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PM Now Targets ‘Double Yuvraj’ NAYEAR AZAD | DC Double Yuvraj During the PATNA, NOV c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA CHENNAI I MONDAY 2 I NOVEMBER 2020 WEATHER STATE | 3 WORLD | 5 SPORT | 8 Max: 33OC Min: 25OC Speculation rife as US polls: Focus turns CSK end their season Rainfall: Nill Gurumurthy meets Rajini to key states with a win ASTROGUIDE Sarvari: Aippasi 17 deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 16 No. 218 Established 1938 | 8 PAGES| `3.00 Tithi: Thuvithiyai Star: Krithigai Rahukalam: 7.30 am to 9 pm Yamagandam: GST collections in Oct Hizb chief killed 10.30 am to 12 noon PRAYERS Fajar: 4.50 am cross `1 lakh cr mark in encounter Zohar: 11.58 am YUSUF JAMEEL |DC Asar: 3.13 pm India slams Pak’s move SRINAGAR, NOV. 1 on Gilgit-Baltistan Maghrib: 5.43 pm ■ Tax revenue returns to pre-Covid Feb figures 6.55 pm In what their officials New Delhi, Nov. 1: Isha: SANGEETHA G. | FC termed as a “big achieve- India on Sunday SUNSET TODAY 5.42 PM CHENNAI, NOV. 1 ment”, the security forces slammed Pakistan for SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.04 AM GREEN SHOOTS, finally? on Sunday killed the its attempt to accord Gross Goods and “operational chief” of provincial status to the MOONRISE TODAY 7.03 PM February: `1,05,366 crore MOONSET TOMORROW 8.55 AM Services Tax (GST) col- This uptick in collections on Jammu and Kashmir’s ‘so-called Gilgit- TN agri minister lections crossed `1 lakh frontline indigenous mili- Baltistan’, saying it is crore mark in October, March: `97,597 crore a month-on-month basis tant outfit Hizb-ul- intended to camouflage first time since February. and over the same month Mujahideen during a fire- the “illegal” occupation Doraikkanu laid to CORONA GST collections regis- April: `32,172 crore fight on the peripheries of of the region by tered growth both on a last year is quite a welcome one Srinagar. Islamabad. rest in Papanasam C UNT year-on-year and month- May: `62,151 crore for the government and the Saif-ul-Islam Mir, a resi- Spokesperson in the on-month basis. economy in particular. Some dent of Malangpora in Ministry of External DC CORRESPONDENTS CASES DEATHS The gross GST revenue June: `90,917 crore south Kashmir, who was Affairs (MEA) Anurag THANJAVUR/CHENNAI, collected in October potential reasons for this surge known in militant ranks Srivastava said India NOV. 1 (+45,473) (+470) stood at `1,05,155 crore, July: `87,422 crore could be the increased demand on by the pseudonyms of Dr “firmly rejects” the 10 per cent higher than account of the festivities and Saifullah and Ghazi attempt by Pakistan to The mortal remains of `95,379 crore collected in August: `86,449 crore Haider, had taken on the bring material changes agriculture minister R. 82,28,867 1,22,621 the same month last year input tax credit/other similar role of Hizb commander to a part of Indian terri- Doraikannu, 72, were and `95,480 crore collect- September: `95,480 crore reconciliations which were due for after its “operation com- tory which is under laid to rest at Vanniyadi covid19india.org ed in September 2020. mander” Riyaz Naikoo Islamabad’s “illegal and village near Rajagiri in During the month, rev- businesses in September,” said was killed along with his forcible occupation” and Papanasam on Sunday. October: `1,05,155 crore STATE GOVERNMENT BULLETINS enues from import of Abhishek Jain, tax partner, EY. aide in a gunfight with the asked the neighbouring He died of Covid-19 late goods were 9 per cent security forces in Pul- country to immediately Saturday night in a hos- higher and the revenues wama district on May 6 vacate such areas. pital in Chennai. The (+2,504) from domestic transac- once again improved, this year. “His killing, body was brought to 11,152 tions, including import of mostly due to the festive like that of Naikoo in operations in Kokernag Rajagiri, his native TN: 7,27,026 services, were 11 per cent season demand and nor- May, is a big achievement area of Anantnag district place on Thanjavur- higher than the revenues malisation of businesses. of the security forces in on July 8, 2016. Kumbakonam road, on WORLD CONFIRMED CASES from these sources dur- Almost all the states their fight against mili- Mr Kumar said Sunday afternoon. It ing the same month last October. GST collections had and Union territories, tants in J&K,” said IGP Saifullah was gunned was kept at his house year. The government has dropped well below the except Delhi, Sikkim, (Kashmir range) Vijay down during an and then near an 4,66,91,230 Of this, Central GST settled `25,091 crore to psychological mark of Rs Daman Diu, Kumar at a hurriedly-call- encounter in the Rangreth Ayyanar temple for the DEATHS (CGST) was `19,193 crore, CGST and `19,427 crore 1 lakh crore since the Lakshadweep and ed press conference here. area on the peripheries of public to pay homage. State GST (SGST) `25,411 to SGST from IGST as lock-down, declared in Andaman and Nicobar The police said Saifullah Srinagar. Another person Later it was wrapped in crore, Integrated GST regular settlement. The march to contain the pan- Islands registered year- had joined the Hizb ranks who had been holed up the national tricolor, 11,97,702 (IGST) `52,540 crore, total revenue earned by demic Covid-19. After on-year growth in way back in 2014 and was with him at a private taken to Vanniyadi vil- including `23375 crore Central government and making a recovery to October. Among the larg- known to have worked house during the security lage and laid to rest with COUNTRIES, AREAS WITH collected on import of the State governments `90,917 crore in June, col- er states, Maharashtra closely with its popular forces’ cordon-and-search full state honours. CASES 215 goods and cess was `8,011 after regular settlement lections had dipped in grew 5 per cent, Internet-savvy comman- operation was taken into Corona prevention mea- crore. A total of 80 lakh in October is `44,285 cr July and August. Karnataka 5 per cent, der Burhan Muzaffar custody, and according to sures were strictly fol- worldometers.info GSTR-3B returns were ore for CGST and `44,839 However, in the past two Tamil Nadu 13 per cent Wani, who was killed dur- officials is being inten- lowed at the burial. filed for the month of crore for the SGST. months, collections have and Gujarat 15 per cent. ing the security forces’ sively interrogated. ■ P3 2 held for hoisting separate state flag TN CROSSES Chennai: Two men were arrested MHA to tighten in the city on Sunday for violating the order by the police against 1 CR MARK IN hoisting a separate flag represent- ing Tamil Nadu to mark its forma- COVID TESTING Covid protocols tion day on Sunday. According to the sources, tension DC CORRESPONDENT DC CORRESPONDENT the situation has wors- prevailed in Chennai‘s with agency inputs NEW DELHI, NOV. 1 ened in Delhi, Bihar Adambakkam in the morning, CHENNAI, NOV. 1 and some other north- after around 20 members of Naam The Union home min- ern states due to factors Tamizhar Katchi gathered in Indira Tamil Nadu crossed a istry is closely monitor- such as increasing air Gandhi Nagar to hoist the flag to significant milestone of ing the Corona situa- pollution, festive sea- celebrate the state formation day. testing more than one tion in the country par- son, Assembly elec- crore samples for coron- ticularly in cities such tions and the so-called avirus so far with the as Delhi where cases "Conora fatigue" among testing of 73,012 speci- have been rising again the people. Sanitiser set afire, mens on Sunday. The for the last four days. Home ministry is the state recorded 2,504 new The ministry is coordi- nodal ministry to co- boys suffer burns infections, taking the nating with the Union ordinate with states ■ overall tally to 7.27 lakh health ministry and is and Union Territories REPORT ON PAGE 4 while 30 deaths mounted likely to come up with to deal with the spread the toll to 11,152, the additional guidelines of the corona virus. COUNTER health bulletin said. as corona cases are Delhi has been record- POINT With the government expected to show a ing more than 5,000 machinery emphasising sharp increase in view daily for the last four on testing, the total num- of the winter and fes- days. It is felt that fol- ber of samples tested tive seasons. lowing the Bihar touched 1,00,29,222, it Senior home ministry assembly elections the said. Tamil Nadu does officials said a team virus could show a not use Rapid Antigen headed by home secre- sharp rise as some of Diagnostic Tests (RADT) tary Ajay Bhalla was the labourers will once and all tests are RT-PCR reviewing the situation again return to the (Reverse Transcription regularly. "The Centre respective states where Polymerase Chain Rea is keeping a close watch they were working ear- ction based). Chennai on the situation all over lier. logged 686 new cases the country, and partic- Prime Minister reaching the grim mile- ularly in pockets in Narendra Modi had in stone of 2,00,533 till date. Delhi, Bihar, Haryana his address to the Recoveries in Tamil and parts of Uttar nation a few days ago Nadu continued to out- Pradesh which could requested people to be number the new infec- see further rise in the extremely careful dur- tions with 3,644 people days ahead," the offi- ing the coming festive walking out of health cials said, adding the and winter seasons to care facilities taking the home secretary has ensure that the spread aggregate to 6,94,880 so been holding a series of of the deadly virus can far.
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