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y k y cm DESIRABLE TRAITS MAJOR SCAM ‘TOO ILL TO MOVE’ Actor Ankita Lokhande shares a thoughtful Superhuman fertility rate shown among Russian doctors say Alexei Navalny remains post on all the qualities that are women in their 60s leads to unearthing too ill to be transferred to Germany for treatment desirable in life LEISURE | P2 of major scam in Bihar TWO STATES | P7 INTERNATIONAL | P10 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 141 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 IRREGULAR by MANJUL VOTERS TO GET GLOVES, POLLING BOOTHS TO HAVE THERMAL SCANNERS It’s official, Dutee EC spells out poll norms Arjuna awardee POST NEWS NETWORK AGENCIES Bhubaneswar, August 21: Ace athlete of the BY-ELECTIONS FOR TWO state Dutee Chand and 26 other sportspersons New Delhi, August 21: Voters of the country won the Arjuna Awards, the re- will be provided with gloves to ASSEMBLY SEATS DUE cipients of which were declared by the Sports press the EVM button and COVID- BHUBANESWAR: By elections for two Ministry Friday. 19 patients in quarantine will be al- assembly seats--Balasore Sadar and This apart, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna lowed to vote at the last hour of Tirtol are due in state. The by-elec- award was conferred on Rohit Sharma for tions to the two assembly segments Lucky you! Court feels your time is the polling day, according to broad Cricket, Mariyappan T. for Para Athletics, guidelines issued by the EC on are necessitated following death of Manika Batra for Table Tennis, Vinesh for 9 dead in T’gana important and shouldn’t be wasted. See, THERE SHALL BE MAXIMUM two sitting MLAs—BJP’s Madan I’ve been coming here for past 22 years! Friday for holding elections during Wrestling and Rani for Hockey. Interestingly, the coronavirus pandemic. 1,000 ELECTORS INSTEAD OF Mohan Dutta (Balasore Sadar) and Sakshi Malik and Mirabai Chanu’s names were The gloves will most likely be 1,500 ELECTORS IN A POLLING BJD’s Bishnu Charan Das (Tirtol). The removed from the final list. Their names were disposable. STATION, THE GUIDELINES SAID Tirtol seat is reserved for the sched- earlier recommended for Arjuna Award. power plant fire A separate set of guidelines uled caste community. Dutta died Similarly, the Dronacharya Award (Life Time SHORT TAKES A GROUP OF FIVE PEOPLE, June 17, 2020 while Das passed July would be issued for voters who are Category) will be given to Dharmendra Tiwary AGENCIES INCLUDING CANDIDATES, IS 6, 2020. Both the legislators have residing in areas notified as con- for Archery, Purushottam Rai for Athletics, ALLOWED TO TAKE PART IN passed away due to serious health Bhadrak MLA tests tainment zone, the Election DOOR-TO-DOOR CAMPAIGNING problems. Both ruling BJD and the Shiv Singh for Boxing, Romesh Pathania for Hyderabad, August 21: COVID-19 positive Commission said. principal opposition BJP are eying to Hockey, Krishan Kumar Hooda for Kabaddi, All nine persons trapped in The commission has recom- FOR ROAD SHOWS, CONVOYS OF retain their respective seats in the Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar for Para a huge fire at an under- mended mandatory sanitisation of VEHICLES SHOULD BE BROKEN Powerlifting, Naresh Kumar for Tennis and Om ground hydroelectric power BHUBANESWAR: Another ruling by-elections, which will occur follow- polling stations, preferably a day be- AFTER EVERY FIVE VEHICLES Parkash Dahiya for Wrestling. station in Telangana were Biju Janata Dal MLA Friday ing a notification from the ECI. fore the polls. INSTEAD OF 10 In a first, the awards will be held virtually killed, officials said Friday. tested positive for COVID-19, taking the total number of Thermal scanners would be August 29, the National Sports Day, instead of the All the efforts by rescue lawmakers infected by the virus placed at the entry point of every be held subject to adherence to assembly elections will be held Rashtrapati Bhavan this year due to the COVID- workers to save the trapped sonnel including those from in the state to nine. Bhadrak MLA polling station. Polling or para- COVID-19 guidelines. amid the pandemic. The polls are 19 pandemic. The criteria for the awards take into employees at Telangana the Central Industrial Sanjib Mallick announced that he medical staff will conduct thermal The district election officer should likely to be held sometime in consideration the athletes’ performances over State Generation Security Force (CISF) and has tested positive for COVID-19. screening of voters at the entry identify in advance dedicated October-November. a four-year period. A weightage of 80 per cent Corporation (TS Genco) the National Disaster "Today my covid test done and point of a polling station, it said. grounds for public gatherings with Asked why the norms have no is given to athletes winning medals at var- plant at Srisailam canal’s Response Force (NDRF) test results got positive. I am There shall be maximum 1,000 clearly marked entry and exit points. mention of "virtual" or "digital" ious international competitions with the left bank in Nagarkurnool were battling thick smoke to requesting all those who are in electors instead of 1,500 electors In all such identified grounds, campaigning, another official said remaining 20 per cent left to the dis- district were futile. retrieve the bodies. Some my contact please do covid test in a polling station, the guidelines the district election officer should the "broad guidelines have been cretion of the The rescue workers re- rescue workers have also and obey the covid positive said. put markers in advance to ensure framed based on COVID-19 guide- panel mem- covered the bodies of five reportedly become ill during guideline," Mallick, the first-time A group of five people, including social distancing norms are fol- lines issued by the Health Ministry bers. victims. They were identified the rescue operation. MLA tweeted. Odisha till Friday candidates but excluding security lowed by the attendees. and the Home Ministry to prevent as Assistant Engineers Earlier, personnel from has reported 72,718 COVID-19 personnel, is allowed to take part The district election officer and the spread of the virus." Mohan Kumar, Uzma the NDRF and experts from cases and 390 deaths. in door-to-door campaigning. district superintendent of police "Based on our guidelines, states Fatima, and Sunder, the Singareni Collieries For road shows, the commission should ensure that the number of will prepare their own set of three- Divisional Engineer Srinivas Company Ltd (SCCL) joined said, convoys of vehicles should attendees does not exceed the limit layered comprehensive guidelines Goud and Mahesh, an em- the rescue operations. Many low-lying be broken after every five vehicles prescribed by the State Disaster at the state, district and assembly ployee of a battery company. Telangana Chief Minister instead of 10 (excluding security Management Authority for public constituency level." The state spe- Efforts were on to trace K. Chandrashekhar Rao or- areas inundated vehicles). gatherings, the commission said. cific guidelines may talk of virtual the bodies of the remain- dered a probe by the CID Public gatherings and rallies can Bihar will be the first state where campaign, he said. ing persons. The rescue per- into the fire. BHUBANESWAR: Incessant downpour triggered by a series of low pressure areas formed over Bay of Bengal has claimed five lives in the state so far and HOPE OVER FEAR increased the water levels in E-court: 150 state cases heard several rivers, officials said. The state government, POST NEWS NETWORK Court against the Andhra Pradesh however, ruled out any fear of government’s decision to build the flood. It said though the water New Delhi, August 21: The multipurpose polavaram project level in some rivers had Supreme Court has taken up around on Godavari River citing that the crossed the danger mark, it is 150 cases of the state for hearing project will lead to submergence of likely to recede as the intensity through virtual mode in 100 days some areas in the state and many of rainfall in upper catchment and passed orders/judgments in tribal people will lose their homes. areas has now reduced. Several around 35 cases. The case was listed February 4 areas, particularly in During this period, the apex but the hearing was deferred after Malkangiri district, continued court adjudicated several promi- Odisha counsel sought a week’s to grapple with disruption in nent cases of the state, including the adjournment. Since then, the apex road communication caused by Jagannath Rath Yatra case. The court didn’t take up the matter for severe deluge, they said. Supreme Court had in June al- hearing. lowed the annual chariot festival of The apex court also didn’t take Lord Jagannath after several peti- VIRTUAL HEARING up another major water dispute BSY govt may tions were filed seeking permis- case between Odisha and Andhra sion to conduct the festival. The Supreme Court has heard more Pradesh over Vamsadhara river. ban SDPI, PFI The Supreme Court had initially than 15,500 cases through video The court had decided to take up the refused to grant permission due conferencing from March 23 till date petition filed by Odisha challeng- BANGALORE: The cabinet to the pandemic. However, the bench However, some major disputes in ing the verdict of Vamsadhara Thursday agreed in principle to the state, including the Polavaram ban Popular Front of India (PFI) changed its decision a day before the Water Dispute Tribunal and joint commencement of Rath Yatra. case, were not taken up by the apex survey of Neradi barrage for final and its political wing, Social court virtually Democratic Party of India Other major cases include al- consideration March 4.

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