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Active Covid cases decline to 36,126

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New Delhi, Oct 3: India logged 3,011 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,45,97,498, while the active cases dipped to 36,126, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
The death toll climbed to 5,28,701 with 28 fatalities which includes 20 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.08 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.73 per cent, the ministry said.
A decline of 1,318 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year. It crossed the four-crore mark on January 25 this year. (Agencies)

CRPF conducts Swatchhata drive in Bhadarwah

33 BN, CRPF, Bhaderwah as a part of all India campaign to create awareness on “ Swatch Bharat Mission ” conducted a public awareness on  occasion of “Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi” plugging run and carried out sramdan at Boys Higher Secondary School, Bhaderwah. The aim of the campaign was to create awareness among the local public about cleanliness in our daily life and its important in creating a healthy society.

The goal is to spread the message that, as we are keeping our houses clean we have to keep our surroundings and public places also clean, which is the responsibility of each and every citizen. Sh. Devendra Singh Negi, Commandant-33 Bn CRPF, Sh. Kasam Khan, Second in Command-33 Bn, Sh. Pankaj Kumar, Asstt. Comdt addressed the Jawans to make cleanliness a part of their everyday life and also participated in the campaign along with Jawans of the unit.

India W vs Sri Lanka W, Asia Cup | India beats Sri Lanka by 41 runs

SYLHET, Oct 1: India beat Sri Lanka by 41 runs in its opening match of the women’s T20 Asia Cup here on Saturday.
Invited to bat, India posted 150 for six, riding on Jemimah Rodrigues’ 53-ball 76.
In reply, Sri Lanka was all out for 109 in 18.2 overs with Dayalan Hemalatha (3/15), Pooja Vastrakar (2/12), Deepti Sharma (2/15), and Radha Yadav (1/15) taking wickets.
Brief Score:
India women: 150 for six in 20 overs (Jemimah Rodrigues 76; O Ranasinghe 3/32)
Sri Lanka women: 109 all out in 18.2 overs (Hasini Perera 30; Dayalan Hemalatha 3/15, Pooja Vastrakar 2/12). (Agencies)

Drug peddler detained, booked under PIT NDPS Act in J&K’s Doda

Jammu, Oct 1: An alleged drug peddler was detained from Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday.
Ghat Doda resident Vijay Kumar alias “Pandit”, a habitual drug peddler, was booked under provisions of illicit trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act, a police spokesperson said.
He has been lodged in Bhaderwah district jail on the orders of the Jammu divisional commissioner.
“The accused is a notorious peddler who has been active in the Chenab Valley districts of Doda, Ramban and Kishtwar for many years. Several FIRs have been registered against him in Doda and nearby Ramban district under the NDPS Act,” he said.
Kumar’s detention will act as a deterrent for criminals and smugglers still at large, besides saving the lives of a number of youths, the spokesperson said.
“He was a serious threat to the youths and got them involved in consuming and selling drugs. The police laid a trap and kept him under close surveillance and apprehended him on the basis of intelligence,” he added.
Kumar is the second peddler booked under the PIT NDPS Act in the district in the past two weeks, while 32 others have been taken into preventive custody.
The police have also registered 36 FIRs against 40 peddlers in the district this year, the spokesperson added. (Agencies)

J&K Traffic Police disputes ‘misleading’ report over alleged halting of fruit trucks on highway

Srinagar Oct 1: The J&K Traffic Police department on Saturday disputed an article in a national Hindi daily claiming that fruit trucks were being deliberately halted on the highway on the behest of cold storage owners.

The article said that the fruit trucks were being stopped for 2-3 days so that the growers are compelled to sell them off to the cold storage owners instead of taking the produce to the open market.

Terming the report as “unfounded, misleading and mischievous”, J&K Traffic Police said in a statement, “As per the data collected by NHAI at the Quazigund toll

plaza, between 01-09-2022 and 30-09-2022, 51,306 trucks including 33,105 apple

carrying trucks moved from Quazigund to other parts of the country via NH 44.

It said that 33105 fruit trucks had plied on the highway in September.

“Further given that the entire backlog of trucks at Quazigund were cleared on 26-09-2022, it is obvious that the daily flow of apple trucks from out of the Kashmir valley to other parts of the country is only 1100 apple trucks per day, and not the higher figures of 2000 or 2500 apple trucks per day as is being claimed by vested interests, ” it said.

“Similarly, the daily flow of truck in the Kashmir Valley towards Jammu and other parts of the country is only about 1600 trucks per day, ” it added.

“Given that the Down HMV traffic moves on alternate days, thus the maximum strandedtrucks at Qazigund is only 1600 trucks unless the Down movement is hampered by partial or complete closure of the NH 44 due to shooting stones, landslides or repair work. Details of travel hours lost over the last week to Shooting stones, other blockages and repair work by NHAI is given below. It may be noted that NHAI had requested for No traffic window of 4 hours per day for 5 days starting 24th Sept 2022, for repair works which was allowed by the government”.

Journalist arrested on rape charges

Srinagar, Oct 1: Police has arrested a “journalist” from Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district after a woman accused him of rape.
According to the complaint, accused Nadeem Ahmed Ganie lured the victim through his WhatsApp group made for people seeking help and forced her into a sexual relationship after sedating her fraudulently.
Srinagar police arrested a self proclaimed journalist Nadeem Ahmed Ganie @ Nadeem Nadu, a resident of Qazibagh, Anantnag, in a rape case on a complaint received from a girl,” a police spokesman said on Saturday.
The victim also alleged that the accused took her objectionable pictures after sedating her and used these to blackmail her into forced sexual intercourse many times, the spokesman said.
The accused also took her gold ornaments in the course of blackmailing her. Pertinent to mention, the lady was a student in an institution in central Kashmir at the time of the occurrence of this crime,” the spokesman added.
A case under various sections including 376 IPC (rape) has been registered in Women police station Srinagar and special investigation team has been formed to investigate the matter. (Agencies)

Home Minister Amit Shah to visit Jammu and Kashmir for 2 days from Oct 4

New Delhi, Oct 1: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Jammu and Kashmir for two days beginning October 4, during which he will review the security situation there, address two rallies and offer prayers at Vaishno Devi temple.
On the first day of the visit, Shah will address a public meeting at Rajouri, launch development projects and also lay foundation stones for various projects in Jammu after visiting the Vaishno Devi temple in the morning.
On October 5, he will review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir at a meeting to be held at Raj Bhavan in Srinagar.
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, top officials of the army, paramilitary forces, state police and civil administration will take part in the high-level meeting.
Shah will also address a public meeting at Baramulla before launching and laying foundation stones for various development projects in Srinagar. (Agencies)

DSEK announces new timing for schools

SRINAGAR, Oct 1: The Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has ordered for change in the school timing with effect from today October 1.
As per the DSEK order, all the government and private (recognized) schools of Kashmir
Division will observe school timings from 9am to 3pm within Municipal limits of Srinagar city.
“The schools falling outside Municipal limits of Srinagar will observe school timing from 10am to 4pm from October 1 of 2022,” the order reads.

Twitter account of Pakistan Government withheld In India

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New Delhi, October 1: The Twitter account of the Pakistan government has been withheld in India. This is reportedly the second such incident in recent months.
This account was withheld earlier in July as well but had been reactivated and was visible. Today, again the account displayed the message of being withheld in India.
“@GovtofPakistan account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand,” is seen while accessing the Twitter handle.
According to Twitter guidelines, the microblogging site takes such action in response to a valid legal demand, such as a court order.
Currently, the Twitter feed of the Pakistan government “@GovtofPakistan” is not visible to Indian users.
Previously, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry had blocked 16 YouTube news channels including six Pakistan-based channels for spreading disinformation related to India’s national security, foreign relations, and public order.
Twitter said that if it “receives a valid and properly scoped request from an authorized entity, it may be necessary to withhold access to certain content in a particular country from time to time.”
Such withholdings will be limited to the specific jurisdiction that has issued the valid legal demand or where the content has been found to violate local law(s),” the social media giant said.
In June, Twitter in India banned official accounts of Pakistan Embassies in UN, Turkey, Iran and Egypt.
Later in August this year, India blocked 8 YouTube-based news channels, including one operating from Pakistan and one Facebook account for posting “fake, anti-India content” online.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in a statement today that the action was taken by imposing emergency powers under Information Technology Rules, 2021. The orders for the move were on August 16. The blocked Indian YouTube channels were observed to be using fake and sensational thumbnails, images of news anchors and logos of certain TV news channels to mislead the viewers to believe that the news was authentic.
So far, the central government has blocked over 100 YouTube channels, 4 Facebook pages, 5 Twitter accounts and 3 Instagram accounts for spreading hate contact against India. (Agencies)

Release Altaf Shah On Humanitarian Grounds: Mehbooba Mufti

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday appealed Union Home Minister Amit Shah to release Altaf Shah, son-in-law of late separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, on humanitarian grounds as he is suffering from renal cancer.

Shah, along with six others, was arrested in 2017 in connection with a terror funding case. He is presently in the ICU of Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi.

“Continued incarceration of Altaf Shah is inhumane as he is critically ill. Request @HMOIndia to release him on humanitarian grounds so that he can be with his family in such distressing times,” Mehbooba tweeted.

The PDP president was commenting on a tweet by Shah’s daughter.

“My incarcerated father has been diagnosed of acute renal cancer which has metastasis and has spread to his other body parts, including his bones. It is my whole family’s request to please allow us to see him and consider his bail application on health grounds @HMOIndia @PMOIndia,” Ruwa Shah had tweeted last night.

“He is presently on oxygen support in the ICU of RML hospital – where there is no oncology department. My father, Altaf Shah, is 66 and is a political prisoner since last 5 years at New Delhi’s Tihar Jail. @amnesty @AIIndia,” she added.

(With PTI Inputs)