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Brand Pinarayi victorious, Kerala trusts CM to steer state through troubled times

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The LDF tally, which matches the win of A K Antony-led UDF in 2001, becomes remarkable as it is rare for an incumbent government to retain power by winning more seats than the last time.

T’PURAM: Riding on the pro-incumbency wave, the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front won the assembly elections with an impressive tally of 99 out of 140 seats.

“We trusted people and people put their trust in us,” Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters in Kannur after the results were known. The verdict is a personal victory for Vijayan too as the CPM and CPI had benched many senior leaders including eight ministers to make room for newcomers. 

The resounding wins in UDF strongholds like Aruvikkara in Thiruvananthapuram and Azheekode in Kannur underline the theory that votes were cast for the good work and policies of the LDF government rather than the merit of individual candidates.

The strategy of the UDF to put up a strong fight with young, new faces did not fetch the desired results as voters seemed to have made their choices based on policies.

Pinarayi, who was in his Dharmadom constituency when the counting took place on Sunday, will reach the capital on Monday and submit his resignation to Governor Arif Mohammed Khan by noon. The CPM state secretariat and LDF state committee are likely to meet on Tuesday to decide on the swearing-in ceremony.

A mix of policies in which development and welfare measures were added in right proportion and implemented over the last five years paved the way for the re-election of the ruling front, something which has not happened in the state after 1977. 

Right from the implementation of Nava Kerala Mission projects to bring radical changes in health and education sectors and to provide housing for the poor to the organised manner in which the government dealt with Covid crisis, a host of factors could be listed as reasons for the result.

Crises such as Nipah, Ockhi cyclone, 2018 flood, Covid and lockdown were dealt with professionalism and compassion by the government. Pinarayi’s leadership skills were on display during these crises and the leader slowly grew to a cult figure among Keralites. When the CPM decided to seek votes for the Pinarayi government, drifting away from the practice of seeking votes for the party, there was a clear understanding the leader has become a brand himself and could ensure the win.

The comeback of LDF after the humiliating defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls was made possible because of the strategic retreat by the front in the Sabarimala women’s entry issue. Local body polls held in November was the testing ground for this strategy and the LDF made huge gains then. 

The more accommodative stand assuaged majority communities and a first reading of the assembly poll results makes it clear that the LDF could win good majority of Nair, Ezhava votes along with the minority votes they had mobilised through strong stands taken during issues such as beef ban and CAA Act.

The second Pinarayi government will have to deal with tough challenges from Day One.

The worsening Covid situation and near-empty coffers will pose great challenges to the government. While speaking to reporters on Sunday, Pinarayi sought the support from all including the Opposition to take the state forward during the hour of crisis.

Vegas hospital booked under Disaster Management Act for denying beds to Covid patients

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Pramesh Jain

The Malleshwaram police registered a case under Disaster management act against one more private hospital for denying beds to the covid patients.

Senior officer,said,Based on a complaint by Suresh Rudrappa,health officer BBMP, Malleswaram,the police registered FIR against Vegas hospital situated on Mahakavi Kuvempu road in Malleswaram on Thursday.

Mr Rudrappa said that as per the guidelines by BBMP,hospitals are supposed to reserve 50 per cent of their beds to treat Covid patients referred by BBMP.

The hospital denied admitting the patients on two days between April  27 and 28 citing non availability of beds.

An ispections by the health officials found that the hospital management is lying and giving wrong information. 

This amount to serious lapses on the part of the hospitla during the time of crisis and hence liable to be prosecuted under DMA act,Mr.Rudrappa said he added.

House keeping contractor arrested by Jayanagar police for cheating people promising ICU beds in hospitals

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Pramesh Jain

The Jayanagar police on Thursday arrested a housekeeping contractor from West Bengal for cheating people promising ICU beds in hospitals.

The accused has been identified as,Manish Sarkar,residing in Malleswaram area.

Senior officer, told media persons,that a complainant by name Stephen Raj filed a cheating complaint against Manish Sarkar he stated that the accused circulated his contact number on whatsapp groups promising to get the beds but after receiving money he has escaped.

It is alleged that Desperate people contacted him for beds following which Sarkar had taken money and escaped.

After receiving the complaint Jayanagar police inspector and his staff swung into action and based on the information and on technical inputs they picked him up for questioning.

During the investigation the accused confessed the crime and it is revealed that by using similar modus operandi,he had taken money from Stephan Raj,resident of Jayanagar who was looking for the beds for his mother.

Sarkar forced him to pay Rs.20,000,on the pretext of charges and commission and escaped on April 23.

However Stephan Raj’s mother failed to get to bed and succumbed the next day while his father who was also suffering  died on April 25.

After performing their late rites,Stephan Raj approached the police seeking action against Sarkar on Wednesday .

Based on the complaint,the police arrested Sarkar charging him under extortion and cheating.The police are investigating further to ascertain whether the accused had cheated others.

Meanwhile we appeal to citizens not to get lured by such claims.The BBMP will not charge money  and allotment of beds depends on the condition of the patient,he said.

A case under extortion and cheating has been registered against the accused and further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP South,Harish Pandey,ACP, Jayanagar,Sub-Division,Shanthamallappa,PI, Sudharshan HV,and crime staff for the commendable job done by them and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Will return to India in a few days, says Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla

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Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla

MUMBAI: Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has said he will return to India from London in a few days.

“Had an excellent meeting with all our partners & stakeholders in the U.K. Meanwhile, pleased to state that COVISHIELD’s production is in full swing in Pune. I look forward to reviewing operations upon my return in a few days,” Poonawalla said in a midnight tweet.

In his first comments since he was provided with ‘Y’ category security by the Indian government earlier this week, Poonawalla had told ‘The Times’ in an interview about receiving aggressive calls from some of the most powerful people in India, demanding supplies of Covishield — the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine that the Serum Institute is producing in India.

That pressure was largely behind his decision to fly into London to be with his wife and children, the 40-year-old entrepreneur had said in the interview on Saturday.

“I’m staying here (London) for an extended time because I don’t want to go back to that situation. Everything falls on my shoulders but I can’t do it alone. I don’t want to be in a situation where you are just trying to do your job, and just because you can’t supply the needs of X, Y or Z you really don’t want to guess what they are going to do,” Poonawalla had told the newspaper.

According to Indian government officials, the protection to Poonawalla has been given in view of “potential threats” to him.

Armed commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will be with him every time he travels to any part of the country, they said and added that the ‘Y’ security cover will entail a posse of about 4-5 armed commandos.

“The level of expectation and aggression is really unprecedented. It’s overwhelming. Everyone feels they should get the vaccine. They can’t understand why anyone else should get it before them,” Poonawalla had said.

The businessman had indicated in the interview that his move to London is also linked to business plans to expand vaccine manufacturing to countries outside India, which may include the likes of the UK.

“There’s going to be an announcement in the next few days,” he had said when asked about Britain as one of the production bases outside India.

According to the newspaper, by the time the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine was approved in January this year, the Serum Institute of India (SII) had increased its annual production capacity from 1.5 to 2.5 billion doses at a cost of USD 800 million, and stockpiled 50 million doses of Covishield.

The company began exporting to 68 countries, including Britain, as India seemed to have been over the worse, until the situation worsened in recent weeks.

“We’re really grasping for all the help we can get,” Poonawalla had said in the ‘Times’ interview. “I don’t think even God could have forecast it was going to get this bad,” he had said.

India’s daily coronavirus tally crossed the grim milestone of four lakh, while the death toll rose to 2,11,853 with 3,523 fresh fatalities, according to date updated by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.

The infection tally rose to 1,91,64,969 with 4,01,993 new cases, while the active cases crossed the 32-lakh mark, the data updated at 8 am on Saturday showed.

Registering a steady increase, the active cases stood at 32,68,710, accounting for 17.06 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate further dropped to 81.84 per cent.

West Bengal Poll Results TMC set to retain power, surges ahead of BJP in over 200 seats

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Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was, however, trailing her former protege-turned-BJP rival Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram by over 8,000 votes.

The ruling Trinamool Congress is all set to retain power in West Bengal as the EC trends indicate its candidates leading comfortably in 187 seats. 

TMC supremo and state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, however, is trailing her former confidante-turned-BJP rival Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram.

If the current trends hold, the party will easily form its third consecutive government in Bengal. 

The month-long West Bengal election that was held in eight phases under the shadow of a raging pandemic saw blame games, insider-outsider debates, political attacks and loud jingles of ‘Khela Hobe‘ vs ‘Khela Shesh‘. This even as Covid cases shot up both in Bengal and across the country.

The Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements for the counting of votes and also put in place measures to ensure strict adherence to health safety protocols. Expect results to be confirmed later than usual.  

Violating lockdown:Total 7577 Vehicles seized,48 NDMA Cases booked till 1st May by Bengaluru Police

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Pramesh Jain

As part of the lock down enforcement the city police on Saturday seized as many as 843 vehicles which were moving around the city without valid reasons.Over all till today 7577 vehicles has been seized Bengaluru city police.

According to an official release 784 are two wheelers,35 three wheelers and 24 four wheelers.

Over all vehicles seized in 8 Divisions are,7577 vehicles in which,6901 are two wheeler,333 are three wheeler,343 are four wheelers.The police have also booked 48 cases against shops and commercial establishments under Disaster management act for violating the lockdown guidelines .

Meanwhile the cab drivers accused high handedness of police for seizing their vehicles and harassing them.

The cab drivers association alleged that while returning from the airport and dropping the passenger the police not only seized the cab but also assaulted the driver who questioned the police high handedness .

The association said that they are working on emergency situation during the crisis and warned to stage strong protests if the police alleged brutality continues says association head.

Meanwhile as vehicles were huge yesterday Commissioner of Police,Kamal Pant personally visited KR circle and Mysuru Bank Circle to monitor the situation and as he along with DCP MN Anucheth,ACP, Nazma Farooq,PI,Deepak was seen checking the vehicles and those vehicles which were plying without any valid reasons were seized.

Meanwhile Bengaluru city police of all divisions have booked 1,06,626 cases against people not wearing mask and collected 24288262.4 rupees from 1st April to 30th April.

9168 shops and commercial establishments were booked for violating lockdown guidelines in the Bengaluru Police commissionerate and collected 2097183.4 Rupees from violators.

Praveen Sood,DG & IGP, Karnataka State Police took to Twitter to counsel and warn people not to violate restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Let’s take the lockdown seriously. It’s in our own interest and possibly a last resort. More than 1,000 vehicles have been seized by police for loitering on flimsy grounds. I am sure you do not want to return home without your vehicle. Cooperate with police, stay home and break the chain,” he tweeted on Friday.

Inter-state drug peddler arrested 104Kg Marijauna Worth Rs.91.3 Lakh Seized by Electronic City Police

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Pramesh Jain

The Southeast Division police of Electronic city police on Wednesday arrested a 39 year old inter state peddler from Andhra Pradesh red handed and recovered 104 kilograms of Marijuana worth Rs 91.3 lakh.

The accused has been identified as, Kallapatti Nagendra from Nalluru in Andhra Pradesh

Senior officer,told media persons,that a credible information about the huge quantity drugs will be entering to the city from inter-state and the peddler will pass through D Mart in a car.

Based on information Electronic city police inspector informed his seniors as ACP,Pawan,and DCP, Southeast,Srinath Mahadev Joshi about the information the seniors instructed Electronic city police inspector Anil Kumar HD to catch the peddler with all necessary actions.

Based on the senior officers guidance Inspector and his team rushed to the spot and surrounded the area when the car entered near D Mart of Electronic City our Inspector flagged the car and while intercepting the team found huge quantity of drugs in the car based on which the team caught him red handed for the possession of drugs.

For further questioning the team took him to police station for inquiry during investigation the accused confessed the crime.Nagendra told the police that he sourced the drugs from Chintapalli forest area in Vizag and smuggled the drugs in a car into the city.

He told the police that he wanted to sell the drugs during lockdown since he can charge more money and become rich in short time by Charging more money to his clients.

After arresting him the team grilled him and he spilled the beans and based on his statement the team has seized 104kg of Marijuana drugs worth Rs.91.3 lakh from his possession.

The accused has been booked under NDPS act and taken him into custody to verify his peddling network and further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant, has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan DCP Southeast,Srinath Mahadev Joshi,ACP Pawan N,PI Anil Kumar HD,PSI,Mallesh Mallayanavar,and crime staff as,Shivchandrappa, Nagesh,Raghu,Nagaraj and Basangouda has been appreciated for nabbing the inter-state drug peddler and recovering 104 kg Marijuana worth Rs.91.3 lakhs from the peddler and for the commendable job done by the team a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

man arrested for black marketing Remdesivir drug, 2 vials Seized

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Pramesh Jain

The Women Protection wing of the CCB on Monday caught a 27 year old man red handed selling Remdesivir injection vials to the public for a price of Rs.12,000 per vial in Chamarajapete on Monday.

The accused has been identified as,Nitin Krishna,27, resident of Chamarajapete.

Senior officer told media persons,our Women protection Wing officers got a credible information about a person is selling Remdesivir vials for exhobirant price in Chamarajapete area.

Based on a tip off a team of officials headed by Hazaresh Killedar and team went as prospective clients and met the Nitin Krishna and ordered for Remdesivir injection vials the accused agreed to give us for Rs.12,000 per vial so we asked him to get 2 injection vials.

When he brought the Remdesivir injection to give us he was caught red handed and recovered two vials from him.

During investigation he confessed the crime and  told the police that he is buying the vials from his contacts for Rs.8,000 and selling it to the people for Rs.12,000 who are in urgent need and by selling one vial he used to get 4000 margin as profit.

When he was subjected to detailed questioning he Nithin also told the officials that he had sold around 12 vials to the public for the past few days.

Based on his confession the CCB registered a case against Nithin with Chamarajapete charging him under various sections of the drug control act .

Based on his information the police are now on the lookout for Haribabu,(40) and Gopala,35 from Chikkalasandra who had sold the vials to Nithin and the duo will be nabbed soon he added.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner, Kamal Pant, has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil DCP Crime-1,KP Ravikumar,ACP,SM Nagaraj,PI,Hazaresh Killedar and his team for nabbing the person who was hoarding illegally Remdesivir injection vials and selling it at exhobirant rate to become rich is now cooling his heels in jail and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Covid patient jumps to death from fourth floor of Victoria hospital :

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Pramesh Jain

A 26-year-old auto rickshaw driver ended life by jumping from the fourth floor of the victoria hospital ward on Wednesday where he was being treated for covid infection.

The deceased has been identified as Kumar,26,

According to the police Kumar was admitted to the hospital for the few days ago and since then he was under depression.

However the family members raised doubt about the death stating that Kumar was assured by the doctors he was cured and would be shifted to the general ward soon.

DCP South,Harish Pandey and VV Puram police visited the spot and conducted spot inspection.

Based on the complaint the police have taken up a case of unnatural death and are awaiting a post mortem report to ascertain the cause of death.

This is the second case of suicide related to covid infection as on Saturday 61-year-old Ramanna ended life by hanigng at the room of a private hospital in Vijayanagar where he was admitted for treatment .

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