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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 March 4, 2021 CHANDIGARH, VOL. XXVI, NO. 34 PAGES 12, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Ambala war memorial AAP MLAs march Janhvi Kapoor Kohli bats for will be of national to Assembly on sets the dance rotation level: CS issue of rising floor on policy in age of electricity prices fire with bio-bubbles 'Nadiyon Paar' from 'Roohi' PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 10 PAGE 12 Phase 3 clinical trials of Covaxin shows 81% efficacy AGENCY lease. The company said the phase III observed in the BBV152 (Covaxin) group, HYDERABAD, MAR 3 study enrolled 25,800 participants between resulting in a point estimate of vaccine ef- 18-98 years of age, including 2,433 over ficacy of 80.6 per cent. Bharat Biotech on Wednesday released re- the age of 60 and 4,500 with co-morbidi- "The interim analysis included a pre- sults of Phase 3 clinical trials of its coron- ties. "The primary endpoint of phase III liminary review of the safety database, avirus vaccine Covaxin, with the drug clinical trial is based on the first occurrence which showed that severe, serious, and Army jawan demonstrating 81 per cent interim efficacy of PCR-confirmed symptomatic (mild, medically attended adverse events oc- shoots self to against Covid-19. moderate, or severe) Covid-19 with onset curred at low levels and were balanced be- "The whole virion inactivated at least 14 days after the second study vac- tween vaccine and placebo groups. The tri- death in Rajouri COVID-19 vaccine candidate demonstrat- cination in serologically negative (to al's conduct and monitoring are as per JAMMU: A 24-year-old ed an interim vaccine efficacy of 81 per SARS-CoV-2) adult participants at base- Good Clinical Practice guidelines and have soldier shot himself dead cent in its phase III clinical trial. The trials line," it stated. been outsourced to IQVIA," it added. The Wednesday with his serv- involved 25,800 subjects, the largest ever Bharat Biotech further said the first in- company added that the analysis from the ice weapon at an army conducted in India, in partnership with the terim analysis is based on 43 cases, of National Institute of Virology indicates camp in Jammu and Indian Council of Medical Research which 36 cases of Covid-19 were observed that vaccine-induced antibodies can neu- Kashmir's Rajouri district, (ICMR), the biotech company said in a re- in the placebo group versus seven cases tralize the UK variant strains. officials said. The jawan who fired shots on himself died en route to the hospital, they said. Rajouri Government Med- ical College (GMC) Hospi- tal's Superintendent Dr Anurag Kashyap, Javaid Iqbal Choudhary told reporters that it ap- Disagreeing with govt not sedition, SC pears to be a case of sui- cide. The soldier fired few bul- Taapsee’s residences lets on himself, one of which passed through his heart, he said. dismisses PIL against Farooq Abdullah Police registered a case raided by IT sleuths and began investigation, they said. AGENCY both belonging to an organisation NEW DELHI, MAR 3 Vishwa Guru India Vision of Sar- In a first, Jawans to dar Patel, alleged that the former Observing that expression of chief minister is trying to "hand participate in views that are different from the over" Kashmir to China and thus, discussions at PM - opinion of the government cannot he should be prosecuted for Sedi- be termed as seditious, the tion. "Mr Farooq Abdullah has headed Supreme Court on Wednesday committed an offence punishable commanders' meet dismissed a PIL seeking action under section 124-A of Indian Pe- against National Conference nal Code. As he has made the live NEW DELHI: For the president Farooq Abdullah over statement that for restoring Arti- first time, jawans from his comments on abrogation of cle 370 he would take help of armed forces would be Article 370 of the Constitution. China which clearly amount to taking part in the Com- A bench of Justices Sanjay seditious act and therefore he is bined Commanders' Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta liable to be punished under sec- AGENCY distributor Madhu Mantena, they Conference to be ad- rejected the plea and also im- tion 124-A of the IPC," the plea MUMBAI, MAR 3 said. dressed by Prime Minis- ter Narendra Modi later posed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the said. Sources said some inter-linked this week. The Com- petitioners for making such Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, actress transactions between the entities bined Commanders' claims. Taapsee Pannu and Vikas Bahl's res- searched are under the scanner of the Conference was till now "Expression of views which idence in Mumbai were raided by the department and the raids are aimed at involved only Comman- are different from the opinion of Income Tax officials in Mumbai. On gathering more evidence to further der-in-Chief rank officers the government cannot be termed Top court seeks response of Wednesday, the officials reached probe tax evasion allegations. who along with their re- as seditious," the bench observed. their residence and conducted raids. Founded in 2011, Phantom spective Services chiefs The top court was hearing a The searches are being carried Films produced films such as would be addressed . plea which referred to his state- NIA on bail plea of Navlakha out in over 30 locations in Mumbai "Lootera", "Queen", "Ugly", "NH ment on restoring Article 370, NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Wednesday sought a response from the Na- and Pune, officials said. Some exec- 10", "Masaan" and "Udta Punjab". which gave special status to Jam- tional Investigation Agency on the bail plea of activist Gautam Navlakha in the al- utives of celebrity and talent man- Kashyap later launched a new Covid surge in mu and Kashmir, and contended leged Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. agement company KWAN are also production company called Good it clearly amounts to a seditious A bench headed by Justice U U Lalit issued notice to the probe agency on the being raided. Bad Films while Motwane launched Maha, Kerala, Pb, act and therefore he is liable to be plea of the activist against the Bombay High Court order of February 8 dismiss- The action is part of a tax eva- Andolan Films. The searches against TN, Gujarat, K’taka punished under section 124-A of ing his bail plea. The bench took note of the brief submission of senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for sion probe against Phantom Films, Mantena are also being carried out in the IPC. Navlakha, and asked NIA to respond by March 15. According to police, some activists allegedly made in- which was dissolved in 2018, and its context of his links with KWAN, of flammatory speeches and provocative statements at the Elgar Parishad meet in Pune on December 31, NEW DELHI: Maharash- The petition filed by Rajat 2017, which triggered violence at Koregaon Bhima in the district the next day. then promoters Kashyap, director- which he was a co-promoter. Pannu, tra, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Sharma and Dr Neh Srivastava, producer Vikramaditya Motwane, 33, has worked in numerous Hindi, Nadu, Gujarat and Kar- producer Vikas Bahl and producer- Tamil and Telugu movies. nataka continued to wit- ness surge in novel coro- navirus infections and account from 85.95 of the caseload in past 24 Govt for early allotment of Cops force girls in hostel to Sex tape case: K'taka Minister hours. A total of 14,989 new cases were registered in land for stadium and hockey dance, probe ordered Ramesh Jarkiholi's resigns a span of 24 hours, of which Maharashtra re- MUMBAI, MAR 3 AGENCY Ramesh Jarkiholi in a compromising position ported the highest daily astroturf at Mandi: Jai Ram BENGALURU, MAR 3 with a woman. new cases at 7,863, fol- In a shocking incident, female inmates of a hostel in Maha- Jarkiholi in a letter to Karnataka Chief lowed by Kerala with AGENCY No Objection Certificate. rashtra’s Jalgaon were allegedly stripped naked and forced to A day after a case was registered Minister BS Yediyurappa, said, "The 2,938, while Punjab re- SHIMLA, MAR 3 Replying to the query dance by policemen. against him for allegedly sexually allegation made on me is far from the ported 729 new cases, earlier, Forest Minister who The issue came to light after it was raised by Opposition assaulting a woman, Karnataka truth. An investigation must be done Ministry of Health and Chief Minister Jai Ram also hold the portfolio of party leaders in the state Assembly. Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi on on this issue. As fair investigation Family Welfare said. Thakur told Assembly on Youth and Sports, Mr Following accusations by the BJP claiming that the Shiv Wednesday tendered resignation should take place, I am resigning on Wednesday that government Rakesh Pathania said that Sena-NCP-Congress alliance was ignoring the issue, state from his post. moral grounds. I request you to ac- would expedite the selection for construction of sports home minister Anil Deshmukh on Wednesday announced that Jarkiholi's resignation has been cept my resignation." Karnataka Min- MBBS student or transfer of land in Mandi complex with indoor stadi- the government has constituted a four-member high-level accepted by Karnataka Chief Minis- ister Jagadish Shettar said, "He dies after town for construction of in- um and hockey Astroturf committee to probe the incident. According to media reports, ter BS Yediyurappa and it has been (Ramesh Jarkiholi) has resigned.