Uddhav holds conversation with opposition
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday met opposition leaders through video conference to discuss the coronavirus scenario in the state.
While some of the leaders gathered at Mantralaya (state secretariat) here, others, including Uddhav Thackeray himself, participated in the meeting through video conference, an official in the Chief Minister’s Office said.
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Profits Minister Balasaheb Thorat and PWD Minister Ashok chavan were present at the meeting from the government’s side.
From the opposition’s side, BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis and Pravin Darekar, MNS chief Raj Thackeray, VBA leader Prakash Ambedkar, PRP leader Jogendra Kawade, JSS leader Vinay Kore, PWP’s Jayant Patil, RSP’s Mahadeo Jankar, AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel, Kapil Patil, Ashok Dhavle and Rajendra Gawai got involved, among others.
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Gujarat Police keep vigil at a fish market in Juhapura, Ahmedabad on Thursday. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has purchased total shutdown till May 15, 2020
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Uttar Pradesh
Pvt lab in UP banned from conducting COVID-19 tests over disparity in report
A private laboratory here has actually been banned from conducting COVID-19 tests after a person declared favorable by it evaluated unfavorable for the illness at a federal government hospital in Lucknow
The 65- year-old lady from Baundi area was confessed to an assisted living home for a surgical treatment on Tuesday. When her samples were sent out for COVID-19 screening at PathKind Labs, she was found favorable for the infection, Chief Medical Officer Dr Suresh Singh stated.
On Wednesday, her report from the Ram Manohar Lohia Institute in Lucknow was discovered unfavorable. – PTI
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