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It “India has a glorious tra- dom of expression” for its and privacy under the rule of came after Twitter on cerns in a case of 20 residents of the deadly disease. termed Twitter’s statement dition of free speech and users. law. Right now, we are con- Thursday called the visit by *'%$$%'1()*%/&$- “unfortunate”, totally baseless, democratic practices dating In a statement and in a cerned by recent events the Delhi Police to its offices false and an attempt to defame back centuries. Protecting free series of tweets, Twitter said regarding our employees in a form of intimidation and India to hide their own follies”. speech in India is not the pre- certain provisions of new IT India and the potential threat said it was concerned about its “Twitter needs to stop rogative of only a private, for- rules in India are against the to freedom of expression for employees and the potential "! beating around the bush and profit, foreign entity like open public conversations and the people we serve,”said threat to freedom of expres- ! comply with the laws of the Twitter,” it added. wish to have a constructive Twitter’s Policy Division. sion. # $ P " *:+!6)8 ly throughout the social media, Swami Ramdev is seen wilful- hen Uttar Pradesh Chief ly and deliberately spreading WMinister Yogi false, baseless and malicious Adityanath called on information with regard to the Governor Anandiben Patel on treatment of various patients Thursday evening, it gave cre- suffering from Covid-19 by " " 67897*"1 dence to the speculation about established and approved possibility of reshuffle or treatment methods and drugs,” he anti-BS Yediyurappa expansion of the Uttar Pradesh it said. T“rebellion” in Karnataka Ministry. The IMA has also served a !" " 67897*"1 has fizzled out again as the BJP The Chief Minister was on defamation notice on Ramdev # central leadership has not been an inspection tour of districts for his alleged disparaging % & ith Antiguan Prime able to find out a “Lingyat” for last three days and remarks against allopathy. WMinister Gaston Browne leader of Yedyurappa’s stature returned to Lucknow on " 67897*"1 N O ) urging neighbouring Dominica even though complaints that Thursday at 6 pm and an * # O to directly hand over fugitive his son was remote-controlling hour later he drove down to he Indian Medical businessman Mehul Choksi to the administration and run- the Raj Bhawan to meet TAssociation (IMA) on & & India, agencies here are explor- ning a “parallel power-centre” Governor Anandiben Patel, Thursday lodged a complaint at ing options to get him extra- are on the rise in the State. who is also in charge of Delhi’s IP Estate police station dited to face the law. Choksi is contact has also been estab- “Dissidents have not party in the State with the rival Madhya Pradesh, and had against yoga guru Ramdev wanted in the 13,500 crore lished with the Government of received support from central camp levelling charges of cor- suddenly returned to Lucknow over his comment on allopathy. !+ PNB credit fraud case. Dominica for repatriation of leaders as BSY, despite his age- ruption. on Thursday from Bhopal. Police said that they are con- Choksi was nabbed in Choksi to India, sources here related problems, is still the The dissidents in Anandiben Patel went to ducting an enquiry into the ,- & Dominica late on Wednesday confirmed. biggest vote catcher among Karnataka, including backward Bhopal on May 10 and was matter. + ./ after fleeing from neighbouring They said the agencies are the dominant Lingyat com- class leader and State Rural slated to stay there till Saturday According to the May 9 0 1 2 Antigua and Barbuda. exploring possible legal munity that forms around 11 to Development Minister BS next. The sudden arrival of the complaint of the IMA, Ramdev 3 4 Browne reportedly said recourse to seek his custody at 13 per cent vote bank,” said a Eshwarappa, have alleged that Governor in Lucknow and has “wilfully and deliberately Choksi will be deported to the earliest. State leader who identified the Chief Minister’s son BY her meeting with Yogi spread false, baseless and mali- -5 India and Indian authorities are After reports of Choksi’s himself a “BJP loyalist” away Vijayendra was running the Adityanath was seen as a step cious information” about treat- & + in touch with their counter- arrest in Dominica, Browne from pro or ant-BSY camps. Government like a de-facto toward finalising details of ment of Covid patients by parts in Dominica. told the media there that he has He went on to admit that Chief Minister. reshuffle in the Ministry.