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India on Thursday recorded 97,894 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, pushing the country’s tally to 51,18,253. An update by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday morning (September 17) said the number of active cases crossed the million mark and currently stands at 10,09,976. As many as 40,25,079 patients have been discharged. The number of new fatalities was 1,132 in the same period, taking the death toll to 83,198. The government has been highlighting the recoveries being registered daily. On Wednesday, a record 82,961 new COVID-19 recoveries were reported, pushing the overall figures close to 39.5 lakh. The recovery rate has further improved to 78.53%, the ministry said. It said that nearly 59% of the new recoveries came from five states — 23.41% from Maharashtra...

The government on Wednesday said there has been no infiltration along the Sino-Indian border in the last six months, while 47 infiltration bids have been reported along the Indo-Pak border during the period. The Union Home Ministry also informed the Rajya Sabha that 594 attempts of infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistani militants have been reported in the last three years, of which 312 were successful. "No infiltration has been reported along Indo-China border during last six months," Union Minister of State for Home Nityanad Rai said in a written response to a question. Replying a separate question, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said 582 Militants were killed in Jammu Kashmir by forces in last three years, while 46 terrorists were arrested during the p...

The Yogi Adityanath government on Sunday said a special force will be set up in Uttar Pradesh that “can search and arrest without a warrant” on the basis of orders of the Allahabad High Court, which had expressed its displeasure over the security at civil courts last year in 2019. When a Chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council, Darvesh Kumari Yadav, 36, was shot dead by a colleague in her chamber on the civil court premises in Agra. While briefing reporters, the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said, “The state government has given orders for the constitution of a special security force. A roadmap in this regard has been sought from the UP DGP”. “This is a dream project of the UP chief minister. The basis of this force is an order of the High Court, which had...

Khan Rukhma A 21 year old, social activist and journalism student Zakir Ali Tyagi, was arrested in the middle of the night on 25th August, on a false allegation of cow slaughtering. Like a normal routine, Tyagi was watching prime-time news on his laptop when he suddenly heard some banging on his door. Tyagi got up to open the door where he was shocked to see around 17 policemen at his doorstep. He asked them the reason for their arrival, but they didn’t release any information. “And all of sudden they started beating me up and said, ‘Tu hi hai wo Modi - Yogi karne wala na’ (you're the one who talks about Modi and Yogi). Then the police dragged me out of my house in the middle of the night and pushed me into their police jeep. I kept asking them what I did, why were they taking...

The president of Awami National conference, Khalida Shah, has said that Kashmir is the basic cause of whatever is happening between China and India this time. She said that abrogation of special status of Jammu Kashmir, and bifurcating State into two union territories prompted China to intervene into the affairs of Kashmir. “Whatever is happening this time, it is because of Kashmir. Ladakh is part of Jammu and Kashmir and it can’t be snatched from us,” she said, as quoted by a Local news agency, Kashmir News Trust. Khalida Shah said that the special status granted to Jammu Kashmir had even the consent of Mahatma Gandhi but the present BJP Government annulled it in a single night against the wishes of people of Jammu and Kashmir.

CPI(M) Jammu and Kashmir on Monday held a protest against the charge sheet filed against Sitaram Yechury, ongoing restrictions on 4G mobile internet and unemployment in the Union Territory. Scores of CPI (M) workers and leaders assembled at Srinagar's Press Enclave and held a protest demonstration. Ab Rashid, CPI (M) member from Zainapora area of Shopian district as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) condemned what he termed as a false case against Yechury and demanded that his name should be withdrawn from the charge sheet. He added that it is unfortunate that people of Jammu and Kashmir are being deprived of 4G mobile internet services and demanded the ban should be immediately lifted. Rashid further stated the unemployment has taken a heavy toll on the youth, ad...

Bollywood actress who has often resorted to an Anti- Muslim rhetoric has hired a Muslim Lawyer Rizwan Siddiqui in Mumbai. The actress approached the high court through her advocate Rizwan Siddiqui seeking a stay on the demolition process, Following which, the Bombay High Court ordered a stop to the demolition and served notice to the BMC. Kangana Ranuat who is at loggerhead with the Maharashtra government over a tussle after her office was demolished by BMC. Rizwan Siddiqui, the famous lawyer has said that justice shall prevail in the case. A day after ordering a stay on the demolition of the Manikarnika actor’s Pali Hill office, the Bombay High Court has adjourned the matter until September 22. The official Twitter account Kangana Ranaut’s sister Rangoli Chandel was also suspende...

Umar Khalid, the renowned student activist from Jawaharlal Nehru University student has been arrested by the Delhi Police for his alleged involvement in the violence that erupted in the national capital in February 2020. Delhi Police's Special Cell had earlier charged Umar under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in another case related to the Delhi violence. "After 11 hours of interrogation, the Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested Umar Khalid as a conspirator in the 'Delhi Riots case'. The fairy tale narrative that DP (Delhi Police) has been spinning and criminalising protests in the garb of investigating riots, finds yet another victim," United Against Hate, an activist group whose member is Umar Khalid, said in a statement on Sunday. Riots that erupted in north-east De...

On Tuesday, 8 September, seven Muslim Assistant Government Pleaders (AGPs) were removed from service at the Foreigners’ Tribunals (FTs) in Dhubri. They have been replaced by seven advocates belonging to the Hindu community, The move has sparked allegations of bias and discrimination in the process.buy zithromax generic rxbuywithoutprescriptiononline.net/zithromax.html over the counter The tribunals are quasi judicial bodies reviewing cases of those whose citizenship has been marked suspect by the Assam Border Police organisation, and of those left out of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list. Each FT has one AGP. Signed by the state’s joint secretary, the notification announced the termination of the services of AGPs Aminul Islam, Kamal Hussain Ahmed, Rabial Hoque Ma...