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Stampede at COVID vaccination centre in WB, 25 injured
Waze admitted to private hospital after court nod
India crosses 1 cr COVID-19 vaccinations mark in a day
“Another milestone achieved
PM hails Pranab’s remarkable contributions to nation on his 1st death anniversary
DHUPGURI (WB), Aug 31 (PTI)
NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (PTI)
speeches and interventions said. As the TH nation is celebrating Amrit DISMISSEDMumbaipoliceoffi- THE daily COVID-19 vaccina- driveunderPM @NarendraModi in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri disMahotsav of cer Sachin Waze, arrested in the tionscrossedtheonecroremark ji. 50 crore people received their trict on Tuesday after hundreds Independence, Antilia bomb scare-Mansukh on Tuesday for the second time first #COVID19 vaccine dose. of local residents tried to enter a it is only apt to Hiran murder case, was on in five days, taking the cumula- “I applaud the hard work of vaccinationcentretogether, lead-
Tuesday admitted to a private tive doses administered in the COVIDwarriorsanddiligenceof ing to a stampede, police said. administrative skills and acu- issues,” the PM said in his mes- Mukherjee’s reverence for the hospitalherefortreatmentofhis country to over 65 crore, the citizens in helping achieve this Six of them were critically men always shone through var- sage. During his outstanding democratic values enshrined in heart ailment, a senior officer Union Health Ministry said. momentous feat,” Mandaviya injured in the incident, and they ious responsibilities that he public life, spanning over the Constitution, the Prime said, a day after a special court Union Health Minister tweeted. “Congratulations, as are undergoing treatment at shouldered. decades,hisadministrativeskills Minister said. Noting that the gave its nod for the same. Inamessagethatwasreadout and acumen always shone first annual Pranab Mukherjee
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intheworld’s largestvaccination AT LEAST25peoplewereinjured
HAILING Pranab Mukherjee as were of the avisionaryandstatesman,Prime finest quality, MinisterNarendraModihassaid reflecting his thatduringtheformerPresident’s grasp over outstanding public life, his range of diverse a
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Mansukh Mandaviya said the Indiaadministersanother1crore Jalpaiguri Sadar Hospital, a sen-
Waze (49) was shifted to SS highest one-day record of 1.09 #COVID19 vaccinations today ior officer said.
- at the first Pranab Mukherjee through various responsibilities Memorial Lecture was being Hospital and Research Centre in crore vaccine doses has been Highest one-day record of 1.09
- “As soon as the main gate of
- MemorialLectureonTuesdayto that he shouldered, Modi said.
- organised by Pranab Mukherjee Bhiwandi town ofThane district achieved till 6 PM.
- crore vaccine doses achieved till Dhupguri Health Centre was
- mark the first death anniversary
- As the President of India, LegacyFoundation,Modiwished fromtheTalojacentraljailinNavi
- Mandaviya lauded the entire 6 pm - and still counting! Under opened, several people tried to
- of the former President, Modi Mukherjee upheld the highest success for the initiative.
- Mumbai where he has been country for the achievement of PM @NarendraModi ji, India is get inside the facility pushing
said that blessed with unparal- traditions,furtherstrengthening leled intellectual capabilities, the democratic fabric of our tually at the first annual Pranab
In her remarks delivered vir- lodged under judicial custody. morethanonecroredosesbeing fighting strongly against coro- each other. A stampede-like
- A senior police officer from administeredforthesecondday na,” he said in another tweet.
- situation arose there. Several
Bharat Ratna Mukherjee made nation, he said. Modi noted that Mukherjee Memorial Lecture, Bhiwandiconfirmedthatthefor- within a span of five days. remarkable contributions to the Mukherjee made Rashtrapati Bangladesh Prime Minister mer Assistant Police Inspector nation’s progress. Bhawanevenmoreaccessibleto Sheikh Hasina recalled that as a hasbeenadmittedtotheprivate of COVID warriors and the dili- days to cross the 20-crore mark officer said.
“A visionary and a statesman. people. “I was blessed to have youngMP,Mukherjeetookabold hospital. On Monday, special gence of citizens in helping and 29 more days to reach 30 Locals claimed that hundreds
Indiatook85daystotouchthe women were injured. We are
He also praised the hard work figure of 10 crore. It then took 45 probing the matter,” the
ShriPranabMukherjeewaswide- always got guidance and sup- initiative in Bangladesh’s sup- judgePrashantRSitre refusedto achieve the momentous feat of crore. The country took 24 days of people queued outside the lyrespectedand admired across port of Pranab da. I vividly port and tabled a motion in RS granttheNIAthecustodyofWaze more than 50 crore cumulative toreach40croreandthen20more vaccination centre since mornthe political spectrum. A distin- remember his insightful coun- in June 1971 for the recognition for questioning in the case and administrations of the first dose days to cross 50 crore vaccina- ing and social distancing proto-
- guished Parliamentarian, his sel on many policy matters,” he of the country.
- allowed his plea.
- of the vaccine.
- tions on August 6.
- cols went for a toss.
NCB nabs four more in Armaan
Provide additional security, vehicles: J&K’s panchayat
Mah sees 4,196 new COVID cases, 104 fatalities
the
Curb overcrowding in public places to contain COVID spread: HC
Kohli drug case
MUMBAI, Aug 31 (PTI)
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leaders to Speaker Birla
MUMBAI, Aug 31 (PTI)
Ahmednagar district reported
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- MAHARASHTRA on Tuesday the highest number of 780 cas-
reported4,196freshcoronavirus es in Maharashtra on Tuesday, positive cases and 104 fatalities, followedbyPunewith579infecincluding the highest 43 in the tions. Among districts, the Pune Puneregion,while4,688patients district reported the highest recovered, a health department numberof15fatalitiesinthelast cernstotheLieutenantGovernor THE Narcotics Control Bureau
(NCB) has arrested four more MUMBAI, Aug 31 (PTI)
The Lok Sabha Speaker also persons, including two Nigerian invited the Panchayat leaders to drug peddlers, in connection THE Bombay High Court on visitParliamenttowatchitspro- with the alleged drugs case Tuesday raised concern over of Jammu and Kashmir. ceedings. DistrictDevelopmentCouncil ArmaanKohli,anofficialsaidon places in Mumbai and said if it
(DDC) Chairman, Anantnag, Tuesday. was not controlled or restricted, Mohammad Yusuf Gorsi Following Kohli’s arrest on the city would face a similar sitexpressed his gratitude to Birla Sunday, theNCB’s Mumbaizon- uation as earlier this year when for meeting them and thanked alunitconductedaseriesofraids the number of COVID-19 cases
- involving Bollywood actor crowds assembling at public
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Thenewadditionspushedthe tallyoftheinfectionsto64,64,876, Maharashtra, the Pune region thedeathtollto1,37,313andthe saw the highest 1,789 new cases number of recoveries so far in followed by 898 infections in the Maharashtra to 62,72,800, leav- Nashik region. Mumbai region ing the state with 51,238 active reported 705 fresh infections,
24 hours, the official said. Of the eight regions in
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“We are in south Kashmir, sarpanches in Kashmir, local where the security threat is very nightatJuhuGullyinwesternsubinvariouspartsofthecity,hesaid. surged, leading to the second People not adhering to social TheraidsbeganonlateSunday wave of the pandemic. distancing norms.
A full bench of Chief Justice
IN THE wake of recent attacks on
(PTI) cases, the official said.
Kolhapur 548, Latur 190,
Maharashtra’s case recovery Aurangabad 32, Akola 23 and
Panchayat leaders requested Lok high. We have been given only urbsduringwhichtheNCBteam Dipankar Datta, Justices A A navirus, India’s total tally of ratenowstandsat97.03percent Nagpur 11, the official said. Of Sabha Speaker Om Birla for addi- two security guards each who seized mephedrone and appre- Sayed, K K Tated and P B Varale COVID-19 cases rose to while the fatality rate is 2.12 per the 104 fatalities reported from tional security and vehicles on work on rotation. It is strange hendedMohammedAjazSayyed saidtheGovernment,authorities 3,27,68,880,whiletheactivecas- cent, he said. Eight districts the eight regions, the highest 43
- Monday.
- thatoursecuritylevelisthesame alias Chiya Bhai, he said.
- and citizens should learn from es declined to 3,70,640, accord- namelyJalna,Hingoli,Parbhani, were from the Pune region, fol-
- Birla, who is on a four-day trip as that of those in Jammu,” he
- Basedontheinformationpro- the earlier experience and not- ingtotheUnionHealthMinistry Akola, Wardha, Bhandara, lowed by 32 deaths in the
totheValley,visitedPahalgamon said.Echoingsimilarsentiments, vided by him, one Imran Ansari ed that as per experts, the third data. The death toll has climbed Gondia, and Chandrapur and Mumbai region. Notably, Akola Monday and interacted with the District Development Council was arrested on Monday for wave of the COVID-19 pandem- to 4,38,560 with 350 fresh fatal- five municipal corporations of and Nagpur regions did not
- Panchayat leaders.
- (DDC) member, Dashnepora, allegedroleinpurchasingdrugs, ic was “knocking at our doors.”
- ities,accordingtothedataupdat- Jalgaon, Parbhani, Nanded, report any fresh fatalities due to
- He assured them that the Nihar Ahmed Mir said the secu- the official said. Subsequently
- INDIA LOGS 30,941 NEW edat8am.Theactivecasescom- Akola, and Amravati did not COVID-19 infection. Mumbai
Government is fully committed rity situation in Jammu is differ- Nigerian national Uba Chinoso COVID-19 CASES: With 30,941 prise 1.13 per cent of the total report any fresh COVID-19 case region saw 15 deaths, Latur sev-
- to ensuring their security and ent from that in Kashmir.
- Wizdom was also held.
- people testing positive for coro- infections.
- during the day.
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MNS Vice President breaks Dahi Handi near CM’s residence; booked
MUMBAI, Aug 31 (PTI)
Anil Parab seeks two weeks’ time to appear before ED
‘Complete first dose of vaccination for teaching, non-teaching staff in Sept’
W Bengal BJP to form special teams to help post-poll violence victims
KOLKATA, Aug 31 (IANS)
fifth member will be a profes- MUMBAI, Aug 31 (PTI) sional advocate. Party sources
CBI files three more FIRs
IN AN interesting development, the West Bengal BJP is forming
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of attacks during the post-poll MaharashtraTransportMinister NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (PTI) violence, themoraleofthecom- Anil Parab on Tuesday did not monBJPworkersistotallydown. appear before the Enforcement THEMinistryofEducation(MoE) dose of vaccination completed So, this is an attempt to boost Directorate in connection with on Tuesday asked all the States for all the teaching and non-
“The Ministry has advised all
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Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader assistthevictimsofpost-pollvioand a party worker on Tuesday lence. The CBI investigating the broke a Dahi Handi near busy violence is interacting with the Kalanagar junction which is families of the victims and located close to Chief Minister recording their statements and
KOLKATA, Aug 31 (PTI)
THE CBI, as part of its probe into cases of post-poll violenceinWestBengal,hasfiled three new FIRs in two places. According to the sources, the cases were filed in Purba Medinipur’s Nandigram and Cooch Behar’s Sitalkuchi areas. As many as 31 cases have been filed so far by the agency. AftertheTMCstormedback topower, theBJPaccusedthe ruling party workers of unleashing violence on its members, leaving several of them dead.
their falling morale.
“In most of the cases the vic- instead sought two weeks’ time. dose of vaccination completed ofSeptemberandthosewhohave tims are illiterate and poor and The ED had, the day before, for all teaching and non-teach- alreadyreceivedfirstdoseshould they don’t have any idea about issued a summons to Parab, ing staff during September. befolloweduprigorouslyforthe
In a meeting with Education 2nd dose,” senior MoE a money laundering case, and and UnionTerritories to get first teaching staff during the month
- Uddhav Thackeray’s residence these
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‘Matoshree’insuburbanBandra the victims and provide them despite the ban, prompting legalandotherassistancesothat the police to register an FIR they and their family members against them. TheKherwadipoliceregistered agency properly. the case against MNS V-P Akhil Chitre and the party worker inallthedistrictsandthesecomOmkar Khandekar. In a video of the incident, one sionaladvocatetoensurethatthe of the two men is seen standing victims of violence or their famalong the main road and anoth- ily members are able to interact er sitting on his shoulders and with CBI officials without hurbreaking the ‘Dahi Handi’.
“Police booked me and one more party worker under sec- mittee will have five members. tion 188 (Disobeying the order The district President and three of public servant) of the IPC. We prominent members of the diswill complete all the legal for- trict committee will be there in
- the legal aspects. They did not directing him to appear before
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even face any investigating its south Mumbai office on Secretaries from States and UTs, official said.
- agency before and naturally it Tuesday for questioning in con- SchoolEducationSecretaryAnita
- “The Secretary also advised
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- will not be easy for them to face nection with the money laun- Karwalaskedtheofficialstocome the States that Health and
an agency like the CBI. To facil- dering case registered against up with a roadmap for vaccinat- EducationSecretariesofallStates itatetheprocesssothattheycan formerStateHomeMinisterAnil ing the teachers on priority. The and UTs should design jointly a speak to the agency in a proper Deshmukh. Parab on Tuesday schools have to update data roadmapatdistrictlevelforvacway our team will assist them in wrote a letter to the ED through about vaccination of teachers cination of all the teaching and everypossibleway,” aBJPleader his lawyer Shardul Singh, seek- twice a week on a Google track- non-teaching staff. The States told IANS. When asked whether ingtwoweeks’timetoappearcit- er. Union Health Minister havealsobeenaskedtosharevacitwouldbelegallycorrecttoassist ing prior commitments. the victims, the leader said, “We The Sena leader also sought Wednesday said that more than a week on a Google tracker prowillnotbepresentwhentheCBI detailsoftheprobeand“thepoint two crore additional COVID-19 vided by the ministry,” the offiofficers will visit them. How can of investigation” which necessi- vaccine doses are being made cial added. it be incorrect to help someone tated the issuance of summons. availabletoStatesthismonth,and
The BJP will form committees mittees will comprise a profes-
MansukhMandaviyahadonlast cinationdetailsofteacherstwice dlesandrecordtheircomplaints. The BJP said that each com-
The saffron camp also claimed that many homes of party activists have been destroyed,andwomenraped in various parts of the State.
Schools across the country inneed?Theyareourpartymem- The ED issued summons to they have been asked to vacci- were closed in March last year bers and it is our moral and eth- Parab days after he was accused nate all school teachers on pri- aheadofanationwidelockdown ical responsibility to be on of ordering state police to arrest ority before Teachers’ Day on to contain the spread of novel
- malities,” Chitre told PTI.
- the said special committee. The
- their side.”
- Narayan Rane.
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- coronavirus infection.
Venkaiah exhorts people to
Woman kills self alleging police inaction over obscene video
Kendrapara becomes only district in India to have all three crocodile species
India will make it must for auto makers to offer biofuel vehicles, says Gadkari
treat Khadi as national fabric
MUMBAI, Aug 31 (PTI)
lesspollutingandsaves forex. ketingcompanieshave alreadybeenorderedto
KENDRAPARA, Aug 31 (PTI)
claimed fame for its successful conservation pro-
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- offer bio-fuels at the NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (PTI)
- same facilities as the
- on Tuesday said India will make to delivering vehicles
it mandatory for auto manufac- withflexenginenorms. turers to offer vehicles running We have taken a deci-
ODISHA’SKendraparadistrict, grammeforsalt-waterorestucrisscrossed by rivers, creeks arine crocodiles at the and water inlets, has earned Bhitarkanika National Park, the distinction of being the he said.
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- Naidu on Tuesday urged people
A STATION house officer here has 100 per cent on bio-fuels in the sion, we will make it beenshuntedoutafterawomankilled next six months. mandatory by which herself alleging police inaction on Suchamovewillbecost-effec- there will be a flex-engine,” choice between petrol and sively. He also called upon
The Minister said to treat khadi as a national fabconsumers will have a ric and promote its use exten-
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- The national park, having
three species of crocodiles — 1,768 estuarine crocodiles, is salt-water, gharial and mug- home to 70 per cent of India’s ger — are found, a forest offi- such crocodiles, the conserher complaint against her husband tiveforconsumers,whoarehas- Gadkari said at an event hosted bioethanol and a switch to the celebrities from various fields to for circulating her obscene video on sled by the high petrol prices, by domestic brokerage Elara alternativeisalsoessentialforthe come forward and promote the social media, officials said Tuesday. Bhopa police station SHO Deepak thatalitreofbioethanolcostsRs will give orders for making flex production of crops like rice, Chaturvedi has been sent to police 65 as against Rs 110 paid for engines (mandatory),” he said, maize, corn and sugar, from ing at the launch of ‘Khadi India the Minister said, pointing out Capital. “Within six months, we country because of the surplus use of khadi in a big way.
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The district has already way back in 1975. line and Subhash Babu appointed in petrol.Thealternativefuelisalso adding that State-run oil mar- which bioethanol is made. his place, they said. The 25-year-old woman, who was
Quiz Contest’ organised as part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ by the Khadi andVillage Industries
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- divorced three months ago through