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UP civic poll: BJP sweeps big cities, but fails to open account in 36 districts

Agencies
December 3, 2017

Lucknow, Dec 3: The BJP won 14 of the 16 mayoral seats in the recently held Uttar Pradesh civic elections. A close analysis of the results show that the saffron party's sweep was confined to the big cities and it, in fact, fared poorly in the smaller districts and towns, where independents reigned supreme.

The BJP failed to open its account in as many as 36 districts, while many of its nominees also lost their deposits at several places.

The data provided by the state Election Commission revealed that of the 1,299 seats of corporators, BJP candidates emerged victorious in 596. The Samajwadi Party (SP) won 202 seats, while the BSP and Congress bagged 147 and 110 seats, respectively.

The saffron party, however, fared badly in the elections to the nagar palika parishad and nagar panchayats. Of the 198 seats of nagar palika paishad presidents, the BJP could win only 70. The SP finished second with 45 seats.

The BJP could win only 17.53 % seats of the nagar palika parishad members, the data revealed. The party emerged victorious in only 922 of the 5,260 seats.

Similarly, the saffron party managed to win only 100 of the 438 nagar panchayat president seats. The SP won 83 seats, while the BSP emerged victorious on 45 seats.

Only 664 BJP nominees could make it to the nagar panchayats as members. The total seats of Nagar Panchayat were 5,433.

BJP leaders here said that the party would analyse the civic polls results at length over the next few days. "We could have done better," said a senior BJP leader here on Sunday.

SP leader Rajendra Chaudhary said that the BJP's claim of sweeping the urban local bodies polls was "far from true".

"The SP may have lost the mayoral polls but we have done far better in the smaller districts and towns," Chaudhary said.

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FairMan
 - 
Tuesday, 5 Dec 2017

How Dongi Modi came to the power. 

Opposition parties lips still locked.

Ashwin
 - 
Monday, 4 Dec 2017

CD is a CONgressi boot licketr. haha

Althaf
 - 
Sunday, 3 Dec 2017

Thanks to EMV... shame on BJP looters. Won by cheating. 

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Agencies
January 5,2020

Bikaner, Jan 5: A government-run hospital in Bikaner saw the death of at least 162 children, higher than the number of deaths in Kota's JK Lon Hospital in December.

"In December, we received 2,219 children from different hospitals out of which 162 children died in the Intensive Care Unit here. None of them was born at the hospital," said Dr HS Kumar, Principal, Sardar Patel Medical College, PBM Hospital.

He, however, denied any negligence on the part of the hospital and said that all efforts were made to save every single life.

The official said that all the deceased children had taken birth at the Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) and the Community Health Centres (CHC) and were referred to the PBM Hospital in a critical condition.

"Their condition was critical and they breathed their last during treatment," he said.

At least 110 children have lost their lives at JK Lon government hospital in Kota, Rajasthan.

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May 24,2020

Lucknow, May 24: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has banned Corona patients from keeping mobile phones inside isolation wards of COVID-19 hospitals in the state.

Patients admitted in dedicated L-2 and L-3 COVID hospitals will no longer will allowed to take mobile phones along with them in the isolation wards in order to check the spread of the infection.

According to an order issued by the state government late on Saturday night, two mobile phones will now be available with the ward in-charge of the COVID care centres so that patients and talk to their family members and administration if required.

Further, the orders specify that the mobile numbers should be communicated to the family members of the patients also.

Director General Medical Education, K.K. Gupta, who issued the order, has informed all concerned officials and directors of dedicated COVID hospitals.

"To facilitate the communication between COVID-19 patients admitted in clinics, with their family members, or anyone else, ensure that two dedicated mobile phones while adhering to infection prevention norms, are kept with ward in-charge of COVID care centre," the order said.

According to the latest data available on the website of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Uttar Pradesh now has 5,735 cases of Corona positive patients and the numbers have been growing steadily since the past ten days.

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March 4,2020

New Delhi, Mar 4: The government on Wednesday permitted NRIs to own up to 100 per cent stake in disinvestment-bound Air India.

The decision comes at a time when the government is looking to sell 100 per cent stake sale in the national carrier.

Union minister Prakash Javadekar said the Cabinet has approved allowing Non-Residents Indians (NRIs) to hold up to 100 per cent stake in Air India.

Allowing 100 per cent investment by Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in the carrier would also not be in violation of SOEC norms. NRI investments would be treated as domestic investments.

Under the Substantial Ownership and Effective Control (SOEC) framework, which is followed in the airline industry globally, a carrier that flies overseas from a particular country should be substantially owned by that country's government or its nationals.

Currently, NRIs can acquire only 49 per cent in Air India. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the airline is also 49 per cent through the government approval route.

As per the existing norms, 100 per cent FDI is permitted in scheduled domestic carriers, subject to certain conditions, including that it would not be applicable for overseas airlines.

In the case of scheduled airlines, 49 per cent FDI is permitted through automatic approval route and any such investment beyond that level requires government nod.

On January 27, the government came out witha Preliminary Information Memorandum (PIM) for Air India disinvestment. It has proposed selling 100 per cent stake in Air India along with budget airline Air India Express and the national carrier's 50 per cent stake in AISATS, an equal joint venture with Singapore Airlines.

Under the latest disinvestment plan, the successful bidder would have to take over only debt worth Rs 23,286.5 crore while the liabilities would be decided depending on current assets at the time of closing of the transaction.

This is the second attempt by the government in as many years to divest Air India, which has been in the red for long.

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