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Centre to provide free Covid booster dose for 75 days

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The Centre will provide free booster doses of Covid vaccines for the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centres under a 75-day special drive from July 15, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on Wednesday.

The free booster dose drive will be held for next 75 days as part of the government’s Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence and to boost the uptake of Covid precaution doses, he said.

“Under the Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi, a 75-day free vaccination campaign will be conducted from July 15, in which all citizens above the age of 18 years will be given free vaccination doses at government centres”, Mandaviya said in a tweet. Mandaviya thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this decision.

Urging eligible population to get the precaution doses, he said in subsequent tweet: “With this decision, India’s fight against Covid will be strengthened and additional security of citizens will also be ensured. I urge that all adult citizens must get the prevention dose.”

Less than 1 per cent of the target population of 77 crore in the 18-59 age group have been administered the precaution dose, as per a source. The initiative has been undertaken to increase the uptake the precautions doses.

However, around 26 per cent of the estimated 16 crore eligible population aged 60 and above as well as healthcare and frontline workers have received the booster dose.

To accelerate the pace of vaccination and encourage booster shots, the government also had initiated the second round of the ‘Har Ghar Dastak campaign 2.0’ across states and UTs on June 1. The two-month programme is currently underway.

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Mumbai-Delhi bomb blasts conspiracy: My son is innocent, claims Farooq Hashmi, father of Huzaifa arrested from Bhayander

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Mumbai: Farooq Hashmi, the father of Huzaifa Hashmi, who was arrested for his involvement in the Mumbai-Delhi bomb blasts conspiracy, said that his son is innocent. He had only participated in the chat and had no connection with the conspiracy to carry out terrorist attacks. While the Delhi Special Cell has claimed to have arrested Huzaifa for her involvement in the conspiracy to carry out terrorist attacks, Rs 25,000 was also transferred to the account of Huzaifa, who was arrested from Bhayander. Father Farooq Hashmi said that his son used to chat on his mobile and he felt that his friend was joking with him. His friend had also sent him a barcode number and he also received Rs 25,000 in it, after which Hashmi instructed him to return the money and blocked the number. After this incident, he was not in touch with this number, but despite this, the police have arrested him. He said that my son has been framed. He is only guilty of the chat and he does not know anything else. Farooq also denied contact with Arbaaz of Mumbai and Tauqir of Mumbra and said that his son had no connection with them. Also, when he was asked if he was involved in the conspiracy to carry out attacks in Mumbai after the demolition operation in Bandra, the father also denied this and said that my son is innocent and he has only chatted on Instagram and WhatsApp but he is not guilty.

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Delhi Special Cell operation arrests suspected fugitive Huzaifa Hashmi from Mira Bhayandar, exposes conspiracy network against the country

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Mumbai Investigation Agencies and Delhi Special Cell have foiled a plot to carry out terror attacks in Delhi and Mumbai by exposing the network of terrorists. Security agencies have achieved another major success against terrorism and the underworld. In a joint operation, the Special Cell of Delhi Police and Maharashtra ATS have arrested another suspected terrorist who is linked to Pakistan’s intelligence agency, ISI, and the Mumbai underworld module. The arrested person has been identified as 26-year-old Huzaifa Farooq Ahmed Hashmi, who was arrested from Bhayander area adjoining Mumbai. Huzaifa was absconding since the arrest of 9 suspects in this case.

Huzaifa was in touch with Yawar Khan, who is based in Pakistan.

According to sources in the investigation agencies, Huzaifa Hashmi was in constant touch with his handler Yawar Khan, who is based in Pakistan, for the past one month. This module was planning to carry out a big conspiracy in India. Sources revealed that Huzaifa was sent about Rs 100,000 by the gang for this purpose. Huzaifa adopted a new method to dupe local youth. He would tell them that some Pakistani gangsters were active on Instagram and offered huge amounts of money to work for them. Investigation also revealed that Huzaifa targeted youth who were already addicted to drugs. This was the easiest way for these youth to earn money. Falling into this temptation, many youths chose Huzaifa’s path and received money from Pakistan. It has been learnt that two accused in this case, Tauqir and Sajid Sheikh, have already been arrested from Kurla and Mumbra, who were caught in this trap and involved in anti-national activities. Security agencies are currently interrogating Huzaifa rigorously to uncover other links of this network.

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Mumbai: BMC takes action after Aarey Colony Dargah Shaheed, Kirit Somaiya continuous land jihad campaign, situation tense but peace maintained

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Mumbai: Tension erupted in Goregaon Aarey Colony of Mumbai when the shrine of Baba Syed Barkat Ali Pir, an ancient shrine located here, was demolished. Two months ago, Kret Soumya had declared the shrine illegal and demanded action, after which the administration demolished the shrine today. During this time, the police had made strict security arrangements so that the matter did not take a communal form. Therefore, the police had put up a tight guard and finally the shrine was demolished. After this, the situation here is certainly peaceful, but tension persists. Along with the shrine, the surrounding unsightly structures were also demolished. AIMIM leader Waris Pathan objected to this demolition and termed it wrong and said that the demolition action taken only targeted the shrine. Action has not been taken against the more than four hundred illegal houses and other structures around it. If the law is equal, they should also be demolished. Kret Soumya expressed happiness over this action and said that he had been continuously trying for two months. Today, the BMC, police and administration have taken action against this illegal land jihad and land mafia. Land jihad and land mafia were active here under the guise of the dargah. Kret Soumya expressed satisfaction over this action.

Local DCP Raj Gajanan Raj Mane said that illegal encroachments on forest land were removed. The police were on duty. There is no problem of law and order here. He said that the administration had also sent a notice to these illegal structures and after receiving no response, this action has been taken. At present, arrangements have been made. Peace is established, but tension also persists. The police have also started monitoring the situation. After the martyrdom of the dargah, there is anger and resentment among Muslims.

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