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Amid demands from several quarters for relaxation of the age limit for vaccination, the Centre said the aim is to protect those who are most vulnerable, and not to administer the vaccine to those who want it but to those who need it.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow all people above 18 years of age to get vaccinated against COVID-19, in the wake of an alarming rise in cases of the viral infection.
Earlier this week, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray also requested Modi to allow people above 25 years to receive COVID-19 shots.
CBI records Param Bir Singh s statement over corruption allegations on Anil Deshmukh ANI | Updated: Apr 08, 2021 20:55 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI): The Central Investigation Bureau (CBI) on Thursday recorded the statement of former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh in the ongoing preliminary investigation over allegations of corruption and malpractices against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.
CBI has also recorded the statements of suspended Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze, complainant Jaishri Patil and ACP Sanjay Patil, in the ongoing investigation.
Meanwhile, the CBI will record the statement of DCP Raju Bhujbal on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court, earlier in the day, dismissed the petitions filed by the Maharashtra government and Deshmukh challenging the Bombay High Court order directing a preliminary enquiry by the CBI into the allegations of corruption and misconduct levelled against him by
: Thursday, April 8, 2021, 10:45 PM IST Need to prioritise according to available stocks : PM Modi rejects Uddhav Thackeray, Arvind Kejriwal s request to vaccinate all above 25 years
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday rejected Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal s demand to vaccinate everyone above 25 years of age.
At a meeting with Chief Ministers to review the COVID-19 situation in the country, PM Modi said that we need to prioritise vaccinations according to the available stocks. You know how much vaccine is being produced. Now it is not that we can set up factories overnight. We will need to prioritise according to the available stocks. It is not that we can move stocks to one state and we will get the results. This thinking is not correct. We will have to think of the entire country, PM Modi said.
IPL 2021 Begins Tomorrow; Where Is The Buzz? Published by GulteDesk April 08, 2021
The 14th edition of IPL is all set to begin tomorrow. Despite the lockdown and COVID-19 first wave last year, the tournament organizers managed to generate buzz around the event. However, there is absolutely no buzz around the biggest cricketing event of the world for the current edition. COVID-19 second wave is surely one of the major reasons for the poor buzz but the IPL officials are also in a dilemma about conducting the event without any hiccups.
Days ahead of the tournament, the country is witnessing a massive spike in the cases of COVID-19. Especially, there are a lot of cases being registered in the state of Maharashtra. As per the IPL schedule, there are matches to be played in Mumbai. If the latest buzz is anything to go by, BCCI is monitoring the situation in Mumbai and has kept Hyderabad as a backup venue. Keeping it aside, a lot of International players are getting infected with t
Param Bir Singh had accused Anil Deshmukh of running an extortion racket
Anil Deshmukh has denied the charges
Mumbai: The Supreme Court on Thursday (April 8) dismissed the petitions filed by the Maharashtra government and its former home minister Anil Deshmukh challenging the Bombay High Court order directing a preliminary enquiry by the CBI into the allegations of corruption and misconduct levelled against him by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh.
A bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Hemant Gupta dismissing the plea and said, We are not inclined to interfere in this (Bombay High Court) order. The bench in its order stated, Nature of allegations and personas involved needs an enquiry by an independent agency. It is a matter of public confidence.