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Minister Mamata Banerjee on chairperson Sonia Gandhi, India reported 354 deaths, the Wednesday wrote to top NCP’s Sharad Pawar, DMK’s + + 89822 Mamata with the Rohingyas highest single-day spike in 104 " Opposition leaders, including MK Stalin, Samajwadi Party’s and the infiltrators. days, the Centre on Sonia Gandhi and Sharad Akhilesh Yadav, RJD’s Tejashwi ention of her “gotra” or Claiming that he “never felt Wednesday asked States and # Pawar, saying the time has Yadav, Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Msub-caste by Mamata the need to reveal my gotra… Union Territories to identify come for a “united and effec- Thackeray, JMM’s Hemant Banerjee tended to add more But Mamata Didi due to the low vaccine-coverage pockets, tive struggle against BJP’s Soren, AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal, toxicity to the never-so-wit- fear of PM Modi and due to the particularly in districts report- attacks on democracy and the BJD’s Naveen Patnaik, YSR nessed polarised campaign fear of losing polls has told her ing a surge in new infections, Constitution” and “presenting Congress’ Jagan Reddy, NC’s with the BJP and AIMIM chief gotra,” Singh wondered “if and take corrective action. a credible alternative to the Farooq Abdullah, PDP’s Asaduddin Owaisi attacking Sandilya is also the gotra of Five States namely people of India”. Mehbooba Mufti and the Bengal Chief Minister for Rohingyas and infiltrators.” He Maharashtra, Karnataka, She said the talks on form- CPI(ML)’s Dipankar trying to appease the majority also said that the Chief Minister Kerala, Punjab and ing an anti-BJP alliance should Bhattacharya. electorate while the Trinamool was “scared now, that’s why Chhattisgarh cumulatively be held after the Assembly Congress hitting back com- sometimes she’s questioning accounted for 79.30 per cent of elections, results for which will ! " paring some of saffron leaders the Election Commission, the total active cases in the be declared on May 2. with rakshas or demons. sometimes she’s attacking BJP country. Maharashtra leads Facing a tough battle It all started when the workers like Suvendu with over 61 per cent of the against the BJP in the Assembly Chief Minister referred to her (Adhikari) and sometimes active caseload of the country. polls, Mamata’s letter is being visit to a temple. She said that using her gotra. But I can say National Health Authority seen as an attempt to portray P OP while offering the puja she with certainty that she will (NHA) CEO and Empowered ing the day. herself as a rallying point for all mentioned her “gotra” as “Maa, lose these elections.” Group on Covid Vaccination On vaccination coverage of parties opposed to the BJP Maati, Manush” though she TMC MP Mohua Moitra chairperson Dr RS Sharma healthcare workers (HCWs) which has mounted an aggres- also told the priests that she was quick to react. Taking on and Union Health Secretary and frontline workers (FLWs), sive campaign to dislodge her originally belonged to the the Union Minister, Moitra Rajesh Bhushan chaired a high- the States and the UTs were from power in West Bengal + Minister A Raja, Udhayanidhi, using abusive and filthy lan- Sandilya gotra, one of the high- said whether he belonged to the level meeting with Health advised to ensure that only eli- after a 10-year rule. Mamata is 765442 son of DMK leader MK Stalin, guages in their speeches. est sub-castes of the Brahmins. “Chotiwala Raksha clan” Secretaries, mission directors of gible beneficiaries were regis- pitted against his former lieu- and Dayanidhi Maran, grand The Election Commission Mamata earlier said, “I vis- (ponytailed demonic clan). NHM and immunisation offi- tered and inoculated under tenant Suvendu Adhikari. he DMK, which pre-poll nephew of Karunanidhi. has issued a notice to A Raja ited a temple where the priest She wrote “Union Minister cers of all States and UTs dur- the respective categories. Incidentally, around 23 Tsurveys predicted would With the word about these over his comments and asked asked my ‘gotra’. I told him Maa Giriraj says Mamata’s from Opposition parties had come sweep the elections in Tamil public utterances apparently him to explain his remarks, fail- Maati Manush (TMC’s cam- ‘Rohingya clan’. Proud of it. Far together at the “United India Nadu, is now on the defensive antagonising a large section of ing which the poll body will paign slogan hailing Mother better than being from the Rally” organised by Mamata in following the alleged “deroga- women voters in the State and “take a decision without any earth and people), but actual- Chotiwala rakshasa January 2019 to resolve to tory” speeches against women the AIADMK and the BJP rak- further reference” to the former ly I’m sandilya.” clan!” P defeat the BJP in the Lok Sabha in general and the late mother ing it up continuously, a per- Union Minister. As a prompt reaction came The BJP leaders like MP % & elections that year. But the of Chief Minister Edappadi turbed Stalin has been forced Raja replied that he had not from a sharp-tongued BJP Locket Chatterjee, immediate- BJP not only made a big dent Palaniswami in particular by to issue a circular to the DMK said anything that violated the leader and Union Minister ly joined the twitter war attack- in Mamata’s own citadel by the likes of former Union cadre cautioning them against Model Code of Conduct. Giriraj Singh, who linked ing Moitra. 26%512*21 ' (# special court here on !" #"" $ #$ % . %+ AWednesday discharged police officers GL Singhal, )& Tarun Barot and Anaju % Chaudhary in the 2004 Ishrat % +% Jahan alleged fake encounter & case. #+ *692 “The CBI has not men- ( tioned anything specific against ) %.%*2 hief Minister Shivraj Singh the sanction order (in which * *692 managed to take his duty rifle CChouhan has said that the Gujarat Government $ he Reserve Bank of India youth was gunned down which is under public awareness campaigns declined sanction to prosecute Ton Wednesday extended Awhile his mother sustained investigation. should be conducted through the three accused) which also !" the timeline by six months to bullet injuries after an infuri- Last year in the month of all religious leaders, social leads to believe the act of appli- comply with its guidelines ated SAF police constable October 2020 victim and organizations, communities, cants/accused was in discharge #%&&%'(%)%' related to recurring online opened fire at family members accused got engaged and were political parties, Jan Abhiyan of official duties,” the court of , transactions with Additional of girl who broke engagement scheduled to marry in May Parishad, NCC, NSS etc. to Special CBI judge VR Raval - Factor of Authentication with him at Shahpura area late 2021 but the obsessive and con- prevent the spread of Corona observed. (AFA), but reprimanded play- in the night on servative nature of the accused infection in the state. The The CBI on March 20 con- . O0 ers saying non-compliance is a Wednesday. surfaced creating difficulties number of beds for the treat- veyed to the court that the State $ “serious concern”. The SAF personnel identi- with the girl who was spied and ment of Corona should be Government had declined RBI had directed all banks fied as Ajit Singh Chouhan is enquire and threaten her increased in all districts to the sanction for prosecution of " including RRBs, NBFCs, and posted with 7th Battalion was friends regarding her where- maximum and excellent # & ' the three accused. " * payment gateways to comply arrested by the police after he abouts and to whom she used arrangements should be made ()* + The court in its October 1% with AFA for automatic pay- opened fire at Ritesh and his to talk. for treatment. " 2020 order observed that they - ment by March 31, 2021, in mother in which Ritesh died Annoyed from the psy- Chouhan said that the had “acted in their official 2 order to make digital transac- while his mother escaped with chotic behaviour soon the girl instructions issued earlier locked down on Sunday will night to 6 am on Monday duties,” so the probe agency was tion safe and protect customers critical injuries. estranged the relationship and regarding prevention of coro- remain locked down on Sunday morning, depending on the required to obtain sanction from fraudulent transac- Apart from the broken broke the marriage. na will remain unchanged. The only. The time of lockdown will circumstances of the districts. for prosecution.Under section tions.However, some of the relationship issue the accused Continued on Page 3 districts which were being be from 9 or 10 pm on Saturday Continued on Page 3 197 of the Criminal Procedure $ players failed to meet the dead- Code, sanction is required for line and approached the RBI prosecuting government ser- seeking extension of the dead- vants for anything done in the line. ' + , - ./P % O. / P discharge of official duty. ,-. “It is, however, noted that Ishrat Jahan, a 19-year-old the framework has not been 45 156 the Karnataka High Court both the sides. under RDPR department party president and other woman from Mumbra near fully implemented even after granted permission for a probe In a five-page letter, bypassing Minister-in-charge,” senior party leaders in the Mumbai, was killed along with the extended timeline. This arnataka Chief Minister into “Operation Kamala Eswarappa complained to the wrote Eswarappa. party”. Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh non-compliance is noted with KBS Yediyurappa is facing (lotus)” that involved gaining Governor about “serious laps- On the face of it and as per Eswarappa had alleged that Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana serious concern and will be “double trouble” as his Cabinet majority for the BJP in the State es and authoritarian way of charges leveled by the Minister, money worth Rs 460 crore and Zeeshan Johar by Gujarat dealt with separately. The delay colleague KS Eswarappa on Assembly in 2019. running the administration by Yediyurappa apparently was sanctioned bypassing him police in an ‘encounter’ near in implementation by some Wednesday met State Governor Though Yediyurappa and the CM”.“I would like to quote extended pressure on the with the Chief Minister super- Ahmedabad on June 15, 2004. stakeholders has given rise to Vajubhai R Vala and com- Eswarappa are old sworn polit- some important decisions RDPR principal secretary to seding him. The Minister said The police claimed the a situation of possible large- plained against him for direct ical rivals within the BJP, the taken by the Chief Minister issue a Government order for though he registered his strong four were terrorists who were /0/ 10% %// '/ %// scale customer inconvenience interference in the affairs of his rift, this time round, has come recently…by sanctioning huge release of funds which was, objection, however, it hardly planning to assassinate the *:! (:!(#; and default,” RBI said in a state- department. out all too open and there funds on request of the MLAs according to Eswarappa “stayed helped reversing the then Gujarat Chief Minister <# <=!<(> ment. In another development, seems to be ho holding back by to the tune of Rs 774 crore by me on the advice of the State orders. Narendra Modi. ?- !# "":!
' 9 : 2 3 + )456 56(5) 5; # # ) * ) Indore Balkrishna Mourya air road and rail connec- told The Pioneer that in the tivity and also Indore is *692 spread in the body. Applying neem financial year 2020 -2021 safe city to live. ) The Cabinet approved the Education, Skill Development leaves on the wound also helps to heal people from outside Indore Indore is also growing decision regarding the arrange- and Employment from January hief Minister Shivraj Singh fast. Paste of neem leaves with olive from allover MP or we can as a education hub of the ment of development fund set 1, 2016.The Cabinet, while CChouhan planted a neem plant in oil also cures skin infections. Grinding 419)5 say all over India pur- country as the IIM, IIT, up by the State Government in approving the highest tender the Smart Garden located on Smart neem leaves with curd and applying chased plots, houses and government and private % the order dated July 9, 2008 for amount of Rs 8 crore 80 lakh Road, Bhopal today. Chief Minister it over ringworm provides quick t seems that the Covid- flats in Indore city. medical college and vari- *692 national parks, sanctuaries and for the issuance of the proper- Chouhan is planting a sapling every relief. In the condition of kidney I19 remained ineffective Though the sale of ous government and pri- zoos, as per Finance ty at Commercial Tax day. Officers, staff and media repre- stones, taking tow grams ash of neem in Indore registry depart- plot land was more in vate engineering colleges he State Cabinet meeting Department and Guidelines. Department Ward No. 22 sentatives including collector Bhopal leaves with water daily, the stones start ment as Indore registry comparison to the ready- and national level hospitals Twas held through video The Cabinet approved to Ambedkar Chowk, District were present on the occasion. Chief to melt and come out of the urinary department has achieved made flats in multistorey are there in Indore. conferencing under the chair- grant benefits excluding special Balaghat, decided to get the Minister Shri Chouhan said that tract. its target of 1320 crores buildings. It is to be noted that manship of Chief Minister allowances of the 7th pay scale contract / registry executed by every citizen should plant saplings, it Drinking decoction of neem bark for the financial year 2020- The reason of boom in Indore district registry Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Career Promotion Scheme the District Collector after the is need of the hour . is also beneficial in malarial fever. 2021 on March 31, the real estate market of department has also hav- approval was granted to a pro- recommended by the All India tenderer deposits 100 percent Neem rich in antibiotics is known Neem oil is beneficial in skin diseases. 2021. Indore district is that ing its branches till tehsil posal to extend the Deendayal Council for Technical Education of the tender price amount. as the supreme medicine. Neem may Its stalk has the properties to elimi- In spite of the 50 days Indore is the cleanest city level and all the tehsil of Antyodaya Yojana-National (AICTE) published in the The Cabinet decided to be bitter in taste, but its benefits are nate cough, hemorrhoids, pimples and closure of the registry of the India since consec- Indore i.e., Mhow, Urban Livelihoods Mission Government of India gazette on continue 18 temporary posts similar to nectar.According to med- stomach worms. Neem oil massage offices due to the corona utive 4 years, the climate of Depalpur and Sanwer has (DAY-NULM) from 378 urban March 1, 2019 to the teachers created for Madhya Pradesh ical experts, in cases of biting by poi- provides relief in headache, toothache, lockdown nationwide Indore is moderate and got registry offices. There bodies in the state to the newly and other staff of engineering Commercial Tax Appeal Board sonous insects, finely grinding neem extremities and chest pain. Its fruit Indore registry department there is no flood situation are total 23 sub registrars formed 29 urban bodies too and polytechnic colleges under from April 1, 2021 to March 31, leaves and applying on the bitten area Nimori is used as a phlegm and has achieved its revenue in Indore. in Indore district registry and implement it. the Department of Technical 2022. provides relief and the poison does not anthelmintic. target. DIG Registration The city has got a good department. #Q! R (% $%&&'$( ++ + !% % 1:% 7 % 0 ,0 7 0 - * 2 > % *692 & He influenced his people to 5 $9 /- realise the importance of own- - - he tribal freedom fighter ing their land and asserting %4)52 G % 6$ TBirsa Munda was remem- + their right upon them. 7 % 0 7 bered for his contribution and *- -* Birsa wanted to reform the - C 9 2 sacrifices. A play 'Birsa Munda' - tribal society and so, he urged C $2 6- 1 % 0 was staged on Wednesday at them to let go of beliefs in $C 2 Ravindra Bhavan. The play + witchcraft and instead, stressed 1 % 8 ) 1 marked the conclusion of a two on the importance of prayer, % % 0 0 5 % day drama festival. colonisation. staying away from alcohol, 0 - $ The play was directed by Munda rallied the tribals to having faith in God and Pradeep Ahirwar and was pre- fight against the forceful land observing a code of con- ;+ + sented by the artists of Rang grabbing carried out by the duct.Based on these, he start- 1:%H7 % 0 ,0 7 Mohalla Theatre Troupe. British government which ed the faith of 'Birsait'. This was * Birsa Munda was a folk would turn the tribals into a threat to Christian mission- $ 0 C hero and a tribal freedom bonded labourers and force aries who were converting the - $ - fighter hailing from the Munda upon them abject poverty. tribals left and right. Soon, the $C tribe. He was a spearhead Known as 'Dharti Abba' or the Mundas and Oraons became $2 - behind the Millenarian move- Earth Father, Birsa Munda devoted Birsaities.The play was $7 ment that arose in the Bihar stressed the need of the tribals beautifully performed on stage. $7 0 &-0 * # % + + + 7 " and Jharkhand belt in the early to study their own religion and The backdrop and costumes 0 7 % % ) + + + + " 19th century under the British not forget their cultural roots. added zest to the performance. $ % O" " % O /P+ * P 2 .0 (! *692 nar was Vice Chancellor of webinar, Ghadial Akhdar, *692 fight he opened fire with his Rabindranath Tagore M.S.A. University Egypt and licensed gun. *692 March 1 wherein expert Nitish dents are being trained to impro- ebinar on “Paradigm University, Brahmaprakash Purushottam Dhakad, Dean ovindpura police have The victim tried to convince Dubey trained the aspirants. vise the sense of acting, gestures, WShift and Pedagogical Petheya and Madhu Mishra, Sabarmati Vishwavidyalaya, Garrested a miscreant for but accused continued with ver- ity based playwright Nitish The acting workshop is all about expressions and emotions. Implementation” was held at Principal Anand Vihar College Ahmedabad, highlighted the opening fire at his house at bal spate and took out his CDubey is training theory and practical theatre per- Nitish further said that stu- Rabindranath Tagore for Women, Bhopal inaugu- importance of the pedagogical Vikas Nagar to threaten her licensed gun and opened fire. Mumbaikars in acting. All the formance. During the work- dents learned acting exercises to University on Wednesday. rated the speech. An e-souvenir method of education in high- wife and family late in the night The victims escaped the gun artists are set to woo the shop, the participants will learn strengthen their acting founda- The importance of the was also released on the occa- er education and conducting on Wednesday. shots while the accused was Mumbaikars with the Hindi other forms of stage arts like tion which will help them to free teaching system in higher edu- sion. Brahmaprakash Pethia research related presentations. Panic prevailed in the area caught by the police after locals play Parnika. dance and music including the themselves from self conscious- cation has always been impor- published a discussion on what Shanno Pathan, Assistant when the accused identified as informed and later handed over Parnika is a poetic love story performance strategies as well. ness and strengthen their con- tant. Keeping in view of the is the importance of Paradigm Professor Anand Vihar College Ashish Gautam opened fired in to the police.Based on the com- written and directed by Nitish The workshop majorly centration through sensory exer- above subject, the Education, Shift and Pedagogical for Women. air at Vikas Nagar over fight with plaint after the preliminary inves- Dubey. The rehearsals for the focused on acting techniques, cises. He said that speech clar- Commerce Department, IQAC Implementation in education. In this webinar, interna- his wife Aarti Gautam. tigation the police have registered play are going on in full swing. body language, observational ity is one of the major points in and Anand Vihar College for That's where Madhu Mishra tional level expert Morve The victim is a housewife a case against accused and start- The play will be staged at Veda skills, voice modulation, dic- acting. The dialogue delivery to Women Bhopal of also expressed his views on Roshan, Research Assistant and her husband used to work ed further investigation. Factory, Mumbai on April 5. It tion and speech. This will pro- voice modulation and from clear Rabindranath Tagore pedagogy. Bangor University, Wales and as security guard with a private The nabbed accused lost job is to be noted that a 21 day act- vide a unique knowledge prac- speech to putting in expres- University organized a two-day The International Webinar Neha Rawat, Assistant company opened fire in air after after an accident two years ago ing workshop was organised for tice based techniques, which is sions into it, is a major feature. international webinar under was launched by Varsha Professor Nagaland University, having fight with his wife. and used to remain at home and the theatre aspirants by very important to acquire in this Body language, facial expres- the joint aegis of the Education Saraswat and Rekha coincided Kohima, Higher education of On Wednesday when he got addicted to alcohol. He Karmyogi Creative Theatre career. All kinds of genres like sions and speech clarity are very Department. with Yadav's welcome state- educational method and new came heavily drunk he had a would fight with the family Troupe, KITE Studio. tragedy, comedy, drama and important features of better act- The beginning of the webi- ment. The chief guest of the innovation. fight with his wife and during the members. The workshop began on horror will be taught. The stu- ing on stage, he added. ! ! " + ,% % & *692 receiving information that a police. The accused told the man in the age group of 25-30 victim that she belongs to dalit he Bhopal Crime Branch years is near Rajdev Colony and community due to which he Tarrested a 28-year-old carrying firearms. Acting swift- could not marry her. Haryana based gangster who was ly police team reached the spot % Based on the complaint wanted and having a cash reward and arrested the accused. In the - police registered a case and of Rs 5000 and recovered a pis- investigation police recovered a nabbed the accused who was tol and five live cartridges were pistol and five cartridges each in *692 on run. The accused confessed from his possession. ative’s house in Kolar. After the the pistol and pocket of pants. that he sexually exploited the Arrested from Kolar area the arrest in the investigation police The accused failed to provide any he TT Nagar police have victim and threatened her of gangsters identified as have recovered a pistol and 10 details and later when he was Tbooked a miscreant for life after she started to ask him Dharamraj alias Dharma Laavya live cartridges from his posses- quizzed he confessed he crime molesting and threatening a 26- for marriage in the past few was booked for murder, attempt sion.The accused was carrying a history. year-old girl for withdrawing of months. The accused was sent to murder, robbery, dacoity and reward of Rs 5000 on his head. The accused has been rape case against him. The under judicial custody and several other heinous crimes in He has been booked for over half booked under sections 302, 307, accused was jailed for sexual- later he was granted bail. After Harayana and Delhi. a dozen crimes. Police have reg- 392, 397 IPC in Haryana and ly exploiting the victim. he came out he started to pres- The miscreant was wanted istered case under sections 25 Delhi and a reward of Rs 5000 The accused identified as surise victim. Harassed over the in case reported in Sonipat and 27 of the Arms Act against was declared in a case registered Vinod Gurjar was threatening acts by the accused a complaint Haryana and was hiding during the accused. under sections 302, 328, 420 IPC her to withdraw case which she was lodged by the victim. the absconding at his distant rel- Accused was arrested after by Ganaur Sonipat. " + % + + " had lodged against the accused after he sexually exploited her in the name of marriage and later refused marriage stating ) %* + * , that the victim belongs to dalit community. After the accused got bail + -.",""" he started to threatened the vic- tim and messaged her of with- *692 In the burglary the almirah which was drawing the case and failing to having the valuables was targeted and the which would cost her life. iscreants targeted a house at Anand other valuables were not disturbed. The lock The victim in her com- MNagar and escaped with valuables of the almirah was found broken and the plaint stated that she met the worth over Rs 50,000 on Wednesday ; cash and gold jewelry were found burgled. accused and later developed Piplani police have started investigation. Meanwhile, burglars targeted a mobile relationship later. The accused Police said that the victim Ganeshram phone shop at Hamidia road on came to her house last year in Vishwakarma along with his family to Wednesday and decamped with three November and sexually assault- attend an event and when he returned valu- mobile phones worth Rs 30000 ; ed her. ables were found missing and a complaint Hanumanganj police have started investi- The accused continued to was lodged by the victim with the police. gation. sexually exploit her and later In the complaint victim stated that burglary would be over Rs 50000 and cor- According to the police, the victim, when she asked for marriage they left house to attend an event and when rect loss in the burglary would be provided Vijay Kumar was informed by his neigh- the accused escaped with returned in the night valuables were after checking the burglary.Based on the bor that wall of his shop was broken and excuses and later refused and found burgled. complaint after the preliminary investi- mobile phones were burgled. The police abused her when he asked for The victim claimed that gold and sil- gation the police have registered a case of have registered a case under sections 457 marriage after which the victim + %+ ver jewelry and cash were burgled. The vic- burglary against unidentified miscreants and 380 of the IPC and have started fur- lodged a complaint with the + " tim has claimed that the total loss in the and have started further investigation. ther investigation.
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##"8 9" ) + ./*0 ''< 5 & # % % # &<& 45 156 any longer following which, 45 the Delhi Government intro- 156 45 156 1* hospitals.” enior Aam Aadmi Party duced a scheme wherein Delhi lodged 992 cases on S(AAP) leader and chief respective parents of students andom testing of Covid-19 s the national Capital wit- Tuesday, wherein the positivity spokesperson Saurabh were called to their concerned Rfor passengers arriving in 45 156 Anessed a sudden spurt in rate stood at 2.7 per cent. Delhi Bhardwaj on Wednesday schools and given ration so the national Capital from cases of Covid-19, the Delhi has set the target of conducting accused the BJP of being an that they could have their States where cases are increas- elhi Transport Government has increased 230 at least 80,000 tests daily. “More anti-poor party, saying that it meals at home,” he said. ing has begun at the Delhi air- DCorporation (DTC) on ‘Intensive Care Unit’ (ICU) beds than 80,000 tests will be con- stalled the home delivery of “I would like to inform port on Wednesday, amid fear Wednesday signed an agree- and 842 beds in normal ward in ducted daily. We are conducting ration scheme only to harass you all that 700 schools come of spike of the killer virus. ment with Indraprastha Gas 33 private hospitals. genome tracing of up to 30 fam- the poor. under the purview of North Passengers who will be Limited (IGL) for the supply of The announcement came a ily and friends of those who have The AAP leader also said MCD, where around four lakh found Covid-19 positive at Compressed Natural Gas day after Delhi Chief Minister tested positive. Mildly sympto- “It is shameful that the BJP- students are enrolled. The BJP arrival will have to mandato- (CNG) to the buses operated by The discount, being pro- Arvind Kejriwal ordered to matic and asymptomatic ones ruled MCD distributed dry ruled corporation has denied rily quarantine, the Delhi DTC and private vehicles in vided by IGL to DTC on bulk increase beds in ICUs on onwards, in which those unreg- are being strongly recommend- ration to only one MCD these students their right as Airport said in a statement fol- Delhi. purchase of CNG for DTC Tuesday to deal with increasing istered can directly come to the ed for home isolation,” he said. school and that the tendering only 300 students were pro- lowing the order of Delhi The agreement was signed buses, has been enhanced to 6.5 number of cases. The Delhi centre and get inoculated, he “In view of the Covid situ- of this scheme is yet to take vided with ration, pictures Disaster Management by Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, per cent and this would save Government has also instruct- said. ation developing in Delhi, the place. were clicked and a press Authority (DDMA). Managing Director of DTC the revenue of DTC to the tune ed private hospitals to update the Commenting on the situa- number of normal and ICU “The BJP leaders on 19 release was sent, all of this As per the notice by the and AK Jana, Managing of 9.6 Crore per annum. list of extended ICUs and com- tion of availability of beds, Jain beds reserved for Covid is being March inaugurated the scheme without any tender. On 19 Delhi International Airport Director of IGL in presence of Further, an increase of rates of mon beds on the data manage- said, “Orders were issued yes- increased in a few hospitals. This of providing dry ration to March, Limited (DIAL) read: “As per Transport Minister of Kailash land usage fees with respect to ment portal as well. terday to add 230 ICU beds in will improve bed availability. We MCD schools. Our councillor However, responding to the latest government mandate, Gahlot. hybrid CNG facilities, meant Delhi Health Minister private hospitals. Along with are keeping a close watch and and leader of the opposition Bhardwaj, Delhi BJP DDMA shall conduct random The agreement shall be for supply of green CNG fuel Satyendar Jain said on this, it was also directed to will take all steps necessary. from North MCD Vikas Goyal Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Covid-19 testing of passengers operational for 10 years and to private vehicles in Delhi, Wednesday the national capital increase 842 normal beds. In There is nothing to worry about. sought answers from the offi- has said that the ration distri- coming from the states where would go a long way in ensur- shall earn revenue of 2 crore will kick start its vaccination for Delhi Government’s run hospi- But please follow all precau- cers about the number of bution to school children start- the cases are increasing.” ing a flawless supply of envi- per annum. those above the age of 45 from tals, enough beds are vacant. tions,” Kejriwal tweeted on schools where this dry ration ed in North DMC schools “After collection of sam- ronment-friendly clean CNG The Transport Minister 1st April, the population of Overall Occupancy rate inclu- Tuesday. is being provided,” he said. under a mid day meal scheme ples, the travellers would be for buses and other vehicles in said that IGL shall continue to which has been lodged at 65 sive of private and Government Jain said that “Since the past “Under the Midday Meal for which no tender is required. allowed to exit,” it said. Delhi. The decision of the provide CNG for DTC buses lakh, which is inclusive of 20 hospitals is 25 per cent. It is a few days, the positivity rate is Scheme, students in Delhi He asked the AAP leader to “However, those passengers Government of the National and other vehicles in the same lakh people with 60 years of age. comfortable situation but, there looming around three per cent government schools and MCD explain to people why the who are found positive shall be Capital Territory of Delhi professional manner as it used Jain said that all the 500 vac- were instances of shortage of as Delhi as well as the entire schools were provided with ration distribution for students mandatorily quarantined as (GNCTD) is seen as a major to do earlier and the relation- cine centres will be operational beds in 2-3 hospitals, therefore, country is witnessing a surge. In cooked meals every day. in Delhi Government schools per the protocol of the path-breaking event given the ship of DTC with IGL shall from 9 am to 9 pm walk-in orders were issued yesterday to some states, the positivity rate However, given the Covid-19 was discontinued after just one Ministry of Health and Family deteriorating air quality in mature further with the exe- hours have been set at 3 pm increase 220 ICU beds in 33 has crossed 10 per cent.” pandemic, this was not viable month’s distribution. Welfare,” it added. Delhi-NCR Region. cution of the instant agreement. . . & 1 6 76241 2)6 Programming Interface). 2 Based on GIS, the system anesar Tehsil of will be OGC-compliant to 45 156 Around 50 patients were imme- A senior police officer said MGurugram district and enable other stakeholders to diately shifted to other wards that prima facie, it looks like the Sirsi village of Karnal district in use it to generate further value, ith the rise in mercury, with the help of hospital staff,” fire broke out due to a short cir- Haryana have been selected for he said. Wthe fire incidents have said the fire department. cuit which was brought under implementation of the Digital Kaushal said that it will also also taken its toll. On The hospital said that the control in time by the hospital India Land Record provide comprehensive infor- Wednesday, two fire incidents fire probably broke out due to staff. Modernization Programme mation on land and properties, were reported in the national high voltage fluctuation and a Last week, ten patients which would assign unique consisting of textual and spa- Capital. A fire broke out in the short circuit. “There was a died after a fire broke out at a land parcel (ID) identification tial data besides maintaining ICU of the Safdarjung Hospital minor fire incident in medicine Mumbai mall hospital where number to every plot to facil- consistency of the core data following which 50 patients ward 11 (HDU) in Safdarjung coronavirus patients were being itate its identification in a across all departments and were evacuated. In the second Hospital on Wednesday prob- treated. The fire broke out at unique and unambiguous man- agencies of governments. The incident, a garments factory in ably due to high voltage fluc- the Sunrise Hospital in the ner. system will also help cross-val- east Delhi’s Raghubarpura area tuation and short circuit. All Dreams Mall building in Launching the pilot project idate land records related data caught fire. Officials said that the patients admitted in HDU Bhandup area. through video-conference, across various departments. no casualty was reported in and the ward were evacuated In the second incident, a Haryana Financial Besides, standardization at data both the incidents. immediately to other wards by fire broke out at a garments fac- Commissioner, Revenue, and application level would In the first incident, at our nursing staff and security tory in east Delhi’s Sanjeev Kaushal, said the main bring in effective integration Safdarjung hospital, on personnel,” said the hospital. Raghubarpura area on objective of the project is to and interoperability across Wednesday morning there was “There was no loss of life. Wednesday. No casualties have create an online land informa- departments, he said.He fur- a fire in the ICU following The fire was controlled imme- been reported so far, said Delhi tion system with open stan- ther said the project would spell which 50 patients were evacu- diately by our hospital fire Fire Services (DFS) dards of APIs (Application many advantages. ated. No casualty has been safety team. Regular fire drills The blaze was reported reported in the blaze that broke in the hospital with coopera- around 8.15 am after which 15 out around 6:30 AM, said offi- tion from Fire Department fire tenders were rushed to the cials. helped in managing the situa- spot, a senior fire service offi- 3 "+% 2 # + " # "+% 2 . : ;+ “Around nine fire tenders tion in time,” the spokesperson cial said. The cause of the 3 "+% 2 " were rushed to the spot. of the hospital said. blaze is yet to be ascertained.
uation and arrangements of Many religious leaders have got In Indore, 90 percent of the have registered a case under . % Corona in Mantralaya on themselves vaccininated pub- infected patients are in home #$ sections 302 and 307 of the Wednesday. Chief Secretary licly in Bhopal, which has isolation. Adequate beds are IPC. + === Iqbal Singh Bains, Director inspired other people. In available in hospitals. Home Accused used to suspect General of Police Vivek Johri Bhopal, where ten thousand isolation system in Indore has victim who works with a pri- and Additional Chief Secretary challans have been made, peo- proved to be effective. The vate bank and as she failed to From Page 1 Health Mohammad Suleman ple who roam around without administration is fully alert cope with the behaviour she Teaching in all schools and were present in the masks are also being stopped and cautious. About 50 physi- broke the marriage. The colleges will remain suspend- meeting. under rook toko cians are engaged in taking care % 777 accused and guard commander ed till April 15 in the cities of In terms of Corona infec- abhiyan. of positive patients under home Chandrabhushan Parasar have Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Betul, tion, Madhya Pradesh Stands Chouhan directed that spe- isolation. From Page 1 been suspended with immedi- $ & . # % # Chhindwara, Khargone and 8th in the country. The active cial attention should be paid to In Ratlam, the railway In the night on Wednesday ate effect. # % ; ;+ 7 " Ratlam. The movement of cases of Corona in Madhya Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur and administration is engaged in at around 11.30 accused came buses coming from Pradesh are 17,096 and the Khargone. These places should the work of explaining pas- along with his service rifle and Maharashtra and going to average positivity rate of be controlled through micro sengers on their mobile num- opened fire injuring two per- Maharashtra will be restricted Corona infection is 8.9 percent containment zones. As many as bers. Railway passengers from sons and one of the which died till April 15. in the last 7 days. 498 new cases of Corona have outside are called and asked to during treatment. The family Chouhan was conducting a The bed capacity in hospi- been reported in Bhopal, 643 in remain in isolation. Ten thou- members took his rifle and district-wise review through tals for treatment of Corona in Indore, 161 in Jabalpur and 89 sand masks have been distrib- locked him in a room and later video conferencing of the sit- Bhopal is 4 to 6 thousand. in Khargone. uted in Ratlam Mandi. police arrested him. Police ,-- - 7 % 76241 2)6
unjab’s 24 percent of the Ptotal positive cases and 15 percent of the COVID deaths were reported in the month of March. Every day, on an average, the State registered 1,857 fresh cases while 33 patients suc- cumbed to the deadly virus in a month’s time. Even as the State’s case fatal- ity rate (CFR) has witnessed a slight dip from 3.20 to 2.87 per- cent in the month of March, the active cases have registered an increase of whopping 414.51 percent from 4,632 (2.54 percent of the total positive cases) record- ed at the beginning of the month, to 23,832 (accounting for 9.94 percent of the total confirmed cases) on March 31 (Wednesday). The state has registered 57,558 fresh cases in the past month, while a total 1,036 fatal- ities were reported. With 2,452 fresh infections and 56 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, the state’s COVID-19 tally current- ly stood at 2,39,734 while death toll was 6,868.Of the total, Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar reported nine deaths each; fol- lowed by eight each from Ludhiana and Patiala. !"! "3
+ ( % 8 ; % 3+ + to incentivising manufacturing of four major food product segments: ready-to- cook/ready-to-eat foods, processed fruits and vegetables, marine products and moz- 45 156 zarella cheese. Innovative and organic products of small-to- he Drugs Controller medium enterprise (SMEs), TGeneral of India has including eggs, poultry meat, extended the shelf life of egg products in these seg- Covishield, the Oxford- ments, are also covered under AstraZeneca COVID-19 vac- the first component. The sec- 45 156 archive incorrect and dupli- cine, from six to nine months ond component relates to sup- cate entries on the Co-WIN from its manufacturing date. 45 156 who was also present at the port for branding and mar- day before the start of the platform, identify pockets of In a letter to the Serum briefing, said that the keting abroad to incentivise ACovid-19 vaccination low vaccination coverage – Institute of India, world’s he Union Cabinet on Government in the Budget emergence of strong Indian drive for all people above 45 health facility, professional largest vaccine manufacturer, TWednesday approved a had announced a PLI scheme brands. and as India reported 53,480 association, blocks, districts – the DCGI V G Somani production-linked incentive for 12-13 sectors. Already, PLI Highlighting the key fea- fresh infections and 354 for taking corrective action, said the SII is permitted to ‘Extension of Shelf Life of vials available on hand, sub- (PLI) scheme for the food pro- has been announced for six tures of the scheme, Food deaths — the highest single- and ensure saturation of vac- apply the shelf life of nine Covishield Vaccine’ in ject to the condition that the cessing sector, entailing an out- sectors. Processing Industries Secretary day spike since December 17, cination of these groups on months to unlabelled vials multi-dose glass vial (10 details of such stock, batch- lay of 10,900 crore. The effort is to take the Pushpa Subrahmanyam said, the Centre on Wednesday priority. States and UTs were available on hand. Shelf life is dose-5ml) from six wise, shall be The Cabinet approved the country’s food processing to a “The Government will issue an asked States and Union asked to conduct regular the length of time for which months to nine months. submitted to this office and scheme which will help create next level amid the rising glob- expression of interest (EoI) by Territories to identify low reviews of capacity utilisa- an item remains fit for use. “You are permitted to Central Drugs Laboratory, 2.5 lakh jobs by 2026-27, boost al demand for Indian ready to the end of April.” The require- vaccine-coverage pockets, par- tion at private COVID The DCGI said it has no apply the shelf life of Kasauli,” Somani said in the exports and facilitate expan- eat foods, organic products, ment for the respondents is to ticularly in districts reporting Vaccination Centres (CVCs). objection in respect of nine months to unlabelled letter. sion of food processing capac- processed fruits and vegetables, commit to a minimum sales a surge in new infections, They were also asked to ity to generate processed food marine products and moz- and minimum level of invest- and take corrective action. undertake GIS analysis of output worth 33,494 crore. zarella cheese, said Goyal. ment to each segment and if Five States namely CVCs to identify the need for The incentive under the The Minister said the they achieve both, then for the Maharashtra, Karnataka, more such facilities, and scheme would be paid for six objectives of the scheme are to incremental sales, a percentage Kerala, Punjab and address apprehensions of pri- =(" 3 ; > years ending 2026-27. support food manufacturing of that amount will be given as Chhattisgarh cumulatively vate CVCs regarding vaccine “The PLI for the food pro- entities with stipulated mini- subsidy the following year, she accounted for 79.30% of the supply and guidelines, the cessing sector with 10,900 mum sales and that are willing said. The selected applicant total active cases in the coun- statement said. ?+ % + crore-incentive has been to make minimum stipulated will be required to undertake try. Maharashtra leads with The States and UTs were approved. The decision is a fit- investment for expansion of investment in plant and more than 61% of the active also advised to ensure that ting tribute to our farmers,” processing capacity and brand- machinery in the first two caseload of the country. there was no sedimentation of 45 156 hospital of my choice in any Food Minister Piyush Goyal ing abroad to incentivise emer- years i.e. in 2021-22 and 2022- National Health Authority vaccine stocks at any level of city”. said while briefing the media gence of strong Indian brands. 23. Investment made in 2020- (NHA) CEO and Empowered storage, and that their distri- ormer Prime Minister and “I am grateful to Prime about the Cabinet decisions. According to the 21 fiscal will also be counted for Group on COVID bution was based on con- FJanata Dal (Secular) chief H Minister @narendramodi for Information and Broadcasting Government, the first compo- meeting the mandated invest- Vaccination chairperson Dr R sumption to avoid overstock- D Deve Gowda, 87, on calling and enquiring after my Minister Prakash Javadekar, nent under the scheme relates ment. S Sharma and Union Health ing or under-stocking at cold Wednesday confirmed that he health. I am also deeply moved Secretary Rajesh Bhushan chain points and CVCs. They tested positive for coronavirus. by his offer to get me treated chaired a high-level meeting were asked to conduct regular “My wife Chennamma and in any hospital of my choice in =3 with health secretaries, mis- reviews of vaccine stocks and I have tested positive for mer PM and enquired about any city. I assured him that I sion directors of NHM and consumption to identify gap Covid-19. We are self-isolating his and his wife’s health. “Spoke am being looked after well in ; # immunisation officers of all areas and address the same, along with other family mem- to former PM Shri Bangalore, but will keep him States and UTs during the day. the ministry said. The Centre bers. I request all those who @HDDevegowda Ji and informed,” Devegowda tweet- On vaccination coverage also advised the States and came in contact with us over enquired about his and his ed. ( of healthcare workers (HCWs) UTs to maintain vaccine the last few days to get them- wife’s health. Praying for their Karnataka CM B S + and frontline workers (FLWs), wastage at less than one per selves tested. I request party quick recovery,” he tweeted. Yediyurappa and leader of 45 156 the States and the UTs were cent (current National workers and well-wishers not Thanking PM Modi for Opposition Siddaramaiah were advised to ensure that only eli- Wastage Percentage being six to panic,” he tweeted. checking in on him, Gowda among top leaders from the he Enforcement Directorate gible beneficiaries were regis- per cent). They were asked to Prime Minister Narendra said he is “deeply moved by his state to wish Devegowda and )@6 T(ED) has filed Prosecution tered and inoculated under ensure timely utilisation of Modi said he spoke to the for- offer to get me treated in any his wife a speedy recovery. Complaint (chargesheet) against the respective categories. available stock to avoid expiry 124 individuals, companies and “A key theme underlying of vaccines and update the firms in Adarsh Credit the meet was the identification vaccine consumption data on peak of 1,017,754. India’s share any COVID-19 deaths in the Nicobar Islands, Nagaland and Cooperative Society Ltd.in con- of low vaccine coverage pock- Co-WIN and eVIN portals. of global active COVID-19 last 24 hours. These are Arunachal Pradesh. nection with a money launder- ets particularly in districts India on Wednesday cases now stands at 2.51 per Rajasthan, Assam, Odisha, On the vaccination front, ing case. showing COVID-19 surge and reported a net increase of cent (one in 40). The country Ladakh (UT), Dadra and the ministry said that more The chargesheet follows for taking corrective actions 11,846 in active COVID-19 is sixth among the most affect- Nagar Haveli and Daman and than 6.30 crore (6,30,54,353) attachment of properties worth there,” the ministry said in a cases to take its count to ed countries by active cases. Diu, Manipur, Tripura, Sikkim, vaccine doses have been 1,489 crore. statement. 552,566. That is a little over 54 However, at least 14 Lakshadweep, Meghalaya, administered through Besides Adarsh Credit They were also advised to per cent of the September 18 States/UTs have not reported Mizoram, Andaman and 10,46,757sessions. Cooperative Society Ltd. (ACCSL), others named in the charge sheet are Mukesh Modi 2"$ + and directors/partners/persons !# + " responsible for running the Group as also Riddhi Siddhi % Group of Companies, Virendra Modi Group of Companies and + + & )6 New Delhi: India has slipped tions are held by women and others. 28 places to rank 140th among there are only 8.9 per cent This Prosecution Complaint New Delhi: The Central 156 countries in the World firms with female top man- has been filed consequent to Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Economic Forum’s Global agers,” the report said. attachment of movable and on Wednesday suspended its Gender Gap Report 2021, Further, the estimated immovable properties of 1,489 chief sports officer DIG Khajan New Delhi: Ahead of becoming the third-worst per- earned income of women in crore spread across states of Singh and coach Inspector Bahraini Foreign Minister New Delhi: A special NIA ing to instructions by their former in South Asia. India is only one-fifth of Rajasthan, Haryana, New Delhi, Surjit Singh after a preliminary Abdullatif bin Rashid Al court here has sentenced a LeT handlers based in Pakistan According to the report, men’s, which puts the country Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar probe found them guilty of Zayani’s India visit, the two Pakistani LeT terrorist to 10 and Pakistan-occupied India has closed 62.5 per cent among the bottom 10 global- Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the sexual harassment of women ly harassed women constables countries on Wednesday years’ imprisonment for con- Kashmir (PoK), the official of its gender gap till date. The ly on this indicator, it said. ED said. personnel, official sources said. as well and later used them as reviewed cooperation in areas spiring to carry out terrorist said. country had ranked 112th Discrimination against The attachment order has They said a committee “their accomplices”. of oil and gas, trade and attacks at different places in Ali was arrested from among 153 countries in the women is also reflected in the been confirmed by PMLA headed by CRPF Inspector The woman, who joined investment, defence and secu- India, including Delhi, after Kupwara and a large number of Global Gender Gap Index health and survival subindex Adjudicating Authority. General Charu Sinha, based in the CRPF in 2010, was stated rity, healthcare and renewable crossing over to Jammu and arms such as AK-47 rifle, Under 2020. statistics. With 93.7 per cent The ED had initiated inves- Srinagar, has found the charges to have later retracted her energy. Kashmir following instructions Barrel Grenade Launcher Noting that the decline of this gap closed to date, tigation on the basis of FIR reg- of sexual harassment levelled allegations during police The review was carried from his handlers across the (UBGL), ammunition, hand also took place on the eco- India ranks among the bottom istered by Rajasthan Police against them by a 30-year-old probe. out at a virtual meeting of border, an official said on grenades, UBGL shells, military nomic participation and five countries in this against Mukesh Modi, Rahul woman constable prima facie Sources had said in senior officials of the two Wednesday. map, wireless set, GPS, com- opportunity sub-index, albeit subindex. Modi and others of Adarsh valid. December that the woman sides as part of the prepara- Bahadur Ali, the Pakistani pass, Indian currency, Fake to a lesser extent, the report Wide gaps in sex ratio at Group, officials of ACCSL “Deputy Inspector General had recorded her statement tion for the upcoming India- Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, was Indian Currency Notes were said birth are due to the high inci- besides other private persons for Khajan Singh and Inspector before a magistrate under Bahrain High Joint convicted by the special judge seized from him, he said. India’s gender gap on this dence of gender-based sex- the offences of cheating, crimi- Surjit Singh have been sus- CrPC section 164 where she Commission (HJC) dialogue, for NIA cases in Patiala House During investigation, Ali dimension widened by 3 per selective practices. In addition, nal breach of trust, forgery of pended following the recom- allegedly retracted her allega- the Ministry of External Court on Friday under sections revealed details about recruit- cent this year, leading to a 32.6 more than one in four women valuable security and criminal mendations of the prelimi- tions against the two CRPF Affairs (MEA) said. of the IPC, the UA(P) Act, the ment, various LeT training per cent gap closed till date. has faced intimate violence in conspiracy. Money laundering nary probe conducted by the sports officers. The third HJC will be Arms Act, the Explosives Act, camps, training to terrorists for Most of the decline her lifetime, the report said. investigation revealed that force,” a senior officer said. Former CRPF Director held in New Delhi on April 7 the Explosive Substances Act, handling weapons, explosives occurred on the political “Conversely, 96.2 per cent ACCSL lured common investors Khajan Singh, the chief General Anand Prakash and the meeting will be co- the Foreigners Act and the and modus operandi for moti- empowerment subindex, of the educational attainment by offering high interest rates on sports officer of the country’s Maheshwari, who retired in chaired by External Affairs Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act. vating newly-recruited cadres where India regressed 13.5 subindex gender gap has been their deposits. The funds so col- largest paramilitary force, had February, had told reporters Minister S Jaishankar and his The court sentenced him to for Jihad and terror acts in percentage points, with a sig- closed, with parity achieved in lected were siphoned off to won a silver medal at the 1986 during a press conference in Bahraini counterpart 10 years’ rigorous imprison- India by LeT leaders and also nificant decline in the number primary, secondary and ter- Mukesh Modi’s Seoul Asian Games in the January that all due Abdullatif bin Rashid Al ment and also imposed a fine. the details of LeT launching of women ministers (from tiary education. companies/firms and his rela- 200m butterfly event which legal processes would be fol- Zayani, it said. The case, registered in July pads in PoK, the NIA official 23.1 per cent in 2019 to 9.1 per Yet, gender gaps persist in tives and associates in garb of was India’s first medal in swim- lowed in this case and anyone About the meeting of the 2016, pertains to a larger con- said. cent in 2021). terms of literacy: one third of loans illicitly availed and inte- ming at the event since the found guilty would be pun- senior officials, the MEA said spiracy hatched by the LeT, a The NIA had filed a “Among the drivers of this women are illiterate (34.2 per grated with their real estate 1951 edition. ished based on the recom- both sides highlighted their proscribed terrorist organisa- chargesheet against Ali in decline is a decrease in cent) compared to 17.6 per- businesses, it said. Khajan Singh had earlier mendations of the committee. strong bilateral ties spanning tion based in Pakistan, to com- January, 2017. women’s labour force partici- cent of men,” it added. The funds were diverted off denied the allegations and told The CRPF, an about 3.25 a wide range of areas, adding mit terror attacks in India, Later, two other Pakistani pation rate, which fell from Among India’s neigh- by Mukesh and others. Mukesh PTI that these charges lakh personnel strong force, it was reflected in the excel- according to the NIA official. LeT terrorists, Saad and Darda, 24.8 per cent to 22.3 per bours, Bangladesh ranked 65, in collusion with his relatives were “absolutely false and this first inducted women in lent cooperation in handling As part of the conspiracy, were killed in an encounter in cent. In addition, the share of Nepal 106, Pakistan 153, Virendra Modi, Bharat Modi, was done just to spoil his combat ranks in 1986 and it the COVID-19 situation. Ali along with his two associ- February 2017 in Kupwara. women in professional and Afghanistan 156, Bhutan 130 Rahul Modi, Rohit Modi and image”. has six all-women battalions at “Both sides also reviewed ates, Abu Saad and Abu Darda, During investigation, two technical roles declined fur- and Sri Lanka 116. Priyanka Modi, and associates In a complaint filed at present with an overall their cooperation in different all trained terrorists of the LeT, associates/supporters of Ali, ther to 29.2 per cent. Among regions, South including the Society’s officials, Baba Haridas police station in strength of about 8,000 per- areas, including oil and gas, had illegally infiltrated into Zahoor Ahmad Peer and Nazir The share of women in Asia is the second-lowest per- siphoned off depositors’ funds Delhi in December last year, sonnel in them. trade and investment, defence Jammu and Kashmir with the Ahmad Peer, both residents of senior and managerial posi- former on the index, with from ACCSL by way of inter the woman constable accused It also has women per- and security, food security, intention to carry out terrorist Jammu and Kashmir, were also tions also remains low: only 62.3 percent of its overall linked fraudulent transactions, the duo of raping her and sonnel in sports and other healthcare, renewable energy, attacks at different places in arrested, the NIA official said. 14.6 per cent of these posi- gender gap closed. PTI the ED said. alleged that they had sexual- administrative wings. 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45 156 maximum temperatures are that the relief will, however, be South Peninsular India and for minimum temperatures temperatures are likely over few of country especially abatement of heat wave con- likely over most of south India, short as another heatwave is few subdivisions of east indicates that above normal subdivisions of northwest, cen- Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, ditions over Rajasthan from fter a brutal and harsh parts of east India, northeast likely over the plains by April (Gangetic West Bengal), north- minimum temperature are like- tral, east and extreme north Punjab, Odisha and today (March 31),” the IMD Awinter, the northern and and extreme north India. 3. east (Sikkim & Sub Himalayan ly over few subdivisions of India,” the IMD said. Maharashtra. The national said in its forecast. eastern parts of the country Maximum temperature is like- According to the IMD, the West Bengal and Assam and west coast (Konkan and Goa Currently, moderate La capital reeled under a “severe” IMD Director General need to brace for a hotter than ly to be higher as much as 0.62 probability forecast for maxi- extreme north India (J&K and and Coastal Karnataka) and Niña conditions are prevailing heatwave on Monday as the Mrutunjay Mohaptra said usual summer this year. The degree Celsius from its normal. mum temperatures indicates Ladakh) are likely to experience west India (Saurashtra and over equatorial Pacific and sea maximum temperature shot up there was pressure variation India Meteorological The IMD also said that the above normal maximum tem- below normal maximum tem- Kutch),”it said. surface temperatures (SSTs) to 40.1 degrees Celsius, mak- between the area stretching Department (IMD) on north and Northwestern Part of peratures over most of the peratures. Remaining subdivi- “The above normal sea- are below normal over central ing it the hottest day in March from the Gujarat coast to Wednesday predicted that day the country is expected to get subdivisions of north, north- sions of the country are likely sonal minimum temperatures and eastern equatorial Pacific in 76 years. “Maximum tem- Haryana. Plus, there was trans- temperatures are likely to be some relief from a heat wave west and few subdivisions of to experience climatological are likely over few subdivisions Ocean. peratures are very likely to fall fer of heat from Rajasthan above normal over north and over the next two days with east central India (Jharkhand, probability for season aver- along the west coast and west Over the last 4-5 days, the by 3-5 degrees Celsius over the which was already reeling east India from April to June temperatures expected to down Chhattisgarh and Odisha). aged maximum temperature. India. However, below normal mercury has touched over 40 plains of northwest India dur- under the heatwave. This led to and below normal seasonal by 3 to 5 degree Celsius. It said Most of the subdivisions of “The probability forecast season averaged minimum degrees Celsius in several parts ing the next 2 days leading to the heating of plains. !"! ". >% 6% (&&% 3 O +P ! 89822 (/1('%()%0%''%=>:1'( TMC saying “whatever they are saying 1'0! %')%(%/%&0'0 now was the refrain of the opposition + + 89822 has been stopped so that all links dates too have been tightened tions to be manned by about 651 engal Chief Minister Mamata parties even a few months ago... today between Nandigram and Haldia with each candidate being pro- companies of central forces, BBanerjee and BJP president JP '(%?11 1()'//%(4@ they are in the back foot because the ECI ven as an eerie calm prevailed is snapped. vided additional security per- sources said. While a total 199 Nadda trained guns at each others from /#::1'0'/%00%=>4%=10' has taken strict action… they are say- Ein the boondocks of The high-voltage elections to sonnel. “All the candidates par- companies of CAPF will be election rallies at Hooghly. :'1?:0()0:1=01'/1'001% ing all these anticipating defeat. This is Nandigram, 12 hours before the Nandigram constituency has ticularly Mr Suvendu Adhikari deployed in East Midnapore, Nadda leading three massive rallies %0,=%')7/1#'=//%4 clear surrender before defeat.” India’s most googled and dis- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been given additional secu- 210 companies in West at Dhaniakhali, Purushura in Hooghly Meanwhile, tension ran high at cussed Assembly constituencies facing her onetime lieutenant rity,” an official said. Midnapore, 170 in South 24 and Belur-Bally in Howrah said the ing… I have reports how goons from Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas after go to the second phase of polling, and BJP leader Suvendu Nandigram which has a total Parganas and 72 in Bankura, assemblage of large number of people other states have entered Nandigram to the Trinamool Congress and BJP sup- the Election Commission of Adhikari who claims to know the of 355 polling booths --- 75 per sources said . While TMC and in the BJP rallies only showed the pos- intimidate the voters. The villagers of porters attacked each other prompting India on Wednesday imposed area like the back of his hand, cent of them with webcasting BJP are contesting from all the 30 sible results of the elections. Balarampur and many other areas are the police to resort to a lathi-charge prohibitory orders in the entire “being the Bhumi Putra (son of facility --- has two blocks seats, CPI(M) is in the fray in 15. “The BJP will not have to predict the being hounded out. They are intimi- sources said. East Midnapore block banning the soil). Sharp and energetic Nandigram – I and Nandigram Its alliance partners of Congress results … rather it is the huge see of dating voters,” she said adding his The violence occurred soon after entry and exit of people via DYFI State president Minakshi – II. With little more than 62,000 and ISF are competing in 13 and humanity that you can see joining our party was lodging a complaint with the TMC candidate and film director Raj road or ferry a senior official in Mukherjee is contesting from votes the minority voters com- two seats respectively. Out of the rallies which speak for themselves. The ECI. Chakrabarty went inside the district the administration said. here on a CPI(M) ticket backed prise about 23.5 percent of the 30 seats which will go to polls on people have made up their mind. They “They are sending in criminals administrative headquarters to file his Following intelligence by the Congress and ISF. total electorate. Thursday, 23 were won by TMC are voting the TMC out of power,” from UP, Bihar and other BJP-ruled nomination, sources said. reports and anticipating vio- Apart from this a 22-mem- The second phase of in the 2016 assembly elections, Nadda said at Belur in Howrah. States,” she said adding “even the polic- The slogan shouting supporters of lence the EC has not only rushed ber quick response team has Assembly poll will decide the fate five were won by the Left Front The BJP president who earlier paid men are being brought from other States TMC and BJP threw bricks at each other additional 22 companies of cen- been formed to rush to the spots of 171 candidates --- including whereas the Congress and BJP a visit to the Ramakrishna Mission whose Chief Ministers are coming in and a gunshot too was fired, sources tral forces and given permission to follow up on the reports of the Chief Minister, Adhikari, won one each. headquarters at Belur Math said Bengal to campaign for the BJP. Is it a said. The police later recovered a coun- to shoot in self-defence (after a violence, sources said adding TMC MP Manas Bhunia, crick- Sources in the Commission “Mamata Didi is going … the large fair deal…” she asked. try gun though the administration said CPF personnel was injured in an Nagendra Tripathi an SP-level eter-turned-BJP nominee Ashok also said that the security of turnout not of BJP workers but the com- Her nephew and TMC MP that there was no firing incident. Five attack in the first phase of elec- IPS officer has been posted as the Dinda. Two retired IPS officers cricket and BJP candidate Ashok mon people only shows what the results Abhishek Banerjee said in an apparent persons had been arrested after the inci- tions) but also clamped Section in-charge of Nandigram police Bharati Ghosh from BJP and Dinda had been increased fol- are going to be in Bengal. He was cam- bid to draw sympathy said “it is strange dent, sources said. 144 of the CrPC in the area. station. This, while Praveen Humayun Kabir from TMC face lowing Wednesday’s attack on paigning for BJP candidate Vaishali that against one woman the entire Elsewhere at Bijpur in the adjoin- The prohibitory orders Tripathi a DIG will monitor the each other at Debra seat in West him. Dinda has been given “Y- Dalmiya a former TMC MLA and administration of the country including ing constituency a skirmish between the would be implementable from situation from across the Haldi Midnapore. More than 75 lakh plus” security sources said. His daughter of former BCCI president the Prime Minister, Home Minister, two parties led to the vehicles of TMC wee hours of Thursday. While all River from Haldia. Besides, a voters in 30 seats will exercise vehicle was smashed and one of Jagmohan Dalmiya.” other Ministers, Chief Ministers and big candidate Subodh Adhikari being dam- roads leading to Nandigram round-the-clock monitoring will their franchise on Thursday. his party man was severely The Chief Minister on the other leaders have opened fronts … but still aged by alleged BJP men. In retaliation have been blocked with severe be conducted from Kolkata 120 Elections will take place in four injured in the attack allegedly by hand attacked the BJP for pushing in we have faith in our people that they will the TMC men attacked the vehicle of naka checking (police checking) km away. districts. the TMC men. Dinda too was goons from outside States to rig the elec- vote for the TMC.” BJP candidate Subhrangshu Roy the son taking place the ferry service too The security of the candi- There are3210 polling sta- injured in the attack. tions. “Is Election Commission listen- The BJP leadership scoffed at the of party vice president Mukul Roy. " &( P # % P +%8 3 4# 56 . 262 Asia, the Home Minister said that Rs 53,000 crore were sanctioned by $ Assam would be made Modi, while six big bridges were &) * nion Home Minister Amit 'Aatmanirbhar' (self-reliant) and constructed over the Brahmaputra KOCHI: The Punnapra-Vayalar agitation II,” said M P Ajit Kumar, member , Indin UShah said on Wednesday that the youth of the state would no River while Rs 46,000 crore pro- in Kerala’s Alappuzha district that saw Council of Historical Research in a state- BJP will not allow Assam to again longer need to go out of the state jects are being implemented in the many coir workers carrying spears falling ment released to the media. 242 consumed liquor on Holi and become a hub for illegal migrants in search of jobs. gas and oil sectors. to the bullets of armed police during the The statement was in response to their health deteriorated at and the international borders Shah said: "The BJP govern- "Stopping the poaching of intervening nights of October 27 and 28, Sandeep Vachaspathi, the BJP candidate at ight persons died in two night. would be sealed to curb unlawful N )9% 05929CD9. Assam's famed rhinos, the BJP 1946 has come back to the centre stage 75 Alappuzha offering floral tributes to the Eseparate incidents in Bihar The other deceased per- migration. government freed the Kaziranga years after the incident. unarmed and innocent workers of coir fac- -- six in Nawada and two in sons have been identified as Shah said that while the BJP 6265754)2 National Park of illegal encroach- Workers in coir factories in and tories who were shot dead by the armed Begusarai -- after they report- Ajay Yadav (Gondpur), Government is trying to make 9E5)4%54 9.1 ers," Shah said. around Alappuzha were forced by the then police of the then Travancore State when edly consumed spurious liquor Sailendra Yadav (Gondpur), Assam an illegal migration-free %5%545E5)D Accusing the Congress for leadership of the Communist Party of India they tried to finish them off. The workers in the last 24 hours. Loha Singh Thathera (Kharidi state, the Congress has forged an 0 45)9% 05%215 4 not solving the problem of insur- to attack the armed police deployed by the were buried at Valiya Chudukaadu in The family members of Bigha) and Gopal Kumar. alliance with the All India United gency leading to the killing of hun- then Dewan of Travancore C P Alappuzha. the deceased claimed that they They were admitted to Democratic Front (AIUDF) head- 65*9192)55%54 dreds of people in the state, the Ramaswami Iyer. The massacre of the Dr Kumar said the British had trans- consumed liquor on the day nearby private hospitals ed by Badruddin Ajmal, who, *5C9)5G"GGC9)2 Home Minister said that the Modi workers by the police is projected as the ferred power to the interim government led Holi on Monday, after which where they died on Tuesday according to the BJP leader, always 5275C.2002%O government took the initiative for part of the freedom movement by the CPI by Jawaharlal Nehru on September 2, 1946 their health conditions deteri- evening and Wednesday patronises illegal migration. signing of the Bodo Accord, and this helped the party to win the first as a prelude to the country getting freedom orated by the night. morning. Announcing to reopen the ment has made Assam an agitation paving the way for permanent general election held to the assembly of the from the colonial rulers. “When the whole The first incident was "We had admitted Dinesh closed paper mills in the State, the free, terrorism free and corruption peace in Assam. unified Kerala in 1957. of India woke up to welcome the freedom reported from Gondpur and Singh to a private hospital former BJP national President, free state. Now Assam would soon "I promise to all of you that the “It was not at all part of the freedom at midnight, the Communists turned their Kharidi Bigha localities under where he died on Tuesday while addressing three election ral- be a flood free state as well. Central government would imple- movement. The claim by the CPI that the back and celebrated ‘Pakistan Day’. the Nawada Sadar block. evening. He had consumed lies in Bijni, Hajo and Dispur, said "Every year, 7.5 per cent soil ment every single promise made Punnapra Vayalar agitation was part of ‘Punnapra-Vayalar’ is only one among the However, the district admin- liquor on Holi," Priyanka Devi, that huge bamboo resources are erosion takes place due to floods in the Bodo agreement before India’s freedom struggle is in fact a trav- many stories of the Communist leaders’ istration of Nawada has not the wife of Dinesh Singh, told available in Assam and papers in the Brahmaputra river. Satellite 2022 for a peaceful Assam," he stat- esty of truth. The Communists had sup- treachery to its ignorant but spirited fol- yet confirmed that the deaths mediapersons in Nawada. would be made in the state's paper survey projects, including the cre- ed. ported Britain when patriots fought for lowers,” he said. were caused by the con- Meanwhile, Prince mills to meet the country's require- ation of mega reservoirs, would be The second phase of polling in India. The CPI stood with the Communist The historian said there were many sumption of spurious liquor. Tamanna, the district vice pres- ment. undertaken to prevent the recur- Assam would be held on Thursday, fatherland, Russia, switching sides favour- activists of the Punnapra Vayalar agitation Two of the deceased have ident of RJD in Nawada, Two Assam paper mills in ring floods." while the third and final phase will ing the latter. The party that pooh-poohed who draw monthly pensions under the title veeb identified as Dinesh Singh claimed that eight persons lost Nagaon and Hailakandi districts Detailing the development be conducted on April 6. The Britain and called the British war against of freedom fighters. “This practice has to alias Shakti of Kharidi Bigha their lives in Kharidi Bigha are closed for more than five projects undertaken by the BJP results will be declared on May 2. Russia as ‘Imperialist War” turned to the go. There are many in the ICHR whose and Ramdev Yadav of while seven died in the years. government at the Centre headed The first phase of elections was British side and called it “Peoples War” mission is to perpetuate the claims made Gondpur. Their family mem- Gondpur locality after con- Claiming to make Guwahati by Prime Minister Narendra modi, held on March 27 with a voter when Britain declared help to Russia fol- by the CPI leaders to distort and mutilate bers have claimed that they had suming spurious liquor. the startup capital of Southeast Shah said that road projects worth turnout of nearly 80 per cent. lowing the German attack in World War Indian history,” he said. .PNS " 3 % Q% 3 2 %8 9A/ % 7 R$ % 0.8 6 ?2%%. Commissioner that round the clock + 8976 Besides Vijayan, the CPI leader security arrangement is in place at Kanam Rajendran too told Mani to ore than three weeks after over the holding centre and all necessary he controversial love jehad has mind his language and not to attack the M150 Rohingyas-illegal immi- facilities to maintain standard of liv- Tcaused a rift between the Kerala Muslims over hearsay. Mani blamed the grants from Myanmar were shifted ing in consonance with human Congress (Mani) and the CPI(M). media for distorting his words viz-a-viz to a holding centre at Hiranagar in dignity like clean drinking water, The Mani Group of the Kerala Congress the Love Jihad and chose to remain Kathua the administration of the electricity with generator, proper Ballia (UP): A young man was led by Jose K Mani is upset over the silent over the issue. Union Territory of Jammu and sanitation/drainage system, accom- killed in UP's Ballia district for indifference of the CPI(M) towards the But on Wednesday, the councilors Kashmir Wednesday said the modation with proper allegedly smearing colour on a ever increasing number of Christian of Pala Municipality belonging to the process for their deportation to the bedding/lighting, etc., are available distant female relative during girls eloping with Muslim youth who Kerala Congress (Mani) and CPI(M) country of origin has been initiat- in the holding centre. He also Holi. promise them of marriage after getting had fisticuffs and came to blows in the ed. informed that special medical diet The body of Durgesh converted to Islam. council hall over local issues. A big According to a statement issued is being provided to pregnant Paswan, 19, with stab wounds Jose K Mani, who dumped the showdown was averted by the inter- by the Department of Information women, old and infirm internees. on his back and chest, was Congress-led UDF and crossed over to vention of Municipal officials and and Public Relations, "as per the After taking the round of the found late on Tuesday night the CPI(M) led LDF, expressed his con- police, according to one of the coun- provision of Foreigners Act 1946 centre the Divisional from Chhotaki Seria village. cern and apprehension over the ever cilors. Pala is the assembly constituen- certain illegal immigrants have Commissioner expressed satisfac- Two men belonging to the increasing instances of Love Jihad fea- cy represented by late K M Mani been kept at the notified holding accommodate illegal immigrants. Saba Shawl; CMO, CEO, besides tion over the facilities being pro- same village have been arrested turing Christian girls. (father of Jose K Mani) in the legisla- centres by the authorities and the According to the statement senior officers of Handicraft, Social vided to the internees by the author- in connection with the crime. Mani extended his full support to tive assembly. process for their deportation to the issued by DIPR, "Divisional Welfare, Municipality, Sports and ities. He took a round of various sec- According to reports, the stance of the Kerala Catholic The ‘diktat’ issued by the CPI(M) country of origin has been initiat- Commissioner, Jammu, Dr. Raghav other concerned. tions including school, vocational Durgesh had smeared colour on Bishops’ Council, the apex body of the not to speak anything against the Love ed". Langer Wednesday visited holding During their visit to the hold- centre, playing area & other sections the sister-in-law of the accused, Catholic Church in a meeting he had Jihad has upset Jose K Mani, who till Meanwhile, several senior offi- centre at Hiranagar to assess the ing centre, "The In-charge holding of the holding centre. He also inter- Karan, during Holi celebra- with representatives of the KCBC on crossing over to the LDF, was one of the cers of Jammu division on facilities being provided to the centre apprised the Divisional acted with the inmates and inquired tions on Monday after which Monday. But the CPI(M), which leads supreme leaders of the UDF. Discussion Wednesday visited 'holding centre' internees at the holding centre Commissioner about the status of about their wellbeing. they had a quarrel. the LDF is reported to have informed is on in the party about future course at Hiranagar to take stock of the notified by the Home Department internees and the facilities being During the visit he also direct- Superintendent of Police Mani about the displeasure of Chief of action but the senior leaders have facilities being provided to the ille- of UT of J&K". provided to the internees which ed the CEO, CMO, ICDS and other Vipin Tada said: "On Tuesday Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over his asked Mani not to do anything in haste. gal immigrants. Dr Langer was accompanied by include, inter-alia, telephone/inter- line departments to provide all night, Karan called Durgesh for public speech. Vijayan is strict in his At the end of the day, it is almost The centre has been notified by Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, view facility, medical care and necessary support and facilities at a meeting and then killed him stance of not attacking or blaming the clear that the KC(M) is not at all happy the Home department of Union Rahul Yadav; SSP Kathua, R.C. recreation facilities". the holding centre as per guidelines with the help of his friend, Muslims. with the LDF. Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to Kotwal; Staff Officer to DG Prisons, He informed the Divisional issued in this regard. Sanjeev. IANS = ( ! != 2 I 2 .1 % 9 2 2)6 Aligarh: A new twist has come in the two year court, there too she blamed this act on Amit. At 242 Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and < 2 2)6 old case of rape with a minor girl and her get- the same time, the Amit refused this charge with Kerala for Holi. 7 people, including seven people ting pregnant from Barla region. The DNA of the claim and the requested for DNA matching. even students tested positive for coron- "The administrative officers from block wall of a house suddenly 1from the same family of Ishapur the child who was given birth by the minor has Later, on the court's order, the sample of DNA Savirus on Wednesday at the Rajendra to district level have been alerted. They were Acollapsed in Gopi, a village colony, have been infected with the not matched from the accused youth who was sampling of the child and Amit, was done in the Agriculture University Pusa in Samastipur asked to keep testing visitors at bus stand, in Akirabad. A child was corona virus. Health department offi- sent to jail for the misdemeanor. After receiv- lockdown period in the year 2020 and was sent district. Following the development, the vice railway stations, hospitals, primary health buried in it. Here, people came cials are on alert after the cases has ing this report (negative) from the State Forensic to the State Forensic Science Laboratory, chancellor of the university shut the hostel centres, blocks etc. The officers have been to the spot after hearing the escalated. Science Laboratory, the court released the Lucknow Milan. Now its report has come neg- premises and and initiated rapid antigen and also directed to strongly take action against sound of the fall of the wall. On the day of Holi, 4 people were accused on bail before Holi. When the accused ative in the month of February.On the basis of RT-PCR tests. violators not following social distancing People removed the bricks of found infected with the corona virus. reached the village, there was a stir in the vil- the report in this case, the accused side filed a The cases of Covid-19 have been rising norms and wearing masks at common and the fallen wall, but the girl was The authorities are on alert after lage. Now the victim's family is accusing the bail application in the court, which was grant- in Bihar with health department registering market places," said Mangal Pandey, Bihar dead by then. reports of 13 people being infected accused side of turning the report over. ed by the Sessions Court a day before Holi and 1,487 cases in last 10 days, of which over 600 Health Minister. The village Gopi resident have came. Seven people from the The incident is of February 2019. When the granted bail to Amit. were in last three days, an official said. "The situation in Bihar, compared to Pravesh Kumar Kushwaha same family of Ishapur Colony have farmer family of a 13-year-old girl studying in Two days before Holi, Amit reached his vil- "We have started contact tracing of stu- other state is not bad. We are keeping close works in village. On Tuesday been found infected. A 66-year-old the eighth standard came to know that their lage and thr victim's family was stunned to see dents. Accordingly 100 students are under- watch on the development but the situation night, he was sleeping at home woman from the family was found daughter was five months pregnant. When asked him. When the victim's family contacted the going Corona test every day. We have also has not reached that stage where we should with the family. At that time, infected three days ago. Family mem- about it, she accused the 28-year-old man, Amit police and advocates, it was found that he had formed a isolation center in the premises," impose a lockdown. As per the guidelines the youngest of the four chil- bers underwent a corona test before from the village that when she was alone at home, got bail on the basis of DNA report coming neg- said Ramesh Chandra Srivastava, the VC. of Union Ministry of Health, it has allowed dren (Tanu, 6) went to drink going to Rajasthan. At that time the the accused had been raping her for a long time ative. "All Corona positive patients are admit- us to take decision according to the situa- water on the tap in the house. report of other people except the and threatening her. In the conversation, the father of the minor ted there. I appeal the the parents of students tion," Pandey said. At that time, The wall near the woman was negative. But now 7 of The matter was brought to the notice of the told that he has received information from the to not to panic. We are providing best med- "In the build-up to and following Holi, tap suddenly fell on her. Due to them has tested positive. This is a mat- authorities and a case was registered against Amit police that the DNA report of the accused has ical facilities. The situation is under control," we have initiated special drive on the direc- which Tanu (6) died a painful ter of stress as the family also visited at Barla police station and he was sent to jail. come negative. But we do not trust this. Of Srivastava said. tion CM Nitish Kumar to conduct test at air- death on the spot. In the to Rajasthan. Sampling in Aligarh has Chargesheet was also filed in the court and ses- course, the accused side has forged the reports. The health department suspects that the ports, railway stations, bus stands etc. We morning, the family cremated been increased and health department sion trial started in the court. On the contrary, we have also started receiving figures rose due to large number of migrant have conducted 65,104 Rapid antigen test on Tanu at the crematorium near is keeping a vigilant eye on those com- A few months later, the teenager gave birth threats that we will have to suffer the conse- labourers returning home from Maharastra, March 28; 70,062 on March 29 and 29,224 the village. ing from outside. to a child. After this, when she was asked in the quences of sending to jail. PNS Delhi and NCR cities, Punjab, Haryana, in the last 24 hours," Pandey said. !"! "4
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The Centre has asked the mobile vans for free distribution of potable Further, the Assembly elections in Bengal States and Union Territories to identify low water, lemon water and other medicines are marred by violence and hate campaigns. - # !3 S 0 vaccine-coverage pockets, particularly in dis- required during the summers. These vans Recently, West Bengal Chief Minister G"$ tricts reporting a surge in new infections, - , ! should be electrically operated and not on Mamata Banerjee and her BJP rival & and take corrective action. The Centre has fuels like petrol, diesel or CNG. Suvendu Adhikari stepped up the attack $ 5 .,!$5/ ! ! .!!/ 6 sounded a warning that the situation is get- Global warming is the main reason for against each other, just days before their , ( " * ting bad to worse and is a huge cause of this change in climate the world over. This high-profile contest in Nandigram. worry. We cannot afford to drop our guard 7( ! , is a man-made disaster and almost impos- However, as the real fight is between the $ + in such a situation. The Government is sible to reverse. The emission of the green- BJP and the TMC, the Left and the doing whatever it can but we must also do '=>0' % house gases (GHGs) has contributed to Congress are just trying their fortunes. The K2, ) our bit and wear masks properly and prac- global warming. India contributes signifi- ‘Grand Old Party’ has lost ground and dif- $ 0 (6 0 tice social distancing. cantly to the emission of GHGs. ferences among its leaders will cost it dear. % !3 P Senthil | Mumbai Indiscriminate felling of trees and the The Left, which has an alliance with the & destruction of the forest ecosystem are going Congress, also has very negligible chances on unabated. of resurgence in the State’s politics. 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It ance of the organisation and It is very important to innovation within a firm. According to a 2018 report by rate world is a gain for the opens up a firm to a world of its courage to take strategic identify and motivate Globalisation and con- Babson College, approxi- entrepreneurship ecosystem. innovation, which in turn steps and make investment intrapreneurs by creating sys- sistent groundbreaking mately 15 per cent of the This puts India Inc. in a pre- improves its performance. choices in an ambiguous tems of freedom, acknowl- changes in technology have adults in the US are entrepre- - 0 * .2 51 carious position and forces it And in doing so, improves environment in the face of edgement and incentives that made the business environ- neurs. In fact, to quote a 2020 to come out with innovative and elevates the collective possible failures. The third is encourage and empower ment quite challenging. To report by Guidant Financial, solutions to retain talent and skills of the business. This proactiveness, which is essen- them. Any inconsistency in survive in these tough times, 27 per cent of the employees put an end to such employee ability to be agile and innov- tial to become pioneers in the these systems or a lack of businesses must constantly of corporate America have exit. ative need not be limited to field of their respective busi- enthusiasm from top man- innovate and transform their cited dissatisfaction with their So why not offer employ- small organisations, as it helps nesses. Fourth is the autono- agement can discourage and products, services and mod- companies as a main reason ees what they are looking for larger firms to discover their my provided to individuals or disorient them. els. Such an innovative cul- for leaving their jobs and by providing an entrepre- lost adaptability and capaci- failures, ensures availability of groups to establish an idea or An organisation that is ture accomplished by starting their own business neurial ecosystem within the ty to innovate, mostly by resources, provides multi- a concept. The creation of able to create a positive inter- intrapreneurial ingenuity can venture. organisation to satisfy their concentrating on actions out- disciplinary teams, provides new products or services, nal ecosystem of an intrapre- help firms to improve perfor- India, being home to the needs along with the job side the purview of their core appropriate time horizon, new jobs, or new processes neurial workforce is able to mance, innovation, profitabil- youngest population in the security? Such a concept — business activities, which help creates suitable rewards pro- forms the fifth dimension. grow and sustain in the long ity and competitiveness. world, is also restless. In intrapreneurship — creates in value addition and devel- grammes and garners the The sixth one is strategic run. In addition to the organ- In order to achieve supe- 2017, a media report suggest- an environment within the oping the competitive posi- support of the top manage- reorganisation to redefine isational role in promoting rior company performance, ed that around 83 per cent of organisation, including allo- tion of the business. ment. the purpose and strategy of a intrapreneurship, it is the motivate and retain talented employees favour entrepre- cation of resources, for self- Any organisation that Researchers have come business. The seventh and employees themselves who staff, the senior leadership neurship over corporate jobs The writer is Associate motivated employees to act encourages intrapreneurship up with seven dimensions of the final dimension is the can make a difference, as should integrate intrapre- Professor, Amity which, according to the University, Noida. The like entrepreneurs. They take creates a conducive environ- intrapreneurship. The first competitiveness of the firm in they connect the manage- neurship into the overall Randstad Workmonitor sur- views expressed the lead to pursue product or ment to encourage new and being the process of innova- challenging the competitors. ment to development. organisational strategy. After vey, is higher than the glob- are personal. service innovation, to fresh ideas, operates on cut- tion and the ability to create Senior leadership should Intrapreneurship is successful all, there are no old roads to al average of 53 per cent. improve the competitive ting-edge technology, allows new products, services, meth- analyse, nurture and pro- only as long as the intrapre- a new direction. !"! "8 ' ,#. + AB + % Yangon: Kachin guerrillas military “ground troops are attacked a police outpost in advancing into our territories % , % northern Myanmar early on from all fronts” and it may have Wednesday, local media report- to respond. The KNU is the ed, in an indication of the main political body represent- 4! $ deepening involvement of eth- ing the Karen minority. nic minority armed forces in The conflict in eastern MAE SAM LAEO: The mili- the main political body repre- Washington: The recent witnessed just this past week- the country''s popular move- Myanmar expanded the crisis tary launched more airstrikes senting the Karen minority, actions of the Myanmar mili- end an attack that killed about ment seeking to unseat the regionally, as an estimated on Tuesday in eastern said the airstrikes were the tary against its own civilians 100 civilians. Some people junta that seized power in 3,000 Karen took temporary Myanmar after earlier attacks latest case of Myanmar's mili- are reprehensible, US simply caught in the crossfire, February. shelter in neighbouring forced thousands of ethnic tary breaking a cease-fire agree- Secretary of State Antony others just expressing peace- The action follows conflict Thailand. Thai authorities said Karen to flee into Thailand and ment and it would have to Blinken has said. fully their views." in eastern Myanmar, where Wednesday only about 200 further escalating violence two respond. Over 500 people have This follows a series of Karen guerrillas seized an army remained in the country and months after the junta seized The attacks came as protests been killed in a violent crack- other attacks, and increasing- outpost Saturday and were preparing to go back They would like them to form western Myanmar — have pub- power. Thailand's PM said the continued in Myanmar cities down on protesters by the ly disturbing and even horri- Myanmar''s military followed across the border. what they are calling a federal licly denounced the coup and villagers who fled the weekend against the coup Feb. 1 that security forces ever since the fying violence, he added. with airstrikes that killed about Leaders of the protest army as a counterweight to the said they will defend protesters airstrikes returned home of ousted an elected civilian gov- junta overthrew the elected "One thing is clear. It's that 10 villagers and drove thou- movement against the mili- government armed forces. in the territory they control. their own accord, denying that ernment and reversed a decade government of Aung San Suu the people of Burma are sands more across the border tary''s February 1 ouster of the It is unclear what, if any, More than a dozen of his country's security forces of progress toward democracy Kyi in a coup last month. speaking clearly. They don't into Thailand. elected government of Aung progress has been made toward Myanmar''s ethnic minorities had forced them back. in the Southeast Asian country. "The actions that we've want to live under military After the airstrikes, the San Suu Kyi have been seeking that goal, though several of the have been seeking greater But the situation in eastern Hundreds of civilians have been seen by the Burmese military rule and that is evident from Karen National Union issued a an alliance with the ethnic major groups — including the autonomy for decades, going Myanmar appeared to be get- killed by security forces trying in terms of its attacks on civil- what we're seeing and hearing statement from one of its minorities'' armed groups to Kachin, the Karen and the through cycles of armed con- ting more, not less, dangerous. to put down opposition to the ians are reprehensible," every single day in Burma," armed units saying Myanmar boost pressure on the junta. Rakhines'' Arakan Army in flict and uneasy ceasefires. AP The Karen National Union, coup. AP Blinken said on Tuesday. "We Blinken said. PTI " ! % >?, % Washington: US President Joe The US is currently ranked C Biden will announce a massive -() * N N 13th in the world in infra- once-in-a-century $2 trillion structure, which the officials plan on Wednesday to trans- %, G . said has real costs. Manila: The Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin ing strong protests from the form America's aging infra- - H) Delays caused by traffic Government said on Lorenzana for about 200 Philippines and other claimant structure, and position the H6 * congestion alone cost over Wednesday that more than Chinese vessels to leave states. About 45 Chinese vessels country to out-compete China, "%/()01(.0 "%/()01(.0 ? USD 160 billion per year, and 250 Chinese vessels it believes Whitsun Reef, stating that the were in the vicinity of the according to officials. * N %, - "%/()01( ?* N motorists are forced to pay over are operated by militia have maritime territory belongs to it Philippine-occupied island of The American Jobs Plan, - 6 USD 1,000 every year in wast- been spotted near six Manila- and the Chinese vessels were Thitu, which Manila calls to be announced by Biden in G"GG 6 )- ed time and fuel. claimed islands and reefs in the sheltering from rough seas. Pagasa, the officials said. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will 6!* G"G" The plan invests USD 620 disputed South China Sea and After carrying out aerial “The Philippines calls on create millions of good-paying $ N billion in transportation infra- demanded that China imme- and maritime patrol missions, China to immediately with- jobs and rebuild the US infra- $ %, * N N structure, which will mod- diately remove them. Philippine officials said 44 draw these vessels flying its structure. .07 , $ ernise 20,000 miles of high- The gathering of the Chinese “maritime militia” ves- flag,” the National Task Force This is a once-in-a-centu- 0 % , * * N ways, roads and main streets. Chinese-flagged vessels, along sels were still moored Monday for the West Philippine Sea said ry capital investment in 6!* It will fix the 10 most eco- with four Chinese navy ships at at Whitsun Reef, which Manila in a statement. America, according to offi- 1 $ - nomically-significant bridges in a Chinese-occupied manmade calls Julian Felipe. More than “Neither the Philippines cials. 4 0 $L need of reconstruction and island base, “is hazardous to 200 other vessels from the nor the international commu- It will also position the - 0 % - repair the worst 10,000 small- navigation and safety of life at Chinese flotilla have apparent- nity will ever accept China's United States to out-compete $6!* 744$ R6 * er bridges, reconnecting com- sea" and may damage coral ly dispersed to five other areas assertion of its so-called 'indis- China, they said. $L munities across the country. reefs and threaten the in the Spratly group of islands, putable integrated sovereignty' “By investing about USD .0 N - It will double federal fund- Philippines' sovereign rights, a including three Chinese-occu- over almost all of the South 2 trillion over the next eight ing for public transit, buy down & 6 government body overseeing pied artificial islands, they said. China Sea.” The interagency years, we can transform our $ N- the repair backlog, and bring $ $ $R the disputed waters said. Four Chinese navy ships body led by President Rodrigo current and future infrastruc- bus and rail service to new China has ignored a were at Chinese-occupied Duterte's national security ture and fundamentally change communities and neighbour- Philippine government diplo- Mischief Reef, the Philippine adviser released surveillance life for Americans,” officials President Biden's Made in reduce deficits in the years after. in the 1960s, the last time we hoods, especially those that matic protest and a call more officials said. China took con- photos of the Chinese flotilla in said ahead of the presidential America corporate tax plan, the “This plan will bring pub- made transformative invest- have been structurally exclud- than a week ago by Philippine trol of the reef in 1995, draw- the disputed areas. AP visit to Pittsburgh. plan would be fully paid for lic investment as a share of the ments in our nation's infra- ed from resources and oppor- “If passed alongside within the next 15 years and economy back to where it was structure,” they said. tunity. PTI 95& **7 8 $ 0 2 1'511$%9 8 2 4D7 7 * + Minneapolis: A Minneapolis and detailed her emergency New York: A parolee convict- as a hate crime, attempted '( Beijing: A veteran BBC corre- authorities did not want the firefighter who wept as she medical technician training. ed of killing his mother near- assault as a hate crime, assault spondent whose coverage world to know,” the BBC said recalled being prevented from “I would have been able to ly two decades ago was arrest- and attempted assault in #: angered China has left the in a statement posted on using her EMT training to provide medical attention to ed on charges including felony Monday's attack, police said. It 4 country amid concerns for his Twitter. help George Floyd will be back the best of my abilities. And assault as a hate crime for wasn't immediately known -& safety, the BBC and a journal- The BBC and Sudworth on the stand Wednesday in the this human was denied that attacking an Asian American whether he had a lawyer who . 0 $ ist organisation said. declined further comment. trial of the fired police officer right.” Hansen was among woman near New York City's could speak on his behalf. The BBC said Wednesday Sudworth has reported from charged in Floyd's death. several onlookers to testify Times Square, police said early The victim was identified that John Sudworth had relo- China for nine years. He won Genevieve Hansen, one of Tuesday to what they saw of on Wednesday. as Vilma Kari, who immigrat- cated to Taiwan and would a George Polk Award last year several bystanders seen and Floyd's May 25 death. They Police said Brandon Elliot, ed from the Philippines, her D().0 4202 continue to be the British pub- for his reporting on internment heard shouting at Derek described their increasing frus- 38, is the man seen on video daughter told The New York lic broadcaster's China corre- camps for Muslims in the Chauvin as he pinned Floyd tration, anger and despair as kicking and stomping the Times; the newspaper did not % spondent. Xinjiang region. China says the facedown outside a conve- they begged Chauvin to take woman on Monday. They said identify Kari's daughter. 7 .25 The Foreign camps were vocational training nience store last May, described his knee off Floyd's neck. Elliot was living at a hotel that Philippine Ambassador 5 02 Correspondents' Club of China centers and denies any abuses. her desperation Tuesday as Witness after wit- serves as a homeless shelter a to the US Jose Manuel said that Sudworth had left last China has held a she recounted how she was ness described how Chauvin few blocks from the scene of Romualdez said the victim is week “amid concerns for his series of news conferences to unable to come to Floyd's aid was unmoved by their pleas, the attack. Elliot, who is Black, Filipino American. The coun- safety and that of his family.” refute reports of human rights or tell police what to do, such including the teenager who was convicted of stabbing his try's foreign secretary, Teodoro $ The organisation said that violations in Xinjiang by the as administering chest com- shot the harrowing video of the mother to death in the Bronx Locsin Jr, condemned the Sudworth's wife, Yvonne BBC and other foreign media. pressions. arrest that set off nationwide in 2002, when he was 19. He attack in a Twitter post, saying, + Murray, a correspondent for Chinese state media “There was a man being protests. She said the officer was released from prison in “This is gravely noted and will Irish broadcaster RTE, had left and officials have accused the killed,” said Hansen, who tes- gave the crowd a “cold” and 2019 and is on lifetime parole. influence Philippine foreign D()7 5 with him.“John's work has British broadcaster of deliber- tified in her dress uniform “heartless” stare. AP He faces charges of assault policy.” AP - exposed truths the Chinese ate misinformation. AP ?& 0 7 7 <$(:$ $ *, $ % &3 && && 8 " + 7 7 , &"% &" ! 6Q Washington: Pfizer announced for ages 16 and older. But vac- given dummy shots, Pfizer 1/=1) E Wednesday that its COVID-19 cinating children of all ages will reported. 7 2 Rome: Italy on Wednesday The Italian Foreign Jakarta (Indonesia): A woman vaccine is safe and strongly pro- be critical to stopping the pan- It's a small study, that has- % C ordered two Russian Embassy Ministry said it summoned entered the Indonesian tective in kids as young as 12, demic — and helping schools, n't yet been published, so 5 % officials expelled and arrested Russian Ambassador Sergey National Police Headquarters a step toward possibly begin- at least the upper grades, start another important piece of an Italian Navy captain on Razov to protest the “grave inci- in Jakarta and pointed a gun at ning shots in this age group to look a little more normal evidence is how well the shots spying charges after police dent" after a sting operation on several officers before being before they head back to school after months of disruption. revved up the kids' immune 8 $ caught the Italian allegedly the outskirts of Rome alleged- shot dead by police, in the lat- in the fall. In a study of 2,260 US vol- systems. Researchers reported giving classified documents to ly caught the Italian and one of est in a series of suspected mil- Most COVID-19 vaccines unteers ages 12 to 15, prelim- high levels of virus-fighting " one of the Russians in exchange the Russians in a “clandestine itant attacks in the world's being rolled out worldwide are inary data showed there were antibodies, somewhat higher for money. operation” to exchange the most populous Muslim nation. for adults, who are at higher no cases of COVID-19 among than were seen in studies of (% 6 Foreign Minister Luigi Di documents late Tuesday. Authorities had earlier risk from the coronavirus. fully vaccinated adolescents young adults. 9 Maio told a joint session of the Italy's Carabinieri para- imposed a counterterrorism Pfizer's vaccine is authorised compared to 18 among those AP - 7 Italian Parliament's foreign military police said in a state- crackdown and were on height- !# , relations committees that the ment that the Italian naval ened alert for possible attacks 7 alleged incident was a “hostile officer, who is a frigate captain, against police and places of ' act of extreme gravity." had been arrested. AP worship following a suicide $ bombing at a Roman Catholic *N N N - cathedral during Palm Sunday O 6887888 Mass on Sulawesi island which 2 !#=!H5 & C& ( G P wounded at least 20 people. 11?310 Television video on 16282 Bengalis. To this day, no apol- 3 + <"" """ 7 N Wednesday showed an uniden- ogy has been forthcoming...An 0 - tified woman wearing a long former Pakistani diplomat apology is the most courteous %)4%4 H 7 black robe and a blue veil Ahas said Islamabad should thing," Husain Haqqani, who 2 0 walking near a parking lot at offer a "formal apology" to the served as Pakistan's ambas- $ the police headquarters toward people of Bangladesh for the sador to the US from 2008 to the police chief's office build- "genocide" committed by its 2011, was quoted as saying by 86 ing. She pointed a gun at sev- military in 1971, according to The Daily Star newspaper on * ,-. eral police officers before being media reports. Wednesday. .0 & 1#0 8 :"< shot dead by other officers. Bangladesh — previously "The people of Pakistan %O $ 7!# A bomb squad member known as East Pakistan -- should urge their government G( approached her body, which broke away to become an inde- to offer a formal apology to the - was lying in the rain with the pendent nation in 1971 after a people of Bangladesh for all the &$ !"> ";;$ gun nearby, and determined war between Bangladeshi free- atrocities committed by the * there were no dangerous mate- dom fighters, backed by India, Pakistani military in 1971," he - rials in the area before the body and Pakistani forces. said at a virtual talk titled 2 - - @ + was removed. There was no Officially three million "Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur %0?%(4#4- immediate statement from people were killed and thou- Rahman: An Iconic Leader of 9 - 2 police about the incident. sands of women were raped People's Struggle for Freedom" - 7!#,- $ N On Sunday, a couple with during the nine-month long on Monday. $ % 2 .4 suspected militant links used war. The internationally % 8 N - pressure cooker bombs to blow "The military's reaction in renowned scholar from 8 4 7 * themselves up outside the the form of imprisoning Sheikh Pakistan now lives in the US, , Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral Mujib (Bangabandhu Sheikh according to the state-run news & % =$ in Makassar, the capital of Mujibur Rahman) and initiat- agency Bangladesh Sangbad $ South Sulawesi island. AP ing genocide against the Sangstha (BSS). !"! ": / R *.# / % ; ; + $%&'$( R % 45D4E ! + 9?,@ % C ?D$ $'5) 8E 2= 156 ?,@4B! 15E59%542.69) D New Delhi: Investors' wealth 45 156 % %1G"(! 45 156 about the cabinet PLI scheme for 12-13 sectors. grew massively by Rs 1 decisions. Already, PLI has been Washington: India's economy The slowdown was caused 90,82,057.95 crore in 2020-21 he government has 1 2 !#:= he Government on The effort is to take the announced for six sectors. has bounced back amazingly by a decline in private con- driven by an extraordinary Tmopped up Rs 32,835 crore >! % G"G!$ TWednesday approved a country's food processing to a "Today, PLI for the food pro- from the COVID-19 pandem- sumption growth and shocks to rally in the equity market, from CPSE share sale and buy- 2- !; - production-linked incentive next level amid the rising glob- cessing industries has been ic and nationwide lockdown the financial sector (the collapse where the benchmark Sensex backs, thus exceeding the dis- (PLI) scheme for the food pro- al demand for Indian ready to approved," he added. over the last one year, but it is of a large non-bank finance jumped 68 per cent. investment target set in the cessing sector, entailing an out- eat foods, organic products, According to the govern- not out of the woods yet, institution), which compound- In an unprecedented rally, revised estimates (RE) for cur- $ lay of Rs 10,900 crore. processed fruits and vegetables, ment, the first component according to the World Bank, ed pre-existing weaknesses in the 30-share BSE Sensex rent fiscal. The Union Cabinet, marine products and moz- under the scheme relates to which in its latest report has investment, it said. jumped 20,040.66 points or 68 The realisation is, howev- 6 chaired by Prime Minister zarella cheese, he said. incentivising manufacturing of predicted that the country's real Given the significant per cent this fiscal year, brav- er, lower than the record Rs 2.10 Narendra Modi, approved the The government said the four major food product seg- GDP growth for fiscal year uncertainty pertaining to both ing many uncertainties due to lakh crore originally budgeted. % 7 scheme which will help create objectives of the scheme are to ments: ready-to-cook/ready- 21/22 could range from 7.5 to epidemiological and policy COVID-19-led disruptions. In the RE, the target was scaled %7 2.5 lakh jobs by 2026-27, boost support food manufacturing to-eat foods, processed fruits 12.5 per cent. developments, the real GDP Market analysts termed down to Rs 32,000 crore as exports and facilitate expansion entities with stipulated mini- and vegetables, marine prod- The Washington-based growth for FY21/22 can range 2020-21 a roller coaster ride for COVID-19 pandemic delayed of food processing capacity to mum sales and that are willing ucts and mozzarella cheese. global lender, in its latest South from 7.5 to 12.5 per cent, not only Indian markets but planned big ticket disinvest- ) * generate processed food output to make minimum stipulated Innovative and organic Asia Economic Focus report depending on how the ongoing also for equity indices global- ments. )* $ worth Rs 33,494 crore. The investment for expansion of products of small-to-medium released ahead of the annual vaccination campaign proceeds, ly due to the pandemic. In a tweet, Department of incentive under the scheme processing capacity and brand- enterprise (SMEs), including Spring meeting of the World whether new restrictions to But with markets making a Investment and Public Asset + would be paid for six years end- ing abroad to incentivise emer- eggs, poultry meat, egg prod- Bank and the International mobility are required, and how comeback towards the latter Management Secretary Tuhin !!7H88 ing 2026-27. gence of strong Indian ucts in these segments, are Monetary Fund (IMF), said quickly the world economy part of the fiscal year, investors Kanta Pandey said the total 79E 1!# "The PLI for the food pro- brands. also covered under the first that the economy was already recovers, the World Bank said. were rewarded with high DIPAM receipts in 2020-21 cessing sector with Rs 10,900 Information and component. The second com- slowing when the COVID-19 “It is amazing how far returns. Thanks to the improved stand at Rs 71,857 crore, crore-incentive has been Broadcasting Minister ponent relates to support for pandemic unfolded. India has come compared to a investor sentiment, the market which include disinvestment approved. The decision is a fit- Prakash Javadekar, who was branding and marketing After reaching 8.3 per year ago,” Hans Timmer, World capitalisation of BSE-listed com- receipts of Rs 32,835 - ting tribute to our farmers," also present at the briefing, abroad to incentivise emer- cent in FY17, growth deceler- Bank Chief Economist for the panies zoomed Rs 90,82,057.95 crore and dividend 6 2 Food Minister Piyush Goyal said that the government in gence of strong Indian ated to 4.0 per cent in FY20, it South Asia Region, told PTI in crore to reach Rs 2,04,30,814.54 receipts of Rs 39,022 said while briefing the media the Budget had announced a brands. said. an interview. PTI crore in 2020-21. PTI crore. )GG ="" (!/ ! ' %& +, % >! G"G!$ R "#$ ! 2@ %& $ + F ' + NEW DELHI:PFC and REC, Chittaranjan Locomotive 0 Navratna CPSEs under Works(CLW) achieved anoth- 79E 1 =+ Ministry of Power, have now er milestone by rolling out 390 A4< '()* decided together to reduce electric locomotives in only 264 - New Delhi: Competition 45 156 New Delhi: After an eight- lending rates upto 2%. This ini- working days in the FY 2020- - - 45 156 was for previous five years," Commission of India (CCI) has month programme of learning, tiative was undertaken to offer 21 on 31st March 2021. Shri !!: Economic Affairs Secretary imposed a fine of Rs 1 crore on he central government's fis- cross-border exchanges, and competitive rates, in line with Satish Kumar Kashyup, $ aintaining status quo on Tarun Bajaj said. Uttarakhand Agricultural Tcal deficit at the end of online mentorship, 14 teams, the rates being offered by peers General Manager flagged off * & Minflation targetting, the To keep inflation under the Produce Marketing Board for February worked out to be 76 comprising 27 youths, were in the market. This will also the 390th electric locomotive of G"G"G! government on Wednesday specified level, the government abusing its dominant position per cent of the revised estimate, reconvened for the Young Social help PFC and REC to contin- WAG-9HC series bearing no. - extended 4 per cent retail infla- in 2016 decided to set up the with respect to wholesale pro- indicating that it is likely to Entrepreneurs Global's Pitching ue their business growth going 33114 from CLW accompanied tion target for the Reserve Monetary Policy Committee curement and distribution of remain within the projections for Change finale, at which they forward in addition to main- with senior officers, staff & $ Bank of India for the next five headed by RBI Governor alcoholic beverages in made by Finance Minister presented their social enter- taining reasonable spreads. supervisors. years. entrusted with the task of fix- Uttarakhand. Nirmala Sitharaman last month. prise ideas virtually to a panel of Under the current mecha- ing the benchmark policy rate The watchdog has also The minister had revised judges. nism, the RBI has been man- (repo rate). directed the board to deposit the fiscal deficit projections for These teams - from dated by the government to The six-member MPC, the fine within 60 days as well 2020-21 to Rs 18.48 lakh crore Bangladesh, China, India, maintain retail inflation at 4 per which had its first meeting in as "cease and desist" from or 9.5 per cent of the GDP from Indonesia, Nigeria, the cent with a margin of 2 per cent October 2016, was given the indulging in anti-competitive the original budget estimate of Philippines, Singapore, and on either side. mandate to maintain annual practices. Rs 7.96 lakh crore or 3.5 per Uganda - were shortlisted "The inflation target for the inflation at 4 per cent until A detailed investigation cent of the GDP, mainly on from 54 teams comprising period April 1, 2021 to March March 31, 2021 with an upper was carried out into the case. account of additional outgo to 109 youths who took part in 31, 2026 under the Reserve tolerance of 6 per cent and The regulator had ordered the deal with the COVID-19 pan- the Singapore International Bank of India Act 1934 has a lower tolerance of 2 probe in 2016. demic. Foundation's 2020 YSE Global been kept at the same level as per cent. PTI programme last July 2020. It was the first time in the 11- year-old programme's histo- ry that it was run completely online. India was among the six winning teams. !"! O $$% & $ ' &$ ($)$ $ *&$$) * & $) * * ,$P L $ & ;" )$$ &/00 0$0 fabulous hotels to help you relax and recharge for the next day. Amritsar, B too, is well accessible by train, bus and flight. If you want to experience cold weather, a quiet environment and 4! bewitching grasslands, then Ooty is the place for you. Surrounded by mag- ctor Bhumi Pednekar has shown that she is nificent waterfalls and amazing colo- Ainclined to choose social entertainers that win big nial architecture, this small gem in at the box office. Thorough her performances in films Tamil Nadu delivers a lively experi- like Toilet, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, Bala, Dum Laga ence to travellers planning to stay for Ke Haisha, Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitaare, Lust a couple of days. You can find plenty Stories, and more, she has shown her inclination to rep- of mesmerising sites such as resent women to be real on screen. The actor feels the Avalanche Lake, Kalhatty Waterfalls, industry still stereotypes women and she gets quite Deer Park and more that serve as the affected by it. perfect excuse to relax your worries. “I often choose films that have a strong social mes- Ooty also houses the Nilgiri mountain sage but I also think of picking projects that will do railway where the song Chaiyya commercially well. This is important because such Chaiyya was shot. For all the films need to reach out to a lot of people to drive home RELAX,RELAX, REWINDREWIND Shahrukh Khan fans out there, here the message and intent. I try going for cinema that kind is another reason to visit this beauti- of balances both,” says Bhumi. ful hill station. It is accessible by train She adds, “When you think about Toilet, it is one and bus. Tip: Never miss a train jour- of my most commercial socially relevant films. But the ney in the Nilgiri ranges. kind of reach the film had or the kind of impact the film had, I was amazed. After the film released, there ANDAND REFRESHREFRESH were campaigns where fathers and Also known as Puducherry, this mothers were at the forefront saying UT of India is a dreamy escape for a ‘no toilet no bride’. That was so fan- traveller from the hustle and bustle of tastic.” city life. All the hotels, shops and Bhumi further says, “Ayushmann restaurants in Pondicherry sell an and I did a film together – Shubh ) % 5 / % ? amazing vision of French aesthetics, Mangal Saavdhan that speaks of magnified by the Indian designers and human sexuality and is some- ./1<)F 3=( 3F % $ artists. Places like Botanical Gardens, thing that is not spoken Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville about. I did Lust Stories that ast year, the pandemic-induced can relax your soul and make you speaks about gender gap, lockdown across the world cherish the Indian culture different- class divide and woman Ldelayed numerous travel plans. ly. You can also find plenty of beach- sexuality which is some- With a high risk of infection sur- es there that serve as the hot spot for thing that is not spoken at rounding us, people were confined to activities like surfing, scuba diving, all. Women are shown as their homes for the longest time. But parties and more. Pondycherry is people that have no ambi- as things have started to take pace in well accessible by train and bus from tions, no sexual desires and 2021, more and more people are Chennai. that is something I again packing their bags to resume their want to change.” travel plans. However, with several + Bhumi wants to keep countries still showing their door to If you are tired of attending parties picking films that change the outside world, it is domestic trav- and want a spiritual break, Tirupati is the narrative of repre- el that is booming like never before the place to head to. Best known for the sentation of women with an extra push towards stayca- Lord Venkateswara Temple, lakhs of in cinema. She says, tions. tourists visit this place every year to “Through my cine- Indians are increasingly heading praise its architecture and take bless- ma, I try in por- towards off-beat locations to stay at ings from the almighty Venkateshwara. traying women prominent or luxury properties that You can also find the archaeological that exist, offer staycation packages, allowing museum that displays an extensive col- women that are them to relax, rewind, and refresh in lection of Hindu gods, allowing tourists real. Women a home away from home environ- ferent fun to travel. The beaches of the you, their local food is a must-try, with open arms. The moment you to capture the Indian culture from the need good ment. Such trips are easy on the wal- state, each having its own identity, is which is a mixture of Portuguese and enter Amritsar, you can smell food first seat. Besides these, Tirupati is representa- let (as compared to an international what attracts tourists from all over the Indian backgrounds. It will surely give cooking in open kitchens and the blessed with several waterfalls, hills and tion in getaway) and allow you to be a tourist globe. Usually, the beaches in the a twist to your taste buds. In short, melody of devotional music soothing greenery, which delights a nature lover cinema. I in your home country. If you are in South are quieter than those located Goa promises to deliver a blissful your earbuds. Amritsar is blessed with in every manner. Tirupati is well see dire need of some downtime, just pack in the North. If you are a party ani- experience to every traveller who magnificent sites such as Wagah bor- accessible by train, bus and flight. women your bags and book a week-long mal, you know where to head to. If you steps foot inside its territory. It is well der, Jallianwala Bagh and more, which So, what are you waiting for? not siesta at properties in any of the below- want a distraction from the beaches, accessible by train, bus and flight. The rewinds our history and are a treat to Book your tickets to any of the above having mentioned destinations: temples and wildlife sanctuaries will journey to Goa is most scenic by train. look at. Finally, how can we forget the destinations and enjoy the much- the cor- happily do the job. Goa is filled with local Punjabi food? In every street of needed break with your friends and rect repre- beautiful hotels and ghats where you this city, you will find hundreds of family. sentation on Making a Goa plan with your can spend your entire trip lazing with The city of rich culture and tra- food corners waiting to please your (The writer is the co-founder and screen. It really friends or your loved ones adds a dif- your loved ones. To satisfy a foodie in ditions always welcome travellers taste buds. The city is also packed with CEO of Confirmtkt.) affects me.” ctor Ranveer Singh’s passion pro- hustle in me to make my own luck in Aject IncInk completes two years. order to become something.” P Q The youth icon had founded this ini- -+ *- He further says, “People who work tiative with Navzar Eranee. He is just as hard, often don’t get that chance extremely proud of how it has become and may never get it. Mine was a mil- 2 2212)?2 4 ?0 a creative platform for budding, talent- (16<<()/1*F % lion to one shot, I was prepared to risk ed musicians and is empowering them it all and I found my opportunity. Even to shine bright. though I often felt discouraged I per- Ranveer says, “When I had decid- severed. I just want to say if you don’t adar Jain is eagerly waiting ed to chase my dream of becoming an get it, if you fall, don’t stay down, get up, Afor the release of his next, actor years ago, it wasn’t easy getting my keep playing. Always be inspired to play. Hello Charlie, a film that is gar- foot in the door. I was fortunate enough I want to lead by example. So, that’s nering him praise from all to build my career through a combina- what we will do through IncInk. Keep quarters. In this hilarious com- tion of hard work, passion and self- playing, falling and getting up for the edy, Aadar will be seen forging belief. I told myself back then that when run again. The child in you makes you an unlikely friendship with a I become relatively successful, I will try joyous, discover and rediscover him gorilla, which is actually Jackie and do something for my fellow dream- always.” Shroff in disguise. For Aadar, ers. That’s when the germ of IncInk was About IncInk’s genre-fluid vision sharing screen space with the sown in my head.” forward, Navzar says, “The collective is yesteryears superstar was a He adds, “Today, I feel grateful to open. We want to discover and work true blue fan moment! have been able to provide a platform to genre-agnostic so whether it’s electron- The actor says, “I’ve always some outstanding new talents. I am ica or jazz musician/band or singer- been a big Jackie Shroff fan and blown away by the music that these bril- songwriter or folk musicians from the after working with him, I’ve liant young artistes have created and I interiors of India — we don’t want to become an even bigger fan of am continually impressed at their abil- be confined or be boxed into just this his. He’s a rockstar in the truest ity to express and create art that is dis- or that. This is a callout to all then artists sense and hands down the ruptive. The entire team at IncInk has who are authentic in their vision and coolest person I’ve met! I had given it their all in backing these talents craft, if you have that edge — we are on.” a blast working with him. We and I thank them with all my heart. The He adds, “IncInk is not just a label. share a great bond and I just team’s effort has been relentless in It’s a philosophy that lives true. All have the most amount of love fuelling the passion of these poets and artists at the collective are handpicked and respect for him as an actor singers.” for the highly skilled artisan and we and as a human being.” Ranveer feels the discoveries made want to continue to collaborate with cre- Aadar adds, “I’ve known by IncInk, Kaam Bhaari, Spitfire, Devil ative artists. As an artist’s collective, we him for many years now even – The Rhymer and SlowCheeta, have will not be limited to music releases, before I became an actor. We turned out to be prodigies and he could- videos but we expand on to bigger met first on the sets of Farah n’t be happier to see them soar. visions being executed via — IP’s, Khan’s Happy New Year in “They have evolved into serious products and collaborations.” which I worked as an assistant musical prodigies of our generation who scope of work and become an artist col- someone so they feel included, that Navzar further reveals, “We will director. I always wanted to are now being appreciated far and wide. lective that serves as a platform for new, would be fulfilling.” perform artistic collaborations and share screen space with him, so The music label has tried to be a vehi- un-showcased artists and ideas across He adds, “I would be going back empower the creation of a product that to finally get the opportunity to really encouraging and moti- We heard a lot of young cool cle for their artistic growth, becoming India and diversify into all genres. into the past and inspiring that younger moves the soul. Every artist will have a work alongside him in Hello vating for a young actor like African music together and the wind beneath the wings of these rare Ranveer says, “Being fluid in this me to never be dejected, to work hard- share and everyone will play a part. Our Charlie was really special for me.” exchanged many interesting gems. I am proud of what the team has endeavour through genre music, video, er and keep experimenting, trying new work with the deaf community with the me.” Aadar cherishes every stories about my family and achieved in a short span of two years, visual art and experiences is what we do things and playing with ideas. When Indian Sign Language (ISL) initiatives Jackie was a big motivator minute that he has shared with his.” and I’m thrilled about the vibrancy and here. Ink is a beacon for artists. I would something doesn’t work, no problem, has been something that moved my soul for Aadar on the sets. He says, Jackie on the sets. He says, The film is directed by diversity we have added to the music like it to be a lighthouse on the shore. build again. I would nurture the child from the beginning. We want to help in “To be honest, he just always “Every minute with Jackie Pankaj Saraswat and produced scene in India,” he says. If we can inspire something new, reach in me and encourage that kid to just a big way and those are the lives we want showered me with a lot of love Shroff sir on set was a laugh riot by Excel Entertainment’s Ritesh Now, IncInk aims to expand its somebody unreachable and touch keep playing and expressing. I had the to touch and expand further.” and praise, and that in itself was or an exchange of warm words. 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The Van Dhan er markets through the Tribes Government of India, CP tively impacted, TRIFED has Yojana (VDY), a programme India network — both the Thakur, said that the youth recently signed a for value addition, branding & physical outlets and online. should be equipped for the Memorandum of marketing of MFPs by estab- TRIFED is currently empan- new India. He also empha- Understanding with the lishing Van Dhan Kendras to elling new tribal suppliers sised the need for unlearning Administration of Dadra & facilitate the creation of sus- from this region and soon the and relearning to make them Nagar Haveli and Daman & tainable livelihoods for the Tribes India catalogue will major contributors to the Diu for the implementation of forest-based tribes is a compo- also start including tribal prod- Indian GDP. the MSP for MFP Scheme and nent of the same scheme. ucts from Dadra & Nagar Dr Snehasis the Van Dhan Yojana. The Van Dhan tribal start- Haveli and Daman & Diu, Mukhopadhyay of Purdue As a part of its mission to ups have also emerged as a thus, enabling a far wider University reinforced the con- improve the livelihoods of the source of employment gener- reach to the unique products cept of smart city, the use of tribals (both forest dwellers and ation for tribal gatherers and of this region. algorithms, and data analysis artisans) and work towards Price (MSP) & development of Tribal Affairs that aims to forest dwellers and the home- Generating income and to create smart cities and tribal empowerment, TRIFED value chain for MFP’ will be provide remunerative and fair bound tribal artisans. livelihoods for tribal people organisations. He stressed the has been carrying out several implemented in the union ter- prices to tribal gatherers of for- This partnership with the through such flagship schemes idea of new India through a programmes and initiatives. ritory. To begin with there are est produces. The fair prices Administration of Dadra & like the MSP for MFP, Van much faster pace of technol- Under this agreement, the plans to set up one Van Dhan provided is almost three times Nagar Haveli and Daman & Dhan Yojana and other signif- ogy adaptation but with mechanism for marketing of Vikas Kendra. higher than what is available to Diu and the subsequent imple- icant initiatives is what human monitoring to create a Minor Forest Produce (MFP) The MSP for MFP is a flag- them otherwise and trebles mentation of tribal betterment TRIFED is relentlessly working cost-effective organisation. through Minimum Support ship scheme of the Ministry of their overall income. Over the schemes will definitely ensure towards. Dr Kundana Lal of Vitti Technologies emphasised the fact that while India has all the resources, government entities including government depart- Powergrid acquires BBTL under TBCB ments need to digitalise at an even faster pace, and entity ower Grid Corporation of works in Rajasthan under build, dynamism is the call of the inline with private organisa- corrections required to outper- PIndia Limited (Powergrid) has own, operate and maintain hour. tions i.e. without any political form global competitors. acquired Bikaner-II Bhiwadi (BOOM) basis for 35 years. The Dr Antarpreet Singh interventions so that they are Entrepreneur Rahul Deo, Transco Limited (BBTL) under project is an Inter-State Director Indian School of made accountable and target in his closing speech, summed Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Transmission System project and Business spoke about the basic driven for the new India. up the programme with the (TBCB), which is the project is scheduled to be completed in 18 principles of AI. He stressed The Chancellor request to collate all the inputs company to establish months. that India’s target for technol- Confederation of Indian and submit a report to the Transmission System During the FY 2020-21, bid- ogy contribution to GDP was University, Dr Priyaranjan Government of India stressing Strengthening Scheme for evacu- ding for five Inter-State one trillion by 2021 as com- Trivedi, spoke on the need for that we are already late in the ation of power from solar energy Transmission projects have been pared to Google’s 2.5 trillion, a far more developed curricu- new industrialization and zones in Rajasthan (8.1 GigaWatt) undertaken till date and Powergrid however, we have achieved lum for graduates of tomorrow India stands at 6th in the under phase II - Part F. has been declared as the success- only one per cent of the actu- and to take the course into rank for the global ranking in The project comprises of 400 ful bidder in all the five projects. al target as envisioned by the consideration with developed use of technology, which is KiloVolt (kV) Double Circuit Acquisition of Bikaner-II IT Ministry in 2018. organisations globally. He also indicating China as number (D/C) Transmission lines which Bhiwadi Transco Limited is the IAS and ex-nominee stressed the need to make one. traverse in Rajasthan and Haryana second in the series of five projects United Nations, Dr PSUs more productive through The programme was with establishment of a new 400 and acquisition of the remaining Markendeya Rai, spoke about Independent Monitoring addressed by eminent scholars kV switching sub-station, STAT- three project companies is under- / + ; $ 77 # 57 the need to remove red Systems and HR experts to and speakers from the govern- COM, and sub-station extension way. + 7 tapeism and create PSU’s evaluate on monthly basis the ment. %1 * / - TPC Dadri organised an business scenarios. organisation. Nonline communication He also highlighted the C Sivakumar, Group GM, workshop for their senior importance of effective com- NTPC Dadri, inaugurated the executives on the topic effec- munication for brand building session and closing remarks tive communication for brand and promotion. He also were made by KS Murthy, promotion and invited Naresh evinced Corporate Head of HR. They urged the Kumar, Senior General Communications senior officials connected Manager (Corporate Management techniques to online to adopt the suggested Communications) POWER- promote brand image of the communication strategies. The GRID to conduct this work- company through various session was followed with a shop as guest faculty. He brand case studies of private question-answer session with gave a comprehensive and and public sector. Kumar senior officials. Pankaj Narain elaborate presentation on the urged the senior officials to Saksena, Manager (Corporate topic and talked about strate- make good use of all available Communications), NTPC gic corporate communica- media resources including Dadri, compèred the proceed- &"" & tion management in this social media platforms for cre- ings of the virtual communi- competitive world for new ating brand image of the cation workshop. timely financial support However, he was unable to pay Afrom SAIL’s Barsua Iron the last semester fees. As it came ugdha Sinha, Government Mines in Odisha has backed to notice, SAIL Management MSecretary, Department of Arts and Sushil Munda to seamlessly took the initiative to extend Culture, said that Rajasthan has a unique 8& % % continue his study in IIT financial assistance to Sushil to identity on the tourism map due to its Guwahati. A Chemical pay the semester fees of rich art and culture heritage. Engineering student of IIT 32,000. The amount has been Sinha was speaking at the Jawahar organised among limited visitors, taking organised. The exhibition, Sono- Guwahati, Sushil was in need handed over to his father Singa Kala Kendra on the occasion of Rajasthan full precautions during the Corona peri- Rajasthan, which depicts the art of the to pay his semester fees of the Munda by the Chief General Day in a seminar organised by the od. state, was displayed. college. Coming from an Manager, Barsua Iron Mines, Department of Tourism, Arts and In the seminar, Dr Vidya Sagar Dr Punita Singh, Joint Director, underprivileged tribal family of SAIL. With joy in his eyes, Culture and Lalit Kala Akademi on the Upadhyay, Dr Kumar Ashutosh and Tourism Department, proposed the vote Sundargarh district in Odisha, Singa expressed gratitude to theme of ‘Role of Tourism in Promoting Priyadarshan Lakhawat, associated with of thanks. On this occasion, Additional Sushil sought a financial trac- SAIL. The company has a plan Tourism’. He threw light on the interre- tourism training, expressed their views Director of Tourism Department, tion. His father is a driver at to extend the support to Sushil lations of tourism and art by making on the importance of local arts and cul- Manisha Arora and officials of various local private mines in family. Despite all the odds, for the remaining semesters too. them aware of the importance of ture along with tourist places in encour- departments were present. Sundargarh. His skimpy Sushil completed his study in Besides academics Sushil is Rajasthan Day. aging tourism and increasing the move- It is noteworthy that the foundation monthly income of 6,000 is local schools and got admission also a district level Hockey Director of Tourism Department, ment of tourists. day of Rajasthan is celebrated every year too less to run his 12-member in IIT Guwahati for 2018-22. player in Odisha. Nisht Jain, said that this seminar has been Two different exhibitions were on March 30 as Rajasthan Day. he Chief Minister of Rajasthan, The Chief Minister has TAshok Gehlot, has instructed appealed to the Patwaris, who are the state to take strict steps to save boycotting the work, to return to the state from the second wave of ? % + work in view of the situation. He Coronavirus. He said that due to said that all the Patwaris had also D D# negligence in the cradle of the played an important role in the COVID protocol in the past, the (7 )F3*