1. The Home Minister of India, Amit Shah, is scheduled to address a massive rally aimed at the BJP's supporters in West Bengal. Posters for the meeting are already circulating on social media and the State BJP has encouraged individual leaders, MLAs and MPs to post posters of the meeting with their faces. 2. It is unlikely that any of these posters will be in evidence on the walls of houses in either Kolkata or other urban clusters of West Bengal. This absence is significant because the political culture of the State deems that a public meeting addressed by a political stalwart is preceded by posters, buntings and wall writings. 3. Amit Shah's speech will be closely scrutin

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In an effort to defuse the near-
ly month-long stand-offs at
various locations at the Line of
Actual Control (LAC) in
Eastern Ladakh, top military
commanders of India and
China held extensive talks on
Saturday. There was no imme-
diate breakthrough, and both
the sides agreed to remain
engaged to resolve the ongoing
confrontations.
The high-level talks
between Leh-based 14 Corps
chief Lt General Harinder
Singh and his Chinese coun-
terpart Major General Liu Lin,
commander of Tibet Military
District in Chushul-Moldo in
China, came a day after the
video conference between the
senior diplomats of the two
countries — Naveen Srivastava,
Joint Secretary (East Asia) in
the External Affairs Ministry,
and Wu Jianghao, director gen-
eral in China’s foreign ministry.
They agreed not to let their
“differences” turn into “dis-
putes” and address contentious
issues through peaceful dia-
logue while respecting each
other’s sensitivities and con-
cerns.
India and China have also
agreed that both the sides
should implement the consen-
sus reached between the lead-
erships of the two countries
that the “two neighbours do
not constitute a threat to each
other and that each other is an
opportunity for development
and do not let differences turn
into disputes.” This is in a ref-
erence to decisions taken at the
two informal summits between
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and Chinese President Xi
Jinping.
As expected, the talks
between the senior military
commanders were not to yield
instant solution.
However, the three-hour
long parleys prepared the
ground for some more rounds
of talks at the local military
level in the coming days,
sources said.
At present, there are at
least four flashpoints at the
LAC in Eastern Ladakh and
both the sides ramping up
their troop strength. More than
12 rounds of talks at various
levels of military were held in
the last fortnight but failed to
achieve any breakthrough.
Earlier in the day, the
Indian Army officials said
Indian and Chinese officials
continue to remain engaged
through the established mili-
tary and diplomatic channels to
address the current situation in
the India-China border areas.
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The coronavirus disease has
not “exploded” in India, but
the risk of that happening
remains as the country moves
towards removing its nation-
wide lockdown that was
imposed in March to contain
the Covid-19, a top WHO
expert said.
India, which went past
Italy on Friday to become the
sixth worst-hit nation by the
Covid-19 pandemic, is already
witnessing huge spurt in cases
each passing day.
WHO Health Emergencies
Programme Executive Director
Michael Ryan said the doubling
time of the coronavirus cases in
India is about three weeks at
this stage. “Measures taken in
India such as the nationwide
lockdown has had an impact in
slowing transmission but the
risk of an increase in cases
looms as the country opens up,”
he said while stressing that as
the disease generates and cre-
ates a foothold in communities,
it can accelerate at any time as
has been seen in a number of
settings.
In South Asia, not just in
India but in Bangladesh,
Pakistan and other countries in
South Asia, with large dense
populations, the disease has not
exploded. But there is always
the risk of that happening,
Ryan said in Geneva.
Ryan noted that measures
taken in India such as the
nationwide lockdown has had
an impact in slowing trans-
mission but the risk of an
increase in cases looms as the
country opens up.
“The measures taken in
India certainly had an impact
in dampening transmission
and as India, as in other large
countries, open up and as peo-
ple begin to move again, there’s
always a risk of the disease
bouncing back up,” he said.
He added there are specif-
ic issues in India regarding a
large amount of migration, the
dense populations in the urban
environment and the fact that
many workers have no choice
but to go to work every day.
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Warning of strong action
against some private hos-
pitals allegedly refusing admis-
sion to Covid-19 patients and
involved in “black-marketing”
of beds, Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday
said his Government is going to
issue an order stating that hos-
pitals cannot deny treatment to
such people.
The Delhi Government
will depute medical profes-
sionals at all hospitals who
will update availability of
beds for coronavirus patients
at an official app and ensure
admission of such patients, he
said.
The CM rubbished claims
that Covid-19 tests have been
stopped, and asserted the city
test ratio is the highest.
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The Delhi Police has regis-
tered a FIR against Sir
Ganga Ram Hospital for
allegedly violating Covid-19
regulation norms.
“The hospital was alleged-
ly not using RT-PCR app while
collecting Covid-19 samples.
As per the guidelines, it is
“mandatory” for labs to collect
samples through RT-PCR app,”
the FIR stated.
There was no immediate
reaction from the authorities of
the leading private hospital.
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An eight-month pregnant
woman died in an ambu-
lance here after a frantic 13-
hour hospital hunt failed to
find her a bed as over half-a-
dozen facilities, including a
Government one, denied her
treatment, her family claimed
on Saturday.
Neelam, 30, and her hus-
band Vijender Singh, 30,
knocked the doors of eight
hospitals, including
Government ones, before she
died in the ambulance out-
side a facility in Greater
Noida on Friday, the family
told PTI.
Taking note of the death
and the claim, the Gautam
Buddh Nagar district admin-
istration ordered an inquiry
into the matter.
A resident of Khoda colony
on the Noida-Ghaziabad bor-
der, Neelam was eight months
pregnant and undergoing treat-
ment at Shivalik Hospital here,
a private facility, for pregnan-
cy-related complications, her
husband said.
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Alarmed by the resignation
of three of its MLAs ahead
of the June 19 Rajya Sabha polls
in Gujarat, the Congress on
Saturday shifted several of its
legislators to resorts and bun-
galows near their constituen-
cies to thwart any “poaching”
bid.
With the resignations of
Akshay Patel and Jitu
Chaudhary on June 3 and that
of Brijesh Merja on June 5, the
Congress’ strength in the 182-
member House has been
reduced to 65.
The effective strength of
the House, however, stands at
172 as of now as ten seats are
currently vacant — two due to
court cases and the rest because
of resignations.
The party has moved the
MLAs to three separate loca-
tions keeping in mind the need
to maintain social distancing in
view of the Covid-19 outbreak.
AICC sources said while
several MLAs from north
Gujarat were shifted to a resort
near Ambaji in Banaskantha
district, those from South and
Central Gujarat were moved to
private bungalows in Anand,
legislators from Saurashtra
region were shifted to a resort
in Rajkot.
“The MLAs were asked by
party high command to arrive
in resorts in Anand, Ambaji,
and Rajkot after completing
their work on Saturday.
They will arrive in these
resorts on the basis of the
zone-wise location of their
constituencies. Many of them
have arrived. Others will reach
there soon,” said party sources.
The MLAs might continue to
stay in these resorts until the
day of the election for four
Rajya Sabha seats.
Earlier, Congress had
moved its MLAs to a resort in
Jaipur in March this year after
five of them had resigned
ahead of the March 26 elections
to the Upper House.
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Kusuma’s struggle starts at 4
am. She wakes up early to
ensure her family can get water
from the tanker which comes
regularly in the Sarhat village of
Manikpur in Chitrakut. “I get
up so early and place the buck-
et and other utensils in line but
there is no guarantee that I will
get water,” she said.
“Ours is a forgotten village
where we live with scarcity of
water for decades. We do not
have enough water to drink.
Washing hands regularly with
water is a luxury which we can-
not afford,” she told this
reporter on the telephone.
As the Unlock 1.0 began
early this week with
Government advocating people
to maintain safe distance and
asking them to wash hands reg-
ularly to beat Covid-19, the vil-
lagers in Bundelkhand have
resigned to their fates. Their
struggle for water begins in the
morning and ends in the
evening with fetching water to
wash, cook and drink on a daily
basis and cannot think of wast-
ing water to wash hands every
two hours, as advocated by
experts and doctors.
The rugged Bundelkhand
is known for water crisis and
the summer months are the
worst, with groundwater levels
acutely low. Sarhat is one of the
villages where water scarcity is
routine, even during winters.
The tankers are only source of
water to these parched vil-
lages and the day they don’t roll
in the villagers have to walk
long distances hunting for
water.
Deaths of people as well as
animals like cattle due to scarci-
ty of water are rampant too.
“Sometimes we have to
drink water from filthy ponds.
It’s revolting. But we have no
option,” she said.
Sarhat is among a dozen
such as Amchur Nerwa, Theka.
Bheda, Umari and Thikari in
Manikpur block where tanker
is the only lifeline, providing
water to around 90 families -
comprising around 550 people.
Scarcity of water has
brought a social stigma, too.
Like in Gopipur village in
Chitrakoot district where
number of unmarried youth is
rising every passing day
because people have stopped
giving their daughters in this
village.
“No one wants their
daughter married to someone
in Gopipur because it is one of
the most water scare village in
parched Bundelkhand,” Dinesh
Kumar, a gram sabha member
said.
He said many youths have
given up any hope of getting
married. “There are men who
got marriage proposals not
once but five to six times
because of their status but in
the last minute marriage is can-
celled because no one wants
that their daughter should live
in a village where there is no
water,” he said.
Washington: US President
Donald Trump has said that
countries like India and China
would have much more coro-
navirus cases than America, the
worst-hit country in the world,
if they conduct more tests.
Trump, in his remarks at
Puritan Medical Products in
Maine, said that the US has car-
ried out 20 million tests.
Compared to the US,
Germany is at four million and
much talked about South Korea
is about three million tests, he
said. According to Johns
Hopkins Coronavirus Resource
Center, the US has reported
nearly 1.9 million cases and
over 1,09,000 deaths, making
America the worst affected
country, while the total num-
ber of coronavirus cases in
India and China stand at
2,36,184 and 84,177 respec-
tively. PTI
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2. Q What got you interested in acting?
I have done engineering in Computer
Science from Chandigarh. When I was in
third year, I auditioned for MTV Roadies
4. Back then I was interested in bike riding.
I gave the audition and got selected. I did
that show and finished my course. I then
went to Texas for a flying course. When I
finished my flying, I got another call from
MTV for Splitsvilla 1. I flew down straight
from Dallas to Mumbai. I was told it would
be a month’s shooting and a month’s
promotion and then I could go back. But
I won and they offered me another show
to host. This was in 2008. Back then there
weren’t many jobs in aviation. But I kept
getting TV offers. I got Bhagyavidhaata and
the rest of the shows followed. I had not
planned to be an actor, they just happened.
Q So, you had a different trajectory?
Yes, I come from a business family. We
have jewellery shows. From the very
beginning, I was against doing things that
were routine and go to one place. When I
studied engineering, I knew that it was not
my cup of tea. A friend of mine had applied
for a flying course and that interested me
and asked him how to go about applying
for the same. The idea of being up in the
clouds and going places really piqued my
interest.
Q Was it a struggle to make space in the
industry?
If I had not given the first audition, I
would have never gone to Mumbai to
become an actor. I had no acting
background. I never even got a portfolio
done for the first four-five years of my
career. The industry has very kind to me.
When I went to Mumbai, I
already had a show in my
hand. I have done around
12 shows in a career
spanning 12 years and a
few films as well.
Q How did you come on
board to play Lord Krishna?
This is the fourth time that I am
playing Lord Krishna in
Dwarkadheesh—Bhagwan Shri Krishna
2. I was doing Rishton Se Badi Pratha
back in 2010-11. Sagar Pictures were
conducting auditions through an actor
friend. I didn’t really prepare for it but
got selected. Before
doing this show, I
had done two
fictional shows and
reality show but I
started enjoying
acting when I played
Krishna for the first
time. The whole idea of
standing in front of the camera
and to play a God really got me
interested.
Q Thisisnotthefirsttimeyouhaveplayed
this character. Why say yes, each time?
Ihavenoticedthatnotmanyactorswant
to do mythological shows and I have also
seenthatnotallactorsaresuitedtodothem.
It is a different ball game. While I had not
prepped for the first mythological show, I
enjoyed the whole process. As an actor I am
trulyblessedthatIhavegotthisopportunity.
I will continue to play this role as long as I
keep getting them since people remember
you.
Q How tough is it to live up to people’s
expectationwhenyouarepartofamytho
show?
Many actors have played Krishna but
have not been exacted. Personally, I have to
be able to look the part. I was offered to play
Shiv but I refused. Because I don’t think that
I can do justice to the look since Shiv has a
rough and rugged personality. I know
what my traits are. For me to be able to
convince the audience that I am God, I have
to be convinced otherwise that conviction
will not come across.
Q What are the challenges that come in
such shows?
I don’t think there are very many since
people know the man behind the show due
to social media. But when you play such
roles, you do your own research. Before I
took up the role back in 2011, I never used
to practice yoga or meditate. But I do that
regularly. I have lots of books as well. It has
changed in in a way but it has not been
intentionally.
Q Is there a need to change content that
we see on TV?
Definitely.Ifwedon’tdoitnowthen,
when? If not, TV is going to suffer
since there are so many OTT
platforms that offer great content.
People even in small towns and
cities have access to good Internet
connectivity. If makers want people
tositinfrontontheirsetsat8pmand
come back day after day, they need to
find content that is brilliant. We
mustdoawaywiththeconceptofdaily
soaps and come up with finite shows.
When you do daily soaps, one tends to
compromise because there is a deadline
and we must do away with this.
Q Should viewers change their choice?
Not really. It is wrong to assume that
because the audience watches such shows,
makers are producing them. There was a
time when the entire family would sit and
watch shows, back in the 90s. If you give
good content, people will watch it.
Q What next?
I am back home and looking at the
change to open a boarding school in
Palampur. But I would love to do web series
provided the content and script that I am
offered is good.
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most girls are busy
watching fairy tales and
imagining a life in la la land,
Sneha Wagh, who plays Mata
Anjana in TV’s Kahat
Hanuman Jai Shri Ram, was
giving wings to her career.
Wagh started from Marathi
theatre and then went on doing
Marathi shows. However, acting
was never on her cards
whatsoever.
“I never dreamt of being an
actor.Iwasaclassicaldancerand
my goal was to have my dance
academy one day. But like any
other family, my father wanted
me to be an engineer,” she tells
you.
But destiny had something
else planned for her. Wagh
developedinterestintheatreand
joined a group. She got a chance
to do Marathi shows like Adhuri
Ek Kahani and Kaata Rute
Konala.
“My father was not very
happywithmydecisionofbeing
an actor intially. But then, my
mother knew what I wanted.
Shetoldmyfatherandwithtime
he too embraced the fact that
acting was my calling,” Wagh
tells you.
That was not all. She was
then offered the lead in NDTV
Imagine’s Jyoti. “That came as a
surprise. The producer saw me
on TV in one of the Marathi
shows and she wanted me to
play the title lead in Jyoti. She
searched for me and then
contacted me. But the funny
thing is I failed the audition 16
times. Because the character
was so serious and I was just 19
back then. I said I just couldn’t
do that. I was like a newcomer
in the industry. But then I gave
it another try and it went well.
That’showIwasfinalisedforthe
role,” Wagh tells you.
Playing a mature character
like Jyoti changed Wagh inside
out. “The character was indeed
challenging. I had to learn a lot
of things to get into the skin of
the character. But it changed my
life 360 degrees. It changed me
from within and I started
looking at things differently.
The character was so emotional
that there were times when I
used to shed tears after reading
the script. I wondered how
could someone who is going
through so much in life can still
manage to smile infront of the
family. Jyoti was like the man of
the house. And there are girls
like her in the society,” Wagh
explains.
She recalls how she used to
receive a lot of messages from
fans appreciating her
performance and character. “So
many men used to message
and tell me that they are able to
relate to the character. I felt so
good that not only the women
but the men too are able to
connect with Jyoti,” she says.
After Jyoti, Wagh went on
doing Ek Veer Ki Ardas...Veera
that earned her much fame. “I
remember, I came back from
London after learning film
making and I was offered the
role of Ratanjeet Sampooran
Singh. I was so excited to be a
part of that show because the
story was amazing and the
characterwasneithercompletely
positive nor purely negative.
That was the beauty. But back
then,Ididn’tknowthattheshow
will become so popular and will
run for so long,” Wagh tells you.
From playing a young girl
Jyoti to Ratan, a mother of two
in her second Hindi TV show,
Wagh says, she didn’t thought of
the consequences that time.
“Like I said, I returned from
Londonandwasofferedtherole,
so that time I didn’t think too
much about whether people in
the industry will typecast me.
For me work was work and I
looked at it that way. However,
later on I realised that I should
have given it a second thought.
I even went into depression. But
then, I picked myself up and
thought how does it matter if I
played a mother. What should
matterismy craft andmy talent.
Then there are so many
people out there who don’t have
work and that I should feel
blessedthatIhavebeenworking
all this while. And now I can see
my career trajectory has been so
good. I have never repeated
anything and that’s the best
part of my career,” she says.
She adds that she has never
been choosy when it comes to
projects.“IfIlikethescript,Ijust
take up the project. I took all the
goodprojectsthatcamemyway.
Acting is what I love the most
and as long as I am acting I am
at my happy place,” Wagh, who
in future wants to be a part of a
real-life inspired series, tells
you.
Wagh is extremely happy to
be a part of Kahat Hanuman Jai
Shri Ram. The reason for
increasing popularity of
mythological shows, she says, is
positivity. “It is human nature
that whenever we are in danger
or the time is not right hum ya
toh mummy ko yaad kartey
hain ya bhagwaan ko. Also
these shows bring in so much
of positivity, they give out a
message that good will always
win against evil. These shows
kind of validate our trust and
just create a positive
atmosphere that everything
will be fine,” she says.
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Though it has been just over a
month since the film was
released, it appears to have caught
the imagination of the OTT
platform viewers of late. But
there are a few things that
inherently don’t sit well with
Mrs Serial Killer. First and most
important, a defense lawyer
telling his client that the only way
to prove the innocence of the
jailed beloved is to become a
copycat killer.
Imagine the consequences
and ramifications of such advice.
Even if one manages to overlook
this bizarre piece of ill-advice,
there is the whole backdrop that
the film has been shot at.
It is dark, dingy and seedy
looking. Why Shirish Kunder?
What was it that you were
looking for? Is it to tell the
viewers that it is a dark movie?
The title is a give-away. It is
unfortunate that there are few
scenes in the entire film that are
not shot in the dark. It is more
annoying rather than the director
trying to be scary and freaking
you out that there is a serial killer
out there gunning for unwed
pregnant girls. Showing a
mangled bloody body suspended
from chains and six bottles with
foetus is nowhere near shocking
or worth pucking.
There is a bit on a disconnect
as well. While the subject is
interesting enough, the subject is
far removed from what happens
in India. We may have had our
share of serial killers — the 2006
Noida serial murders. But these
are few and far between. We also
don’t want to know that there is
a male gynae doctor out to get
you.
Then there is Jacqueline
Fernandez. This is the second
time that we are watching her in
a Netflix Original, the first being
Drive. Here, all she does is either
cry or try to pop her eyes like she
is shocked but all one will end up
doing is roll one’s eyes. And what
is with the accent?
As for Manoj Bajpai, one
hopes that the actor is trying to
experiment with different scripts
and hence taking up such
projects. Otherwise how is it
possible for an actor who has been
part of films like Drohkaal, Special
26 and Aligarh end up doing Mrs
Serial Killer? It boggles the mind.
Over all, this movie should
only be watched if one wants to
see the kind of experimenting that
is taking place on OTT platforms.
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After the lockdown began,
Doordarshan began
telecasting old serials like
Ramayan, Mahabharat and
Buniyaad on its national
channel as well as the new DD
Retro channel. People who
had seen these serials during
the original telecasts became
nostalgic and new viewers also
began watching as they wanted
to see why these serials had
attainted an iconic status. In
fact, the Retro Channel is
showing almost all the popular
old Doordarshan serials.
However, Buniyaad has
been extremely popular these
days, bringing joy to viewers in
these difficult and puzzling
times. So many memories of so
many people have been
brought back by this
exceptionally well-made saga of
four generations of a family
which goes through the
partition. Each character is
beautifully conceived and built
up and the nuances of
relationships among the family
are delicately portrayed in this
serial written by Manohar
Shyam Joshi and directed by
Ramesh Sippy in the mid-
1980s.
Satbir, the youngest
son(adopted) of Master Haveli
Ram (who was played by Alok
Nath) was portrayed by
renowned film and TV actor
Kanwaljit Singh who has had a
long association with
Saharanpur, Dehradun and
Mussoorie. He belongs to
Saharanpur and has studied at
Saint George’s College,
Mussoorie. He also lived in
Dehradun when his father was
posted here for a while.
“However, I was very small at
that time,”he told the Pioneer
in an interview. Asked about
his memories of his “Buniyaad”
days, he said that during the
casting, Ramesh Sippy had
asked him to do the role of
Roshan Lal (which was finally
done by Mazhar Khan) but he
wanted to play Satbir (also
called Satyavir or Prince in the
serial). “It seemed that I was a
bit overweight –so I went on a
diet for around twenty five days
–and when I went back to his
office , he just said-‘Aaiye Satbir
ji’ !”
Kanwaljit Singh, it seems,
was destined to play Satbir as
it is by this role that he is always
recalled most. “In fact, people
kept calling me Satbir and still
do,” he said. Those who have
watched Buniyaad regularly
and carefully will agree that his
role was one of the strongest in
the serial and most impressive
indeed. “I wanted to prove
myself through this intense
role that was required for
Satbir’s character and thus
refused the role of Roshan Lal
although I could have done that
well too,”said the actor who
proved himself as the superstar
of the TV industry through
serials like “Farman”, “Saans “
and “Siski”. “Besides Buniyaad,
I loved Farmaan.”
He said that he was happy
that people were watching
Buniyaad again with great
interest and youngsters were
getting an idea of what people
went through during the
Partition. “When I was acting
in Buniyaad, all we knew was
that Ramesh Sippy was a star
director and Manohar Shyam
Joshi was a star writer who had
written Hum Log. It was later
that we realised the classic
status of the series.” He said he
remembered how well writer
Krishna Sobti helped in the
execution of the dialogues and
the serial. Kanwaljit Singh
shared a little known
interesting fact when he said
that the makers of Buniyaad
had originally considered
taking Amitabh Bachchan for
Satbir’s role and Dilip Kumar
for the role of Haveli Ram!
However, that would not have
proved viable as the serial went
on for a long while. Not only
does Kanwaljit Singh have an
Uttarakhand connection but
the serial also featured
Haridwar, Rishikesh,
Dehradun, Saharanpur and
Uttarkashi. This was due to the
fact that Manohar Shyam Joshi
belonged to Kumaon. So,
people of Uttarakhand feel
happy when they see these
places in the serial.
Kanwaljit Singh keeps
visiting Doon and Mussoorie to
meet his old friends and to
attend film-related events. “I
was there for the shooting of
Mere Brother ki Dulhan and
for the re-unions we have at
Saint George’s. I just need an
excuse to be in Dehradun and
Mussoorie.I have so many
memories there and friends
too”.
He said that watching
Buniyaad after more than thirty
years made him very nostalgic.
The actor has always had
great interest in Urdu poetry
and says that his association
with poets and writers like
Kaifi Azmi, Kamaal Amrohi
and Jaanissaar Akhtar had
enhanced this interest. “The
lockdown has made me go
back to writing poetry after a
long time.It has made me very
philosophical,” says Singh who
is a versatile painter and has
recorded his recitations of
Mirza Ghalib, Faiz and Kaifi
Azmi.
Buniyaad’s Satbir will
always stay with Kanwaljit
Singh and with all those who
have known and watched the
serial. Satbir-honest, shy,
innocent, serious, intense,
simple and sensitive. Much
like Kanwaljit Singh himself.
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At a time when the killing of
a pregnant elephant in
Kerala has triggered
nationwide outrage, Dehradun
police on Saturday arrested a
man for the alleged brutal
killing of a stray dog in Singra
Colony, Vikasnagar while
keeping investigations on
against the main accused Vinay
Kumar.
On June 5, a disturbing video
of the same day went viral on
social media that showed a
white coloured dog crying in
pain while being kicked and
being flushed with water to
rinse away blood.
The video was made by
Saumya Bajaj, who filed a
written complaint to the police
alleging that on Friday, Vinay
Kumar killed a five-month old
stray dog in a brutal manner
after the dog walked inside his
house. Taking cognisance of
her complaint, police registered
an FIR and began investigation.
On the basis of video evidence,
the police arrested accused
Madan Pal, also a resident of
Singra Colony, the man seen
throwing water on the crying
dog with blood on the floor.
In her complaint, Bajaj has
stated that Vinay Kumar beat
the adolescent dog to death
following which, Pal threw
water on the bleeding and
dying dog to rinse away blood.
She has also alleged that when
she tried to intervene to save
the dog from being killed
brutally, Kumar abused her
and intimidated her with
threats of physical assault.
“I feed strays in Singra
Colony where I stay.
On Friday, I fed a five
month old pup who then
wandered inside the house of
Vinay Kumar. A few moments
later, I heard piercing screams
of the dog and found that he
was being beaten to death
inside Kumar’s house. I urged
them to stop and leave the pup.
I tried to rush inside their
house to save the dying dog but
I was pushed out, abused and
threatened. Not allowed to go
inside, I made a video of the
atrocity from the road,”
narrated Bajaj to this
correspondent. The police have
registered a case under sections
323/504/429 of the IPC and
under Section 11 of the
Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Act, 1960. The matter
is being investigated by sub-
inspector Nidhi Dabral.
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Despite the Government
asking institutions to not
remove their workers during
the ongoing Covid-19
pandemic, a renowned private
university located in Dehradun
has asked many of its faculty
members to resign. The
management of this university
is learnt to have threatened to
terminate these staff members
if they fail to tender their
resignations with immediate
effect. The university
management however claims
that the number of teachers in
the university had become
more than what is required.
The university has asked
about 30 senior and junior
faculty members of
mechanical, electrical,
electronics, mathematics and
other departments to put in
their papers. The aggrieved
faculty members say that they
are being fired at this critical
time precipitated by Covid-19.
They point out that the central
government has clearly said
that the employees should not
be removed from their jobs.
“People were informed
through an e-mail on June 3 to
connect on June 4 at specific
time slots of 15 minutes each
via a Zoom link. The agenda
was not disclosed. On joining
the meeting, the head of
department concerned and HR
representative curtly told us
that we should resign within 24
hours failing which the
university would issue
termination orders,’’ said one
such faculty member. The
university has also blocked the
official mail IDs and directed
these employees to surrender
the university's assets.
When contacted, a senior
official of the university said
that the teacher student ratio
prescribed by the University
Grants Commission (UGC)
has got skewed in favour of
teachers. “The list of surplus
teachers was ready for quite
some time. Last year we
witnessed a drop in student
admissions and this year due to
the pandemic scenario the
situation is expected to be
worse. After a process of
screening based on
performance this list of
teachers was prepared. We had
two options, either go for a
salary cut of all the staff or go
for a tough decision of
removing non performers. The
university has decided to give
them salary till September 30
so that they can get enough
time to scout for a new job,’’ he
said.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has
cast its shadow on the
grandeur of the passing out
parade (PoP) at Indian Military
Academy (IMA). For the first
time in the history of the
famed training institute, the
proud parents and close family
members of the newly
commissioned officers would
not have the privilege of
witnessing the PoP. The
academy would enforce the
social distancing norms in the
toned down ceremony. The
PoP of the summer batch (
Spring term) of the academy is
slated to be held on June 13.
The absence of parents
and family members this time
around would mean that the
pipping ceremony, the most
eagerly awaited moment for the
GCs and their families when
the epaulets (stars) of the
officer are placed on their
shoulders, would lose its
charm. The memories of the
pipping ceremony always
remain firmly etched in the
memory of every officer and
his loved ones.
The Public Relations
Officer (PRO) of the IMA, Lt
Colonel Amit Dagar said that
decision has been taken to
ensure safety.
He said that other
necessary measures would also
be taken in the ceremony this
time.
On being asked about the
Reviewing Officer (RO) for
the PoP this year, Lt Col Dagar
said that the information would
be provided in coming days.
The graduation ceremony
-in which the cadets of the
Army Cadet College (ACC)
wing are awarded degrees-
held on Friday at the Khetarpal
Auditorium of IMA was also
sans parents and spouse. In this
ceremony the cadets and the
officers were seen wearing
masks.
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The Municipal Corporation
of Dehradun (MCD)
started the two-day special
sanitisation campaign in
Dehradun city on Saturday.
On the first day, the task was
conducted in 50 of the 100
wards under the MCD.
Using 56 tractors/tankers
and four fire tenders, one
per cent sodium hypochlorite
solution was sprayed at the
main roads and various wards
of the city. According to MCD,
about 3.10 lakh sanitiser
solution was sprayed in the city
on Saturday.
The mayor Sunil
Uniyal ‘Gama’ and
m u n i c i p a l
commissioner Vinay
Shankar Pandey also
inspected the
sanitisation.
They appealed
the public to observe
the guidelines issued
by the Central and
State Governments,
and remain indoors unless
necessary to go out. It will be
recalled that the state
government had ordered a
closure in Dehradun on
Saturday and Sunday and
directed an elaborate
sanitisation campaign on these
two days to minimise the risk
of further Covid-19 contagion.
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The spike in the number of
novel Coronavirus (Covid-
19) infected patients in
Uttarakhand is showing no
sign of slowing down. On
Saturday the State health
department reported 89 new
cases of the disease which
increased the number of
patients in the state to 1303.
On a positive note, 79 patients
were discharged from different
hospitals of the state on the day
after their complete recovery
from the disease. So far eleven
patients of the disease have died
in the state.
On Saturday, 21 new
patients were reported from
Haridwar district while 16
cases surfaced in mountainous
Pithoragarh district. In
Dehradun 10 new patients
were found while nine patients
were reported from Tehri
district. In Nainital seven new
patients were reported while six
patients each were reported
from Chamoli and Champawat
districts. Four cases each were
found in Almora and
Bageshwar districts while three
patients were found in Udham
Singh Nagar district. On the
day, one patient of Covid-19
was also found from Uttarkashi
district.
On the day, 29 patients
were discharged from hospitals
in Tehri district while 25 were
discharged from Almora
district. Eight patients each
were discharged from
Dehradun and Haridwar
districts while six were
discharged from Pauri district.
In Nainital three patients
recovered from the disease.
In Dehradun, four
members of nursing staff of
Mahant Indiresh hospital
deputed in the hospital
emergency were found infected
with the disease. The hospital
has now closed the emergency
for disinfecting it.
The additional secretary,
state health department, Yugal
Kishore Pant said that reports
of 1117 samples were found
negative for the disease on
Saturday. He added that reports
of 6253 samples are still awaited
by the department. On
Saturday, a total of 587 samples
were collected for COVID -19
testing. The authorities have so
far taken swab samples of
36638 suspected patients for
COVID-19 test. Out of the
total samples taken, 4.23
percent samples have been
found positive for the disease.
The doubling rate of disease in
the state is 14.15 days while the
recovery percent in the state is
now at 33.90. A total of 25265
persons are kept in institutional
quarantine by the state health
department.
Uttarakhand now has 864
active cases of the disease.
Dehradun with 276 active cases
is maintaining its position at
top of the table of Covid-19
positive active patients.
Nainital district is at second
position with 187 active cases.
The Tehri district remains at
third spot with 84 active cases
even as 29 patients were
discharged from hospital after
their recovery on Saturday.
Haridwar now has 71 active
patients of the disease while
Pithoragarh and Udham Singh
Nagar districts have 43 and 42
active cases respectively.
Champawat now has 37 active
patients while Pauri has 26
active cases. With recovery of
25 patients on the day, the
number of active cases in
Almora district reduced to 25
on Saturday.
Rudraprayag now has 19
active cases while Bageshwar
and Chamoli districts have 16
and six active cases of the
disease respectively.
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The opinion of experts
should be sought to make
the disaster management
training being provided to
citizens more effective. Chief
minister Trivendra Singh
Rawat said this while chairing
a meeting of the Uttarakhand
State Disaster Management
Authority (USDMA) on
Saturday.
Rawat said that the
teachers who have been trained
should be made to train school
teachers. The communication
network should be
strengthened further for
disaster management.
The CM said that all
preparations should be
completed for the monsoon
season. Places vulnerable to
disasters should be identified
and effort should be made to
minimise the response time
after disaster. Additionally,
public awareness on Covid-19
and protection from it should
be raised through various
media.
USDMA officials informed
in the meeting that Doppler
radars are in the process of
being installed at Mukteshwar
and Surkanda to enable
accurate meteorological
information. A total of 12,321
Yuvak Mangal Dal and 10,908
youths were trained in disaster
management this year. A total
of 184 satellite phones have
been provided at the Tehsil
level to strengthen
communication network. From
2012 till the present,699
families of 27 village vulnerable
to disaster have been
rehabilitated.
Further, seismic early
warning equipment including
84 in Garhwal and 100 in
Kumaon have also been
installed. Along the Ganga
river from Koteshwar to
Rishikesh, flood warning
system has been installed at
eight sensitive locations.
Personnel at the state and
district level have been trained
in the incident response
system. Under the State disaster
relief fund, a total of Rs 98 crore
has been provided to all the
districts, Rs 20 crore to medical
education directorate, Rs 30 to
Public Works Department, Rs
20 crore to Peyjal Nigam and
Rs 16 crore to medical health
and family welfare department
so far, informed the officials.
Chief secretary Utpal
Kumar Singh, director general
of police Anil Raturi, secretary
Shailesh Bagauli, SDRF IG
Sanjay Gunjyal, USDMA
ACEO Ridhim Agarwal and
disaster management director
Piyoosh Rautela among others
were also present in the
meeting.
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In view of increasing backlog
of samples at different
testing facilities of the state,
the Uttarakhand government
has decided to send samples
to the laboratory of National
Centre for Disease Control
(NCDC) New Delhi. This
information was provided by
the secretary medical health
and family welfare Amit Singh
Negi during a meeting with
senior officials of health
department, all district
magistrates and chief medical
officers (CMO). In the
meeting the Joint Secretary
Government of India,
Nidhimani Tripathi was also
present.
She has been appointed by
the GoI as nodal officer for
Covid-19 in the state. In the
meeting Negi directed district
authorities of Haridwar and
Udham Singh Nagar to sent
300 samples each to NCDC
New Delhi.
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The Vice President
of Uttarakhand
Congress, Surya Kant
Dhasmana has said
that the two day
lockdown and
sanitation drive
should not be kept
limited to Dehradun
city.
He said that the
infection of novel
Coronavirus (Covid-19) is not
limited to Dehradun and cases
are being reported from all
parts of the State.
The Congress leader said
that the State Government
should be concerned for the
whole State but it appears that
the State government is not
interested to fight Covid-19 and
is merely passing the time.
He alleged that the State
Government in an attempt to
hide the actual figures of Covid
-19 is deliberately doing less
number of tests. Raising a
question mark on long delay in
sample tests and huge backlogs
in the testing facilities, the
Congress leader expressed
apprehension that the sample
could get ruined by the long
delay which would affect the
result.
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Himachal Government on
Saturday said it has
allowed the unemployed rural
persons willing to work in
their individual land under
MNREGA, even if the work
was not in the approved shelf
of projects approved by the
Gram Sabhas.
Presiding over the review
meeting of Rural Development
and Panchayati Raj
Department here, Chief
Minister Jai Ram Thakur said
that total expenditure of Rs. 859
crore have been incurred
thereby generating 260 lakhs
persondays during last
financial year whereas Rs. 54
crore have been spent and 22
lakh person days were
generated under MNREGA
during current financial year so
far.
Thakur said the Rural
Development Department has
also issued instructions
regarding maintenance of
PWD roads under MNREGA
besides tranches of Jal Shakti
Vibhag. He said that in order
to ensure transparency in the
works of MNREGA, the
department has implemented
SECURE software. He said
that 100 percent payments
regarding works under
MNREGA has been
implemented through DBT.
He said for work site facilities
homemade protective face
cover, soap and water were
being provided to MNREGA
workers. He said that 12835
MNREGA workers registered
with Buildings and Other
Construction Workers Welfare
Board had completed 90 days.
The chief minister said the
department has created a
Quality Control Cell under
MNREGA in order to improve
the quality of works executed
under the scheme. He said
that Ombudsman have been
appointed in six districts viz.
Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra,
Mandi, Shimla and Solan,
while the remaining
Ombudsman would be
appointed soon.
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Punjab Chief Minister Capt
Amarinder Singh on Saturday
tightened the noose on illicit liquor
traders in the state with the constitution
of an excise reforms group to break the
nexus between producers, wholesalers
and retailers.
The announcement comes a day
after the chief minister had announced
the setting up of a Special Investigating
Team (SIT) to probe illicit liquor trade
in the state.
The five-member panel has been
asked to submit its recommendations
on destroying any such nexus within
60 days, thus paving the way for
elimination of illicit liquor trade and
maximisation of the state''s excise
revenue, said an official spokesperson.
The group shall comprise Housing
and Urban Development Minister
Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and Public
Works Minister Vijay Inder Singla,
retired IAS Officer D S Kalha, Advisor
Financial Resources V K Garg and
Secretary School Education Krishan
Kumar.
Working in tandem with the SIT,
which has been tasked with
investigation into all aspects of illicit
liquor trade in the state, including
complicity of excise department
officials, the group will identify the gaps
leading to revenue losses for the state
due to such complicity.
The chief minister has mandated
the group to come up with suggestions
on long-term legal and administrative
reforms, after due diligence and
consultations with the stakeholders. In
this process, the group may consider
the suggestions/reports received earlier
from the finance minister on his visit
to West Bengal and also from the
previous local government minister.
The spokesperson further said
that the department of excise and
taxation would provide requisite
information and other assistance to the
group to facilitate its functioning.
The chief minister has recently pointed
out that despite various policy changes
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The National Association
for Parents and Students
Rights (NAPSR) has requested
the State Commission for
Protection of Child Rights
(SCPCR) to take cognisance of
the reported physical
harassment and abuse of a
nine year old student in a
hostel of the private school
located on Sahastradhara Road.
In a letter to the SCPCR, the
national president of the
NAPSR, Arif Khan said that in
the shocking incident, a nine
year old student, a resident of
Noida was abused by the hostel
warden.
The police have arrested
the accused on the complaint
and a case has been registered
against him.
Khan said that the school
administration cannot claim
to remain aloof to the heinous
crime which occurred in its
hostel. He said that the school
administration should also be
held accountable for the
incident.
Khan said that the parents
association wants that an
impartial inquiry should be
held in the incident and action
should be taken against all
those responsible.
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Yet again, Haryana on
Saturday continued to
battle a surge in infections
with 355 new cases of novel
corona virus, the highest in a
day so far, raising the total of
infected cases to 3,952. Of the
355 new cases reported, 129 are
from Gurugram alone while
Sonepat accounted for 89 cases,
followed by 39 new cases in
Faridabad.
In the last 24 hours, 71
patients have recovered from
various hospitals of the State, a
health bulletin said.
The State has a recovery
rate of 32.39 per cent, fatality
rate at 0.61 per cent while tests
per million being conducted
are 5,589.
The doubling rate in the
State is six days. With 1,280
people cured and discharged
from the hospitals, there are
2,648 active COVID-19 cases
in Haryana now.
Gurugram reported 129
new cases of the deadly disease,
taking the total in the district
to 1692. Faridabad reported 39
new cases, taking the total in
the district to 620. Sonepat
reported 89 new cases, taking
tally to 350.
Ambala reported four new
Covid cases, taking tally to 80.
Palwal reported 19 more cases,
taking total to 119. Five more
cases were reported in Panipat,
taking total to 72. Jind reported
three more cases, taking the
tally to 38. 10 more cases
reported in Karnal, taking total
to 91. Yamunanagar reported
10 more cases, taking the total
to 19. One new case reported
in Sirsa, taking count to 51.
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Covid-19 infected patients
will have to spend up to
Rs.35,000 a day for treatment in
private hospitals across
Jharkhand, and shell out more
money if they have a comorbid
condition or require
administration of high-end
drugs, the umbrella body for
private hospitals in the State has
decided.
The decision comes in the
backdrop of reports
highlighting exorbitant fee
charged by some private
hospitals here from patients
infected by the deadly virus,
president of the Association of
Healthcare Providers India
(AHPI), Jogesh Gambhir said.
“We have finalised four
categories for Covid-19 patients
undergoing treatment in private
hospitals. The charges will vary
from Rs.15,000 per day to
Rs.35,000 per day depending on
the category,” said Gambhir.
The fee structure is
indicative, and may vary from
city to city, said Gambhir,
adding that the charges may be
lower in smaller towns of
Jharkhand. “The daily fee,
however, will not exceed Rs
35,000 unless the patient is
also treated for a comorbid
condition or administered high-
end drugs like Immunoglobulin
and Tocilizumab,” he said.
As per the chart fixed by
the AHPI, a Covid-19 patient
admitted in an isolation ward
will have to pay Rs.15,000 a day.
A patient, who is provided
oxygen support, will be charged
Rs.20,000. A patient admitted in
the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
will have to pay Rs.25,000 for
each day of treatment, and a
patient put on ventilator will be
charged Rs.35,000 daily. There
are around 500 private hospitals
in State.
The development comes a
day after the Supreme Court
asked the Centre whether a
direction could be passed to cap
the cost of treating Covid-19
patients in private hospitals.
The apex court also asked if a
certain percentage of those
who contracted the disease
could be treated for free.
On Thursday, a 45-year-old
Covid-19-infected man died
during treatment for a head
injury in the Intensive Care
Unit (ICU) of RIMS. In less
than 24 hours since his death,
another 70-year-old Covid-19-
infected man from Simdega
died at RIMS during treatment
for a kidney ailment on Friday.
Both the patients were admitted
in RIMS after being discharged
from Bhagwan Mahavir Medica
Superspecialty Hospital, health
officials said. The health
department served a show-
cause notice to the private
hospital in connection with
the two cases.
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The count of Covid-19 cases
in Jharkhand crossed 1000
mark on Saturday as nearly 100
fresh cases surfaced here – the
highest single-day surge
reported since the entry of the
virus in State, health officials
said.
At least 34 fresh cases of
Covid-19 infection were
reported from Simdega, the
highest among the 12 districts
where cases surfaced on
Saturday, officials from the
National Health Mission
(NHM) said.
As many as 21 cases were
reported from Ramgarh, 10
from Gumla, six from East
Singhbhum and five from West
Singhbhum on Saturday.
Besides, four cases surfaces in
Ranchi and three each in
Hazaribag and Latehar, health
officials said. Cases were also
reported from Saraikela,
Palamu and Khunti.
The number of Covid-19
cases in State have reached
from 500 to 1000 in roughly a
month, health officials said,
citing the return of migrants as
the reason for the
unprecedented increase in
cases. At least 742 of the 1028
cases reported in Jharkhand so
far are that of migrant workers,
NHM officials said. As per the
daily Covid-19 bulletin was not
issued by the NHM on
Saturday, at least 90 suspects
had already tested positive for
the virus by the time this
report was filed. More than
half of the 1028-odd people
infected by COVID-19 virus so
far in Jharkhand are in the age
bracket of 11 to 30 years – a
trend that highlights how
young people were as prone to
the virus as their older
counterparts, health officials
said. Out of the 1028 cases, 629
are in the age bracket of 11 to
30 years and 313 in rhe age
bracket of 31 to 50 years, the
NHM bulletin said.
According to NHM, more
than 70 per cent of the
COVID-19 cases reported in
Jharkhand are migrant
workers. At least 5 lakh
migrants have returned to
Jharkhand since the lockdown
was imposed across the
country in March, health
officials said.
The Government has so far
collected samples of 94,043
Covid-19 suspects from across
the State, and more than 1000
of them have tested positive. At
least 84,444 of the 94,000-odd
samples collected have been
tested so far, the NHM report
said.
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New Delhi: Delhi recorded
1,320 fresh coronavirus cases
on Saturday, taking the
COVID-19 tally in the city to
over 27,500 while the death toll
due to the disease mounted to
761, authorities said.
The highest single-day
spike in fresh cases -- 1,513 --
was recorded on June 3.
In a bulletin issued on
Saturday, the Delhi health
department said the death toll
from coronavirus infection has
risen to 761 and the total
number of cases mounted to
27,654.
A total of 53 fatalities were
reported on June 5, which took
place between May 25 and
June 5, the bulletin said, adding
that 20 of these deaths took
place on June 3 and 19 on June
4.
It, however, said the
cumulative death figures refer
to fatalities where the primary
cause of death was found to be
COVID-19, as per the report of
the Death Audit Committee on
the basis of case sheets received
from various hospitals.
On Friday, the total
number of cases stood at 26,334
including 708 deaths.
With fresh 1,320 cases, the
total number of coronavirus
cases in Delhi has climbed to
27,654.
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New Delhi: Post Covid
lockdown, it is estimated that
18 per cent single unit
restaurants are likely to shut
down between May and July
and another 12-15 per cent of
restaurants will be part of a
second round of closure
between September and
December.
A research report called
'Future of Food: Covid-19
Survival Plan' by Indian
Federation of Culinary
Associations and Tagtaste says
that based on the analysis and
extrapolation of last available
profit and loss statements and
balance sheet, and subsequent
interactions, an
estimated 18% single-unit
restaurants won't be able to re-
start their units. Chain-brands
too run the risk of shutting
down 12-15% of their
restaurants by December 2020,
it said.
It estimates 18% of the
outlets are likely to shut down
between May and July. There
will be a second round of
closures in September-
December, about 12-15% of
the restaurants will be shutting
down but the remainder will
hold out and invent new ways
of conducting their businesses.
As per the report, in
financial year 2019-20, the
year that ended in March
2020, only 19% outlets
delivered an EBITDA of 10%
or more, half of our universe
was negative.
The decline can be
attributed to multiple factors
—over-expansion, irrational
occupancy cost, below average
culinary standards, erratic new
product development process,
lack of training and sometimes
hubris.
It noted that too many
restaurants opened and then
closed too fast, after months,
not years. And closures have
been an equal-opportunity
phenomenon, worldwide.
People who pitch to
investors had to present
concepts where the graph runs
bottom left to top right.
Everything happened on a
PowerPoint before you've
put one thing in a skillet, it
said. IANS
Gurugram: The Gurugram
district administration has
warnedprivatehospitalsofstrict
actioniftheyrefusedtoadmitor
treat coronavirus-infected
patients.
We will register FIRs
against private hospitals if they
refuse to admit or treat corona
patients, especially pregnant
women, in the district. We have
issuednoticeinthisregard,said
VS Kundu, Additional Chief
Secretary, and Covid nodal
officer. The district
administration also announced
helpline number 108 for
ambulance service on Saturday.
On Saturday, Gurugram
reported 129 corona positive
cases. Gurugram now has 1,692
corona cases, including 1,345
patients admitted in different
hospitals.
The health officials claim
thatmajorityofthecoronacases
are from containment zones
and possibly got infected from
earlier infected patients.
We are in the process of
contact tracing to reach out to
every person who came in
contact with corona-infected
patients.
Gurugram has 66
containment zones and all of
them are monitored through
SDM-ranked officers, he
said.
Earlier, the ambulance
services are regulated through
the Civil Hospital. Now, we
havededicatedhelplinenumber
where anybody can call for
ambulance.
Aseparatecallcentrehasset
up in the Mini Secretariat here,
whichwillbeoperationalround
the clock with a dedicated team
of 12 operators, said Ashok
Sangwan, Divisional
Commissioner.
Gurugram has 17
ambulances, of which four are
usedforferryingcoronapatients.
Besides, we have 4 donated
ambulances which will be
operational soon, said
Gurugram District Magistrate
Amit Khatri. IANS
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New Delhi: A Delhi Court on
Friday dismissed the interim
bail plea of AAP legislator
Prakash Jarwal, arrested in
connection with a case of
alleged suicide of a doctor in
south Delhi in April, sought on
account of the demise of his
father-in-law who was
suspected to be Covid-19
positive.
Additional Sessions Judge
Sanjeev Aggarwal said that the
chances of the accused
influencing the witnesses
cannot be ruled out.
The court said the body of
Jarwal's father-in-law has
already been handed over to
the kin of the deceased for
cremation today.
It noted however, that the
accused suspected his wife and
infant son to be suffering from
Covid-19 and were under self-
quarantine.
In any case, in these
peculiar circumstances, when
the family of the accused is
under the shadow of Covid-19
and is under quarantine and his
father-in-law had also
suspected to have died from
Covid-19 and the fact that the
investigations are still in
progress, in these
circumstances if the accused is
released on interim bail,
considering the dominant
position of the accused, who is
stated to be resident of the
same locality as also the local
MLA, therefore chances of the
accused influencing the
witnesses cannot be ruled out.
Therefore, no ground for
interim bail is made out at this
stage. The application stands
dismissed, the judge said.
Rajendra Singh, 52,
allegedly committed suicide
in Durga Vihar in south Delhi
on April 18. In his suicide note,
the doctor held Jarwal
responsible for his death.
The father-in-law of the
accused had some breathing
problem since last two days
consequently he was admitted
in hospital... He expired in
LNJP hospital where he was
under treatment. He was
suspected with Covid-19 virus
and his samples has been taken
by LNJP hospital doctors, the
bail application said.
The plea, seeking interim
bail for 45 days, further said
that Jarwal's wife and son, 11-
month old, were also residing
with her father for last several
days.
There is apprehension that
the wife and the child of the
accused are also suffering from
Covid- 19, the application said,
adding that both of them are
currently in quarantine.
As per Hindu rites the
presence of accused is must at
time of cremation of his father-
in-law, the plea said.
The presence of the
accused is must at his home to
look after his 11 months old
baby, his wife and his parents
who are senior citizens.., it
added, seeking bail on
humanitarian ground .
The investigating officer
opposed the contents of the bail
application, stating that the
accused was residing in a joint
family having two brothers,
who can look after his parents,
as also his in-laws who were
also residing in the same
locality.
His brother-in-law can
perform all the rights and
rituals related to the death of
his father-in-law, the police
said, seeking dismissal of the
application.
The public prosecutor said
that the allegations against the
accused were serious in nature.
The investigation is at a
crucial stage and if granted the
relief, the accused may likely to
hamper the probe, the
prosecution said.
The court had on May 28
denied him bail, saying probe
was at a crucial stage and that
the accused was an influential
person and could hamper the
ongoing probe.
According to police, like
Jarwal, deceased Singh was
also involved in the business of
water supply with the Delhi Jal
Board since 2007. It alleged that
the MLA and his associates
were extorting money from
other water-tanker owners,
including the doctor.
Jarwal, who represents the
Deoli assembly constituency,
was arrested on May 9, after a
case of extortion and abetment
to suicide was filed against him
and others based on a police
complaint by the doctor's son
— Hemant.
The FIR said Singh had
been threatened and
intimidated by Jarwal and
others. During investigation it
was found that there was a big
nexus between water-tanker
owners and the accused
person, the police had said in
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A30-year-old Delhi Police
constable's report came
positive for the Covid-19 who
died ealier this week at National
Capital's Safdarjung Hospital.
The constable, Rahul, was
posted in northeast district
and resided in Mandoli with his
family. He was a native Aligarh
in Uttar Pradesh.
According to Ved Prakash
Surya, the Deputy
Commissioner of Police
(DCP), Northeast, Rahul was
on medical leave since
November 2019 and was
undergoing treatment for lung
infection for the last six
months. Almost 85 per cent of
his lung was not functioning.
According to a senior
police officer, he was being
treated at a hospital in south
Delhi and was shifted to
Safdarjung Hospital on
Tuesday after his condition
deteriorated. He died on
Wednesday during treatment.
Earlier three Delhi Police
personnel died due to Covid-
19.
A 31-year-old constable,
Amit Kumar, posted at Bharat
Nagar police station had died
on May 6 due to Covid-19.
Two Assistant Sub-
Inspectors also died due to
Covid-19 last week.
While a 52-year-old ASI
died around 11.30 am Sunday
during treatment at the Army
Base Hospital here, another
officer of the rank passed away
at the same facility Saturday
evening. According to police,
around 500 personnel have
tested positive for the deadly
virus so far, of whom 200 have
recovered.
Vikram, who died Sunday
morning, was posted in the
Sultanpuri police station of
Outer district and was on
highway patrol duty in the
area since May 1.
Shesh Mani Pandey, 54,
died on Saturday evening. He
was ex-Army personnel and
worked with the Finger Print
Bureau (FPB) of the Crime
Branch in Central Delhi's
Kamla Market area.
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