TWITTER REGRETS LADAKH GAFFE
MUM COPS SUMMON KANGANA, SISTER
New Delhi: Twitter has apologised in writing to a key parliamentary panel for wrongly showing Ladakh in China and has promised to correct the error by monthend, committee’s chairperson Meenakshi Lekhi said.
Actor Kangana Ranaut and sister Rangoli have been asked to appear before Mumbai Police on Nov 23 and 24 over their “objectionable comments” on social media aimed at spreading communal tension.
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11 DEAD, 16 INJURED
India AS TRUCKS COLLIDE IN VADODARA celebrates Indira
Vadodara: At least 11 people died and 16 others were injured when a mini-truck in which they were travelling rammed into another truck on the outskirts of Gujarat’s Vadodara city early Wednesday morning, police said. The accident took place at Waghodia circle near the city around 2.45 am when the victims were heading towards Pavagadh in Panchmahal district, Vadodara Deputy Commissioner of Police Karanraj Vaghela said. “At least 11 persons, including five women, died in the accident. The mini-truck, carrying around 25 people, rammed into a truck trailer from behind,” Vadodara Police Commissioner R B Brahmbhatt said. Turn to P6
MILITANTS LOB GRENADE AT SECURITYMEN IN PULWAMA, 12 CIVILIANS HURT Pulwama: At least twelve civilians were injured in a grenade attack by militants on a team of security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. The militants lobbed a grenade at the security forces which missed the intended target and exploded on the road, news agency PTI reported, quoting a police official. The incident took place in the Kakapora area of Pulwama, a police official said. Twelve civilians sustained splinter injuries in the explosion, Turn to P6
Narendra Modi @narendramodi Saddened by the accident in Vadodara. My thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones. Praying that the injured recover soon. The administration is providing all possible assistance at the site of the accident. Amit Shah @AmitShah Deeply anguished to learn about the loss of lives in a tragic road accident in Vadodara, Gujarat. Have spoken to the local administration they are providing all possible assistance. Condolences with the bereaved families. May injured recover at the earliest.
Mangled remains of a mini-truck after it rammed into another truck, on the outskirts of Vadodara on Wednesday.
4 DIE IN ANOTHER MISHAP Surendranagar: Four members of a family were killed and one injured after their car rammed into a tree on the side of a state highway in Gujarat’’s Surendranagar district on Wednesday morning.
Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi The news of Vadodara accident is very sad. My condolences to the families of the deceased. It is hoped that the government-administration will leave no stone unturned in the relief work. It is an appeal to the Congressmen to extend all possible help.
Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51 Saddened by the loss of lives in a road accident in Vadodara, Gujarat. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. May they remain strong in this difficult time. Prayers for speedy recovery of those injured.
Some called it “foolhardy”: CEC Arora on Bihar polls amid covid New Delhi (PTI): When the Election Commission began preparing for the Bihar assembly election amid the coronavirus pandemic, some felt it was being “fool-hardy”, but the safe and successful conduct of the massive democratic exercise has given us appreciation, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said on Wednesday. Arora also said he is confident that the poll body will be able to hold the next set of assembly polls on time and the internal exercise for those is already underway. Elections are due in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry in May-June next year.
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora
He said the EC was made to feel like it had done a “dussahas” (misadventure) by holding the Bihar election amid the pandemic, but it was “a leap of faith and not a leap in the dark” for everyone in the Commission. “When you use the
term leap of faith, you don’t use it as some kind of a dramatic dialogue. A lot of preparation had undergone behind it. In any election, we work as hard as required. But in this kind of elections amid COVID-19, this became a more herculean and
challenging task,” Arora told news agency PTI in an interview. Asked whether the Commission has proved those questioning the decision to hold polls wrong, Arora said he won’t say that. “It is for the media, people of the country, voters, all relevant stakeholders to say that. For me to say that we have proved them wrong would be a bit churlish,” he said. Recently, Arora had said there were “extreme cynics” who made “doomsday predictions”, but had not named them. On Wednesday, he said, “They (cynics) did not do it on record. Turn to P6
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, the first and the only woman Prime Minister of India, was born on November 19 in 1917 in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad). Today, we celebrate her 103rd birth anniversary.
COVID-19 REVIEW MEETING
Tie-ups on mind: Amit Shah Private hospitals should increase beds, treat to visit Chennai on Nov 21 only at prescribed rates, instructs CM Gehlot New Delhi: Amid visible signs of friction with the ruling AIADMK and speculations of a possible BJP tieup with MK Alagiri (brother of DMK president MK Stalin) for the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, all eyes are on Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Chennai on November 21. The news is already spicing up political drama in the state as it prepares for first Assembly elections after the passing away of political stalwarts — AIADMK’s J Jayalalithaa and DMK’s M Karunanidhi. Though both sides are silent on the matter, there are talks of a possible one-onone meeting between
Naresh Sharma
Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Shah and Alagiri. While Alagiri has been looking for avenues to resurrect his political career after being sidelined by Stalin, the BJP too is looking for suitable partners to realise its expansion dreams in the southern state. Reports suggest that Alagiri is preparing to launch a political outfit called “Kalaignar
DMK” or “KDMK”. While rivals dismiss Alagiri as “inconsequential” and the BJP as a “political lightweight”, observers say for the saffron party which has no major political base in Tamil Nadu, any “help” will be welcome. Besides, superstar Rajinikanth continues to be elusive Turn to P6
Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that saving life is the top priority of the state government in this critical phase of Covid-19 pandemic. “In view of this, private hospitals should also increase the number of beds for Covid patients and provide treatment only at the rates prescribed by the state government,” Gehlot said as he directed the team of administrative officers and medical department to ensure that people do not have any inconvenience regarding treatment in private hospitals. Gehlot was addressing the Covid-19 review meeting at the Chief Minister’s residence on
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during the Covid-19 review meeting.
Wednesday. “Due to festive season, weddings, pollution and cold, the infection may increase rapidly in the coming time. Keeping this in mind, expansion of other medical facilities including oxygen and ICU beds is necessary in
state and private hospitals,” he stressed. The Chief Minister said that there is a difference in the effect of Corona virus in patients. “If there is a need to change the medical protocol according to the circumstances, then for
this a team of experts should be constituted and the medical protocol should be studied so that we can provide better treatment to the Covid patients. In many cases it has come to light that people die due to sudden drop in oxygen levels. To avoid this, it is necessary to check the oxygen level regularly. For this, the state government has already provided pulse oximeters to ANM level medical personnel across the state. Now all ASHA Sahyoginigs will also be given pulse oximeters so that people can easily check their oxygen levels,” he said. The Chief Minister stressed that disease do not come to halt thinking it is a village or city. Turn to P6
VACCINE 95% EFFECTIVE IN FINAL TRIALS, AUTHORIZATION SOON: PFIZER New Delhi: Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday said that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate was found to be 95 per cent effective in the final analysis of the Phase 3 trial, adding it had the required two-months of safety data and would apply for emergency US authorization within days. The drugmaker said the efficacy of the vaccine developed with German partner BioNTech SE was consistent across age and ethnicity demographics, and that there were no major side effects, a sign that the Turn to P6