WWW.YUGMARG.COM FOLLOW US ON REGD NO. CHD/0061/2006-08 | RNI NO. 61323/95 Join us at telegram https://t.me/yugmarg Monday May 3, 2021 CHANDIGARH, VOL. XXVI, NO. 93 PAGES 8, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Saving lives during Take every positive Congress extends Difference was pandemic first step to helping hand execution, to people fighting priority of govt: CM curb Covid: bowlers Directs CM with Covid would learn from this: Dhoni PAGE 3 PAGE 5 PAGE 6 PAGE 8 Seven day complete Mamta retains lockdown in Hry Bengal but loses Essential services exempted Taiwan delivers BUREAU medical supplies CHANDIGARH, MAY 2 to India Taking preventive measures NEW DELHI: Taiwan on Nandigram against the prevailing coron- Sunday delivered to India avirus situation in the state, the 150 oxygen concentrators Haryana government on Sunday and 500 oxygen cylinders imposed a complete lockdown in to assist the country in its the state for seven days from fight against a devastating May 3. An announcement to this second wave of the coro- effect was made by Haryana navirus pandemic. BJP wins in Assam, Minister Anil Vij. The Taipei Economic and Earlier, the state government had imposed weekend Cultural Center (TECC) lockdown in the nine most-affected districts in the state. said more batches of The lockdown came into force from 10 pm on April 30 medical equipment and and remain in force till 5 am on May 3. Notably, the dis- supplies will be airlifted to India soon. tricts that are under lockdown include Panchkula, Guru- Left shines in Kerala WEST BENGAL gram, Faridabad, Sonipat, Rohtak, Karnal, Hisar, Sirsa "To express strong friend- Party Lead Win Total ship with India in its fight and Fatehabad. AGENCY TMC 194 20 214 The Haryana government has also decided to close all against a new wave of BJP+ 76 1 77 Covid-19 pandemic, Tai- NEW DELHI, MAY 2 colleges, coaching institutions, ITIs, libraries, training in- LEFT+ 0 0 0 stitutes, both government and private, till May 31. Apart wan is delivering critical OTH 0 1 1 medical supplies to India. Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Con- NDA wins 12 assembly seats, from this, all Anganwadi centres and creches under the gress has secured a majority in West Women and Child Development Department in the state Bengal with 156 wins in 294-seat as- set to form govt in Pondy KERALA shall also remain closed up to May 31. Gujarat: BJP wins sembly. The party is leading in 218 Party Lead Win Total seats as per the latest counting update. PUDUCHERRY: The NR Congress on Sunday won eight seats in Puducherry LDF 45 50 95 Morva Hadaf and its ally BJP secured four while the Congress-led Secular Democratic Al- UDF 25 18 43 BJP comes in at the second spot with liance (SDA) emerged victorious in three constituencies as the counting con- Non-essential shops to remain 45 wins and leads in 71 constituencies. BJP+ 0 0 0 Assembly bypoll tinued for the votes polled in the April 6 elections. OTH 1 1 2 This will be the third consecutive term As the results for 14 out of 30 assembly seats were declared, the AINRC closed in Punjab till May 15 AHMEDABAD: BJP’s for TMC in the state. bagged eight, BJP three, DMK one and Congress two, the Election Commis- CHANDIGARH, MAY 2 Nimisha Suthar won the “We are grateful to the people for sion said. ASSAM by-election to Morva this landslide victory. I have to start A Namassivayam ofBJP emerged victorious from Mannadipet constituency af- Party Lead Win Total The Punjab government on Sunday ordered that non- Hadaf (ST) Assembly working for COVID-19 immediately. ter defeating his DMK rival A Krishnan. BJP+ 66 9 75 essential shops will continue to remain closed in the constituency in Gujarat’s The swearing-in will be a low-key Namassivayam, who shifted his allegiance to the saffron party in January this CONG+ 47 2 49 state till May 15 as it came out with additional re- Panchmahal district on event because of the prevailing year after quitting the Congress, contested the April 6 poll from Mannadipet OTH 2 0 2 strictions. Essential shops include chemist shops and Sunday by defeating her COVID-19 situation," said Mamata as seat as BJP nominee. The former minister polled 14,939 votes while his rival shops dealing with the supply of essential goods like nearest Congress rival her party makes stellar victory in the secured 12,189 votes. A green horn in poll battle, U Lakshmikandhan of AIN- TAMILNADU milk, bread, vegetables, fruits, dairy and poultry prod- by 45,649 votes, an offi- elections. RC wrested the Embalam (reserved) segment from Congress by defeating its Party Lead Win Total ucts like eggs, meat and mobile repair shops. cial said. Out of the total candidate and former Welfare Minister M Kandasamy. AIADMK+ 83 2 85 93,179 votes polled in “Our target was of 221 seats, Ben- Nobody would be allowed to enter the state with- gal has saved India. This is a win for DMK+ 145 2 147 out a negative Covid report not more than 72 hours the by- election held on AMMK+ 0 0 0 April 17, Suthar bagged Bengal and for you. We fought against MNM+ 0 0 0 old or vaccination certificate over two weeks old. 67,457 votes, while Con- all of centre, ED CBI and agencies and move court if necessary because I sus- with the Communist Party of India OTH 2 0 2 All government offices and banks will work at 50 gress nominee Suresh we won. COVID is my first priority. I pect certain malpractices have taken (Marxist) registering a win on three per cent strength except those involved in Covid man- Katara received 21,808 will immediately begin my work," she place. BJP has registered thumping seats and maintaining lead on 54 more. PUDUCHERRY agement. All four-wheeler vehicles, including cars votes, Panchmahal Col- further said. victory in Assam. Among the constituents of UDF, Party Lead Win Total and taxis, won’t be allowed to have more than two lector Amit Arora said. Meanwhile, Mamata has lost the The ruling LDF poised to form the Congress is leading on 24 seats and CONG+ 2 5 7 passengers. Vehicles carrying patients to hospitals Nandigram seat to BJP’s Suvedhu Ad- government in Kerala again as per the IUML on 17 and Kerala Congress (Ja- BJP+ 3 12 15 have been exempted. No pillion riders on motorcycles hikari. She said about her loss, “I will trends from the Election Commission cob) has already won one seat. OTH 2 4 6 and scooters except those of the same family and liv- Tikait, booked * STATISTICS TILL 8 PM ing in the same house. for holding panchayat in Hry NEW DELHI: A case Modi reviews oxygen was registered by the Haryana Police against Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait and and medicine availability 12 others, who held a AGENCY ’maha panchayat’ in a vil- NEW DELHI, MAY 2 lage in the state, for al- legedly violating pro- Prime Minister Narendra Modi hibitory orders under on Sunday held a virtual meet- Section 144 of the CrPc, ing with experts to review oxy- officials said on Sunday. gen and medicine availability. Tikait and some other He also reviewed the human BKU leaders addressed resource situation, in relation the ’kisan mazdoor maha to the COVID-19 pandemic, and ways to augment it. panchayat’ in Dhurali vil- According to government sources, the Prime lage near Ambala Cantt Minister reviewed the matter of augmenting human on Saturday. resources for effective management of COVID-19 in Ratan Maan Singh, the country today. Baldev Singh and Jas- mer Saini are among the During the meeting, several steps to incentivize other 12 farmer leaders students and pass-outs of medical and nursing cours- who have been booked es to join Covid duty were taken. by the police. In view of a The decisions which were taken in the meeting massive surge in coron- may include delaying the National Eligibility cum avirus cases, the district Entrance Test (NEET) examination and incentivizing magistrate had imposed MBBS pass-outs studying for it to join Covid duty. It Section 144. might also include utilising services of final year MBBS and nursing students in Covid Duty. Centre announces relief measures for taxpayers under GST law AGENCY annum for delayed tax pay- NEW DELHI, MAY 2 ments have been prescribed in the following cases. The Centre on Sunday an- For registered persons nounced various relief having aggregate turnover measures for taxpayers un- above Rs 5 crore: A lower der Goods and Services rate of interest of 9 per cent (GST) law in view of the COVID-19 pan- for the first 15 days from the due date of demic. "In view of the challenges faced by payment of tax and 18 per cent thereafter, taxpayers in meeting the statutory and for the tax payable for tax periods March regulatory compliances under Goods and 2021 and April 2021, payable in April Services Tax (GST) law, due to the out- 2021 and May 2021 respectively, has been break of the second wave of COVID-19 notified. For registered persons having ag- pandemic, the Centre has issued notifica- gregate turnover upto Rs 5 crore: Nil rate tions, all dated 1 May 2021, providing of interest for the first 15 days from the due various relief measures for taxpayers," date of payment of tax, 9 per cent for the read the release by the Ministry of Fi- next 15 days, and 18 per cent thereafter, for nance.