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02 May

No one can be forced to get vaccinated’: Supreme Court

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Directing the central government to disclose the adverse effects of the COVID-19 vaccine, the Supreme Court on Monday said that a person cannot be forced to get vaccinated against his will. A two-judge bench comprising Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice BR Gavai, however, was satisfied that the current vaccine policy was not "arbitrary". “Given bodily autonomy, bodily integrity is protected under Article 21. No one can be forced to vaccinate. (But) the government can exercise control in areas of bodily autonomy,” the court said, according to the Bar and Bench report. Noting that the government can regulate in areas…

02 May

Delhi to witness dust storm, a relief from heat wave

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For Delhi-NCR, the Met department has forecast dust storms from Monday and the maximum temperature will settle around 39 degrees Celsius. Apart from Delhi, thundershowers are also predicted in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and East Rajasthan which will bring down the temperature in these regions. "Barring parts of western Rajasthan and Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, no heat wave will be seen in any part of the country during the next five days," senior IMD scientist RK Jenamani said.

02 May

50% passenger tax waived in J&K

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The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday approved a 50 per cent rebate on passenger tax levied on various vehicles during the last fiscal year, a government spokesperson said. This was approved in a meeting of the Administrative Council chaired by Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha. The decision will address the needs of commercial transport operators who have suffered losses due to the Covid-induced nationwide lockdown and restrictions, the spokesperson said.

02 May

Woman held for cheating people in Delhi

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Police have arrested three people for cheating them on the pretext of offering them jobs in reputed companies based outside India, officials said on Monday. Sonam Kumari (25), Rahul Kumar (22) and Rajat Kumar (23) were part of a 'high-tech gang of fraudsters', they said. Eight debit cards, a laptop, seven mobile phones and 12 SIM cards were recovered from them, police said. According to the police, a complaint was lodged at the Cyber police station in Rohini by a man who said he uploaded his resume on a job portal and soon received a telephone call from a man…

02 May

Laborers injured on a chunk collapse

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Five workers were injured after a part of an under-construction building collapsed in Pune's Wanwadi area on Monday afternoon, police said. The injured were rushed to the hospital, their treatment is undergoing. The incident took place around 3 pm in an under-construction building where a mosque for the Bohra community is planned.

30 Apr

Mizoram records new COVID-19 cases

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Mizoram reported 83 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, 16 fewer than the previous day, taking the tally to 2,27,419, a health department official said. The death toll from COVID-19 remains at 696. The single-day positivity rate rose to 15.46 percent from 10 percent the previous day, as new cases were detected from 537 samples tested. Mizoram currently has 714 active COVID-19 cases, while 2,26,009 people have recovered from the infection so far.

30 Apr

Uddhav’s statement on BJP over dividing the Hindus

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Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday accused the BJP of conspiring to divide Hindus in the state. Thackeray made the comments in his online address to Shiv Sena district chiefs in the Konkan region and western and northern Maharashtra, according to points shared by the party from his speech. Without naming the BJP, Thackeray alleged that it was trying to paint Maharashtra as "anti-Hindu" as has been alleged in West Bengal and Kerala - both non-BJP-ruled states. “We always say Maharashtra leads the way. Now, Maharashtra has to show its direction again. It is a…

30 Apr

New COVID-19 case in Puducherry

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Puducherry on Saturday registered one new COVID-19 case, pushing the overall caseload to 1,65,789 while no new death was recorded in the last 24 hours. A new infection was detected after 118 samples were tested, Health Director G Sriramulu said in a release. No new deaths were reported in its four regions - Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam - in the last 24 hours and the toll remained at 1,962.

30 Apr

Two shot to dead over a dispute

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A man and his nephew were shot dead and three others were seriously injured in a clash between two groups following a dispute over felling of a tree in Ahroda village under Jansath police station, police said. Two of the injured were also shot and admitted to the hospital. After the murder, two persons, Jagesh Kumar and his son Sonu, were arrested and a licensed gun and a country-made pistol were recovered from them. The trouble started when a tree owned by Shiv Shankar and standing on the divider of his field from Jagesh was later cut down, the DYSP…

28 Apr

Thane recorded 15 new covid-19 cases

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15 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Maharashtra's Thane district, taking the number of infections to 7, 09,002, an official said on Thursday. This new case was recorded on Wednesday, he said. The COVID-19 death rate in Thane is 1.67 percent.