Protestors against the citizenship law at Shaheen Bagh were vacated by the Delhi Police amid coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday morning, officials said. The women agitators have been on a sit-in at Shaheen Bagh for over three months, protesting the newly amended Citizenship Act . Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast) R P Meena said people at the protest venue in Shaheen Bagh were requested to vacate the site as lockdown has been imposed due to coronavirus outbreak. However, when they refused action was taken and they were vacated, the official said.
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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah was released on Tuesday after nearly eight months of detention. His release order was issued after charges under the Public Safety Act (PSA), slapped on him in February, were revoked. Abdullah, who turned 50 on March 10, had spent 232 days in custody since the government announced abrogation of the special status of the erstwhile state on August 5 last year. The National Conference leader was initially detained under preventive custody and later slapped with the PSA on February 5.
Cricketer-turned politician Gautam Gambhir on Monday warned the offenders of the government’s quarantine guidelines set out to stop the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, saying they can choose to stay safe or go to jail. The whole of India is heading towards a complete lockdown to tackle the coronovirus with majority of the people following the ‘Janata Curfew’ on Sunday by staying at home. However, there were some who took to the streets in big groups after the curfew period ended at 9pm. “Khud bhee jayenge aur parivaar ko bhee leke jayenge, quarantine or jail (either you go to quarantine with…
Amid the fast-spreading Coronavirus pandemic in the US, a Sikh family based in the state of Indiana have made masks in an effort to help the public and first responders in the fight against the deadly disease. After learning about the shortage of masks across the US via media reports, Gurinder Singh Khalsa called up his doctor friends and asked if he could contribute by making masks at home and packaged in sanitary conditions, said the American Bazaar report on Monday. Once he got the green signal, Khalsa, his wife Gagandeep Kaur and rest of his family got busy making…
Two CRPF troopers were killed on Tuesday in a fratricidal firing incident in Srinagar city. Police said the incident took place in the water wing of CRPF in Dalgate area of the city. Both slain troopers belonged to 114 battalion of CRPF. Spokesman of the CRPF, Neeraj Rathore said both were killed in a fratricidal firing incident after some heated argument between the two. After hearing gunshots colleagues of the two troopers rushed to the spot and carried them to the hospital where doctors said they were dead on arrival, the spokesman added. The slain troopers have been identified as…
An FIR was registered on Tuesday against a couple, both Covid-19 patients, and one of their relatives in Gandhinagar for allegedly not disclosing the names of two persons who came in contact with them and later tested positive for the coronavirus, an official said. The couple’s uncle, who was among the two persons who later tested positive for the viral infection, was also booked for not informing health authorities that he came in contact with his nephew after the latter’s return from Dubai, he said. The couple returned from Dubai on March 16. The 28-year-old man tested positive for the…
The Indian Navy has tracked the movement of newly commissioned Pakistan naval ship Yarmook from Romania enroute Red Sea to Karachi, sources said on Tuesday. The sources added that a big ceremony has been organised in Pakistan where thousands of navy personnel gathered to welcome Yarmook. The international community, however, criticised the Pakistan government’s decision for a mass gathering to welcome the ship. Its move is against the social distancing norms being adopted across the world in the fight against COVID-19. Indian Navy warships and surveillance aircraft tracked the movement of the ship a week ago in the Indian Ocean…
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday announced to donate his one month’s salary to the Prime Minister Relief Fund set up to fight the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country. “Contributing one month’s- salary to the PM Relief Fund setup to fight COVID-19. We’re all in this together,” Birla tweeted. In another Tweet in Hindi, Birla said: “I contribute one month’s salary to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund as part of the efforts being made to combat the coronavirus epidemic in India. We are all together in this difficult time.” The dreaded virus has claimed 10 lives from…
A 67-year-old woman, the first coronavirus patient reported in the Kashmir valley, has been successfully treated, officials said on Tuesday. The resident of Khanyar area of the city had returned from Saudi Arabia on March 16 after performing ‘Umrah’ (pilgrimage) and tested positive for coronavirus two days later. “Srinagar’s first COVID-19 Positive case successfully treated: Director SKIMS. Let’s #BreakTheChain,” Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Shahid Iqbal Chaudhary tweeted.
The Union government on Tuesday banned the export of ventilators, other ICU equipment and sanitizers with immediate effect in wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The Ministry of Commerce issued an order prohibiting the export of ventilators and sanitizers. Previously on March 19, the government had banned the export of all surgical/disposable masks and textile raw material used for making masks. On Monday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the Narendra Modi government of delaying its decision to ban the export of life-saving equipment like ventilators amid the coronavirus outbreak, suggesting a “criminal conspiracy”. “Respected Prime Minister, why did the Indian government…