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( ) RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 *$ *+ ,*-%#.. !/.0 !"#$% O & ' ! )* + ##, -#.!'#-0 11,-! "# $%& ' "()()*+ (,-) !""#"! $!% & '( &) $% &' oronavirus took second " Clife in India on on Friday killing a 68-year-old woman in Delhi’s Janakpuri area. The Union Health Ministry and the Delhi Government officials # said the woman had come in contact with her affected son, who has travel history to Switzerland and Italy between day after it was announced February 5 and 22. Her death Athat the 13th edition of the was caused due to co-morbid- Indian Premier League will take ity (diabetes and hyperten- place behind closed doors, the sion), they said, adding she had Board of Control and Cricket in tested positive for COVID-19. India (BCCI) on Friday sus- As the number of positive pended the start of this year’s IPL cases reached 82 on Friday — from March 29 to April 15 and eight more since Thursday also called off the remaining two night, which includes the India-South Africa ODIs in woman and a 76-year-old man Lucknow and Kolkata owing to from Karnataka who became the COVID-19 threat after the the country’s first coronavirus visiting players “expressed fatality besides 17 foreign !#")*+ , -" & "' unwillingness” to continue !"# nationals— several States have because of the rising positive $ # % & '(# started shutting down schools, like shopping malls, theatres under surveillance; it declared ing over 100 envoys, about the cases in the host country. theatres and colleges, and many and educational institutions to masks including N95 and hand proactive steps taken by it to “The BCCI has decided to against Proteas, senior BCCI Apart from cricket, coun- Kolkata) has been postponed. public events. avoid large gatherings. sanitisers as ‘essential com- combat the menace; and it suspend the IPL 2020 till 15th official said, “The South try’s top-flight football tour- Globally, the English States like Karnataka, The Centre, too, continued modities’ up to June 30, 2020 decided to send an Air India April 2020, as a precautionary African team was unwilling to nament — the Indian Super Premier League and European Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and with its slew of measures: It amid reports of their shortage flight to Milan on Saturday to measure against the ongoing take any further part in the League Season 6 final in football’s showpiece event, the Maharashtra on Friday donned intensified tracing of the con- and black marketing; it briefed bring back the 220 Indian stu- coronavirus (COVID-19) situ- series due to the rising number Margao on Saturday, will take Champions League, has also battle gear to fight the pan- firmed cases, resulting in iden- the representatives of more dents stranded there even as it ation,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah of positive cases in India. The place without spectators and been put on hold. England’s demic by announcing the clo- tification of more than 4,000 than 130 countries and inter- brought back the second batch said in a statement. players seemed to be in panic also all the remaining 28 cricket tour of Sri Lanka fell sure of various public places contacts who have been put national organisations, includ- of 44 Indians from Iran. This came hours after the mode and wanted to go back matches of the I-League will be victim to the virus and the After China, Italy and Iran Delhi Government suspended home at the earliest.” played in empty stadiums. The French Football League are the second and third most- all sporting activities in the On Friday, the final day of Blue Tigers FIFA World Cup announced that all league 1 and affected due to the pandemic. national Capital due to the the Ranji Trophy between Qualifier match against Qatar league 2 games would be on !"# Air India, however, ever-growing health crisis which Saurashtra and Bengal, was (26 March in Bhubaneswar) hold until further decided to cancel its regular has already led to the post- played in an empty stadium. and Afghanistan (9 June in notice. New Delhi: Amid reports of New Delhi: After JNU, Jamia flights to Italy, France, ponement of ISSF World Cup New Delhi: The Supreme an early conclusion of the Millia Islamia on Friday sus- Germany, Spain, Israel, South for Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun Court on Friday decided that ongoing Budget Session of pended classes till March 31 Korea and Sri Lanka till April (March 15-25), India Open from March 16 it will take up Parliament due to coronavirus and advised students to avoid 30. So far, India has Golf (March 19-22) and no R for hearing only urgent matters scare, Pralhad Joshi on Friday large gathering in the wake of evacuated 1,031 people, fans engagement in India Open and no persons except lawyers asserted that there was no the coronavirus outbreak. Also, including many foreigners Badminton (March 24-29). concerned will be allowed question of curtailing of the students at IIT-D have been on the request of their The BCCI statement made ! " inside its courtrooms. Session. asked to vacate hostels. respective it clear that IPL remains “sus- countries. pended” and “not postponed” which means that there is no nations, India has the highest clarity on whether the event number of confirmed coron- will start on April 15. he SAARC nations on avirus cases at 81 followed by In case IPL starts on April TFriday decided to jointly 22 in Pakistan, eight in 15, it will be a 40-day compe- fight the coronavirus pandem- Maldives, three each in Sri tition as the ICC Future Tours ic. Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal Lanka and Bangladesh, and one Programme (FTP) of other and Bhutan welcomed Prime each in Bhutan and Nepal. international teams will make Minister Narendra Modi’s pro- Together, we can set an it virtually impossible to stretch posal for formulation of a joint example to the world and con- it beyond that point. strategy by the SAARC group- tribute to a healthier planet, Also, there is a possibility ing through a video-confer- Modi told his counterparts in that the tournament will feature encing of the leaders of the SAARC. “I would like to pro- more double-headers and at countries to fight the global Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, pose the leadership of SAARC least five optional venues are menace. Nepal Prime Minister KP nations chalk out a strong being kept ready after State Modi’s appeal through Sharma Oli and Bhutanese strategy to fight coronavirus. Governments of Maharashtra, Twitter in the morning got a premier Lotay Tshering. We could discuss, via video- Karnataka and Delhi refused prompt response from Sri Pakistan and Bangladesh, how- conferencing, ways to keep permission for the games. Lankan President Gotabaya ever, are yet to respond. our citizens healthy,” he As for the bilateral series Rajapaksa, Maldivian President Among the SAARC said. - / $ $ ,% ,' , 1 the speaker as assembly ses- sion starts from March 16. ncertainty continued on The Chief Minister also Uthe fate of 19 Congress urged Tandon to exercise his MLAs presently lodged in a constitutional authority to private resort in Bengaluru. ensure the MLAs held ‘cap- Amidst talks that they would tive’ at Bengaluru are freed. reach Bhopal in the evening, After meeting the Chief Minister Kamal Nath Governor Nath speaking to called on the Governor Lalji the media on being asked Tandon urging him that his about the BJP demand of a party MLAs should be freed floor test said, “You (BJP) and brought back to Madhya can’t take MLAs hostage and Pradesh. then demand floor test.” For Meanwhile, the arrival of proving majority in the floor Congress rebels from of the House, the MLAs Bengaluru was expected at should be allowed to exercise Bhopal airport on Friday their franchise in free and fair 2' 2 2'- ' evening, but later it was can- manner, added Nath. $ celled. When asked to comment $ & ' Nath in a letter written to whether Assembly session the governor, who returned could be postponed over Narendra Modi. Scindia was from Lucknow on coronavirus threat, Nath left part of the Congress Party for Thursday night, accused the the scene saying the corona yotiraditya Scindia, who had almost two decades. BJP of indulging in horse virus has already entered pol- Jrecently joined the Bharatiya trading for the past few days. itics in Madhya Pradesh. Janata Party (BJP), filed his He questioned the man- Earlier, the Parliamentary nomination papers for the ner in which the BJP leaders Affairs minister Govind Singh March 26 Rajya Sabha polls on handed resignation of 19 had claimed that in the Friday. The senior leader was MLAs to speaker NP wake of corona virus accompanied by BJP leader and Prajapati, alleging violation of Assembly session have been former Chief Minister of constitutional procedures and postponed in many states and Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh transparency. the same is being considered Chouhan. Polls for 55 Rajya Nath in the missive also in MP as well. Sabha seats in different states are referred to Bengaluru inci- Singh also called on the scheduled to be held on March dent in which Madhya speaker NP Prajapati object- 26. Pradesh ministers –Jitu ing the manner in which the On Wednesday, Scindia midst reports that 19 Patwari and Lakhan Singh resignations of the 19 joined the BJP in New Delhi in AMLAs primarily of were manhandled by ‘goons Congress MLAs were handed the presence of party President Jyotiraditya Scindia camp and Karnataka police’ as well. to him (speaker) by BJP lead- JP Nadda. He had resigned could arrive at Bhopal airport Importantly, Nath men- ers. from Congress a day earlier after on Friday, section 144 of the tioned in the letter that his He also demanded a meeting Union Home Minister CrPC was imposed in the government was open to a probe into the resignations of Amit Shah and Prime Minister Airport area.