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y k y cm GOING DESI COVID RELIEF BILL PASSED DEMORALISING DEFEAT Actor Priyanka Chopra has launched her own The evenly split US Senate narrowly passed a PV Sindhu goes down tamely to restaurant ‘Sona’ in New York, which $1.9tn Covid-19 relief Bill after a marathon Carolina Marin in the final of the Swiss Open offers Indian cuisine LEISURE | P2 overnight session INTERNATIONAL | P10 SPORTS | P12 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 335 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | MONDAY, MARCH 8 | 2021 12 PAGES | `4.00 Wildfires still raging in Similipal DESPITE THE CLAIMS OF THE PCCF THAT THE FOREST FIRE IN SIMILIPAL HAS BEEN CONTAINED, SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWED THAT MANY AREAS ARE STILL ENGULFED BY THE INFERNO POST NEWS NETWORK Kaptipada/Balasore, March 7: Fires threaten Notwithstanding the claims of the au- thorities that the wild fire raging in- side the Simlipal sanctuary in Kutra forests Naveen among 6 from Mayurbhanj district since the past eight days, satellite images showed KUTRA/JODA: Despite the best efforts of the Forest department, that the fire has not been contained fully, fires have been raging in the forests a report said. state in central panel in Badagaon range in Sundargarh district for the past one week. DEVASTATION According to a report, valuable trees, AGENCIES 75th I-Day celebrations plants and herbal and wildlife have perished. As the fires continue to Bhubaneswar, March 7: President Pratibha Patil, he fire is still raging in 272.35 spread, wildlife such as elephants, Chief Minister Naveen Chief Justice of India Sharad Tacres of the hill. It is boars, hares, jackals have been Patnaik and five other dig- Arvind Bobde, National suspected that fire has already cornered. Scared and unable to nitaries from state have been Security Advisor Ajit Doval, decimated scores of wildlife tolerate the heat, they are seen included in the central com- 28 Chief Ministers, Union running out of the forests and mittee constituted to com- ministers, several Governors, eople in 10 panchayats at the straying into human habitations. It memorate 75 years of India’s artistes like Lata Mangeshkar, Pfoothill of the sanctuary have was reported that before collecting been facing the heat from the ALL ENGULFING BLAZE: Forest fire continues to rage in the Similipal Sanctuary, Sunday OP PHOTO independence. AR Rahman, Nobel laureate mahul flower from under trees, some They are Andhra Pradesh Amartya Sen, senior BJP raging forest fires amid the rise people set the forest floor afire, in mercury across the state very difficult amid rising temperatures fire is still raging in 272.35 acres of hill. workers visited Tinikosia area and Governor Biswabhusan leader LK Advani and emi- in the area,” said Markand Hembram, It is suspected that fire has decimated its peripheral area where fire has de- leading to forest fires to spread. Harichandan, Jharkhand nent citizens from several former sarpanch of Ranipokhari. scores of wildlife, the report said. stroyed flora and fauna. Reports from Joda in Keonjhar Governor Draupadi Murmu, walks of life. Opposition lead- district said, a part of Baitarani In fact, Forest officials and fire- Kaptipada ranger Maheswar Singh Though three days have passed “The PCCF has claimed to have Union Petroleum and ers, including Congress pres- reserve forest has been reduced to fighters have been struggling to douse Natural Gas Minister said that a 10-member team has been since fire broke out in Kuldiha, the tamed the fire in Kuladiha, but in re- ashes. Notably, this forest plays host ident Sonia Gandhi, CPI(M) fires, though the PCCF earlier claimed formed to contain fires in Podadiha, Forest department has not been able ality, the fire has not been contained, to a number of elephants. Dharmendra Pradhan, PM’s general secretary Sitaram that the fire has been brought under Nato, Badakhaman and Manikpur to bring it under control. It is said, “Congress leader Sudarshan Das said. Meanwhile, the forest department Principal Secretary Pramod Yechury, NCP leader Sharad control. area. Help of local people and fire- that fire is spreading from one hill to The fire is the handiwork of some has engaged a six-member squad to Kumar Mishra and eminent Pawar, West Bengal CM The truth is that people in 10 pan- fighters is being taken in the exercise. another with the passing of each day. miscreants who have set the hilly ter- keep vigil on the elephants. sculptor Sudarshan Sahoo. Mamata Banerjee and for- chayats at the foothill of the sanctu- Reports from Balasore said that for- Over 100 Forest officials led by rain afire. The blaze has posed a grave The panel, headed by mer Uttar Pradesh Chief ary have been facing the heat from the est fire has destroyed thousands of Kuladiha ranger Bijay Mohapatra threat not only to the greenery, but reduced to ashes, he added. Forest of- Prime Minister Narendra Ministers Mulayam Singh raging forest fires amid the rise in tem- valuable trees at Nandari hill near have been struggling to contain fire. also the wild animals inhabiting these ficials and villagers joined hands to Modi, comprises 259 mem- Yadav and Mayawati, are perature across the state. “Life has been Balianala of Kuladiha sanctuary. The Meanwhile, a team of Congress forests. Many valuable trees have been douse the flames. bers including former also part of the committee. IRREGULAR by MANJUL INDIA ENDS EXPERIMENT NOTHING TO CHEER ABOUT WITH DUAL CITIZENSHIP Women A NOTIFICATION ISSUED BY CENTRE MARCH 4 IMPOSES SEVERAL RESTRICTIONS labourers work at a ON OCIS AND CURBS THEIR RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES IN INDIA brick kiln on the AGENCIES fered by the government in several eve of cases filed by Overseas Citizens of International New Delhi, March 7: The Ministry India in the court of law. For in- Women’s Day of Home Affairs issued a notifi- stance, now it is mandatory for the in Patna, You can use such language against cation March 4 this year that ended OCIs to obtain special permit before Sunday your opponent from tomorrow, sir. the country’s experimentation undertaking any missionary ac- PTI PHOTO You see, today is Women’s Day! with dual citizenship, aside from tivities. It is presumed that this altering the short and sweet rela- new restriction has been imposed tionship with Overseas Citizens keeping in view the judgement of SHORT TAKES of India (OCI). the Delhi High Court favouring an The latest notification, issued American-Indian physician. The under Section 7B of the Citizenship or “restricted.” government had cancelled his OCI Varavara Rao Act, 1955, superseded three earlier no- These aside, the notification clas- card on the ground that the doc- released on bail tifications issued by the government sifies OCIs as ‘foreign nationals’ tor was engaged in “evangelical April 11, 2005, January 5, 2007 and vis-à-vis “all economic, financial and subversive activities” as he of- PM Modi scalds Mamata January 5, 2009. All these notifications and educational” activities in India fered free medical services to the Mumbai: Telugu poet and set down the rights of the OCIs. wherein the Foreign Exchange poor and needy in Bihar. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA (nephew) instead of becoming smashed to smithereens (chakna- activist Varavara Rao, an The latest notification not only Management Act, 2003 will be ef- It is worth mentioning here that “Didi” (elder sister) to the people. choor) their hopes and dreams,” accused in the Elgar Parishad case being probed by the humiliated the OCIs by categoriz- fective. As a result of the new no- the government earlier located the Kolkata, March 7: Prime Minister Addressing a massive BJP rally he said, excoriating the TMC National Investigating Agency ing them as “foreign nationals, but tification, the status of the OCIs OCIs in the Citizenship Act, 1955, Narendra Modi Sunday launched at the Brigade Parade Grounds, supremo. He alleged Banerjee pro- (NIA), was discharged from also introduced several new re- has been dramatically reversed. which governs the activities of a blistering attack on West Bengal his first in West Bengal after the an- moted nepotism while neglecting the Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai strictions that curtailed the rights For the past 16 years, they were en- Indian citizens, with a view to grant Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, nouncement of Assembly polls, people who fondly called her ‘Didi’. late Saturday night, sources and liberties on the OCIs. The new joying the same rights as the Non- them dual citizenship. If this was accusing her of “betraying and in- Modi hit out at his detractors who “Bengal chose you in role of said. Rao, 82, was initially notification has made it manda- Resident Indians (NRIs), but hence- not the case, the OCIs could have sulting” the people of the state who accuse him of favouring a handful ‘Didi’ but you preferred being ‘bua’ arrested by the Pune Police tory for the OCIs to obtain special forth they would be treated as been included in the Foreigners trusted she will bring about a change of his businessmen friends. to your ‘bhatija’,” he said. The BJP under the Unlawful Activities permits for undertaking any “re- “foreign nationals.” Act, 1946 and the Foreign Exchange after the Left rule. “You have betrayed and insulted has been accusing Banerjee of try- (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for search,” “journalistic activities,” or According to a report, the new re- Management Act, 2003, which ex- He also accused her of nepotism the people of Bengal who trusted that ing to install her nephew and having connections with for visits to any area that has been strictions imposed on OCIs are clusively deal with foreigners and by choosing to play the limited role you will be the harbinger of change Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek as banned Maoist groups.