, - : (0 &/ 6/;.( !6/;.(; !"# /2%/%3 ./01# +2/0( 0+ (. 9 3 30-3 <%#=$$ -* -9 98 * 8'- 7 -0 7 73 9 8# * > --' > 0B 3- 38 3 03 8 *3 3 > 37 A > ? 8 <$ <<@ $% & &#%'('() '* ? +/! & (/ ( !" #$ % es in the area to track down the as they just got married 3-4 && ' footprints of terrorists. months back. He was meant to Commanding Officer The commanding officer, save lives.” A(CO) of the Indian Army's who attained martyrdom in the According to ground elite Counter-insurgency force, line of duty, was identified as reports, the joint teams of the 21 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), was Colonel Ashutosh Sharma security forces were chasing a martyred in action, along with from Uttar Pradesh. group of 4-5 terrorists in four other security personnel, He had been decorated Rajwara forest area since May including a Major and Sub twice for bravery and had been 1. On May 2 when security Inspector of Jammu & Kashmir part of several successful forces received credible inputs Police, in Handwara town of counter-terrorism operations in about the presence of terrorists North Kashmir’s Kupwara dis- the past. in Chanjmulla area of of the Directorate General will trict late on Saturday night. In a span of less than one Handwara, they launched an it hard by coronavirus, be subjected to disinfection by They came under heavy month, the Indian Army has operation to free civilians from Hthe CRPF shut its head- the Government notified fire while attempting to evac- suffered huge losses while con- the custody of holed up ter- quarters here after an Assistant agency, keeping in view with uate civilians amid fierce gun- ducting counter terrorist oper- rorists. Ground reports Commandant attached with a protocols and directions of fight with a group of Pakistani ations in Kupwara district alone. claimed, the team of Army offi- senior officer as private secre- MOHFW. Accordingly, the terrorists. In the night-long On April 5, the Indian cers led by CO, along with JKP tary tested positive even as 26 Directorate General, CRPF operation, two terrorists, Army had lost five soldiers, cop, was conducting house-to- BSF men were also found office will remain closed till including a Lashkar-e- Tayyeba including three elite para com- house searches in the area infected on Sunday. Tuesday morning (May 5, (LeT) commander Haider from mandos in a hand-to-hand when they came under fire The entire building at the 2020). Hence all officers and Pakistan, were killed while try- combat with infiltrating ter- from the terrorists inside one CGO Complex here will be dis- men working in Directorate ing to escape the tight cordon rorists in Keran sector of of the houses. infected and offices will remain General, CRPF are requested near the encounter site. Kupwara. However, Army closed till Tuesday morning. not to come to office and work At least, two to three ter- Remembering her hus- spokesman claimed a team of The infected officer’s fam- from home till then. rorists are believed to have band, Pallavi Ashutosh told a nation, for his unit, for his men will be home tomorrow with us, father, Retd Brig Chandrakant five Army and J&K Police per- ily is being tested. Forty men They should remain avail- escaped taking advantage of the TV news channel, “I am proud and for the safety of civilians. wrapped in a tricolour,” she said. Sood while paying tributes to sonnel entered the target area traced to be in his contact have able to their seniors on phone adverse weather conditions of his supreme sacrifice in the I have no regrets.” Another Army officer, who his son said, “He has made a occupied by the terrorists to been quarantined. to respond to necessary emer- prevailing in the area. On line of duty. The loss is unbear- He had told me he will attained martyrdom, was iden- supreme sacrifice. It was part of evacuate the civilians and suc- “As one corona positive gencies,” said an order of the ground zero, the security forces able and irreparable but I’m come home the next day after tified as Major Anuj Sood his duty and what he was cessfully extricated the case has been detected in the CRPF headquarters on were still carrying out search- proud of what he did for his eliminating the terrorists. “He from Himanchal Pradesh. His trained for. I feel sad for his wife civilians. Directorate, the entire building Sunday. %01 ' *P" " ,-. )2 $3* 38 #$ % hief Minister Hemant %% CSoren on Sunday cleared the air over speculations relat- $($)*% + ed to relaxation from the lock- !""" ! down and said that the relief offered by the Centre will not &,- be applicable in Jharkhand. The announcement, which ,.,/ #$ Soren made on microblogging website Twitter, may bring dis- appointment to tipplers who were expecting the liquor shops ith several States like ndia has completed 10 lakh into DNA that detects the virus to open after the Centre WPunjab, Bihar, Haryana, Ireal-time polymerase chain while the antibody tests, allowed opening of standalone Jammu & Kashmir, which were reaction (RT-PCR) tests to which use blood, detect the liquor shops with adherence to relatively safe, reporting high identify people infected with body’s response to the virus, social distancing – a move number, and Maharashtra, coronavirus. According to offi- experts said. aimed at preventing further Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Delhi cials, this is a major milestone Starting with one single revenue loss to the Excise and Uttar Pradesh showing no in India’s fight against coron- laboratory, the National Department. sign of slowing down in terms ! " $%& avirus. But at 758 per 10 lakh Institute of Virology (NIV) in “The relaxations offered of positive cases, India on " ' ! tests, India’s testing ratio Pune and having 100 labora- by the Centre will not be Sunday saw another 2,000 plus has been one of the lowest in tories in the beginning of the applicable in Jharkhand. The " day cases taking its overall number of cases in the coun- Nanded, who came back last the world. India has decided to lockdown, the RT-PCR test lockdown here will be main- " " / count to 42,000. try to oversee the containment week after remaining stuck ramp up its testing number to facility is now available in 292 tained strictly over the next two / 0 This a huge increase from measures in the affected there for nearly a month. In the one lakh per day soon. Government and 97 private weeks as a preventive measure,” the time the country went into areas. past five days, Punjab record- The milestone comes amid facilities across the country, Soren wrote in his tweet. “Our least the green zones in State three have died, it said. At least the first lockdown on March 24 These districts are: ed 728 cases — a majority of the Indian Council of Medical officials said. migrant workers and students will get from relief from the 10 patients in Ranchi have when the total stood at just 500 Mumbai, Thane and Pune in them Nanded returnees. Research (ICMR)’s attempts Considered to be the most- are returning home, and it lockdown after May 3. recovered, while six have recov- positive cases. Maharashtra; Ahmadabad, Tamil Nadu reported one to increase the number of test- effective diagnosis, RT-PCR is won’t be wise to provide relax- However, the Chief Minister’s ered in Bokaro. Three in Delhi recorded highest sin- Surat and Vadodra in Gujarat; Covid-19 death, 266 fresh ing. The biomedical research a throat and nasal swab test. It ation at this point in time,” he statement has made it clear that Hazaribag, two in Dhanbad gle-day spike with 427 new South East and Central Delhi; infections, pushing total num- agency has ramped up tests to detects the virus early on, which added. there will be no relaxation in and one in Simdega have won coronavirus cases, tally now Indore and Bhopal in Madhya ber of coronavirus cases to more than 70,000-75,000 sam- is helpful in identifying and iso- Locals in Jharkhand were any of the 24 districts here, their battle against Coronavirus 4,549, said the Delhi Pradesh; Jaipur and Jodhpur in 3,023 while Haryana reported ples per day. According to the lating an infected person. expecting liquor shops to open including the ones that fall in so far, the bulletin said. Government. Rajasthan; Chennai, Tamil 421 cases. Ladkah added 19 officials, testing for Covid-19 Meanwhile, domestic man- here after Uttar Pradesh – a green and orange zones, At least 48 of the 115 cases For instance, Haryana saw Nadu; Hyderabad, Telangana; cases on Sunday taking the has been scaled up signifi- ufacturers of RT-PCR kits have State that has higher number of Government officials said. in Jharkhand are in the age biggest single day gain of 66, Agra and Lucknow in Uttar total to 92 cases. cantly over the last two months. been asked to ramp up pro- COVID-19 cases than The number of COVID-19 bracket of 11 to 30 years and 40 while Bihar crossed 500 mark Pradesh; Kolkata, West Bengal; Gujarat on Sunday regis- They said, till 31st March, duction. Against a demand of Jharkhand – decided to open cases in Jharkhand has been on are in the age bracket of 31 to by adding 22 new cases and Kurnool, Guntur, Krishna in tered 374 new Covid-19 cases 47,852 samples were tested, 35 lakh RT-PCR kits, orders its standalone liquor the rise. The virus entered 50 years, the NHM report said. Laddakh’s count doubled in Andhra Pradesh. and 28 deaths, which is the which increased to a total of have been placed for 21.35 stores.