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Saturday The state is all set for the roll-out of vaccination exercise at 150 session sites.• • In Bhopal, 1200 healthcare workers such as doctors and nurses who have been in the forefront of the fight against the pandemic will be given the Covishield shots first. Chief Minister Shivaj Singh Chouhan will launch the first phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive in Singrauli. Arrangements have been made for the live webcast of the vaccination drive launch in Bhopal and Indore. In Bhopal, the launching ceremony will be held at JP Hospital and Gandhi Medical College at 10:30am. Health minister Dr , Chaudhary Prabhuram minister for medical education Vishwas Sarang will remain present on the occasion.• • JP Hospital Civil Surgeon Dr Rakesh Shrivastava said, “Preparations for the vaccine launching are complete and the drive will start at 10:30am on Sat.” urday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umber of positive cases of COVID-19 dropped below 50, a day before vaccination. As many as 43 patients tested positive out of . 3753 sample reports received on Friday Rate of positive patients was recorded at 1.15 percent and the total number of positive pa- ' 1 $'',6,21 62 '2&6245 /$&(' 9,6+ $0%7/$1&( $1' $1$3+;/$:,5 .,6 (',&$/ &2//(*(5 +$8( %((1 34(3$4(' )24 '8(45( 8(16 2//29,1* 0$1$*(0(16 0071,<$6,21 '($/5 9,6+ $1; 71629$4' 0(',&$/ 2&&744(1&( 9+,&+ )2//295 ,0071,<$6,21 $1' 9+,&+ '2(5 126 1(&(55$4,/; +$8( $ &$75$/ 4(/$6,215+,3 9,6+ 6+( 75$*( 2) 6+( 8$&&,1( +( $'8(45( (8(16 0$; %( $1; 71)$824$%/( 24 71,16(1'(' 5,*1 $%1240$/ /$%24$624; ),1',1* 5;03620 24 ',5($5( tients reached 56969. One death was reported due to which the total number of deaths reached 916, so far. According to the bulletin released by CMHO, reports of total samples received till Friday was 728977. As many as . 3706 samples were tested negative on Friday Department has taken 3928 more samples for testing including 1520 RTPCR samples and 2408 Rapid Antigen Tests. Taking note of some incidents of "victimisation" of state chief electoral officers and other election officials in the post-election period on flimsy grounds, the Election Commission has directed all states to seek its prior approval before initiating any disciplinary action against such officers during their tenure, as also up to one year after completion of their stint with the poll panel. In a letter addressed to the cabinet secretary and chief secretaries of all states and union territories on Thurs, day the EC said it has noted some incidents of "victimisation" of CEOs and additional, joint, deputy and assistant CEOs in the postelection period. "Many a times they are targeted for political vendetta by charging them with disciplinary cases on flimsy grounds for their earlier tenures in the state government after the completion of their tenure. An environment of fear is created to convey that the upright, steadfast and sincere officers can be taken to task at any time, on the flimsiest of the grounds," the Commission noted. It said in such a scenario, these officers are not only "demotivated but also their morale is greatly reduced, which severely affect their efforts to ensure free and fair elections". Looks like all's well in the political corof ridors Birbhum as Trithe namool Conhas gress managed to placate es, tranged leader Satabdi Roy a day after she expressed displeasure over her 'dimin. ished' role in the party After Roy expressed her discontent, the TMC, already plagued by the exodus of top leaders, sprung into firefighting mode and sent an army of senior leaders to stop Satabdi Roy from leaving. two-hour-long A marathon meeting later, Sa- The ninth round of talks between the government and the agitating farmers ended inconclusively on . Friday The next round of talks has been scheduled for January 19. The meeting of the farmer leaders with the government, which started at 12 noon on Friday and went on for around five hours, over the three contentious farm laws and the demand for minimum support price (MSP) ended in a stalemate. Speaking to the media after the meeting, Bharatiya (BKU) Union Kisan spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said, "Our demand will remain the same and we will not go to the committee formed by the Supreme Court, but continue to hold talks with the government. We still demand that the government should repeal the three farm laws besides ." ensuring MSP Tikait also said that the anti-farm law protests will stretch for long. "The opposition will raise this issue in the Parliament, while we will raise the issue in our protests outside the Parliament," Tikait said. He also said that the government is not accepting the demands of the farmers. This was the first meeting between the two sides after the Supreme Court order on January 12, which *& *+ ( + *. "+ ' ' (* * "/ + , %!" (" Will only talk to Centre: Tikait 5 6+( 1,16+ 4271' 2) 6$/.5 %(69((1 )$40(45 $1' 6+( (164$/ *28(410(16 28(4 )$40 /$95 4(0$,1(' ,1&21&/75,8( 21 4,'$; 1$6,21$/ 532.(53(4521 2) +$46,;$ ,5$1 1,21 $.(5+ ,.$,6 5$,' 6+( )$40(45 9,// 126 *2 62 6+( 200,66(( 6+(; 9,// &2156,676(' %; 6+( 6$/. 62 (164( 21/; Hearing in SC on Monday ,5 /,.(/; 62 +($4 21 +( 21'$; 6+( 3/($5 &+$//(1*,1* 6+( 6+4(( )$40 /$95 $1' $/52 6+( 3/($5 5((.,1* 6+( 4(028$/ 2) )$40(45 &$03,1* $6 8$4,275 (/+, %24'(45 Will call off tractor orders rally if SC• $6,21$/ 532.(53(4521 2) +$46,;$ ,5$1 1,21 $.(5+ ,.$,6 21 4,'$; 5$,' 6+( )$40(45 927/' 9,6+'4$9 6+( (37%/,& $; 64$&624 3$4$'( ,) 6+( 734(0( 2746 24'(45 stayed the implementation of the three farm laws and also formed a four-member committee to look into the farmers' issues. KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Subhra Kundu, wife of Rose Valley Group promoter Gautam Kundu on Friday in connection with the multicrore ponzi scam. She to taken be will Bhubaneswar tomorrow, according to CBI sources. The Rose Valley Group, masterminded by their Chairman Gautam Kundu, allegedly collected deposits from common people over Rs 1,7500 crores illegally under the false promise of exorbitant return on maturity without complying with the guidelines of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Security Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Some Australian spectators are back at what they are really good at – calling others names. Less than a week after hurling racist abuse in the third Test at Sydney, some spectators at the Gabba on dederisively Friday scribed Indian bowlers Mohammed Siraj and Washington Sundar as "bloody grub." tabdi Roy emerged and said she is and will be with the TMC. "I held talks with Abhishek Banerjee today and he addressed the issues raised by me. I am not going to Delhi tomorrow. I am going to remain with TMC," she said. , On Thursday the actorturned-politician had created a flutter after she uploaded a post on Facebook claiming that she is not being informed about party events in her constituency and this has caused her "mental pain". The Birbhum MP later shared that she was headed to Delhi on Saturday and was expected to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Night curfew to continue for 15 more days in four Guj cities CBI arrests Rose Valley Group chief Gautam Kundu’s wife In a major road mishap, at least 13 people, including 11 women, were killed and six others were critically injured when a tempo traveller collided with a truck near Itigatti village in Karnataka's Dharwad district on Friday morning. The deceased have been identified as Asha Jagadish, Praveena, Poorninma, Manasi, Pramjyothi, Rajeshwari Shivakumar, Shakuntala, Usha, Veda, Nirmala, Manjula Neelesh, and Srinivasa Rajini ( " + ( "'#-* "'#-* "' *( ' + , % +, ) ()% / * %" (' *( "' ! */ (' *" 0 " ', ' * ,,"$ ,," ."%% Preethi Ravikumar. According to the police, the tempo traveller was carrying 17 passengers, mostly women, from Davangere to Goa for a family function when the tragedy struck. Even as fresh cases of coronavirus are on decline in Gujarat, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday asserted that night curfew will remain in place in four major cities of the state for the next 15 days as a precautionary measure. While urging people to be patient and cooperate with the authorities for some more days, Rupani said the viral infection has come under control due to the night curfew imposed in November, 2020 in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot. ARMY DAY: Five soldiers CM donates Rs 1L awarded Sena Medal for Ram temple to On the occasion of Army , Day five army personnel were awarded the Sena Medal by Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane at Cariappa Ground in . Delhi on Friday The medals were awarded posthumously for their acts of gallantry in different operations. One of them namely Naik Sandeep of 10 Para Special Forces unit got awarded the Sena Medal for gallantry posthumously for eliminating two terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir and saving the life of his squad commander. Earlier in the day, Army Chief MM Naravane in- kickstart drive *. ' )* + ',+ ' '(# -$-' ' !" ( *&0 , - + / ' " %+! ' 1 (+,!-&(-+ -*"' ,! ,( ,! /" ( *(-' "' / %!" , *&0 * *&0 0 ) * spected the parade at Cariappa Ground. Except for the contingent commanders at the Army Day pa- * % rade, all other troops are wearing face masks in line with COVID-19 protocols. Aussie spectators don’t leave abuse at the gate Mohammed Siraj and Washington Sundar greeted as ‘bloody grub’ - an Australian slang, used for a person who is unclean or who has messy habits TMC resolves issue, no Shatabdi 'derailment' ." "* # % * , + /",! , && , + , * "+&"++"' (! && *' * -*"' )% 0 (' "*+, 0 ( (-*,! *" $ , +, ,/ ' ' " -+,* %" *"+ ' ' -+,* %" , 'Grub', an Australian slang, is used for a person who is unclean or who has messy habits. A report in Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) on Friday quoted a spectator as saying that speedster Siraj was repeatedly abused by vocal spectators in Section 215 and 216 of the stadium when he was fielding there. A video posted on twitter by the SMH reporter also shows spectators shouting out Siraj's name before calling out "you bloody grub". According to the spectator quoted in the newspaper report, debutant off-spinner Sundar was also subjected to the same chat from the unruly section. It was a chant similar to that at the SCG. Before the start of the final Test here on Friday, Australia captain Tim Paine had urged the Brisbane crowd to treat the visiting Indian team respect. fully Donation drive for Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra started on Friday in Madhya Pradesh with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan donating Rs 1 lakh as a contribution towards the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Coordinator of campaign and National organizational secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad Vinayak Rao Deshmukh met Chouhan at his official residence. The Chief Minister handed over a cheque of Rs one lakh to the delegation. Convener Om Prakash Sisodia said that about 5000 teams contacted people during the donation drive at 2100 places on the first . day Each team consists of about 4-5 people. Two persons from Madhya Prant (administrative segment of RSS) donated Rs 11 lakh each for the temple construction. 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