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WWW.YUGMARG.COM FOLLOW US ON REGD NO. CHD/0061/2006-08 | RNI NO. 61323/95 Join us at telegram https://t.me/yugmarg Thursday February 18, 2021 CHANDIGARH, VOL. XXVI, NO. 22 PAGES 12, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Our daughters Prepare students to Sensex tanks 400 Du Plessis excelling in every face contemporary points; HDFC announces field, says CM challenges, Guv to twins, Kotak drag retirement from HPU authorities Test cricket PAGE 3 PAGE 5 PAGE 11 PAGE 12 Farmers’ Rail Roko Andolan today 20 additional companies deployed Hry assembly AGENCY (RPSF) across the country, with fo- NEW DELHI, FEB 17 cus on Punjab, Haryana, West Bengal session from and Uttar Pradesh. March 5th Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Director-General, Railway Pro- Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday an- tection Force, Arun Kumar today CHANDIGARH: The nounced that the 'Rail Roko Andolan' urged “everyone to maintain peace. Haryana Vidhan Sabha will take place on February 18 We will be liaisoning with district ad- session will begin at 2 (Thursday) from 12 pm to 4 pm ministrations and will have a control pm on March 5, 2021. across the country. Notably, the 'Rail room in place." Giving information in this Roko Andolan' has been regard an official called amidst protest by spokesperson said that the farmer groups the Governor will ad- against the Centre's new dress the members of agri laws. the Haryana Vidhan Sabha at the beginning Tikait said that the of the session. Centre has removed oth- er restrictions but not SAARC virtual permitted many trains to Cong sweeps civic polls in Punjab ply for the last eight meet: India invites months. He added that due to the Centre’s deci- Pak to COVID-19 sion, people were facing various dif- "We will gather intelligence. ficulties. States such as Punjab, Haryana, Uttar workshop The BKU spokesperson said Pradesh and West Bengal, and some Registers win in seven Corporations people from their villages would be other areas will be our focus. We NEW DELHI: India will host a health secretary- participating in tomorrow’s 'Rail have deployed 20 companies (around level meet virtually with SHASHI PAL JAIN remaining 15 split among the BJP, Roko Andolan' that has been an- 20,000 personnel) of the Railway other South Asian Asso- CHANDIGARH, FEB 17 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the nounced by the Sanyukt Kisan Mor- Protection Special Force in these ar- ciation for Regional Co- Amarinder hails victory independents. cha. The SKM is an umbrella body of eas," he further said. operation countries on The ruling Congress party regis- Punjab’s ruling party also won agitating farmer unions. "We want to persuade them to Thursday to discuss the tered a thumping victory in civic CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain 41 and 37 wards in Hoshiarpur In the wake of the SKM’s an- not cause inconvenience for passen- ongoing COVID-19 cri- body polls in Punjab by winning Amarinder Singh on Wednesday hailed the Con- and the BJP’s bastion of nouncement, the railways has de- gers. We have a four-hour window sis. Pakistan has also seven Municipal Corporations gress party’s spectacular victory in the state mu- Pathankot respectively. Mean- ployed 20 additional companies of and we want it (rail roko) to get over been invited to attend the out of eight for which the results nicipal polls as not just a validation of his govern- while, in Bathinda, the Congress the Railway Protection Special Force peacefully," Kumar added. workshop. were declared on Wednesday. The ment’s development-oriented policies and pro- won 43 out of 50 wards, with the It is a virtual workshop counting for Mohali MC will take grammes but also a total rejection of the anti- other seven going to the SAD. on management of place on Thursday. The seven mu- people actions of the major opposition parties, In the final count, the Con- Covid-19, response to namely SAD, AAP and BJP. Toolkit case: Bombay HC grants nicipal corporations are Bathinda, Congratulating Punjab Congress president Sunil gress had won 1199 of the 1815 the pandemic and ex- Abohar, Batala, Moga, Kapurtha- wards (municipal councils) and change of best practices Jakhar, as well as all MLAs, members and work- 3-weeks transit bail to Nikita Jacob la, Hoshiarpur and Pathankot. ers of the party, for the sweeping victory in the civic polls, the re- 281 of the 350 municipal corpo- amid the pandemic. The state party chief, Sunil Jhakar ration seats, with SAD trailing at On March 15, 2020, dur- sults of which were declared today, the Chief Minister said the peo- MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday ing a video conference of said that Congress had swept lo- ple of the state had clearly and unequivocally denounced the divi- 289 and 33, BJP at 38 and 20, and granted transit anticipatory bail of three weeks to the SAARC Heads of cal body polls and it’s a clear in- sive, undemocratic, unconstitutional and regressive agendas of the AAP at 57 and nine, while the re- Nikita Jacob in connection with the "Toolkit" docu- State, Prime Minister dication that people of Punjab ab- three parties. He thanked and congratulated the people for defeat- maining went largely to inde- ment case related to farmers' protest. Narendra Modi had pro- solutely satisfied with the policies ing the negative and vicious forces that are out to ruin Punjab and pendents and BSP (K) and CPI "Bombay HC has given an interim relief of three posed a Coronavirus of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder its future. winning in 13 and 12 wards re- weeks to Nikita Jacob. The judge acknowledged that Emergency Fund for the Singh. He disclosed that party had spectively. The swing in favour of she has been repeatedly cooperating in the investi- region. registered victory in 104 munici- one. The SAD is a former ally of chief minister Parkash Singh the Congress in comparison with gation. She will appear for questioning if Delhi Police This emergency fund pal councils and nagar panchayats the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Badal’s party announced its split the 2015 municipal corporation summons her again. Meanwhile, in three weeks' was set up in response also. whose government at the Centre from the BJP in protest against elections in Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, time, we have to approach either appropriate court in to the global coronavirus The Abohar Municipal Cor- passed three contentious farm the three laws. Moga and Pathankot districts is Delhi for a regular anticipatory bail application," Sanjukta Dey, Lawyer of pandemic. The initiative poration was near-perfect for the laws last September, leading to The fight for the municipal manifest in the fact that from 11 Nikita Jacob said. The court said that in case of arrest, Jacob will be re- seeks to mitigate the Congress, with the party winning protests by farmers belonging corporation in Moga was a close seats back then, the party’s tally leased on a personal bond of Rs 25,000 and one surety of like amount. risks associated with the 49 out of 50 wards, with the Shi- mostly to Punjab and the neigh- one as the Congress won 20 has improved to a whopping 149 Meanwhile, a source in Delhi Police said that Jacob has a bigger role to coronavirus pandemic in romani Akali Dal (SAD) winning bouring state of Haryana. Former wards against SAD’s 15, with the now. play in the 'Toolkit' case. the South Asian region with India contributing USD10 million to it. Foreign envoys visit Man whose Delhi Court acquits Priya Ramani in defamation case Kiran Bedi was swinging swords creating problems: NEW DELHI: A Delhi Court has right to put her grievance Ramani was the first Kashmir; meet SMC Mayor, 'Motivated' R-Day on Wednesday acquitted jour- even after decades." woman to accuse Akbar of sex- Puducherry CM nalist Priya Ramani in a crimi- MJ Akbar, the former Min- ual harassment during the PUDUCHERRY: violence held nal defamation case filed by ister of State for External Af- #MeToo campaign. The allega- Puducherry Chief Minis- DDC, municipal members former Union Minister MJ Ak- fairs, had filed a defamation tions levelled against him ter V Narayanasamy on bar against her. case against the journalist Priya forced him to resign from the Wednesday said that Ki- AGENCY been beefed up in Srinagar The Delhi Court while ac- Ramani for accusing him of Union Cabinet on October 17, ran Bedi who was re- SRINAGAR, FEB 17 city and other parts of Kash- quitting Ramani said, "Woman sexual misconduct. 2018. moved from the post of mir valley in view of the visit lieutenant governor had Foreign envoys from 23 dif- of the high-profile delegation, been creating problems ferent countries, who arrived which consists of representa- with her interference in here on Wednesday on a two- tives from Ireland, France, the day-to-day adminis- day long visit to Jammu and Malaysia, Brazil, Italy, Fin- tration of the Union Terri- Kashmir to assess the overall land, the Netherlands, Bel- tory (UT). ground situation in the Union gium, Spain, Sweden, Sene- "The last four years were Territory (UT), met turbulent for our govern- ment. Kiran Bedi had newly elected Dis- been creating problems trict Development with her interference in Council (DDC) and AGENCY day-to-day administration municipal members, NEW DELHI, FEB 17 and her unconstitutional besides Srinagar behaviour. Our constant Mayor Junaid Azim Delhi Police on Wednesday efforts against her ac- Mattu. said that they have arrested a tions have paid off. " This is the third 30-year-old man allegedly visit of envoys from for swinging swords during foreign countries the tractor parade on Repub- Bus driver since August 5, 2019 lic Day that "motivated" the involved in Sidhi when centre abrogated Arti- gal, Cuba, Chile, Portugal, protesters at the Red Fort dur- cle 370 and 35A besides di- Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, ing the violence.