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Anil Deshmukh refutes Param Bir Singh’s claims of talks between him, Waze; says was hospitalised due to COVID
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh
Home Minister of Maharashtra Anil Deshmukh, on March 22, once again refuted former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh’s accusations against him. Singh, in the eight-page letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, had claimed that there were talks between Deshmukh and Sachin Waze in mid-February. However, Deshmukh, through a video, said he was undergoing COVID-19 treatment in Nagpur hospital between February 5 and February 15 and stepped out of house only after February 28. He also released a statement, which read:
“The opposition has tried to create confusion among the people of Maharashtra by playing politics even over my illness. Therefore, I must disclose some of the facts.
On February 5th, I had tested positive for COVID-19. From then until February 15, I was admitted to Alexis Hospital in Nagpur. After I was discharged from the hospital on February 15 and was leaving the hospital to go home for quarantine, at the same time, at the gate of Alexis Hospital, I was stopped by reporters who wanted to ask me few questions related to Hon. Lata Mangeshkar ji and Hon. Sachin Tendulkar’s ji tweet issue.
I told them, I had to go home as I needed to be under home quarantine, and I can’t talk to them because I have weakness as well. But they insisted me to sit on a chair and they wanted to ask few questions maintaining a distance of 10-12 feet.
Since they insisted, I sat on a chair near the gate of the hospital and had a short discussion with the reporters, strictly following the COVID-19 preventive measures. Later, I left from there and home quarantined.
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Hardik Patel quits Congress, says no youngster is willing to work, vote; accuses leaders of ‘enjoying in abroad’

Hardik Patel’s letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi
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BJP on course to retain power for 2nd straight term with CM Yogi Adityanath as CM again
Yogi Adityanath
Early numbers reveal that the BJP has crossed the halfway mark with over 271 seats in Uttar Pradesh at 12:07 pm thus making its way to retain power for the second straight term in the state. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is all set to become the Chief Minister for the second time.
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Indian student killed during shelling in Ukraines Kharkiv
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An Indian student was killed during shelling in Ukraines Kharkiv on Tuesday morning, Ministry of External Affairs informed in the afternoon. The Ministry tweeted: ?With profound sorrow we confirm that an Indian student lost his life in shelling in Kharkiv this morning. The Ministry is in touch with his family. We convey our deepest condolences to the family.
In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, videos showed extensive damage from the Russian military assault. One video showed the city’s largest government building blown up.
While the student is yet to be named by the MEA, sources in the Karnataka state government told The Quint that he had been identified as Naveen Shekhrappa, from Haveri district, Karnataka. The 21-year-old was a student of medicine at Kharkiv National Medical University.
The News Minute reported that Shekhrappa was standing in a queue at a supermarket in Kharkiv to buy food when Russian shelling began.
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