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Secretary for Social Welfare and Noon Meal Scheme and Virudhunagar district monitoring officer S. Madhumathi inspects fever camp at Pattakulam near Srivilliputtur on Friday. | Photo Credit: MOORTHY G
The district has reported one more COVID-19 death after a 67-year-old woman died at a private hospital in Chennai on Wednesday.
The media bulletin said that the woman who had tested positive on April 10 was admitted to the hospital with fever for 14 days, cough and difficulty in breathing for two days. She died due to COVID-19 pneumonia.
Meanwhile, the number of fresh positive cases kept increasing and on Friday it stood at 80 and the total number of active cases shot up to 433 after discharge of 14 patients.
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Odisha: Gangster Sheik Haider Escapes From Cuttack Hospital Apr 12, 2021, 15:13 IST
Notorious gangster Sheikh Haider, who is serving life imprisonment, escaped from SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack while undergoing treatment. He escaped from ward No 5 of the surgery ward of SCB after overpowering an APR guard who was on security duty.
He was lodged at the Sambalpur circle jail and was shifted to SCB a couple of days back after undergoing preliminary treatment for some illness from Vimsar, Burla.
Soon after he escaped from the hospital, a major combing operation was launched in the state and all exit points were sealed. The team, comprising SPs of Kendrapara, Jajpur, Cuttack DCP and other senior officials, has launched a manhunt to nab the dreaded criminal, informed DGP of Prisons.
An anti-untcouchabiliity meet at Dalit Shakti Kendra (DSK)
By Martin Macwan
The news were disturbing. There was unruly confrontation between the District Magistrate and an elected Member of the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat. Amrabhai Boricha, a head of the lone Dalit family in the village was brutally murdered in the presence of his family members and the police guards assigned to protect his life. There have been several incidents in the country where Dalits, even on their way to court to depose in the murder case of their own kin, are murdered in broad daylight, when officially they are protected by the State.
Tamil Nadu: Woman police constable dies in car accident, 2 others injured
Tamil Nadu: Woman police constable dies in car accident, 2 others injured
A woman police constable lost her life when the police flying squad vehicle collided with a lorry in Vellore on Sunday night. Two other officials suffered injuries.
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UPDATED: April 5, 2021 15:16 IST
Head Constable M Malathi lost her life when the police flying squad vehicle collided with a lorry in Vellore on Sunday night. Two other officials suffered injuries. (Photo: Pramod Madhav)
A woman police constable in the Vellore North police station lost her life when the police flying squad vehicle collided with a lorry in Vellore on Sunday night. Two other officials suffered grave injuries.