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Shoot orders issued in Karbi Anglong

August 3, 2013

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Guwahati, Aug 3: Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued in central Assam’s Karbi Anglong district as large-scale arson by Statehood supporters continued in different parts of the Hill district and also on the outskirts of Diphu where curfew has been clamped and the Army staged a flag march. Supporters of the movement for a separate Bodoland snapped the rail link between the North-east and the rest of India on Friday.

The State government has kept the Army on standby. Assam has borne the brunt of the fallout of the decision to create a separate Telangana, with old demands for statehood getting a new life and fresh impetus.

In Assam, the Bodos have revived their movement for a separate State of Bodoland and some political parties and groups representing the Karbis and the Dimasas are seeking the creation of a State comprising the twin hill districts — Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao. The Koch-Rajbangshis are demanding the creation of a separate Kamatapur State comprising 15 districts of Assam and six districts of West Bengal, and some Dimasa groups are demanding a separate Dimasa land comprising Dima Hasao hill district, Dimasa-inhabited areas of Karbi Anglong and Nagaon districts and Dimapur of Nagaland.

Thousands of people responding to a call for a rail roko given by the the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) squatted on the rail track at Kokrajhar station. The rail link with the rest of India remained snapped for 12 hours. Holding placards that said “Assam Good Bye” and “No Bodoland No Rest”, movement supporters raised slogans flaying the Centre for ignoring their demand.

The ABSU has also called for a 60-hour bandh from 5 a.m. of August 5 till 5 p.m. of August 7 as part of its ‘Do or Die’ movement. The ABSU has warned of launching a 1,000-hour economic blockade after Eid. A Bodo political party, United Democratic People’s Front (UDPF), has announced a 1,500-hour bandh from August 5.

Life in several lower Assam districts was affected for the second consecutive day due to a 36-hour Assam Bandh called by the All Koch-Rajbangshi Students Union and other Koch-Rajbangshi bodies that concluded on Friday afternoon.

In Karbi Anglong, four persons were injured when the police fired to disperse a mob that attacked a police station in which several policemen were injured in stone pelting. Karbi Anglong Deputy Commissioner P.K. Buragohain told The Hindu that 14 persons in Diphu, 24 in Bokajan and seven in Hamren were arrested on charges of arson and destruction of public property. Agitators torched several government offices, a food processing centre, public vehicles, and obstructed the movement of security forces by felling trees and keeping boulders on roads. The rail track in the Lilang area of the hill district was damaged, disrupting train services to and from upper Assam.

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July 30,2020

New Delhi, Jul 30: Even as COVID-19 cases continue to surge in various parts of India, more than 1 million people have recovered and discharged till now, informed Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Ministry of Health, here on Thursday.

"More than 1 million people have recovered from COVID-19 in the country. This landmark recovery has been achieved because of the selfless work and dedication of our doctors, nurses and frontline workers," Bhushan said at a press conference.

Giving the number of cured persons, Bhushan said, "More than 1,020,000 patients have recovered. They have been discharged. It is a great achievement."

He said, "The recovery rate has shown positive trends. It was 7.85 per cent in April and today it is 64.4 per cent, which is another heartening news which tells us that whatever battle is put by the Union government in collaboration with state governments is showing results."

"Sixteen states of the country have a recovery rate that is more than the national average. Of these, Delhi has a recovery rate of 88 per cent, Ladakh 80 per cent, Haryana 78 per cent, Assam 76 per cent, Telangana 74 per cent, Tamil Nadu & Gujarat 73 per cent, Rajasthan 70 per cent, Madhya Pradesh 69 per cent and Goa 68 per cent," Bhushan said.

He said effective clinical management lead to a decrease in case fatality rate. In June it was 3.33 per cent and now 2.21 per cent.

Bhushan said the case fatality rate in India today is 2.21 per cent and it's among the lowest in the world. Twenty-four states and Union Territories have lesser fatality rate than that of the country.

Herd immunity in a country of the size and population of India can not be a strategic option. It can only be achieved through immunisation.

"Over 18,190,000 tests have been conducted in the country including RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests. There has been a week-on-week increase in average tests per day. India is conducting 324 test per 10 lakhs population per day," Bhushan said.

He added, three vaccine candidates, are in phase 3 clinical trial. These three are in the US, UK and China. In India, two indigenously developed vaccine candidates are in phase I and II of clinical trials. 

Trial of the first vaccine involves 1,150 subjects at eight sites, second on 1,000 subjects at five sites.

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January 24,2020

Indore, Jan 24: Around 80 Muslim leaders of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh on Friday resigned from the primary membership of the party in protest over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, calling it a "divisive" measure.

One of the leaders, Rajik Qureshi Farshiwala, said around 80 Muslim partymen have resigned from the BJP's primary membership after writing to the newly-appointed national president, J P Nadda, on Thursday.

These leaders, who dubbed the CAA "a divisive provision made on religious grounds", include several office- bearers of the BJP's minority cell, he said.

"It was becoming increasingly difficult for us to participate in our community's events after the CAA came into existence (in December 2019).

"At these events, people used to curse us and ask us how long we plan to keep quiet on a divisive law like the CAA?" he said.

"Persecuted refugees of any community should get Indian citizenship. You cannot decide that a particular person is an intruder or a terrorist merely on the basis of religion," Farshiwala added.

In their letter, the Muslim leaders stated, "Citizens have right to equality under Article 14 of the Indian Constitution. But the BJP-led Central Government is implementing the CAA on religious grounds.

"This is an act of dividing the country and against the basic spirit of the Constitution."

Some of the leaders who have resigned are considered close to BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.

When asked about the development, Vijayvargiya on Thursday evening said, "I am not aware of the matter. But we will explain (about the CAA) if a person is being misled."

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June 17,2020

New Delhi, Jun 17: AAP MLA and national spokesperson Atishi has tested positive for COVID-19, her party colleagues said on Wednesday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter to wish her speedy recovery.

"Atishi ji has played an important role in the fight against corona. I hope that she will get healthy soon and again get involved in serving the people," Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.

According to sources, Atishi was tested on Tuesday for COVID-19 and her report came positive today.

She is presently under home quarantine, the sources said.

"Get well soon Atishi, recover soon from Corona," AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj tweeted.

Atishi represents Kalkaji assembly constituency.

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