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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI Two new virus India reported its third death from the COVID19 pandemic cases in Noida Nirbhaya case: court on Tuesday, with the Union dismisses Mukesh’s plea Two new cases of COVID19 Health Ministry putting the NEW DELHI came to light in Noida on number of positive cases at Drama continues: A Delhi court on Tuesday Tuesday. “One of them is a BJP national vice-president Shivraj Singh rejected the plea of Mukesh 137. woman resident of Sector Chouhan and M.P. State president V.D. Sharma after meeting * PTI Singh, one of the four death The deceased person had 100 who has a travel history with Governor Lalji Tandon in Bhopal on Tuesday. row convicts in the Nirbhaya a history of travel to Dubai to France. The other lives in gang rape and murder case, and was being treated in Sector 78 and is a colleague seeking to quash his death Mumbai, Joint Secretary in of a senior executive who Floor test: SC asks M.P. penalty claiming that he was the Union Health Ministry tested positive on March not in Delhi on the day of the Lav Agarwal said at a press 12,” said Anurag Bhargav, incident. Mukesh claimed conference. CMO, Gautam Buddh Nagar. govt. to respond today that he was arrested from Earlier, a 76yearold man Ī Page 4 Rajasthan and brought to from Kalaburagi in Karnata DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Order on plea by Shivraj Chouhan Delhi on December 17, 2012. ka with a travel history to NORTH Ī PAGE 5 Saudi Arabia and a 68year ghanistan, the Philippines Krishnadas Rajagopal DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD old woman in Delhi, whose and Malaysia from 3 p.m. on New Delhi Cong. moves Farooq visits family of son had tested positive, died Tuesday and advised the 51 private labs will soon be The Supreme Court on Mehbooba Mufti from the infection. closing of all educational in Tuesday gave the Kamal SC on MLAs SRINAGAR Fourteen of those who stitutions, gyms, museums, Nath government time till National Conference had tested positive have cultural and social centres, allowed to conduct tests 10.30 a.m. on March 18 The Madhya Pradesh president Farooq Abdullah on been “cured/discharged” and theatres. Students were (Wednesday) to respond to a Congress on Tuesday Tuesday visited the family of and 24 of those who had test advised to stay at home. WHO prescription tional laboratories. petition fi led by former approached the Supreme Peoples Democratic Party ed positive in India were fo “The WHO criteria are Madhya Pradesh Chief Mi Court for a direction to president Mehbooba Mufti in reigners, the Ministry said. Assisting State govts. on tests not for not country specifi c and we nister Shivraj Singh Chou grant it access to and Srinagar. Sources said Dr. With 23 fresh cases reported Thirty Additional Secretaries India: ICMR chief have told the country offi ce han and nine other BJP communicate with its 16 Abdullah, who was released across the country in the last and Joint Secretaries have that statements like these MLAs, seeking a vote of con ‘rebel’ MLAs spirited away on March 13 after over seven 24 hours, Maharashtra conti been deputed to assist State Special Correspondent spread panic. This is more fi dence on the fl oor of the to Bengaluru ahead of the months of detention, nues to top the list at 36, fol governments in managing NEW DELHI applicable for Europe, U.K., Legislative Assembly against Assembly fl oor test. Ī page 13 enquired after the family The “test, test, test” pre Italy, etc.,” Dr Bhargava said. members of Ms. Mufti, who lowed by Kerala with 24, Ut the outbreak. the Congress ruling dispen DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD remains in an isolated tar Pradesh at 14 and Mr. Agarwal said the go scription of the World “While we cannot say that sation in the State. detention centre in Srinagar. Karnataka at 11. vernment was increasing the Health Organisation (WHO) ICMR D-G Balram Bhargava we have contained and nior advocate Mukul Rohat * V.V. KRISHNAN NEWS Ī PAGE 13 However, reports from the number of bed and health is not for India, Director avoided community trans ‘Urgency of situation’ gi for Mr. Chouhan and nine DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD States put the number of care facilities across States General of the Indian Coun mission, we did close our A Bench of Justices D.Y. other MLAs. “Issue notice in positive cases at 143, includ and emphasised that there cil of Medical Research Board for Testing and Cali borders very early.” Chandrachud and Hemant view of the urgency of the ing 41 from Maharashtra. was as yet no “community (ICMR) Balram Bhargava bration Laboratories On Monday, Director Gupta said the “urgency” of situation and notice is retur West Bengal reported its fi rst transmission”, or instances said on Tuesday, stressing (NABL)] will soon be allowed General of WHO Tedros Ad the situation demanded a nable at 10.30 a.m. at March case of an 18yearold youth, of the virus being found in that community transmis hanom Ghebreyesus had hearing on March 18 itself. 18. Liberty to serve the not who recently returned from people who had no travel sion of COVID19 has not yet said: “We have a simple mes “We will have to issue ice through email,” the England, and was admitted history abroad since March occurred in the country. sage for all countries: test, notice. The appropriate court ordered. with symptoms on Tuesday. or links with those who did. Dr. Bhargava, however, al test, test. Test every suspect thing would be to issue a It also gave liberty to Extending travel curbs, so announced that 51 private to test for COVID19 to en ed case.” short notice and keep it for serve notice on 16 MLAs the Centre prohibited the en CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 laboratories [accredited to hance capacity for diagnosis tomorrow,” Justice Chandra who have tendered their OPPORTUNITIES Ī PAGE 7 try of passengers from Af MORE REPORTS ON Ī PAGES 4, 8 & 9 the National Accreditation in addition to the 72 func CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 chud orally addressed se resignations.
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