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J&K records 28th Covid death as 128 more test positive, tally 2,164

Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir today recorded another coronavirus death while 128 people were tested positive taking the total number of cases in the Union Territory to 2,164.

A 70-year-old man from Kashmir who died yesterday, was tested positive today taking the number of COVID-19 deaths in the UT so far to 28 of which 25 were reported in the Valley and 3 in Jammu.

Officials said that among new 128 cases that were detected in J&K today, 58 tested positive at SKIMS, 33 at CD hospital and rest at other hospitals and private labs.

Among the new cases, 92 belong to Kashmir division while as 36 are from Jammu division, officials said, adding that the total number of positive cases in Kashmir division has reached to 1728 including 774 recoveries and 25 deaths while as total number of positive cases in Jammu division has reached to 436 including 101 recoveries and 3 deaths.

They added that total number of active cases in Jammu and Kashmir are 1261 including 929 from Kashmir division and 332 from Jammu division.

Cases tested positive in J&K include 6 from Anantnag, 19 from Kulgam,27 from Srinagar, 1 from Budgam, 18 from Kupwara, 1 from Shopian, 8 from Baramulla and 13 from Pulwama in Kashmir division while as 36 from Jammu including 7 from Jammu, 6 from Kuthua, 1 from Udhampur, 2 from Samba, 6 from Rajouri and 14 from Poonch.

As per official figures, 295 positive cases including five deaths and 120 recoveries are from Anantnag, 273 including four deaths and 23 recoveries are from Kulgam, 246 including seven deaths and 128 recoveries are from Srinagar, 145 including one death and 132 recoveries are from Bandipora, 177 including 102 recoveries and five deaths are from Baramulla, 152 including 107 recoveries and one death are from Shopian, 255 including 74 recoveries are from Kupwara, 89 including 52 recoveries and two deaths are from Budgam, 31 including 24 recoveries are from Ganderbal and 65 including 12 recoveries are from Pulwama.

In Jammu , 128 including 37 recoveries and two deaths are from Jammu district, 65 including 19 recoveries are from Kathua, 52 including 22 recoveries and one death are from Udhampur, 75 including 03 recoveries are from Ramban, 34 including 10 recoveries from Samba, 21 including 05 recoveries are from Rajouri, 08 including 01 recovery are from Kishtwar, 38 with no recovery from Poonch, 13 including 03 recoveries are from Reasi and 02 including one recovery are from Doda.

As per the daily information bulletin, 158,733 persons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while as 34,495 persons have been kept under home quarantine. Apart from that 1,261 persons are in hospital isolation while as 54 persons are under hospital quarantine.

According to the bulletin, 81,410 persons have completed surveillance period and 41,525 persons are under home surveillance besides that so far results of 156,010 samples are available.

Besides, so far results of 1,56,010 samples are available out of which 1,53,846 tested negative while as 2,164 have been tested positive. Among positive cases 1,261 are active and 875 persons have recovered and 28 have died.

4.6 magnitude quake jolts Haryana

Mild earthquake hits Delhi
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New Delhi (NVI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 struck in Haryana near Delhi today evening.

The epicentre of the earthquake was near Rohtak in Haryana, according to the National Center for Seismology.

Tremors were felt in Delhi and adjoining areas, prompting people to rush out of their homes.

The earthquake struck at around 9pm at a depth of 3.3 km.

Delimitation of J&K Assembly seats: NC decides to boycott, BJP slams move

Farooq Abdullah
File Photo: Dr Farooq Abdullah

Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir’s National Conference (NC) today decided to boycott the delimitation exercise, saying its participation in the exercise would tantamount to accepting all events that unfolded in J&K post August 5 last year.

The NC cleared its stance a day after Centre nominated three of its MPs as the associate members of the delimitation commission. The NC leaders who were nominated as the members of delimitation commission include party chief Dr Farooq Abdullah and Hasnain Masoodi and Muhammad Akbar Lone.

After hectic deliberations over the issue, the party came up with a detailed statement. It said that with reference to the recently-announced delimitation commission, NC rejects the process and its three members of the parliament will not participate in the delimitation exercise.

“This delimitation commission is a product of the J&K Re-organization Act 2019 which JKNC is challenging in and outside SC. Participating in this delimitation Commission will be tantamount to accepting the events of August 5, 2019, which the NC is unwilling to do,” a statement issued by the party read.

It said that according to the constitution of J&K, the constituencies were to be delimited in 2026 with rest of the country.

“The constituencies in the state were last delimited in ‘90s. Thereafter an amendment was made in the constitution of J&K unanimously passed in the State Assembly in which all the regional parties, Congress and BJP voted for this amendment to go with the delimitation with rest of the country in 2026. Therefore, the constitution of the delimitation commission is unwarranted,” the statement further said.

Five Lok Sabha MPs from J&K were nominated by Speaker Om Birla as associate members of the delimitation commission which was constituted on March 6.

Headed by former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ranjana Desai, Election Commissioner, Sushil Chandra and Chief Electoral Officer, Hirdesh Kumar are members of the panel which was constituted under the Delimitation Commission Act.

Before August 5, 2019, the delimitation of Assembly was not possible in Jammu and Kashmir till first census after 2026 – that is at least not before 2031 – due to amendments carried out in J&K Constitution and J&K Representation Act, 1957, under which delimitation exercises were carried in the erstwhile state of J&K in 1975 and 1995.

The Re-Organisation Act enacted by the BJP-led Central government paved way for the first delimitation exercise in J&K after abolishing its statehood.

In the erstwhile, Legislative Assembly, Kashmir region had 46 seats, Jammu 37 and Ladakh had 4 seats.

Meanwhile, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) slammed NC for its decision of boycotting the delimitation exercise. “This is very unfortunate that they have decided to drag their feet from the exercise for which people of J&K have been yearning for long,” said BJP’s J&K Affairs incharge and national vice president, Avinash Rai Khanna. He said the main aim of the delimitation is to address the regional imbalance.

J&K police identifies Hizb militant who owned explosive-laden car

Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI):  After averting a major terror attack, Jammu and Kashmir police has achieved a significant breakthrough as it has found out the explosive-laden car’s owner, who is a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Hidayatullah Malik.

Malik, a resident of Shopian district, had joined the Pakistan-based terror outfit last year, according to an official, who said a manhunt has been launched to track him down.

Security forces yesterday averted a major terror attack by intercepting in Pulwama district a Santro car, which carried about 45 kgs of explosives and was possibly to be used in an attack on the lines of one carried out on CRPF convoy on February 14 last year in the same district. At least 40 CRPF personnel were killed in that attack carried out by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terror outfit.

Effort is to catch Malik alive so that he can be interrogated to unravel the entire terror plot, the official said.

The ownership of the car, which had fake registration number and was driven by a terrorist who escaped after being fired upon by security forces, was traced after taking samples of the engine and other details of the car, which was exploded yesterday in a control manner to neutralise the bomb.

The car was destroyed in a “technical way” by the Bomb Disposal Squad of security forces at Ayegund area of Rajpora in Southern district of Pulwama. The police along with other security agencies had sought the help of forensic experts in tracing the owner of the car and today a “major breakthrough was achieved.”

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir zone Vijay Kumar had yesterday said it was a joint plot of Hizbul Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammad and two more terrorists, along with the one who was driving the vehicle, were involved.

It is being investigated as to where the car was prepared for the explosion.

“We are also looking for the Over Ground Workers (OGWs), who helped the militants prepare the car-bomb and how they got the explosive material in such a huge quantity,” the official said.

“One thing needs to be appreciated that the lead was perfect and it was reacted to in a timely manner, thereby a major tragedy was averted,” the official said.

Director General of CRPF A P Maheswari lauded the role of CRPF men, who were part of joint check post at Ayegund village of Rajpora, Pulwama, where the car was intercepted. According to Junaid Khan, CRPF’s spokesman for operations in Kashmir, Maheswari appreciated the timely action of CRPF men in detecting the car laden with explosives beforehand.

“The DG CRPF announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh to the CRPF team involved in the operation. And also announced a commendation disc,” Khan said.

PM condoles demise of Ajit Jogi

New Delhi (NVI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the demise of former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Ajit Jogi, saying he had strived to bring a positive change in the lives of the poor, especially tribal communities.

Ajit Jogi passed away today at the age of 74, at a private hospital in Raipur after battling for life for the last 20 days.

“Shri Ajit Jogi Ji was passionate about public service. This passion made him work hard as a bureaucrat and as a political leader,” PM Modi wrote on twitter

“He strived to bring a positive change in the lives of the poor, especially tribal communities. Saddened by his demise. Condolences to his family. RIP,” Modi added.

Bangladesh COVID-19 tally tops 42,000; 582 dead

(Image source: United News of Bangladesh)

New Delhi (NVI): Bangladesh saw the highest-ever jump in coronavirus cases in a single day as 2,523 new patients were found coronavirus positive in the last 24 hours, raising the total cases to 42,844.

The total number of deaths from coronavirus has reached 582 after 23 more people lost their lives in the last 24 hours, according to United News of Bangladesh.

On a positive note, 590 more patients made recovery, taking the total number of recovered caseds to 9,015 in the country.

Against the total number of detected cases, the recovery rate is 21.04 per cent and the mortality rate is 1.36 per cent in country.

In addition to this, although public transport remains suspended, thousands of people have started coming back to their workplaces in Dhaka after celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr at home, availing all kinds of transport from ferries through river routes to three-wheelers, pickup vans, private cars on roads.

623 new COVID cases in Afghanistan; tally hits 13,659

New Delhi (NVI): Afghanistan witnessed a rise in coronavirus cases with 623 new cases, taking the overall tally to 13,659 across the country, according to Afghan media reports

In the past 24 hours, 11 patients have died due to COVID-19 virus.

Of the total 623 positive cases across the country, 271 were registered in Kabul, 67 in Herat, 23 in Balkh, 67 in Kandahar and 13 in Laghman province.

In addition, 10 cases were reported in Parwan, 10 in Badakhshan, 9 in Paktika, 9 in Bamiyan, 7 in Paktia, 3 in Logar, 2 in Takhar, 1 in Kunar, and 1 in Daikundi.

The Ministry of Public Health said 1,259 people have recovered while 246 died from the respiratory disease

So far, 35,921 people have been tested in the country.

Whereas, recoveries were reported in Kabul (15), Paktika (21), Herat (5), Farah (5), Khost (3), and Nuristan (1), the ministry data shows.

According to the Afghan officials, this comes as a lockdown has been eased unofficially in Kabul, but people should follow some rules, including not carrying more than three people in a taxi while buses are banned.

At least, 1,259 patients have been cured from virus or discharged.

Coronavirus cases exceed 64,000 in Pakistan; death toll at 1,334

New Delhi (NVI): Pakistan is witnessing a sharp surge in the number of positive coronavirus cases as nearly 2,000 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 64,028 with at least 1,334 fatalities recorded so far.

Looking at the breakdown of cases, Sindh province has reported 25,309 coronavirus cases, highest among all the provinces, while Punjab has 22,964 positive cases.

On the other hand, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has recorded 8,842 cases, Balochistan is at 3,928, Gilgit-Baltistan at 658, Islamabad at 2,100 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is at 227 cases so far, according to Geo News.

On the positive side, the country’s Health Ministry said, 22,305 patients have been recovered so far from the deadly contagion.

Meanwhile, a senior journalist have died due to coronavirus in Peshawar, making him the first media casualty of the virus in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, according to media reports.

Nepal reports 170 new coronavirus cases, total climbs to 1,212

New Delhi (NVI): 170 new positive Covid-19 cases have been reported from Nepal, taking the toll in the Himalayan nation to 1,212, according to local media reports.

The country’s Ministry of Health and Population said, this has yet again broken the record of single-day cases in Nepal.

Of the infected, 56 people are from Rautahat district, 51 from Kapilvastu, 28 from Jhapa, 10 from Banke, five each from Parsa and Sarlahi.

Apart from that, four each from Bara and Saptari, two each from Dang and Nawalparasi, one each from Myagdi and Rupandehi districts.

At present, 52 of the 77 districts and all the Provinces have witnessed the transmission of COVID-19 virus.

As many as 157 cases have been detected in eight districts of Province 1; 490 cases have been seen in eight districts of Province 2; and 44 cases in 12 districts of Bagmati Province, as per media reports.

Likewise, 20 cases have been reported in five districts of Gandaki Province; 433 cases in nine districts of Province 5; 47 cases in three districts of Karnali Province; and 21 cases in seven districts of Sudurpaschim Province.

With this, 1,103 males and 109 females have been infected with the virus across the country.

At least 19 people have been discharged from various health facilities across the country taking the total number of recoveries to 206.

Meanwhile, the ministry also confirmed the death of sixth person from contracting the infection in Nepal. A 35-year-old youth from Arghakhanchi, who was returning from India, had died on his way home.

Truck laden with LPG cylinders catches fire on Jammu-Srinagar highway

 Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI): Tension gripped Jammu-Srinagar highway near Tikri area of Udhampur district, when a truck laden with LPG cylinders suddenly caught fire and witnessed back to back explosions which resulted in the authorities suspending the vehicular traffic on the highway.

Officials said that a truck, on the way from Jammu to Srinagar, was parked on a highway near Tikri, in Udhampur district, which suddenly caught fire and flames engulfed the entire vehicle.

“Since the incident happened on the highway, it took some time for the fire tenders to reach the spot to douse the flames,” the officials said.

Senior Superintendent of Police, Udhampur, Rajiv Pandey said that the truck was parked on highway when it caught fire.

“There were huge bangs due to cylinder explosions. There has been no loss of life in the incident and fire has been brought under control,” Pandey said, adding that traffic will be restored after sometime.

 

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