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Handwara : Five security force personnel, including a Colonel, a Major and a police officer, were killed in the gunbattle with terrorists in Handwara in north Kashmir, Indian Army said on Sunday. "Four Indian Army personnel including the Commanding Officer, Major of 21 Rashtriya Rifles unit along with 2 soldiers and one Jammu and Kashmir Police jawan lost their lives in an encounter in Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir," Army officials said. The name of the 21 Rashtriya Rifles Commanding Officer, who lost his life in the Handwara operation, is Colonel Ashutosh Sharma. He had been part of several successful counter-terrorism operations in the past, Army officials said. Two terrorists were neutralised in the encounter, which ensued between terrorists and security forces at Chanjmullah area of Handwara on Saturday. The team of 21 Rashtriya Rifles had entered the house of a civilian to prevent a hostage situation when they came under attack from the terrorists who had already re

Dahod : Some migrant workers stranded in Khangela, Dahod pelted stones at police on Saturday, following which police vehicles were damaged. However, nobody suffered major injury during the incident. Speaking to ANI , Superintendent of Police, Dahod said, "Some anti-social elements pelted stones at us. Some of our vehicles were damaged but there were no major injuries. FIR is being registered, more than 40 people have been detained". "People from Uttar Pradesh came here. The administration and police had given them the assurance that as soon as their government gives a nod, we will arrange vehicles for them and they will be sent back," he added. The Superintendent of Police (SP) appealed that the administration here is serving the citizens amid the lockdown and such act will not be tolerated. "We will take strict action against such people and if needed, we will detain people under Prevention Anti-Social Activities (PASA)," he added. from Firstpost I

Mumbai : The prisons department of Maharashtra has released more than 5,000 inmates from various prisons of the state till Saturday, an official said. To prevent the spread of coronavirus infection in overcrowded jails, the prisons department is releasing those inmates who are serving sentences of less than seven years on bail, he said. At least 11,000 prisoners were expected to be released to decongest prisons, and so far 5,105 have been released on bail, the official added. 582 prisoners have been released from Arthur Road prison in Mumbai, 443 from Thane Central Jail, 498 from Taloja Central Jail in Navi Mumbai, 388 from Yerawada prison in Pune, 214 from Amaravati prison, 216 from Nagpur prison, 187 from Solapur district prison, 177 from Aurangabad Central Prison and 134 from Nashik Central Prison, he said. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/3fgxIwU Press Trust of India

08:58 (IST) Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir Latest Updates IAF flypast over Dal Lake to pay tribute to frontline workers during pandemic Srinagar: Indian Air Force's flypast over Dal Lake to pay tribute to medical professionals and all other frontline workers. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/kpMxY6gPBh — ANI (@ANI) May 3, 2020 08:55 (IST) Coronavirus in Odisha Latest Updates Odisha's confirmed cases at 160 after one more COVID-19 sample tests positive  One more individual tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Odisha, taking the total number of infections to 160 in the state on Sunday. As many as 16 districts of a total of 30 in Odisha have reported positive cases.  08:47 (IST) Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates As many as 500 students stranded in Kota arrive at Delhi in 40 buses Nearly 500 Delhi students stranded at coaching hub Kota in Rajasthan during the lockdown reached Kashmere Gate ISBT in Delhi in 40 buses early Sunday morning. Delhi's Transpor

Since 1989, Harihar Pradhan, 48, a resident of Manapada village Panchayat under Brahmagiri Block of Puri in Odisha has been working in Surat, Gujarat’s flourishing power loom industry, as a weaver. Harihar operates 12 looms on average and earns around Rs 20,000 every month. Of hist salary, Harihar sends Rs 15,000 to his wife in Odisha for his family of four, including two daughters who are pursuing college education. The outbreak of the novel coronavirus, and the nationwide lockdown announced thereafter, however, has interrupted this steady flow of income. Over a month into the lockdown, Harihar has exhausted the amount he received from the textile mill owner and there's a lot of uncertainty about his job. Harihar now wants to go home and be with his family. “With my little knowledge on the world today, I simply guess there would be a recession in the textile sector, and it's going to affect Indian exports," said Harihar. An even if the textile mills do run, in the cur

New Delhi: Several parts of north India, including Delhi-NCR, will receive light to moderate rainfall from May 3-6, while some areas may see hailstorm owing to a western disturbance, MeT officials said on Saturday. Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the Regional Meteorological Centre of the India Meteorological Department, said under the influence of an active western disturbance, the north Indian plains and the hills will start receiving light to moderate rain from Sunday. "The WD's effect will continue till May 6-7. Punjab, Haryana, Delhi-NCR, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, north Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh will get rains during this period," Srivastava said. He said some parts may also receive hailstorm. A western disturbance is a cyclonic storm that originates in the Mediterranean and travels all the way traversing central Asia. When it comes in contact with the Himalayas, it brings rains to the plains and snow and rain to the hills. It is usually a winter season

India on Saturday registered a record jump of 2,411 new coronavirus cases and  71 deaths, taking the total number of infections in the country to 37,776 and the toll to 1,223. Meanwhile, migrant workers stranded in different states since the imposition of the lockdown began their journey homes in special ' shramik trains'. Case count surges to 37,776, toll reaches 1,223 According to the 5 pm update issued by the Union health ministry, the number of infections in the country jumped to 37,776 while the toll rose to 1,223. Over 10,000 persons have been cured of the disease and the number of active COVID-19 cases in the country stands at 26,535, it said. Of the total fatalities, the highest have been reported in Maharashtra (485), followed by Gujarat (236), Madhya Pradesh (145) , Rajasthan (62) and Delhi (61). Maharashtra continues to have the highest number of infections with 11,506 cases reported from the state. Gujarat has reported a total of 4,721 cases, followed by Delh

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said Aarogya Setu mobile application is a "sophisticated surveillance system" outsourced to a private operator, raising serious data security and privacy concerns. File image of Rahul Gandhi. PTI Technology can help keep us safe, but fear must not be used to track citizens without their consent, he said. The mobile application helps users identify whether or not they are at risk of the COVID-19 infection. It also provides people with important information, including ways to avoid coronavirus and its symptoms. "The Aarogya Setu app, is a sophisticated surveillance system, outsourced to a private operator, with no institutional oversight — raising serious data security and privacy concerns. Technology can help keep us safe; but fear must not be leveraged to track citizens without their consent," he said on Twitter. The Central Government has made it compulsory for all its employees to download the app and urg

Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) has invited online applications for 137 posts of professors in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bibinagar in Telangana. The vacancies are for professors, additional professors, assistant professors, and associate professors. To apply for the posts, eligible candidates will have to visit the official website Jipmer.edu.in and go to the link "Apply on-line for faculty posts of AIIMS Bibinagar". To visit directly to the online registration page, candidates can click this link . Candidates can submit the online application by 12 June 2020 till 5 pm. Candidates will have to send the hardcopy of submitted online application along with required certificates to the nodal officer of AIIMS Bibinagar by 24 June 2020 till 4.30 pm. JIPMER Recruitment 2020: Age limit The upper age limit of candidates applying for the posts of professor and additional professor is 58 years as on 12 June 2

Indore:  Indore Police on Saturday found 18 people, most of them migrant workers, crammed inside a cement mixer-laden truck headed towards Uttar Pradesh from Maharashtra, an official said. All of them were sent to a shelter for medical examination and a bus was being organised for their further transit, he said. A video of workers emerging from the small hole of the cement-mixer in the presence of police has gone viral on social media. #WATCH 18 people found travelling in the mixer tank of a concrete mixer truck by police in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. DSP Umakant Chaudhary says, "They were travelling from Maharashtra to Lucknow. The truck has been sent to a police station & an FIR has been registered". pic.twitter.com/SfsvS0EOCW — ANI (@ANI) May 2, 2020 "During the routine check-up at Panth Piplai village, about 35 kms from Indore, we stopped a truck laden with a cement-mixer on suspicion. After opening the lid, we found 18 people inside," Traffic Police s

Bengaluru: Karnataka government has issued a show-cause notice to IAS officer Mohammad Mohsin over his social media post about donating of plasma by Tablighi Jamaat members for treatment of COVID-19 patients. Mohsin is serving as Secretary of Karnataka Backward Classes Welfare Department. In his tweet on 27 April, Mohammad Mohsin wrote, "More than 300 Tablighi heroes are donating their plasma to serve the country in New Delhi only. What about it? Godi Media? They will not show you the works of humanity done by these heroes." "The adverse coverage this tweet has got in the media has been taken note of seriously by the government, given the serious nature of COVID-19 and the sensitivities involved," the show cause notice said. The state government has sought a written explanation from the officer within five days for violating the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968. Click here for Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates It has also warned of action against the

Bengaluru: A large number of people gathered at Majestic Bus Terminal here on Saturday morning to travel back to their respective home States amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown. A majority of them are the migrant labourers who were rendered jobless after the imposition of lockdown in March to check the spread of coronavirus. "We were working as labourers in the city. From the past many weeks, we were unable to earn anything because of the lockdown. We are surviving without food. At this point of time, they are charging us double and triple for the tickets. This is literally harassment," said a commuter. "Earlier, we used to pay Rs 500-600 from Bengaluru to Raichur. Now, the KSRTC is charging us Rs 1,400. The hike in fare is creating more problems to migrant workers," said a local while speaking to ANI . Prabhakar Reddy, Chief Traffic Manager, said that they are arranging buses for different districts and are carrying only 30 commuters in each bus. "We

New Delhi: After the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) extended the ongoing lockdown imposed in view of the novel coronavirus for two more weeks beyond 4 May, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), on Saturday, issued a circular to extend the suspension of domestic and international commercial flight operations till 17 May. However, the restriction shall not apply to international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by the DGCA. The ongoing and second phase of lockdown was scheduled to end on 3 May. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/2WkzXGR Asian News International

New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi Police has registered a case of sedition against Chairman of Delhi Minority Commission Zafarul Islam Khan for a controversial social media post, an officer said on Saturday. The FIR was registered against Khan on 30 April under section 124 A (sedition) and 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth) after police received a complaint by a resident of Vasant Kunj. In the FIR, the complainant alleged that Khan's post was “provocative”, "deliberate” and seditious and intended to cause disharmony and create a rift in the society, police said, adding that the case is being investigated by the cyber cell. The remarks were posted by Khan on Tuesday but deleted after sometime. Later, Khan also sought an apology while the BJP demanded his removal from the commission. "I realise that my tweet was ill-timed and insensitive in view of our county facing a medical emergency and fighting an unse

Basti (Uttar Pradesh): Basti District Magistrate Ashutosh Niranjan said that seven labourers, who had arrived from Maharashtra via Jhansi in government buses to Basti, have tested positive for COVID-19. As per the latest data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Maharashtra reported 11,506 COVID-19 cases with 485 deaths. While, the recovery rate in the state stood at 16.3 percent with 1,879 COVID-19 being cured of the infectious disease. Uttar Pradesh has 2,328 cases, including 654 cured/discharged/migrated and 42 deaths. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/2xstNMH Press Trust of India

The Andhra Pradesh government is offering online coaching for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown. The registration has begun on Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (AOSCHE)'s official website apsche.org as well as on jntua.ac.in . The official notice states that on the "direction of the Ministry of Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, the Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education is coordinating GATE coaching classes to the engineering students belonging to the State of Andhra Pradesh." The application process that began on 2 May will close on 7 May and classes will begin on 11 May. Candidates who opt for the online classes will be taught by the faculty of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur (JNTUA), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK), Yogi Vemana University and YSR Cuddapah. Each subject will be taught in 12 sessions in 12 days, with each session

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has decided to appeal to the Centre to drop Bengaluru rural district from the list of COVID-19 red zones as there are no fresh cases of coronavirus infections there, Revenue minister R Ashoka said on Saturday. "Presently there are no cases of COVID-19 in Bengaluru Rural district. So we will write to the centre not to incorporate the Bengaluru rural district in the list of red zones," Ashoka said at the end of a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on easing COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Senior ministers, officials and deputy commissioners attended the meeting through video conferencing. He said suggestions were made that Bengaluru urban district should be divided into various zones and wherever there are no COVID-19 cases, restrictions must be eased. Ashoka said construction-related activities will be allowed and shops dealing with trading construction materials such as sanitary ware, tiles, steel, plumbing an

Palghar: One of the persons arrested in connection with the Palghar lynching case, who was lodged in a police lock-up, has tested coronavirus positive, an official said on Saturday. Police have so far arrested 115 persons, including nine minors, in connection with the lynching of three men, including two seers, at Gadchinchale village in Palghar last month. The accused tested positive for the infection on Friday night, the official said. "He was kept in a police lock-up at Wada in the district along with 20 others. After testing positive, he was admitted to a government hospital in Palghar," district civil surgeon Dr Kanchan Wanere said. "Twenty others kept in lock-up with him have been quarantined along with around 23 police personnel, who came had come in contact with him," she said. The health department is now trying to find out how he contracted the infection, Wanere said. According to sources, on 18 April, a test was conducted on all the accused arrested

Aurangabad:  Twenty persons currently residing in Gurdwara Langar Sahib at Nanded in Maharashtra have tested coronavirus positive, an official said on Saturday. Swabs of total 97 people residing in the gurudwara had been collected for testing. Of them 20 have tested positive for the infection, civil surgeon Dr Neelkanth Bhosikar said. "They have been admitted to NRI Bhawan COVID Care Centre in Nanded city," he said. Their samples had been collected on 30 April and 1 May, he said. Twenty-five of them have tested negative, while the reports of 41 others are awaited. Reports of 11 others are undecided, Bhosikar said in a statement. The Gurdwara Langar Sahib had been shut on Friday after several pilgrims from Punjab, who returned to their state after visiting this shrine, tested coronavirus positive, officials had said. The Gurdwara Hazur Sahib located in the vicinity was also sealed by the local authorities on Friday. Hazur Sahib, also known as Takht Hazuri Sahib Sachkhand,

New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday that the worst phase of coronavirus epidemic in India seemed to be over, but people should continue to follow all precautions and guidelines. "I think the worst is over. But till the time the disease is not completely contained, we should continue to follow all precautions and guidelines," he told ANI . Javadekar said India took various timely initiatives, including a countrywide lockdown, and its management of COVID-19 has been better than other countries. "That is why lockdown has been extended for two weeks. The various zones are well-defined. Following the social distancing norm of do gaz ki doori  will be a new normal till the time a vaccine is developed for COVID-19," he said. The minister said the lockdown has brought us success in containing the COVID-19 pandemic. "Now that the restrictions in third phase, practically half of the country will be fully operational from 4

New Delhi: The toll due to COVID-19 pandemic climbed to 1,218 while, the number of confirmed cases reached 37,336 in India on Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 26,167, while 9,950 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, the ministry said. The total cases include 111 foreign nationals. A total of 66 deaths were reported since Friday evening of which 26 fatalities were reported from Maharashtra, 22 from Gujarat, eight from Madhya Pradesh, four from Rajasthan, two from Delhi and one each from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana and Tamil Nadu. Of the 1,218 deaths, Maharashtra remained the worst-affected state with 485 fatalities, followed by Gujarat at 236, Madhya Pradesh at 145, Rajasthan at 62, Delhi at 61, Uttar Pradesh at 42 and West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh at 33 each. Representational Image. PTI The toll reached 28 in Tamil Nadu, 26 in Telangana, while Karnataka has reported 22 deaths. Punjab has registered

The Council for the India School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has said that it will hold ISC and ICSE exams for all remaining subjects/papers and that no exam has been cancelled. In a notice, the council has said that examination will be conducted within a period of 6 to 8 days , including the weekend. The council has also said that the revised schedule of the examinations will be announced eight days prior to the commencement of the assessments. Eight papers remain for ISC while exams for six subjects for ICSE had to be postponed due to the coronavirus lockdown. The exams for ISC which are yet to be conducted include Biology Paper 1, Business Studies, Geography, Sociology, Psychology, Home Science Paper 1, Elective English and Art paper 5. The subjects for ICSE include Geography, Biology, Economics, Hindi and Art. The council has also said that post examinations; CISCE shall declare the results within a period of 6 to 8 weeks. According to them, schools may give provisional

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has directed all institutes approved by it to commence classes for existing students from 1 July, 2020. The academic session for newly admitted students will start from 1 August, 2020, AICTE said in its latest guidelines to its standalone postgraduate diploma in management (PGDM) and postgraduate certificate in management (PGCM) institutes. The last date for cancellation of seats of PGDM/PGCM courses is 25 July. The admission for courses will end on 31 July. "Candidates for open and distance learning courses can be admitted from 15 August," the AICTE informed. AICTE has also asked institutions not to hike the admission or other fee for the academic year 2020-2021. The technical education council has directed institutes not to force the selected candidates to pay advance fees during the COVID-19 lockdown. The council has asked colleges to enroll students on a provisional basis in case the result of the undergraduate cours

09:55 (IST) Coronavirus in Rajasthan Latest Update Rajasthan records 12 new cases taking overall count to 2,678 12 new positive cases of COVID-19 and 3 deaths have been reported on Saturday in Rajasthan taking the total number of cases to 2,678 and 65 deaths. 1116 people have recovered while 714 have been discharged to date, according to Rajasthan Health Department. 12 new positive cases of #COVID19 and 3 deaths have been reported today in Rajasthan taking the total number of cases to 2678 and 65 deaths. 1116 people have recovered while 714 have been discharged till date: Rajasthan Health Department pic.twitter.com/jh6y127kIU — ANI (@ANI) May 2, 2020 09:50 (IST) Coronavirus in India Latest Update 68 CRPF jawan tests positive in Delhi and totally tally in battalion rises to 122 Test results of 68 jawans have shown them to be COVID-19 positive. All jawans are attached to a battalion camped in East Delhi, reports ANI.   The total positive cases in this battalion have reach