SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2020 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Singer Kanika Kapoor tests positive for COVID-19, DRI seizes over 21 kg gold smuggled sends political leaders into self-quarantine mode into from Bangladesh // residence, said over KOLKATA, Mar 20: After further enquiry, gold unwrapped and seven gold bars NEW DELHI, Mar 20: phone. was recovered from a total of were also recovered, it said. When asked, The Directorate of Revenue four places secreted under the The total weight of the 95 singer Kanika he said Kanika had Intelligence (DRI) has seized soil. A total of 23 packets gold biscuits having foreign Kapoor today announced that she attended three par- over 21 kg gold, smuggled into wrapped in brown coloured inscriptions was found to be has tested positive for COVID-19, ties on Mar 13, 14 the country from Bangladesh, adhesive tapes and torn clothes 11.08 kg and the total weight of setting off a chain reaction with and 15. and arrested seven people, were unwrapped and from those the seven gold bars was found to political leaders like Vasundhara “They were according to an official state- 23 packets, a total of 95 pieces of be 9.9 kg. Raje, her MP son Dushyant Singh small parties. In all ment. gold biscuits having foreign Thus, the collective weight and parliamentarians Derek 250-300 persons Acting on intelligence, a inscriptions were recovered, the of total 102 pieces of gold bars O’Brien and Anupriya Patel, who had attended all team of DRI officers and the statement issued by the DRI said. & biscuits so recovered was came in contact with her directly three parties,” he BSF officers, in a joint operation, Therafter, the additional found to be 21.01 kgs. The total or indirectly, going into self-quar- added. entered an area near Bongaon in seven rectangular bars recovered value of the gold has been antine as a precautionary measure. Rajiv and the West Bengal on Thursday and from other sites, wrapped in ascertained to be Rs 8.74 crore, While Raje and her son had other family mem- intercepted seven suspected brown adhesive tapes were it said.(PTI) recently attended a dinner party Singer Kanika Kapoor with Vasundhara Raje. bers will undergo members of a syndicate engaged in Lucknow where Kanika was is underway as well. testing on Friday in smuggling of gold. also a guest, O’Brien said he sat “I was scanned at the airport evening. The accused admitted that beside Singh at a Parliament as per normal procedure 10 days He denied reports that they had in their possession gold meeting on Wednesday for two ago when I came back home, the Kanika dodged airport authori- of foreign origin smuggled into hours. symptoms have developed only ties and said she had cleared India from Bangladesh and on Patel, a leader of Apna Dal, four days ago,” Kanika said in screening in Mumbai. noticing the entry of the DRI said she was present at an event her statement. Kanika is among four fresh officers, they had hidden the on Thursday which was also The 41-year-old singer urged cases found in Lucknow, official smuggled gold in various places attended by Singh. people to practice self-isolation sources here said.(PTI) around an agricultural field. District Magistrate Abhishek and get tested if one has the Prakash ordered closure of Taj signs. Mahal hotel in Lucknow till fur- “I am feeling ok, like a nor- JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA, ther orders. Though the official mal flu and a mild fever, howev- Rakh Jaganoo Distt. Udhampur (J&K) order gave no reason, sources er we need to be sensible citi- said Kanika had attended a party zens at this time and think of all Conduct of JNVST-2020 (Class-VI) at the hotel. around us. We can get through According to Kanika’s father this without panic only if we lis- All the candidates who have registered their application Rajiv Kapoor, she attended a ten to the experts and our local, forms for the JNVST-2020 for class-VI of Distt. Udhampur few parties between March 13 state and central government and 15. Nearly 300 people directives. Wishing everyone are hereby informed that JNVST-2020 will be held on 11th attended these parties. good health,” she added. April 2020 at 11.30 am at the Examination Centre men- The “Baby Doll” singer, Rajiv said his daughter is in tioned in the Admit Card. Candidates who have been reg- who became the first Bollywood isolation at Sanjay Gandhi celebrity to test positive for Postgraduate Institute of istered in Distt. Udhampur can collect their Admit Card coronavirus, landed in Lucknow Medical Sciences, Lucknow. from the office of concerned Zonal Education Officer or from the United Kingdom and “She came to Lucknow on was admitted to a city hospital March 11 after spending a day in they can download their admit cards by using the regis- after she showed signs of flu, Mumbai. She was normal when tration number and date of birth by using the website reports said. she arrived. In the past two days In a statement posted on she had fever and cough and we, https://www.nvsadmissionclassix.in/nvs6reg/homepage. Instagram, Kanika said she as a precaution, got her tested. If any candidate does not receive the Admit Card by developed signs of flu only in Today morning we came to know the last four days. that she is low density positive,” the 5th April, 2020, they can approach the office of Soon after, Raje, O’Brien Rajiv, who along with four others the Principal JNV Rakh Jaganoo. and Patel took to Twitter to is in self-isolation at his Lucknow announce they have gone into self-quarantine as a precaution- ary measure. “I got myself tested and it came positive for Covid-19. My family and I are in complete quarantine now and following medical advice on how to move forward. Contact mapping of people I have been in touch with