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Goswami spends night at Alibaug Jails COVID-19 centre, to remain imprisoned till Nov 18


In an unusually long hearing of almost six hours that went till midnight, Alibaugh District Magistrate Court on Wednesday sent Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and other two accused ? Feroz Shaikh and Nitesh Sarda ? to a 14-day judicial custody till November 18 in the 2018 Anvay Naik suicide case. 


While addressing the reporters in Mumbai, Goswamis lawyer, Gaurav Parker said, It is a big victory for us. MCR (magisterial custody remand) is granted on the very first day. Police custody refused and magistrate custody has been granted. We have filed our bail application; it has been kept for arguments. It will be decided tomorrow.

Before Goswami was produced in the court, he was taken to a civil hospital for a medical check-up. Moreover, Alibaugh Court rejected allegations made by Goswami of being assaulted by the cops.

On Wednesday, Raigad Police arrested Goswami for his alleged connection to a case of abetment to suicide and was booked under section 306 (abetment of suicide) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Mumbai Police, on Wednesday, had accompanied Raigad Police for arresting Goswami. A female constable named SG Tanvade attached to the Mumbai Police, on Wednesday, registered an FIR against Goswami, his wife Samyabrata, son and two others for ?obstructing, assaulting, verbally abusing and intimidating? a police officer on duty. She also accused Samyabrata of tearing up an official arrest document of her husband at their house. The FIR was registered at the NM Joshi Marg Police Station under Sections 353, 504, 506 of IPC and Section 3 of the Damage of Public Property Act. 

Several BJP leaders and Union Ministers condemned Goswami’s arrest as a reminder of the Emergency that was imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1977. 

Union Minister Amit Shah tweeted, Congress and its allies have shamed democracy once again. Blatant misuse of state power against Republic TV and Arnab Goswami is an attack on individual freedom and the 4th pillar of democracy. It reminds us of the Emergency. This attack on free press must be and WILL BE OPPOSED.

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COVID-19

Thane Municipal Corporation adds 25 beds as COVID cases rise

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Radhika Dhawad | Thane

Thane Municipal Corporation added 25 additional beds separately in the wake of rapidly rising COVID-19 cases.

Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) added 25 additional beds in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital Kalwa apart from arranging a special ward  dedicated to COVID-19 patients. The total number of active patients in the city stood at 252 while five succumbed to the virus.  Meanwhile, TMC Commissioner Abhijit Bangar said a ‘death audit’ of patients who died of COVID would be conducted. The TMC has ensured it has additional stock of oxygen concentrators, testing kits, medicines, to name a few. Bangar told HT, “Due to the increasing number of Covid patients, it is necessary for everyone to be alert.”

He added, The number of Covid tests should be increased to stay one step ahead of the disease. As a result, the number of patients is likely to increase due to increased testing. However, as per the ‘test, isolate, treat’ protocol for Covid, it becomes necessary to isolate and treat more and more patients. The testing centres will not remain closed even for a single day. At the same time, more arrangements for testing will be made immediately in public places, markets, railway stations, malls.” 

India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.

Also read: Nagpur records 22 COVID cases in 24 hours

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Politics

After Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification, his namesake who contested from Wayanad disqualified

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Radhika Dhawad | Wayanad
An independent candidate named Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified from contesting polls for failing to lodge account of election expenses.

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An independent candidate for Lok Sabha elections named Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from contesting polls for failing to lodge account of election expenses. Gandhi, who’s name figures as ‘Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma’ in an Election Commission list of persons, had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent and had received 2196 votes from the Wayanad seat in Kerala – a constituency from where ex-Congress MP Rahul Rajiv Gandhi had won with over seven lakh votes.

However, since it is mandatory for all contestants to submit their account of election expenses among other mandatory requirements under EC rules and the Representation of the People Act.

Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma stood disqualified to contest polls from September 13, 2021 till September 13, 2024. According to Section 10A, the Election Commission can disqualify a contestant for a period of three years from the date of the order if he/she has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by law and has no good reason or justification for the failure.

Also read: ‘CBI under UPA govt. pressurised me to frame Modi,’ recalls Amit Shah

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Nagpur records 22 COVID cases in 24 hours

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Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

A total of 22 patients tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagpur in past 24 hours on Thursday. Almost 242 people were tested in the city.

A total of 22 patients tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagpur in past 24 hours on Thursday. Almost 242 people were tested in the city, out of which 15 belonged to urban area while and 6 were from the rural areas, and one from outside Nagpur district. 

At present, there are 72 active patients in the city. Three new cases of the new XBB.1.16 variant of COVID-19 were detected that took the total tally to five in the district.  

India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.

Also read: CELESTIAL! Unique alignment of Moon and 5 planets

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