Manipur Closes International Gates at Moreh
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Besides, reports probing a video doing the a city hotel. He requested cough — symptoms asso Imphal say that those wanting to en rounds on social media netizens to take a similar ciated with the novel coro The legalised border trade ter Manipur are stranded for where the editor of a Hindi oath and share the video. navirus (COVID19) — a se with Myanmar came to a hours as the doctors are yet news channel is seen ex Shortly after the video nior health department grinding halt from Tuesday to arrive from Imphal. horting people to “economi went viral, #ArrestSuresh official said. as the Manipur government Health officials said that cally boycott rioters”, offi Chavhanke trended on Twit Both have travel histo closed both the international the tests conducted on 12 cial sources said on ter, following which Mr. So ries to Indonesia and Ma gates I and II at Moreh, Mani suspect persons were found Tuesday. ren said appropriate action laysia and were admitted to pur’s border town. to be negative. One Indian Taking to Twitter, Chief would be taken after Beliaghata ID Hospital, he An order issued by H. coming to Imphal was Minister Hemant Soren said investigation. said. Blood samples and Gyan Prakash, the special se lodged in the isolation ward the government has taken “The government has ta throat swabs of the sus cretary (Home), Manipur, of the Regional Institute of cognisance of the event, and Hemant Soren ken cognisance of the event pects have been collected says that the preventive mea Medical Sciences, Imphal. asserted that any attempt to & this particular and test reports are expect sure was taken to check pos Medical Superintendent C. disrupt communal harmony event on the microblogging ‘speech’.@JharkhandPolice ed by evening, the official sible outbreak and transmis Arunkumar said the patient will not be tolerated. site where he is heard asking is investigating the matter & said. He said three out of sion of coronavirus in was improving and said that A CMO official said Mr. the saffronclad attendees to appropriate action deemed four other patients admit Manipur. Crossing the inter he may be discharged soon. Soren asked police to in take an oath to boycott “rio fit will be taken soon. There ted at the isolation ward of national gates by all sections There are two isolation itiate a probe after the video ters” by refusing them jobs will be ‘Zero Tolerance’ for the hospital tested negative of people through these Restricted flow: Only a few people are going to Myanmar and wards in the two medical went viral on Twitter. and not buying things from anyone who attempts to dis for COVID19, while a reex gates is prohibited. The or entering Manipur through these gates. * FILE PHOTO colleges, RIMS and JNIMS, in Suresh Chavhanke, the them. rupt communal harmony & amination would be con der says that all district auth Imphal. editor of Sudarshan News, Suresh Chavhanke, in his brotherhood in Jharkhand,” ducted on the fourth pa orities and security forces gates manned by officials of common border with Chief Minister N. Biren had shared the video of an tweet, also said that the Mr. Soren tweeted. tient, he said. have been instructed to Manipur and Myanmar. Ma Myanmar. had already given approval Another person, who close down all entry points. jority of the traders bring There have been local me for the construction of a full had returned from Saudia On Monday, the troops of their goods to Manipur dia reports saying that just fledged isolation ward on the Arabia on Saturday and ad 43 Assam Rifles deployed through other parts of the one or two officials check the RIMS complex to meet any mitted at Beliaghata ID along the border had border. An official source people coming from Myan eventuality. Probe ordered into advocate’s death Hospital on Sunday, tested banned crossing of the bor says that the sealing of the in mar. As there is no crowd He also appealed to the positive for swine flu. “He der. Only a few people are ternational border will be ex control system near the in people to shorten the Holi Kin and lawyers allege Roy died due to medical negligence has been kept under obser going to Myanmar and enter tended to Nagaland and Aru ternational gates, the possi festival which is a fiveday vation,” the official said. ing Manipur through these nachal Pradesh which have a bility of contracting the dis carnival in Manipur. Syed Sajjad Ali tended at the hospital. Mr. Deb, during his visit Agartala They also suspected foul to Mr. Roy’s residence, as Tripura Chief Minister Bi play in the alleged accident sured the grieving family plab Kumar Deb on Tues inflicting injuries in the members of all possible 10 drown, 3 die in accident after Holi celebrations in Odisha day ordered a magisterial legs of Mr. Roy. help from the government. probe into the ‘mysterious’ He said the West Tripura death of an advocate. He Protest by lawyers District Magistrate would 12 injured in clash triggered by altercation over rash driving in Cuttack district announced the decision af A large number of lawyers probe the issue. ter visiting the residence of staged a demonstration in Press Trust of India tack district, the police said. district and died, while were rushed to a hospital the deceased. front of the police head Team set up Bhubaneswar Giving details of the another died in Indravati where doctors declared Four children Bhaskar Deb Roy, 30, quarters seeking proper in The Health department At least 10 people drowned drowning cases, the police dam in Nabarangpur dis them dead, police said. was found lying uncon vestigation into the death. has also constituted a four while bathing and three said three youths drowned at trict, the police said. The deceased were identi drown in W.B. scious outside a school at They also held candlelight member team to look into were killed in a road acci Kenduguda dam in Gunupur In a similar incident in Sa fied as Shubra Saswat Rou Dhaleswar here on Friday. vigil in the city. Police were the alleged negligence dent after Holi celebrations in Rayagada district, while lepur area of Cuttack dis tray from Rameswarapur Press Trust of India His motorbike allegedly initially reluctant to regis committed in the hospital. in Odisha on Tuesday. two schoolchildren died trict, a man drowned in the area under Town Police li Krishnagar met with an accident, leav ter FIR on charge of medi Meanwhile, the Tripura Two more people, who while bathing in Kathjodi riv Chitrotpala river following mits, Dharmananda Dehuri Four children drowned ing him injured. cal negligence, but later re High Court on Tuesday be were swept away while tak er near Cuttack. Holi celebrations. from Kaimati and Kailash Sa in a pond in Nadia Fire Service personnel lented after receiving an gan hearing a PIL plea ing bath in Mahanadi river in A man drowned in a pond The police said three per hu from Achhanda village. district while taking took him to the GBP Hospi order from the Chief Judi seeking the court’s inter Cuttack and in Budalibandh at Aul in Kendrapara district, sons were killed in a road ac In the clash in Cuttack dis bath after celebrating tal after being alerted by lo cial Magistrate. vention for a highlevel Dam in Balasore district, a woman drowned in Puri cident while returning home trict, at least 12 people were Dol Jatra, the festival of cals. He died within a few Former Chief Minister probe into the advocate’s were yet to be traced. canal at Balianta near after attending a Holi feast at injured. The clash during colours in West Bengal, hours. Manik Sarkar and incum death. Chief Justice Akil Separately, at least 12 peo Bhubaneswar. Kaimati Chhak in Dhenkanal Holi celebrations was trig police said on Tuesday. Mr. Roy’s family and ad bent Law Minister Ratan Qureshi asked the police to ple were injured in a group A youth was swept away district. The motorcycle they gered by an altercation over The children vocates alleged that he Lal Nath also visited Mr. submit all relevant docu clash during Holi celebra in Mahendra Tanaya river at were riding dashed against a rash driving. All the injured included two siblings. died due to medical negli Roy’s