India

Ballia (UP), Jun 9 (PTI) A 55-year-old farmer died after being attacked by a cow in a village here, police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place on Tuesday in Badka Sufal area of Tola Jai Prakash Nagar village when Kishore Bind was working on his field, they said.

He died on the spot.

Bairia Station House Officer (SHO) Rajiv Mishra said the victim's body has been sent for postmortem.

Mumbai, Jun 9 (PTI) The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said the Centre's approach against coronavirus, which is the society's biggest enemy at present, should be "like a surgical strike" instead of standing at the borders waiting for the virus to come out.

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni said the Union government's new "near to home" vaccination programme was like waiting for the virus carrier to come to the Centre.

Kolkata, Jun 9 (PTI) Farmer leaders led by Rakesh Tikait and Yudhvir Singh of the Bharatiya Kisan Union will be meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday to elicit her support for the ongoing farmers' stir against the new agriculture laws and for a Minimum Support Price for farm produce.

Banerjee's support for the agitation which has drawn on the farmer community in rural north India, is being viewed as a potential booster which has been flagging in recent weeks.

Leh, Jun 9 (PTI) Ladakh administration has reserved all subordinate service jobs in the union territory for the local residents, a development welcomed by BJP but dismissed by an opposition leader on the plea that the rules are full of flaws .

In a notification issued by the Labour and employment department on Tuesday, the administration announced the Union Territory of Ladakh Employment (Subordinate) Service Recruitment Rules 2021 , reserving jobs exclusively for the locals.

Moradabad, Jun 9 (PTI) Moradabad former mayor and senior journalist Humayun Qadeer died of COVID-19 in a hospital here on Wednesday. He was 73.

He is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son.

Qadeer's younger brother said he was suffering from lungs and kidney ailments for the last two years, was also found corona positive recently and was undergoing treatment in a private hospital here.

Humayun Qadeer was the founder and editor of Urdu daily Aain-e-Aalam' and was elected the first mayor of Moradabad on a Samajwadi Party ticket in 1995.

Kalaburagi, Jun 9 (PTI) A driver of a private ambulance allegedly attempted to rape a COVID-19 patient at a government hospital here, following which he was arrested.

According to police, the accused entered the cardiology department of the Gulbarga Institute of Medical Science, where the 25-year-old victim was undergoing treatment and tried to rape her on Tuesday night.

As she screamed, other patients woke up and raised an alarm.

Soon, the accused fled the spot, police said.

Udhagamandalam (TN), Jun 8 (PTI) Swabs of 28 captive elephants at a camp in the district on Tuesday have been taken for testing, days after a lioness succumbed to COVID-19 and nine others in the pride tested positive for the infection at a Zoo in Chennai.

Forest minister K Ramachandran ordered samples to be collected from all the elephants and send them to the Indian Veterinary Research Institute at Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh for testing, forest department sources said.

United Nations, Jun 8 (PTI) India has been elected to the Economic and Social Council, one of the six main organs of the United Nations, for the 2022-24 term.

The 54-member Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is at the heart of the United Nations system to advance the three dimensions of sustainable development economic, social and environmental.

It is the central platform for fostering debate and innovative thinking, forging consensus on ways forward, and coordinating efforts to achieve internationally agreed goals.

Jaipur, Jun 7 (PTI) The Rajasthan government has suspended the Jaipur Greater Municipal Corporation mayor and three councilors for allegedly misbehaving with the local body's commissioner, drawing a sharp reaction from the BJP.

The Congress government also decided to conduct a judicial inquiry in the matter.

Srinagar, Jun 7 (PTI) The Congress on Monday demanded the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, stating that the move would infuse confidence among the people.

A spokesman of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee said any delay in restoring the statehood was bound to cause more disconnect between the Centre and the people of Jammu and Kashmir.