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Nepal Parliament Dissolved, Polls in April-May 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 December 21, 2020 CHANDIGARH, VOL. XXV, NO. 308, PAGES 8, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Farm laws enacted to Efforts of Himachal Enthusiasm for Wounds double farmers’ Govt succeed in 'beautiful writing opened up, income: Haryana saving campaign' Australia can Chief Minister Golden Mahseer among all Punjabi now clean from brink of teachers in district: sweep India: extinction DEO Ponting PAGE 3 PAGE 5 PAGE 6 PAGE 8 Nepal Parliament dissolved, polls in April-May AGENCY dent Office said in a press re- withdraw an ordinance related to except that "he will take a firm warded the proposal of dissolu- KATHMANDU, DEC 20 lease. the Constitutional Council Act action today". Prime Minister tion of the Parliament to the Upon the recommendation that he had issued on Tuesday Oli convened the cabinet meet- President for consideration. Usu- Hours after Nepal Prime Minis- of the council of ministers, Pres- and got endorsed by President ing at 9:45 AM and made the de- ally, the President is consulted in ter KP Sharma Oli recommend- ident Bhandari also announced Bidya Devi Bhandari. cision in less than an hour. The advance on these issues by the ed the dissolution of Parliament the date of the national polls to The Nepal PM has been fac- latest step of the Oli-led admin- Prime Minister. Accordingly, the on Sunday, the country's Presi- be held in two phases on April 30 ing pressure from the rival fac- istration comes amid a rising rift President should approve the dent Bidhya Devi Bhandari rati- and May 10 in 2021. tions of the NCP led by former inside the ruling party and the dissolution of the parliament. Raghav Chadha fied the proposal and announced This comes after Prime Min- prime ministers Pushpa Kamal house adjourned for the longest This will lead to strong opposi- appointed co- dates for the elections to be held ister Oli had summoned an Dahal and Madhav Nepal. period of time in Nepal's history. tion from the Prachanda and next year. emergency meeting of the Coun- Earlier today, Prachanda Since the Constitution does not Madhav Nepal camp and they incharge of AAP's "Nepal President ratifies the cil of Ministers after a series of reached PM residence to get have a provision for the House are likely to protest and even file proposal of parliament dissolu- meetings with the party's leader- first-hand knowledge on the is- dissolution, the move is likely to a writ in the Supreme court chal- Punjab unit tion presented forward by Prime ship and ministers on Saturday. sue. However, PM remained re- be challenged in the court. Sub- lenging this position taken by NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minis- Minister KP Sharma Oli," Presi- Oli was under pressure to served and didn't say anything sequently, the cabinet has for- Prime Minister Oli. ter and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday congratu- lated Raghav Chadha on being appointed as co- People of Bengal want incharge of party's Punjab unit. "Con- gratulations and best wishes to Seeing no headway in talks change : Amit Shah Raghav Chadha for being ap- pointed as seh-prabhari of Pun- jab," the CM tweeted. Earlier in AGENCY the day, party's Punjab unit BIRBHUM, DEC 20 tweeted, "AAP MLA from Rajin- der Nagar and vice-chairman of Union Home Minister Amit Delhi Jal Board Raghav Chadha Shah on Sunday said that the has been appointed as co-in- turnout of a sizeable number charge of Aam Aadmi Party, with Centre: Farmer Unions of people in his roadshow at Punjab." Birbhum indicated that peo- ple of West Bengal are "an- AGENCY gry" with Chief Minister Ma- ASI removes cap on NEW DELHI, DEC 20 Govt to explain mata Banerjee and want a benefits of new change. the number of As the farmers' protest entered 25th "This roadshow shows BJP chief Dilip Ghosh and visitors to protected day on Sunday around 40 farmers' farm laws to farmers the anger of Bengal's public other party leaders. monuments unions have been demanding a com- NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi towards Mamata didi. People Shah further said, "This plete repeal of the recently passed government is reaching out to farm- of West Bengal want change. change is to stop the infiltra- NEW DELHI: The Archaeologi- three farm laws while several rounds It is not to change just one tion from Bangladesh. This cal Survey of India (ASI) on ers across the country, with Union Sunday removed the cap on the of talks between the government and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Chief Minister. The change is change is to stop the violence number of visitors to its protect- farmers' leaders have failed to break Tomar's eight-page letter to protes- for development and in the state. It is to stop the ed monuments. the deadlock. tors being translated into various ver- progress and West Bengal," toll taxes. The change is to The decision was taken in ac- The unions have stated that they nacular languages. Shah said at a roadshow here. end the nephew's dadagiri (in cordance with a communica- are not seeing any pragmatic Sources stated that the letter which "I have not seen a road- an apparent reference to Tri- tion issued by the government changes from government's side. was written primarily for Hindi speak- show like this in my life. This namool Congress (TMC) MP on the updated Standard Op- Manjit Singh Rai, President of ing states will now be circulated roadshow shows love and and Mamata Banerjee's erating Procedures (SOPs) on the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) at of talking big in front of the media joined us be it Madhya Pradesh, Ra- among the farming community trust of people of Bengal to- nephew Abhishek Baner- December 18, the Ministry of Singhu border told ANI, "The gov- but in reality, nothing much has jasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and across the country in an effort to gar- wards Prime Minister Naren- jee)." Culture said in a statement. ernment is delaying our matter un- changed." Till date, more than 25 other such states," said Rai on the is- ner their support for the Central farm dra Modi. People of Bengal "We will take Bengal on It, however, said that the su- necessarily. They should have re- farmers who participated in the sue of the massive support from oth- laws and explain the issues in detail want change. Give one an onward path. We will perintending archaeologist in a language familiar to them. pealed the laws by now and send the protest died following various health er states. Farmers have been protest- The Bharatiya Janata Party has de- chance to Narendra Modi. make a Bengal of Subhash (SA) would decide the total farmers back to their homes. Al- conditions. Farmer's protest has ing on different borders of the na- We will make 'Sonar Bangla' Babu's dreams. Wherever number of visitors per day in cided to get the Union Agriculture though the government has stated gained massive support from the tional capital since November 26 Minister's letter, detailing the bene- in five years," he added. BJP has got an opportunity the ASI-protected monuments that before the new year begins there state of Punjab with several people against the three newly enacted farm Accompanying Shah at the states have developed," after discussions with the re- fits of the new farm laws, in major would be a solution, however prag- helping voluntarily at various bor- laws- Farmers' Produce Trade and vernacular languages of the coun- the roadshow here was state he added. spective district magistrate matically speaking, we are not see- ders across Delhi. Along with sever- Commerce (Promotion and Facilita- who is the chairman of the try. "As many don't read or write District Disaster Management ing anything hopeful or even close to al sections of the society several op- tion) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Em- Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states, Committee. that." position parties came out in support powerment and Protection) Agree- demand has come from states to "The ASI has removed the cap In addition, Manjit said, "It is of farmers. "Would also like to add, ment on Price Assurance and Farm translate it in English first, and later Corona cases on on the number of visitors to its getting colder each day and adversi- that this movement is not limited to Services Act, 2020, and the Essential to the vernacular languages spoken Centrally Protected Monu- ties of elderly people are increasing. one state or one community. From Commodities (Amendment) Act, in various states respectively," a ments/sites. Government has adopted the policy across the country, people have 2020. source said. decline in Haryana CHANDIGARH, DEC 20 Vij’s condition HP signs MoU with Deptt of Posts Haryana's COVID-19 caseload surged to 2,57,644 on Sunday We will definitely improving: Dr with 577 fresh infections, while the death toll climbed to 2,821 as five more people succumbed to the disease, the state health Dubey department's daily bulletin said. CHANDIGARH: Haryana Home for transport of TB samples Of the latest fatalities, two each were reported from Farid- get our SYL water abad and Sonipat and one from Kurukshetra, it said. and Health Minister, Mr. Anil Vij, who is undergoing treatment for BUREAU for investigation of Tuberculosis shall be The fresh cases were reported from Gurgaon (128) and COVID-19 at Medanta-The SHIMLA, DEC 20 submitted by the health staff to the nearest Faridabad (61), among other districts, according to the bul- Medicity is feeling better and Post office, well packed as per the Biomed- letin.
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