CM helps five-month-old get milk in Jharkhand

Ranchi/Latehar: Moved by the plight of an old woman and her grandchild in Latehar district’s Paharatoli village, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren has asked DC Jishan Kamar to arrange food for them. The baby’s mother expired recently and its labourer father is stranded in Mumbai amid the lockdown. In absence of milk, the grandmother had been feeding the baby cooked rice water. Soren came to know about them through party workers. PTI

Mizoram man travels 3,000 km with friend’s body

Aizawal: Raphael AVL Malchhanhima (23) was a distraught man when his friend Vivian Lalremsanga died of suspected heart attack on April 23 in Chennai. With lockdown in place, local authorities sugested that Lalremsanga’s last rites be performed in Chennai, over 3,000 km away from his home. However, with the help of Mizoram Government and the Chennai Mizo Welfare Association, Malchhanhima took his friend’s body in an ambulance, covering a four-day journey. PTI

Quarantined rly man ends life, tests negative later

Firozabad: A 55-year-old railway employee kept in quarantine at a medical college here allegedly committed suicide on Wednesday, the police said. Later, his Covid report came negative, said District Magistrate Chandra Vijay Singh. He was sent to quarantine on April 20 after his senior had tested positive for coronavirus. His body was found hanging in the quarantine facility at FH Medical College and Hospital, Gyanendra Kumar, Station House Officer, Tundla said. PTI