Dengue fever returns to Delhi, one dead

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6SmNzOgOSWq3yU3SjuSiGk3DkLZVC2cL8mJF4lP3fbe0IzFGqix0Nne-j3AC-k4MlfPpcjDMUKEdFbmyFXjenSXBXcr3fLy7yQ7k8Hq-Qw3pzOm0uXw0WmrQxI7MnepyhbsEr1UPL1w/s1600/Dengue_5+tollyandhra.com+newdelhi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6SmNzOgOSWq3yU3SjuSiGk3DkLZVC2cL8mJF4lP3fbe0IzFGqix0Nne-j3AC-k4MlfPpcjDMUKEdFbmyFXjenSXBXcr3fLy7yQ7k8Hq-Qw3pzOm0uXw0WmrQxI7MnepyhbsEr1UPL1w/s320/Dengue_5+tollyandhra.com+newdelhi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT">NEW DELHI: <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Dengue">Dengue</a> fever has returned to the city as the Municipal Corporation of <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Delhi">Delhi</a> on Saturday reported one death due to the infection and six new cases in the past one month, taking the total count of people affected by the virus this year to 11. <br /> <br /> A resident of Shivam Enclave in Shahdara South passed away at the Ganga Ram hospital on July 9. It was notified to us on 23rd July, MCD's Health Committee Chairman V K Monga said. <br /> <br /> "People should be conscious of their surroundings and check mosquito breeding. While cleaning their coolers, they should swipe the walls well so that no egg stays back in the cooler and fertilises," Monga said. <br /> <br /> Surprisingly, the first case of dengue fever was reported on March 3, after a doctor from AIIMS tested positive for the vector-borne disease here. Last year the first dengue case was reported in June which continued till mid-December. <br /> <br /> Till June 23, a total of five people were already affected by Dengue fever. <br /> <br /> Last year, a total of 6,229 dengue cases had been reported from the city out of which eight patients had died. Eight fresh cases of dengue were reported in the national capital in December 2010 despite the onset of winter, leaving medical experts and health officials worried as mosquito breeding normally subsides by mid-November. </span></b></div>

Dengue fever returns to Delhi, one dead

NEW DELHI: Dengue fever has returned to the city as the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Saturday reported one death due to the infect...

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Violence at Osmania University, students begin fast

<b><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT">HYDERABAD: <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Osmania-University">Osmania University</a> turned a battleground on Monday in spite of a call for peaceful protest given by OU students' JAC members. While around 200 students started their indefinite hunger strike as planned in front of the historic Arts College building, around a thousand took to the campus roads shouting slogans and pelting stone at the police and paramilitary forces deployed at all the major entrances of the campus. The students have declared an educational bandh on July 13. <br /> <br /> The trouble started on OU campus at 10.30am when 50 students of <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Telangana">Telangana</a> Vidyarthi Aikya Vedika tried to take out a bike rally to Raj Bhavan and was stopped by the police at NCC Gate on Vidyanagar side of the campus. The arrival of Telangana advocates to join the hunger strike around the same time increased the tension. The stand off that ensued this at the NCC gate continued for five hours. <br /> <br /> Just one hour after the NCC violence, hundreds of students marched to the OU police station located near B-Hostel, demanding the release of advocates and students from other universities who were arrested on Monday morning for trying to enter the campus. The students claimed that police arrested thousands of their friends who wanted to join the hunger strike. With students barging into the police station several rounds of tear gas and stun grenades were fired by paramilitary forces who were stationed there. <br /> <br /> In the stand-off about 12 students and four police personnel suffered minor injuries. Among those arrested by the police are top ten OU-JAC leaders and leader of Telangana Advocates' forum Jyothi Kiran. Students' JAC leaders said that they will continue their strike till the central government initiated the process of state formation. "We are expecting more number of students to join us in the coming days. The central and state governments should understand will see hundreds of students die on OU campus if they do not initiate the new state formation," said Manne Krishank, OU-JAC spokesperson. <br /> <br /> Students said that arrested were made even before their counterparts from other districts could reach the campus. However, those who have gone on strike include students from Telangana University and Kakatiya University. The joint action committee members said that they had expected around 10,000 students to join them on the strike but with police arresting most of their friends, they couldn't match the figures. The students said that in the coming days they will conduct cultural festivals- Telangana Dhoom Dham on campus which will be attended by political JAC members including the resigned Telangana MLAs. "We will also conduct a Vanta Vaarpu" (cook and serve) on OU campus roads on Tuesday," said Tirumani Kondal, representative, OU-JAC. <br /> <br /> Osmania University police, said that they will have to arrest students from other campuses who are already participating in the hunger strike on OU campus. The police said that these students managed to get inside the campus about one week ago when police checks were not conducted outside the campus. The students' representatives, however, said that they will not leave the campus as it is their democratic right to protest. </span></b>

Violence at Osmania University, students begin fast

HYDERABAD: Osmania University turned a battleground on Monday in spite of a call for peaceful protest given by OU students' JAC memb...

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Speaker to meet each MLA before taking a call

<b><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT">HYDERABAD\NEW DELHI: With over 100 MLAs from the Telangana region quitting over the contentious statehood issue, <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/assembly-speaker">assembly speaker</a> Nadendla Manohar said on Sunday that he would like to meet the legislators "personally" before taking a call on the resignations. According to sources, the process would take several weeks. <br /> <br /> Manohar, who is in <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/New-Delhi">New Delhi</a> to take part in an international conference, said he would also consult constitutional and legal experts on how to deal with the resignations of the legislators who put in their papers last week. <br /> <br /> "I came from the <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/United-States">United States</a> only now. I am here to attend a <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/SAARC">SAARC</a> conference. I have heard that some legislators have resigned. I will go into the issue after I reach <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a>," he told a press conference in the national capital. The speaker said no decision on the issue would be taken in a hurried manner. <br /> <br /> "I will seek the opinion of constitutional and legal experts. I would listen to their suggestions and will also consult experienced people in the state," he said. </span></b>

Speaker to meet each MLA before taking a call

HYDERABAD\NEW DELHI: With over 100 MLAs from the Telangana region quitting over the contentious statehood issue, assembly speaker Nadendl...

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