New Delhi Apr 26 PTI Two men were arrested for allegedly trying to promote communal disharmony in northeast Delhis Khajuri Khas area police said on TuesdayA call was received on Sunday night regarding a group of people in Khajuri Khas making communally provocative statements and talking about riots in Delhi a senior police officer saidPolice rushed to the spot at street number 13 F-Block Khajuri Khas and controlled the situation the officer saidAccording to complainant Sonu Kumar he was out for a walk with his friend Nirdesh and when the duo reached street number 13 Aman Jeeshan and Sameer allegedly threatened and intimidated them the officer saidThe trio made derogatory remarks against the complainants religion and talked about riots in Delhi the officer saidAman and Jeeshan both aged 20 have been arrested and booked under sections 153A hate speech and 34 acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention of the Indian Penal Code IPC on Monday the officer saidThe alleged act of these persons was an attempt to promote communal disharmony and disturb public tranquility in the area the officer said In the current scenario such act of promoting enmity between two communities on the grounds of religion can adversely affect the peace and tranquility of the area the officer addedClashes broke out between two communities during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in northwest Delhis Jahangirpuri on April 16 leaving eight police personnel and a local resident injuredAccording to police there was stone-pelting and arson during the clashes and some vehicles were also torched PTI NIT RDT RHL

New Delhi Mar 30 PTI Two fire tenders are involved in dousing the fire that has been raging in several pockets of East Delhis Ghazipur dumping yard for close to 48 hours an official said on WednesdayNo casualty has been reported the official of the fire department said Efforts are on to douse the flames It might take a little longer to complete the cooling operations The Delhi Police has registered a case in connection with the fire incidentAn FIR has been registered under IPC sections 278 making atmosphere noxious to health 285 negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter and 336 act endangering life or personal safety of others against unknown people Deputy Commissioner of Police East Priyanka Kashyap said on TuesdayA total of four such incidents of fire at landfill sites -- two each at Bhalswa and Tughlakabad -- took place till Sunday this yearLast year during the same period 16 fire incidents -- 12 at Bhalswa and four at Ghazipur -- took place In 2020 a total of 15 such incidents were reported while 37 were reported in 2019 data from the fire department stated PTI ABU NSD

Pune Jan 25 PTI An employee of the Ammunition Factory Khadki AFK near here was injured in an accident during the drying of explosives a defense release said on TuesdayA high-level inquiry has been ordered following the incident which took place on Monday afternoon at one of the production sections it saidThe injured personnel was identified as junior works manager D R Thakre He has been hospitalized the release addedThe cause of the accident is being ascertained by ordering an immediate higher-level departmental enquiry it saidAFK established in 1869 presently a unit of Munitions India Limited under the Ministry of Defense is a premier manufacturer of ammunition for the countrys armed forces PTI SPK KRK KRK KRK

Puducherry Jan 19 PTI Puducherry confirmed 1849 fresh coronavirus infections during the last 24 hours as against 2093 cases reported on Tuesday registering a dip in number of new casesThe cumulative active cases however rose to 11 344 as against 10393 recorded on TuesdayA release from the Director of Health and Family Welfare Services G Sriramulu said Puducherry region alone accounted for 1316 fresh cases out of the total 1849 cases while Karaikal had 447 Mahe 28 and Yanam 58The overall tally of cases of infection was 142559The Director said 895 patients recovered and were discharged during last 24 hours The overall recoveries stood at 129319Sriramulu said three more people succumbed to the infection during last twenty-four hours in Puducherry pushing up the toll to 1896The total active cases rose to 11344 of whom 127 were in hospitals and the remaining 11217 in home isolationThe Department of Health has tested so far 2105322 samples and has found 1781220 out of them to be negativeThe test positivity rate today was 3023 percent while the fatality and recovery rates were 133 percent and 9071 percent respectivelySriramulu said the Department of Health has administered so far 1508290 doses which comprised 912066 first doses 5 92 743 second and 3481 booster dosesWith the coronavirus infection showing no abatement the Directorate of Education here has ordered closure of classes 10 to 12 till January 31 Already schools have closed physical classes 1 to 9 since January 10 and directed online classes for students of these classesStudents should however use the online mode at home to continue their academic pursuits as physical conduct of classes had been dispensed with because of pandemic situationThe government has also asked departments to ensure that a cap of 50 percent was adopted for the Groups B and C staff till month end This has been introduced in keeping with the guidelines issued by the Central government PTI COR ROH ROH

New Delhi Jan 18 PTI The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country have reached 15874 crore so far the Union Health Ministry said on TuesdayA total of 37032672 doses have been given to adolescents in the age group of 15 to 18 years according to the ministry data More than 65 lakh 6585945 vaccine doses were administered till 7 PM on Tuesday Over 56 lakh 5642395 precaution doses have been administered to frontline workers healthcare workers and citizens aged 60 and above with comorbidities so far The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late night The countrywidevaccinationdrive was rolled out on January 16 last year with healthcare workers HCWs getting inoculated in the first phase Thevaccinationof frontline workers FLWs started from February 2 2021 The next phase of COVID-19vaccinationcommenced from March 1 2021 for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditionsThe country launchedvaccinationfor all people aged more than 45 years from April 1 2021 The government then decided to expand itsvaccinationdrive by allowing everyone above 18 to bevaccinatedfrom May 1 The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from January 3 this year foradolescents in the age group of 15-18 years India began administeringprecaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare workers frontline workers including personnel deployed for election dutyand those aged 60 and above with comorbidities from January 10 this year amid the country witnessing a spike in coronavirus infections fuelled byOmicron variant of the virus PTI PLB RT RT

Guwahati Dec 21 PTI Three people were arrested after the police was allegedly attacked by a mob in Assams Barpeta district officials said on TuesdayA police team was attacked with sticks and other weapons by a mob on Monday when they went to Helnar Pam village in Howly police station area to investigate a case related to a womans assault Superintendent of Police Amitabh Sinha told PTIThe team returned to the police station after facing the mob and later a strong contingent went to the village to control the situation and picked up six people he saidThree people were arrested for allegedly attacking the police personnel and three others were detained for interrogation the officer saidA case has been registered against those involved in the attack he said PTI DG SBN SOM SOM