Unfavourable environmental conditions led to spike in Covid cases: Gujarat govt tells HC
A reply affidavit submitted by Principal Pecretary, Health, Jayanti Ravi adds that as of December 18, 18.95 lakh antigen tests were conducted through Dhanvantari Rath or mobile OPD vans. Updated: December 24, 2020 6:40:46 pm
Chandigarh reported 27 new cases detected through RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen tests. (Express File Photo: Partha Paul/ Representational)
Attributing the spike in Covid-19 cases after Diwali to “unfavourable environmental conditions and increased human interactions”, the Gujarat government has informed the High Court that several semi-government hospitals were instructed to increase capacity.
A reply affidavit submitted by Principal Secretary, Health, Jayanti Ravi, on Wednesday before the High Court on measures taken to check the surge in cases in the state after the festive season, stated that Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, who
Ahmedabad youth detained for posting obscene comments about women panel
According to police, Akash Jain, a resident of Lakshmidham society in Vadodara was detained on Thursday after an FIR was filed against him under section 67 of the Information Technology Act for obscenity at the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police Station. December 24, 2020 9:18:15 pm
It is feared that the amendment could have a chilling effect on free speech giving more power to the police and restricting freedom of the press.
The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell on Thursday detained a youth from Vadodara for allegedly posting obscene tweets about the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Twitter back in July after the commission took cognizance of one female stand-up comedian getting rape threats on Twitter and asked Vadodara police to arrest the offender.
Ahead of Christmas: Less than 200 allowed to assemble in churches, says Gujarat govt
Similar guidelines have been issued for any function on New Year s eve and New Year in cities of Gujarat. December 23, 2020 10:38:45 pm
Celebration at Methodist Church in Maninagar area in Ahmedabad where 5,000 balloons were released in the sky on first morning of 2020. (Express photo: Javed Raja)
Ahead of Christmas, the state government on Wednesday evening announced fresh guidelines allowing less than 200 persons to assemble in the churches amid the Covid-19pandemic.
Similar guidelines have been issued for any function on New Year’s eve and New Year in cities of Gujarat. Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot will continue to undergo night curfews from 9 pm to 6 am everyday until further orders.
Kapadia runs textiles and colour chemical business.
Ahmedabad-based builder Raman Patel, once a witness in the CBI’s investigation on Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, was booked Tuesday in a case of alleged 1977 land grabbing at Thaltej area.
Between August 16 and December 22 this year, at least four FIRs have been lodged against Raman and his family members in different police stations across Ahmedabad.
According to police, 85-year-old Khodaji Thakor, a resident of Thaltej in Ahmedabad, had approached Sola High Court police station with a formal complaint stating that Raman, the owner of Popular Builders Group, and his six associates had allegedly committed a fraud against him by grabbing his 81 hectares of land in 1977 by changing the power of attorney.
They had also sought that that the court may deem the police authorities’ non-registration of an FIR till date and not investigating the case “as an act of criminal negligence and an act to help the accused.”
The court of Justice AS Supehia however rejected the plea on the ground that the aggrieved party hadn’t approached the magistrate first as is expected and before exhausting available remedies, they had approached the high court.
Referring to a Supreme Court judgment, the court also observed that “if the high courts entertain such writ petitions seeking registration of FIR, then they will be flooded with such writ petitions and will not be able to do any other work.”