Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Superstar Rajinikanth
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c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA CHENNAI I FRIDAY 2 I APRIL 2021 WEATHER Max: 35OC CITY | 2 NATION | 5 SPORT | 8 Min: 22OC Don’t forget dark rule Assam polls battle between CSK's Hazlewood pulls Rainfall: Nil of DMK in 2006-2011: CM ‘jhooth’ & ‘vikas’, says Modi out of IPL ASTROGUIDE Sarvari: Panguni 20 deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 17 No. 6 Established 1938 | 8 PAGES| `3.00 Tithi: Panchami Star: Anusham/Kettai Rahukalam: 10.30 am to 12 am Yamagandam: Dadasaheb Phalke award Violence mars Nandigram 3.00 PM to 4.30 PM PRAYERS Fajar: 5.01 am for superstar Rajinikanth voting; forces rescue Didi Zohar: 12.21 pm 3.34 pm RAJIB CHOWDHURI |DC Asar: ■ with agency inputs Maghrib: 6.20 pm Highest award in Indian cinema for legendary actor KOLKATA, APRIL 1 ECI bans Raja from Isha: 7.31 pm ANUPAMA Despite prohibitory orders SUBRAMANIAN | DC issued under Section 144 of campaign for 48 hrs CORONA CHENNAI, APRIL 1 AT ZENITH, HE the CrPC, massive presence of Centre-ordered paramili- DC CORRESPONDENT AIADMK. It looks like the tary forces and aerial sur- CHENNAI, APRIL 1 The ECI order on C UNT Dadasaheb Phalke jury REMEMBERS veillance by the Election Thursday reprimanded had done its homework on Commission, Nandigram -- Former Union minister Mr Raja for violating the CASES DEATHS Rajinikanth's ‘Thursday’ the hot seat in West Bengal and DMK deputy general Model Code of Conduct sentiments and has timed THEM ALL Assembly elections where secretary A Raja has been and delisted him as DMK's (+81,380) (+468) its award accordingly. DC CORRESPONDENT Chief Minister Mamata debarred from campaign- star campaigner, besides Yes, superstar CHENNAI, APRIL 1 Banerjee is taking on her ing for 48 hours 'with advising him “to be watc- 1,23,02,092 1,63,428 Rajinikanth has been con- protege-turned-adversary immediate effect' by the hful and not to make inte- ferred with the 51st The star actor who is at Suvendu Adhikari -- reeled Election Commission of mperate, indecent, dero- Dadasaheb Phalke award. present shooting for under violence on India (ECI), which was gatory, obscene remarks covid19india.org Minister of Information Annaatthe directed by Thursday, leaving Ms not satisfied with his and lower the dignity of and Broadcasting Prakash Siva has thanked Prime Banerjee stranded at a reply to a notice sent to women in future during STATE GOVERNMENT BULLETINS Javadekar took to social Minister Narendra Modi polling booth for over two him on a complaint by the election campaign”. media to share the news. and the Union government hours. (+2,817) He wrote, “Happy to for conferring the Dadasa- Ms Banerjee had to be res- 12,738 announce #Dadasaheb heb Phalke Award on him. cued by Central paramili- TN: 8,89,490 Phalke award for 2020 to “Immensely humbled tary forces after she was ‘VIP MOVEMENT STALIN PREDICTS one of the greatest actors and honoured with your confined at a polling booth WORLD CONFIRMED CASES in history of Indian cine- greetings and the most amid an extremely tense SHOULD NOT WASHOUT FOR ma Rajnikantji. His con- prestigious #Dadasaheb face-off between BJP and tribution as actor, produc- Phalke Award award Trinamul Congress support- 12,98,84,548 er and screenwriter has respected and dearest ers. From the spot, she TROUBLE PUBLIC’ OPPONENTS been iconic.” Shri@narendramodi ji. My dialled Governor Jagdeep DC CORRESPONDENT DC CORRESPONDENT DEATHS The jury team for this heartfelt thanks to you and Dhankar, telling him the sit- CHENNAI, APRIL 1: CHENNAI, APRIL 1 year for the prestigious the government of india.” uation was a failure of the award included ace play- In a statement, Rajini Election Commission. A division bench of DMK president M.K. 28,33,387 back singer Asha Bhosle, said, “I thank the Indian “Anything might happen Madras High Court head- Stalin on Thursday pre- COUNTRIES, director-producer ‘outstanding contribution Rajkumar, Sivaji government and the honor- at any moment... There is ed by Chief Justice dicted a total washout of AREAS WITH Subhash Ghai, Malayalam to the growth and develop- Ganesan, Akkineni able Prime Minister total breakdown of law and Sanjib Banerjee on the BJP-AIADMK alliance CASES 219 superstar Mohanlal, mu- ment of Indian cinema.’ Nageshwar Rao, K Narendra Modi for confer- order,” wheelchair-bound Thursday directed the in the April 6 Assembly worldometers.info sic composer and singer Instituted in 1969, Balachander, K. ring me Indian cinema's Ms Banerjee said, adding authorities not to cause elections as an anti- Shankar Mahadevan and Amitabh Bachchan was Vishwanath have been highest honour, that she feared for her life. any inconvenience to the Palaniswami wave, along actor-politician Biswajeet awarded with the honour awarded before. Dadasaheb Phalke Award. She was escorted out by the general public during with the anti-Modi wave Pawar in good health Chatterjee. in 2019. The legendary actor has I dedicate this award to my security forces, who man- VIP movements and cam- that hit them in the Lok Presented annually at Rajinikanth is the 12th been honoured with the friend and bus driver Raj aged to bring the situation paigns during the elec- Sabha elections, was set to after surgery the National Film Award south Indian to be con- Padma Bhushan and Bahadur, who discovered under control after long- tions and ensure free sweep through the State Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar ceremony, the Dadasaheb ferred with this award. Padma Vibhushan in the my acting talent and drawn negotiations with the flow of traffic. like a tsunami. who underwent a surgical proce- Phalke Award recognises Legends like Dr past. encouraged me.” ■P3 villagers. ■P5 ■P3 ■P3 dure for the removal of a gall blad- der stone two days ago is respond- ing well to the treatment, a party leader said on Thursday. He under- PAKISTAN went a check-up at 7 pm and is now Govt drops small allowed to walk and take solid food, DEFERS TRADE said Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik on Twitter. PLAN, TIES IT Pawar was responding well to the savings’ rate cut treatment and was in excellent health, said Malik. Pawar, 80, was MADHUSUDAN cut in small savings TO ARTICLE 370 admitted to the Breach Candy SAHOO | FC deposit rate from 4 per Hospital in Mumbai on Tuesday af NEW DELHI, APRIL 1 cent to 3.5 per cent for the DC CORRESPONDENT ter he experienced abdominal pain. first quarter of the finan- NEW DELHI, APRIL 1 The Union government cial year starting April 1, on Thursday reversed its 2021. Giving a blow to In what is being reported Sputnik V denied emergency decision to cut interest small savings depositors, as a “swift U-turn” on rates of small savings the Centre had slashed Thursday following a use authorisation in India schemes which were interest rates on post “political backlash”, New Delhi: Russian COVID-19 vac- announced late on office deposits, public Pakistan on Thursday cine Sputnik V was on Thursday Wednesday evening. The provident fund and oth- “deferred” its move to denied recommendations for emer- decision citing “over- ers by up to 1.1 per cent or import cotton and sugar gency use authorisation by the sight” was taken hours 110 basis points. from India and linked it Subject Expert Committee, consti- after announcing the “Interest rates of small to the condition that India tuted by the central government. steepest cut in the rate on savings schemes of GoI should first restore The SEC met today on drugmaker small savings schemes. shall continue to be at the Article 370 on Jammu and Dr Reddys application seeking The government, how- rates which existed in the Kashmir that was abro- authorisation for the vaccine in ever, said the rate cuts last quarter of 2020-2021, gated two years ago. India. The expert panel has asked Dr are in line with overall ie, rates that prevailed as According to interna- Reddys and the drugmaker to sub- interest rate movement of March 2021. Orders tional news agency mit more data on the vaccine. in the financial system. issued by oversight shall reports from Islamabad Meanwhile, Dr Reddys issued a The 'surprising move' of be withdrawn,” finance on Thursday, Pakistani statement saying, We have had our the government came minister Nirmala interior minister Sheikh meeting with the SEC today and after the ministry of Sitharaman said in an Rashid Ahmed told will await the feedback from the finance had, on early morning tweet on reporters there that the CDSCO.” Wednesday, announced a Thursday. decision (to import cotton and sugar from India) had been “deferred” until COUNTER POINT India restored Kashmir's Vaccination for all special status under the (revoked) Article 370. In what was earlier seen as a huge step towards above 45 yrs starts normalisation of Indo- Pak ties, Pakistan had on New Delhi, April 1: The nation drive was rolled Wednesday approved the Covid-19 vaccination for out on January 16 with resumption of bilateral all people aged 45 and healthcare workers get- trade between the two above commenced on ting inoculated and vacci- countries and had decid- Thursday, the Union nation of frontline work- ed to import cotton from health ministry said. ers (FLWs) started on India at least till June 30 More than 6.5 crore vac- February 2. this year. Also, Pakistan cine doses have been Meanwhile, India saw was expected to soon administered across the 72,330 new infections import white sugar from country so far to frontline being registered in a span India.