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Among Narendra Modi on Friday those found positive for the held a meeting via video link ',-.,/013/4#5'2- novel coronavirus are 32 for- and deliberated ways to check eign nationals, including 17 its spread with Chief Ministers resident of India, dozens from Italy, three from the of various States. Union Pof Parliamentarians, Philippines, two from the UK, Health Minister Harsh Union Ministers, and sever- one each belonging to Canada, Vardhan and top Health al dignitaries have come Indonesia and Singapore. The Ministry officials were present under the coronavirus scan- figure also included four deaths in the meeting. ner for coming into contact reported from Delhi, On the other hand, sever- with Lok Sabha member Karnataka, Punjab and al Indo-Pacific nations on Dushyant Singh, who had Maharashtra so far. Friday held a teleconference to earlier attended dinner in Presently, 6,700 people exchange their assessments Lucknow with COVID pos- Vasundhara have gone for 20 MPs on Wednesday. who came in contact with the about the coronavirus pan- itive Bollywood singer testing and results were “While in Lucknow, I patients are under rigorous demic and discuss ways to !"#$%& Kanika Kapoor, famous for awaited. Both of them have attended a dinner with my surveillance. work in synergy to combat the ' her “Baby Doll” number. quarantined themselves. son Dushyant and his in- A spike in numbers global menace. Foreign Dushyant’s mother Several MPs, including laws. Kanika, who has unfor- prompted the States and UTs Secretary Harsh Vardhan Vasundhara Raje as well sev- TMC’s Derek O’Brien and tunately tested positive for to reinforce its efforts to con- Shringla took part in a US-ini- eral top officials of the State Sukhendu Shekhar Roy, and COVID-19 was also a guest. tain the spread. While the tiated teleconference during / 0& Government and Uttar Apna Dal’s Anupriya Patel, As a matter of abundant cau- Maharashtra Chief Minister which he briefed the partici- Pradesh Health Minister Jai on Friday went into self- tion, my son and I have said all workplaces in major pants on the proactive steps Lucknow (PNS): With a view intellectual programmes till said. The decision has been Pratap Singh were present at quarantine following the immediately self-quarantined cities, including in country’s taken by India to counter the to check the spread of coron- April 2 and appealed to taken as a precautionary mea- the party attended by over announcement by the BJP and we’re taking all necessary commercial hub Mumbai and pandemic. avirus, Uttar Pradesh Chief reduce the number of people sure to check the spread of 180 guests. MP and his mother that they precautions,” Vasundhara Pune, will remain closed till On the issue of Indian Minister Yogi Adityanath on gathering at marriage func- coronavirus, he said. Dushyant, who had were self-isolating them- said in a tweet. March 31, the Delhi Chief stranded in Europe in transit Friday ordered all malls to be tions to 10. Meanwhile, Bollywood attended Parliament pro- selves. Former Union According to sources, Minister announced shutting due to the travel restrictions shut with immediate effect Earlier, the Lucknow dis- singer Kanika Kapoor who ceedings for three days after Minister and senior Congress after attending the party in down of all malls in the imposed by India in the wake and directed officials to sani- trict administration ordered had attended several gather- Kanika’s party and also leader Jitin Prasada too went Lucknow along with Kanika national Capital, but exempt- of coronavirus scare, the tise Lucknow, Noida and closure of all bars, ings here and tested positive attended a dinner reception for self isolation. who is now undergoing ed grocery stores and phar- Government said it is working Kanpur cities. “All malls in the cafes/lounges, hair salons, for coronavirus has been hosted by President Ram Singh was among the treatment for coronavirus, macies. out the logistics with various state should be closed till fur- beauty parlours and eating booked for negligence and Nath Kovind where Union many MPs who attended a Singh attended birthday The Centre extended till airlines to bring them back. ther orders. Lucknow, Noida joints with immediate effect. disobedience to the order Ministers Rajnath Singh, breakfast meeting hosted by party of an industrialist and April 15 the ban on the regu- “The MEA is working out and Kanpur cities should be “All bars, cafes/lounges, issued by a public servant, an Smriti Irani, Maneka Gandhi, President Ram Nath Kovind former MP. Dushyant also lar visa and e-visa of those for- the logistics with airline com- sanitised,” the chief minister hair salons and beauty parlours official said. VK Singh and others were on March 18 as well as a attended the BJP eigners stranded in India due panies to bring back stranded said in a statement. should be closed with imme- The FIR was registered present at Rashtrapati Parliamentary panel meeting Parliamentary Party meet- to the coronavirus pandemic. Indians from EU countries,” He also urged religious diate effect till March 31 or till against at Sarojini Nagar police Bhawan on Wednesday. The on transport, tourism and ing on March 17. India has reported four deaths the MEA said. leaders and gurus to post- further orders,” District station, said Police samples of Dushyant and culture attended by around Continued on Page 4 so far due to the virus that has Continued on Page 4 pone all cultural, religious and Magistrate Abhishek Prakash Commissioner Surjit Pandey. Q ! R independent India. tinue for India’s daughters. Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Nirbhaya was raped and ',-.,/01 Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) brutalised by six men, includ- and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) ing a juvenile at the time, in an he Indian Railways on were executed at 5.30 am in empty bus that was driven TFriday decided to stop the Tihar Jail. through the streets of the operation all passenger trains Cheers went up after the national Capital on December originating from any railway hanging with some waving the 16, 2012. They then dumped station in the country from national flag and shouting slo- her on the road and left her for midnight to 10 pm on Sunday gans of “Long Live Nirbhaya” dead on the cold winter night. in view of the “Janata curfew” and “Bharat Mata ki Jai”. The Her friend who was with her announced by Prime Minister crowd even distributed sweets was also severely beaten and Narendra Modi. amid chanting “Nirbhaya has thrown out along with her. According to a railway # # # ',-.,/01 got justice, the other daughters She was so severely violat- order, mail and express trains still await”. ed that her insides were spilling will also stop services from 4 od sees the truth, but The brutality of the crime out when she was taken to hos- am to 10 pm on Sunday while Gwaits”, the famous story by on a winter night more than pital and died in a Singapore all suburban train services will Leo Tolstoy, was exactly the seven years ago had shaken the hospital after battling for her be reduced to a bare minimum. same in the modern context, nation. After the execution of life for a fortnight. “All passenger trains orig- the way Nirbhaya’s battered the convicts, Prime Minister Of the six, Ram Singh inating between midnight of soul and her grieving parents Narendra Modi said justice allegedly committed suicide in March 21/March 22 to 22:00 waited for the 7 long years to has prevailed. “It was of the Tihar Jail days after the trial hours of March 22 (approxi- see the rapists and killers being utmost importance to ensure began, and the juvenile was mately 2,400 services) shall hanged. Justice was finally the dignity and safety of released in 2015 after spending not be run. However, the pas- delivered when hangman women,” the PM said. three years in a correctional senger train services already on Pawan pulled the lever of all the While talking to the media home. On Friday morning run at 0700 hours on the day four death-row convicts one at her home after a sleepless since 4 am, hundreds of people will be allowed to run to the after another at 5.30 am on night that also saw the Supreme started to gather in front of destinations. Divisions should Friday morning and thus Court holding an extraordinary Tihar prison. In view on exe- keep a watch and trains which putting an end to the most hearing that continued till 3.30 cution the authorities has also are empty could be short ter- talked about gangrape and am, Asha Devi, mother of increased its security in and minated, if required,” the rail- subsequent murder of a 23- Nirbhaya said they finally got around the jail premises. way order said. year-old paramedic girl in the justice but their fight will con- Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 * &#% *&+ 02/ ! " # ! $ & nding days of speculation Eover the survival of 15- month-old Madhya Pradesh Government after 21 Cong !" ' MLAs rebelled against their $ # own Government, Chief Minister Kamal Nath tendered ! L ! his resignation to Governor M Lalji Tandon around 1 pm on Friday.