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Earlier, travellers Haryana as part of a conspir- + ! $% from only 12 countries were acy to topple the 14-month- being screened at the airports. old Madhya Pradesh An Indian driver accom- ! ! & ! -, ! , . / !&& '1 Government, six of them legislators, but they managed return to the State Capital. panying the Italian tourists has &'& (, ! # ! $% ( ( # ! $% returned to Bhopal on to meet BSP MLA Rambai and Scindia earlier had pleaded also tested positive. So far, a Wednesday evening. took her with them to Bhopal. ignorance about the horse- total of 16 Italian tourists have for at least two days. We have also advised all our operators have been trans- 27,000 were currently under Six legislators of the Those who returned to trading episode as media had been tested positive apart from A Paytm spokesperson colleagues to work from home ferred to Safdarjung Hospital. community surveillance. Congress, the BSP, the SP and Bhopal are: Congress’ Aidal questioned him on this in the driver. said, “One of our colleagues for a couple of days while we The Italian tourists and Of the confirmed cases, 16 independents accompanied by Singh Kansana, Kamlesh Jatav Gwalior. Meanwhile, Paytm has based out of Gurgaon office get our offices sanitised. three Indians were admitted to are of a tourist group from Italy. two Ministers, soon after and Ranveer Jatav, BSP’s “Whistleblower” of the advised all its employees to who recently returned from However, there will not be any the ITBP centre in Chhawla on An Italian man and his wife are reaching Bhopal, reached Chief Janjeev Kushwaha and Rambai, horse-trading controversy, work from home for the next Italy post a vacation has sadly impact on our daily operations Tuesday. being treated at Jaipur’s SMS Minister’s residence in the while SP’s Rajesh Shukla. senior Congress leaders couple of days after one of their been tested positive for coron- and Paytm services will con- The centre already has 112 Hospital, while 15 members of evening. However, Congress Those still missing are Digvijay appeared before the employees from Gurugram avirus. He is receiving appro- tinue as usual.” people, 76 Indians and 36 for- the group and their Indian dri- leaders claimed that four of Surendra Shera, Bisahulal media on Wednesday and said tested positive. He is supposed priate treatment and we are Meanwhile, 21 Italian eigners, since February 27 after ver have been quarantined at their MLAs are still missing. Singh, Hardeep Singh Dang there is no threat to the Kamal to be the same Delhi man who extending complete support tourists were shifted out from they were evacuated by an the ITBP camp in Chhawla. The Congress has alleged and Raghuraj Kansana. Nath Government. had returned from Italy and to his family. As a precaution- an ITBP quarantine centre and Indian Air Force (IAF) plane Among others is a 45- the BJP is making attempts to Meanwhile, Madhya He again mounted charges tested positive on Tuesday. ary measure, we have suggest- sent to a private hospital in from China’s Wuhan, the epi- year-old man from Delhi’s poach its MLAs in a bid to top- Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal on former Chief Minister Paytm also decided to shut its ed his team members to get Gurugram and a centre in centre of the deadly coron- Mayur Vihar and six of his rel- ple of the Kamal Nath Nath told PTI, “Things are Shivraj Singh Chouhan saying offices in Gurugram and Noida health tests done immediately. Delhi. Their three Indians tour avirus. The first samples of atives from Agra whom he Government, a charge denied under control... The MLAs Chouhan had hired two char- these 112 people had tested recently visited. They are all by the Opposition party. will come back”. tered planes to ferry MLAs out negative when reports came in being treated at Safdarjung The MLAs were allegedly Interestingly, the Scindia of Madhya Pradesh. According last week. Hospital. taken to a hotel in Manesar camp Ministers did not reach to Digvijay, four MLAs were ! ! " #$! % Meanwhile, Health According to Health (Haryana), where State CM House. However one of taken to Bengaluru. Minister Harsh Vardhan said so Ministry officials, the Italian Ministers Jaivardhan Singh them, Pradyumn Singh Tomar “The BJP is apprehensive far 5,89,000 people have been tourists wanted to go back to and Jitu Patwari accompanied speaking to the media extend- of anti-mafia action initiated screened at airports, over their country after the first per- by senior party leader Digvijay ed support to the Kamal Nath by the Nath Government and &R ' 15,000 at major and minor sea son in their group tested pos- Singh had reached after mid- Government but did not reply is engaging in such dirty tac- ports, around 10 lakh at bor- itive in Jaipur, but authorities night on Wednesday. They as why certain Ministers were tics,” Congress MP media cell ders with Nepal and around advised them to stay in India. were not allowed to meet the not seen at CM House on their in-charge Shobha Oza said. R P . # $% & '(() " & ! +,) ! -2(320, -2(320, It said in light of the pro- posed strategic disinvestment ooming coronavirus threat ith no domestic buyers in of 100 per cent of Air India, it Lis all set to play spoilsport Wsight even after months has been decided that foreign with Holi festivities. President of aggressive hawking, the investment in the national car- Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Government has now decided rier be brought on a level play- Minister Narendra Modi and to allow Non-Resident Indians ing field with other scheduled top BJP leaders, including tweeted that he would not I will neither celebrate Holi nor (NRIs) to acquire total stake in airline operators. Home Minister Amit Shah hold Holi Milan as experts organise Holi Milan. Stay safe, the national carrier Air India. The amendment “are and party president JP Nadda, have advised to reduce mass stay healthy,” Nadda tweeted. The Union Cabinet on meant to liberalise and simpli- on Wednesday said they would gatherings to avoid the spread According to sources, Wednesday changed the rules fy the FDI policy to provide not attend any Holi Milan of coronavirus. Nadda has written to all State for the sale of Air India by per- ease of doing business in the function in view of the coron- “Experts across the world unit presidents, asking them to mitting NRIs to control up to country,” it said, adding it avirus outbreak. Holi is on have advised to reduce mass avoid holding Holi Milan pro- 100 per cent stake as against the would lead to largest FDI March 10. gatherings to avoid the spread grammes as a precautionary earlier limit of 49 per cent. The inflows and thereby contribut- Meanwhile, Delhi Chief of COVID19. Hence this year, measure. decision comes at a time when ing to growth of investment, Minister Arvind Kejriwal said I have decided not to partici- Similarly Union Home the Government has invited income and employment. on Wednesday that he would pate in any ‘Holi Milan’ pro- Minister Shah urged the peo- preliminary bids for selling Allowing 100 per cent not celebrate Holi in wake of gramme,” Modi tweeted. ple to avoid public gatherings. the “Maharaja” lock stock and investment by NRIs in the car- communal violence in North- Following Modi’s “Holi is a very important fes- barrel. rier would also not be in vio- east Delhi. announcement, Nadda, Shah tival for Indians but in the However, foreign invest- lation of Substantial Ownership In a tweet posted using the and other senior party leaders wake of coronavirus, I have ments in the national carrier, and Effective Control (SOEC) official Twitter handle of the also said they would not par- decided not to participate in including that of foreign air- norms. NRI investments would Rashtrapati Bhavan, President ticipate in any Holi Milan any Holi Milan this year. I also lines, shall not exceed 49 per ! # ! $% be treated as domestic invest- Ram Nath Kovind said, “With function due to concerns over appeal everyone to avoid pub- cent, either directly or indi- ments. Under the SOEC frame- alertness and safeguards, we all spread of coronavirus. lic gatherings and take good rectly, an official statement Addressing media on the vices to passengers and it would those NRIs, who are Indian work, which is followed in the can help contain the outbreak “The world is battling care of yourself and your fam- said. issue, Union Minister Prakash also increase investment nationals, in case of Air India airline industry globally, a car- of COVID-19. In a precau- COVID-19 novel coronavirus. ily,” he said on Twitter.