, Lucknow, demanding dismissal of Union Minister for State (Home) Ajay Kumar Mishra whose son is an accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
  • In Lakhimpur Kheri violence MoS Ajay Mishra Teni’s son Ashish Mishra has been sent to three-day police remand with conditions.
  • PM Narendra Modi will attend 28th National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Foundation Day programme tomorrow, via video conferencing.
  • Uttarakhand BJP leader Yashpal Arya along with his son MLA Sanjeev joins Congress in presence of party leaders Harish Rawat & KC Venugopal in Delhi.