Riot-hit old Hyderabad calm, but tense

April 10, 2012

RiotHyderabad, April 10: An eerie calm prevails in the Old City. Curfew continued on Tuesday for the thirth day with reports of clashes from different areas on Monday.

Despite curfew in some areas, minor communal incidents, including a bid to burn down a garage at Umda Bazaar in Kamatipura, have been reported from different areas of the walled city on Monday.

Elsewhere, miscreants dumped body parts of animals at two places of worship.

Apart from curfew-bound areas of Madannapet and Saidabad , shops and business establishments remained shut throughout the Old City. Meanwhile, police have arrested seven persons for their role in Sunday's communal incidents and 25 cases of violence have been transferred to the Central Crime Station (CCS) on Monday.

Following the incident of miscreants throwing objectionable material at a place of worship in Narayanguda on Sunday night, two more such incidents have been reported in Kacheguda on Monday morning. Bang in front of a religious place on the Amberpet-Kacheguda road, miscreants threw animal parts in the wee hours of Monday. Alerted by its staff, police immediately reached the spot and removed the animal parts.

Later, representatives of another place of worship in Nimboliadda approached police alleging that they found flesh on their premises. "We have booked suo motu cases under sections 295-A (Maliciously insulting the religious sentiments of any religion) and 153-A (promoting enmity between classes) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)," DCP, East Zone, Y Gangadhar said.

On Sunday night, East and South zone police rounded up 157 communal and history sheeters. The South Zone police have registered 15 cases in relation to the communal violence, while the East Zone booked 12 cases. The Chandrayangutta police have arrested Shaik Jaffar and Shaik Shareef for damaging an RTC bus, while the Saidabad police arrested five persons __ Syed Javeed, Imran Bin Omar, M A Nayeem Junaid, M Santosh and M Raju__ for bikeburning incidents at Idgah grounds and stone pelting in Zakir Hussain Colony.

Tension prevailed in Balapur following the death of a 40-year-old businessman on Monday night. The victim was identified as Shivaiah of Srinagar near Imamguda on the outskirts of the city. Police said Shivaiah, who owned brick kilns, died in a road mishap at the Weaker Sections' Colony near Balapur while he was on his way to Saidabad along with his cousin Sekhar on a bike. However, locals claim he was attacked by miscreants with a sword. Locals found Shivaiah dead on the road with critical injuries, while his cousin Sekhar suffered injuries at around 9.30 pm. Soon people started gathering in large numbers as locals suspected that it was a communal murder. Meanwhile, police rushed to the spot and, after talking to Sekhar, said that the death was due to a road accident."Sekhar told us that a heavy vehicle hit their bike and the pillion-rider died due to the resultant injuries. Sekhar himself suffered injuries and was shifted to hospital," DCP, Shamshabad, G Sudheer Babu said.However, BJP leader Badam Bal Reddy, who reached the spot, alleged that Shivaiah was attacked with a sword by miscreants. The body has been shifted to Osmania Hospital for a post-mortem. In view of the latest incident, security has been stepped up across the city.

On Monday, Hyderabad police commissioner A K Khan transferred the investigation of 25 communal violence cases to CCS sleuths. The Old City wore a deserted look as most people preferred to remain indoors. Business establishments remained closed, fearing a violent aftermath even as shopkeepers in Laad Bazaar were instructed by police to down their shutters. Charminar witnessed no tourism activity.

A bangle seller from Laad Bazaar, requesting anonymity said, "This isn't a matter of a day or two, but will continue for a week at least. There are more than 400 shops in the area and the loss in the neighbourhood alone will easily be in crores. Also, prices of essential commodities are rapidly climbing. The aam aadmi is suffering."Commuters were hit as buses went off arterial roads. APSRTC regional manager N V Rao said, "The Chandrayangutta-Afzalgunj via Charminar, Shah Ali Banda and Engine Bowli route was not operational today."

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Agencies
July 30,2020

Chennai, Jul 30: Tamil Nadu government on Thursday extended the Covid-19 lockdown till August 31, giving only a few relaxations like allowing delivery of non-essential goods by e-commerce sites. The ban on public transport has been extended till August 31, while availing of e-pass for inter-district and inter-state travel will continue to be in force.

In a detailed statement, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami announced a “complete lockdown” during which only essential services would continue to be in force on all Sundays during the month of August across the state.  

In Chennai, restaurants will be allowed to open dine-in facilities at 50 percent of its total capacity from 6 am to 7 pm from August 1, while vegetable shops, grocery outlets and standalone commercial establishments will also be allowed to remain open from 6 am to 7 pm.

E-commerce sites have been allowed to begin delivery of non-essential goods from August 1, while the ban on public transport, temples in urban areas and towns, cinema halls, shopping malls, and gyms would continue till August 31.

It also said companies or factories in Chennai that have been allowed to function with 50 percent of staff can increase their strength to 75 percent from August 1.

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The government also asked companies to encourage its employees to work from home and advised commercial establishments to follow the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) as advised by it. Inter-state or inter-district travel will be allowed only with e-pass, while ban on metro and suburban trains continues.

The decision to extend the lockdown till August 31 comes as Tamil Nadu continues to grapple with an increasing number of coronavirus cases. The prevalence of the virus is no more limited to one city or region of the state with almost all districts reporting fresh cases, some of them over 200 new patients, every day.

On Thursday morning, Tamil Nadu’s Covid-19 tally was 2,34,114 including 1,72,883 discharges and 3,741 deaths. The active cases stood at 57,490.

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News Network
April 7,2020

Jammu, Apr 7: Old habits will just no longer do, a Jammu and Kashmir administration employee found to his dismay on Tuesday when he was sent to a quarantine centre for blowing his nose and spitting on the road.

The man, who works as an accountant in the civil secretariat here, had gone to meet a relative in Paloura on the outskirts of the city when he was nabbed, officials said.

The neighbours panicked when they saw him blowing his nose and immediately called the police, which rushed to the spot with a medical team and a magistrate, they said.

He was immediately taken to a quarantine facility set up at the IIT hostel in the Janipur area and his samples taken for a coronavirus test.

Given the high levels of anxiety over the spread of COVID-19, news of his being taken by police started circulating widely. There were also some WhatsApp messages that he was trying to deliberately spread the infection and was arrested by police.

However, police officials said they had not arrested him and merely put him in a quarantine centre. It was not clear how long he would be in the centre.

The employee told police officials he had an itch in his nose and nothing more.

"Be responsible citizens and stop spreading rumours or fake news," an official said, requesting people to be more responsible.

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News Network
July 15,2020

New Delhi, Jul 15: Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Wednesday said that he is "not" joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"I am not joining BJP," said Pilot in a telephonic conversation with ANI.

The comments came a day after he was sacked as Rajasthan deputy chief minister and Pradesh Congress Committee chief by the party.

The decision to sack Pilot was taken yesterday after a CLP meeting at the Fairmont Hotel in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

At the meeting, as many as 102 MLAs unanimously demanded that Pilot should be removed from the party.

The Rajasthan Congress is in turmoil over the past few days. While chief minister Ashok Gehlot has blamed the BJP for attempting to destabilise the state government by poaching MLAs, Pilot has been camping in Delhi.

A controversy broke out in Rajasthan after special operation group (SOG) sent a notice to Pilot to record his statement in the case registered by SOG in the alleged poaching of Congress MLAs in the state.

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