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Madhya Pradesh Home ly respected” and neither side Vikas Dubey surrendered in Minister Narottam Mishra first should take any unilateral the Mahakal Temple in Ujjain confirmed the development. He action to alter it. It also stressed on Thursday morning. told reporters that Dubey is in the the need for continuing the dia- According to reports, the State police’s custody in Ujjain. logue process and China also gangster told the police that he The Minister, however, did not echoed similar sentiments. wanted to burn the bodies of confirm if the dreaded gangster, The Chinese Foreign the slain cops to destroy evi- who was carrying a reward of Rs Ministry said both the coun- dence. However, he did not 5 lakh on information leading to tries will hold a new round of have enough time to do so. his arrest, was nabbed from with- commander level dialogue and His arrest in Mahakaal in or outside the Mahakal temple border issue consultation and temple premises sparked premises. 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Kartikeya, who was mish in the Galwan valley on Mechanism for Consultation quility in the border areas; and As policemen walked him identity after being pushed for into custody. There were two Dubey. The man claimed that arrested from Faridabad on June15, New Delhi also said, and Coordination on India- that neither side should take towards a police car, Vikas it. He has been apprehended by more people with Dubey, who when Dubey approached him, Wednesday, was being brought “We remain convinced of the China border affairs (WMCC) any unilateral action to alter it. Dubey shouted again, “Main the police and interrogation is have also been arrested. he was not wearing a mask and to Kanpur on transit remand need for maintenance of peace is expected to take place soon. We remain convinced of the Vikas Dubey hun, Kanpur underway,” Ashish Singh, Ujjain Security cameras installed was calling for a person named when he snatched the pistol of and tranquility in the border He also said, “We have need for maintenance of peace wala”. ADG Law and Order, Collector told mediapersons. inside the temple premises Bunty. The temple shop owner a policeman and tried to flee, areas and the resolution of also noted that there have been and tranquility in the border Prashant Kumar confirmed the Singh said Vikas Dubey ini- caught Dubey making an then informed a guard at the ADG, Law and Order Prashant differences through dialogue, at some inaccurate and unin- areas and the resolution of dif- development and claimed that tially refused to reveal his iden- appearance at the Mahakal Mahakal temple. Kumar said. “The encounter the same time, we are also formed comments about the ferences through dialogue, at the STF team was immediate- tity. He also showed a PAN card temple at around 8.50 am. By then, Dubey had already took place in the Panki area of strongly committed to ensuring disengagement process and its the same time, we are also ly dispatched to Ujjain to take carrying the name of one Dubey then went to a shop purchased a darshan ticket and Kanpur when a police team was India’s sovereignty and territo- implications. Let me remind strongly committed to ensuring custody of Dubey.”Vikas Dubey Shubham. He produced more located outside the temple and entered the temple. Dubey has bringing Kartikeya alias Prabhat rial integrity.” you that in the last few weeks, India’s sovereignty and territo- was going to Ujjain Mahakal Identity Cards, as per which he asked how a ticket could be been on the run for almost a from Faridabad to Kanpur on Enunciating the country’s we have made several state- rial integrity,” he temple when he was identified was 28 years of age. An argu- purchased and enquired about week, ever since the ambush transit remand. position, External Affairs ments spelling out categorical- said. by security personnel. Police ment followed, but by then the darshan at the temple. The and killing of eight police per- were informed, he confessed his police arrived and took him owner of the shop identified sonnel in Kanpur. As police *+# " be allowed to carry ICA approved UAE residents n a major relief for Indians returning to UAE from India Iwho are desperate to return on their return leg. $ to their work, homes, or fam- “Indian carriers operating ilies in the United Arab repatriation flights to being Emirates (UAE) and vice versa, Indian citizens from UAE to 0 0 Thursday at 11.45 am,” the the Ministry of Civil Aviation India will be allowed to carry statement said. and UAE have decided to oper- the ICA (Federal Authority 75-year-old man died of This is the 15th death due ate repatriation flights to and for Identity and Citizenship} Acoronavirus infection at to coronavirus in Chhattisgarh. from India starting July 12. The approved UAE residents on AIIMS Raipur while 146 fresh Among the 146 new cases, arrangement will be in place for the outwards journey from cases were reported on 56 were reported from Raipur, 15 days, that is, until July 26, India to UAE,” the ministry Thursday, officials said. Also, 38 from Narayanpur, 13 from following which it will be said. 68 patients were Bijapur, 9 from Korba, 6 from reviewed, and changes may be “On India to UAE journey discharged. Surguja, 5 each from introduced. all these flights will carry only “The 75-year-old male Balrampur and Bilaspur, 3 After that, Air India those passengers who are des- from Ambikapur was found from Janjgir-Champa, 2 each Express has opened ticket tined for the UAE,” it Covid-19 positive on July 7 and from Dantewada, Kanker and bookings for flights from India said. was referred to AIIMS Raipur. Bemetara and 1 each from to the UAE under the Vande AI on Thursday said as per He was admitted in the ICU on Durg, Rajnandgaon, Kawardha, Bharat Mission. Many passen- an agreement between Civil Wednesday-Thursday mid- Surajpur and Jashpur. gers have used social media to Aviation Authorities of India night in critical condition on As per official information, demand the resumption of and UAE, “AI and AI Express oxygen support," a press release with the 146 fresh cases, the international passenger flights operating evacuation flights to from AIIMS said. number of active Covid-19 from India to the UAE and bring Indian citizens from UAE "Medical examination was patients has jumped to 761 in other foreign countries. to India will carry ICA suggestive of bilateral severe Chhattisgarh. Raipur remains The Ministry of Civil approved UAE residents pneumonia with type 1 respi- the coronavirus hotspot with Aviation (MOCA) stated that (returning to UAE from India) ratory failure. Despite all resus- 296 active cases. charter flights operated by the on the outward journey from citative efforts, his condition Also, 269 patients have UAE carriers to being Indian India to deteriorated further and he been discharged following their citizens from UAE to India will UAE.” succumbed to his illness on recovery. total number of infected cases death tally to 3248. date 1.26 lakh persons has climbed up to 2,30,599. With Tamil Nadu’s seesaw battle tested positive for the pan- ith several States other fresh 219 deaths, the total deaths with Covid-19 continued on demic. According to the med- Wthan the worst-affected in the State went up to 9,667. Thursday as 4,231 persons ical bulletin released by the trio of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu Of the total 219 deaths, and Delhi, clocking record Mumbai accounted for 68 spikes on Thursday, India deaths, taking the total number reported more than 25,000 cases of deaths in the metropolis to and 400 plus deaths for the sec- 5,132 now, while the total num- ond consecutive day. ber of positive patients rose by Karnataka, Andhra 1,268 cases to touch Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, 89,124. West Bengal, Haryana, Kerala Apart from 68 deaths in and Odisha in addition to Mumbai, there were 66 deaths Gujarat came with big numbers in Thane, 27 deaths in Pune, 17 to push the overall tally of pos- deaths in Raigad, eight deaths itive cases to 7,94,180 and each in Palghar and Solapur, death count to 21,622. seven in Jalgaon, four in Nashik, During the last few days, three in Satara, two each in the virus has spread to the inte- Ahmednagar, Nandurbar and rior beyond the urban clusters Nagpur, one each in Latur, and this is reflected in huge Jalna, Amravati, Nanded, and number of cases from across one from another State. the country and emergence of With 54,811 infected cases several new hotspots. with 1,483 deaths, Thane has Maharashtra crossed 2.30 emerged as the second worst hit were diagnosed with the pan- State, the number of laborato- lakh-mark on Thursday, with district in Maharashtra.Pune, demic across the State. There ries to test the samples has gone as many as 6,875 people testing which has emerged as the third was no respite in the death toll up to 100, a sign that the positive for the coronavirus, worst affected district in terms also. The day saw 65 persons Tamil Nadu Government is while 219 more died of the of spread of the pandemic, has succumbing to coronavirus in on an aggressive testing mode. pandemic in various parts of recorded 33,394 infections and the State. A total of 41,038 persons were the State. 989 deaths till now. With 4,231 persons getting tested on Thursday while the With the infections going Delhi recorded 2187 new infected with the disease, Tamil number of persons tested till up from Wednesdays’ count of cases and 47 deaths, which took Nadu has 46,653 active Covid- date across the State crossed the 6,603 to 6,875 on Thursday, the its total count to 1,08,051 and 19 patients as on Thursday. Till 1.42 million mark. +, )+ # 0()&>*>>6 - &(
is 3 times the national average. est and progressive govt. which Kanjhawala along with the %"C ) We also have an effective peo- has been re-elected for the Mundka North Warehousing ple-centric government under third time with an over- Cluster has ample capacity 9 0 ## D5*5?E (# $ ')$ the leadership of Chief Minister whelming majority,” Sisodia available and makes Delhi an Arvind Kejriwal.” added. ideal destination for companies erming the COVID-19 sit- 9 0 Tourism and Hospitality, The aim of the forum He stressed on the variety looking to set up retail or Tuation in Punjab non-con- Automobile Parts, Handloom organised by Invest India, the of Trade and Service Sector sourcing operations.” ducive to the conduct of exam- arnataka has registered a t times when Delhi is on and Handicrafts; Gems, Jewelry National Investment Opportunities for investment Sisodia also tweeted later in inations, Chief Minister Capt Krecord 2,228 COVID-19 Athe path to revive its econ- and Perfumes, Packaged Foods, Promotion and Facilitation offered by the Delhi the day, “At the much needed Amarinder on Thursday stat- positive cases, raising the state's omy, Deputy Chief Minister Leather Goods and Garments, COVID19 pandemic. The Agency of the Government of Government, said, “Contrary to @investindia forum, presented ed that he shall write to the tally to 31,105, a health official and Finance Minister Manish Steel Fabrication, E- Invest India Exclusive India, was to bring the state public opinion, Delhi has sub- the case for #Delhi as a city of Prime Minister Narendra said on Thursday."2,228 new Sisodia has stressed on the Commerce, Retail, Information Investment Forum was a great government and potential stantial land bank for invest- hope and opportunities, as it Modi and Union Home cases were reported from variety of Trade and Service Technology.” start to open a channel for investors on a common plat- ment in sectors like Tourism has always been.” Minister Amit Shah seeking Wednesday 5 p.m. to Thursday Sector Opportunities for invest- While highlighting the investment and collaboration form to share ideas and to and Hospitality, Automobile The forum was attended by cancellation of exams in uni- 5 p.m.," the official added. ment offered by the Delhi opportunities, Delhi offers to with interested firms.” showcase favorable policies, Parts, Handloom and investors from 30 countries versities and colleges in the Like everyday, Bengaluru Government. investors, he said that the Highlighting how Delhi ready infrastructure and other Handicrafts; Gems, Jewelry across the globe. 20 industry interest and safety of the stu- logged the highest number of Addressing a webinar adverse financial impact of the offers a great potential invest- details of the industrial ecosys- and Perfumes, Packaged Foods, sectors, including apparels, dents. cases, 1,373, as its tally elevat- “Invest India Exclusive COVID19 pandemic will be ment ecosystem for private tem of Delhi. Vikas Anand, Leather Goods and Garments, automobiles, ecommerce The Chief Minister said ed to 13,882, out of which Investment Forum’ on more long-lasting than the firms, Sisodia said, “Delhi is a MD DSIIDC, also attended Steel Fabrication, E- healthcare, sportswear; from that he will seek revocation of 10,870 are active.In the past 24 Thursday, Sisodia said, health effects. “Delhi is gearing city of opportunities. Our state the meeting with Shri Sisodia. Commerce, Retail, Information countries across the world like the July 6 MHA orders on hours, 17 people succumbed to “Contrary to public opinion, up to revive its economy GDP has doubled in the past 7 The highest growth on all Technology. The upcoming USA, Japan, Germany, the UK, compulsory conduct of final the virus with nobody from the Delhi has substantial land bank despite facing many challenges years and we have a per capita economic indicators had been industrial hubs in Ranikhera Switzerland and Australia par- terms exams in the universities city and seven from Dharward for investment in sectors like in the aftermath of the income of Rs. 3,89,000 which made possible due to the hon- Mundka, Baprola and ticipated in the webinar. or colleges by September. alone among others. Total Covid toll in the southern state rose to 486.Among the new cases, 2 $ $ #) excluding Bengaluru, Dakshina ($## ! ,$ ! Kannada accounted for 167, fol- lowed by Kalaburagi (85), " / " Dharwad (75), Mysuru (52), Ballari (41) and Davangere - " , ..! 1 - ! nels aired reports critical of baseless propaganda by the (40). Prime Minister K P Sharma Indian media against the Record 957 patients got epal on Thursday stopped Oli and his Nepal Government and our discharged, raising the total ($## ! ,$ ticular, needs to be very care- ment to The Pioneer, Ropar department yet to compile Nthe transmission of all government.However, the Prime Minister has crossed all discharges to 12,833. Bengaluru !- " , ..! ful,” he stressed. DC Giri said that she is cur- the details of 12 cases report- Indian private news channels Nepal government did not limits. This is getting too Urban alone accounted for 606 At the same time, the rently waiting for her RT PCR ed from Ludhiana, the except Doordarshan, accusing officially announce halting much. Stop with the non- discharges.On Thursday, the $ / . Chief Minister has asked the report. Giri was tested after remaining infections reported them of airing reports hurting the telecast of the Indian news sense,” Shrestha said in a tweet. health department tested 20,028 .0# ## Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan Ropar SDM’s test report came in past 24 hours have no trav- the country's national senti- channels. The India-Nepal bilater- people for Covid but no one at to issue standard operation back positive on Wednesday. el or contact history and cat- ment. Minister for Finance, al ties came under strain after the airport. procedures (SOPs) for gov- It has also been learnt egorized as “new” cases. There was no immediate Information and Defence Minister Rajnath Of the 457 patients cur- ernment officers’ meetings, that Payal SDM Mankanwal Of the “new cases”, 12 are reaction from India on the Communication Yuvraj Singh inaugurated a 80-km- rently lodged in ICUs, 292 are , , visit to other offices etc, mak- Singh was present in a public jail inmates —four from issue. People familiar with the Khatiwada also condemned long strategically crucial road in Bengaluru Urban itself while 9 0 ing it clear that spread of gathering at Rabbon Uchi vil- Ludhiana and eight from Tarn development said the Nepalese some of the reports aired by connecting the Lipulekh pass no other place accounted for infection among critical man- lage on Sunday, attended by Taran, embassy in New Delhi the Indian news with Dharchula in more than 19.Meanwhile, Chief unjab’s high ranking offi- power due to casual attitude the state Health Minister five are healthcare work- apprised its views to the Indian channels."Nepal government Uttarakhand on May 8.Nepal Minister B. S. Yediyurappa, Pcials have come under was not acceptable. Balbir Singh Sidhu. The ers, six are police personnel, government over coverage of condemns such acts," reacted sharply to the inaugu- Health Minister B. Sriramulu, COVID-19’s grip. A day after The PCS officers, tested Pioneer has been told that the one health official, 14 cases Nepal's political developments Khatiwada said while respond- ration of the road claiming Deputy Chief Minister C. N. the deadly contagion afflicted positive, include Ludhiana Minister has refused to under- are with Influenza-like Illness by the Indian channels. ing to a question on the issue that it passed through Ashwathnarayan and others a dozen in the district bureau- Additional Deputy go test, as of now. (ILI), four from out-pateint "We have stopped the dis- during a press meet on Nepalese territory. visited the 10,100 bed capacity cracy, police force, health pro- Commissioner (General) department (OPD), 11 are tribution of all Indian news Thursday. India rejected the claim mega Covid Care Cetre (CCC) fessionals and judicial officers, Amarijit Bains, Khanna SDM PUNJAB TALLY REACH- self reported, among others. channels except Doordarshan," “The government will seek asserting that the road lies at the Bangalore International more bigwigs have tested Sandeep Singh, Jagraon ADC ES 7140 WITH 183 DEATHS; As many as 117 persons Dinesh Subedi, the chairman political and legal ways against completely within its territo- Exhibition Centre (BIEC) out- corona positive on Thursday. Neeru Katyal Sharma, Khanna REPORTED 234 FRESH were discharged, including 60 of Multi-System Operator such an objectionable act," he ry. side the city."This is the first As many as 234 fresh cases SDM Sandeep Singh, CASES, FIVE CASUALTIES in Amritsar, taking the total (MSO), foreign channel dis- added.Earlier in the day, for- Later, Nepal updates the CCC to offer ICU facilities. were reported in the past 24 Hoshiarpur Municipal number of recoveries to 4945, tributor, told reporters mer deputy prime minister country's political map The government took spe- hours, including Ropar Commissioner Balbir Raj, Punjab on Thursday leaving 2,012 active cases, of here."We have halted distrib- and spokesperson of the rul- through a Constitutional cial care to provide the highest Deputy Commissioner Sonali Hoshiarpur SDM Amit reported 234 new cases of which 51 persons are on oxy- ution of India's private news ing Nepal Communist party amendment, incorporating level of comfort. Providing all Giri, Jalandhar (Rural) Senior Mahajan, coronavirus besides five gen support and 11 are criti- channels as they have aired Narayan Kaji Shrestha said three strategically important the necessary facilities," said Superintendent of Police (SSP) Phagwara SDM Pavitter deaths in the past 24 hours, cal on ventilator support. news reports hurting Nepal's that the Indian media “must Indian areas.India termed as Ashwathnarayan.Yediyurappa Navjot Singh Mahal, Dirba Singh, Mohali SDM Jagdeep taking the state’s total tally to national sentiment," he stop the baseless propaganda” "untenable" the "artificial said 2,200 staff, including 300 Sub-Divisional Magistrate Singh, Fatehgarh Sahib SDM 7,140, with COVID-19 death PUNJAB’S TOTAL added.The development against Prime Minister Oli enlargement" of the territori- doctors and 600 nurses will (SDM) Manjeet Singh Dipankar Garg, Director toll to 183.The districts of CASES HAVE 70% ASYMP- comes after some Indian chan- and his government."The al claims by Nepal. work at CCC. Cheema, (Employment) Rajiv Gupta, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Sangrur, TOMATIC Payal SDM Mankanwal State Transport Authority sec- Ludhiana and Kapurthala Out of more than 7,100 Singh, and Shahkot SDM Dr retary Harjeet Sandhu, Ropar reported one death each. cases reported in Punjab till Sanjeev Sharma.Besides, a SDM Gurwinder Johal. Ludhiana reported the date, a whopping 70 percent of medical officer posted at Guru All the PCS officers were maximum 57 cases while them have no symptoms, leav- Gobind Singh Medical among 40 who had attended Patiala reported 42 cases, fol- ing the state authorities baf- College and Hospital, a PCS Association meeting on lowed by 34 in Jalandhar, 16 fled with more stress on Faridkot, was also tested pos- July 3 at Chandigarh to protest in Sangrur, increasing the capacity. itive. against the Vigilance Bureau’s 14 in Amritsar, 10 in SAS The information was The past three days has action and arrest of a fellow Nagar (Mohali), nine each shared by the state Principal seen as many as one IAS offi- PCS officer Tarsem Chand, from Tarn Taran and Secretary DK Tiwari on cer, 13 PCS officers, one PPS who was posted as RTA, Ferozepur, eight from Thursday during the review officer, Sangrur Civil Surgeon Faridkot. Fategarh Sahib, seven from meeting, chaired by the Chief Dr Raj Kumar, Bathinda's With such a large number Gurdaspur, five from Minister. District and Session Judge of high ranking officials — Kapurthala, four from SBS Giving a presentation, Kamaljit Lamba, and a Judicial responsible for devising Nagar, three each from Tiwari said that the a total of Magistrate at Jalandhar testing strategies to contain the Hoshiarpur, Moga and Ropar, 70.8 percent of the COVID positive for the novel coron- spread of coronavirus — test- with two each in Mansa, patients were asymptomatic, avirus. ing positive, many higher ups, Pathankot and Faridkot, and 14.7 percent mild, 8.8 percent Taking note of the devel- including the Deputy one case from Bathinda. moderate and 5.6 percent opment, Chief Minister Capt Commissioners, have went Among the positive cases, have severe symptoms. Amarinder Singh expressed under quarantine, besides a 90 have the contact history He also added that the his concern and stressed the large scale sample collection while nine have the travel state’s mortality rate was cur- need to “raise the guard even of top district officials. history. rently 2.6 per cent as against further”.“Office staff, in par- Confirming the develop- With the state health India’s 2.8 per cent. )() 54$) " AB4')" % ( scanned to identify the accused. In one footage, the men were seen wearing masks 9 0 he Delhi Police has arrest- and withdrawing money from Ted a 39-year-old man for an ATM in Kamla Nagar area," n yet another day of major allegedly posing as a CBI offi- said the Additional DCP. Ispike in COVID-19 cases, cial and robbing people after "The accused used their Haryana on Thursday report- offering them a lift in Delhi. car for the crime. One of them ed 679 positive cases crossing The accused, identified as would reach a bus stand, iden- the 19000-mark. The state’s Tinkal, alias Tedha, a resident tify a target and enquire about tally now stood at 19369 which of east Delhi's Trilokpuri, was his destination. Meanwhile, included 4572 active cases. arrested from his residence his associates would arrive in Only a day before, Haryana on Tuesday, they said, adding the car, and the accused would had crossed the 18000-mark that his associates Mukesh and pretend to ask for a lift and after witnessing its biggest sin- Girender are on the run. offer the target to join him," gle-day spike with 691 COVID- According to Kumar said the Additional DCP. 19 positive cases. Gyanesh, the Deputy "After going to a certain Five deaths have also been Commissioner of Police distance, they would falsely reported in the last 24 hours (DCP), Southeast district, the identify themselves as CBI or taking the total toll to 287 in matter came to light after police police officials and run record- Haryana. One death each has received a complaint on June 30 ed messages on wireless sets to been reported in Gurugram, from Ajeet Kumar Pal, who was gain the confidence of the Faridabad, Palwal, Sirsa and robbed by the accused. passenger. They then would Yamunanagar. "Pal told police that he and claim that a robbery had taken “Out of 679 fresh cases, a friend had boarded a car place and the passenger could 182 have been reported from from Maharani Bagh bus stand get arrested during picket Faridabad, 151 from for Burari. The three accused checking," he said. Gurugram, 85 from Sonepat, were already seated in it and "On this pretext, they 51 from Bhiwani, 46 in Rohak, after a while, they threatened would ask the passenger to 34 from Ambala, 24 each in Pal and his friend and forced hand over all belongings and Karnal and Palwal, 21 from them to hand over their ATM keep them in an envelope. Panipat among other cases,” cards," said the additional DCP. They would then threaten the according to the state Health "The trio claimed to be person and force him to give Department’s evening bulletin. CBI officials and were carrying up ATM PIN numbers. After “The total cases in the weapons and wireless com- that, would they dump the vic- state are 19369. Five deaths munication sets. The accused tim at an isolated place and were reported in Haryana in dropped Pal and his friend flee," said the Additional DCP. the last 24 hours and the total near the ISBT in Kashmere The accused was previ- COVID-19 deaths recorded so Gate and withdrew Rs 1,70,000 ously involved in 10 cases, far are 287 with Gurugram from their accounts using the including snatching, robbery, reporting the highest number ATM cards," said the addi- theft and cheating, the police of 103 fatalities, the bulletin tional DCP. said. A shopping receipt of Rs stated. Till the evening, there "Bank transactions, cash 99,253 was found in his house, were 4572 active cases in the withdrawal done by the sus- and clothing items brought state, it stated.With continuous pects and CCTV footage were with the money were seized. surge in COVID-19 cases. chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | FRIDAY | JULY 10, 2020 ` Need of the hour is to be safe: Baghel STAFF REPORTER n Two men loot 71 lakhs RAIPUR nderlining that the need of Uthe hour is to remain safe, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday urged children and senior citi- from rice miller zens to be more cautious vis-a- vis Covid-19 as they are more STAFF REPORTER n Kawardha. prone to infection. KAWARDHA According to the complainant, two unidenti- Visitors should compulso- sing chilli power as a fied men approached them rily wear masks and practice Uweapon, two men looted on two vehicles from the physical distancing, the Chief `71 lakhs from a rice miller back. All of a sudden one Minister told inmates of old on Thursday near Junglepur gave a push to the Scooty, age homes in seven districts village in Chhattisgarh's forcing it to fall on the road. via video conferencing. Kawardha district while he Before Agarwal and his Sanitizers should be used often was going with his account- aide could guess what was and hands should be washed ant on a Scooty towards happening, one of the with soap regularly, he said. Bilaspur, police said. robbers tried to spray chilli The guidelines issued by The incident took place powder in their eyes, the the state government to check in old age homes. “The global visiting her regularly for the visits to see them. They get on the Kawardha-Bilaspur officer said. corona infection are being fol- pandemic has transformed last 15 years. She invited the food and medicines on time. road in the Pandatarai police After snatching the bag lowed by the people and this our daily routine, and the Chief Minister to visit the old Women and Child station limits, Additional stuffed with cash, the rob- has helped in containing the most important need of the age home. Development and Social Superintendent of Police bers escaped, riding towards infection to a great extent in hour is to stay safe,” he stated. On queries made by the Welfare Minister Anila Anil Kumar Soni told The Mungeli road, Soni said. Chhattisgarh, he was quoted as During the interaction, Chief Minister, the inmates of Bhendiya, Department Pioneer over telephone. He The police have saying in an official statement. Poornima Thawait, an inmate other old age homes said the Secretary Prasanna R and identified the victim as Dilip launched a hunt for the Baghel sought details of of Dev Samiti Janjgir, said her facilities extended to them are Director P. Dayanand were Agarwal, a resident of criminals, he said. the facilities being extended family members have been good. Doctors make regular present during the interaction. Indian goods will ESIC Hospital to become Covid-19 Hospital Sick elephant replace Chinese in STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR dies at Korba o reduce the pressure of Tpatients on Dr Bhimrao STAFF REPORTER n KORBA Also, wildlife expert from Bengaluru Dr Arun A Shah festive season: CAIT Ambedkar Memorial wild elephant which was Medical College Hospital, the and Dr Prayag H.S. were n found severely ill in STAFF REPORTER RAIPUR crores were sold. The situation Employees’ State Insurance A consulted for the treatment. has changed in the wake of the Chhattisgarh's Kudmura “The elephant died of he Confederation of All Corporation's (ESIC) new military stand-off between Forest Range and was under multiple organ failure. It had India Traders (CAIT) on hospital here will be medical care has died, it was T India and China on the developed severe worm infec- Thursday promised that no converted to treat coron- announced on Thursday. border. tion in the intestine due to Chinese goods will be avail- avirus positive patients. The elephant was found in The organization is spear- The Health Department which it was not eating prop- able with shopkeepers across heading a movement to boy- Katradera village on June 14 the country during the long said the ESIC Hospital at erly and was not able to stand. cott Chinese goods under its died, Divisional Forest Officer festival season starting in Bhanpuri in Raipur was built (DFO) Gurnathan N said, We performed X-ray of his mission "Bhartiya Sammaan, August. by the Union Ministry of adding it died on Wednesday. legs but no fracture was seen,” CAIT National Vice Hamara Abhiman". An elabo- Labour and Employment but This is the seventh death Dr Verma told The Pioneer President Amar Parwani and rate strategy has been adopted it was not operational due to of a wild elephant in just two over telephone. Chhattisgarh Working to make Indian goods available lack of human resources. The months in Chhattisgarh. The animal had stopped Presidents Magelal Maloo and across India in substantial Health Department then According to officials, eating and was alive on exter- Vikram Singh Deo said in a quantities. decided to acquire it and run after the elephant was found, a nal medication, he added. joint statement that the sancti- The coming festival season it as a special Covid-19 medical team was deployed for In June and July, two ele- ty of festivals will be main- begins with Rakhi on August 3 Hospital. its recovery. A wildlife expert phants were found dead in tained by using only Indian and will continue till Diwali on The Gayatri Hospital had from Raipur and a veterinary Surajpur. Likewise, one in goods. November 25. CAIT is prepar- quoted running the Covid-19 asymptomatic patients and Memorial Medical College Care Unit, operation theatre, doctor from the Forest Balrampur, one in Dhamtari, The statement said during ing an exhaustive list of the Hospital at a rate of Rs 1,448 those with mild symptoms. Hospital -- Chhattisgarh's cancer and heart related Department Dr Rakesh one in Raigarh and one in the last festival season, items those are used in each per bed per day. At present, the Dr biggest -- is handling diseases treatment and Sharma oversaw the medical Dharamjiagarh were also Chinese goods worth `20,000 festival. The hospital will treat Bhimrao Ambedkar Covid-19 patients, Intensive emergency services. care. found dead.
C’garh plans to Bemetara police felicitated promote solar Chhattisgarh considering STAFF REPORTER n energy: Bhagat RAIPUR RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh is plan- hhattisgarh Home reducing school syllabus ning to boost the use of solar CMinister Tamradhwaj energy in the state, State n Sahu on Wednesday felicitat- Planning, Economic and STAFF REPORTER premature to comment on ed Bemetara Superintendent Statistics Minister Amarjeet RAIPUR Generally, syllabus reduction. However, of Police and the district's Bhagat said on Thursday. we will try to adjust the syl- police personnel for use of he School Education there are 220 labus depending on the situa- The Minister asked the Department is consider- newer technology for crime officials to chalk out a plan to T tion, he added. prevention, investigation ing reducing for this academ- working days Educationist and Child promote solar energy. He was ic session the syllabus of the and enquiry. Bemetara chairing a review meeting of Phycologist Dr Jawahar Superintendent of Police Chhattisgarh board in view in an academic Surisetti felt that the Chhattisgarh State Planning of coronavirus crisis. Divyang Patel and his team Commission works held at the Chhattisgarh government “We are considering should reduce the syllabus as were given a shield and a State Secretariat, Mahanadi year. It seems reducing the syllabus for stu- about 30 percent of school shawl at a simple function Bhawan Nava Raipur, an offi- dents as a major portion of time has already passed. He held at the official residence cial communiqué said. this year it will the time has been lost to suggested decreasing the of the Minister in Raipur, an In the present scenario, coronavirus lockdown,” depth of syllabus while official statement said. there are chances that the estab- not be possible School Education Minister retaining the concept. Bemetara MLA Ashish lished industrial houses of Premsai Singh Tekam told “The National Testing Chabra was present. developed countries may invest to achieve it The Minister asked Patel The Pioneer over telephone. Agency that conducts exams in Chhattisgarh, he added. to install closed circuit tele- Generally, there are 220 Minister said. like NEET, JEEE is also con- For this, human resources vision cameras (CCTV) at working days in an academic Meanwhile, the Secretary sidering to appropriate its technology to solve crime. molested her. The Home said. The Global Positioning needed to be developed so that the main squares of year. It seems this year it will of School Education, Alok syllabus. In these circum- Citing an example, he said Minister wanted the crimi- System (GPS) data analysis more and more unemployed Bemetara city. At the event, that on June 3 an unknown nal to be arrested immedi- was used to scan over 12,000 not be possible to achieve it, Shukla, told The Pioneer that stances the state government youths get jobs, the Minister Patel gave a brief insight into truck driver abducted a ately. trucks, leading to the arrest he said. So, we are pondering since it is not clear when should also reduce the syl- said. how the police was using seven-year old girl and It was a tough task, Patel of the accused on June 19. over cutting the syllabus, the schools will reopen, it will be labus for this year,” he said. Govt sanctions `4.95 crore for Ministers meet Guv on pending Bills ‘Fasttrack bus permit applications’ STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR road construction under MSSY our Chhattisgarh Cabinet Ministers on Thursday STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR F called on Governor Anusuiya he Chhattisgarh government Uikey at Raj Bhavan here to dis- Tsaid on Thursday it has sanc- cuss the Bills pending with her tioned `4,95,58,000 for 49 works for her consent. related to road construction under The Ministers also dis- the Mukhyamantri Sugam Sadak cussed developmental issues of Yojana (MSSY) to link all govern- the state. STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR said a total of 1,717 applications were ment offices in remote area with received. The orders have been issued Parliamentary Affairs and hhattisgarh Transport and Forest the main road. for 850 of them. Agriculture Minister Ravindra Minister Mohammed Akbar on Under the programme, a total Choubey, Forest Minister C Transport Commissioner Dr ` Wednesday urged his officials to expe- Kamalpreet Singh said that from the of 1,116 work worth 200 crores Mohammed Akbar, Urban dite the clearance of permits for pas- office of Nava Raipur, the pending will be carried out in 2020, an offi- Administration and ensuring quality and the best appointment of the Vice senger vehicles, if necessary by video cial statement said. situated in remote areas will be Development, Labour Minister education systems and in con- Chancellor for the newly conferencing. applications of Durg division were Chief Minister Bhupesh connected to the main road, said Dr Shiv Kumar Dahariya and sultation with experts. formed State Horticulture and The Minister gave the instruction resolved. Hearing will continue till Baghel and Public Works Sahu during the launch. Higher Education Minister The Governor told the Higher Forestry University. at a meeting of Transport Department July 8. Later, the Raipur division appli- Department Minister Tamradhwaj This scheme will provide Umesh Patel met the Governor. Education Minister to start prepa- The Governor raised the officials held at the state Secretariat cations will be taken up for hearing on Sahu jointly launched the pro- round the year connectivity. A Raj Bhavan communica- rations to hold the University issue of conversion of several (Mahanadi Bhawan). July 9 and 10. gramme on June 19. The road construction will be tion said during the interaction Coordination Committee meeting village panchayats to Nagar He suggested that in far-off revenue Dr Singh said that keeping in view Under this scheme, all govern- carried out by the PWD in places on the various pending amend- at the earliest. Panchayat in the 5th Scheduled divisions of the state, hearing of appli- the Covid-19 pandemic, the hearing of ment office buildings including such as Dharsiwan, Dongargarh, ment Bills related to state uni- She asked Agriculture Areas, affecting the rights of cations can be done through video-con- bus permits of Bastar, Surguja and schools, hospitals, Anganwadi cen- Khairagarh, Pandariya and versities, the Governor said a Minister Ravindra Choubey to state-based tribes. She ferencing, an official statement said. Bilaspur divisions will be heard tres, colleges and fair price shops Sariapali. decision will be taken after complete the process of suggested necessary changes. The Regional Transport Authority through video-conferencing. +, )+ # 0 -
- + of the active Covid-19 cases in there is no community trans- second highest population in the said. Today, we have 538 cases the country and 80 per cent of mission in India. There may be world. Our cases per million are per million population, it's as per the active cases have been some localised pockets where 538, while world average is WHO situation report. Case !"# $% ven as cases are fast spread- reported from 49 districts. transmission is high but as a 1,453,” Vardhan said. per million population in some Eing like wildfire in India to Similarly, six states — country, there’s no community Later in the day at a press- countries are at least 16-17 touch to 8 lakh mark, making it Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat, transmission,” the Minister said er here, Health Ministry’s OSD times more than what it is in the third-worst hit nation in the Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and while addressing a press con- Rajesh Bhushan too asserted that India. We have 15 deaths per %# &!! #% world , the Centre on Thursday West Bengal — account for 86 ference after chairing a Group of there was no need to worry for million population whereas we said India has not yet reached per cent of the deaths caused by Ministers’ meeting to review, India which has managed well have countries where it is 40 the community transmission COVID-19 and 32 districts monitor and evaluate the evolv- and healthcare is not unduly times as much, the official - + years of age, 32 per cent "Please don't read something stage of Covid and asserted that account for 80 per cent of such ing situation on Covid-19 in the burdened. added. among 45-59 years of aged which is not there in DG- there have been localised out- fatalities, the Union Health country. “When we talk of caseload ICMR on its parts said that and 39 per cent among peo- ICMR's letter. Letter's intent breaks in some geographical Ministry said. The death toll in Noting that though India of Covid-19 in India, it is the number of tests has f the over 21,000 deaths ple who are aged between 60 is only to expedite duly areas. India has climbed to 21,129. has become the third most 2,69,000 people. This tells us that increased, on an average, we are Obeing reported in the and 74, said an officer from approved clinical trials with- The Government pointed Union Health Minister Dr affected country by the Covid- at the end of the day we've man- testing more than 2.6 Lakhs of country, at least more than the Union Health Ministry at out compromising on safety out that eight states, including Harsh Vardhan said that there is 19 pandemic, he asserted it was aged a situation where our samples per day. We hope to see 12,000 ie around 53 per cent a press conference here. and security concerns.” Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, no community transmission in important to understand this in health care infrastructure is not a further rise by the use of the is of those above 60 years of Data also showed that The Ministry also said Delhi, Karnataka and Telangana, India. “During our discussions the correct perspective. unduly burdened and is not antigen test, said an official age, said the Government on persons with co-morbidities Bharat Biotech and Cadila account for around 90 per cent today, experts again stated that “We are a country with the creaking due to the pressure,” he from the ICMR. Thursday highlighting that like diabetes and cardiovas- Healthcare are developing the deadly virus is more fatal cular diseases are also prone vaccines for the virus. Both to the elderly. to the virus which can dam- vaccines completed animal In contrast, just one per age organs in such patients. toxicity studies after approval. !"#$% #"! !) ('0. cent of the deaths in India are When asked on Union "DCGI has permitted among 14 years of age, 3 per health Ministry's August 15 these two vaccines to go in cent among people between deadline for Covid-19 vac- for phase one and two clini- &O %)" % 15 to 29 years of age, while 11 cine and why has it been cal trials. Trials are yet to 3 " " ' !<)F ) 7 per cent between 30 and 44 expedited, Bhushan clarified, begin," he said. New Delhi: The Central Management Act to deal with the 7%##%!" 4!456#% $!" Government also apprised the pandemic. It claimed that the 7, court that the transfer of funds Centre has been “refraining 9 ')(#$ - + The attached assets belong- crore in the short term deben- received in PM-CARES to from divulging information” ing to Wadhawans and related tures of DHFL, a company NDRF is "not maintainable" as about the money “contributed to entities are worth Rs 1,411.9 belonging to Wadhawans for the former is created under sep- the PM CARES Fund till date”. ")O%)#$ #$ # he Enforcement Directorate crore which include 12 flats in which kickback of Rs 600 crore arate provisions. The central government also )# & $) Thas provisionally attached Khar (West), Mumbai; one flat was paid to Rana Kapoor and Defending the formation of apprised the court that the trans- assets worth Rs 2,203 crore of in New York and two flats in his family members in the garb PM-CARES fund, the Centre fer of funds received in PM- New Delhi: The Supreme 8.3 Yes Bank promoter Rana London, two land parcels in of loan. Thursday told the Supreme CARES to NDRF is “not main- Court Thursday pulled up the Kapoor and others in connec- Pune and Mulshi, one com- In addition, Yes Bank Ltd. Court that the existence of the tainable” as the former is creat- Maharashtra Government on - + Security in India, Federalism, tion with a money laundering mercial property in Australia; had also sanctioned a loan of Rs statutory National Disaster Relief ed under separate provisions. the migrant workers issue and Citizenship and Secularism case. five luxury vehicles and 344 750 crore to one of the RKW Fund (NDRF) “would not pro- “It is submitted that a prayer refused to accept its claim that have been dropped from The present market value of bank accounts. Developers Group company, hibit the creation of a different being made seeking a direction there was no problem in the RD Minister Ramesh school courses. The national the attached assets is more The ED had initiated inves- beneficially owned by Kapil fund”. of this Hon’ble court under state on this front, saying it is HPokhriyal Nishank on education board has said it than Rs 2,800 crore and include tigations against Rana Kapoor, Wadhawan, Dheeraj In an affidavit filed before Article 32 of the Consitution of its duty to find out the lapses Thursday hit back at critics seeks to reduce burden on immovable properties in India Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan and their family the apex court on PM-CARES India directing the funds and act on them. who alleged a conspiracy in students amid the pandemic. and abroad, bank accounts, Wadhawan besides others members, for their Bandra fund, the central government received by PM Cares Fund to be A bench of Justices Ashok reducing the syllabus of the The move led to criticism investments and luxury vehi- under Prevention of Money Reclamation Project in said, “It is submitted that there credited to NDRF is neither Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Central Board of Secondary that the centre was tweaking cles, the ED said in a statement. Laundering Act (PMLA) on the Mumbai. But the whole amount are several funds which are maintainable on merits nor is Shah asked the state to file a Education (CBSE) amid the the syllabus to suit a certain Besides Lapoor, these assets basis of FIR registered by CBI was siphoned off by Kapil either established earlier or now otherwise maintainable under fresh affidavit listing the steps coronavirus pandemic. narrative. West Bengal Chief belong to DHFL’s Kapil under IPC Sections relating to Wadhawan and Dheeraj for carrying out various relief Article 32 as all funds other than taken to mitigate the problems The CBSE has reduced the Minister Mamata Banerjee Wadhawan and Dheeraj criminal conspiracy and cheat- Wadhawan through their shell works. PM Cares is one such the funds stipulated under sec- of migrants wanting to return syllabus up to 30 per cent for was among those who criti- Wadhawan and the entities ing besides provisions of companies and was never used fund with voluntary donations. tion 46 of DM Act, 2005 are sep- to their homes amid the Covid. nearly 190 subjects from cised the CBSE's move to controlled by them. Prevention of Corruption Act. for the declared purpose, the It is submitted that there exist a arate, different and distinct cre- It is not an adversarial lit- Classes 9 to 12 only for board remove those chapters. The attached assets of The ED had earlier ED said. fund stipulated under section 46 ated separately under separate igation, the bench said, posting exams of the 2020-21 ses- The CBSE clarified that Kapoor and related entities are attached bank deposits to the Further, a separate case of the DMA which is called NDR provisions,” the Centre told SC. the matter for further hearing sion. The board has said no "each of the topics that have worth Rs 792 crore ( present tune of Rs 115 crore of various was recorded against Rana Fund. However, mere existence The PM’s Citizen Assistance on July 17. During the hearing question will be asked from been wrongly mentioned in market value Rs 1,400 crore) companies of Rana Kapoor Kapoor, Gautam Thapar and of a statutory fund would not and Relief in Emergency of the case taken up suo motu the reduced syllabus in the media as deleted have been which include an independent and seized jewellery worth Rs others under PMLA on the prohibit in creation of a differ- Situations (PM-CARES) Fund (on its own) by the top court on exams. covered under Alternative residential building 22.87 crore and seven high basis of another FIR registered ent fund like PM Cares Fund was set up in view of the Covid- the miseries of migrant work- "There has been a lot of Academic Calendar of “Khursidabad” at Cumbala Hill, end luxury cars worth Rs 12.58 by CBI on similar charges which provides for voluntary 19 pandemic. The fund has ers during the COVID-19 lock- uninformed commentary on NCERT, which is already in three duplex flats at Napean Sea crore belonging to the under IPC and Prevention of donations.” been subject to scrutiny from down, the bench said: What is the exclusion of some topics force for all affiliated schools Road, Mumbai, residential flat Wadhawan family. Corruption Act. The Centre’s response in Opposition parties that say happening in Maharashtra? from #CBSESyllabus. The of the board". in NCPA, Nariman Point; eight Kapoor and Wadhawans This CBI FIR alleged that the top court comes after a PIL details of the funds must be Large number of migrant problem with these comments Following up on the flats in India Bulls Blue, Worli, were arrested by ED for their Rana Kapoor obtained illegal was filed by an NGO seeking made public. workers are still in the state.” is that they resort to sensa- CBSE's clarification, the HRD Mumbai. role in the money laundering gratification in the form of a transfer of funds from PM- Earlier this month, the Solicitor General Tushar tionalism by connecting top- Minister said schools have Besides a bungalow belong- case and all of them are in judi- property in a prime location in CARES to NDRF. Congress party had accused the Mehta, appearing for the state, ics selectively to portray a false been asked to follow the ing to Kapoor at 40 Amrita cial custody. New Delhi at much less than The petition urged the court government of “wasting” lock- said that the latest affidavit has narrative," the Nishank shared Alternate Academic Calendar Shergill Marg in New Delhi It was alleged that, during the realizable market value, to direct the government to pre- down by not ramping up health been filed on July 6 in compli- on twitter. of the National Council of having market value of Rs 685 April to June, 2018, Yes Bank belonging to Avantha Reality pare, notify and implement a infrastructure and procuring ance with the apex court’s Key chapters like Educational Research and crore has also been attached. Limited had invested Rs 3,700 Ltd. (ARL). national plan under the Disaster “substandard” ventilators. PTI order. PTI Democratic Rights, Food Training or NCERT. / "! "' !!'%# 0 (#"()#)* (&#%*% - + try that that they will get per- remaining shut during the - + vial. toms. An increase in cases mission to shoot at monu- coronavirus lockdown. Union Health Ministry around the country has seen ments within 15-20 days of fil- Currently, filming at ASI OSD Rajesh Bhsuhan said that more doctors prescribing the ays after opening up the ing their online applications. sites is permitted, but it involves he Drug Controller General they have received reports of drug , but supply hasn’t DASI monuments for gen- "It would also fulfil the a lot of paperwork and is time Tof India (DCGI) has asked shortage of drug in the market. increased proportionately. eral public, the Union Culture Prime Minister’s appeal to consuming, officials said. the pharma companies selling “In this connection, the top Patients prescribed the drug are Ministry has decided to allow people to visit various places "Since now the film indus- anti-viral injection Remdesivir drug regulator has asked the typically given five vials. the film industry to shoot at the in the country. I told them we try cannot shoot abroad, the to set up helpline and make concerned companies to set up The DCGI on June 1 had protected sites. will give permission in 15 to 20 ministry will help in facilitat- available their drug distribution helplines and make available allowed Gilead Sciences, which "It would be difficult for the days. They just have to apply ing permissions from the states. network to the people looking their drug distribution net- holds the patent for Remdesivir, film industry to go to foreign online. I have appealed that it If necessary we will coordinate out for the life saving drugs work to help the people access to start importing the medicine. destinations at this time when would be great if other than with the Information and used for treatment of the the injection easily and at MRP,” Three Indian manufacturers – world is swept with the high footfall sites, they Technology ministry as well," Covid-19 patients. he said at a presser here. Hetero, Cipla, and Mylan-- Coronavirus pandemic, so we could also shoot at less popu- the Minister said. The move followed com- Doctors have been blaming have since been allowed to have suggested that they could lar monuments suggested by Presently, the request for plaints from various quarters increased demand and limited manufacture the drug in India. go to the Northeast states," us to give them a boost as filming/ video shoot along that the drug whose MRP is supply of the medicine for its Union Tourism and Culture well," he said. with camera crew is to be between Rs 4,800 to Rs 5,400 shortage. On June 13, the Minister Prahlad Patel said at The ASI has over 3,000 made by the applicant at least per vial is in acute short supply Ministry had allowed its emer- a FICCI event here. monuments and sites that were 15 days prior to the proposed and being sold in black market gency use for treating Covid-19 He assured the film indus- reopened on July 6 after date of shoot. at as high as upto Rs 80,000 per patients with moderate symp- ' (&
- + likely to be quite large," said study researcher Suzannah Lant. According to the ovid-19 may have been researchers, one of the com- Cassociated mostly with plications found to be linked to problems like difficulty breath- Covid-19 is encephalitis, which ing, fever and cough, but cases is inflammation and swelling of of brain complications linked to the brain. deadly virus are being report- "We are currently pooling ed from across the countries. picture, the researchers brought data from individual patients These include confusion, together and analysed findings all around the world, so that we stroke, inflammation of the from Covid-19 studies across can get a more complete pic- brain, spinal cord, and other the globe that reported on ture. Doctors who would like to kinds of nerve disease, said a neurological complications. contribute patients to this study published in the journal The review, which includ- analysis can contact us via the The Lancet Neurology. ed studies from China, Italy Global Covid-Neuro Network "It is really important that and the US among others, website," the study authors doctors around the world found almost 1,000 patients wrote. recognise that COVID-19 can with Covid-19-associated Recently another study, pub- cause encephalitis and other brain, spinal cord and nerve lished this week in the journal brain problems, which often disease. Brain, showed that Covid-19 can have potentially devastating, The study found that cause severe neurological com- life-changing consequences for strokes, delirium and other plications, including delirium, patients," said study co-author neurological complications are brain inflammation, stroke and Ava Easton, CEO of the reported from most countries nerve damage. Encephalitis Society in the UK. where there have been large The research team had iden- A recent Liverpool-led outbreaks of the disease. tified one rare and sometimes study of Covid-19 patients hos- "Whilst these complica- fatal inflammatory condition, pitalised in the UK found a tions are relatively uncom- known as ADEM, which appears range of neurological and psy- mon, the huge numbers of to be increasing in prevalence chiatric complications that may Covid-19 cases globally mean due to the pandemic. be linked to the disease. the overall number of patients To get a sense of the wider with neurological problems is ) + $. /#0,
$ 1 2 *!46 ## !+9 (2 3 ,#+1 1 amil Nadu’s seesaw battle with #) )# - Dalkhola in North Dinajpur modities for the residents of TCovid-19 continued on which stands at the junction of these areas, a senior official said. Thursday as 4,231 persons were engal on Thursday entered Bihar and Bengal have been put Informing that containment diagnosed with the pandemic Binto its second phase of lock- under full lockdown. zones and buffer zones have been across the State. There was no down only with a stricter appli- Murshidabad too has 4 such con- amalgamated into forming respite in the death toll also. The ,#+1 those who returned to the State from cation while large posses police tainmnent zones. extended containment zones an day saw 65 persons succumbing to persons tested positive. But in other parts of the country. “What is of personnel descended on the The decision to impose a order issued by Additional Chief coronavirus in the State. Thiruvallur, another neighbouring hief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan issued concern is that 133 persons got infect- streets with a sense of purpose far seven-day second phase lock- Secretary, Home, Alapan With 4,231 persons getting district of Chennai, 364 persons Can alert to the people of Kerala that ed through contacts and this is a warn- more intense than what was seen down was taken by Chief Bandyopadhyay earlier had said, infected with the disease, Tamil were diagnosed with the pandem- community transmission was staring the ing sign. It was from the fish and veg- in the first phase. Minister following a sharp spike “these broader containment zones Nadu has 46, 653 active Covid-19 ic. The district had tested only 300 State and anytime from now it would etable market in the capital city that the The lockdown started in all in the number of cases whence may be subjected to strict lock- patients as on Thursday. Till date cases on Wednesday. become a reality. The State diagnosed on pandemic spread to other parts of the the containment zones from she went on record on Thursday down and all offices, government 1.26 lakh persons has tested posi- Southern districts of Madurai Thursday 339 persons with Covid-19, district which forced the administration Thursday evening in large parts saying the “the poorer people liv- and private, all non-essential tive for the pandemic. ( 262), Kallakurichi (254), the highest number to be recorded in to declare Triple Lock Down. If we turn of the State, Home Department ing in slums are following the activities, congregations, trans- According to the medical bul- Thoothukudi ( 196) and Kerala since the first citing of the pan- a blind eye to this experience, we would sources said. rules more seriously than the rich portations and all marketing, letin released by the State, the Virudhunagar (289) continued to demic in January. be forced to declare Triple Lock Down While North 24 Parganas and the middle class which is evi- industrial and trading activities be number of laboratories to test the be problematic spots because of the While Chief Secretary Viswas Mehta in more areas,” said the chief minister. has largest number of contain- dent from the data base” showing closed.” samples has gone up to 100, a sign increasing numbers. Out of the 65 opted to stay in his house as part of Vijayan also said that 133 persons ment zones at 94 there are 25 such only 13 out of 255 cases coming Any extension of the lock- that the Tamil Nadu Government deaths in the State on Thursday, 58 observation following the diagnosis of getting afflicted through contacts is an zones in Kolkata. South 24 from the slums. down beyond seven days will is on an aggressive testing mode. A died with comorbidities. his driver with Covid-19, Poonthura, one indication of super spread which would Parganas has 54 and Howrah has The police on Thursday depend upon the progress made total of 41, 038 persons were test- Chennai Corporation officials of the coastal suburbs of the capital city make life difficult for others. Without 56 containment zones, officials evening were seen imposing the in the given areas, the Chief ed on Thursday while the number attributed the decrease in the num- saw the Government deploying armed naming the demonstrators and protes- said. lockdown with far more intensi- Minister had earlier said. of persons tested till date across the ber of Covid-29 cases in the commandos to prevent the spread of the tors who are taking out marches and ral- While East and West ty and purpose not only putting The Calcutta High Court too State crossed the 1.42 million mark. metropolis to the fever camps held pandemic. “We are experiencing super lies all over the State in violation of the Midnapopre have 21 and 23 such up barricades in designated areas was shut down till Monday fol- The bulletin said 3,994 persons across the wards in the capital city spread in Poonthura and the coastal area social distancing restrictions and not zones respectively Coochbehar, but also pulling up and sending lowing an order from the Chief were discharged from hospitals and suburbs. A senior Corporation has been cut off from the rest of the dis- wearing face masks, Vijayan said this Jhargram and West Burdwan dis- commuters back home for not Justice. Three buildings of the across the State on Thursday, tak- official said that the total positivi- trict,” said Vijayan. Super Spread is the would boomerang as not maintaining tricts have none. However there wearing masks. In parts of Malda Court will be sanitized during ing the number of persons dis- ty rate (number of positive cases for term used to denote unprecedented social distancing and assembling with- are 25 and 21 such zones in Nadia the cops were seen resorting to these four days, sources said. charged till date to 78, 161. every 100 tests) in Chennai has rate of infection, a step closer to com- out any purpose are sure recipes to the and East Burdwan whereas mild lathi-charges to discipline Meanwhile a second TMC The news from southern dis- come down from 24.2 per cent in munity transmission, the chief minister spread of the pandemic. Purulia, Bankura and Birbhum the citizens. MLA have been diagnosed with tricts continued to be grim while June to 18.2 per cent in July. While explained. The Chief Minister also disclosed have 13, 9 and 9 extended con- All the shops, government corona. The MLA from the northern districts showed some the city has been reporting close to Thiruvananthapuram, which has that 471 persons were hospitalised on tainment zones each. offices and other institutions save Kumarganj in North Dinajpur abatement in the number of cases. just 1,200 fresh cases for the past been described as a volcano by Thursday after they were found to be In North Bengal, Alipurduar essential services were closed in district had been sent on home Chennai Metropolis registered couple of days, the doubling rate of Kadakampalli Surendran, Minister for afflicted with covid-19. “Till date we have and Kalimpong have 4 and 3 con- the containment zones police quarantine, sources said. Earlier 1,216 coronavirus cases while positive cases (number of days it Tourism, on Thursday tested 95 persons tested more than three lakh people. On tainment zones respectively while said. a senior TMC Legislator and a neighbouring districts of takes for the count to double) in the with the pandemic. Out of the 339 per- Thursday there were 181 hotspots in the three police stations comprising During the lockdown local close confidante of the Chief Chengalpet (169) and city has risen to 25 days, from the sons diagnosed with coronavirus on State. Till date we have diagnosed 6,534 almost the entire Malda city have authorities will try and arrange Minister, Tamanash Ghosh had Kancheepuram ( 67) too showed 14-15 days in mid-June, said the Thursday, 117 were expatriates, 74 were persons with Covid,” said the CM. been put under lockdown. home delivery of essential com- died of corona last month. slight decrease in the number of official. 0( 7$G) ( ) 0 1 , $1 ; !! Soon after the incident, )1# 1 !! linking mechanism between Chief Minister. to lay stress on cleanliness. The infecting the public toilets, we video footage of the ruckus the BMC administration and Maintaining that success NGOs should take lead cre- checked the spread of coron- he miseries of thousands of went viral on various social pparently spurred by the citizens. Together, BMC, NGOs was guaranteed where there ateawareness of hygiene, wear- avirus in a big way in Dharavi,” Tmigrant workers, farm media platforms where securi- A“Dharavi” coronavirus suc- and citizens can easily fight was consensus among the peo- ing masks, sanitizers, etc espe- he said. labourers returning from their ty personnel were seen strug- cess story, Maharashtra Chief coronavirus in the ple about a particular issue, cially in slums,” Uddhav said. “All by itself, the BMC villages to earn their livelihood gling to contain the situation Minister Uddhav Thackeray metropolis”. Uddhav said that he had issued The Chief Minister cannot fight Coronavirus alone. in Jammu & Kashmir are far for a long time. Senior district on Thursday exhorted NGOs “The BMC is currently a direction to the officials appealed to NGOs to visit We need the cooperation of the from over. , " : and police officers were rushed to form a link between the implementing the “chase the across the state to set up coro- road, building and bridge con- NGOs in disinfecting public On Thursday, hundreds of ' $ " !. to the spot to prevent the situ- Brihanmumbai Municipal virus” strategy in some parts of navirus vigilance committees at structions and take measures to toilets and other places. The these workers stranded at a ation from taking any ugly Corporation (BMC) and citi- the city. In places where the the village, taluka and district disinfect water collected at NGOs should also undertake quarantine centre in Vijaypur the time of the incident”. turn. zens form ward-wise commit- BMC is not involved in the levels to fight the these places. door-to-door survey of slums area of Samba district created Official sources said, “for Incharge nodal officer of tees to fight Covid-19 at the “chase the virus” experiment, pandemic. “After visiting Dharavi in in the city, identify people with ruckus after they were denied the last five to six days an aver- the administrative quarantine ground-level. the BMC, NGOs and citizens “If we are able to keep our Mumbai, a central team had Covid-19 symptoms and send Covid-19 testing facility. age number of 500-600 pas- centre Kamalpreet Singh told Addressing the BMC offi- can come together, undertake house and surrounding areas recommended that public toi- to Coronavirus centres. If we In a free for all situation, sengers, majority of them brick The Pioneer, “ruckus started cials and representatives of door-to-door visits and carry clean, we will be able to defeat lets be cleaned periodically. are able to reach the people to the stranded passengers kiln workers, farm labourers around 1.30 p.m on Thursday NGOs through video-confer- out tests to identify people Coronavirus and monsoon- After that, we undertook a hospitals in that `golden hour’, uprooted counters, stalls and were reporting at the quaran- after the testing team exhaust- encing, the Chief Minister said: showing Covid-19 systems. related diseases. For keeping massive drive in Dharavi and we will be able to save the lives other furniture kept there at a tine centre”. ed their daily quota of 200-250 “The NGO should take an ini- The State Government will rain- related diseases at bay used to clear public toilets at of the people,” the Chief makeshift testing facility inside In the absence of adequate tests as per the availability of tiative to establish a permanent provide the necessary help,” the during the monsoon, we have least six times in a day. By dis- Minister said. the quarantine centre. Security testing facilities, more than testing kits”. personnel deployed at the quar- 2000 migrant workers were He said, “as per the guide- antine centre, were outnum- stuck there. They were blaming lines, no passenger can be bered by the rush of stranded the local officers for not having granted permission to proceed )" workers. According to official adequate testing facilities to further to their destination sources, “around 2300 passen- clear the rush of stranded without undergoing mandato- ; gers were present in the area at workers from the centre. ry Covid 19 screening”. . $ . " -))) ,#+1 ) )$ ven as Opposition parties, Ethe Congress and the BJP H0-;IO continued with their protest 56 7 marches and demonstrations across Kerala demanding the %) resignation of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan whose office 8 9; has come under the scanner fol- - + lowing the seizure of 30 kg ; !! )1# 1 !! -23' / smuggled gold at Thiruvananthapuram airport, quick reaction team (QRT) aharashtra crossed 2.30 Swapna Suresh, the kingpin Aof the Indian Army was Mlakh-mark in terms of behind the smuggling targeted by the terrorists late Covid-19 infections on 4 approached the Kerala High Thursday evening near Thursday, as many as 6,875 46/!!7 Court seeking anticipatory bail Lethpora area of Awantipora. people tested positive for the on Thursday. One Indian Army jawan coronavirus, while 219 more With 54,811 infected cases Swapna filed the bail peti- along with a civilian woman people died of pandemic in with 1,483 deaths, Thane has tion through her lawyer and this received injuries in the cross- various parts of the State. emerged as the second worst may be listed for Friday. fire. With the infections going hit district in Maharashtra. Meanwhile, an audio message, The Army jawan was up from Wednesdays’ count of Pune, which has emerged purportedly belonging to rushed to the Base hospital in 6,603 to 6,875 on Thursday, the as the third worst affected dis- Swapna was being aired by all Srinagar while a civilian lady total number of infected cases trict in terms of spread of the Malayalam news channels in was shifted in the nearby hos- climbed up to 2,30,599. pandemic, has recorded 33,394 which she has claimed that she pital. With fresh 219 deaths, the infections and 989 deaths till was innocent and was being # " " 7 ", 2 (" () The condition of both the total deaths in the State went up now. hunted by certain people with injured soldier and a civilian to 9,667. Meanwhile, the total num- ulterior motives. Interestingly, woman was stated to be stable. Of the total 219 deaths, ber of patients discharged she said in the message that it According to Col Rajesh Mumbai accounted for 68 from various hospitals after full was because of the request C#) &&& C *!" Kalia, a Srinagar based Defence deaths, taking the total number recovery since the second week made by the UAE Consulate, PRO, “An ambulance with QRT of deaths in the metropolis to of March this year touched her former employers, that she moving from Khrew was fired 5132 now, while the total num- 1,27,259. The recovery rate in rang up the Customs officials ( )F! ) %%# $ upon by terrorists from near a ber of positive patients rose by the state stood at 55.19 per cent. requesting them to release the Mosque at Laddoo Mor, 1,268 cases to touch 89,124. The mortality rate in the state consignment without delay. Bengaluru: Alarmed over surging areas where cases have been spiking daily '#&$ Lethpora, Avantipora at 6 PM Apart from 68 deaths in is 4.19 per cent. The state ‘I do not have anything Covid-19 cases, the Karnataka govern- to rush Covid patients to the nearest hos- today”. Mumbai, there were 66 deaths health authorities pegged the with the Chief Minister or any ment has decided to divide this tech city pital for immediate treatment,” said 9 0 He said, one soldier in Thane, 27 deaths in Pune, 17 number of “active cases” in the other Ministers. It is true that I into containment zones to curb the Madhuswamy. received injuries in the attack deaths in Raigad, eight deaths state at 93,652. have met them as part of my job spread of the pandemic, a state minis- The city civic corporation -- Bruhat arnataka and Maharashtra would set up a and was evacuated to 92 Base each in Palghar and Solapur, Out of 12,12,487 samples in the UAE Consulate to invite ter said on Thursday. Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Kjoint committee to manage floods in the hospital. His condition was seven in Jalgaon, four in sent to laboratories, 2,30,599 them for official functions held “The city will be divided into red, --has increased the containment zones Krishna river basin during the monsoon when stated to be stable, Defence Nashik, three in Satara, two have tested positive (18.77%) by the Consul General. Beyond orange and yellow zones in commen- to 3,181 due to more cases spiking, with heavy rains lash both states, an official said on PRO added. each in Ahmednagar, for Covid-19 until Monday. this I have no dealings with any- surate with the number of Covid cases southern and western suburbs account- Thursday. Meanwhile, one civilian Nandurbar and Nagpur, one Currently, 6,49,263 people are body,” said Swapna who also in them for containing the virus spread ing for most infections. “The joint committee will monitor and con- lady also sustained injuries in each in Latur, Jalna, Amravati, in home quarantine while claimed that she rang up the on war footing,” Law and Parliamentary “The containment zones are con- trol floods if heavy rain water overflows in the the crossfire and her condition Nanded, and one from anoth- 48,191 people are in institu- Customs officials at the instance Affairs Minister J.C. Madhuswamy told centrated more in the city's southern and Krishna river basin across the twin states to pro- was also stated to be stable. er state. tional quarantine. of the UAE Consulate attache to reporters here. western suburbs. Active cases doubled tect lives and property,” the official told IANS get the consignment released. Cabinet ministers representing over the last 8 days and shot up to a after State water resources minister Ramesh Swapna also claimed that assembly segments in the city will be in- whopping 12,509 from 4,555 on June 30,” Jarkiholi met his Maharashtra counterpart the detractors of the Chief charge of the zones to ensure the cases an official said. Jayant Patil in Mumbai on Wednesday. Minister and other ministers are curbed with strict enforcement of Refuting graft charges by opposition The committee will have the state-run 4 were making use of her name to lockdown guidelines, especially wearing Congress leader Siddaramaiah in the Neeravari Nigam chief engineer and its super- tarnish their image. mask and maintaining social distancing purchase of medical equipment for intendent as members from Karnataka and their “You will not win in this by the people in the confinement treatment of Covid patients, counterparts from Maharashtra. battle as the ministers are all areas. Madhuswamy said the state government Heavy and widespread monsoon rains in )1# 1 !! declared dead at 9.45 pm. nosed negative in the test beyond doubt. But what you “Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has had not spent more than Rs 600 crore August 2019 resulted in Krishna and Bheema Coming at a time when the report which was received on people are trying to do is to convened a meeting of ministers, MLAs, so far. rivers overflowing from Maharashtra and pparently having lost all administration is coping up Wednesday. force me to take my own life,” MPs and corporators of all the 198 civic “We are running a government. Not flooding Bagalkot, Vijapura and Belagavi dis- Ahopes of recovery, a 20- with the huge inflow of Covid- Confirming the cause of she said in the voice wards across the city on Friday to dis- a private office. We will give account. He tricts, resulting in death and damage in the state's year-old blood cancer-stricken 19 patients, the incident caused the suicide, Deputy recording. cuss and draw an action plan to contain (Siddaramaiah) is welcome to check the northwest region. boy committed suicide at the quite a stir at the hospital. Commissioner of Police Earlier in the day, Sarith, the pandemic,” said Madhuswamy. accounts and verify the documents,” “The committee will also ensure coordina- King Edward Memorial (KEM) Shaji, who was a resident of Saurabh Tripathi said: “He who was taken into custody on With 1,148 positive cases, the city's asserted the minister. tion between the two states to avoid flooding Hospital at Parel in south-cen- Mahalaxmi Welfare Society at ended his life, as he was unable Tuesday morning from Covid tally rose to 12,509 and active to In a related development, the cabi- if the rivers and their tributaries turn spate due tral Mumbai. Chembur’s New Bharat Nagar to reconcile to the fact that he Thiruvananthapuram was sent 10,103, while 2,228 were discharged, net also approved an ordinance to to heavy rains in their catchment areas,” said the Shaji Janu Kharat com- in north-east Mumbai, had was suffering from blood can- to the Customs’ custody till July including 418 on Wednesday, while 177 increase the state contingency fund to official. mitted suicide at the hospital at been admitted to KEM hospi- cer. A case of Accidental Death 15 by the Economic Offences succumbed to the infection since March Rs 500 crore from Rs 80 crore for the The two ministers also discussed the shar- 9 pm on Wednesday, by hang- tal on June 23. Report (ADR) has been regis- Wing Court in response to a 9, with 23 in the last 24 hours. Covid-19 induced economic relief mea- ing of the Krishna water during summer and ing himself to the grill of a huge He underwent Covid-19 tered at Bhoiwada police sta- plea filed by the Customs “The Chief Minister ordered deploy- sures announced by the chief minister notifications of the Krishna Tribunal award for hospital window. He was test on July 2. He was diag- tion”. Department. ing more ambulances in the containment in June. IANS both the states. * ,*#) ,(#" '(2($ &#%) 1-"# ) )$2($ &#%) !!%)2*3!(( " " 2 <