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* # @ / "& ! $!A " $!A " A VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# 78 (7" +309 +$()(+)& ,+- .$+-/0 & " ( 1 157 5 471/7 *6/76 4E7&**4. 16 D. /74 4 56* *&14 1671 76014 6F7G 7/*O 1**6 *( 7/*016 1D76 6 6 4 16 1& 16/01 /71/6 D/711/ E)1D1/1 4 56 8:9 77& <?> B1 ! 7 1" ! " /- 42/ 44: +9 1 # $#%$ &# &161 Prime Minister Narendra Modi who addressed three more ral- oters of Bihar defied coro- lies in the State on Wednesday Vnavirus as the provisional did not mention Chirag’s name turnout of 54.26 per cent in the or said anything to clear the air first phase of the Assembly among the cadres of the BJP 4 56* may quit Mayawati’s party and polls for 71 seats matched the about speculation that Chirag join the SP. figure of 2015. It is expected enjoys the blessings of the BJP he nomination of BSP can- But an BSP MLA said the that the final percentage could big wigs. Tdidate Ramji Gautam for party has challenged their affi- go still higher as the Election This is the first major elec- the Rajya Sabha was held valid davit, saying the four MLAs Commission is updating the tion being conducted amid the on Wednesday even after four were present at the time of the data with more inputs from 71 raging Covid-19 pandemic in party MLAs claimed that their nomination on Monday. constituencies spread across the country. According to the signatures on it were forged . He said the party had sent 16 districts. provisional data, the highest But the papers filed by the pictures to the Returning Election Commission poll percentage is recorded in Samajwadi Party-supported Officer to substantiate this. Secretary-General Umesh Banka district at 59.57 per independent candidate Prakash The four MLAs were Sinha told reporters that the cent. It had recorded 56.43 per Bajaj were rejected after a reportedly accompanied by “projected” voter turnout was cent in 2015 polls. scrutiny of the nominations two others when they met the expected to be more than those While the overall number filed for the November 9 polls Returning Officer, submitting in the last Assembly and Lok was satisfactory for a State like for 10 seats from Uttar Pradesh in writing that their signa- Sabha polls. Bihar which is not known for which are falling vacant. tures on senior party leader The large turnout of huge turnouts, the police firing “The nomination of Bajaj Ramji Gautam’s nomination “maskless” people in the rallies during the immersion of has been rejected. Gautam’s papers were forged . of political leaders during the Goddess Durga’s idols two days papers have been found valid,” One of the rebels admitted last two weeks showed that ago played a spoiler in Munger. the office of the Returning that she met Samajwadi Party despite repeated appeal by the .The district registered the least Officer said. president Akhilesh Yadav, while Prime Minister himself, the voter turnout at 47.36 per cent. With the rejection of busi- some others in the group of six people were not ready to live It had recorded 52.24 per cent nessman Bajaj’s nomination, all a third of BSP’s total strength under the fear of the virus turnout in 2015. 10 candidates in the fray from in the assembly — expressed anymore. On Wednesday, they The poll panel said since UP are expected to win unop- dissatisfaction over the way exhibited the same disdain for the announcement of the elec- posed. their own party treated them. the virus and queued up before !" tions, 534 arms, 193 cartridges Earlier, in the day four of They, however, did not the polling booths, much to the and three bombs were seized the 10 BSP MLAs who had pro- specifically target Bahujan relief of poll officials. and the Maoists. The situation Polling was conducted till 26 Naxal-affected constituen- 2015 was just 271 votes. from the areas that went to posed Gautam’s name had filed Samaj Party supremo The majority of the 71 is near normal and the influ- 3 pm in four Naxal-affected cies, polling was held till 4 pm. The presence of Chirag polls in the first phase. As many an affidavit, saying their sig- Mayawati. seats came under what was ence of the Maoists is limited constituencies of Chainpur, Of the 71 seats, 12 of them Paswan-led LJP has turned the as 159 people were detained as natures on the papers were Without taking names, a once known as the “flaming to only some pockets now. Nabinagar, Kutumba, and were decided by very narrow contest interesting as his party a preventive measure during forged. BSP leader indirectly laid the fields of Bihar” due to bloody Still, in the 35 Naxal-hit areas, Rafiganj while in the other five margins in the 2015 polls. The has fielded candidates on each the polling on Wednesday, the Their dramatic claim came blame for the dramatic devel- clashes between the private the polling hours were cur- Naxal-hit constituencies it went victory margin of the CPI(M- and every seats against the poll panel said. amid hints from them and opment on the SP, with which army of upper caste landlords tailed. up to 5 pm. In the remaining L) candidate from Tarari in JD(U) candidate. Incidentally, Continued on Page 11 two other BSP MLAs that they Continued on Page 11 ! P P " "# ! R ! " "" international scheduled flights #" $ ! may be allowed on selected $ ! ! routes by the competent " #" authority on case to case basis, ! K 67 /74 the circular added. 67 /74 & " K The scheduled interna- ** 67 /74 ' ( " he Directorate General of tional passenger services have day after the US assured )" TCivil Aviation (DGCA) on been suspended in India since AIndia of its support in ll schools in Delhi will & $ Wednesday extended the sus- March 23 due to the pandem- “defending its sovereignty,” in Acontinue to be closed till pension of scheduled interna- ic. But special international a sharp reaction on Wednesday further orders in view of the tional commercial passenger flights have been operating China said the border standoff June 15 in the Galwan valley in Beijing “the border affairs Covid situation, Deputy Chief services to/from India till under the Vande Bharat in Ladakh was a bilateral mat- where 20 Indian Army per- between China and India are Minister Manish Sisodia !"# $ * +, ! November 30 amid the coron- Mission since May and under ter and there was no “space” for sonnel, including commanding matters between the two coun- announced on Wednesday. The ! avirus pandemic. Fresh con- the bilateral ‘air bubble’ with a third party. Beijing also said officer, were killed. tries.” number of cases in the nation- " ! " cerns over international travel selected countries since July. situation at the LAC is gener- “Our leaders and our citi- “Now the situation across al Capital is on the rise. from parents that they are real- O &!" have been raised with another Continued on Page 11 ally stable. zens see with increasing clari- the border is generally stable Parents are not in favour of ly concerned about whether it . ! " $ wave of infections in the USA These remarks by the ty that the CCP (Chinese and the two sides are in resolv- reopening schools either, is safe to reopen schools. It is !. " and European countries. Chinese Foreign Ministry were Communist Party) is no friend ing relevant issues through Sisodia said at an online Press not. Wherever schools have "" / In a circular, the DGCA in response to the USA to democracy, the rule of law consultations and negotiations,” conference. reopened, Covid-19 cases 0 . said, “In partial modification of Secretary of State Mike transparency...I am glad to say he said. It was in an obvious ref- Parents of children have among children have risen. So . ! " circular dated 26-06-2020, the * + Pompeo’s statement that the US that the US and India are tak- erence to the military and welcomed the Government’s we have decided that as of now O 1 " competent authority has fur- * , stands firmly with India to con- ing steps to strengthen our diplomatic level talks between decision to keep schools closed schools in the national capital / / " ther extended the validity of front threats to its sovereignty. cooperation against all manner India and China to resolve the till further notice. will not reopen. They will con- &!"$ circular issued on the subject New Delhi:Hong Kong has He made these observations in of threats and not just those standoff. While online learning has tinue to be closed till further cited above regarding sched- banned Air India flights from New Delhi after the 2+2 min- posed by the Chinese commu- Wang criticised the US’ been challenging and does not orders,” Sisodia said. P uled international commercial Mumbai till November 10 after isterial level dialogue with nist party,” Pompeo had said. Indo-Pacific concept, saying match the social environment Universities and schools O P passenger services to/from a few passengers on its flight India where the aggressive and Beijing termed his state- “the Indo-Pacific strategy pro- of a school, nothing is more across the country have been &'( India till 2359 hrs IST of 30th earlier this week tested positive expansionist behaviour of ment as an attempt to impose posed by the US is preaching important than the safety of closed since March 16, when " November 2020”. for Covid-19 post arrival, a China and the ongoing tension American hegemony in the outdated Cold War mentality “our children”, said parents.

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