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Suryanelli case: Chandy defends Kurien

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February 2, 2013
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Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 2: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Saturday ruled out a re-investigation into the Suryanelli gang-rape case, saying top courts had cleared the allegations raised against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson P.J. Kurien.
The allegation levelled by the victim was not new and it had been investigated and cleared by courts including the Supreme Court, Mr. Chandy said.
Terming the attack against Mr. Kurien as “unfortunate”, he said the media was highlighting the victim’s statement as something new.
She had raised this allegation 17 years ago and it had been found untrue by three probe teams, he said, adding that the Kerala High Court and the apex court had allowed Mr. Kurien’s discharge petition.
On the CPI(M)-led LDF attack against Mr. Kurien on the issue, Mr. Chandy said, “Some are trying to trigger a controversy over a matter which had been raised 17 years ago.”
Asked if the government intended to order a re-probe as the victim was sticking to her allegation against Mr. Kurien, Mr. Chandy said the LDF ruled the State for ten years after this incident and they could not do anything to prove the charge.
“Not only that, government can proceed only in accordance with law. Opposition is trying to create smokescreen on the issue.” Mr. Chandy said the LDF-led opposition was trying to politicise the matter by targeting a person and this would only help the real culprits escape. “This is very unfortunate,” he added.
The victim had on January 29 sent a letter to her advocate in the Supreme Court to explore the possibility of a review of the apex court order quashing all charges against Mr. Kurien.
Meanwhile, a member of the Special Investigation Team that probed the case in 1996 said Mr. Kurien’s itinerary on the day when she alleged that she was sexually exploited was not fully investigated.
K.K. Joshua, a team member, claimed that SIT chief Siby Mathews had not made any attempt to collect the itinerary details of Mr. Kurien, who was then Union Minister and travelled without escort between 5 p.m. and 10.30 p.m..
The victim had always been consistent in her statements and mentioned the names of 42 people who had exploited her, Joshua told TV channels.

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March 27,2020

New Delhi, Mar 27: The Delhi government has arranged to serve lunch and dinner to the needy in 325 schools in Delhi, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday amid reports of people going hungry without access to food during the ongoing nationwide lockdown.

From Saturday, arrangements will be put in place to feed about four lakh people daily at different centres across Delhi, he said addressing the media. "We have made arrangements to provide lunch and dinner in 325 schools. Around 500 people will be provided with food in all these schools. So far we were providing food to 20,000 people daily, the number will now increase to around 2,00,000 from today."

He also said that "from tomorrow, we'll be providing food to 4,00,000 people daily. We're distributing the centres across Delhi."

Stating that the total number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in Delhi is now 39, Kejriwal said "We are ready to face any challenge.".

"There are a total of 39 coronavirus positive cases in Delhi as of today, of which 29 cases are of those who had come from outside and were kept in quarantine and 10 of these were cases of local transmission," said Kejriwal at a press conference.

The Chief Minister said that a team of 5 doctors has been set up to look into the preparedness needed to deal with an increase in the number of positive cases for coronavirus in future.

He said, "The team of doctors under the chairmanship of Dr Shiv Kumar Sarin, the head of Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, presented a detailed report on March 26 on the preparedness needed to deal with a situation if the number of positive cases for coronavirus increases."

"The report has categorized three situations - if the number of positive cases increases to 100 per day, 500 per day and 1000 per day," he said while adding that the doctors have clearly stated what preparedness should be taken for each situation including the number of ventilators, isolation beds, doctors and nurses required.

He also cited concerns raised by chief ministers of several states including Jharkhand's Hemant Soren and West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee.

Kejriwal said "we consider all those living in Delhi as Delhiites and everyone will be taken care of."
The number of cases tested positive for coronavirus rose to 724 on Friday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 

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August 9,2020

New Delhi, Aug 9: Indian on Sunday achieved a grim milestone after recording the highest single-day spike of 64,399 coronavirus cases, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

As many as 861 deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative toll to 43,379.

With the new cases, the country's coronavirus count has reached 21,53,011 including 6,28,747 active cases and 14,80,885 cured/discharged/migrated.

Maharashtra has 1,47,355 active coronavirus cases, the highest in the country.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 7,19,364 samples were tested on August 8 while over 2.41 crores samples so far have been tested in the country.

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April 19,2020

New Delhi, Apr 19: The government on Sunday prohibited the sale of non-essential items through e-commerce platforms during the ongoing lockdown, four days after allowing such companies to sale mobile phones, refrigerators and ready-made garments.

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla issued an order excluding the non-essential items from sale by the e-commerce companies from the consolidated revised guidelines, which listed the exemption given to the services and people from the purview of the lockdown.

The order said the following clause "E-commerce companies. Vehicles used by e-commerce operators will be allowed to ply with necessary permissions" is excluded from the guidelines.

The previous order had said such items were allowed for sale through e-commerce platforms from April 20.

However, the reason for reversing the order is not known immediately.

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