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O n a day when Chinese President Xi Jinping asked his troops to “prepare for war”, India on Thursday categorically rejected Beijing’s objection to opening of 44 bridges in bor- der areas, including Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh, saying China has no locus standi to comment on India’s internal matters. The strong assertion by the Ministry of External Affairs came here two days after Zhao Lijian, spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, in Beijing had called border infrastruc- ture development “the root cause for tension between the two sides” and said neither country should take action that might escalate tensions. India’s rebuttal also came against the backdrop of con- tinuing tension at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and Jinping asking his troops to “prepare for war” according to state news agency Xinhua. “Troops should “maintain a state of high alert... Put all (your) minds and energy into preparing for war,” China’s State news agency Xinhua quoted Xi Jinping as saying. Troops should be “absolutely loyal, absolutely pure, and absolutely reliable”, the Chinese President said dur- ing his visit to Marine corps of PLA in Chaozhou City. Sources said the President’s remarks were “not specifically directed at India,” even though it came amid the border dispute in Ladakh. MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava also brushed aside China’s remark saying it does not recognise the Ladakh Union Territory. This claim by the Chinese spokesperson came a day after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday inaugurated 44 permanent bridges, includ- ing eight in Ladakh and the same number in Arunachal Pradesh. These bridges will significantly bolster the logistical supplies to the troops deployed on the LAC facing China and the LoC with Pakistan. Countering Beijing’s con- tention, Srivastava made it amply clear here on Thursday that “the Union Territories of Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir have been, are and will remain an integral part of India”. Maintaining that China has no locus standi to comment on internal matters of India, he also said, “Our position on Arunachal Pradesh has been made clear several times. Arunachal Pradesh is an inte- gral and inalienable part of India. This fact has also been clearly conveyed to the Chinese side on several occasions, including at the highest level.” Elaborating on India’s stand, the spokesperson also said New Delhi hopes that “countries will not comment on India’s internal matters, as much as they expect the same of others”. The Chinese spokesper- son had questioned the status of Ladakh and said, “First I want to make it clear that China does not recognise the Ladakh Union Territory ille- gally set up by the Indian side and Arunachal Pradesh. We stand against the development of infrastructure facilities aimed at military contention along the border area,” the Chinese spokesperson had said. Continued on Page 11 T he mainstream politics in Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday witnessed a “tecton- ic” shift after top brass of the National Conference for the first time decided to forge an “alliance” with archrival Mehbooba Mufti, chief of Peoples Democratic Party, along with the leaders of four other regional parties under the banner of “People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration” to fight a “constitutional battle” demand- ing the Government of India to return to the people of the erstwhile State the rights they held before August 5, 2019. The decision to float this new alliance was taken at a cru- cial meeting convened by Farooq Abdullah at his resi- dence in Srinagar. The meeting was attended by all the leaders who are sig- natories of “Gupkar Declaration”, a resolution issued after an all-party meeting on August 4, 2019 at the Gupkar residence of Farooq Abdullah. JKPCC chief GA Mir was not present during the meeting. Addressing the media soon after the meeting, Abdullah, flanked by Mehbooba, Omar Abdullah, CPI(M) leader MY Tarigami, People’s Conference chief Sajjad Lone, JKPM leader Javaid Mustafa Mir and ANC leader Muzaffar Shah said that the resolution passed on August 4 last year by the main- stream political parties in the valley has been named as “Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration”. He said, “Our motive is to fight for the restoration of last year’s August 4 position. Our battle is a constitutional battle and we are ready to fight”. Continued on Page 11 U nderlining that early detec- tion is key to containing the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday directed health authorities to scale up sero-sur- veys as well as testing. He said the facility to get tested regu- larly and speedily at a low cost must be available to all at the earliest. In the last six months since the Covid-19 expanded its ten- tacles, the ICMR has conduct- ed two sero-surveys nation- wide. The first countrywide sero survey (conducted between May 11 and June 4) showed overall infection preva- lence to be 0.73 per cent while the second one showed that one in every 15 individuals, or 6.6 per cent, of people above the age of 10 years in India, have been exposed to Sars- Cov2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease (Covid- 19), till August. Chairing a high-level meet- ing to review the country’s research and vaccine deploy- ment ecosystem against the Covid-19 pandemic, including testing technologies, contact tracing, drugs and therapeutics, the PM also called for contin- ued vigilance and a high state of preparedness against the coronavirus pandemic, the PMO said in a statement. Continued on Page 11 T he Supreme Court on Thursday said the Allahabad High Court be allowed to monitor the Hathras case in which a Dalit girl was allegedly brutally raped and died of injuries. The top court, which was hearing a PIL and several inter- vention pleas of activists and lawyers, was told that no fair trial was possible in Uttar Pradesh as the investigation has been allegedly botched up. Allaying the apprehension, a bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde, said “Let the high court deal with it. We are here if there is any problem.” Besides Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, the hearing saw battery of senior advocates like Harish Salve, Indira Jaising and Siddharth Luthra appear- ing for various parties. There were other lawyers who wanted to argue but the SC said, “We don’t need assis- tance of the whole world.” The hearing also witnessed deliberations that in no case the victim’s identity be disclosed and her family members and witnesses be given full securi- ty and protection. The lawyer, appearing for the victim’s family, demanded that the proceedings of the case be shifted out of Uttar Pradesh to a court in the Delhi. The apprehension of not having the fair trial in the State was also raised by activist- lawyer Indira Jaising. At the outset, the Solicitor General referred to recent affi- davit filed by the Uttar Pradesh Government which gave details about the security and protection provided to the vic- tim’s family and witnesses in the case. M ajority cinema halls in the national Capital remained closed on Thursday and a few that reopened after seven months of the coronavirus- induced shutdown attracted very few audience for the “first day, first show” in the time of pandemic. Some of the theatres that reopened held special screen- ings for Covid-19 warriors or staff members and their fami- lies.Sushant Singh Rajput’s last theatrical release Chhichhore, Kedarnath, Tanhaji , Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan , Malang, War and Thappad are among films that have been re- released on the big screen since there are no new releas- es this week. PVR Naraina’s first show was a special screening of Tapsee Pannu-starrer Thappad for 40 coronavirus warriors, including doctors and civil defence volunteers. The special screening was organised by the New Delhi District Magistrate’s office. Similarly, at PVR Cinema at 3C’s Mall in Lajpat Nagar, a special screening of Tanhaji was organised for the staff members and their families. Continued on Page 11 I ndicating some slowdown in its spread, the doubling time of coronavirus in India has improved from 25.5 days in mid-August to nearly 70 days now. The doubling time for coronavirus is the number of days it takes for the cases count to double. “India’s doubling time has sharply increased to 70.4 days (it was 25.5 days in mid- August). This indicates a sub- stantial fall in the daily new cases and the consequent increase in time taken to dou- ble the total cases,” the Union Health Ministry said. Crediting the Central Government’s strategies and Covid-19 warriors with the improvement in India’s case doubling time, the Ministry further tweeted, “This is the result of the Centre-led strate- gies and the selfless dedication of doctors, paramedics, front- line workers and all other Covid-19 warriors.” The country’s current case- load, the second-highest after that of the United States, stands at 7,239,389 as per data from the Health Ministry. However, 6,301,927 or 87.05 per cent of these are recovered cases, the highest number of recov- eries globally. Continued on Page 11 I n a significant move to bol- ster defence relations with countries in the neighbour- hood to counter Chinese influ- ence, India will lease out a sub- marine to Myanmar. The 3,000-ton INS Sindhuvir submarine powered by diesel engines is now undergoing final refit at a dockyard in India. India had a few months ago exported Shyena advanced light torpedoes to Myanmar as part of defence co-operation. The torpedoes were manufac- tured by public sector compa- ny Bharat Dynamics Limited. The submarine transfer in the next few months comes at a time when India and China are locked in a five-month long stand-off at the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Moreover, China in the past few years has ramped up its bid to enhance its influence in the countries bordering India by offering to provide military and economic aid. This long-term move is part of Beijing’s strategy of having a “string of pearls” around India. It means having strong military and economic ties with all the nations thereby posing a grave challenge to India’s national interests. Announcing India’s deci- sion about the submarine, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said here on Thursday, “This will be the first submarine of Myanmar Navy... Cooperation in the maritime domain is a part of our diverse and enhanced engagement with Myanmar.” Continued on Page 11 T erming it a “watershed moment” in the road his- tory of the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh and of great impor- tance to the defence of the country in view of the “mas- sive military activities along our borders”, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday launched the construction work on Zojila tunnel. He exuded confidence that the strategic project, providing all-year connectivity between Srinagar and Leh, will be completed ahead of schedule. “One of the most difficult stretches to drive and build, the geo-sensitive Zojila stretch is strategically important to the defence of our country in view of the fact that massive military activities along our borders in Ladakh, Gilgit and Baltistan regions are taking place. Zojila tunnel will not only provide all-weather con- nectivity between Srinagar, Drass, Kargil and Leh but it will also further strengthen the economic and social-cul- tural integration of both the Union Territories,” Gadkari said, addressing an event after the virtual launch of con- struction work of the 14.15- km tunnel project through the ceremonial first blast. Continued on Page 11 R eiterating his resolve for ensuring safety to women and girls in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced the setting up of women help desks at all police stations across the state. “Women generally hesi- tate to visit police stations for any assistance and are also hesitant in sharing problems with male cops. Considering this, it has been decided to set up women’s help desks at each police station of the state with immediate effect,” the chief minister said on Thursday. The coming Navratri festi- val has been dedicated to women’s safety, dignity and empowerment and a special campaign, Mission Shakti, has been announced by the gov- ernment from October 17. Various programmes will be organised from gram pan- chayats to industrial units, school campuses to govern- ment offices, from Durga Puja pandals to Ramlilas to reaffirm the faith and resolve towards women power. The government’s com- mitment towards safety of women is also evident from the fact that pink booths have already been set up at various crossings of Lucknow. Earlier, the government had made arrangements to drop working women at their homes at odd hours. Besides, women cops have also been deployed compulso- rily at all major crossings of major districts of the state, including Lucknow, and some of them can be seen with body- worn cameras to ensure women’s safety. T he Supreme Court Thursday set aside Allahabad High Court’s order which granted interim bail for two months on medical grounds to former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati — accused in a gang rape case. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan allowed the appeal filed by the UP govern- ment and said that the September 3 order of high court is unsustainable . Prajapati, who was a min- ister in the erstwhile Samajwadi Party government, is accused of raping, along with others, a woman and attempting to molest her minor daughter. There was no satisfaction recorded by the high court that treatment offered to respon- dent (Prajapati) was not ade- quate and he requires any fur- ther treatment by any particu- lar medical institute for which it is necessary to release the respondent on interim bail on medical grounds, the bench, also comprising Justices RS Reddy and MR Shah, noted in its order. The high court, without considering the entire materi- als on record, has passed the impugned order dated September 3, 2020 which is unsustainable. In result, we allow this appeal, set aside the order dated September 3, the bench said. The bench also dealt with the arguments advanced by Prajapati’s counsel who had said that every person, even if he or she is an accused in a seri- ous offence, requires a humane Continued on Page 11

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    On a day when ChinesePresident Xi Jinping askedhis troops to “prepare for war”,India on Thursday categoricallyrejected Beijing’s objection toopening of 44 bridges in bor-der areas, including Ladakhand Arunachal Pradesh, saying China has no locusstandi to comment on India’sinternal matters.

    The strong assertion bythe Ministry of External Affairscame here two days after ZhaoLijian, spokesman for China’sForeign Ministry, in Beijinghad called border infrastruc-ture development “the rootcause for tension between thetwo sides” and said neithercountry should take actionthat might escalate tensions.

    India’s rebuttal also cameagainst the backdrop of con-tinuing tension at the Line ofActual Control (LAC) andJinping asking his troops to“prepare for war” according tostate news agency Xinhua.“Troops should “maintain astate of high alert... Put all(your) minds and energy intopreparing for war,” China’sState news agency Xinhuaquoted Xi Jinping as saying.

    Troops should be“absolutely loyal, absolutelypure, and absolutely reliable”,the Chinese President said dur-ing his visit to Marine corps ofPLA in Chaozhou City. Sourcessaid the President’s remarks

    were “not specifically directedat India,” even though it came amid the border disputein Ladakh.

    MEA SpokespersonAnurag Srivastava also brushedaside China’s remark saying itdoes not recognise the LadakhUnion Territory.

    This claim by the Chinesespokesperson came a day afterDefence Minister RajnathSingh on Monday inaugurated44 permanent bridges, includ-ing eight in Ladakh and thesame number in ArunachalPradesh. These bridges willsignificantly bolster the logistical supplies to the troopsdeployed on the LAC facing China and the LoC with Pakistan.

    Countering Beijing’s con-tention, Srivastava made itamply clear here on Thursdaythat “the Union Territories ofLadakh, Jammu & Kashmirhave been, are and will remainan integral part of India”.

    Maintaining that Chinahas no locus standi to comment

    on internal matters of India, healso said, “Our position onArunachal Pradesh has beenmade clear several times.Arunachal Pradesh is an inte-gral and inalienable part ofIndia. This fact has also beenclearly conveyed to the Chineseside on several occasions,including at the highest level.”

    Elaborating on India’sstand, the spokesperson alsosaid New Delhi hopes that“countries will not comment onIndia’s internal matters, asmuch as they expect the sameof others”.

    The Chinese spokesper-son had questioned the statusof Ladakh and said, “First Iwant to make it clear thatChina does not recognise theLadakh Union Territory ille-gally set up by the Indian sideand Arunachal Pradesh. Westand against the developmentof infrastructure facilitiesaimed at military contentionalong the border area,” theChinese spokesperson had said.

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    The mainstream politics inJammu & Kashmir onThursday witnessed a “tecton-ic” shift after top brass of theNational Conference for thefirst time decided to forge an“alliance” with archrivalMehbooba Mufti, chief ofPeoples Democratic Party,along with the leaders of fourother regional parties under thebanner of “People’s Alliance forGupkar Declaration” to fight a“constitutional battle” demand-ing the Government of India toreturn to the people of theerstwhile State the rights theyheld before August 5, 2019.

    The decision to float thisnew alliance was taken at a cru-cial meeting convened byFarooq Abdullah at his resi-dence in Srinagar.

    The meeting was attendedby all the leaders who are sig-natories of “GupkarDeclaration”, a resolution issuedafter an all-party meeting on

    August 4, 2019 at the Gupkarresidence of Farooq Abdullah.JKPCC chief GA Mir was notpresent during the meeting.

    Addressing the media soonafter the meeting, Abdullah,flanked by Mehbooba, OmarAbdullah, CPI(M) leader MYTarigami, People’s Conferencechief Sajjad Lone, JKPM leaderJavaid Mustafa Mir and ANCleader Muzaffar Shah said that

    the resolution passed onAugust 4 last year by the main-stream political parties in thevalley has been named as“Peoples’ Alliance for GupkarDeclaration”.

    He said, “Our motive is tofight for the restoration of lastyear’s August 4 position. Ourbattle is a constitutional battleand we are ready to fight”.

    Continued on Page 11

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    Underlining that early detec-tion is key to containingthe spread of coronavirus,Prime Minister Narendra Modi

    on Thursday directed healthauthorities to scale up sero-sur-veys as well as testing. He saidthe facility to get tested regu-larly and speedily at a low cost must be available to all atthe earliest.

    In the last six months sincethe Covid-19 expanded its ten-tacles, the ICMR has conduct-ed two sero-surveys nation-wide. The first countrywide

    sero survey (conductedbetween May 11 and June 4)showed overall infection preva-lence to be 0.73 per cent whilethe second one showed thatone in every 15 individuals, or6.6 per cent, of people abovethe age of 10 years in India,have been exposed to Sars-Cov2, the virus that causescoronavirus disease (Covid-19), till August.

    Chairing a high-level meet-ing to review the country’sresearch and vaccine deploy-ment ecosystem against theCovid-19 pandemic, includingtesting technologies, contacttracing, drugs and therapeutics,the PM also called for contin-ued vigilance and a high stateof preparedness against thecoronavirus pandemic, thePMO said in a statement.

    Continued on Page 11

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    The Supreme Court onThursday said theAllahabad High Court beallowed to monitor the Hathrascase in which a Dalit girl wasallegedly brutally raped anddied of injuries.

    The top court, which washearing a PIL and several inter-vention pleas of activists andlawyers, was told that no fairtrial was possible in UttarPradesh as the investigation hasbeen allegedly botched up.

    Allaying the apprehension,a bench headed by Chief JusticeSA Bobde, said “Let the highcourt deal with it. We are hereif there is any problem.”

    Besides Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta, the hearing sawbattery of senior advocates likeHarish Salve, Indira Jaisingand Siddharth Luthra appear-ing for various parties.

    There were other lawyerswho wanted to argue but theSC said, “We don’t need assis-tance of the whole world.”

    The hearing also witnesseddeliberations that in no case thevictim’s identity be disclosedand her family members andwitnesses be given full securi-ty and protection.

    The lawyer, appearing forthe victim’s family, demandedthat the proceedings of the casebe shifted out of Uttar Pradeshto a court in the Delhi.

    The apprehension of nothaving the fair trial in theState was also raised by activist-lawyer Indira Jaising.

    At the outset, the SolicitorGeneral referred to recent affi-davit filed by the Uttar PradeshGovernment which gave detailsabout the security and protection provided to the vic-tim’s family and witnesses inthe case.

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    Majority cinema halls in thenational Capital remainedclosed on Thursday and a fewthat reopened after sevenmonths of the coronavirus-induced shutdown attractedvery few audience for the “firstday, first show” in the time ofpandemic.

    Some of the theatres thatreopened held special screen-ings for Covid-19 warriors orstaff members and their fami-lies.Sushant Singh Rajput’s lasttheatrical release Chhichhore,Kedarnath, Tanhaji, ShubhMangal Zyada Saavdhan,Malang, War and Thappad areamong films that have been re-released on the big screen since there are no new releas-es this week.

    PVR Naraina’s first showwas a special screening of

    Tapsee Pannu-starrer Thappadfor 40 coronavirus warriors,including doctors and civildefence volunteers. The specialscreening was organised bythe New Delhi DistrictMagistrate’s office.

    Similarly, at PVR Cinemaat 3C’s Mall in Lajpat Nagar, aspecial screening of Tanhajiwas organised for the staffmembers and their families.

    Continued on Page 11

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    Indicating some slowdownin its spread, the doublingtime of coronavirus in Indiahas improved from 25.5 days inmid-August to nearly 70 daysnow. The doubling time forcoronavirus is the number ofdays it takes for the cases countto double.

    “India’s doubling time hassharply increased to 70.4 days(it was 25.5 days in mid-August). This indicates a sub-stantial fall in the daily newcases and the consequentincrease in time taken to dou-ble the total cases,” the UnionHealth Ministry said.

    Crediting the CentralGovernment’s strategies andCovid-19 warriors with theimprovement in India’s casedoubling time, the Ministryfurther tweeted, “This is theresult of the Centre-led strate-gies and the selfless dedicationof doctors, paramedics, front-line workers and all otherCovid-19 warriors.”

    The country’s current case-

    load, the second-highest afterthat of the United States, standsat 7,239,389 as per data fromthe Health Ministry. However,6,301,927 or 87.05 per cent ofthese are recovered cases, the highest number of recov-eries globally.

    Continued on Page 11

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    In a significant move to bol-ster defence relations withcountries in the neighbour-hood to counter Chinese influ-ence, India will lease out a sub-marine to Myanmar. The3,000-ton INS Sindhuvir submarine powered by dieselengines is now undergoingfinal refit at a dockyard in India.

    India had a few monthsago exported Shyena advancedlight torpedoes to Myanmar aspart of defence co-operation.The torpedoes were manufac-tured by public sector compa-ny Bharat Dynamics Limited.

    The submarine transfer inthe next few months comes ata time when India and Chinaare locked in a five-monthlong stand-off at the Line ofActual Control (LAC).

    Moreover, China in thepast few years has ramped upits bid to enhance its influencein the countries borderingIndia by offering to providemilitary and economic aid.This long-term move is part ofBeijing’s strategy of having a“string of pearls” around India.It means having strong militaryand economic ties with all thenations thereby posing a grave challenge to India’snational interests.

    Announcing India’s deci-sion about the submarine,Ministry of External AffairsSpokesperson AnuragSrivastava said here onThursday, “This will be the firstsubmarine of Myanmar Navy...Cooperation in the maritimedomain is a part of our diverseand enhanced engagementwith Myanmar.”

    Continued on Page 11

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    Terming it a “watershedmoment” in the road his-tory of the Union Territoriesof Jammu & Kashmir andLadakh and of great impor-tance to the defence of thecountry in view of the “mas-sive military activities alongour borders”, Union MinisterNitin Gadkari on Thursdaylaunched the constructionwork on Zojila tunnel. Heexuded confidence that thestrategic project, providingall-year connectivity betweenSrinagar and Leh, will becompleted ahead of schedule.

    “One of the most difficultstretches to drive and build,

    the geo-sensitive Zojila stretchis strategically important tothe defence of our country inview of the fact that massivemilitary activities along ourborders in Ladakh, Gilgit andBaltistan regions are takingplace. Zojila tunnel will notonly provide all-weather con-nectivity between Srinagar,Drass, Kargil and Leh but itwill also further strengthenthe economic and social-cul-tural integration of both theUnion Territories,” Gadkarisaid, addressing an event afterthe virtual launch of con-struction work of the 14.15-km tunnel project through theceremonial first blast.

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    Reiterating his resolve forensuring safety to womenand girls in Uttar Pradesh,Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathannounced the setting up ofwomen help desks at all policestations across the state.

    “Women generally hesi-tate to visit police stations forany assistance and are alsohesitant in sharing problemswith male cops. Consideringthis, it has been decided to setup women’s help desks at eachpolice station of the state withimmediate effect,” the chiefminister said on Thursday.

    The coming Navratri festi-val has been dedicated towomen’s safety, dignity andempowerment and a specialcampaign, Mission Shakti, hasbeen announced by the gov-ernment from October 17.

    Various programmes willbe organised from gram pan-chayats to industrial units,school campuses to govern-ment offices, from Durga Pujapandals to Ramlilas to reaffirmthe faith and resolve towardswomen power.

    The government’s com-mitment towards safety ofwomen is also evident from thefact that pink booths havealready been set up at variouscrossings of Lucknow.

    Earlier, the governmenthad made arrangements todrop working women at theirhomes at odd hours.

    Besides, women cops havealso been deployed compulso-rily at all major crossings ofmajor districts of the state,including Lucknow, and someof them can be seen with body-worn cameras to ensurewomen’s safety.

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    The Supreme CourtThursday set asideAllahabad High Court’s orderwhich granted interim bail fortwo months on medicalgrounds to former UttarPradesh minister GayatriPrasad Prajapati — accused ina gang rape case.

    A bench headed by JusticeAshok Bhushan allowed theappeal filed by the UP govern-ment and said that theSeptember 3 order of highcourt is unsustainable .

    Prajapati, who was a min-ister in the erstwhile SamajwadiParty government, is accused ofraping, along with others, awoman and attempting tomolest her minor daughter.

    There was no satisfactionrecorded by the high court thattreatment offered to respon-

    dent (Prajapati) was not ade-quate and he requires any fur-ther treatment by any particu-lar medical institute for whichit is necessary to release therespondent on interim bail onmedical grounds, the bench,also comprising Justices RSReddy and MR Shah, noted inits order.

    The high court, withoutconsidering the entire materi-als on record, has passed theimpugned order datedSeptember 3, 2020 which isunsustainable. In result, weallow this appeal, set aside theorder dated September 3, thebench said.

    The bench also dealt withthe arguments advanced byPrajapati’s counsel who hadsaid that every person, even ifhe or she is an accused in a seri-ous offence, requires a humane

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    Lucknow (PNS): The dramatic arrest of ayouth on charges of throwing acid on threesisters has spelt trouble for Gonda police.Not only the victims’ family questioned thepolice act in the aftermath of Tuesday night’sattack at Paksa village, local traders tooprotested and demanded an unbiasedprobe into the incident. Meanwhile, one ofthe three minor sisters injured in the acidattack was referred to a Lucknow hospitalon Wednesday. The police have maintainedthat the eldest sister, aged 17, was the tar-get and in the process her two sisters agedseven and five years were also hurt.

    After the incident, the police nabbed alocal resident Ashish after a reportedencounter in which Ashish suffered a bul-let injury on his leg and is undergoing treat-ment at Gonda district hospital. The police

    claimed that Ashish had been stalking theyoung girl.

    Meanwhile, traders in Gonda downedtheir shutters, terming the arrest of Ashishas a “police measure” to keep the recordsstraight. They demanded an impartialprobe into the incident. Local VyaparMandal general secretary Indal KumarDubey said that the role of Paraspur policewas suspicious and the incident should beimpartially probed. “An innocent personshould not be framed for a crime which hedid not commit,” he said.

    Acting CMS of Gonda District Hospital,Dr Indubala, said, “On the advice of the dis-trict administration, one of the girls has beenreferred to KGMU in Lucknow for treat-ment while two of her sisters are being treat-ed at the district hospital.” A sub-inspector

    and two constables accompanied the injuredgirl to Lucknow.

    Meanwhile, Ashish’s mother, LaxmiChaurasia, said that her son had been setup and that he was at his sister’s place inBiseswarganj (Bahraich) at the time of theincident on Tuesday. She claimed that thepolice picked eight of her family membersand called up her son. ‘If my son has doneanything wrong, then he should be pun-ished. But if he is framed wrongly, then I willhang myself,” she said and stressed that shewanted to meet the chief minister. A Gondapolice officer, however, said, “The chargeslevelled by the accused’s mother are base-less. As per call data record, Ashish hadcalled the 17-year-old victim a number oftimes. One of her sisters also mentioned himin her statement.”

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    In a sensational daylight shooting inBallia, a Bharatiya Janata Party leadergunned down his opponent in front ofsenior officials before casually walkingaway from the spot. After the firingincident, supporters of both sidescame to a head and the clash betweenthem left several seriously injured inDurjanpur hamlet of Rewati in Ballia,

    Taking a serious note of the inci-dent, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathordered immediate suspension of theofficers who were present on the scenebut did not react in time.

    An order was also issued to initi-ate criminal proceedings against theofficers if they were found to be partof a conspiracy. Besides, YogiAdityanath also ordered stern actionagainst the accused.

    As per reports, a meeting was con-vened at the Panchayat Bhawan to set-tle the issue of allotment of quota forfair price shops in Durjanpur andHanumanganj areas on Thursdaymorning. Sub-Divisional Magistrate ofBairia, Suresh Pal, along with CircleOfficer Chandrakesh Singh, BlockDevelopment Officer Gajendra PratapSingh and other officials were presentat the meeting.

    Four self-help groups had appliedfor the quota but a consensus could notbe reached on allocating shops inDurjanpur area. It was then decided to

    decide the issue through votingbetween Maa Sayer Jagdamba SHG andShiv Shakti SHG. The officials alsoinsisted that only those having identi-ty proof would be allowed to vote.

    While one of the groups had IDs,the other group was without them,which resulted in a dispute. The offi-cials claimed that they then cancelledthe meeting and left the venue.

    However, eyewitnesses said that thetwo parties, one led by BJP leaderDhirendra Pratap Singh and other byJai Prakash Pal, came to a head after thedispute arose at the meeting venue. Thesituation took an ugly turn whenDhirendra whipped out his licensedrifle and opened fire, killing Jai Prakashon the spot.

    The eyewitness said that all the offi-cers silently watched the killing and didnot react when the assailant casuallywalked out from the scene of crime.

    Later, a clash between the support-ers of both sides ensued that left sev-eral injured and they were admitted toa community health centre in Sonbarsa.

    Upon learning of the incident,senior officers rushed to the spot andcamped there to avert any untowardincident. After the chief minister actedtough, several police teams wereformed and efforts were underway toarrest the assailant.

    On the complaint of Jai Prakash’sbrother, a case was registered againstDhirendra Pratap Singh and his aides

    Narendra Pratap Singh, Prayag Singh,Prabhat Pratap Singh, Yashwant PratapSingh, Devendra Pratap Singh,Amarjeet Yadav, Santosh Yadav atRewati police station and efforts wereon to arrest them.

    The incident provided ammunitionto the opposition to hit out at the stategovernment over the deteriorating lawand order situation.

    Samajwadi Party chief AkhileshYadav said that those in power werechallenging law and order openly.

    “A horrific incident that defied lawand order in Ballia has come to lightwhere a BJP leader shot and killed ayoung man, Jai Prakash Pal, in front ofSDM and CO. The assailant alsoescaped after shooting,” the SP postedon its official Twitter account.

    Party spokesperson and MLC SunilSingh Sajan said that the governmentwas being run by criminals andThursday’s incident was proof of it.

    Former BJP ally and SuheldevBhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chiefOm Prakash Rajbhar said that therewas no fear of law among criminals inthe state.

    “The chief minister should see thatthe leaders of opposition are not firing.This is a leader of the BJP who shot andkilled a youth in public view. In Ballia,BJP leader Dhirendra Singh shot andkilled a young man in front of a SDMand CO. There is no fear of law in UttarPradesh,” he posted on Twitter.

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    Aminor Dalit girl was rapedand murdered inBarabanki while two otherswere raped in Auraiya andJhansi.

    In Barabanki, the semi-nude body of a minor girl, whohad gone to harvest paddy, wasrecovered from another field.After seeing the body, her fam-ily members suspected sexualassault before the girl was doneto death.

    As per information, a 15-year-old girl from a village inSatrikh police station area wentto the field to harvest paddy onWednesday morning. Somehours later, her semi-nudebody was found in an adjoin-ing field. The teenager’s armsand legs were found tied.

    On being informed, copsfrom Satrikh police rushed tothe spot and sent the body forautopsy. The police are await-ing autopsy reports to go aheadwith the investigation.

    In Auraiya, a woman wasraped at gunpoint when shewent out to relieve herself inBidhuna area on Wednesday.

    As per reports, a woman ofBidhuna area, submitted a writ-ten complaint at the police sta-

    tion that she had gone torelieve herself in a millet fieldnear her house on Mondaynight when her neighbour,Sintu, who was armed with acountry-made pistol, corneredher.

    She alleged that Sintu tookher at gunpoint and raped her.

    When the victim screamed,a passer-by, Amit, came to thespot. However, Sintu threat-ened them with dire conse-quences and escaped.

    Based on her complaint, acase was registered and a policeteam was formed to track downthe accused.

    In Jhansi, a teacher and twoothers raped a student inMauranipur area of the districton Wednesday.

    The victim had gone to geta caste certificate from a privateschool when a teacher andtwo others called her inside aclassroom, locked the roomand gang-raped her.

    The police registered a caseand arrested the accused.

    In Farrukhabad, a 10-year-old girl was abducted andkilled when a ransom demandwas not met by her family inMohammadabad Kotwali area.Her body was recovered froma septic tank on Thursday.

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    With the festival seasonapproaching, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath hasasked the Finance departmentofficials to clear the dues ofstate employees at the earliestso that they may celebrate fes-tivals with fervour.

    “The Finance departmentshould clear pending dues ofstate employees before Diwali,”the chief minister said in astatement.

    The chief minister’sannouncement came againstthe backdrop of UP govern-ment’s decision to announce aleave travelling concession(LTC) voucher scheme for thestate employees so that theycould enjoy the coming festi-vals.

    Recently, Yogi had saidthat in view of the festivals, theCentral government had decid-ed to make advance paymentfor LTA/LTC to its employeesand the UP government shouldalso follow it.

    “The Finance departmentshould prepare a similar planfor the state employees andlook at its feasibility,” the chiefminister said.

    On Monday, the Uniongovernment had announcedan LTC cash voucherscheme and a special festivaladvance of Rs 10,000 to all itsemployees.

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    Alovesick man injured the girl heloved and committed suicide inHardoi while in a shocking incidentreported from Meerut, a man thrashedhis mother to death and seriouslyinjured his sister after his motherrefused to give him money to buy alco-hol.

    Reports from Hardoi said thatRajeev, a resident of Behati hamlet inKotwali police area, was trying to lurea local girl. Rajeev was already marriedand also had a son.

    After failing to get any responsefrom the girl, who warned him andthreatened to report against him to thelocal police, Rajeev on Thursday inter-cepted the girl when she was going to

    graze her cattle in the morning. He first brutally stabbed the girl

    and when the villagers rushed for herrescue, he stabbed himself.

    Both were taken to hospital wherethe doctors pronounced Rajeev deadwhile the girl was referred to theKGMU Trauma Centre. A case was reg-istered in this regard by the police.

    In Meerut, a man who thrashed hismother to death and seriously injuredhis sister after he was refused moneyto buy alcohol was said to be releasedrecently after being arrested in a lootcase.

    On Wednesday, Vineet reachedhome in an inebriated state anddemanded money from his mother tobuy liquor. When she refused to givemoney and scolded him for his drink-

    ing habit, a heated argument ensuedbetween the two leading to a fight.

    Vineet picked up a flat iron pieceused to clean cow dung and hit hismother on the head. When his sisterintervened during the scuffle, he hit heralso, injuring her.

    When the neighbours heard thescreams, they rushed to the house butby that time Vineet had escaped.

    The woman and her daughterwere rushed to a hospital in Meerut.

    The accused’s mother Reeta diedduring the treatment while his sister,Anjali, is undergoing treatment.

    The police said that Vineet had acriminal record and was sent to jail ina loot case around five months back.

    The incident took place in Bali vil-lage of Meerut. Police have registered

    a case against Vineet on the basis of hissister’s statement.

    Meanwhile, at least eight peoplewere killed in three road accidents inthe state on Thursday.

    In Shamli district, three youths,including two brothers, were crushedto death when they were running onthe side of the road under Babri policestation on Shamli-Muzaffarnagar high-way early Thursday morning.

    Police said four youths were run-ning on the side of the road when someunidentified vehicle crushed them.While three died on the spot, one wascritically injured and was admitted tothe hospital. The deceased were iden-tified as Subham (13) his brotherSanjeev (26) and Pravesh (16) and theinjured as Sumeet.

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    Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia)president Shivpal Singh Yadav saidthat his party would have an alliancewith the Samajwadi Party in the 2022UP Assembly polls but refused anymove of merger of his party with the SP.

    “We will only have a poll alliancewith the SP and not more than that,”he said while talking to media personshere on Thursday.

    Shivpal Yadav also said that if theSP sought support from him, he wouldvote for the SP candidate Prof. RamGopal Yadav in the Rajya Sabha elec-tion. Shivpal Yadav is a SP MLA in theUP Assembly. The SP had recentlywithdrawn its petition to the Speaker,seeking disqualification of ShivpalYadav from the membership of theAssembly.

    The PSPL founder slammed theYogi Adityanath government, sayingthat law and order in the state had dete-riorated and the government had failedto control the criminals and crime.

    He said the PSPL had startedpreparing itself for the 2022 Assemblypolls and it would be a big force in theelections.

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    Asking people to stay alert tothe threat of novel coron-avirus infection, Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath said that peo-ple should not drop theirguards as laxity at this juncturecould prove detrimental.

    “The Covid testing hasbeen intensified and till dateabout 1.25 crore tests havebeen conducted in the state.The intensity of testing can begauged from the fact that tillSeptember 30 around one croretests were carried out but byOctober 15 an additional 25lakh tests were carried out,” thechief minister said while pre-siding over a high level Unlockreview meeting at Lok Bhawanhere on Thursday.

    Yogi also ordered specialvigilance on Lucknow, KanpurNagar and Varanasi districts.

    The chief minister alsosaid that the surveillance sys-tem be further strengthened.“The number of ICU beds inCovid hospitals should also beincreased regularly and itshould be ensured that thestocks of medicines and otheritems related to the treatmentis available in adequate quan-tity,” he said.

    Referring to the PradhanMantri Swanidhi Yojana, thechief minister said that moreand more people should ben-efit from it.

    He issued directive to theUrban Development depart-ment to call a meeting of theState Level Banking Committee

    (SLBC) to facilitate people toget loans and other serviceseasily for self-employment.

    Keeping in view the safetyof women, the chief minister

    directed the officials to estab-lish women help desks at all thepolice stations.

    The state government’sMission Shakti will continuous-

    ly run between ShardiyaNavratri and Basantik Navratri.This is a special campaignfocusing on women and girlchild safety and participation of

    all the departments, includingthe police, is expected.

    The chief minister said,“The state government is com-mitted to the safety and digni-ty of women and girls.During Navratri, specialattention be given on executingit effectively. During thecampaign, women and girlsshould be made aware of theeffective methods of self-defence.”

    Yogi also directed all thedistrict magistrates to ensurethat the Mission Shakti cam-paign was implemented effec-tively and to monitor it. He alsoasked the nodal officers toreview it.

    The chief minister saidthat the paddy purchase centresshould operate effectively andequipment to measure mois-ture in paddy should bearranged in these centres sothat the farmers did not faceany problems.

    Meanwhile, AdditionalChief Secretary (Health), AmitMohan Prasad said 2,636 freshcoronavirus positive cases werereported on Thursday while3,239 COVID-19 patientsrecovered in the last 24 hours.With this, 4,47,383 confirmedcoronavirus cases have beenreported in the state out ofwhich 4,04,545 have recov-ered.

    Prasad said that UP creat-ed a record by becoming thefirst state in the country to con-duct 1.25 crore Covid tests. OnTuesday, 1,54,163 samples weretested.

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    Launching a social mediacampaign with hashtag‘#HathDhonaRokeCorona’ tomark World Handwash Dayon Thursday, Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath appealed tothe citizens to implementhandwashing to keep awaythe spread of infection.

    Yogi himself washedhands before addressing a vir-tual conference in Lucknow onThursday.

    Public representatives,officials and employees of var-ious departments also washedtheir hands in groups to spreadawareness of its importance inthe fight against COVID-19.

    “Hand washing seems asmall exercise but it protects aperson from various diseases.During the pandemic, itsimportance has increased evenas our culture always spokeabout regular washing ofhands. Till a vaccine is invent-ed to cure COVID-19, weshould take precautions andwash hands regularly,” thechief minister said in the vir-tual meeting.

    All offices of the Healthdepartment, hospitals, schools,

    Anganwadi centres andemployees of Panchayati Rajdepartment participated inthe campaign. The partici-pants also took a pledge to fol-low the guidelines to success-fully defeat coronavirus and itsspread.

    Special handwash pro-grammes were also held at dis-tricts, blocks and gram pan-chayats to spread awarenessabout handwash in the ongo-ing fight against coronavirus.

    Under the Dastak cam-paign, ASHA and Anganwadiworkers, school teachers andmembers of self-help groupsmade groups of 10 houses

    each and demonstrated the sixstages of handwash.

    The importance of wash-ing hands before eating, aftertouching nose, mouth andeyes, after coughing and sneez-ing and after using toilets werealso highlighted in the ruralareas.

    Directions have beengiven to install elbow-operat-ed taps in washbasins of labourrooms, health centres andhandwash stations. Besidesproper handwash training,poster and essay contests,debate competitions were alsoheld to spread awareness abouthandwash.

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    District Magistrate AbhishekPrakash washed his handsat his camp office on GlobalHandwash Day and appealedto people to join the campaign.“We should take a pledge towash our hands following the24-second protocol for per-sonal sanitisation. It will helpin prevention of communica-ble diseases, especially Covid-19 in the current times,” hesaid.

    The DM also inspected amultiplex in Gomtinagar. Hetook stock of the ticket window,food court and cinema hall andissued directions for properscreened of visitors. “Viewershave to be a seat apart in cin-ema halls while only pre-packed food will be allowed atthe food court,” he said.

    On the occasion of GlobalHandwash Day, Dr Vinod Jain

    of KGMU carried out an onlineawareness programme for ITCollege in which he said thatthere would be a decrease of23-40 per cent in diarrhoeacases, 58 per cent in stomachdiseases and 16-17 per cent inrespiratory cases by only wash-ing hands. He said handwash-ing was important before, whileand after cooking, before and

    after eating food, before serv-ing food, after touching anydirty object and after returningfrom market. He added thatone should take 40-60 secondswhile washing hands withwater and 15-20 seconds whilecleaning hands with sanitisers.Over 50 students of IT Collegeparticipated in the awarenessexercise.

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    His grit can be measuredfrom the fact that eventhough he was suffering froma neurological problem, henot only appeared for UPSEEbut also aced it. SanyamSaxena from Moradabad willvisit Delhi shortly for treat-ment of swelling in brain.

    Sanyam Saxena toppedUPSEE-2020, securing 93.34per cent marks (BTech) whileAkash Sinha from Varanasiwho stood second, followed byJay Kumar Thakur fromPrayagraj who secured thirdspot. The results were declaredby AKTU on Thursday. Vice-Chancellor VK Pathak said theresults were declared in recordtime even though it was a chal-lenge to conduct the examsunder the shadow if coron-avirus. He said the pass per-centage was 91.78.

    Calm and composed,Sanyam said although hetopped UPSEE, his healthissue impacted his perfor-mance in JEE-Advanced inwhich he secured 872ndrank. The exam was held oneweek after UPSEE.

    Swelling in his brainmakes his head heavy and hefinds it difficult to focus. “Ihad treatment for threemonths but the problemrecurred. It was difficult toconcentrate on studies. I amnow going to Delhi for prop-er diagnosis and treatment,” hesaid.

    Luckily for him, he hadalready achieved 169th rank inJEE-Mains which helped himbecause he aspires to go toIISC-Bangalore where the cutoff is 220. He said it was dif-ficult for him to sit for threehours in UPSEE.

    “When I appeared for JEE-Advanced for six hours, I was

    exhausted and it reflected inmy ranking,” he said

    Sanyam said his successmantra was consistency andplanning. “I focused on eachand every subject be it Physics,Chemistry or Mathematics.“I was consistent in myapproach and studied for twoyears as I wanted to clear theexams in first attempt,” hesaid.

    “As many as 1,60,610 can-didates had registered for theexams while 1,34,050 turnedup and 1,23,027 were suc-cessful, including 31,614 girls,91,411 boys and two trans-genders,” he said.

    Other rank-holdersincluded Virhad AnandSrivastava from Gorakhpur(4th), Arush Pratap fromMoradabad (5th), AnhirajKhare from Jhansi (6th),Vedang Rungta (7th), SameerPandey (8th), Rishabh DevKunwar from Gorakhpur (9th)and Harshit Jain from Delhi(10th).

    The top five spots inLucknow for BTech were

    grabbed by ShiveshChaturvedi (13th), AbuShahid (19th), MohammedAtir Nadim (41st), PrakharShukla (46th) and AnubhaTripathi (57th).

    The top 100 rank-holdersinclude 95 boys and five girls.Anushka Tyagi fromGhaziabad topped amongstgirls (BTech) course with arank of 43, followed byVemparala Lakshmi Pravallika(45th), Harshita Varshneyfrom Noida (54th) rank andAnubha Tripathi fromLucknow (57th).

    In BPharma, RiddhiSinghal from Muzaffarnagartopped with 85.34 per centmarks while in BArch, AyushiPatwari from Delhi toppedwith 79.67 per cent marks.Gaurav Govil from Lucknowtopped in MBA with 85 percent marks while HarshitOman from Kanpur topped inMCA with 79 per cent marks.The counselling will take placefrom October 19 onwards andthe total number of seats is1,35,597.

    Lucknow (PNS): A man pushedhis wife off the bike which hewas driving driving inMohanlalganj causing her griev-ous injuries, to which she suc-cumbed on Thursday. Herbrother lodged a case in thisconnection and the policebooked the accused.

    Reshma of Sisendi inMohanlalganj was married toSheebu of Shekhpur inSaadatganj police station areasince 12 years and the couplehad three children. However,difference cropped up betweenthe two few months back andReshma moved to her parents’house in Sisendi. Two daysback, Sheebu called Reshma’sbrother Mohammed SulemanKhan and threatened to givetriple talaq to her. Reshma’sfamily was scared and started

    making efforts to started mak-ing efforts for a patch-upbetween the couple. Followingtheir initiative, Sheebu agreed tobring back Reshma from herhouse in Sisendi and he reachedthere on Thursday morning.

    As their younger sonZeeshan was unwell, Reshmaasked Sheebu to consult a doc-tor. On the way, Reshma andSheebu had a verbal spat and ina fit of rage, he pushed her offthe bike. She suffered seriousinjuries and Sheebu calledSuleman to inform him aboutthe incident. Reshma was laterrushed to a hospital but she wasreferred to KGMU TraumaCentre but she succumbed toinjuries before she could beshifted there. Suleman lodged acase against Sheebu as Zeeshannarrated the sequence of events.

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    Manager of a Parag boothat the Irrigation depart-ment head office gate underHussainganj police stationarea was found hanging onThursday. Police said he com-mitted suicide. The deceasedwas identified as Amar Yadav(32). He was unmarried. Hisfather Ram Swaroop Yadav isemployed as driver in theIrrigation department andthe Parag booth is located at the gate number 1of the department’s headoffice.

    Reports said Amar wasfound hanging from the ceil-

    ing inside the booth with arope tied around his neckaround 6 am on Thursday.The incident came to lightwhen an employee reachedthe booth. Police said Amarused to stay at the booth.Police sent the body forautopsy and started furtherinvestigation.

    Meanwhile, a 17-year-oldboy was found hanging froma tree in a mango grove inDaravnagar of Banthra onThursday. He was spotted byvillagers who had gone thereto relieve themselves in themorning. Police sent the bodyfor autopsy and started fur-ther investigation.

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    Religious leaders came togetherto urge everyone to practicerestraint due to Covid pandemicand celebrate festivals at home thisyear. In a webinar organised byUNICEF on Thursday, religiousleaders from across Uttar Pradeshappealed to people to follow allprecautions to prevent the spreadof coronavirus infections this fes-tival season.

    Additional Chief Secretary(Health and Family Welfare) AmitMohan Prasad said, “Governmentis working hard to check the

    spread of coronavirus. We hope theappeal by religious leaders willmotivate people to stay indoorsand ensure all precautions.”

    Mahant Devyagiri fromMankameshwar Math said, “Weworship girls as deities duringNavratri but don’t respect themotherwise. Let us pledge to respectgirls this year.”

    Imam, Aishbagh Eidgah,Maulana Khalid Rasheed FarangiMahali urged people to celebrateEid-e-Milad-un-Nabi at home thisyear. “Please offer namaz at homeand follow all safety measures.Take special care of the elderly,

    children and pregnant women,” hesaid.

    Acharya Munna Shri Malifrom Ma Lalita Devi MandirNaimisharanya said, “CelebrateNavratri in a different way thisyear. Order clothes, puja materialand other stuff online and refrainfrom going to markets.”

    Tek Narayan Upadhyaya fromKashi Vishwanath temple inVaranasi said, “For kanya pujan,please make separate packets ofraw grains and donate to girlswhose parents have lost their jobsdue to the pandemic or those whoare orphans.”

    Father Varghese Kunnath fromAgra also echoed the same senti-ment. “Become Santa Claus forthose who have lost their jobs dur-ing this pandemic and do notindulge in any grand celebrationsthis Christmas,” he said,

    Kamal Nayan Das Maharajfrom Ayodhya also urged people toavoid any processions and gather-ings. Mahant Yogi Mithilesh Nathfrom Devipatan and DigambarRadhey Shyam from MaAlopshankari Shaktipeeth inPrayagraj appealed to people to fol-low social distancing and usemasks while going out.

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    As many as 288 more per-sons tested positive forcoronavirus in Lucknow onThursday while 384 patientsrecovered, taking the numberof recoveries to 53,806. Thedeath toll in Lucknow is 800while the number of activecases 4,285.

    The new patients includ-ed 32 from Gomtinagar, 21from Ashiyana, 20 from RaeBareli road, 19 each fromIndiranagar & Mahanagar, 18from Madiaon, 16 each fromAlambagh & Chowk, and 10each from Talkatora, Cantt,

    Chinhat & Bazaarkhala.There were 10 deaths in

    the city and three of thedeceased belonged toLucknow while the rest camefrom Gonda, Farrukhabad,Hardoi, Mainpuri, LakhimpurKheri and Pratapgarh.

    Three Covid patients diedat KGMU and they included a2-month-old boy fromAkbarpur, a 55-year-old manfrom Gonda and an 11-year-old girl from LakhimpurKheri.

    Across the state, 2,728persons tested positive, includ-ing 111 in Gorakhpur, 155 inVaranasi, 140 in Noida, 126 inMeerut and 65 in Bareilly,taking the UP tally to 4,47,383.

    There were 36 deaths inthe state, including three eachin Kanpur & Varanasi, twoeach in Agra, Maharajganj &Ghazipur, and one each in

    Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, GautamBuddhnagar, Meerut, Bareilly,Moradabad, Aligarh,Saharanpur, Barabanki,Shahjahanpur, Etawah,Bulandshahr, Pratapgarh,Farrukhabad, Pilibhit,Bahraich, Rae Bareli, Jalaun,Auraiyya, Sambhal andBhadohi, taking the toll to6,543. Besides, 3,239 patientsrecovered across the state tak-ing the total figure to 4,04,545while there are 36295 activecases in the state.

    Meanwhile, special sur-veillance teams are beingformed in Lucknow for con-tainment of coronavirus andthey will be pressed into ser-vice shortly. The teams will beconsisting of workers whohave been a part of pulsepolio campaign.

    A senior official at theCMO office said: “These

    workers are aware of everyhousehold in their respectiveareas and it will help us getbetter information of everyfamily after which we can eas-ily shift Covid-19 patients tohospitals, in case of complica-tions,” he said. The previousteams will be discontinued toprevent duplicacy.

    “There will be 600 specialsurveillance teams in urbanand 300 in rural areas. We willobtain the names of all thosewho will be a part of theteams shortly. We are short ofmanpower for 60 teams andwe will talk to the districtadministration to get thesame,” he said, adding thatrapid response teams wouldfunction along with theseteams.

    Currently, 25 per cent ofthose testing positive for coro-navirus are senior citizens.

    “We are strengthening oursurveillance activities andhousehold teams are alsobeing trained to keep an eyeon patients in home isolation,”he said. He pointed out thatleaving aside Aliganj andAlambagh, all other areas haveless than 50 cases.

    On whether 56 ambu-lances were sufficient, he nod-ded in the affirmative, sayingit takes 30-40 minutes by anambulance to drop a patient toa hospital. The official insist-ed they were in a better posi-tion as far as the critical caseswere concerned and the mor-tality rate in the district hadcome down to 1.3 per cent.

    However, he sounded awarning of sorts to those say-ing Lucknow would soon beCovid-free. “Coronavirus ishere to stay till the vaccinearrives,” he asserted.

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    The nomination process forthe bypolls to seven UttarPradesh Assembly seats gainedmomentum with 36 candi-dates filing their papers onThursday.

    With this, the total numberof candidates in the fray hasgone up to 68.

    Friday is the last day for fil-ing nomination papers for thebypolls. Scrutiny of papers willbe done on October 17 andcandidates can withdraw nom-inations till October 19. Pollingin these constituencies is sched-uled on November 3 and theresults will be declared onNovember 10.

    An Election Commissionspokesman said in Lucknow onThursday that the highestnumber of nominations werefor Deoria seat where 14 can-

    didates filed their papers. InMalhani (Jaunpur) 12 candi-dates have filed papers and inNaugawan Sadat constituency11 candidates have jumpedinto the fray.

    Besides, nine candidateshave filed their papers fromBangarmau (Unnao) con-stituency, eight each forGhatampur (Kanpur) andTundla (Aligarh) seats whilethe lowest number of six nom-inations have been filed forBulandshahr seat.

    All four prominent parties— Bharatiya Janata Party,Samajwadi Party, Congress andBahujan Samaj party — haveannounced their candidatesand most of them have filedtheir papers.

    Of the seven seats, onlyMalhani seat of Jaunpur waswith the SP, while the restwere with the ruling BJP

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    Awoman allegedly caught her hus-band in a compromising positionwith another woman at a house inAliganj. She called police who detainedthe accused. As per reports, the woman,who is a native of Kanpur, was marriedto Naveen Tiwari, who allegedly had anextra-marital affair with anotherwoman. The relation between the cou-

    ple soured over the issue and Naveenstarted living with the other woman.

    However, she started keeping a tabon Naveen and finally found him at ahouse in Shivlok Colony in Aliganj.Later, she, along with her family mem-bers, reached there and caught Naveenred-handed with his lover. Naveen wasroughed up and then handed over to thepolice. Naveen is a native of Auraiyyaand works as a contractor.

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    Lucknow (PNS): Locals claimed tohave spotted a stray leopard on SGPGIcampus on Thursday. However, theForest department found pug marks ofhyena after extensive combing.According to forester Shankar Singh,

    local residents claimed that they spot-ted the leopard near the football groundof SGPGI. He said he left his contactnumber with the residents asking themto contact him in case they spot the ani-mal again.

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    Eminent scientist andChairman of Foundationfor Advancement ofAgriculture and RuralDevelopment (FAARD) ProfPanjab Singh inauguratedthree-day training in advancedseed production at SeminarHall, Institute of AgriculturalSciences, Banaras HinduUniversity (IAS-BHU) here onThursday under the BiotechFarmer Project sponsored bythe Department ofBiotechnology, Government ofIndia. The programme is beingconducted under the joint aus-pices of the Indian Institute ofVegetable Research (IIVR-Varanasi), a non-governmentorganisation FAARD andIndian Agricultural ResearchCouncil (ICAR-New Delhi).

    Prof Singh, who is alsoChancellor of Rani Laxmi BaiCentral Agricultural University,Jhansi and former BHU Vice-Chancellor, said that trainedfarmers should also train oth-ers in advanced seed produc-tion. According to him, in fourdistricts of Purvanchal (easternUP) including Chandauli,Sonbhadra, Varanasi andGhazipur, some villages wouldbe identified and developed asmodel villages. A roadmap foragricultural development willsoon be made for Purvanchal,so that these backward areas

    can become self-reliant. Hesaid that training programmeslike fishery, goat rearing etc.will also be organised in future.In this training programme,five farmers each from select-ed districts of Sonbhadra andChandauli by NITI Aayog andan equal number from non-aspirational districts ofVaranasi and Ghazipur havebeen selected for this trainingprogramme.

    The coordinator of theprogramme is Prof PK Singh ofGenetics and Plant BreedingDepartment, IAS-BHU. Thedetailed description of the pur-pose and participants of thetraining programme was givenby the former Dean of the IAS-BHU Prof Rishi Muni Singh. Inthe programme, former IAS-BHU Director Prof ShivrajSingh said that farmers wouldgain technical knowledgethrough training which wouldhelp them to connect them-selves with their farming workas well as employment. Qualityseed is a major problem facingfarmers today and if the farm-ers produce advanced seed intheir own fields, then otherfarmers can get inspiration toovercome the problem. IAS-BHU Director Prof RameshChandra welcomed the partic-ipants while it was conductedby Prof PK Singh, who alsoproposed the vote of thanks atlast. Dean of the Agriculture

    Faculty, IAS-BHU, Prof APSingh, FAARD Trustee DrUmesh Singh and others werealso present.

    WEAVERS AGAIN GOON STRIKE: Blaming thestate government for disobey-ing its promise, the weaversonce again went on an indefi-nite strike on Thursday reiter-ating their demand of therestoration of the monthly flatrate or fixed rate electricity bill.

    When the weavers hadgone on strike by suspendingall sorts of weaving in themonth of August, the stategovernment had assured thatthe electricity tariff by themonth of July would becharged from them at the oldflat rate system. And after theassurance by the government,the weavers had called off thestrike but more than twomonths have passed, the gov-ernment did not take any ini-tiative to materialise itspromise, the agitated weaverssaid adding, so, they wouldhave to go on an indefinitestrike once again as they haveno option except it. Theweavers also staged a protest inBadi Bazar and other areas bysuspending all sorts of weaving.

    As per new arrangement,the state government is realis-ing the electricity tariff fromthe powerloom weavers as perelectricity meters withdraw-ing the old flat rate subsidy. As

    per the old flat rate subsidy sys-tem, the weavers were to pay �145 for each powerloom butunder the new arrangement,they will have to pay per unitelectricity every month.

    If the government realisesthat ��145 monthly bill for eachpowerloom was very little, itcould increase it and they areready to pay as per but the sub-sidized rate should continue tosurvive the weaving, they saidand reiterated their demand ofthe restoration of the old flatrate system. Akhtar and manyothers joined the protest inBadi Bazar.

    INSPECTION: In view ofcontinuation of traffic jam sit-uation, Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) MLC Ashok Dhawan,along with senior VaranasiNagar Nigam (VNN) officersincluding MunicipalCommissioner Gaurang Rathiapart from presidents ofKhadya Vyapar Mandal andKashi Kagaj Vyavasayi SamitiNavratna Rathi and GauriShankar Nevar respectivelyinspected all the possible sitesfor parking between Maidaginand Godowlia here onWednesday. During theirinspection, they found thatthere was traffic jams like sit-uation in the wholesale marketsof silk, sarees and jewellerywhere the traders were facinga lot of inconveniences inabsence of parking sites

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    In a good news particularlyfor the field of chemical edu-cation, Dr Vishal Mishra,Assistant Professor, School ofBio-Chemical Engineering,Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Banaras HinduUniversity (BHU) has made aninvention of the ‘Ultra-violet(UV) fluorescent ink’ fromwaste bacterial culture media.This work has been filed for theIndian patent as it is beneficialfor the education system andfighting against the counterfeit-ing market.

    Every waste has somepotential but it gets spoiled use-lessly all around the world dueto the lack of knowledge andawareness about its potentialbenefits. The bacterial culture

    media are very common low-cost reagents but are widelyused in biochemistry, molecu-lar and microbiology labs tosupport the growth of microor-ganisms, Dr Mishra informed.

    Using the ‘Green chem-istry’ approach we have suc-ceeded in inventing ultra-vio-let (UV) fluorescent ink fromwaste bacterial culture media,he informed and adds, ‘Byusing very easy three steps ofthe laboratory procedures, wehave recycled the waste bacte-rial culture media for makingUV fluorescent ink’.

    ‘When this ink is used onpaper, it is not visible in day-light but becomes clearly visi-ble when exposed to a certainwavelength of the UV light dueto the blue fluorescence of theink. Even low-cost, handheld,

    battery operated UV lamps oflow power (4 watt) can be usedto see this hidden ink on thepaper. This UV fluorescentink can be used in high schoolscience practical and scienceexhibitions for various class-room demonstrations in thefield of chemical education”, DrMishra informed further.

    This demonstrations basedwork has got accepted in theJournal of ChemicalEducations, ACS and soon itwill be available online afterpublication. In our lab, furtherresearch is going on where weare working on another appli-cation as security ink in the tagsof various valuable items, onthe bank cheques, and certifi-cates, etc to authenticate theoriginality of the product, hesays.

    Recycling the huge amountof waste bacterial media gener-ated from the various laborato-ries and industries will producethe most inexpensive UV flu-orescent material in the bulk.Through such waste recyclingat a broader-scale, we can savethe environment from chemi-cal pollution. From teachingmaterial to market products(anti-counterfeiting technolo-gy) this ink has various appli-cations and advantages likeinexpensive, easily availableand non-toxic material, heinformed.

    This work has been filedfor Indian patent. This workwill have a positive impact onhumanity due to its benefits tothe education system and fight-ing against the counterfeitingmarket, Dr Mishra claimed.

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    It was a lacklustre reopeningof multiplexes, cineflexes andcinema halls as only a few cinelovers turned out there towatch the movies on bigscreens. Many of the lovers arewaiting anxiously since longbut even after the reopening oftheatres, they were not seen inhurry. There were many rea-sons for this thin attendanceand the biggest one was theabsence of any new releases ofBollywood/ Hollywoodmovies. Though many multi-plexes are hopeful that thenumber of cine fans wouldincrease from Friday as inIndia, majority of Bollywoodmovies are released on the daybut yet they are not very enthu-siastic because the impacts ofworldwide coronavirus pan-demic was also seen on the pro-duction of movies and evensome films which are ready fortheir releases, their producersand distributors are doubtful ofgetting favourable conditionsand the same may financiallyhit them badly.

    However, they feel that ifthe situation continues improv-ing, the condition will bechanged after a couple of dayswhen the festive season startswith the beginning of ShardiyaNavratra.

    Many are hopeful that bythe festival of Deepawali, thecinema halls would start seeingsimilar enthusiasm among thefans as it was seen prior toMarch 22 last. Though the

    nationwide lockdown wasimposed on March 25, likesome cities of UP, the lockdownin Varanasi began since March22, the day which was observedas ‘Janata Curfew’.

    Many are doubtful becausethey feel that in absence ofgood new movies and COVID-19 restrictions, it will takesome more months in revivalof the condition. After gettingthe information from the state

    government regarding reopen-ing of the halls from October15, most of multiplexes andothers has started their prepa-rations by making changes inseating arrangements in view tomaintain social distancing. Asper the guidelines, these mul-tiplexes and others can only beopened with maximum 50 percent tickets sale.

    In connection with thereopening, most of the hallshave started their preparationsof making seating arrange-ments as per the guidelines andsanitising the entire premisesbut in absence of new movies,they just reopened by screen-ing some old movies.

    In absence of fans, manyhave decided to curtail thenumber of shows as it will taketime when the fans wouldunderstand all the guidelinesincluding only online ticketbooking, compulsory wearingof masks, thermal scanning,sale of only packed food, instal-lation of sanitiser tunnels andrecording of names, addressesand mobile numbers of allfans in view to contact tracingetc.

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    Awebinar on COVID-19management year 2020 ‘Ajourney into Covid Era’ – wasorganised by medical depart-ment of North Central Railway.This was chaired by GeneralManager NCR & NR RajivChaudhry and DirectorGeneral Railway HealthServices Railway Board Dr BPNanda.

    Besides capacity augmen-tation for COVID-19 manage-ment many steps have beentaken towards confidencebuilding among Covid patientsand Railway employees

    North Central Railway hastaken concrete steps for unin-terrupted supply of oxygenand other essential items inRailway Hospitals

    At the outset PCMD NCRDr Anand Tandon welcomedDG RHS, GM NCR & NR andall the participants fromRailway Board and ZonalRailways in this webinar.Speaking on this occasion GMRajiv Chaudhry shared stepstaken on NCR in COVID-19management. In his briefaddress Chaudhry coveredinitiatives on NCR like plan-ning and preparatory steps,

    infrastructure augmentation,in house arrangements foressentials like face cover sani-tiser, PPE coverall, conversionof isolation coaches, upgrada-tion of hospitals, supply chainmanagement and quality con-trol for Covid essential items,telemedicine facility duringlockdown, confidence buildingmeasures among patients andrailway employees.

    In this session initial pre-sentation was made by DrVinit Agrawal MD CentralHospital Prayagraj giving anoverview of awareness pro-grammes, training, capacitybuilding, co-ordination, ser-vices and learnings in COVID-19 management over NorthCentral Railway. Besides treat-ment of COVID-19 patients’presentation also covered ser-vices like Diet supply, laundry,biomedical waste management,security, and ambulance beingrendered in Covid level IIRailway hospitals. Followed bythis a detailed presentation inCombating COVID-19 wasmade by Dr SK HandooACHD Central Hospital NCR.He informed steps taken toconvert Central Hospital in100 beds covid level II wardand 75 beds Non covid hospi-

    tal and a triage ward and feverclinic for screening of patients.Besides existing resources 22additional doctors, over 50paramedical and other staff, 6ventilators, 10 HFNO, 11 bedsin ICU, Separate x-raymachines for COVID-19 ward,COVID-19 testing facilitiesetc. are added in CentralHospital Prayagraj and similaraugmentation is done at Jhansiand other Railway hospitals tohandle Covid as well as NonCovid patients.

    Besides augmentation ofInfrastructure and capacity forhandling COVID-19 casesmany steps have been takentowards confidence buildingmeasure among patients andtheir family members. In onesuch initiative WhatsAppgroup is made where all newpatients are added along withtheir family members andtreating doctor so as real timeinformation on treatment,patient condition and furtherconcerns are available withpatients and their family mem-bers. Patients are also using thisgroup for sharing their creativ-ity, hobby etc. from hospitalwith their family members.North Central Railway in asso-ciation with state government

    is also conducting door todoor survey in Railwaycolonies and other areas to con-tain spread of COVID-19. Laterin the session, presentationswere made by Sr DMORadiology Dr Gautam Sen andSr DMO Microbiology DrUsha Yadav on steps taken infield of radiology and lab test-ing in COVID-19 manage-ment over NCR.

    Medical team of NorthCentral Railway also informedRailway Board and ZonalRailways on steps taken oversupply chain management ofessential items including oxy-gen. Of total 200 beds inPrayagraj and Jhansi Covidlevel -II wards 47 beds areequipped with central pipedmultifold oxygen supplyarrangement and balance 153beds are provided with individ-ual oxygen cylinder. Order formore than 10,000 Oxygencylinders has been placed byNCR.

    Speaking on this occasionDG RHS Dr BP Nanda con-gratulated NCR for compre-hensive COVID-19 manage-ment and complementeddoctors for informative presen-tations made during the webi-nar.

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    Nearly five days later, therehas been some increase inthe number of corona infec-tions, but the situation seems tobe under control. OnWednesday night, 162 newCovid patients along with rail-way engineers, a doctor fromSRN, tested positive.. At thesame time, 175 infectedpatients defeated Corona. Twodays later a patient died duringtreatment in the district.

    According to CMO Dr GSBajpai, 21,784 people havebecome infected with coronainfection along with 162 newinfected people in the district.At the same time 175 patientswere also free from Covidinfection. The percentage ofpeople recovering in the districtis increasing every day. So far5,058 people have been dis-charged from hospitals. At thesame time 14,699 people havecompleted home isolation.

    According to the CMO,1,747 patients are active in thedistrict. At the same time a totalof 246 patients are admitted invarious Covid hospitals andCovid care centres. Most ofthem 80 patients are admittedto L3 SRN Hospital and arebeing treated for corona infec-tion.

    According to Nodal Officerfor Corona Dr Rishi Sahai, thelist of infected on Wednesdayincluded a junior doctor ofSRN, four other employeesincluding a railway sectionengineer, two nurses of a pri-

    vate Covid hospital, an assistantloco pilot, Lalatara Meja SBIbranch personnel. At thesame time, the manager inPNB, an inspector of CISF,technician of a private hospital,clerk of Roadways Rajapur, anengineer of PWD, VDO ofDhanupur etc have also beeninfected.

    Meanwhile, preparationsare now underway to startOPD at Swaroop Rani NehruHospital. Here the OPDs of alldepartments will be operated asbefore and those who do nothave corona will also be treat-ed. The general OPD of thishospital was closed ever sincethe coronavirus infection

    spread. The reason is that thishospital has been made a Level-3 Covid Hospital.

    The number of coronapatients is now coming downsignificantly. This representsthe success of the efforts of theHealth department and theadministrative team. So nowmost of the arrangements arebeing operated as before. Afterthe control of the corona,preparations have been startedto activate the hospitals too.After getting permission fromthe government, now theadministration is preparing tostart general OPD in SRNHospital.

    Dr SP Singh, Principal of

    Motilal Nehru Medical Collegesaid that, all the state-of-the-artfacilities are available in thenew 220-bed Covid Hospitalbuilt in the hospital premises.It has been launched online bythe Chief Minister recently.Corona patients coming toSRN will now be admitted tothis new hospital. Coronapatients who are already admit-ted will be shifted to the newhospital. With the introductionof OPD, not only Prayagraj butalso patients coming fromother districts includingPratapgarh, Kaushambi,Fatehpur, Chitrakoot, Banda,Jaunpur will get relief, addedDr SP Singh.

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    Although the vaccines forcoronavirus are yet to bemade but the government hasbegun preparations to keep itsafe. From the governmentlevel, the Health departmenthas asked for complete infor-mation about the projectedrequirement of the vaccine,the procedure to keep the vac-cine safe and to transport it todifferent hospitals in the dis-trict.

    The Health departmenthas to send a report in thisregard by December 15. It isbeing said that on the lines ofthe Rubella campaign in thefirst phase, there are prepara-tions to purchase about 2.5 mil-

    lion vaccines in the first phase.Corona was on its full pace

    till the end of this fortnight inthe district. New patients werecoming in every day, but heretwo days the number of infect-ed people with zero death alsodecreased. The proportion ofpatients received so far willrequire more vaccines thanother districts.

    Restrictions have becomealmost non-existent sinceUnlock-5 started. The coronavaccine is currently at triallevel not only in India but alsoabroad. But the government isalready brainstorming on thedistribution of the corona vac-cine. On the instructions of thecentre, the state governmenthas sent a letter to the CMO

    district-wise asking forcomplete informationregarding the maintenance,cold chain and distribution ofthe vaccine.

    The Health department iscollecting information in thisregard from the immunisa-tion section. Currently, theCMO has earmarked 500square feet of land near hisoffice and Tej Bahadur SapruHospital to construct astore room for the corona vac-cine. Construction on the ear-marked land will start soon onthe permission of the govern-ment.

    Preparations for maintain-ing the cold chain are completeto secure the vaccine. Theneed for city and block wise

    vaccines is now being assessed.It is estimated that around 2.5million vaccines will be soughtin the first batch. Then theIndent will be sent according tothe requirement.

    The department's vacantland near Beli Hospital hasbeen selected for cold chaininstallation for the corona vac-cine. The vaccine of COVID-19 will be kept in the new coldroom i.e. cold chain. Fromhere the vaccine will be sent totehsils and Covid hospitals.There is no information onwhen the vaccine will arrive.Currently, preparations arebeing made to consider theRubella campaign as a rolemodel, said Dr GS Bajpai,CMO.

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    As many as 157 newCOVID-19 positivepatients have been detected inthe district here on Thursday,increasing the total number ofcases to 15,515. The day sawone more death, increasingthe toll to 250. During the day,the follow-up negative reportsincluded 167 patients and all ofthem were recovered fromhome isolation, increasing thenumber to 11,365 as none ofthe patients has been dis-charged from any of the hospi-tals and the number of curedpatients has remained at 2,769.The total number of patientswho have been recovered so faris 14,134, leaving 1,131 activepatients. The recovery rate hasslightly improved to 91.09 percent and mortality rate to 1.61

    per cent.Chief Medical Officer

    (CMO) Dr VB Singh hasappealed to all corona patientsliving in home isolation tokeep pulse oximeters in view tocheck their oxygen levels reg-ularly. ‘If the oxygen level ismore than 95, then there is noneed of worry but if it comesdown between 90 and 94, thenone should contact CovidCommand Control Centre ora doctor immediately,’ he said,adding that decline in oxygenlevel can increase discomfortand may also lead to hospital-isation. He further said ‘if thereis constant pain and heavinessin chest, mental confusion,troubles in speaking, weak-ness in face or any part of thebody and blueness on lips andface, one should contact a doc-tor.’ According to him, the

    most common effect of coronais on the lungs. In COVID-19cases, patients may have tobreathe frequently and feeltired. For this, it is importantto pay special attention to one’sfood and exercise daily in themorning.

    In the first report of theday, 103 positive patients werefound out of 3,739 reportsreceived. Till then, the total testreports received were 2,67,388and the results of 1,570 areawaited. Out of them, 2,51,927were negative, while 15,461positive. The total number ofsamples collected was 2,83,376.Earlier, a male aged 63 fromNati Imli succumbed to COV-VID-19 at Sir SundarlalHospital (SSH), Banaras HinduUniversity (BHU) while a male(62) from Kadipur (Shivpur)died at Pandit Deendayal

    Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital.With the addition of eight newred zones, the total number ofhotspots has increased to 2,199including 266 red zones. Twogreen zones have been convert-ed into red zones again. Thereare 1,933 green zones with 18new ones.

    Under ongoing mass/group antigen tests, 11 personsout of 460 tests were detectedpositive at Shree Shiv PrasadGupta (SSPG) Hospital,Kabirchaura while four out of430 at adjacent GovernmentWomen’s Hospital, three out of107 at CHC Shivpur and threeout of 439 at SSH BHU.However, all the 125 tests atSwami VivekanandGovernment Hospital,Bhelupur and 175 at LBSHospital, Ramnagar werefound negative.

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    ���#�%���������ALLAHABAD (PNS): A jointteam of Lucknow and Prayagrajunits of STF raided a house inNaini's Jail Road Chakdondi onWednesday night and arrestedfive people from the spot. Allitems including 13 mobileshave been recovered fromthem. All the five arrestedwere interrogated at Nainipolice station. After interrogat-ing them, the police raidedmany other places.

    The Lucknow unit of STFhad come to know that large-

    scale IPL betting was beingdone in a house at Naini's JailRoad Chakdondi. The teamarrived here on Wednesdaynight. A team from Prayagrajunit was engaged for this pur-pose. Both the team and ASPSomendra Meena raided thehouse on the Jail Road andRanveer Singh alias Lallu,Purushottam alias Kallu,Anand Patel resident LiptonColony, Sunny Kashyap aliasSagar and Sonu Yadav residentsof Jail Road were arrested from

    the spot. Apart from them,three android mobiles, 10 key-pad mobiles, TV sets, five reg-isters in which transactions ofspeculative money were men-tioned, besides an Ertiga carwere also recovered from theirpossession. The STF teamarrested the accused and tookthem to Naini police station,where they were interrogatedtill late night. After interrogat-ing them, the police raidedmany other places.

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    city cinema house resumedscreening after the govern-ment's guideline on Thursdaywhich were closed due to theCoronavirus since April..Operators were alreadyengaged in its preparation.

    The entire campus wascleaned and fogged onWednesday. Arrangementshave been made to sanitise theaudience as soon as they enterthe cinema house. All will begiven entry into the cinema hallonly after thermal examination.

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    Four persons lost their livesin separate road mishaps inthe district on Wednesday. Asper reports received here, Sunil(19), a resident of Rajayi village,was going for his coachingclass on a motorcycle when hewas suddenly hit by a Magicvehicle in Tilaanv village underthe Lalganj police station. As aresult he died on the spot but theMagic driver managed to escapefrom the spot. In the second inci-dent, Rahul Singh (20), a resi-dent of Dumduma village underChunar police station, was goingon a motorcycle along with hismother when it collided with atempo near a hotel in Barevaanvillage under Chunar police sta-tion and they fell on the road. Inthe meantime they were crushedby a truck which was passing thatway due to which they wereinjured. They were rushed to theCHC situated in Chunar wherethe woman was declared asbrought dead by the doctor onduty there. The truck driver hadbeen taken into custody by thepolice. In yet another incidentVidyasagar Pal, a resident ofKotwaan village underMadihan police station, wasrun over by a truck while hewas crossing the road near theforest office in Madihan mar-ket under the Madihan policestation. As a result the victim

    died on the spot while the truckdriver managed to flee from thespot. In the fourth incident,Ramnath, son of Kalloo, a res-ident of Bansagar Colonyunder City Kotwali police sta-tion, was going somewhere onhis motorcycle when it collid-ed with a tractor near the postoffice situated in Fatahaanunder City Kotwali police sta-tion. Consequently he died onthe spot. The police took thebody of the deceased into cus-tody and informed his kinabout it. However the tractordriver managed to flee leavingthe vehicle on road. The policewas busy in completing thelegal formalities, last reportsreceived here said.

    TEAM VISITS DIST: Acentral team comprising GIBansal, Dr Rajshekhar and DrB Ganeshan visited the districtto assess the loss due to hail-storm. The team held a meet-

    ing at Ashtabhuja guest houseand interacted with the farm-ers and officials concerned.The team appealed to farmersto get crop insurance facility.The team told the DM toensure that cent per cent vic-

    tims were covered and provid-ed relief amount after the thefund was released. DM SushilKumar Patel apprised the teamthat in year 2019-20 the districthad got a sum of �23 crore asrelief fund which was distrib-uted among the eligible per-sons. Gopal, a farmer belong-ing to Haipura village in Sadartehsil told the team that he hadgot �13,500 as relief. Girdhari,a resident of Pandeypur villagein Lalganj tehsil said that he toohad got �13,500 as relief. Theteam interacted with other farm-ers too who had come from dif-ferent parts of the district.

    THIEF CAUGHT: A thiefwas caught red-handed by thevillagers along with a stolensubmersible pump here. Asper the reports, Bhagirathi Pal,a resident of Mawayikala villageunder Halia police station, hadinformed the police that hissubmersible pump had beenstolen on Monday. He saidstated that early on Tuesdaymorning when he heard somenoise in the neighbourhood, hewent there and saw a sub-mersible pump loaded on thebicycle of an unknown person.With the help of villagers thesuspect was handed to thepolice. After registering a casethe police recovered the pumpand sent the accused MobinHasan, a resident of MahugarhiChhataria village, to jail.

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    The railway administrationfor the convenience of pas-sengers during the forthcomingfestivals will run the followingpuja special trains betweenOctober 20 and November 30.All coaches in these trains will beof reserved category and pas-sengers travelling in them willhave to follow Covid-19 norms,CPRO PK Singh said. The 02587Gorakhpur-Jammu Tawi week-ly Puja special will from October26 to November 29 on everyMonday leave Gorakhpur at14:20 hrs, Khalilabad at 15:01 hrs,Basti at 15:28 hrs, Gonda 16:55hrs, Lucknow at 19:45 hrs,Shahjahanpur at 22:24 hrs,Bareilly at 23.23 hrs, on secondday Moradabad at 01:05 hrs,Laksar at 03:04 hrs, Roorkee at03:25 hrs, Saharanpur at 04:25hrs, Yamunanagar Jagadhri at04:53 hrs, Ambala Cantt at05:59 hrs, Ludhiana at 07:40hrs, Jalandhar Cantt at 08:45pm, Pathankot Cantt at 10:40hrs, Kathua at 11:15 hrs andarrive at Jammu Tawi at 13:10 hrs.During


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