the Health Ministry calls for stricter testing of passengers coming in from South Africa, Hong Kong and both wanna, where a new covert variant has been found with multiple mutations. The government says that the new variant has serious public health implications for the country. 66 college students a test positive in Dar war in Karnataka All of them were fully vaccinated. 66 out of 300 have tested positive, none in serious condition. Prime Minister Modi lays the foundation Stone of the Noida International Airport, said to be Asia's largest airport government, aims to complete the first phase by 2020 for the prime minister says this is about nation building, not politics. Mamata Banerjee and Prashant assured. Strike Congress again in Meghalaya. Mukul Sangma say that move Congress is now the main opposition to the BJP. Sonia Randy chairs a meeting of the Congress MPs. The party says we want opposition unity in parliament and missing former Mumbai top cop Harambe Sing Resurfaces is questioned by the crime branch in Mumbai in Connexion with the extortion cases. Says he has full faith in court following welcome 22 24 7 Amro it Wellington Let's pick in with our top storey. The Health Ministry has called for tighter screening at the airports for passengers coming in from South Africa, Hong Kong and both Wanna, where a new variant of Cove IT 19 has been found with multiple mutations and that has led to a surgeon infections Union Health Secretary's Letter to the States says that it has now been reported that multiple cases of Cove it 19 variant 811529 have been reported in Botswana. Three cases there. South Africa. Six cases there In Hong Kong, where one case have been reported, this variant is reported to have a significantly high number of mutations and thus has serious public health implications for the country. That's what the Union Health Ministry is saying, and it goes on to say That letter goes on to say that it is therefore imperative that all international travellers travelling from and presenting through these countries are subjected to rigorous screening and testing among the other countries. This Corbett variant has, with multiple mutations, has been detected in South Africa. Now, experts say that this new variant is likely to have immune escape mechanism. Scientists blamed the new variant for surgeon infections in South Africa. In fact, the South Africa's health minister has said that this is a variant of serious concern and is behind an exponential rise in cases. South Africa has reported over 1200 daily cases, up from around 100 deli cases earlier this month. Now back home, at least 66 medical college students fully vaccinated against Corona virus have tested positive for Kobe, 19 Karnataka Dara Wat that sought officials have said The students of S T M College of Medical Sciences were found infected after 300 out of 400 students were made to undergo Corbett tests following a college event. The two hostiles at the college have been sealed as a precautionary measure on the orders of the district health officer and the deputy commissioner. Physical classes have been suspended at the moment and officials are saying that none of the students is in serious condition. Well, the other big storey Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone of Noida International Airport in J. R, and the government aims to complete the first phase of the airport by 2024 the first phase is likely to cost upwards of ₹10,000 crore. The airport will have many firsts, including being a zero emissions airport, but there was politics as well. At that event, Chief Minister Yoga Sarnath made a Jinnah Gibert Akhilesh Yadav, the ESP chief, meanwhile, said that the airport is being built so that the BJP can sell it. It was meant to be the foundation of a new airport, the atmosphere that of a BJP election rally in he a reflection of the dual significance of the proposed international airport in Noida, a major infrastructure project and a big coal black for the BJP in the coming elections. The airport is supposed to be the biggest in Asia and is meant to serve the rapidly growing national capital region as well as acting as a gateway to western Uttar Pradesh. This what you're looking at? Here's your face one and phase two of the terminal. So which means Phase one is what we will deliver by 20 for Marie Jo propensity to spend on travel in or Johanna local travel Karnataka. It is very strong, so we are pretty confident he to meet this demand. The speeches before a massive crowd took a decisively. Political turn. Airport, this is monitor the up. Chief Minister Yogi Adit. Yonathan went further, invoking Jinnah yet again. Even though this was a government event gone, Niki a Akhilesh Yadav held a rally at at the same time hitting out at the BJP government over the proposed airport. Kay, just some airport. Bangkok, get the Gotta be busy With assembly election just months away, BJP has announced its campaign line the Dublin Jin Sarkar with Yogi Adit, Yonathan State and Narendra Modi in centre. How much? These projects will undo the damage caused by farm last in Western up. Only time will tell with camera person Sasha Ganja. This is Army gonna seca from Java for NDTV. Meanwhile, Akhilesh Yadav strategy ahead of the elections is clear. On Thursday, he was the chief guest at a rally organised by a smaller regional outfit in that has entered into an alliance with the Samajwadi Party. This is a part of SPS larger strategy to ally with multiple small regional outfits to take on the BJP Akhilesh Yadav stitching up Rainbow Alliance especially to woo voters estimated to be 30 to 35% of ups population beyond his core base of Yadav, leaving out major players and past allies. BSP and Congress is a lier Jordan and Gotta Hamburg, our Rajaji boobies, Muhammed Al Qaeda or service with Nilo sat or sub dockage handy. Um, our Bethany rang brandy party KCK bargain Yogi a grand mal alot Koji even make a c k. Crucially, Neela, where Bob amok, you meant the the chief guest at this rally organised by the Jan Wadi Party Socialists, which has influenced on at least 15 to 20 assembly seats across five eastern up districts, Yadav have over half a dozen alliance has done or almost there. The alliance with Dr Sanjay Chauhan of the Jan Wadi Party Socialist is done, as is with Om Prakash Raj Bar, former BJP ally who's outfit. The BSP has influence among the Rajya R O B C community on 30 poor Bantul seats and 14 of eight contested seats in 2017 polling, a total of six lakh plus votes. There's the alliance with Keshav Dev Maria of the Mo Handle, whose party enjoys support from a BK communities like Maria's and Kush Wa Haas, and with Krishna Patel, the mother of union minister and BJP ally Anna Priya Patel, who's faction of the APP. Panadol enjoys support amongst the army's, the second largest community in up after Yadav's 5% of the state population. The SPS tie up with Jayant Chaudhry's are LD. A regional outfit with support from the JAT community on about 40 of Western UPS. 100 seats is almost through and Mr Yadav may even be prepared to concede a few seats near Delhi to the Aam Aadmi Party that is attempting to find the footing in up politics. Raja Bhaiyya of the Janata Dal, a former minister in the Akhilesh Yadav government, has met with S P founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and there may even be an alliance with Akhilesh is estranged Uncle Shiv Pal Yadav of the Prague Ratty. She'll Samajwadi Party are a Utica Jamukha car bag Bend model. So here is not election already said on the knowing up with the larger national 17 the elections, the Lost and BJP the which swept the last elections recently stitched together an alliance with the History Morcha, a group of seven small object specific parties with influence in Eastern up violence, alliances with the a Panadol faction headed by Union Minister Anna Priya Patel and the Nightshade Party, both a B C outfits from Eastern Up remain in with with cattle person Rajesh Gupta. This is Ah Lok Pandey, NDTV Now Mamata Banerjee is unprecedented coup in Meghalaya The joining of 12 of the 17th Congress. MLA, led by Mukul Sangma late Wednesday evening, started with the meeting between election Stratigis Prashant Kishore and the senior Congress leader Mukul Sangma on Thursday said that the Trinamool Congress is now the main opposition to the BJP money. Dibba Banerji reports in Shillong. The aftermath of a coup by Trinamool 12 of the Congress is 17 last broke away and joined it. Mamata Banerjee is swiftest and hardest blow to the Congress yet came while the Bengal chief minister was ironically in Sonia Gandhi's neighbourhood hours before the coup. This is what she had, said Mukul. Sangma and company are the newest Heather's in the cap of Mamata Banerjee as she steps on the gas to expand her footprint across the country with an eye on 2024 sang HMAS farewell was not formed. He accused his alma mater of failing on the job a chat in Kolkata with poll strategic Prashant Kishore helped him make up his mind. Sangma said. Kishore was also key to Trinamool acquisition of former Congress. Go, a chief minister losin fell. Aargh! The Indian National Congress is failing to really respond to its quality. Duty is a main opposition party. We have to take our political open and had song because that's what people expect. We can just have lip service. Also lend of meeting my friend President Kishore Gee, I am very happy to disclose. When we interactive, I felt that we share the same objective in not once but twice. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi met Mr Congress Sangma and tried to placate him. But he seemed pre determined to break the Congress Party in Meghalaya. Now the Congress says it will have to start from the drawing board from the block to block to ensure that those 12 MB lass who have left find a replacement and help the party resurrect itself in the northeastern states. On Tuesday to other Congress leaders, Kitty Azad and Ashok Can you are signed up with Trinamool Chowdhury once again accused Mamata Banerjee of chipping away at Congress to help BJP so Han Nephew spared by enforcement directorate but DMC a FA footprint in Meghalaya Trinamool has now expanded beyond Bengal to Tripura, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Bihar as well. Mamata Banerjee, insisting her goal is BJP Huh Town Mamata Banerjee headed back from Delhi to Kolkata today but left the capital wondering about the impact of her Meghalaya midnight coup on her special equation with Sonia Gandhi and eventually opposition unity against the BJP with Sunil Prabhu and Azam Siddiqui monitor Banerji NDTV. Meanwhile, in Delhi, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi chaired a strategy meet ahead of the parliament session and the Congress called for opposition unity inflation, petrol, diesel Kahoe Chinese aggression Gamuda home are doosra party came in Tahoe Xavi Baht car K is eight due to lead Nikolay TMC savvy Locos a hum Contact Karenga request carrying in the side do last session May to Punjab Now where it is now a battle to win over the women voters of the state 46% of the voters in Punjab What of the promise of the parties are making ahead of elections? Mohammed Kaz Ali has this report Arvind Kejriwal XYZ special focus on women in Punjab with an unprecedented soap of ₹1000 a month to every woman over 18 in Punjab, something the Deli cm hasn't done even in his own state. So these women national health mission employees protesting just a few kilometres away for their drops to be regularised have mixed reactions. Both sorry in Sarkar on the Anita bows are Ellery Long the anus on Novara Navi Joe. Okay, Danny Education, Sardi Body Aguero's at the health system by the Agro. The party is trying to tap into one of the largest vote banks in Punjab, 93.75 lakh women, or over 46% of the total voters. In 2017 polls, 78.5% male voters and 79.2% female voters cast their votes. But where will the money come from? While all parties are on an announcement, a spree the state's finances are concerned, the current Congress led government will leave behind a projected debt burden of at least 2.82 ₹lakh crore. Congress to is going women voters after Priyanka Gandhi promised women 40% of the tickets in up polls. Navjot Sidhu said 50% of the tickets would be given to women in Punjab. Women empowerment is a diverse subject and more things have been said than done in the past. Electorally may benefit the parties, but only time will tell whether these promises really changed the fate of women in Punjab with Manmohan Samantha in Malaga in Chandigarh. Mohammed Ghazali point the TV time for a short break. On the other side, missing former top cop Param Singh resurfaces. Plan is questioned by the Mumbai crime branch Will get you that storey. Bye! Come back. Former Mumbai police commissioner Param BC re surface from first and appeared before the crime branch and after appearing before the Mumbai police's crime branch in Connexion with the extortion cases, Param Veer Singh said that he is cooperating with the investigation and that he has full faith in the court. His lawyer said that the former poor police has given statements before the crime branch and will continue to cooperate in the fraud. Supreme Court investigation. Joint Kia Cooperate here investigation and see Adam Azucena and Jessa Court card ish Rageh case Now the acquisition of Tamil Nadu's former chief minister later J. Jayalalithaa, has posed garden residence by the state government has been cancelled by the Madras High Court after her niece and nephew challenged the takeover. Sam Tanya has his report once at the heart of Tamil Nadu's turbulent politics during Jayalalitha's lifetime, this mansion Chen eyes post garden called veda nilly. Um over the home will now go to her legal A's, her niece and nephew, and they are clear they don't want it as a memorial but something else. In the memory of the former chief minister and the chief, the state government has to hand over the keys In three weeks after a high court order in 2020 the then ruling AIADMK took over the house, passing a law even without consulting Jayalalitha's family just before elections that then chief minister inaugurated the memorial. The court has ruled that's illegal, saying no public interest in this acquisition. There is, well, really an 80 crew memorial for Jayalalitha along the marina a few kilometres away. What's the inspirational storey that Hayden Million may provide, which the 80 crore Marina Memorial doesn't in good idea and actually another A nominated in England. Elaine McKinnon, Akila Um um, a Valdemar in Danville, Um Elena, UEFA is to take a call on its next course of action. The ruling, DMK sources say, is unlikely to challenge this order for Deeper and Deepak, it's a huge victory and an emotional moment, though this could turn into a long drawn legal battles. Local residents or relieved as many do not want to memorials in a residential area in July. But Suresh Sam Daniels find a T v.
