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SPOTLIGHT 730 doctors died PM Modi sanctions funds in second wave in Bengal Guv meets Union for two Covid-19 hospitals NEW DELHI: As many as 730 doctors have succumbed to coronavirus infection ministers, TMC cries foul AVISHEK GANGULY situation in Murshidabad, during the second wave, Chowdhury had petitioned the according to data available AGENCIES Society aimed at enhancing the KOLKATA: Prime Minister Nar- Prime Minister to set up a Corona by the Indian Medical Asso- impact of these bodies." endra Modi made good on his hospital by using PM-Cares fund. ciation (IMA). KOLKATA: Soon after Governor Dhankhar, who is expected to promise to Murshidabad MP At first it was decided that Bihar saw the maximum met two Modi and Shah on Thursday, is Adhir Ranjan Chouwdhury a Covid hospital with 1,000 number of 115 deaths, fol- Central ministers in the na- likely to brief them on the ‘deteri- as he sanctioned Rs. 41.62 beds would be constructed at lowed by Delhi at 109, Uttar tional capital on Wednesday, orating' law and order situation crore from PM-Cares fund on Bahrampore. But due to lack of Pradesh 79, 62, the Trinamool Congress and in Bengal. Wednesday to construct two land, it was decided to a 500-bed Rajasthan 43, Jharkhand 39, the CPI(M) accused the Gover- He had already written a let- Covid hospitals. They will be facility will be built. and Andhra Pradesh 38, the nor of overstepping the limits ter to Mamata built in Kalyani and Bahramp- However, when work started data showed. Pg 5 of his constitutional bounda- Banerjee on Tuesday, urging her ore, respectively. The district it was seen that a 250-bed hospi- ry. to react to the law and order situ- rural development office tal could be constructed on the Both the hospitals will have Dhankhar, who met Union ation in the state and restore the (DRDO) has already started allotted land. two hundred beds. In addition, Mother dies of C-19 ministers faith of the people in the state constructing the same, said The Centre then decided to there was also a request to build and Prahlad Singh Patel on administration and the police PMO sources. commission one hospital at an oxygen plant at Murshidabad after delivering Wednesday, is also likely to meet in general. Highlighting the dire Covid Bahrampore and Kalyani each. Medical College. DRDO has twins Prime Minister The state government, how- already set up the plant. and Home Minister Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar had a courtesy meeting in New Delhi with former ever, had reacted strongly to the THE CENTRE THEN DECIDED TO COMMISSION ONE Earlier, Chowdhury had writ- GUWAHATI: A 21-year-old during his two-day visit to Delhi. Supreme Court Judge, Justice Arun Kumar Mishra, Chairperson National letter, alleging that the Governor HOSPITAL AT BAHRAMPORE AND KALYANI EACH. ten a letter to the PM stating that mother succumbed to Cov- Taking to Twitter, Dhankhar Human Rights Commission on Wednesday. Photo-Tweeter. made the letter public even › there was no proper infrastruc- id19 after delivering twins said: "Had useful interaction on varied issues." Minister for Culture, Tourism before it reached the secretariat. BOTH THE HOSPITALS WILL HAVE TWO HUNDRED BEDS. ture for Covid treatment in the in Lakhimpur district. with Union Minister of Coal, Later in another tweet, the Prahlad Singh Patel on issues Dhankhar's meeting with the IN ADDITION, THERE WAS ALSO A REQUEST TO BUILD AN distrcit. So a 500-bed corona hos- The deceased was a Mines and Parliamentary Bengal Governor said: "Had pertaining to Victoria Memorial, Union ministers on Wednesday OXYGEN PLANT AT MURSHIDABAD MEDICAL COLLEGE. pital should be built for the local resident of Garchiga in Affairs of India @JoshiPralhad useful deliberations with Union Indian Museum and Asiatic drew strong... Pg 5 residents. Pg 5 Nowboicha. According to sources, the woman fell ill following the delivery of the 6 'prominent' twins on Monday. Pg 5 No home isolation CBSE to submit class Covishield doses based on for patient who has personalities from Punjab join BJP Clash breaks out no separate facility 12 assessment formula between Sena, BJP scientific data: Vardhan NEW DELHI: Following a GUWAHATI: The Assam Cab- in Supreme Court today high-level BJP meeting on workers in Mumbai AGENCIES reports that the Centre had inet on Wednesday decided Tuesday, six “prominent” doubled the gap between the that home isolation would AGENCIES this week. personalities from Punjab on MUMBAI: A scuffle broke NEW DELHI: Union Health two doses of Covishield without not be allowed to any Cov- The committee was formed to Wednesday joined the saffron out between BJP and Sena Minister Harsh Vardhan on the agreement of the National id19 patient, who has no NEW DELHI: The Central Board prepare the formula for giving party at the party headquar- workers at Shiv Sena Bha- Wednesday said the decision Technical Advisory Group on separate facility at home. of Secondary Education results and marks for class 12 ters in Delhi in the presence of wan in Dadar on Wednes- to increase the gap between Immunisation (NTAGI). NTAGI The decision was taken at (CBSE) is likely to submit students. The committee con- state unit president Ashwani day over allegations two doses of Covishield has scientists told that the the Assam Cabinet meeting before the Supreme Court on sists of 12 persons, including Sharma, general secretary in- against the saffron party's been taken in a transparent body did not have enough data to held on Wednesday under the Thursday the assessment sys- Joint Secretary of the Ministry charge Dushyant Gautam and connection in the alleged ir- manner based on scientific make such a recommendation. chairmanship of chief min- tem for class 12 students. of Education and senior IAS Union Minister Gajendra Sin- regularity in the purchase data. However, Chairman of the ister . Senior officials of the CBSE officer Vipin Kumar. gh Shekhawat. of land at Ayodhya by Shri “Decision to increase the gap robust mechanism to evaluate Covid-19 Working Group of “It has been decided that have expressed hope that the The CBSE had issued a notifi- They include former president Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth between administering 2 doses of data. It’s unfortunate that such NTAGI, N K Arora, has said home isolation will not be evaluation criteria, which has cation in this regard on June 4. of AISSF Harinder Singh Kahlon, Kshetra Trus #COVISHIELD has been taken an important issue is being polit- the decision to increase the gap allowed to any #COVID19 been prepared on the basis of the While issuing the notification, advocate Jagmohan Singh Saini BJP accused Shiv Sena in a transparent manner based icised!” he tweeted. between Covishield doses was patient who... Pg 5 report of the 12-member commit- CBSE’s controller of examina- who is also the president of of hurting the sentiments of on scientific data. India has a The statement comes amid completely based... Pg 5 tee of experts, may be released tions Sanyam Bhardwaj... Pg 5 Farmers’... Pg 5 Hindu community... Pg 5 Farmer dies after Chirag Paswan targets BJP leader arrives in Tripura ISRO tech to assist consuming poison at protest site JD(U) for LJP split to prevent exodus to TMC dev. projects in NE CHANDIGARH: A 58-year-old AGENCIES been working to cause a split in AGENCIES farmer died allegedly after the party even when his father MRINAL KANTI BANIK & close contact of a hundred of BJP consuming poison at a site NEW DELHI: With the crisis in was alive. AGENCIES functionaries of various levels, GUWAHATI: The ISRO (Indian of protest against the Cen- the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) “A conspiracy was hatched including 12-15 MLAs to disband Space Research Organisation) tre's three farm laws in Jind deepening, Chirag Paswan on behind my back while I was ill,” AGARTALA: Amid speculation the BJP-IPFT government in will assist development pro- district in Haryana, police Wednesday blamed Janata Dal Chirag further claimed. He had over a large-scale exodus from Tripura, BJP central leader- jects in the northeast through said on Wednesday. (United) for engineering the recently suffered from typhoid. ruling BJP in Tripura to Tri- ship has stepped in to resolve space technology and will con- The deceased farmer has split in his party but steered Striking a combative note namool Congress, a team of the inner conflict among the tribute by offering optimum been identified as Pala Ram, clear of questions regarding by describing himself as “sher four central BJP leaders, led leaders and MLAs. utilization of satellite imaging Uchana Police Station SHO the role of the BJP in the devel- ka beta” (lion’s son), Chirag by National General Secretary However, the dissident fac- and other applications for bet- Ravinder Singh said over the opment. He also rejected the asserted that he will fight for (Organisation) B L Santosh, tion of MLAs now become reluc- Mamata Banerjee and Biplab Deb. ter accomplishment of infra- phone. decisions taken by the faction the cause of the party founded arrived here Wednesday on a tant to continue in BJP, appre- brought Santosh here at a time structural projects in all the "He consumed poison headed by his uncle Pashupa- by his father. It is going to be a two-day visit. hending the failure to repair the when major political activities eight northeastern states. a week, identify 10 districts in late Tuesday night and on ti Kumar Paras, saying that long battle to claim ownership The BJP in the state has been damage being done in three and are kept suspended owing the Union Minister of State all the eight NE states lagging Wednesday... Pg 5 the party’s constitution does of the LJP, he added. facing an acute crisis due to half years by team Biplab Kumar Covid 19 situation and all polit- (Independent Charge) behind the most in governance not authorise them any such On Tuesday, five MPs led severe dissidence against Chief Deb, as Tripura is going to poll ical parties are more focused Development of North Eastern and developmental parameters. power. by Paras claimed that they Minister for barely after one and half years. to help people survive the pan- Region (DoNER), Atomic Energy He said some of the important In his first interaction with have removed party national the last one and half years. However, the BJP leaders demic. and Space, Jitendra Singh projects on which work is under Compounder booked media after the split in the party, president Chirag from the post. After getting information that have maintained a conspicuous The team of senior leaders on Wednesday said that the progress are the mapping of for- for sexually assaulting Chirag alleged that the JD(U) had Chirag, in turn, Pg 5 Trinamool leaders have come to silence on the issue as to what headed by Santosh... Pg 5 DoNER ministry will, within est gap areas, Pg 5 unconscious patient DELHI POLICE SEEKS TIME TO VERIFY ADDRESS 4 arrested over sexual MATHURA: A compounder has assault of minor girls Body of a trapped miner been booked for sexually abusing a patient admit- at shelter home ted at the hospital where he worked, police said on Natasha, Devangana, Tanha RANCHI: Four people including retrieved from coal mine Wednesday, adding the ac- the Director of the Jamshedpur cused has absconded. based Mother Teresa Welfare AGENCIES The incident took place on stay in custody despite bail Trust, his wife and two others Tuesday night at Mahavir have been arrested over the SHILLONG: Almost after 18 Hospital and a case was reg- AGENCIES sexual assault of minor girls days, the joint search and res- istered at Kotwali police sta- lodged at the shelter home run cue teams of the Indian Navy tion on the complaint received NEW DELHI: A day after they by the NGO. An FIR under the personnel, NDRF and SDRF from... Pg 5 were granted bail by the Delhi Protection of Children from recovered one of the trapped High Court in the Northeast Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act miners was finally recovered Delhi riots conspiracy case, and various sections of the IPC on Wednesday at Sutnga inte- Veteran actress student activists Natasha Nar- was lodged following a com- rior, under Umpleng Anti-Da- wal, Devangana Kalita and plaint by two minor girls who coity camp under East Jaintia Swatilekha Sengupta Asif Iqbal Tanha remained in were rescued by police after Hills district. passes away custody because Delhi Police they escaped from the shelter The identity of the body has told a city court Wednesday Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha. home. not been ascertained yet. The unidentified body retrieved on Wednesday. AGENCIES that it needed time to conduct cused and their sureties. sion in the court of Additional According to police, the FIR As per media reports, the bottom of main shaft and this Diving conducted by the Navy address verification of the ac- The Delhi Police submis- Sessions Judge... was lodged against... Pg 5 body was stuck under debris in was traced during the Deep personnel... Pg 5 KOLKATA: Veteran Bengali actress Swatilekha Sengupta passed away at a private hospi- tal in the city Mithun questioned by Kolkata Prashant Kishor to continue on Wednes- day. The 71-year-old the to help TMC till 2026 polls theatre and film personality police over 'inciteful speech' was reportedly battling kid- AGENCIES party to come to power for the ney-related ailments. Pg 5 AGENCIES that the popular actor has used phrases like third time, will provide strate- "marbo ekhane lash porbe shoshane (Will KOLKATA: For the first time in gic support to Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: virtually hit you here and the body will land in the his career perhaps, Prashant so that she can become a formi- No newborn calf questioned BJP leader and Mithun crematorium)" and "ek chobole chobi (one Kishor's I-PAC (Indian Polit- dable opposition face against Chakraborty on a complaint lodged snake bite and you will turn into a photo- ical Action Committee) will the ruling BJP at the centre. serum in final against him alleging that the actor was graph)" at a rally in Kolkata after he joined continue providing strategic "There can be no doubt about responsible for inciting violence through the BJP on March 7. help to Trinamool Congress the fact that Prashant Kishor Covaxin shot one of his speeches made during a BJP The complaint also mentioned that these till the next Assembly elec- and his team have made a campaign. dialogues were enough to incite violence. tions in 2026. The move is sig- huge contribution in bringing A complaint filed in Maniktala police The national award-winning actor, how- nificant because Trinamool Trinamool Congress back to station against him, has accused the actor ever, told the court that he had just uttered Congress will face three cru- Prashant Kishor. power. They have reached the of inciting post-poll violence in the state popular dialogues from his films. . cial elections - the panchayat, ty of Prime Minister Narendra grassroots level and tried to through his speeches. Chakraborty moved The actor claimed that the utterances of directed Chakraborty to provide his e-mail the municipalities and Cor- Modi, it is also expected that understand the ground reality the for quashing the such film dialogues were only recreational address to the state so that he can make porations and the Lok Sab- the political strategist, who has before formulating the strate- case against him. and that he is innocent and in no way con- himself available for questioning through ha elections in the next five helped the ruling Trinamool gy for the party. The projects But the court asked him to appear for nected with any offence as alleged by the video conferencing. Kolkata police follow- years. Congress beat the anti-incum- have reached the grassroots Full Story on Page 5 questioning through video conferencing. complainant. ing the direction of the court have started With the declining populari- bency factor and brought the level and the... Pg 5 In the complaint it has been mentioned After the hearing the Calcutta High Court questioning Chakraborty.