After the Shiv Sena declared itself the 'big brother' in any future alliance between the BJP and the Shiv Sena, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has hit back saying that BJP is not helpless. He said the BJP wanted an alliance not for power but for the development of the nation. Fadnavis also reminded the allies that his party will not let power fall into the hands of those who looted the nation.  

The official website of People for Animals (PFA), an animal rights NGO founded by BJP MP Maneka Gandhi, was hacked on Friday by a group of "ethical hackers" over her remarks made on Malappuram district while referring to the death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala. A message on the defaced website read, &ldquo;Maneka Gandhi dragged the sad death of pregnant elephant for dirty politics". Gandhi has been facing the wrath of Keralites after she tweeted that Malappuram district was known for "its intense criminal activity," especially with regard to animals. The message on the website further said the incident happened in Palakkad district and she deliberately brought up Malappuram district "to spread communally motivated false information targeting Muslim majority".

The pregnant wild elephant who died in Kerala had major wounds in its oral cavity, most likely after an explosive blast, due to which she could not eat for nearly two weeks leading to her collapse in a river and drowning, according to a post-mortem report. The report said, incapacitating wounds and injuries in the oral cavity caused localised sepsis. This resulted in excruciating pain and distress in the region and prevented the animal from eating and drinking water for nearly two weeks. Severe debility and weakness in turn resulted in the final collapse in water that led to drowning. The report said drowning, followed by inhalation of water leading to lung failure was the immediate cause of death of the elephant.

The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre why private hospitals which had been given land free of cost or at discounted rates can&rsquo;t treat Covid-19 patients free of cost. A bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy ordered the Centre to identify hospitals where Covid-19 patients can be treated free of cost or at minimal costs. The court was hearing a petition filed by a lawyer, demanding &ldquo;cost-related regulations&rdquo; for treatment of Covid-19 patients in private hospitals. The petitioner alleged inflated billing by private hospitals, adding that private hospitals that are running on public land or are running under the category of &ldquo;charitable institutions&rdquo; should be called for pro-bono treatment for patients. The Centre in its reply to the court said, it has no statutory power to direct private hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients for free, as there is no such provision under the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010. The govt added that such policies can be defined and implemented by state govts.

In a bid to conserve resources to fight the pandemic, the&nbsp;Ministry of Finance has put approval for new schemes&nbsp;on hold for the current financial year. Schemes already approved for this fiscal year have also been put on hold until the end of March 2021, except those come under&nbsp;the Atmanirbhar Bharat and Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana.&nbsp;

A week after the official Facebook page of Ministry of Home Affairs put up pictures of alcoholic beverages along with photos of NDRF workers during rescue efforts in Bengal during cyclone Amphan, the entire media unit was shunted out on Friday. The overhaul of the media unit at MHA comes amid indications that Amit Shah was unhappy with repeated lapses. The MHA media wing saw a complete revamp after almost all officers handling the unit were moved out. DG Vasudha Gupta, MHA spokesperson, will now look after the Press Information Bureau Fact Check unit, while Director-General of the Bureau of Communication in the Directorate of Advertising &amp; Visual Publicity, Nitin Wakankar, will be the new spokesperson. Deputy Director in MHA, Virat Majboor, has been moved to All India Radio.

India, which expects to be elected to an eighth term on the UN Security Council later this month, on Friday said, it will continue working at the UN for an effective response to international terrorism and reforming the multilateral system. External affairs minister S Jaishankar launched a brochure outlining India&rsquo;s priorities for its campaign, during the election scheduled for June 17. The brochure set out India&rsquo;s five key priorities as - new opportunities for progress, an effective response to international terrorism, reforming the multilateral system, a comprehensive approach to international peace and security, and promoting technology with a human touch as a driver of solutions. Jaishankar said, India&rsquo;s approach will also be guided by the &ldquo;five Ss&rdquo; set out by PM Modi - sammaan (respect), samvaad (dialogue), sahayog (cooperation) and shanti (peace) in order to create samriddhi (prosperity).

Fifteen days should be enough time for states to send migrant workers - stranded in cities across the country since the imposition of nationwide lockdown - home, the Supreme Court said on Friday. The top court also asked all states to create employment opportunities for migrants returning home.&nbsp;The hearing comes days after the top court took suo moto cognisance of the issue and passed several orders to help migrants reach home.&nbsp;The Centre said over 42,00 Shramik Specials have been run till June 3 to transport 1 crore migrant workers to their homes across the country.
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Maharashtra on Friday crossed the 80,000-mark in its tally of infections after reporting 2,436 new coronavirus cases and 139 deaths in 24 hours. The state's tally of cases now stands at 80,229 and its death toll at 2,849. 20 new Covid-19 positive cases have been reported in Mumbai's Dharavi area, the death toll in the slum at 71.&nbsp; Tamil Nadu also registered a record jump of 1,438 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 28,694 while the death toll rose to 232 with 12 more deaths. Chennai recorded 1,116 new cases, its highest single-day count so far, taking the number of the infected in the city to 19,809. Gujarat reports 35 deaths and 510 new positive cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. State tally rises to 19,119 including 13,011 cured and 1,190 deaths. West Bengal reported the highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases with 427 cases reported on Friday. The total number of cases in the state is now 7,303. Death toll rose to 294 with 11 new fatalities. 111 new Covid-19 positive cases have been reported in Kerala, taking the total number of cases to 1,697, of which 973 are active cases.

Officials of the Ministry of External Affairs held bilateral talks with their Chinese counterparts ahead of a key meeting between the military commanders of the two nations. Sun Weidong, Chinese envoy to India, tweeted details, saying the two nations discussed Covid-19 preparedness, celebrations for 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties &amp; multilateral cooperation. The two sides agreed that they should follow the strategic guidance of the two leaders, put into action that China &amp; India pose no threat to each other &amp; represent development opportunities for each other, &amp; differences should not be turned into disputes. They also agreed on support to the WHO, to resolutely uphold and promote multilateralism &amp; safeguard common interests of developing countries. Saturday&rsquo;s meeting is the first high-level meeting between Lt General Harinder Singh, the general officer commanding of Leh-based 14 Corps, and his Chinese counterpart who heads the People&rsquo;s Liberation Army&rsquo;s Group Army since the May 5 scuffle between soldiers of the two nations.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday launched a sharp counter-attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and sister Priyanka for their criticism of the government&rsquo;s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, asserting that if the country listens to them on Covid-19, India will turn into Italy. In an interview with Hindustan editor-in-chief Shashi Shekhar, the Chief Minister said, "Let us be India". Yogi Adtiyanath&rsquo;s barb was a reference to a spike in Covid-19 cases in Italy in the early days of the pandemic. Rahul Gandhi has been targeting the Centre and the UP govt questioning the impact of the lockdown.

In a near-repeat of the George Floyd murder case, which has sparked civil unrest across the United States, policemen in&nbsp;Jodhpur were seen pinning down a man, with one cop kneeling on the man&rsquo;s neck. The incident took place when the man, was stopped by the police for roaming outside without a mask. This led to an argument between the two sides, which eventually turned physical, with the man first attacking the police. It was after this that the police hit back, as they pinned him down. However, the locals intervened, and the cops let the man go.&nbsp;A video of the incident has gone viral on social media. The man, who is reported to be mentally unstable, luckily survived.

The&nbsp;Home Ministry in its affidavit before the Supreme Court said that there is no need for a CBI probe into the Nizamuddin Markaz case where the Tablighi Jamaat gathering led to a spike in coronavirus cases across the country since March.&nbsp;The Centre&nbsp;also rejected claims that Delhi Police failed to stop the gathering from happening.&nbsp;The affidavit filed by the Centre before the Supreme Court has said that the investigation into the Nizamuddin matter is being conducted on a day-to-day basis in accordance with the law and all efforts are being made to submit a report in a time-bound manner.

Epidemiologists at the state-run Dr MGR Medical University have estimated that Chennai may see 1.5 lakh Covid-19 cases and around 1,600 fatalities by the second week of July, if the current rate of growth holds. The university manages the medical colleges in Tamil Nadu and its estimations have been done by the government for Covid-19 preparedness. The medical varsity started its projections from April 18 and presented it to the government in the first week of May. According to the predictions of his team, Tamil Nadu may see 1.3 lakh novel coronavirus cases and 769 fatalities by June 30.

In yet another blow to the&nbsp;opposition Congress ahead of the June 19 Rajya Sabha polls for&nbsp;four seats from the state, a third MLA has resigned. Morbi MLA Brijesh Merja sent his resignation&nbsp;to Gujarat Assembly Speaker on Friday, who has accepted it. Two party MLAs Akshay Patel and Jitu Chaudhary had resigned on Wednesday evening.&nbsp;The Congress has accused the BJP of trying to break&nbsp;the opposition party to win the Rajya Sabha polls. However,&nbsp;the ruling BJP dismissed the charge, saying MLAs were leaving&nbsp;the Congress as they were &lsquo;unhappy&rsquo; with the party leadership.&nbsp;

The Supreme Court on Friday sought Centre's response on fixing a cap on Covid-19 treatment by private hospitals. Earlier the court had asked the govt why can't private hospitals, who have got free land from the govt, treat poor Covid-19 patients for free. The court had asked the govt for a list of such hospitals. The court will again hear the matter after a week.

First arrest has been made in the brutal killing of a pregnant elephant in Kerala. The state Forest Minister said that a man has been arrested in the case that sparked a widespread outcry. The elephant died after eating a pineapple stuffed with crackers&nbsp;kept as bait to protect crops from wild boars. Chief Wildlife Warden said that the man, who is in his forties, allegedly handled explosives himself and also helped others use it. The crackers exploded in the elephant's mouth and it walked for days in agony before it went into a river and died standing on May 27.

With the religious&nbsp;places set to open next week after over 2 months of lockdown, the Centre has issued new safety guidelines. No jostling crowds, no making offerings and receiving prasad, vermillion dots or holy water will be allowed at the places of worship. There should also be no physical singing and only recorded music should be played as far as possible. Similarly common prayer mats should be avoided and worshippers should bring their own. Touching of idols and holy books won't be allowed. Wearing of masks and social distancing will be mandatory at all places of worship.

Delhi recorded 1,359 fresh coronavirus cases on Thursday, which took the Capital's Covid-19 tally past the 25,000-mark. The death toll due to the disease mounted to 650, authorities said. The highest single-day spike of 1,513 cases in the national capital was recorded on Wednesday. A total of 44 fatalities were reported on Thursday. Meanwhile, in an order on Thursday, the Delhi government said 56 private facilities were directed to reserve a proportionate number of beds for Covid-19 patients in the EWS category.

Manu Sharma, who killed model Jessica Lal in 1999 and has now been released from jail after serving 17 years, has said that he is deeply sorry for the pain that he caused to Jessica's family. In an interview to Hindustan TImes, Sharma, who before early release has caused much outrage, said he has tried his best to be a better person in all these years and hoped that people will give him another chance. He also expressed his gratitude to Jessica's sister Sabrina, who had earlier written to the Tihar authorities that she had forgiven Sharma.

Any employee residing in a Covid-19 containment zone should be allowed to work from home and the period will not be counted as leave, the health ministry said on Thursday listing out rules for reopening of offices. The new SOPs say an entire office building need not be closed if one or two cases of Covid-19 are reported there and work can resume after disinfecting the&nbsp;premises. However, if there is a larger outbreak, the entire building will have to be closed for 48 hours. Hand sanitisers and thermal screening provisions are must at the entrance. Offices in containment zones will remain closed.

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