EasternChroniWINDOW TO THE EAST cle WEATHERWATCH SENIOR HAMAS COMMANDER CABINET NOD FOR MOU MANCHESTER CITY Max 32°c killed as Israel strikes Gaza, between ICAI & Qatar Financial CONQUER 5th Premier Min 25°c Palestinians fire rockets P 6 Centre Authority P 9 League title ` P 10 Humidity 81% VOL II, ISSUE 218 PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM SILCHAR GUWAHATI KOLKATA PAGES: 10 epaper at: www.easternchronicle.net PRICE `5 THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2021 SPOTLIGHT Crescent moon Kolkata, N24Parganas account for over 50% of state's Covid deaths not sighted, Eid AGENCIES department, of the 1,249 Covid department officials, while Chief the same day. However, the of taking additional measures that it has spread in North 24 deaths recorded in the state Minister Mamata Banerjee has death toll too started to climb for these two districts. Even Parganas, mostly in the urban celebrations on Friday KOLKATA: Two districts in West since May 1, North 24 Parganas already announced a series of significantly from that day. the Centre has taken note of areas which are close to Kolkata. Bengal -- Kolkata and North 24 and Kolkata alone account for as measures to control the spread On May 2, the state had report- the rise in fatalities in these The high-rises and the housing CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE Parganas – have cumulatively many as 674 fatalities. of the virus, the reality is some- ed 92 deaths, which climbed to two districts. complexes are also an area of reported more than 50 per cent While Kolkata reported 313 thing different. 107 on May 4 and kept increasing "Kolkata is a cosmopolitan concern for the government," a GUWAHATI: In view of the fact of the total deaths caused by deaths, the adjacent North 24 After Trinamool Congress gradually from then onwards. city and it is very difficult to senior government official said. that no crescent moon sight- Covid-19 in the state since May Parganas district recorded 361 swept the Assembly polls on On May 6, the toll mounted to control the movement of people Though the state government ings reported from any part 1, prompting the state govern- deaths in the last 11 days. The May 2, Banerjee took the oath 117, 127 on May 8, dipped slight- there. Moreover, the density of is not yet thinking of imposing of Assam or in India, Eid- ment to consider taking addi- total number of deaths in these as the Chief Minister for the ly to 124 on May 9, before again population in the city is also a complete lockdown in West ul-Fitr will be celebrated in tional measures for these two two districts is 51.9 per cent of third straight term on May 5 and climbing to 134 and 132 on May death toll is certainly a cause of very high and that is result- Bengal, Chief Minister Banerjee Assam on Friday i.e. on May hotspots. the state's toll. announced a series of measures 10 and May 11, respectively. worry for the state government, ing in the rapid spread of the had an extensive meeting with 14. According to the state health According to the state health to check the spread of the virus This significant rise in the which has been forced to think disease. We have also noticed Chief Secretary... Pg 5 The announcement was made by Maulana Fakhruddin Ahmed Qasimi, President of Only microscopic Central Hilal Committee Assam and Imdad Hussain, Secretary on... Pg 5 Resist from dictating state percentage inoculated Covid infected mother in India, says CM gives birth to baby in ambulance officials, CM writes to Guv AGENCIES “ABOUT 10 CRORE PEOPLE IN WEST AGENCIES Governor, Banerjee said, ignoring this advice, solemnly KOLKATA: Chief Minister Mam- › CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE "Kindly refer to my No.91- rendered by me to you, and have ata Banerjee on Wednesday BENGAL AND 140 CRORE KOLKATA: In a controversial de- CM/2020 dated September 26, been communicating with and wrote a letter to Prime Min- PEOPLE IN INDIA NEED AGARTALA: The smart am- velopment, West Bengal Chief 2020 wherein, inter alia, I had dictating the state officials. You ister Narendra Modi urging bulance service introduced Minister Mamata Banerjee on requested and specifically have also been seeking reports him to speed up the imports VACCINATION HERE in Tripura under National Wednesday asked Governor advised you ‘to refrain from from them directly. I urge you of Coronavirus disease (Cov- AND NOW, BUT ONLY A Health Mission came as a Jagdeep Dhankhar to resist surpassing the Chief Minister and again request and advise id-19) vaccines from global MICROSCOPIC PERCENTAGE blessing for a Covid 19 in- himself from ‘communicating and her Council of Ministers you to refrain from this. I am manufacturers, adding that a fected expectant mother in and ‘dictating' the state offi- and communicating with and asking my Chief Secretary to go liberal, pro-active and discern- HAS BEEN COVERED,” remote Mungiakami area cials surpassing the CM and dictating the state officials', in by this norm," the Chief Minister ing import of vaccination is CHIEF MINISTER INFORMED under Tripura’s Khowai dis- her Council of Ministers. excess of your power under the added. the paramount need. PM MODI. trict. With the help of local The Chief Minister also Jagdeep Dhankhar and Mamata Banerjee. Constitution and directing them Banerjee's letter came after Banerjee previously sent let- health workers, the infected asked the Governor to proceed affected places by ‘violating the over several decades'. to attend before you." the Governor summoned Chief ters on the Covid-19 situation to central government’s help in mother gave... Pg 5 ‘unilaterally' to the violence long-standing norms as evolved In a strong letter to the "I find that you are steadily Secretary... Pg 5 PM Modi, seeking his and the vaccination drive, Pg 5 SC Justice DY Covaxin recommended 3-day Assam WHO blames religious, political for trial on 2-18 Man who battled death is Chandrachud tests assembly session events for Covid-19 peak positive age group to begin on May 21 NEW DELHI: Bharat Biotech's back with helping hands AGENCIES NEW DELHI: Supreme Court COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin GUWAHATI: After the for- judge Justice D Y Chandra- was on Tuesday recom- AGENCIES mation of the new BJP-led UNITED NATIONS: The World chud has tested positive for mended by an expert panel NITAI DAS MUKHERJEE WHO FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS government in the state, the Health Organisation has said COVID-19, the apex court for phase II/III clinical trial KOLKATA: Social worker Nitai › HAS BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE PEOPLE ON THE session of the Assam Legis- a recent risk assessment of the sources said on Wednesday. on those aged between two Das Mukherjee, 52, who bat- STREETS OF KOLKATA PROVIDING THEM FOOD, SHELTER, lative Assembly will be held situation in India found that The top court meanwhile to 18 years, official sources tled death for 42 long days in from May 21, 2021. "resurgence and acceleration" issued a notice which said the said. a private hospital in Kolkata CLOTHING AND MEDICINE WITH THE HELP OF KOLKATA According to sources, the of COVID-19 transmission in scheduled hearing on Thursday The trial will take place in after he was infected by the POLICE AND THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. Assembly session will be the country had several po- viruses in the B.1.617 lineage before a three-judge bench head- 525 subjects at various sites, deadly coronavirus in March held for three days. During tential contributing factors, were first reported in India in ed by Justice Chandrachud in including AIIMS, Delhi, last year, is back on the roads in this city to die without food, help and the people who need the the session, a new State including "several religious October 2020. the suo motu case for ensuring AIIMS, Patna and Meditrina of the city in his quest to give shelter or medicine. I know my help," Mukherjee, who is still not Assembly Speaker will be and political mass gathering "The resurgence in COVID- distribution of essential supplies Institute of Medical Sciences, shelter to the homeless and life resources are limited but there able to walk or stand for a long elected. events which increased social 19 cases and deaths in India has and services during the COVID- Nagpur. Pg 5 to ailing. are many people who want to time because of Covid's after-ef- Former Rajya Sabha mem- mixing". raised questions on the potential 19 pandemic stands deferred as "I saw death from up close contribute to the society. I only fects, said. ber Biswajit Daimari, who The WHO, in its COVID-19 role of B.1.617 and other variants one of the judges of the bench has and so I know how painful it is work as a middleman mediating Mukherjee who for the last 25 was elected to the... Pg 5 Weekly Epidemiological Update, (e.g, B.1.1.7) in circulation," the "tested positive" for coronavirus. Govt to preserve to die and I don't want anyone between the people who want to years has been... Pg 5 published Wednesday, said that update said. Pg 5 The top court... Pg 5 Homen Borgohain’s creations 71 more succumb At 4,205, India reports ‘Testing, tracking key CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE GUWAHATI: Chief Minister to Covid-19 in Assam to combat Covid’ Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma record C-19 deaths in a day said that the State govern- AGENCIES The overall positivity percent- AGENCIES Odisha, J&K, and Telangana, ment would take all neces- age of Assam stood at 8.85% on AGENCIES cases in country now stands at to review the progress of the sary steps to preserve the GUWAHATI: Assam reported 71 Wednesday.