UP man arrested for anti-Adityanath post

Ballia: A man was arrested for allegedly posting an objectionable picture of UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Facebook, the police said on Saturday. The accused has been identified as Adarsh Choubey of Chaubey Chhapra village in Ballia, the police said. — PTI

Fast-track cases of assault on doctors, Centre tells states

New Delhi: The Centre today sent a communiqueacute; to the states and UTs to mandatorily register FIRs and invoke the stringent Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Act, 2020, against those who indulge in assault on doctors and healthcare workers.

In a letter, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla wrote, “Institutional FIRs should be registered against the culprits and such cases should be fast-tracked. Any incident of assault on doctors or healthcare professionals may dampen their morale and create a sense of insecurity. — TNS

ED freezes funds of Qatar crime accused

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said it had frozen investments worth Rs 88 lakh in India of Subrahmanya Srinivas Pinninti from Qatar in connection with a money laundering probe. The ED, in a statement, said it issued freeze orders against Pinninti, Head of Buyers Department in Al Meera Consumer Goods Company, Doha, to safeguard proceeds of crime worth Rs 88 lakh. — TNS

Agra facility gets clean chit in Oxygen drill case

Agra: A team of doctors investigating an alleged ‘mock drill’ by a private hospital here has given a clean chit to the facility, saying it found no proof of an exercise during which oxygen supply was cut off and 22 patients reportedly died. — PTI

Ganga, Bhagirathi cross danger mark

Dehradun: Ganga and Bhagirathi rivers in Uttarakhand crossed the danger mark on Saturday following three days of incessant rains especially in the hills, prompting authorities to sound an alert and evacuate villages along their banks. — PTI

Regional parties of no good: Prasada

Lucknow: The country does not happen to be of any priority for regional parties and they cannot do any good to it, former Congress leader Jitin Prasada, who recently joined the BJP, said in his maiden address to BJP workers and leaders here. — PTI

R-Day case accused summoned on June 29

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of the supplementary charge-sheet filed against actor-activist Deep Sidhu and others in the Republic Day violence case. The court has summoned all the accused on June 29. — PTI