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Sharjah ruler arrives in Kerala on five-day visit

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September 26, 2017

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 26: Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, supreme council member and ruler of Sharjah, arrived to a warm reception here on Sunday on a five-day visit to Kerala.

Mr. Al-Qasimi, who arrived in a private jet at 3.15 p.m. at the invitation of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, was greeted with Thalappoli and Pancharimelam at the technical area of Thiruvananthapuram international airport. Mr. Al-Qasimi, later, inspected a Guard of Honour accorded to him by the Kerala Police.

Mr. Vijayan; his wife Kamala; Ministers K.T. Jaleel, Kadakampally Surendran, K.K. Shylaja, and Ramachandran Kadannappally; Mayor V.K. Prashant; Chief Secretary K.M. Abraham; Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Nalini Netto; Private Secretary to the Chief Minister M.V. Jayarajan; State Police Chief Lokanath Behera; District Collector K. Vasuki; and District Police Chief P. Prakash were present to receive Mr. Al-Qasimi. Later, Mr. Al-Qasimi and dignitaries proceeded to a hotel at Kovalam where he will be staying.

“Still fondly remembers his warm hospitality and the good words he expressed about Malayalis & Kerala during my visit to Sharjah last year (sic),” the Chief Minister said in a Facebook post.

Mr. Al-Qasimi will call on Governor P. Sathasivam at 10.55 a.m. on Monday and later meet Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues at the Raj Bhavan. After lunch with the Governor, he will return to the beach resort where the State government will organise a cultural fiesta in his honour in the evening. He will take part in the dinner being hosted by the Chief Minister. On Tuesday morning, he will call on the Chief Minister at his official residence in Cliff House. Later, he will participate in a convocation ceremony being organised by the Calicut University at 11 a.m. in Raj Bhavan where the Governor will confer the DLitt. degree on him. He will deliver a lecture in the evening in the city.

Mr. Al-Qasimi will proceed to Kochi on a private visit on September 27 and will return to the Emirate in the evening.

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February 10,2020

New Delhi, Feb 10: After an hour-long standoff between the security forces and the students on Monday, the police resorted to a lathi-charge on the protesters near Holy Family hospital which is within walking distance of Jamia Millia Islamia.

A scuffle ensued when police confronted the protesters who tried to push forward towards Parliament. The lathi-charge was made to push back the protesters.

In the melee that ensued, many from both sides fainted.

Some security forces personnel resorted to the lathi-charge while others pushed back the protesters when they threw water pouches at the security forces and abused them.

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July 25,2020

Bhopal, Jul 25: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Saturday he has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).

Chouhan made the announcement in a series of tweets.

“My dear countrymen, I had symptoms of COVID-19 and after the test, my report has come back positive. I appeal to all my colleagues that whoever came in contact with me, must get their corona test done. And my close contacts should quarantine themselves,” Chouhan said in a tweet in Hindi.

“If COVID19 is treated on time, a person is completely cured. I have been reviewing the status of corona infection every evening since March 25. I will try to review corona situation through video conferencing as much as possible now,” he added.

The chief minister said the review meeting will now be held by home minister Narottam Mishra, urban development and administration minister Bhuppendra Singh, health education minister Vishvas Sarang and health minister Dr Prabhuram Choudhary in his absence.

“I will also continue to do everything possible to help control COVID19 in the state during treatment,” he said.

One of Chouhan’s ministerial colleagues tested positive for Covid-19 late on July 22.

The chief minister along with the minister, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s state unit president VD Sharma and state unit general secretary (organisation) Suhas Bhagat had visited Lucknow in a government plane on July 21 to attend the funeral of MP governor Lalji Tandon who died away in the Uttar Pradesh capital, his hometown. during hospitalisation.

The minister is admitted to a private medical college’s teaching hospital in Bhopal.

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Kannadiga
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Saturday, 25 Jul 2020

Why so priority for him. There are so many  better person here in our State and District Talk and Right about them.

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February 24,2020

Kalaburagi, Feb 24: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday alleged that dissatisfaction and unhappiness are rising among the local Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs and the party might soon witness large scale defection.

Addressing the media, Mr. Siddaramaiah said many of the BJP MLAs have openly expressed their disappointment and unhappiness with the BJPs high command and also with Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's attitude towards them and they have said that they want to join the Congress at the earliest.

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