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The active caseload was at its lowest at 1,35,926 on February 12, comprising 1.25 per cent of the total infections. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease increased to 1,16,29,289, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.32 per cent, according to the data. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and• 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 24,81,25,908 samples had been tested up to April 3• with . 11,66,716 being tested on Saturday The 513 new fatalities include 277 from Maharashtra, 49 from Punjab, 36 from Chhattisgarh, 19 from Karnataka, 15 from Madhya Pradesh, 14 each from Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, 13 from Gujarat, 12 from Kerala and 10 each from Delhi and Haryana. 2 die as car falls into dam in Mandla Two persons were killed after the car they were travelling in fell into the backwater of a dam near national highway-30 in Mandla district, police . said on Sunday The vehicle fell off a bridge into Bargi Dam's backwater on Jabalpur road, some 20 km from the district headquarters late on Saturday night after the driver apparently lost control over it, they said. The bodies of the two deceased - Vishnu Barkade ( 27) and Adarsh Mandwe (24) - werefished out from the dam by divers on Sunday evening and the empty car was also pulled out, Additional Superintendent of Police Gajendra Singh Kanwar said. After the post-mortem, the bodies of the victims were handed over to their families, he added. The deceased were on their way back home in Mandla from Jabalpur when the accident took place under Tikaria police station area, the ASP said. E # # # #! % !" 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Media reports on Saturday had pegged the deaths at 5. That makes it one of the most lethal encounters in south Bastar. A contingent of about 1,500 troops, drawn from specialised jungle warfare unit CoBRA and its regular battalions, had launched a search and destroy operation along the border of Bijapur-Sukma district, after they got input of Maoist presence. A siege was accordingly laid at the crack of Moeen's no to CSK liquor logo all-rounder ngland Moeen Ali has asked his franchise, the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), to remove the logo of the alcohol brand from his jersey and the CSK has agreed to it. Moeen is a practicing Muslim and his faith forbids him from consuming or even promoting alcohol. He doesn’t support alcohol brands while even playing for England and along with Adil Rashid prefers to stay away as well during the celebrations post series. He is now among five cricketers who have never promoted alcoholic beverages. Among these players are Afghanistan’s sensation Rashid Khan; Lahore-born Im- $" & % " ran Tahir who plays for South Africa in ODIS; and South Africa’s Hasihm Amla, who also chooses to forego his share of the money that is earned through liquor sponsorship. But the big surprise in this lot is Sachin Tendulkar who has never endorsed alcohol or tobacco. In fact, he set an example for many other cricketers from around the world by rejecting a massive brand deal in 2010. ‘ ‘One thing my father told me was try not to promote tobacco and alcohol. So those are the two things I stayed away from,” he had revealed at an event. "2-32 31) -2-67)5 1-7 ,%, 32 82(%< ,)0( % ,-+, 0)9)0 1))7-2+ 73 5)9-): 7,) 6)'85-7< 6-78%7-32 -2 ,,%77-6+%5, 3**-'-%06 6%-( "2-32 31) )'5)7%5< .%< -5)'735 59-2( ,%00% 81%5 %2( 6)2-35 3**-'-%06 3* 7,) ,31) 1-2-675< %2( 7,) %77)2()( 7,) 1))7-2+ dawn on Saturday; however, it seems, the forces walked into a well-laid out trap. At least 400 Naxalites led by Hidma ambushed the central forces in an area which is known for its difficult terrain and forest tracts. Madhya Pradesh reported 3178 corona cases which are highest so far in pandemic time in the state. It took the infection tally to 3,06,851 and toll to 4040. Active cases went to 21,335. Corona positive rate increased to 11 per cent with 28,705 samples were sent for testing and 147 samples were rejected at time of testing. Bhopal Covid tally went to 53, 506 and toll to 636. Indore active cases went to 5209 and Bhopal active case went to 4480. Jabalpur reported 224 corona cases with 1439 active cases and Gwalior reported 120 corona cases and active cases 818. Ujjain reported 94 corona cases with 890 active cases. Barwani reported 76 corona cases with 404 active cases. Ratlam reported 77 corona cases with 684 active cases while Betul reported 63 corona cases with 561 active cases. Narsingpur reported 65 corona cases with 274 active cases while Chhindwara reported 68 corona cases with 409 active cases. Vidisha reported 45 corona cases with 331 active cases. Jhabua and Shahdol reported 46 corona cases and 45 corona cases while they reported 173 active cases each. Burhanpur reported 164 active cases with 19 corona cases while Alirajpur reported 102 active cases with 24 corona cases. Seoni reported 42 corona cases with 113 active cases and Guna reported 23 corona cases with 163 active cases. Shajapur reported 86 corona cases with 329 active cases. Katni reported 55 corona cases with 296 active cases. Rajgarh reported 35 corona cases with 201 active cases. Sehore reported 39 cases with 233 active cases. Lockdown: Stones pelted at police in Bhopal BHOPAL•:A team of police was attacked with stones when they had gone to enforce night curfew on Sat. urday Not only men but also women attacked the police injuring 3. The family of a tea stall owner alleged that the policemen beat up female members and also vandalised their shop and house. The incident occurred at 11:30 pm, when the police reached AlMadina Tea Stall and asked its owner to down the shutters as it was opened during night. Police said the owner instead entered into argument and threw a cup of hot tea on one of the cops. The incident occurred in Quazi camp area under Hanumanganj PS. The cops when tried to arrest the prime accused, the other staff and customers pelted stones on them. Police said Zaheer Shef, Ramzani, Imran, Danish, Sameer, Imran, Sajid, Salman, Savez, Ayub, Kallu, Nusrat, Uzma and Shahnoor and some other unidentified men have been booked. As many as 80 patients including 62 infected with coronavirus were rescued from a private hospital which caught fire here on .• Sunday The fire which was caused by short circuit engulfed the entire first and second floors of Patidar Hospital in Freeganj area. Some patients felt uneasy because of smoke and were taken to other hospitals. While no casualty has been reported in the incident, some patients, including an elderly woman, have reportedly sustained burns. Unconfirmed reports said some patients, who jumped out of the hospital to save their lives, could have suf- fered major injuries.• Chaos prevailed in hospital as fire broke out the hospital near Zero Point OverBridge at 11.30 am where Covid-19 patients were admitted. About a dozen ambulances were deployed to shift the patients to other hospitals. Police, administrative officials reached the spot. Collector Asheesh Singh and SP Satyendra Shukla, too, reached the spot. The rescued patients have been shifted either to the Guru Nanak Hospital or to government hospitals, official sources said. According to CMHO Dr Mahavir Khandelwal, four Covid-19 patients rescued from the fire sustained Details on p-4 burns. 788 test +ve, 3 deaths in city As many as 788 patients tested Covid positive on Sunday out of 5,657 samples. Rate of positive patients was recorded at 13.93%. Total number of positive patients reached 73,224. Three deaths were reported taking the toll to 974. According to the bulletin released by CMHO, reports of total samples received till Sunday was 950669. As many as . 4793 samples were tested negative on Sunday Department took 6,109 more samples for testing including 3,430 RTPCR and 2679 RAT. As many as 5589 patients are getting treatment in various hospitals.Total 66661 patients have been discharged so far EC rubbishes Didi's claim of voting discrepancies in Nandigram booth The Election Commission rubbishes West Bengal Chief Minister’s claim that voters have been intimidated at Boyal in Nandigram that went to the polls on April 1 during the second phase of polling. , Notably the TMC Supremo and TMC candidate of Nandigram was seen sitting inside booth seven of Boyal on the poll day claiming that the voters were being intimidated by the BJ). After special observers Nagendra Tripathi reached the spot and assured the TMC supremo that he will keep strict vigil at that area, the TMC supremo left the spot. ECI on Sunday claimed that the CCTV footages have shown that the claims of the Banerjee is false as there was no intimidation seen in the footages. “It is self-evident from the perusal of all the reports that the allegations mentioned in your hand-written note are factually incorrect, without any empirical evidence whatsoever and devoid of substance. There was neither violence nor intimidation at Boyal polling booth,” read the letter of ECI. “There is no evidence that BSF jawans had been involved in any act that you mention at Boyal polling station. Your allegation is far from the truth. A mock drill was conducted at 5.30 am at the Boyal polling station in Nandigram and voting commenced at 7 am on April 1,” further read the letter. EC 'snare' may hit TMC prospects his is the second within fortnight. In the TCommissionthe rapafrom the Election poll panel had defirst instance, scribed the reported attack on Mamata at Nandigram as an "accident" and on April 4, Sunday, the EC in a strongly worded rejoinder to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has rejected her claim about the presence of outsiders at a polling booth in Nandigram as "factually incorrect" and "devoid of substance". With these two instances, Mamata's standing may take a huge beating even as . six phases of polling are still underway Political analysts feel, the back-to-back rap from EC will have a bearing on the minds of voters as these stunts do not cut much ice these days. It may be recalled that Free Press had cited the rule number V of the Model Code which says that candidates are not allowed inside a booth without proper /valid passes, however, it was shown on all TV channels nationwide that the CM was at Boyal primary school booth for close to two hours and she also called Governor Dhankar from there. Voting was stopped due to her presence and the high voltage tension was beamed across the country through the OB vans of all national channels. Miss India finalist makes debut in Jaunpur The Bollywood quotient of the three-tier Panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh went up a notch when Bollywood actress cum writer and 2015 Femina Miss India finalist Diksha Singh joined the fray from Jaunpur district. Clad in ripped jeans, the ‘Hitback’ actress is seen campaigning in her constituency -- Ward number 26 in Jaunpur. Born in Baksha village, Diksha’s parents had left the village when she was in Class III to settle in Goa. His father has a roaring transport business in Goa and Rajasthan. The Bollywood damsel had hogged headlines in 2015 when she reached the final of the Femina Miss India contest. In 1986 she entered Bollywood with ‘Hitback’ and wrote the script for ‘Ishq Tera’ in 2016. Later, she entered the modelling world and did leading ads for Pantene, Snapdeal, Parachute oil etc. With over 2 lakh followers on Instagram, her latest 'Rabba album, music Mehar Kare,’ is an instant hit in 2021. She is now working on a web series of a big banner.Her father Jitendra Singh was keen to contest from his native village. He was campaigning door to door for the past six months. But the seat was, unfortunately, declared reserved for women making room for her daughter to take up the challenge as an independent candidate. “I always wanted to do some- thing for my village where I was born and spent the initial years of my life. Nothing has changed in the village since I left. If elected, I am keen to make a difference in the lives of people of my village,” she told media persons. Diksha, who has already filed her nomination papers, is pitted against Shalini Singh, wife of a RSS senior functionary Siddharth Singh. Polling in Jaunpur is slated for April 15. Results on May 2 will decide her fate in politics.