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Man infected with Nipah found in India's Kerala

NEW DELHI, June 4 (Xinhua) -- A 23-year-old man admitted in a private hospital in southern India state of Kerala was found tested positive for the deadly Nipah virus, officials said Tuesday.

The case was detected in Ernakulam district, about 213 km north of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala.

Authorities have cautioned people to follow instructions from health department in wake of detection of the case.

India: SP-BSP alliance was based on selfish motives: Sadhvi Niranjan

Expressing her views on SP-BSP alliance,  the state minister for rural development Sadhvi Niranjan said it was heading for parting ways. It was based on selfish motives. It was not suited to both the parties. She was speaking with the mediapersons at the Central station here. 

On Mamta Bannerji she said that she seemed to be irritated over the defeat at the parliamentary debacle. That's why she was controlling the BJP men from chanting Jai Sri Ram. Ours being a democratic country gives freedom of expression to everyone. 

India: Centre's move on language aimed at deceiving TN: Stalin

Chennai, Jun 3 (PTI) DMK president M K Stalin alleged on Monday that the Centre's move on dropping the clause on compulsory Hindi learning in the draft National Education Policy was aimed at deceiving Tamil Nadu and demanded an explanation over it.

He sought a categorical assurance that Hindi will not be thrust on the southern state.

India: 45% rise in number of TB cases in Rajasthan

Jaipur, Jun 3 (PTI) Rajasthan has seen a 45 per cent increase in the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the last one year after the Centre made it a notifiable disease, according to government data.

A total of 1,59,762 cases were notified last year as compared to 1,10,044 in 2017, as per the government's official portal monitoring the disease.

Medical experts said the marked rise in number of TB cases does not mean the actual figures have changed as many cases went unreported earlier.

India: Woman raped in Pali district, four accused arrested

Jaipur, Jun 3 (PTI) A 30-year-old married woman was allegedly raped by five men in Rajasthan's Pali district and the video of the crime uploaded on social media, police said Monday.

Four of the five accused were arrested on Monday, a day after the woman lodged a complaint alleging that the five had raped her on May 26 when she was on way to a temple with a friend. The accused also made a video of the crime.

Indian AF aircraft with 13 people on board goes missing

New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) An AN-32 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force with 13 people on board lost contact with ground agencies around 35 minutes after it took off from Jorhat in Assam on Monday, official sources said.

The aircraft got airborne at around 12:25 PM and lost all contacts with ground staff at around 1 PM, they said.

A total of eight crew and five passengers were on board the aircraft, the sources said.

The Indian Air Force has deployed all available resources to locate the aircraft, said the sources.

India: Dalit man forcibly drowned: forensic experts to court

Kottayam(Ker), June 3 (PTI) A Dalit Christian, who died last year in a suspected case of honour killing, was forcibly drowned in a stream in Kollam district, forensic experts informed a court here Monday.

This was not a case of accidental death or a suicide, but a case of homicidal drowning, forensic experts of the Kottayam Government Medical College hospital who performed the postmortem of P Kevin Joseph told the District Additional Sessions Court here.

Indian Rajya Sabha (Upper House) session from June 20 to July 26

New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) The Rajya Sabha will meet from June 20 to July 26 for the upcoming session of Parliament, the Upper House secretariat said Monday.

"The President has summoned the Rajya Sabha to meet on June 20, 2019 for the upcoming Session of Parliament. Subject to exigencies of business, the session is scheduled to conclude on Friday, July 26, 2019," Rajya Sabha Secretary General Desh Deepak Verma said in a statement.

India: Four injured as BJP, TMC supporters clash in West Bengal

Hooghly (WB), Jun 3 (PTI) Tension prevailed Monday at Goghat in Hooghly district, where four persons were injured following a clash between supporters of the BJP and the ruling Trinamool Congress, police said.

Trouble began when the TMC supporters were felling trees, which the BJP workers objected to, resulting in a scuffle, they said.

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