| Welcome to the Evening Wrap newsletter, your guide to the day's biggest stories with concise analysis from The Hindu. We hope you are staying home and staying safe. Here are the big stories that you need to follow today: LG overturns Kejriwal's orders on treatment A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that hospitals run by the Delhi government and some private hospitals will be reserved only for residents of the capital, the Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi Anil Baijal has overruled the decision. Everyone will be treated in Delhi without "discrimination", said Baijal, who is also the chairman of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority. In his order, issued on Monday, Baijal asserted that treatment "should not be denied to any patient on grounds of being a non-resident". The LG pointed out that the Supreme Court has affirmed many times that the right to health is an integral part of the right to life. "Direct departments and authorities concerned of NCT [NationalCapital Territory] of Delhi to ensure that treatment is not denied to any patient on the ground of not being a resident of Delhi," the LG said in a statement. The LG also overturned the Delhi government's order on testing only people showing Covid-19 symptoms. He said asymptomatic cases and high-risk contacts of a Covid-19 patients will also be tested. Reacting to the development, Kejriwal tweeted, "The LG's decision has created a big problem for the people of Delhi. It is a big challenge to organise treatment for Covid-19 patients coming from all over the country. Maybe it is God's wish that we serve people from all over India. We will try our best to ensure treatment for everyone." Kejriwal, meanwhile, is set to undergo a test for novel coronavirus tomorrow, according to sources. "He has fever and sore throat and is not meeting people since Sunday afternoon. He is under home isolation," said an Aam Aadmi Party source. Ram Temple construction to begin  The construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya is set to begin on Wednesday when the first bricks will be laid for its foundation, according to a spokesperson for the head of the temple trust. Construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya will begin on Wednesday, when the first bricks will be laid for its foundation, said a spokesperson for the head of the temple trust. The event will be marked by prayers to Lord Shiva at the Kuber Tila shrine on the Ram Janmabhoomi site. "The rudrabhishek ritual follows the tradition set by Lord Ram, who prayed to Shiva before launching an attack on Lanka," said Mahant Kamal Nayan Das, spokesperson for Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, head of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust. Covid Watch: Numbers and Developments The number of coronavirus cases in India stood at 2,64,866 at the time of publishing this newsletter, and the death toll was at 7,384. For the second day in a row, India recorded over 10,000 fresh Covid-19 cases. BJP snubs Karnataka state committee  Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa during a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J.P. Nadda. File photo. In a major snub to its Karnataka core committee, the BJP high command has rejected all the three names recommended by it for issuing tickets to contest the Rajya Sabha polls scheduled on June 19. Instead, the party high command has chosen two lesser known but old-time party workers as its candidates: Eranna Kadadi and Ashok Gasthi. They are the party's organisation in-charge leaders for Belagavi and Ballari zones respectively. Kerala elephant death may have been accidental Investigations into the death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala have found that it may have accidentally consumed a cracker-stuffed fruit, the Union Environment ministry said today. The Ministry also noted that locals often resort to the practice of placing explosive-filled fruits at strategic locations to repel wild boars, though the act is illegal. The 15-year-old elephant in the Silent Valley forest had consumed a pineapple filled with fire-crackers, which exploded in its mouth. It died in the Velliyar River a week later on May 27. Minneapolis to dismantle police department  U.S. President Donald Trump. File Amid protests across the United States sparked by the killing of George Floyd, the Minneapolis City Council has taken the unprecedented decision to dismantle its entire police department. The councillors said that a "new model of public safety" would be created in place of the existing one, which has been marred by racism. The BBC quoted one of the council members, Alondra Cano, as saying that "a veto-proof majority" in the council had agreed that the city police department was "not reformable and that we're going to end the current policing system." The news has renewed old debates all over the world about police excesses in democratic states, and the urgent need for police reforms. In Brief: The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at five locations linked to Cox & Kings in Mumbai, in connection with a money-laundering probe involving Yes Bank and its former director-promoter Rana Kapoor, said the agency. Expressing concern over the "growing tendency" among the police to take cognisance of frivolous charges against journalists, the Editors Guild of India has slammed the Delhi Police for filing an FIR against senior journalist Vinod Dua. Evening Wrap will return tomorrow. | 
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