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COVID-19 precautionary measures underway at Jhandewalan Temple ahead of Navratri

New Delhi, Oct 13 (ANI): Security and COVID-19 precautionary measures have been made in Delhi's Jhandewalan Temple ahead of Navratri and Durga Puja festivals. Checking of every devotee will be done twice in the temple premises amid coronavirus pandemic. Devotees will be properly sanitized, their body temperature will be checked and wearing face masks is also compulsory for all. No offering of any kind will be taken in the temple this time due to COVID fear. Speaking to ANI, trustee of Jhandewalan Temple, Ravindra Goyal said, "Thermal screening, face masks are compulsory for all the devotees. Children below 10 years and senior citizens above the age of 65 will not be allowed in the temple."

Delhi witnesses 'very poor' air quality

New Delhi, Oct 13 (ANI): The air quality of national capital once again started to deteriorate as winter approaches. Air quality deteriorates in Delhi with rise of pollutants in the atmosphere. Air Quality Index (AQI) is at 332 in 'very poor' category, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data. Delhi residents raised concerns. Delhi Government has launched a campaign 'Yudh Pradushan ke Virudh' to combat the problem of air pollution.

IPL 2020: Dinesh Karthik praises AB de Villiers' performance after losing match to RCB

Sharjah (UAE), Oct 13 (ANI): Royal Challengers Banglore (RCB) marked an 82-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Oct 12. Virat Kohli led-RCB restricted Dinesh Kartik led KKR to 112/9. KKR got a moderate start but its middle order collapsed soon after Shubham Gill got out. KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik praised AB de Villiers' performance in today's match. He said, "I think the pitch was a little bit slow, the wicket got a little slower. An ideal bat first kind of wicket. I think at various points of time, we had opportunities to create a little bit win rows but we got away with a few shots. The good thing was we bowled good areas but they played some great shots too. AB de Villiers showed why he is a very good player. It is not easy to score 80 runs in 5 over but he made it look much easier than it was."

Watch: 1 died after speeding car rammed into several vehicles in Telangana

Yadadri Bhuvanagiri (Telangana), Oct 13 (ANI): One died and one injured after a speeding car rammed into a two-wheeler from rear in Telangana's Yadadri Bhuvanagiri. The car caught fire after the incident. The whole incident was captured on CCTV.

Maintain standard procedures, quality testing for COVID-19 kits: Health experts

New Delhi, Oct 12 (ANI): With the central government capping prices for COVID-19 tests, health experts strongly opine on maintaining standard procedures and using quality testing kits. While increasing the tests and capping the prices, the quality of consumables being used in testing coronavirus for collecting samples should not be compromised, they said. Dr. Harshal R Salve, associate professor, centre for community medicine at AIIMS said, "Quality assurance during COVID-19 laboratory testing is of utmost important for ensuring correct testing and thus isolation of COVID positive cases. The government has capped the pricing of RT-PCR testing in the interest of the public and also to increase voluntary testing. This should not be taken as an opportunity to compromise the quality of testing especially in private laboratories and hospitals."

Hathras case: Victim's family returns to their residence

Hathras (UP), Oct 13 (ANI): Family members of Hathras alleged gang-rape victim returned to their residence on night of Oct 12. They were in Lucknow to appear before the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court. A 19-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in Hathras and later she succumbed to injuries in a Delhi hospital.

His batting made difference: Washington Sundar lavishes praise on AB de Villiers

Sharjah (UAE), Oct 13 (ANI): Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), on back of their all-round bowling performance knocked out Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Sharjah Cricket Stadium on October 12. Performing with the bat first, RCB set a target of 194/2 with AB de Villiers' not out 73 run-inning. Later, the bowlers took charge and restricted KKR from getting the total. Washington Sundar and Chris Morris gave a brilliant performance by picking 2 wickets each. Sundar over team's win said, "I have been trying to keep simple in the game and that is what is working for me in this season. I didn't want to try new thing as we were playing in Sharjah and this is an important win for us." He further said, "The wicket slowed down a bit, before the game started we did feel that it might slow down as the game progresses. The way AB de Villiers batted literally made a difference."

Former ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat joins Abu Dhabi T10 League

Abu Dhabi (UAE), Oct 13 (ANII): Former CEO of International Cricket Council (ICC) Haroon Lorgat joined Abu Dhabi T10 League as Director of Strategy and Development. Founder and Chairman of T10 Sports Management, Shaji Ul Mulk welcomed him and said, "It's time now to move ahead with a much better professional management and bring in names of repute from cricketing world. I am very happy to announce that Mr Haroon Lorgat has agreed to join us as Director, Strategy and Development of T10. He will help us make T10 League a truly global brand." On his new role, Haroon Lorgat said, "I am very grateful. It's very different to what I have done before - having been involved in long form cricket, in national and international federations. I witnessed T10 cricket for the first time last year and was amazed by its appeal and potential for advancement. Once upon a time, we may have thought 10 overs of an innings was just not cricket but the kind of skills, strategies adopted by coaches and teams wh

17 juvenile inmates escape after attacking jail staff in Haryana's Hisar

Hisar (Haryana), Oct 13 (ANI): At least 17 juvenile inmates escaped from an observation house in Hisar after attacking jail staff. The incident happened on the evening of Oct 12 and jail staff was taken to hospital for treatment. Police said, "Around 6 pm when the inmates were given food, they attacked the jail staff and three got injured. There are 97 inmates in this observation house."

Facebook to remove content that denies or distorts the Holocaust

New Delhi, Oct 13 (ANI): Facebook has announced it would remove all content that "denies or distorts the Holocaust."This expansion of its hate speech policies is a response to 'the well-documented rise in anti-Semitism globally and the alarming level of ignorance about the Holocaust, especially among young people', said the company. According to The Verge, Facebook has previously faced strong criticism for letting Holocaust denial content spread freely on its platform. Later this year, the company will direct anyone searching on its platform for terms related to this topic to 'credible information' supplied by third-party sources, reported The Verge."Enforcement of these policies cannot happen overnight. There is a range of content that can violate these policies, and it will take some time to train our reviewers and systems on enforcement," said Monika Bickert, Facebook's Vice President of content policy, in a blog post.

Hathras case 'fabricated', no oppression took place: BJP MP in Chhattisgarh

Kondagaon (Chhattisgarh), Oct 13 (ANI): BJP MP Mohan Mandavi, while addressing a gathering in Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon stated that the Congress is fabricating Hathras case and called it 'fake'. He said, "...no oppression took place there (Hathras). Congress leaders are going there-where nothing happened-by fabricating and portraying it as oppression. Why are they not coming to Bastar where incident has occurred with tribals?"

Puri's Golden Beach gets 'Blue Flag' tag

Puri (Odisha), Oct 12 (ANI): The golden beach in Puri has been accorded the prestigious 'Blue Flag' tag. A place has to meet the criteria set by Foundation for Environment Education (FEE), Denmark to receive the Blue Flag certification. To mark the occasion, artist, Sudarsan Pattnaik made a gigantic sand art.

Investigation team reaches Karauli to probe priest's killing

Karauli (Rajasthan), Oct 12 (ANI): A team of the Crime Branch, Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID) has reached Karauli's Bukna village to carry out an investigation in the death case of a priest in Karauli. Priest was allegedly burnt alive by several men during a scuffle over land dispute.

Watch: Man clutches on electric pole as flash flood tries to wash him away

Belagavi (Karnataka), Oct 12 (ANI): A man got stuck in a flash flood triggered by heavy rainfall in Karnataka's Belagavi. In the video, he was seen holding an electric pole against the heavy flow of water. Several parts of north Karnataka are receiving heavy rainfall from last few days.

'Better they take us to jail,' says Bhatinda farmer as stubble burning continues

Bhatinda (Punjab), Oct 12 (ANI): Farmers of Deon village in Bhatinda on October 12 continued to burn stubble in their fields in absence of any government help to avoid burning the straw. Farmers accused the government of not providing enough compensation and machines to avoid stubble burning. One of the farmers said, "We are being compelled to burn stubble. Small farmers don't have big machinery or tractors. We haven't got even single rupee compensation from the last 3-4 years. It's better they take us to jail for burning stubble, else we don't see a way out."

Family wants CBI findings to be kept confidential: Hathras victim's family lawyer

Lucknow (UP), Oct 12 (ANI): Lawyer of Hathras victim's family Seema Kushwaha informed that the family has demanded security until case completely concludes. "The victim's family has demanded that reports of CBI be kept confidential. We had also prayed that the case be transferred out of UP. The third demand is that the family be provided security until the case completely concludes," said Seema Kushwaha. "The Court will give a decision. The next date of hearing is 2nd November, 2020," said Aditional Advocate General VK Shahi, representing Uttar Pradesh government before Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court. Hearing in Hathras case was held at the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court.

'Will be able to sell produce directly,' Agra farmers heap praise on new agri reforms

Agra (UP), Oct 12 (ANI): Agra-based farmers are coming in support of the new agriculture reforms. Farmers thanked Modi-led govt for bringing the new farm laws which, they said, will ease their lives. A farmer from Agra said, "PM Modi has done great. Farmers are very happy with the decision." "Now because of Modi ji, we will be able to sell our produce directly," said another farmer.

Mumbai power outage: 'National grid fine, problem was in state grid,' says Union Power Minister

New Delhi, Oct 12 (ANI): Large power cut hit Mumbai and neighboring areas on October 12 leading to blackout for nearly two hours. After the massive outage, Union Minister of State for Power and New and Renewable Energy, RK Singh, informed that the power supply has been restored substantially. He further informed that the national grid is fine and the problem happened in some parts of the state grid. Power Minister said, "The power supply has been restored substantially, out of 2000 MW which went off, about 1900 MW has been restored, and the remaining will be restored soon. The national grid is fine, the problem happened in some parts of the state grid." "We are sending a team from the Central Authority to Mumbai to sit down with the state transmission authority and find out where the problem was and how it started. There will be a discussion on the steps to be taken so it doesn't happen again," Singh added.

Gujarat boy arrested for giving rape threats to Dhoni's daughter, will be brought to Jharkhand: Ranchi SP

Ranchi (Jharkhand), Oct 12 (ANI): A resident of Kutch district in Gujarat was arrested by Jharkhand Police for allegedly giving rape threats to the daughter of cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni on social media. The case was registered at Ratu Police Station in Ranchi. Ranchi SP, Naushad Alam over the arrest said that a team has been sent to Kutch district in Gujarat to bring in the accused to Ranchi. Alam said, "We are sending our team to Kutch district in Gujarat to bring the accused to Ranchi. After interrogation, further action will be taken. Other accused in the case will also be traced and arrested. It is difficult to escape from Ranchi Police."

Delhi CM Kejriwal joins protest against farm laws

ANew Delhi, Oct 12 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party's Punjab unit held protest against the recently enacted farm laws, at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on October 12. Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal also participated in the protest. Protests across various parts of countries have erupted following the new farm reforms.