Lucknow, May 4: Even as the BJP was yet to swallow the defeat in the West Bengal assembly polls, the panchayat poll results in Uttar Pradesh has given a big jolt to the ruling party.
Though the BJP leadership was claiming that their candidate have won in over 60 per cent of the seats , but the result declared in the districts shows a different scenario.
Among the 3 tier panchayat polls the contest of the District Development Council (DDC) member was the crucial for the politicial parties in which BJP lagged in almost in majority of districts including PM’ s constituency of Varanasi, Ayodhya of Ram Temple, Krishna Janamsthan Mathura and in state capital Lucknow.
However in Gorakhpur, the native of chief minister Yogi Adityanath , the BJP was successful in winning majority of seats.
BJP president Swantra Deo Singh has claimed that party candidates have won over 918 DDC seats and were leading in 456 other places of the total 3050 at stake.
However the ruling BJP would get an edge during the election of the DDC chairman ,as several independents, who have won the poll , could support the BJP nominee.
As no political party symbol were used in this polls it will also benifit the ruling party to rope in the winning candidates of the opposition.
According to reports in the state capital Lucknow, of the announced 25 seats, 10 were won by Samajwadi Party(SP), 4 by BSP , 3 by BJP and Independent and others 8.
In PM Narendra Modi’s, Varanasi district, seven DDC seats were won by BJP, 10 by SP, 4 by BSP, one of Congress, 2 by SBSP, 3 by Apna Dal(Sonelal) and 11 by Independents.
In Ayodhya, of the 40 seats, 22 were won by SP, 8 by BJP, 4 by BSP and 6 by others.
Of the 33 DDC seats announced in Mathura district, 12 were won by BSP, 9 by BJP, 8 by RLD, one by SP and others 3.
In Aurriya district , of the 23 sests announced 5 were won by BJP, 10 by SP, 4 by BSP and 4 by others. While in Kanpur Dehat district of the 32 seats announced, BJP , 12 by SP , 7 by BSP and 9 by others.
In Shamli district of the 19 seats announced 4 were won by BJP, 2 by SP , 5 by RLD and 8 by others.In Hatras district , of tge 24 seats declared 5 were won by BJP, 4 by SP, 2 by BSP, 3 by RLD and 10 by others .
A report from Baghpat said RLD won 8 seats of the 20 followed by 4 of BJP, 4 of SP, one of BSP and 3 others.
In Jalaun district, in the total 25 seats, 7 were won by BSP, 6 by BJP, 4 by SP, One by Congress and 7 by othrrs.
In Etawah district , of the 24 sests announced so far , 18 were won by SP, 2 by BJP, one by BSP snd 3 others while in Balrampur district 6 were won by BJP, 9 by SP, 6 by BSP, one by Congress and 2 by others.
In Mainpuri, 12 were won by SP, 8 by BJP one by Congress and 9 by Independents.
New Delhi, May 3,2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a virtual Summit with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson on Tuesday and the two leaders will unveil a roadmap to elevate strategic ties and expand cooperation over the next decade.
India-UK Strategic Partnership since 2004 has been marked by regular high-level exchanges and growing convergences in diverse areas.
“The comprehensive Roadmap 2030 will pave the way for further expanding and deepening India-UK cooperation across five key areas, namely people-to-people relationship, trade and prosperity, defence and security, climate action and healthcare,” said the Ministry of External Affairs.
The two prime ministers will also discuss COVID-19 cooperation and the global efforts to fight the pandemic
“The Summit will be an important opportunity to elevate our multi-faceted strategic ties and enhance cooperation on regional and global issues of mutual interest,” the MEA said in a statement.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will also be in London from May 3-6 to participate in the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting, at which India has been invited as a guest country.
He will thereafter undertake a bilateral visit to the UK.
Jaishankar and the UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab are expected to discuss the Covid-19 challenge and security in the Indo-Pacific.
On Sunday, Raab told Sky News that the UK was “doing everything that our Indian friends need in their hour of need.”
The first shipment of medical equipment, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators from the UK arrived in New Delhi last Tuesday,
The UK’s Carrier Strike Group 2021, led by HMS Queen Elizabeth, will sail to India in the autumn on its maiden operational deployment, signalling the “Indo-Pacific tilt” in the country’s foreign policy.
As well as G7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, US and UK, plus the EU) the UK government has also invited India, Australia, the Republic of Korea, South Africa, and the Chair and Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to join parts of this year’s meeting as guests.
Their attendance will bring broader experience and geographic representation, and demonstrates the importance of the Indo-Pacific region, said the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Development Cooperation office.
Raab earlier said that the G7 meeting is an opportunity to show how the world’s biggest democracies work together to ensure equitable access to vaccines, build back better from the pandemic and agree on action to tackle climate change.
On Friday, the UK announced it will host next year a summit with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) – a leading scientific coalition – to raise funds for vaccine research and development.
The G7 is looking forward to discussing advancing economic growth, human rights, food security, gender equality, and women’s and girls’ empowerment.
May 03,2021:The Election Commission (EC) is yet to declare the final result on any of the 126 seats as the counting of votes is still in progress in 34 districts across the northeastern state.
All important candidates of the BJP, including Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who was seeking re-election from Majuli Assembly constituency in eastern Assam, state Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari Assembly constituency and state BJP President Ranjeet Kumar Dass from Patacharkuchi Assembly constituency, won from their respective seats.
The Congress is leading in 29 seats while its partners All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) is leading in 14 seats, Bodoland Peoples’ Front (BPF) and the CPI-M in one seat each. Raijor Dal (RD) President and jailed leader, Akhil Gogoi, who is contesting from Sibasagar constituency as an independent candidate, is also leading.
May 03,2021: Puducherry Election Results: The NRC, BJP and AIADMK alliance is all set to come to power in the Union Territory of Puducherry. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Amit Shah among others thanked the people of Puducherry after the NRC, BJP and AIADMK alliance headed for a majority in the assembly elections. “I thank the people of Puducherry for blessing NDA. We are humbled to serve the people and fulfil their dreams. Our Karyakartas made outstanding efforts to work among the people and elaborate on our agenda of good governance,” tweeted PM Modi. The NRC, BJP and AIADMK contested the elections together. The alliance has crossed the simple majority mark. Click here for the latest Puducherry results.
Puducherry Election Results 2021: List of Winners
Ariankuppam – Datchanamourtt (NRC)
Bahour – R Senthilkumar (DMK)
Embalam – U Lakshmikandhan (NRC)
Indira Nagar – V Aroumougame (NRC)
Kadirgamam – S Ramesh (NRC)
Kalapet – M L Kalyanasundaram (BJP)
Kamaraj Nagar – A Johnkumar (BJP)
Karaikal – PRN Thirumurugan (NRC)
Karaikal South – AMH Nazim (DMK)
Lawspet – M Vaithianathan (Congress)
Mahe – Ramesan Parambath (Congress)
Manavely – R Selvam (BJP)
Mangalam – Djeacoumar C (NRC)
Mannadipet – A Namassivayam (BJP)
Mudaliarpet – L Sambath (DMK)
Muthialpet – J Prakash Kumar (IND)
Nedungadu – Chandirapriyanga (NRC)
Nellithope – J Vivilian Richards (BJP)
Neravy-T.R.Pattinam – Nagathiyagarajan (DMK)
Nettapakkam – P Rajavelu (NRC)
Orleampeth – G Nehru Kuppusamy (IND)
Oupalam – Annibal Kennedy (DMK)
Oussudu – AK Sai J Saravanan Kumar (BJP)
Ozhukarai – M Sivasankar (IND)
Raj Bhavan – K Lakshminarayanan (NRC)
Thattanchavady – N Rangaswamy (NRC)
Thirubhuvanai – P Angalane (IND)
Thirunallar – PR Siva (IND)
Villianur – R Siva (DMK)
Yanam – Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok (IND-Congress)
New Delhi [India], May 3,2021: India registered a slight dip in COVID-19 cases as it registered 3,68,147 new coronavirus infections and 3,417 related deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the union health ministry on Monday morning. With this, the cumulative count of the cases has gone up to 1,99,25,604.
The daily spike had reached its peak of over four lakh cases on May 1 but came down to 392,488 cases yesterday.
The cumulative death toll has mounted to 2,18,959. Currently, there are 34,13,642 active cases of COVID-19 in the country, as per the government data.
The country also witnessed as many as 3,00,732 recoveries in the said period, taking the cumulative recoveries to 16,29,3003.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), as many as 29,16,47,037 samples have been tested for COVID-19 up to May 2. Of these 15,04,698 samples were tested on Sunday.
The total doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered stand at over 15,71,98,207, informed the health ministry.
India is currently dealing with a devastating second Covid-19 wave that has swept through the nation, crushing the country’s health infrastructure and overburdening frontline medical workers.
New Delhi, May 2,2021: Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress looks set to retain the power in West Bengal, upsetting the pollsters who predicted a neck-and-neck contest with the BJP, as it was leading comfortably in 192 seats and won 21 of the 292 seats in the counting of votes for Assembly elections till 1900 hrs.
The Bharatiya Janata Party was at the distant second, leading in 75 seats and winning three seats (78).
The Left parties, which have once ruled the state for 35 years, and Indian National Congress failed to open their account.
In another significant development, Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, in alliance with Congress, will replace the 10-year-old rule of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, as it was racing ahead in 112 seats and declared elected in two seats and its alliance party INC leading in 16 seats.
The AIADMK was leading in 75 seats and won two seats while the BJP was leading only in three seats of the total 234 seats.
Tamil-actor turned politician Kamal Hassan’s newly floated party Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) was leading only in one seat.
The Left Democratic Front in Kerala has created a history as it will be the first to retain power in the coastal state which has an odd history of changing goalpost every five years. The LDF won 44 seats and was racing ahead in 49 seats while the opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front bagged 17 seats and leading ahead in 25 seats of 140 seats. The BJP failed to open its account.
In Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal-led NDA is set to retain the northeast state as it won seven seats and is leading in 59 of 120 seats. The opposition UPA bagged two seats and was racing ahead in 44 seats of the total 125.
All India N R Congress-led BJP alliance in Puducherry is heading towards a victory as it won 11 seats and leading in three seats while Congress bagged four seats and was leading in two seats. The Congress recently lost the majority in the Territorial Assembly as several MLAs resigned.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, DMK chief MK Stakin, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for their victories.
In the battle of prestige in Nandigram, Ms Banerjee lost and BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari was declared winner, post which the TMC has demanded a recounting of votes.
The TMC said that counting for Nandigram is not complete and the EC announced the results without counting the last round.
Ms Banerjee addressing a press conference termed the results as “victory of democracy”. She said the swearing-in ceremony will be a low-key event in view of the prevailing Covid-19 situation.
In Kerala, Shafi Parambil United Democratic Front (UDF)’s incumbent Shafi Parambil won Palakkad, defeating ‘Metroman’ Sreedharan of BJP who was also the chief minister candidate.
The Opposition parties were quick to congratulate Mamata Banerjee. Aam Aadmi Party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Nationalist Congress Party head Sharad Pawar wrote congratulatory messages on Twitter.
Chandigarh, May 2,2021: The Haryana government on Sunday announced imposition of a complete seven-day lockdown in the state from May 3.
“Complete lockdown declared in Haryana for 7 days from May 3, Monday,” Health Minister Anil Vij tweeted in Hindi.
Earlier on Friday, the state government had announced a weekend lockdown in Panchkula, Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonipat, Rohtak, Karnal, Hisar, Sirsa and Fatehabad districts to fight the surging cases of coronavirus.
In the Friday’s orders, a government spokesperson had said that the residents must stay indoors during the lockdown period. “No person shall leave their homes or shall move on foot or by vehicle or travel or stand or roam around on any road or public places during this period,” the weekend lockdown order read.
Notably, Haryana registered its biggest single-day rise of 125 deaths due to Covid-19 on Saturday, raising the toll to 4,341, while 13,588 fresh cases took the state’s caseload to 5,01,566.
May02,2021: Targets for climate finance and girls’ education will top the agenda at a meeting this week of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies, this year’s chair Britain said on Sunday.
The London summit will be the first attended in person by G7 foreign ministers for two years. Britain has also invited representatives from Australia, India, South Korea and South Africa as guests for some of the meetings.
“We’ll be taking action to ensure fair access to vaccines around the world, setting global girls’ education targets, agreeing ambitious action on climate change and developing new measures to prevent famine,” British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a statement.
Raab will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday, when they will talk about trade, China, Afghanistan and Iran, the British government said.
He will also host the Japanese and Indian foreign ministers at his country residence later in the week.
Bhubaneswar, May 02,2021: Amid rise of covid surge in Odisha, the state government today clamped complete lockdown in the entire state for 14 days from May 5 next to contain the spread of the virus.
Besides the lockdown the state will also have a complete shutdown on weekends, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra said.
The lockdown will be throughout the state with effect from May 5 till 5 AM of May 19 while there will be a complete shutdown on weekends starting from 6 PM Fridays to 5 AM on Mondays.
Mr Mohapatra however clarified that the testing and vaccination will be continued in the places notified by the Health and Family Welfare department.
All public transports,taxis, auto rickshaw and services of cab aggregators would be prohibited during the lockdown and shutdown.
The government has prohibited all social, political, religious, academic and cultural functions besides gatherings have been prohibited during the lockdown.
However, the people could visit the nearest grocery and vegetable shop within 500 meters of their house by walking between 6 AM to12 PM on Monday to Friday.
Marriages would be permitted with approval from the local authorities with not more than 50 persons and incase of funerals and last rites the number of persons shall not be more than 20 for the entire event.
All cinema halls, malls, market complexes, gymnasiums, sports complexes, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres, bars auditorium, jatra and operas would be closed.
New Delhi, May 1,2021: The gross GST revenue collected in the month of April is at a record high of Rs 1,41,384 crore, the Ministry of Finance said here on Saturday.
‘The gross GST revenue collected in the month of April’ 2021 is at a record high of Rs 1,41,384 crore of which CGST is Rs 27,837 crore, SGST is Rs 35,621 crore, IGST is Rs 68,481 crore (including Rs 29,599 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is Rs 9,445 crore (including Rs 981 crore collected on import of goods),’ the Ministry said.
‘Despite the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic affecting several parts of the country, Indian businesses have once again shown remarkable resilience by not only complying with the return filing requirements but also paying their GST dues in a timely manner during the month,’ the Ministry said.
The GST revenues during April 2021 are the highest since the introduction of GST even surpassing collections in the last month (March’2021). In line with the trend of recovery in the GST revenues over past six months, the revenues for the month of April 2021 are 14 per cent higher than the GST revenues in the last month of March 2021. During the month, the revenues from domestic transaction (including import of services) are 21 per cent higher than the revenues from these sources during the last month.
‘GST revenues have not only crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore mark during successively for the last seven months but have also shown a steady increase. These are clear indicators of sustained economic recovery during this period. Closer monitoring against fake-billing, deep data analytics using data from multiple sources including GST, Income-tax and Customs IT systems and effective tax administration have also contributed to the steady increase in tax revenue,’ the Ministry said.
Ahmedabad, May 1,2021: At least 18 coronavirus patients died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Gujarat’s Bharuch in the early hours on Saturday.
This COVID-19 designated hospital is situated on the Bharuch-Jambusar highway, around 190 km from Ahmedabad and is being run by a trust.
According to an hospital source, there were around 50 other patients at the four-storeyed Welfare Hospital when the fire broke out in the COVID-19 ward at 0100 hrs.
They were rescued by locals and firefighters, it said.
As per information at 0630 hrs, the death count in the tragedy stood at 18. Immediately after the fire, police got a confirmation of 12 deaths of patients who died due to the fire and resultant smoke, a senior police officer in Bharuch, Rajendrasinh Chudasama, said.
It is yet to be ascertained that if the remaining six also died in the Welfare Hospital or while being shifted to other hospitals.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the death, tweeting, “Pained by the loss of lives due to a fire at a hospital in Bharuch. Condolences to the bereaved families.”
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has announced a financial assistance of ₹4 lakh each to the families of those killed.
“I express my condolences to the patients, doctors and hospital staff who lost their lives in the fire accident at Bharuch Hospital. The state government will provide assistance of ₹4 lakh to the families of each of the victims of the accident,” tweeted Rupani.