India

KANPUR: When the Zonal officers did not answer, Mayor Pramila Pandey went away angrily from the meeting held here on Wednesday. 

She had earlier given instructions to the Nagar Nigam's property department officers to furnish her detailed information of the Corporation's assets that could help the KMC to earn revenues.

But to her utter dismay, the officers concerned could not convince her by their respective responses. So she left the meeting in resentment.

Nagpur, Aug 27 (PTI) The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL seeking declaration of funds received by the Prime Minister's Citizens Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation (PM CARES), a charitable trust created by the Union government amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

All reliefs sought in the plea are refused, a division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Anil Kilor said while dismissing the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by advocate Arvind Waghmare.

New Delhi, Aug 27 (PTI) Registering over 75,000 COVID-19 cases for the first time in a span of 24 hours, India's virus tally sprinted past 33 lakh on Thursday, while the number of recoveries crossed the 25 lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

A record 75,760 infections were added in a day, taking the total coronavirus caseload to 33,10,234. The death toll climbed to?60,472 with 1,023 fatalities being reported in 24 hours,?the data updated at 8 am showed.

New Delhi, Aug 25 (PTI) The Supreme Court Tuesday decided to refer to another bench the 2009 contempt case against activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan and journalist Tarun Tejpal to deal with certain larger questions related to freedom of speech and levelling of corruption charges against the judiciary.

The apex court in November 2009, had issued contempt notice to Bhushan and Tejpal for allegedly casting aspersions on some sitting and former top court judges in an interview to a news magazine. Tejpal was the editor of the magazine.

New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called a high-level meeting to discuss the rising number of novel coronavirus cases in Delhi, sources said on Wednesday.

Health Minister Satyendar Jain, Chief Secretary Vijay Dev and senior officials will attend the meeting, which will take place at 11 am, according to sources.

The city recorded 1,544 more COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths on Tuesday. It was the first time in over a month that the number of new infections crossed the 1,500 mark.

Guwahati, Aug 25 (PTI) Former Bodoland Territorial Council chief executive member Hagrama Mohilary claimed on Tuesday that the Bodo Accord, signed early this year, was not a good pact and its implication might lead to conflicts between different communities living in Assam.

Mohilary, who himself signed the accord as witness, said if the agreement was implemented, then it would bring many problems to the Bodo tribals.

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), Aug 25 (PTI) A 17-year-old girl was found dead outside her village here, raped and murdered after she had left home to fill out a scholarship application, police said on Tuesday.

Her mutilated body was found near a dry pond around 200 metres from her village falling under the Neemgaon police limits, they said, adding that she was killed with a sharp weapon.

There were injury marks on her neck with a part of her leg appearing to have been devoured by some stray animal, police said.

Chandigarh, Aug 26 (PTI) Haryana Agriculture Minister J P Dalal has tested positive for COVID-19, he said in a tweet on Wednesday, making him the eighth legislator of the ruling BJP in the state to contract the infection.

Dalal said he got himself tested three days ago and the report returned negative. However, he got one more test conducted later, in which he tested positive.

The minister said that he has isolated himself at home and appealed to all those who had come in his contact to get themselves examined.

New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Mohammad Faizi has not received his salary since March and is unable to pay school fee of his two daughters. The mathematics teacher has now taken to selling cloth bags at a weekly market in Delhi's Dilshad Garden.

Weekly markets in the national capital, which remained shut since March-end due to the coronavirus lockdown, reopened on Monday after the Delhi government allowed it till August 30 on a trial basis.

Thane, Aug 26 (PTI) A magistrate's court has discharged 28 members of the Tablighi Jamaat, including 21 foreign nationals, in two separate cases registered here.

The cases were registered after the controversial Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi in March. The foreign nationals were accused of violating visa rules as well as norms put in place by the authorities following the coronavirus outbreak.