Ajoy Sharma was among the 18 IAS and 2 PCS officers transferred on Saturday. He had been shunted out in January after he had refused to sanction money for publicity of Aam Aadmi clinics.
To check the spike in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, the State which continues to lead in daily new cases, the authorities have come up a 7 point action plan, including testing of close contacts, fast contact-tracing, mass testing in hot-spots and audit of deaths.
Manjeet Singh Brar, tested COVID-19 positive on Tuesday on his arrival in the district
The Election Commission has replaced a Central observer after he tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Wednesday.
Roshni Aparanji Korati, Deputy Commissioner of eastern Assam’s Jorhat district, said the EC’s general observer, Manjeet Singh Brar, tested COVID-19 positive on Tuesday on his arrival in the district. He has been replaced by P.A. Siddiqui, a West Bengal cadre IAS officer.
Mr. Brar had on Tuesday reached Jorhat by road after landing at Dibrugarh, further east, from Punjab on Monday.
“He is stable and under home isolation. Doctors are monitoring his health and there is nothing to worry,” she said.
Central observer for Assam polls tests Covid positive
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Guwahati, March 10 : A central observer of the Election Commission of India (EC) for the first phase of the Assam Assembly polls has tested positive for the coronavirus, following which the poll panel appointed a new observer in his place, officials said on Wednesday.
Eastern Assam s Jorhat district Deputy Commissioner Roshni Aparanji Korati said that after the ECI s general observer Manjeet Singh Brar tested Covid positive on Tuesday on his arrival in the district, the commission has appointed a new observer immediately.
Jorhat Deputy Commissinoer Roshni Aparanji Korati said the ECI appointed general observer Manjeet Singh Brar tested positive on Tuesday on arrival in the district.