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woman was kidnapped Aand raped by two uniden- hief Minister Naveen tified miscreants in the CPatnaik inaugurated the Bhandaripokhari area in State’s first Gandhi Peace Bhadrak district on Friday Centre near the Khandagiri- night. Udaygiri caves here on As per reports, the Saturday. woman, after witnessing the The centre, built on a five- Mahashivratri celebrations at acre of land, is a digital inter- the Shiva temple near her vil- active museum promoting The Chief Minister said, Rural Development chairper- lage, was returning home at Gandhian values and principles “The dedication of the Gandhi son Rajashree Birla said, “We around 11 pm when two fake examinee was among the people, particular- Peace Centre here today in the felt that to set up insightful gal- unknown persons Adetained by police in Puri ly youths. 150th years of Gandhi’s birth leries in different parts of abducted her and took her to district on the second day of The centre, set up with the anniversary assumes signifi- India, where Gandhiji’s imprint an isolated place and raped the annual High School support of the Aditya Birla cance.” The centre would pro- is more than discernible would her before fleeing from the Certificate (Matriculation) Group, has six galleries, where vide an institutionalised plat- be an act of deep homage (to spot. examination on Saturday. memorabilia and articles used form to awaken consciousness him). Odisha is the right After hearing the victim’s The accused was writing by Gandhiji are on display. about life and works of choice.” screams for help, locals the test for a student of the n this era of science and tech- The centre will conduct a Gandhiji and educate people to She added, “Naveen reached the spot and Patharapada High School. The Inology, superstitions and multimedia show on the Father realise the deeper significance Patnaik epitomised Gandhian found her in a pathetic con- malpractice was detected at the blind beliefs still exist in human of the Nation’s ideology of of his ideals, he said. values and that the Mahatma dition. They informed police Kanak Durga High School society with parents getting truth, nonviolence and policy “India achieved freedom in felt a kind of spiritual connect about the incident. examination centre. their children married to ani- of Jainism till March 15. 1947. By this time, nonviolence with Odisha. It was the place The woman was then Being informed by the con- mals to protect their families Besides, a debate and a Bhajan had become truly global, an that he visited eight times. admitted to the cerned authorities, the Puri from evilness. programme will also be organ- identity of India-ness, and a His tryst with Odisha began in Bhandaripokhari Community Sadar police reached the exam- Such an incidence has been ised. more potent weapon than vio- 1921 as part of his nationwide Health Centre (CHC) in a ination centre and detained the witnessed at Baria village under Notably, the State lence,” Patnaik said. journey to spread his ideals of critical state. She failed to impersonator for questioning. Sukruli block in tribals-domi- Government had signed an The Chief Minister reiter- Satyagraha, Swaraj and identify the two accused as, The accused had replaced the nated Mayurbhanj district. MoU with the Aditya Birla ated his demand for incorpo- Ahimsa. according to her, they had photo of the original examinee police sources said. Reports said that a one- a dog on the final day of Mage, Group in 2017 for operation ration of Ahimsa (nonvio- It became intense when he covered their faces with with his photo on the admit The District Education and-a-half-year-old girl, daugh- a tribal festival, as per their trib- and management of this inter- lence) in the Preamble of the saw the frugal, precarious liv- scarves. card, reports said. Officer has directed those con- ter of one Bibhishana Chatar, al tradition. pretation centre and decided to Constitution during Gandhi’s ing conditions of the poverty- After registering a case, A case in this regard would cerned to find out whether the had two crooked teeth, which Without opposing the act, rename it as Eternal Gandhi 150th birth anniversary. struck, the ill-treatment of the the Bhandaripokhari police be registered after lodging of an accused had also indulged in is very common these days. villagers attended the wedding Peace Centre. The MoU is Aditya Birla Centre for Harijans, and the huge unem- started a probe into the FIR by officials of the School & the illegal act during the first Considering it as a ‘bad omen’, and blessed the “newlywed valid for 15 years. Community Initiatives and ployment.” incident. Mass Education Department, day of the examinations. her family got her married to bride”. - , body of a man was found $'&0"$/&$$/?56 $,3Q ) Aat the Kathajodi riverbank in Cuttack city on Saturday. The deceased was identified as around 50 days in hospital. Babuli Behera of Baiyalish An unidentified vehicle Mouza near the city. had hit the official on Locals spotted the body December 30 last year when he floating in the river in the was standing at Bhera Chhak in some issues. morning and informed the the district. He was rescued in In a fit of rage, Jiten police about it. The Cuttack a critical condition and admit- man was beaten to death thrashed Gopal with a lathi, fol- Badambadi police recovered ted to the District Headquarters Aby his son at Dobha village lowing which the latter died on the body for postmortem and Hospital. under the Badampahada police the spot. started an investigation into the Later, he was shifted to the station in Mayurbhanj district Receiving information, the incident. Ramakrishna Hospital in on Friday. Badampahada police reached Though the exact reason Raipur in Chhattisgarh as his As per reports, the the village, sent the body for behind the death was yet to be condition deteriorated. deceased, identified as Gopal postmortem, registered a case ascertained, it was suspected However, he finally succumbed Nayak (50), was taking rest at and detained Jiten for interro- that the man drowned while uapada district Assistant to his injuries. home. His son Jiten Nayak gation. taking bath in the river. NCollector Jaylal Besra, who A pall of gloom descended reached the house in an ine- Locals said rampant liquor A two-wheeler of the had been seriously injured in a on the Nuapada district admin- briated condition and got into sale is leading to increasing deceased was found parked road accident, died on Friday istration offices after the demise an argument with Gopal over criminal activities in the area. near the spot. night after battling for life for of Besra. sector should move beyond In his welcome address, " P" " profit-making and focus on Nalco CMD Sridhar Patra said r Subramanian Swamy, multidimensional objectives. that as a Central PSU, the 4 > Deminent economist and There are certain sectors that Nalco has always given prior- Rajya Sabha member deliv- can be explored and developed ity to boost the country’s econ- ## % % ered the 18th edition of Nalco by the public sectors only. The omy and serve the interest of Lecture Series on ‘Relevance of PSUs also need to be ready to the nation through continuous PSUs in Shaping New India’ compete in terms of commer- improvement in production, here on Saturday. cial principles, he said. productivity and profitability Dr Swamy said, “The pub- “India should recognise and also works beyond prof- lic sectors are important for the the strength of the PSUs,” Dr itability for promoting social development of India and these Swamy added. and economic development woman died and her hus- sectors need to be encouraged He appreciated the Nalco’s through its CSR arm. Aband and their six-month- to prosper. The PSUs should be contribution as an integrated “The company is dedicat- he All Indian Mahila * 4 9 old daughter sustained critical given freedom to take decisions business entity to the Indian ed to work towards the sus- TCongress Committee ( injuries when a television set and operate in sync with the aluminium sector in particular tainable development of the (AIMCC) has started a process She further informed that to be critical. exploded in their house at market dynamics.” and Indian economy as a nation and Indian industry in to appoint a new president of a detailed discussion on hile appearing for the It was learnt that on Friday, Lahandabuda village under the He stressed that the public whole. years to come,” he added. the Odisha Mahila Congress appointment of a new Mahila WEnglish paper in the the girl was among the injured Dharuadihi police station in and restructure its district Congress State president would ongoing HSC examinations, a devotees when a big rock rolled the district on Friday evening. committees. be held with PCC chief girl student fell ill and was soon over them while worshipping at The deceased was identi- AIMCC president Susmita Niranjan Patnaik during his hospitalised in critical condi- Jatia Baba Pahad under fied as Bobby Naik. Her hus- Dev informed this at a Press next visit to Delhi. tion on Saturday. Hatibari police limits. Later, the band Dileswar Naik and meet here on Saturday. “The party is hardly organ- Sources said the student of girl had been given primary daughter were admitted to the “I have held discussions ising any programme relating Purunapani Upgraded High treatment. She was also observ- Ispat General Hospital (IGH) $ # with office-bearers of all dis- to women due to absence of a School was appearing the ing fast due to Shivaratri. in Rourkela tricts. I have prepared a report State head of the wing. So, steps examination at the Hatibari In another incident, a According to reports, the on the functioning of the have been initiated in this High School Centre. At about Class-X student drowned in a TV exploded reportedly due to Mahila Congress at district regard. The district committees 12 noon, she developed breath- pond at Govindpur village in an electrical short circuit as a levels in Odisha. I will submit will be restructured after ing problem and became crit- the Chandragiri area of result of which the three sus- ##" it to our leader Rahul Gandhi appointment the president of ical in the hall. So, immediate- Gajapati district on Saturday, an tained critical burn injuries. On soon,” said Dev. the Mahila Congress,” she said. ly, the invigilator brought the hour before he was to appear being informed by neighbours, matter to the notice of the for the Matric examination. police reached the village, res- Centre Superintendent and The deceased was identified as cued the victims and admitted 4 & 6 50"! later, necessary arrangements Narayan Mallick. According them to hospital. were made to rush her to the to family sources, he had gone But the woman had suc- arents of students appearing Rourkela Government Hospital to the village pond to take bath. cumbed to her injuries by then. Pfor the matriculation exam- (RGH), where she was under However, he fell unconscious Police have registered a case ination and police had a face- I treatment. The hospital author- and slipped into deep water and started investigation into off while the former were try- ities had declared her condition while bathing and drowned. the incident. ing to provide paper sheets to ven as candidates for malpractice at Evul- the Janata Government High tures are School at Biribolei in on the Dhenkanal district on Saturday. verge of When English paper exam- extinction ination was on, some parents in the jumped the wall of the exami- country, a nation centre. Meanwhile, On the other hand, a police sheets to them. But due to the rare police personnel deployed at official said Sahu was injured presence of CCTV cameras at species of this bird of prey has member Ajay Kumar Das the centre allegedly resorted to when he fell off the boundary the centre, the teacher failed to been rescued at Gunduria reached the spot and rescued was killed by her in-laws. treatment. a lathicharge and beat up the wall after seeing the cops. Sahu provide the sheets for mal- village under Ranapur block the bird. The deceased was identi- Police sent the body for trespassers. A person, identified was admitted to the local hos- practice. in Odisha’s Nayagarh district. As the vulture was suffer- fied as Puja Sahu (21). postmortem and started as Dambaru Sahu of pital. Irked over the matter, the Locals found the ing from illness, the Forest According to reports, investigation. Patharagada village, was In another incident, a jour- parents created a ruckus out- ailing vulture near a poultry Department made * Puja set herself on fire after However, family mem- injured in the police action. nalist was injured in an attack side the examination centre. farm at the village on arrangements for its treatment. pouring kerosene on her bers of the woman have As per reports, Sahu was by a teacher while covering a After receiving information, Friday, following which they In view of the fact that vul- married woman died body. She was rescued in a lodged a written complaint trying to move towards the report of alleged malpractice at the journalist reached the spot informed the Forest tures have been absent in the Aafter reportedly setting critical condition and admit- with the police alleging that centre after jumping the wall. the Maneipada examination to cover the news when he was Department about it. village since past three decades, herself on fire in the Binika ted to the Binika Community she was murdered by her in- However, he denied the charge centre in Patnagarh of Balangir attacked by the teacher. Receiving the informa- curiosity ran high among the area of Subarnapur district on Health Centre (CHC), where laws over dowry demands. saying he was sitting on the district. The teacher allegedly Based on a police com- tion, Forester Kaibalya villagers to see the bird Friday night while her fami- she succumbed to her burn Further probe into the inci- school’s boundary wall when took money from parents of plaint, the teacher was detained Behera and Snake Helpline species. ly members alleged that she injuries while undergoing dent was underway. police assaulted him. candidates to provide cheat and questioned about the issue. %#&%'& #%) ' %') /01/2/2 0 ! /! ),-,7/ ,!/ ,, , 2 13 !95 Q 9 afforestation, waste dump Kulshrestha, IBM Director agement. Besides, “Best ;*56!L M96%/06/5 management, top soil man- (Ore Dressing) Indira Award” was also awarded to /16!/%/0LQ & agement, reclamation and Ravindran, Director of Mines workers of different mines. 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Inspections Debi Dutta Biswal, MEMC was awarded to individual eral secretary Sidharth Region January 1 to 26, 2020, tion among all sections of the teams inspected the partici- Week organising committee personnel in mines for their Pradhan. IBM Bhubaneswar +,,+8+-/ -,' /+ / "-)'P, witnessed various pro- mining employees. pating mines and evaluated chairman, IBM Controller of invaluable contribution in the DCOM GC Sethi coordinated 19 4 23 / %&$/3 grammes to promote aware- Majority of the important their performance on Mines (EZ) Pankaj sector of environment man- the programme. 1!65/%5"& !&5$/3 !5/%/0 0/$ =% 56 2 ! / %&!5%%&5$/ 5/%0" !&5! !!5'0 !R /* %%/5/ 66"66% &2 0"!05//$! !&5/ ! / %&;56 /&& /0 %3!;6 !&5/ /0 01 - & *$$ 0 3 %!05 0O630" 6 3 . R ' "P 3/0"/!6%602 -! - - .', ' <"60"!% ,H99/&5'/5/05!&'!0"0%/05 '&&" 05<"60"!% '&/ 1/0 526 50$56'!61*=!2 < he situation in the Maoist- , +/, 8/ Taffected areas is under con- 2923 0!010&56 ; he Chhattisgarh police on trol as compared to the previ- !05<"(&6 TSaturday served notices to ous year. Police would focus on &'5/0)5!!05 relatives of deceased Kalpana the security related develop- 1! 3%&%&6!; Das to appear before them for ment works, said DGP Abhay 01/63%&5% ; questioning. following a review meeting 0163%&5!; The notices were served to here on Saturday on the Maoist 6 !363%& 0"5! Kalpana’s brother and sister-in- situation in Kalahandi, 65;(!1&63%& law to appear before the Rayagada and Kandhamal dis- % ;%063%& Chakradhar Nagar police to tricts. /!0;"63%&< ' && record their statements. South-Western Range DIG /0;/30!63%&( 15% 60;1!050(0 The investigators had Safeen Ahmad said Leftwing 3%& /&&"'%660560!3%&!03(66/02 approached the local court the court to take Sai on remand Extremist (LWE) activities have /&/$?J35 / %&%$/35 561/03&1 seeking to conduct narco analy- for three more days. decreased in the three districts 2 !(!5%6&$5H2?3%&6!0! sis test on former MLA Anup The court has reserved its in the recent times and steps %60 /$0"!/2 Sahu to corroborate the evi- judgement and would pro- are being taken for expediting dence. nounce it on Monday, reports welfare activities in the Maoist- ,,,/ -+-)) ,', "- Sai and his driver Bardhan said. infested areas. the region have already sur- --, ' Toppo during their interroga- In another development, a Out of 13 blocks of rendered before police. ( Government delayed 14: 13 !*56!/& tion gave contradicting state- team of the Raigarh police left Kalahandi district, movement Among others, Director announcement the DA pay- !//0" 3&5'!!% J! ments and are not cooperating for Gujarat to trace the of Maoist cadres was witnessed Intelligence Satyajit Mohanty, he Odisha Retired ment by six months. It is also &/0/33050 5 3 with police. For this, the cops Mahindra Bolero vehicle used in 10 blocks. However, the Special IG Intelligence RK TGovernment Employees’ disappointing that the DA has !/0!&& 05!//0" are seeking court’s permission in the crime. A Bolero report- Red rebels are gradually losing Sharma, DIG (SIW) Anirudha Association, Ganjam unit on not been announced for retired !3%/06!%!&5 !0! to conduct the lie-detector test. edly used to run over the their hold over the areas due to Singh, IG Operation Amitabh Saturday sent a memorandum employees yet. When prices of $/3)' /2 The three-day remand of mother-daughter after killing intensified combing operation Thakur and the SPs of to Chief Minister Naveen essential commoties have risen, /33050 ! 5! Sai ended on the day following them has changed hands mul- by the CRPF and the SOG. Kalahandi, Rayagada and Patnaik through the RDC, the negligence has hit us,” read <&&! /%!2 !6"0 which he was produced before tiple times. It is currently said The DIG said some cadres Kalahandi districts were pre- Southern Division urging to the memorandum signed by 3 %/0''&56;%/6 the court. Police have prayed to to be in Gujarat. of the CPI(Maoist) operating in sent. provide them the increased 5- district president Rajani Kant 05/!/$$ &6/0!& per cent dearness allowance Mandal, State secretary !'&/0!!% 2 Q retrospectively from July 2019. Shyamsundar Lenka and dis- “The Union Government trict secretary Rajendra Kumar " and the State Government had Panda. , / , -+ /-8', ))) been providing DA to employ- Besides, they demanded 2 13 05 6&6056/ &/1!"3= %%665 ees and pensioners twice a health allowance and increase /0)5/0! 6% / 65 R year, in and July and January. of minimum pension from /$(!6!266 66$ & ? $ ( " But this year, the State 8,300 to 9,000. ' 6066300505 6&626 " A" ) '/!6 306 %; " (!05 3 %; '!6!= * " " " 4 ' ( %05500 %2 " ( 3 % 9 3%03 6 $6 (!056!(0"0" / " " ' /$ /3%06035 %'&6 " ' 05 %/626&6 3/0 * ( , &'6 0056 //1%& ! "52 " % ' ) Q"" " " * 8 !) ( " " ( +8 ) " " " " @" " " "( (B meeting was held in the elebrating " A Alocal Universal Coaching Cunity in * Point premises to mark the diversity and " ( " " International Mother Language highlighting " " % " * Day on Friday. the true spirit ) "%" " ( The function attracted of secularism " C many lovers of Odia language in Indian soci- A * " ( and literature of the town. The ety and culture, " ( " speakers participating in the a three-day (, "% " .;6 programme called for Odias’ Samarpan % self-respect and emphasised music festival $ (4 " on the need for feeling proud commenced at " " " 0 of being Odias. They urged for the Rabindra % % (, " popularising Odia language in Mandap here L" all spheres and particularly on Friday ( " among English-educated Odia evening. The 9 $% " "" "L people. event, exclusive ( 8 * ( The meeting, organised by to spiritual and * " the Mayurbhanj Pustak Mela devotional * " " ( 6 and convened by its secretary music, is being 4 " (B Manoj Dalbehera, was presided staged by the L " over by Pustak Mela vice-pres- famed city-based six-decade- Vishwakarma on tabla and * % ident Ajit Kumar Kabat. While old Bhubaneswar Music Circle. Ratan Prasanna on Rabab ) Q $% L " Dr Banaja Mohanty was the The inaugural evening while Bhabatosh Mohanty was (' ( CD chief guest on the occasion, commenced with a concert of on guitar. " poet Brundavan Dash and Jatin New Delhi based ghazal, Sufi Aptly titled “Music of the " " * (+ Kumar Das were the special and bhajan singer Jitender Soul from Bengal”, the second " ) () guests. Singh who hails from a cul- session of the evening featured (* the statue of Bhanjdeo at A C* The programme was tured and educated Dogra well-known Baul artiste Power House Square and " 0 ( attended by leading intellectu- Rajput family. Son of a classi- Parvathy Baul from Birbhum urged the Government to $ 8 $ " % als like Himansu Sekhar Das, cal singer, his gifted voice district of West Bengal. Winner I give due regards to the son of " " "%" Kavi Vishnu Satpathy, Kaveri prompted his father to send of the prestigious Sangeet the soil from the next year. " " " B , + Mishra, Sunil Jena, him to Delhi for professional Natak Akademi Award, her ( Among others, Dr ) )A( B " " ) ( Sudhamayee Das, training after the son graduat- special appeal has been her solo Banambar Parida, Prof Dr " % Bichitrananda Sahu, Shankar ed in science from Jammu recitals with dance in trance Kashinath Rath, Trinath ) ( Jena, Swarupanand Bisoi, University and has opted for that she does alongside singing Samantray, Pathani Jena, Jugal ( " " Dinabandhu Bhanj, study of law. and playing of three instru- Kishjore Nayak, Sibanarayan, "% * 8 " Kamalakant Praharaj, In Delhi, he was groomed ments herself - Duggie, Ektara he Utkal Sammilani Pradip Kumar 0 " " (, ) L Samarendra Basa, Jayant in Khayal singing by Pandit and Nupur - all played simul- TCentral Committee and Khuntia, Bairagi Sethy, Nikhil " 8 L Dwari, Narasingh Barik, Mani Prasad of Kirana gharana taneously. Mancheswar-Silpanchal Prasad Dash, Surendra Pail " %L "% * () Vishswar Dwivedy, Bharati and later on he evolved his own Educated enough to Branch observed the 108th and Ramesh Chandra Sahu % " Bebarta and Kaivalya Prasad style of singing inspired and explain the songs and the tra- death anniversary of Sriram were present. " ) ( " ( Mohapatra. influenced much by ghazal dition in English, she has this Chandra Bhanjdeo here on The Mencheswar- maestros Mehdi Hassan and added advantage of reaching Saturday. Silpanchal branch of the Jagjit Singh. The influence of out to larger audience beyond While the Central Sammilani also observed the ghazal on his style was evident Bengal. Committee president Basanta day by garlanding the statue from his “Sufi Musings” con- The evening being cele- Kumar Tripathy presided, of Bhanjdeo. cert here. brated as Shivratri, Parvathy general secretary Dr Branch president Dillip O'% % P He picked up Sufi songs of has carefully chosen the first Radhanath Prahraj conduct- Dashsharma two iconic Sufi poets of Indian three songs for Lord Shiva ed the meeting. presided over the meeting sub-continent belonging two from the rich repertoire of The speakers praised the attended by advisor Nimai on Saturday. MUDRA for easy different periods but to the Baul songs while the rest two former King of Mayurbhanj Charan Das, vice president Joining a Morcha loan besides giving same Sufi sentiments - Hazrat were on Krishna and Radha for his efforts in saving Odia Sital Chandra Mohanty, sec- Sammilani at the BJP State stress on MSMEs, Amir Khusrau from 13th cen- respectively. As an ode to language and formation of the retary Govinda Chandra headquarters office, Rahatkar weaving, IT and tury and Buleh Shah of 17th Odisha, she commenced her Odisha province. Subudhi, joint secretary said the women Self-Help tourism. century. The songs extolled concert with a Charya-Geet, a They recounted how Ashok Paltasingh, Basanti he role of women who Groups (WSHG) at the grass- Among others, how spiritualism and the song that belonged to 8th- Bhanjdeo believed in demo- Tripathy, Maheswar Biswal, Tcomprise 50 per cent of roots should not be limited to BJP State president essence of any faith and religion century Odisha, followed by a cratic principles despite being Siba Prasad Mishra, Nalini India’s population in building slogan only. Samir Mohanty, and how the temple or the song of the legendary Lalan a king. Kumar Mohanty, Ajaya a 5-trillion Dollar economy of Efforts need to be made to Government has implement- former Minister Surama mosque bear the same signifi- Fakir. Another of her rendition The members also Kumar Kanungo, Niramnjan the country is important, told provide market-linkage to ed several schemes for women Padhy and Morcha State pres- cance for a devotee. was a 400-year-old song from lamented the Patra, Akhaya Jethi and BJP Mahila Morcha national their products. including Jan Dhan for open- ident Pravati Parida were pre- Jitender Singh was superbly poet Padmalochan of Bengal, negligence of State adminis- Ajaya Kumar president Vijaya Rahatkar here She further said the Modi ing bank accounts and sent. supported by Rahul she mentioned. tration in not garlanding Das. %#&%'& #%) ' %') /01/2/2 = !! -3 #)
not been approved. waiting to be brought back the Chinese side. 100 Indians are still living in back its nationals as well as cit- An IAF transport plane home and the uncertainty over +-- -,8 “The Chinese side Wuhan. izens from all neighbouring s India and China indulged C-17 is yet to fly to China to evacuation is causing them always attaches great Indian nationals in Wuhan countries. Ain blame game on an IAF bring back Indians and carry mental stress and anxiety. The importance to the continue their long wait for the As regards the travel advi- plane not getting permission to relief material for people affect- aircraft was to carry a large health and safety of flight. The delay is causing sory, currently, passengers from evacuate Indians from the ed by coronavirus there. consignment of medical sup- Indian nationals in them and their family members China, Hong Kong, Thailand, coronavirus-hit regions there, However, a Chinese embassy plies to China and bring back China, and provided in India tremendous mental South Korea, Singapore and New Delhi on Saturday issued spokesperson said the current more Indians from Wuhan. assistance and conve- anguish, said the sources. Japan are screened at 21 desig- a fresh advisory asking flyers to epidemic situation in Hubei Sources said, while the nience for the return of They said relief and evac- nated airports in the country avoid non-essential travel to province is complicated, and Chinese side continues to Indian citizens,” Ji fur- uation flights from other coun- for a possible exposure to the Singapore. It also said screen- the prevention and control of maintain that there was no ther said in reply to the tries including by France are novel coronavirus. Universal ing at airports is now being Covid-19 has entered into a delay in granting permission query. allowed to operate by China screening at airports is now planned for flight passengers critical stage. “There is no such for the flight to go, the clear- “We are carefully but the permission has not being planned for flights from coming to India from thing as China deliberately ance has ‘inexplicably’ not been assessing the ground come through in India’s case. Kathmandu, Indonesia, Kathmandu, Indonesia, delaying granting flight per- given. situation, as preven- “Are they not interested in Vietnam and Malaysia from Vietnam and Malaysia from mission,” spokesperson Ji Rong In a letter to President Xi tion work requires. Indian aid provided as our Monday, the health ministry Monday. said. Jinping earlier this month, Competent depart- token of support? Why are they said. The decision was taken India’s assertion that China India was to send its mili- Prime Minister Narendra Modi ments of the two creating roadblock in evacuat- during a review meeting was “deliberately delaying” tary transport aircraft to conveyed India’s solidarity to Modi’s commitment as a token tremendous shortage itself, countries are keeping com- ing our nationals from Wuhan chaired by the Cabinet permission to the IAF plane Wuhan, the epicentre of the the people and Government of of India’s solidarity, particular- given our ethos of helping oth- munication and coordination and putting them under hard- Secretary to take a stock of the was refuted by the Chinese coronavirus outbreak, on China in meeting the challenge ly in the 70th year of the ers in their hour of need,” said in this regard,” she said. ship and mental agony?” said status, actions taken and pre- embassy. Official sources said February 20 but the plane of the coronavirus outbreak anniversary of diplomatic rela- a source aware of the issue. The India’s national carrier Air a person aware of the issue. paredness of states and Union Japan, Ukraine and France could not take off as permis- and offered to provide assis- tions between the two coun- relief items include gloves, sur- India has already evacuated On February 17, India had Territories regarding manage- have been allowed to operate sion was not granted. tance to the country. tries. gical masks, feeding pumps around 640 Indians from announced that it will send C- ment of novel coronavirus here flights between February 16 Sources said, Indian India then put together “These supplies have been and defibrillators based on the Wuhan in two separate flights. 17 Globemaster, with medical on Saturday, the Ministry and 20 but India’s request has nationals stuck in Wuhan are relief supplies in pursuance of offered even as India faces requirements as indicated by According to estimates, over supplies to Wuhan, and bring said. $ * " ! 053055$/ 2 %&3 / # % + $ $5/3$"!1 Savarkar Darshan Pratishthan in Trump”. It also said that the vacancies were the presence of former governor here, party spokesperson Sambit Janpath (residence of party pres- 69 lakh and remuneration would be “achche he ‘Savarkar Darshan of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh Patra said Trump’s visit will be a ident Sonia Gandhi) had allowed ongress general secretary Priyanka din”. TPratishthan’ has demanded and president organising com- he BJP on Saturday hit out at landmark moment in the Indo- former Prime Minister CGandhi Vadra on Saturday raised ques- The committee headed by Ahmedabad ‘Bharat Ratna’ for freedom fight- mittee, OP Kohli. Tthe Congress over its scepti- US relationship and advised the Manmohan Singh to develop tions over the funding of the committee mayor Bijal Patel held its first meeting at er Veer Savarkar. The organisation BJP President JP Nadda will cism about US President Donald Congress to “start taking pride Prime Minister Narendra Modi- formed to oversee various programmes dur- the Circuit House in Ahmedabad on announced a two-day All India be the Chief Guest at the Trump’s visit to India asking the in the nation’s achievements”. like rapport with international ing US President Donald Trump’s Saturday. Conference starting February 26 Inaugural session on February 26 Opposition party, why it is “This is a meeting of the world’s leaders. Ahmedabad visit on February 24. She The formation of the committee, first on Savarkar’s life, thoughts, ideas and the session will be presided unhappy when the country’s largest and oldest democracies Trump’s visit will be a land- wondered what the Government is “hiding announced as Donald Trump Nagarik and philosophy titled— ‘Akhil over by Union Minister Nitin stature is being raised globally. and it should be celebrated,” he mark moment in Indo-US rela- under the guise” of the committee. Abhivadan Samiti by Ministry of External Bharatiya Swatantrayvir Savarkar Gadkari. Tourism Minister The BJP said there are times said adding, “There are times tions and the “100 crore is Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, had Sahitya Sammelan’ where the Prahlad Patel will be Guest of when political parties should when political parties should Congress should ,)P , being spent on the drawn flak from the Congress. demand for Bharat Ratna will be Honour in the programme and keep aside their identities and keep aside their identities and “start taking pride visit of President Congress spokesperson Randeep made in the presence of several valedictory address will be given “think as one nation”. think as one nation.” in the nation’s Trump. But this Surjewala had asked Prime Minister Union Ministers including Home by Home Minister Amit Shah on The BJP’s counter came a Underlining that Trump achievements”, he added. money is being spent through a committee. Narendra Modi to explain who all are in this Minister Amit Shah. the concluding day on February day after the Congress said himself has said multiple times Responding to the Congress’ The members of the committee do not know Samiti. The objective of the confer- 27. Trump’s visit should not become that India is a hard bargainer, questions about what the coun- that they are its members. Does the coun- “Why is Gujarat Government spending ence is to highlight the relevance “Now, it is the time to under- an extension of the US presi- Patra said the Congress should try will gain from this visit, Patra try not have the right to know which 120 Crore for a 3 hour event organised by of Savarkar’s thoughts in present stand and propagate ideas, dential election campaign but not be worried about India’s said the latest defense equipment Ministry gave how much money to the com- an unknown Pvt entity? India values its vis- context. “His persona and deeds thoughts and contribution of Veer yield concrete results for India. interests. and the deals that the US was mittee? What is the Government hiding iting dignitaries but pl note- Diplomacy is are incomparable in the history of Savarkar. This national conven- The visit should not be reduced With Prime Minister offering to India were never under the guise of the committee?” the serious Government business & not a modern India. His commitment tion will certainly help not only to to a photo opportunity or a PR Narendra Modi’s hardwork, offered during the UPA regime. Congress general secretary tweeted. series of photo-ops & event management to the cause of freedom struggle understand him better but his phi- exercise that would devalue the India’s relations with other coun- Patra said close cooperation The Congress also took a swipe at the tactics,” Surjewala asked. and ideological perspective has losophy as well,” said Dr Sanjeev importance of Indo-US part- tries have further strengthened with the White House has ‘Donald Trump Nagrik Abhinandan Samiti’ The Congress had said the Trump visit made him a great person. He was Tiwari, Joint Secretary, Organising nership, the Congress had said. from Sochi to Mallapuram, he ensured that India remains at the with a parody advertisement on its official should not become an extension of the US source of inspiration for millions Committee. He said the organi- Addressing a Press confer- said. Taking a dig at the front and centre of Trump’s Twitter handle. The poster read ‘hiring now’ presidential election campaign but yield con- of freedom fighters of India,” said zation will demand for a Bharat ence at the BJP headquarters Congress, Patra asked if 10 strategic blueprint. for job of “waving at US President Donald crete results for India. Ravindra Sathe, Secretary, Ratna for Savarkar. * 2 Q% * &R (0% 6 "%A +9563665 " E
multi-linguist, Nehru laid the foun- excludes millions of residents and cit- /" &6 understand the role of the dation of the universities, academies izens,” he said. Centre in the NRC. n an apparent attack on the ruling and cultural institutions of Modern Singh also extensively quoted day after Maharashtra Accompanied by his son IBJP at the Centre, former Prime India. But for Nehru’s leadership, Nehru, saying he had asked, “Who is AChief Minister Uddhav and a Minister in his Cabinet, Minister Manmohan Singh on independent India would not have this Bharat Mata?, whose victory you he Centre has dismissed Manipur Thackeray met Prime Minister Uddhav met Sonia and held Saturday said that nationalism and the become what it is today,” Singh said. wish?” TUniversity Vice Chancellor Adya Narendra Modi and gave a discussions on the current slogan of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ are being “But unfortunately, a section of “The mountains and rivers, forests Prasad Pandey following complaints of thumbs up to the amended cit- political situation and CAA- misused to construct a “militant and people who either do not have the and fields are of course dear to every- financial and administrative irregularities izenship legislation, Congress NPR-NRC. This was the first purely emotional” idea of India that patience to read history or would like one, but what counted ultimately is the The Human Resource Development leader and former Union (CAA) and National meeting of Thackeray with excludes millions of residents and cit- to be deliberately guided by their prej- people of India... Spread out all over (HRD) Ministry on Friday dismissed Minister Manish Tewari on Population Register (NPR) has Sonia Gandhi after the forma- izens. udices, try their best to picture Nehru vast land,” Singh quoted Nehru as say- Pandey after in an inquiry report he was Saturday said Thackeray become a bone of contention tion of the coalition govern- Addressing a gathering at the in a false light. But I am sure, history ing. found indulging in “financial and admin- requires a briefing on among the allies in ment in Maharashtra. AICC launch of a book on Jawaharlal Nehru’s has a capacity to reject fake and false Nehru makes a very significant istrative irregularities, including mis- Citizenship Amendment Rules Maharashtra, as the Congress general secretary in-charge of works and speeches, Singh said that if insinuations and put everything in and time relevant remark on the dan- conduct, dereliction of duties, abuse of — 2003. Thackeray had also and the NCP are opposed to Maharashtra Mallikarjun India is recognised in the comity of proper perspective,” he said. gers of leadership falling into a trap and power and lack of commitment, causing called on Congress chief Sonia the measures. Kharge and Shiv Sena leaders nations as a vibrant democracy and, if The book ‘Who is Bharat Mata’ getting removed far away from the great harm to the academic environment Gandhi where the controversial Tewari’s remarks came a Aaditya Thackeray and Sanjay it is considered as one of the impor- contains selections from Nehru’s clas- common people whom they are sup- and bringing the varsity into disrepute”. CAA was discussed. day after Thackeray met Modi Raut were also present during tant world powers, it was the first sic books Autobiography, Glimpses of posed to serve, Singh said. “Conceit, Pandey was placed under suspension in “CM Maharashtra Uddhav and said that nobody should the meeting. Prime Minister, who should be recog- World History and the Discovery of like fat on the human body, grows 2018 after violent protests erupted on the Thackeray requires a briefing feel threatened by the CAA or The meeting came soon nised as its main architect. India; his speeches, essays and letters imperceptibly, layer upon layer and the varsity’s campus which led to prolonged on CAA — 2003 to understand NPR as these measures are not after Thackeray asserted that Nehru had led this country in its from pre and post independence person whom it affects is uncon- shutdown of the institute. how NPR is basis of NRC. meant to drive away anyone one does not have to fear the volatile and formative days when it years; and some of his most revealing scious of the daily accretion. “The President of India, on consid- Once you do NPR, you cannot from the country. CAA and no one will thrown adopted a democratic way of life, interviews. It was first brought out in Fortunately, the hard knocks of a eration of facts and materials available on stop NRC. On Citizenship Thackeray made the out of the country due to NPR, accommodating divergent social and English and now its Kannada transla- mad world tone it down or even record and reply submitted by Adya Amendment Act (CAA), he remarks at a Press conference soon after meeting Modi. He political views, Singh said. India’s first tion has been released. squash it completely, and there has Prasad Pandey... In exercise of the power needs to be reacquainted with held after his meeting with said an atmosphere is also Prime Minister, who was very proud “It is a book of particular relevance been no lack of these hard knocks for conferred upon him in terms of sections design of Indian Constitution Prime Minister on Friday, the being created in the country of Indian heritage, assimilated it, and at a time when Nationalism and the us in India. The school of life has been 13 of Manipur University Act, 2005, has that religion cannot be basis of first after he took over as the that the National Register of harmonised them into the needs of a slogan of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ are being difficult one, and suffering is a hard been pleased to dismiss him from his post Citizenship,” he said. Chief Minister. “We discussed Citizens (NRC) is dangerous new modern India, he said misused to construct a militant and task master,” he quoted Nehruo as with immediate effect,” the HRD Ministry Thackeray’s stand on the CAA and NPR,” Thackeray people have to queue up to “With an inimitable style, and a purely emotional idea of India that saying. order stated. Citizenship Amendment Act said, adding he has come to prove their citizenship.