New Delhi [India] September 13 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday permitted a policeman convicted of double murder to attend his deceased father's 'Tehrvi' ceremony in Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

Dehradun Jan 25 PTI With Covid curbs in place and less than a month to go for the February 14 Assembly polls both the BJP and the Congress in Uttarakhand are making the optimum use of social media to reach out to voters Amid the ban on poll rallies the BJP has already held 18 virtual meetings through its two studios set up in Dehradun and Haldwani partys IT head Himanshu Sangtani told PTI The meetings have been addressed by a host of party leaders including Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami state BJP president Madan Kaushik Union Minister of State Ajay Bhatt former Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Vijay Bahuguna he said The chief speaker and the candidate join the electorate through these studios at these virtual meetings and we stream the address live through Facebook Twitter and YouTube he said Each of the virtual meetings held so far got around one lakh views on an average Sangtani said With Covid curbs likely to be eased from February 1 more virtual rallies to be addressed by the partys star campaigners like Prime Minister Narendra Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda will be held he said The schedule of the programme of the partys star campaigners is being worked out in Delhi he said Social media platforms like Facebook are also being used by the party to connect with the electorate party functionaries here said There are around 35 lakh Facebook users in Uttarakhand and we have reached out to about 20 lakh of them BJPs internet media cell head Shekhar Verma said When asked whether candidates have a disadvantage due to the restrictions on actual poll rallies Verma said though there can be no substitute to actual meetings that help the candidates connect directly with voters with the smartphone in almost all hands the option of social media outreach has also become hassle-free The Congress has also deployed its team of 400 social media volunteers to spread the partys message via around 1500 party workers using Facebook Twitter Instagram and around 150 of its official WhatsApp groups partys media cell coordinator Amarjeet Singh told PTI A team of 50 content creators conceives and designs the matter to be floated in the form of audio-video clips or cartoons to take the failures of BJP government and the achievements of previous Congress governments to the masses through social media platforms he said For example around 50000 users joined the partys campaign of Char Dham Char Kam which was trending across social media platforms on Monday Singh claimed The Congress launched the theme song of the partys election campaign Char Dham Char Kam in Dehradun on Monday making four promises to people if elected to power The promises included Rs 40000 per annum to five lakh families in the state and not letting the LPG cylinder price cross Rs 500 The party has not held many virtual meetings so far except the few addressed by Harish Rawat from Delhi for Almora and Didihat constituencies as most prominent party leaders were in the national capital until recently he said Now most of them are back and the process will pick up momentum in the coming days Easing of Covid curbs likely from February 1 will also bring some relief to us as larger rallies of around 500 people will be possible he said PTI ALM RDK RDK

Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], December 25 (ANI): Tendering an apology over the killing of an unidentified man for alleged sacrilege at Gurudwara in Punjab's Kapurthala, Inspector-general of police, Gurinder Singh Dhillon said that one of the persons involved in the incident has been arrested and 100 other persons remain unidentified.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 11 (ANI): Mohammedan Sporting's Azharuddin Mallick, who scored two goals in the team's 5-1 win over CRPF in the 130th Durand Cup, has said the side will go "all-out" for a win in the final game even though the team has already made it through to the quarters.