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Thus, the serve the party as he liked as “ rose to 60, including 16 Italian with reality” and the country’s move to elevate and accom- BJP is a very democratic party”. tourists, the Government on future is “fully secure in Prime modate an “outsider” may “Entry of Jyotiraditya Scindia Wednesday suspended all Minister Narendra Modi’s already have led to some dis- in the BJP is like a family mem- visas, except a few categories hands”. quiet in . ber coming”, (       %  )     )     such as diplomatic and While BJP president JP Awarding Scindia, who lost Nadda added. &  *     & '     #*'    employment, till April 15. Nadda described him as part of his seat to the BJP The decision was taken at                the ideological “blood family” in 2019, from Guna, could not a meeting of a group of min-      !" recalling the association of his go well with the core workers. isters held here under the grandmother Vijayaraje Scindia Guna has gone back to the BJP P       chairmanship of Health The Government also +" $  with ‘Bharatiya Jana Sangh’ after two decades, even though Minister Harsh Vardhan. “All geared up its health system and and the “very democratic” BJP, the party’s candidate was an existing visas, except diplo- stepped up tougher border  ,-   the party announced him as outsider. Incidentally, the BJP               matic, official, measures since most of the one of the candidates from had last won the seat in 1999, UN/International organisa- patients have a travel history to Mumbai: Health Madhya Pradesh for Rajya when Rajmata Vijaya Raje    going a similar grind in the party is also being attributed to tions, employment and project affected countries. Minister Rajesh Tope on Sabha, denial of which was one Scindia - Jyotiraditya’s grand- party. his failure in getting heard by visas, stand suspended till 15th The Union Health Wednesday said the of the reasons for his parting mother - won it. n a day it lost Jyotiraditya While the Congress chose Rahul. April 2020. This will come into Ministry asked overseas firms Government has two options: company with the Congress. BJP leaders, however, OScindia, one of its most to ignore Scindia, former party “He was with me in col- effect from 1200 GMT on to initiate ‘work from home either postpone IPL matches But then, the entry of maintain that it was necessary promising and prominent chief Rahul Gandhi said, “He lege,” Rahul said, breaking his 13th March 2020 at the port of facilities’ to its employees com- or limit them to TV audience Scindia with his loyalist MLAs to induct leaders of influence young leaders, to the BJP and was the only chap who could silence on the exit of Scindia departure,” the statement ing from a few virus-hit coun- only in view of the coron- could create uneasiness to the from the Opposition into the its Government in Madhya enter my home anytime.” from the party. Rahul also said. tries for 14 days. avirus situation in the State. homegrown BJP leaders and party to achieve a “Congress- Pradesh runs the risk of losing Scindia used to assist the shared a photo of December 13, legislators, some of whom had mukt” India, a pet theme of power after the 19 party MLAs Gandhi scion by prompting rel- 2018 of him with Scindia and lost Assembly polls contesting Prime Minister Narendra reiterated their loyalty to the evant points during debates in Kamal Nath ahead of the delib-     against the Congress in Modi. “Maharaj”, the Congress on Parliament and used to share erations over nomination of     December 2018 in Madhya As Congress removed Wednesday chose to speak on chits to Rahul to speak at chief ministership in Madhya Pradesh. The BJP as also Prime Scindia’s nameplate from falling crude oil prices even as times. Scindia’s exit from the Pradesh.    Minister Narendra Modi will Parliament House (as Deputy the threat of many others fol-    have to do the fine balancing leader of the party in Lok lowing in Scindia’s footsteps is     act as they accommodate Sabha) , Scindia quietly “moved being sounded from within Scindia both in the on” and joined the saffron the Congress camp   Government and the party lest party in its headquarters here itself. it ruffles feathers of party’s old saying it was no longer possi- If four-term Congress        guards. Scindia may be given a ble to serve public by being in MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi has Cabinet berth in the reshuffle the Congress. He said the openly asserted that devoted esides Jyotiraditya Scindia, on card anytime from now and Congress was no longer the leaders across the country are  !   Bthe BJP named eight other his camp followers in Madhya same party as it was earlier and feeling “alienated, wasted and candidates — including two Pradesh may be fitted in the “inertia” has set in and leader- discontented”, those like Sachin    !"# from its allies — for the March ‘new BJP Government’, as and ship has neither courage nor Pilot — another restive leader 26 Rajya Sabha elections to 55 when it happens. vision to face the “realty” on the caught in the generational clash   $ seats across 17 States. The Madhya Pradesh BJP ground. with Rajasthan CM Ashok BJP’s alliance partner had, understandably, sent a The BJP president who Gehlot — has warned against   %R '  Janata Dal(United) also list of around 22 names, includ- welcomed him as part of “pari- ignoring party faithful for can- announced that it would field ing national general secretaries var” recalling his grandmoth- didature for Rajya Sabha seat     Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Ram Madhav and Kailash er’s contribution to establishing from the State. Pilot, like    #$           Harivansh and MP Ram Nath Vijayvargiya, to the party’s the BJS and the BJP, said he was Scindia, too has been under-  %   & '     !" mid a political crisis trig- Thakur, whose terms end next Agered by former Guna MP  ,-    -   month, for the upcoming elec- Jyotiraditya Scindia's exit from    !" tion to the Upper House.       the party, the Congress on Other candidates named   !   Wednesday afternoon flew its from the party and at least 22 by the BJP included    remaining 88 MLAs from MLAs close to him announced Kalita from Bhopal to Jaipur in order to to withdraw support from the Assam, Vivek Thakur from    “Jagannathnka Paisa Khaila prevent poaching by the BJP. Nath Government. Bihar, Udayanraje Bhosale    "# $   Kie”. Unable to run the pro- The MLAs, who were In 2018 Assembly results, from Maharashtra and ceedings of the House, Speaker received by Rajasthan Chief the Congress, which won 114 Rajendra Gehlot from Surjya Narayan Patro adjourned Minister Ashok Gehlot at the seats in the 230-member Rajasthan. Abhay Bhardwaj regard written by State Finance issue necessary instruction to      the House at 10.41 am till 12.30 airport, are likely to stay at the Assembly formed the and Ramilaben Bara from  Minister Niranjan Pujari to the Reserve Bank of India to   0 pm and again till 3 pm. Buena Vista Resort in Jaipur. Government with the support Gujarat, Deepak Prakash from   Sitharaman. allow release of the deposit However, the House func- Two MLAs of the BSP, one of four Independent MLAs Jharkhand and Leishemba Prasanna Acharya told relating to SJTA in the Yes Bank he State Assembly witnessed tioned normally during after- from SP and independent and two BSP MLAs and a leg- Sanajaoba from Manipur were reporters that the Union in the interest of millions of Tadjournments and couldn’t noon houses. accompanied the Congress leg- islator from the Samajwadi also named by the party as its     0 Finance Minister assured the devotees of Lord Jagannath. conduct businesses in morning Raising the issue again, islators. Party (SP). The BJP had Rajya Sabha nominees. Prakash hours on the first day of its sec- Congress member Santosh The BJP MLAs are staying secured 109 seats in the State is the State party president. our BJD MPs on ond phase of the Budget Session Singh Saluja demanded that put in ITC Grand Bharat in Assembly. The BJP also said it has FWednesday met on Wednesday as Congress Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Manesar in Haryana. While there are clear indi- allotted two seats to its allies Union Finance members protested parking of make a statement regarding Around 20 rebel Congress cation that the present Nath with Dalit leader and Union Minister Nirmala 545 crore belonging to the safety of the Lord Jagannath’s MLAs have been lodged in a Government would not survive Minister get- Sitharaman in New Jagannath Temple, in the fund. He said people feel inse- resort in Bengaluru. They have for want of the required num- ting renominated from Delhi seeking release private Yes Bank. curity when the Lords’ money claimed to have resigned from ber of MLAs, Congress leader Maharashtra and Biswajit of the fund of 545 Soon after Obituary refer- is unsafe. He alleged that a the legislative Assembly. The Verma on Wednesday said Daimary of Bodoland People’s crore deposited by the ences, Congress members raised Government officer had gone Congress has sent two of its they (leaders who are in Front to contest from Assam. Shree Jagannath the issue and wanted to know on a tour to Switzerland by tak- leaders, Sajjan Singh Verma Bengaluru) are neither willing Almost all these candi- Temple why a fund of 545 crore of ing advantage of the deposit in and Govind Singh, to to support Scindia nor in dates are certain to enter Rajya Administration in the Lord Jagannath was parked as the private bank. Leader of Bengaluru in order to pacify favour of joining the BJP as Sabha as the BJP has numeri- crisis-hit Yes Bank. Fixed Deposit in the Yes Bank, Opposition (BJP) Pradipta some of the rebel MLAs and they were misled and taken to cal strength in the respective Prasanna Acharya, which has weakened financial- Naik termed that the deposit as bring them back to the party. Bengaluru in Assembly to ensure their Achyuta Samanta, Dr ly. As Speaker called for hold- a sensitive issue and demand- The grand old party has . win. Amar Patnaik and Dr ing the Question Hour discus- ed that criminal action against been witnessing an internal turf "Nobody is ready to go Scindia is an influential Sasmit Patra held talks sion, Tara Prasad Bahinipati, officials who deposited the war in Madhya Pradesh since with Scindia. They said they leader of Madhya Pradesh with Sitharaman pleaded for MPs about the safety of the Notably, the amount of Suresh Routray and other money in the private bank the party formed the were misled and taken to where 22 Congress MLAs, 19 withdrawal of the money from fund deposited in the Yes Bank. 545 crore has been deposited Congress MLAs trooped into (Yes Bank) in violation of Shree Government in the State in Bengaluru, most of them said of whom loyal to him, have the bank. They also handed Pujari has written to in the Yes Bank, Puri branch in the Well of the House and kept Jagannath Temple Act and 2018. The crisis deepened on they are not ready to join BJP," resigned in a bid to topple the over a copy of the letter in this Sitharaman requesting her to form of TDRs. shouting slogans like Government norms. Tuesday after Scindia resigned Verma claimed. Kamal Nath-led Government.     !     .)              students has started,” the   Minister said in response to a     provide citizen-centric service pat with the national norms of better living conditions. to VIP carcade, required SUV examination require for time- question of BJD MLA Anant under the Mo Sarkar scheme is the police stations to meet the The panel also suggested vehicles need to be provided ly completion of recruitment   Das.      quite effective. There is a need present law and order situation for additional provision of Rs and required funds be made process. If necessary, recruit- The Minister informed of provision of adequate in the State. 10 crore by the Works available to the Fire Service ment examinations should be     0 that the training has been " amount of funds under the Necessary steps need to be Department for repair and organisation for the conducted online. provisioned for 100 boys and  " " “Other Contingency” unit for taken for opening one post- maintenance of residential service. Necessary steps should be igher Education Minister girls. The State Government 587 PSs. mortem centre in each CHC of quarters of Fire Service per- The other recommenda- taken for opening of new Fire HDr Arun Kumar Sahoo on has inked an agreement with  P  A Standing Committee the State. sonnel. tions include adequate bud- Service Range Offices at Wednesday informed the State the “Dhyeya IAS” to provide report on scrutiny of demand Mentioning that the hous- The committee recom- getary allocation for provision Bhubaneswar, , Baleswar, Assembly that the State training on March 7, 2019. $%% for grants for the year 2020-21 ing satisfaction of the Police mended that the Government of ambulance to major jails, fill- and . Government is implementing According to norms, eligi-  !$  relating to the Home Organisation is much less than consider distance as criteria for ing up the vacancy of doctors The committee comprised an IAS coaching programme ble students would compulso- Department observed this in its the national average, the com- opening of new fire stations in different jails. MLAs Kishore Mohanty as in view of a gradual declining rily attend 90 per cent classes. '   report presented in the State mittee recommended for pro- instead of “one in each block” The committee also sug- Chairman and MLAs Jaya in the number of Odia IAS They would get training in two Assembly on Wednesday. It vision of sufficient funds to norm to provide better rescue gested for necessary amend- Narayan Mishra, Anant Das, officers in . batches. While 50 will get (  )  recommended that the Marine meet the requirement and services to the citizen of remote ments in the Recruitment Rules Pranab Prakash Das, Rohit “The number of Odia IAS training from 7.30 to 10 am, Police Stations be strength- complete the ongoing projects. areas. for completion of recruitment Pujari, Prasant Muduli, Braja officers is declining in the State. the rest 50 would get training ened and well equipped to It recommended for enhance- Vacancies in Home Guard process with minimum three Kishore Pradhan, K Narayan The Government has received rom 6 to 8 pm. This training     0 face any kind of threat in ment of plinth area for resi- posts many be filled up and phases for different cadres in Rao, Mohammad Moquim, proposals from different circles is being provided free of cost coastal areas. dential area in respect of Type their salary may be increased police organisation and phys- Ramesh Chandra Sai, Devi to provide IAS coaching to to students whose parents’ nclusion of all police stations The staff strength of each D, E, F houses of employees of from Rs 300 to Rs 500. ical test be conducted for those Ranjan Tripathy and Sanjib Odia students. Thus, the IAS income is below Rs 2 lakh per Iunder the 5T initiative to police station be increased at police, fire and prisons for For providing fire support who are qualified in written Mallick as members. coaching programme for Odia annum. !"!#$%'"%() %*+,-,.,.  ! %*

6 3   )'  ,      '        !" # $%##&#  ) *+  $,      234%0  Mangalu Jena, Samir Sahu,   Bulu Jena and Sanjay Naik. 2%5 2% They were caught while gam-  !     0 bling on the occasion of Holi. 5    Also, the police seized Rs he four candidates of the 1,41,400 cash, 10 motorcycles,   !22 !< TBJD on Wednesday filed   their nomination papers for 0 / 0 ith a move to decongest elections to as many Rajya Wthe Millennium City of Sabha seats from the State. olice busted and provide better Subash Singh, Chairperson Pa gambling service to the citizens, the State come up in the area. While plans are afoot to of the Odisha Construction den near the Government has decided to Dr Kumar along with his improve the Millennium City Workers Welfare Board; Subarneswara establish an ultramodern bus team earlier made a survey and in a big way with world class Munna Khan, Advisor to the Secretary Dasarathi Satapathy, The Congress, which has temple under port near Khan Nagar. assessed the requirement, said medical college and hospital in Government on Minority who is also the Returning only nine MLAs, will also not the Aska police In order to survey the area sources. CMD OSRTC Arun SCB, setting up of ring road Affairs; Sujit Kumar, Advisor of Officer for the purpose. participate in the polls. station of and take on-the-spot decision, Bothra, RDC Central Division and other facilities, establishing Special Development Council The BJD with 113 mem- The last date of filing of 5T Secretary VK Pandian along Anil Samal among others were an ultra modern bus stand is (SDC); and Mamata Mahanta, bers in the 147-seat Assembly nominations is March 13. on Tuesday afternoon. 10 mobile phones, playing with a team of officials visited present. The OSRTC will be also on cards. a member of the women wing is all set to win all four Rajya Scrutiny of the nominations is Acting on specific inputs, cards and food packets were the area in the wee hours of developing the Cuttack bus Earlier, there was a plan for of the BJD in Mayurbhanj dis- Sabha seats as Leader of on March 16. Last date for a police team raided a house seized from the spot. March 10. stand to next level as Badambadi inter State bus port at Gopalpur trict, filed their nominations at Opposition (BJP) Pradipta withdrawal of candidatures is near the temple and arrested 10 Later, all the accused will Pandian was happy to take bus stand is unable to cater to and accordingly, the State the Assembly Conference Hall Kumar Naik said his party March 18. The date of poll is gamblers. be forwarded to court. stock of the matter as the State the growing requirement of the Government agreed to provide here in the presence of party would not field any candidate March 26; and voting will take The accused were identi- During Dussehra last year, Government will soon take up public. It has not only been very land. Somehow, it has not taken supremo and Chief Minister as it does not have the place between 9 am to 4 pm. fied as Chittaranjan Swain, police had registered more the job on a priority basis. much congested but also during off and now move is on to set Naveen Patnaik. “required number” to elect one Votes will be counted on the Mochiram Nahak, Subash than 20 cases and arrested Works Secretary Krishan peak hours, it is posing a seri- up a new bus port near Khan The nominations were filed to the Upper House of same day at 5 pm followed by Swain, Raju Sahu, Rabindra more than 100 persons on Kumar presented the model for ous problem for movement of Nagar, while acquiring some before the State Assembly Parliament. announcement of results. Patra, Sushant Kumar Pradhan, charges of gambling. development and structures to vehicles and passengers. more areas for the facility. ,    '# #) %)&+ +,)     - 5      Headquarters Hospital. 7     Sources said that the  0  COVID-19 suspect had recent- 8  ly returned to the State from 8   + 8 )- the International Society for 9    Krishna Consciousness  !  (ISKCON) temple in Kolkata. He is suspected to have come   0 7  in contact with foreign nation- als during his stay at the rindavan is the place of ISKCON temple. VLord Krishna and Puri is Notably, all the persons the sacred ‘Dham’ of Lord   / < ) 0 suspected for coronavirus have Jagannath. When Vrindavan is been discharged from hospitals famous for Lord Krishna’s Holi ing the Dola Utsav. Dola means becomes the center of attrac- Raja Rajeswar Besa. of Vimans are smeared with kill his son Prahallad, a great ith the novel coronavirus in the State after they tested Utsav, many people across swing and utsav is festival. So tion with various forms of Lord’s representative or Abhira or dry colour. The idols devotee of Lord Krishna. WCOVID-19) spreading negative for the India do not know the impor- this is the swing festival of Lord worship all over Odisha. Govinda along with Sridevi are taken on procession and The demon king asked his its wings across the globe rapid- virus. tance of Dola Purnima or Dola Jagannath which is celebrated Jagannath Dham is the are placed in Dola Bedi where halt at the door step of villagers sister Holika to sit in fire with ly, one more suspected case of In India, the number of Utsav in Puri. with equal pomp and show as pioneer of the Basant Utsav devotees throw different colours who worship Lord Krishna to Prahallad in order to kill him. the deadly virus was reported confirmed cases of COVID-19 As the scared Puri Dham is that of the festival in being celebrated across the on them. The six-day festival, get his blessings. Holika was blessed by God that in district of has increased to 62 so far. The more known for Lord Brundavan. State. Lord Balabhadra, Devi also known as Dola Jatra in Like Dussehra, Dola she would not be burnt down Odisha. turmoil continues to widen Jagannath’s annual Rath Yatra, Dola Purnima or ‘Basanta Subhadra, Lord Jagannath and Odisha, begins from Falguna Purnima is also celebrated as a in fire. However, Holika was The suspect has been across the world with 4,300 Dola Utsav has not been high- Utsav’ or spring festival in Lord Sudarshan are decked up Dasami when idols of Lord festival marking victory of burnt alive while Prahallad advised by doctors to be under deaths and more than 1 lakh lighted as it should be. Odia almanac is observed on in Suna Besa or the golden Krishna are carried in decorat- good over bad. According to escaped from fire unhurt. The home quarantine following pri- cases in 119 countries as of Lord Jagannath is wor- the full moon day or Poornima. attire on the Ratna Sinhasan. ed ‘Vimans’ (palanquin). Hindu mythology, demon Holi festival, therefore, derived mary treatment at the District March 11. shiped as “Dola Govinda” dur- ‘Krishna’ or “Dola Govinda’ The godly attire is also called The devotees and carriers Hiranya Kashyap attempted to its name from Holika. R './'R001Q03 #) ) !"   )        0 in 2015-16 as per the 70 survey report of the National Sample he State Government has Survey Organisation (NSSO)   # 9  :   and kicked by six to seven Tadopted the Agriculture and has set a target to double     youths in full public glare. Budget and is implementing the farmers’ annual income by However, the passersby various State and Centre-spon- 2022-23.     0 Bhupinder Singh on turned silent spectators instead sored projects to double the To achieve the target, the Wednesday.     0 of intervening and rescuing the annual per capita income of special Agriculture Budget is he State Government has The Minister said the woman. Later, the video of the farmers to Rs 95,976 by 2022- being implemented and various Tproposals for establish- would n a case of brazen hooligan- incident went viral on social 23, informed Agriculture and State and Central projects ing Kalahandi University’ at start functions from June 1, Iism, a woman was manhan- media. As per the complaint Farmers’ Empowerment implemented. Crop insurance, , Rajendra 2020. There was no bud- dled and kicked by a group of lodged with the Lingaraj police Minister Dr Arun Kumar development of agriculture University at and getary provision made for miscreants in public in broad on Wednesday, Sabita’s family Sahoo in the State Assembly on farms, Biju Krushak Yalyan Madhusudan Law University this university in 2019-20. daylight at Bindusagar Road in had a dispute with members of Wednesday. Yojana, organic farming, at Cuttack during 2020-21 However, Rs 58 lakh has been Old Town under the Lingaraj Taranga Club for long. In response to a question of KALIA Yojana are among 34 academic year. allocated for the university in police station here on Tuesday. In the evening, when Sabita es over the old land dispute and them in filthy language. Though BJP MLA Mohan Charan schemes being implemented by Higher Education 2020-21 Budget. The allocat- A CCTV footage of the went to drop her son to his pelted stones at her house. she has lodged a police complaint Majhi, the Minister said that the State Government. As Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo ed amount includes Rs 18 incident shows the woman tuition classes, some club mem- Sabita also alleged that, the in this regard, no action has been the Union Government has many as 13 projects are being informed this in the State lakh for general expenditure identified as Sabita Sethi (38) bers came in inebriated condi- anti-socials also attacked her taken yet and the accused are still calculated per capital income of executed by Assembly in response to a and Rs 40 lakh for payment of being thrashed, manhandled tion and started hurling abus- father and uncle besides abusing moving scot-free. farmers of Odisha at Rs 47,988 the Centre. question of BJD member salaries. "+,,+-,"./00P .1. %&  '   '  ( 

This story is not meant to Mohan Mahapatra, the long- opponents keep ranting about ic moves like Article 370 scrap- ill of even the worst enemy or ally chosen. The latest selected very backward Kudumi com- eulogise Naveen. What makes time trusted lieutenant to Naveen running a bureaucra- ping and Balakote strikes. detractor no matter how vitri- candidates include Sujit Kumar munity found only in Keonjhar him so strong and invincible is Bijubabu, who was inducted as cy in Odisha because they fail Obviously, the BJP has emerged olic or scandalous he or she is. who has been an internation- and Mayurbhanj districts. She an amusing case in point. principal guru and guide. to realise the fact that bureau- as a popular alternative because His legendary father, despite his al bureaucrat after having been has been closely working with When Naveen first showed up Thereafter, how political crats only guide the political of terrible Congress blunders immeasurable popularity, did at the best universities of the hundreds of Self-Help Groups as legendary Biju Patnaik’s detractors got fixed or axed is executive critically and do on countless fronts. The Odisha not enjoy such love and respect world including Harvard and that promote socioeconomic least-known younger son, peo- only ordinary history by now. nothing more. Today, the polit- Congress party has been as Naveen is basking in the serving at the most prestigious empowerment through micro ple imagined he would only Naveen has made sure ical class, by and large dumb in reduced to an intangible idea popularity glory today. global institutions like the enterprises and thrift activities. play puppet in the hands of right from the beginning that head and populist, feel safe to only. Infighting has never For the first time in World Economic Forum, By the time World Woman’s rogue politicians who wanted politicians, especially the self- be guided by the prudent stopped, even during their Odisha's political history, main- Davos in Switzerland. He has Day was around, Mahanta got to encash on the Biju legacy. serving, loudmouths listened to bureaucrats by keeping away worst times. The incumbent stream career politicians are been part of several flagship her due recognition from Bijubabu was deified much gutsy, spotless and honest from risks of law and rule vio- president has lost everything, expected to behave well with programmes and schemes of Naveen. No wonder why before he died. He was con- bureaucrats, particularly from lation. political seat, face and reputa- the people and do as told by the the government as an experi- Naveen is so popular among sidered the only politician who the IAS cadre, who would Naveen hasn’t changed his tion. He is just a skeletal sym- well-meaning bureaucrats who enced, highly exposed profes- the people.  $    meant as well as did good determine what is important style of functioning once in all bol of a vanquished outfit. The go by the rulebook in hand. sional. Subas Singh, once a fire- Lastly, on this day in March works for the State. So, anyone for the State, design people- these twenty years. Good gov- Odisha Congress is fast degen- Even while choosing can- brand unionist, has been a 1930, Mahatma Gandhi's aveen Patnaik has proven from his family would do the friendly schemes and call all ernance is his primary objec- erating into a bitter episode in didates for elections, Naveen hardcore people’s leader for Dandi March had commenced. Nhimself to be the most magic in the game of popular critical shots. The political tive. For this, all the trusted pages of the State’s political his- puts his lieutenants to do a quite some time. He was one of Seventy-eight people had popular Chief Minister in politics. executive would only act as the core group officials have been tory. Even in Madhya Pradesh, thorough due diligence on the the frontline spokespersons for walked with the Mahatma India. Even late West Bengal Naveen agreed to take over, front and ensure that the peo- asked to keep him updated on the frontline leaders are out to antecedents of the potential the BJD. Munna Khan, a Biju- across 240 km between his Chief Minister Jyoti Basu from but he had made his mind clear ple benefitted on all counts. all fronts and take his final topple the Kamal Nath candidates and chooses those devotee movie idol and a pop- ashram in Sabarmati and the the Marxist fold, who held a before the self-serving rogues The masses got to know this orders to carry out without fail. Government by defecting into who are adored and respected ular leader from the minority coastal village of Dandi. The record for the longest-serving that he would work for the special arrangement quite early There is another big reason the BJP as they have to survive by the masses. A few exceptions community has been going march was an act of civil resis- CM, did not have the invinci- State’s development by serving and are pretty much happy as why Naveen is enormously as politicians. occur though, only when polit- places for long. And most tance against the British law bility Naveen commands today. the poorest of the poor in a the going is good. Further, any popular.The opposing parties But Naveen is gaining in ical compulsions are extreme- admirably, Naveen chose a that banned production of salt Basu had a chequered graph - strictly disciplined manner. He bureaucrat who is too willing to including BJP and Congress popularity by the day. He has ly high. nondescript woman social by poor people for livelihood. - rising and falling in number knew seasoned bureaucrats take the extra mile is natural- have never been able to match been particularly adored for a His latest choice of Rajya worker called MamataMahanta Naveen, a staunch Gandhi of election victory seats; and he would be the best community ly closer to the boss than oth- his popularity as they have no few specific reasons: he is Sabha candidates is superbly who has been working for the follower, has invariably been never enjoyed the mass adula- to guide him properly, without ers who are not in a position to charismatic leader in their unmarried; has the simplest- made on accurate calculations. poorest of the poor women of advocating for inclusion of tion like Naveen, whose pop- which the political gangsters remain engaged in a glued midst. The BJP has lately made ever lifestyle; speaks only when Only those highly qualified or the tribal ‘nonviolence’ in the Preamble ularity graph is just incredibly would eat up the State along manner due to personal cir- some insignificant, flimsy necessary and that too in two people’s guys with a heart and since a decade without expect- of the Indian Constitution, steady. with him. So came in Pyari cumstances. Detractors and impact due to Modi's dramat- or three sentences; never speaks mind for the poor are eventu- ing any reward. She is from a and logically so.

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4O' #"")'#) .    5   '   #' !) %#' # # % )# 4  '#&#& '$ '    4 0)     0 9   in retirement age of seasonal blocked, respectively, at endu leaf pluckers and #   % -5 workers from 60 to 65 years, Ambedkar Chhak. Kworkers obstructed NH-49 he ,    regularisation of job of watch- Likewise, the State and Biju Expressway at TMancheswar –Silpanchal ers employed since 1993 and Highway at Sinapali and Boden Prasanna Panda Chowk on branch, slammed the apathy to   Wednesday. As a result, com- even six long  ) 0     munication from years after it got classical lan- 's Raigarh to guage status. he vil- s warned by them and Sundargarh to While celebrating the day Tlagers of Aearlier, kendu leaf was affected with marking classical language sta- Tamamura workers of Nuapada dis- hundreds of vehicles being tus to Odia on Wednesday, of trict led by Amaresh stranded on both sides of the branch president Dillip Subarnapur Pattnaik and Jadumani road. Dashsharma launched a district led Panigrahi, respectively Additional Tehsildar scathing attack on the by lawyer president and secretary, Kabita Tirky, Jharusguda SDPO Governments at State and Shantanu of Khariar Division Kailas Acharya along with sev- Centre for not doing anything Bhoi and Committee of Odisha eral other police officers for the development of the Pradeep Kendupatra Karmachari reached the spot and request- language. Guru on Sangha (OKKS) staged ed the agitators to withdraw He said it was a shame that Wednesday road blockades in dis- their strike. Lastly, 23 workers the classical status to Odia was gheraoed the Superintending Nagar area of Balangir. On the against the officials responsible trict headquarters and were detained by police. only confined to pen and paper. Engineer (SE), Wesco, in fateful day while he had gone for the mishap. Earlier, two all block headquarters Kendu leaf pluckers hand- If sufficient budgetary alloca- Balangir. to his roof to collect dress, he such incidents had also hap- on Wednesday demand- ed over a memorandum to tions are made to develop They demanded action came in contact with a high pened there but the Wesco ing early implementa- Additional Tehsildar Tirky other five classical languages, against the guilty in the death voltage line and sustained authorities did not take cor- tion of social welfare addressed to the Chief Minister. why the same should not be of one Soummya Ranjan Bhue, severe burn injury. First, he was rective measures,” alleged BJD and social security The demands included hike of done for Odia, he asked. who was electrocuted a few admitted to the Bhim Bhoi leader Pradeep Guru. schemes intended for the abolition of GST on the kendu was also blocked from 11 am to the salary of seasonal staffs and Among others, branch vice days ago and demanded com- Medical College and Hospital Meanwhile, SE Ranjan development of the workers, leaf trade. 3 pm. Sanjaya Panigrahi led the workers based on the mini- president Sital Chandra pensation for the kin of the here and then shifted to the Kumar Nayak said an inquiry development of a better kendu When the road blockade at workers of Komna block at mum wage of the Government, Mohanty, secretary Gobina deceased. VIMSAR, Burla, where he suc- into the incident had been leaf policy, establishment of a Nuapada was held on the NH Tarbod while Ganesh Pradhan amendment of kendu leaf sale Chandra Subudhi and joint Bhue who was studying in cumbed. started and action would be processing division by elimi- near Collectorate, at Khariar led the agitators policy and withdrawal of GST secretary Ashok Paltasingh ITI was staying in Behera “Today we came to the SE, taken as per nating the Fal system, increase and Komna the NH was at Bodeb. on kendu leaf. spoke. Chamber in Chandrashekhar Wesco office, seeking action law. "  /0, %#  ) /0   1 2     %  6 2% :4     / #%)1     ANGUL: A youth died when     0 an unidentified vehicle hit his 5   tax, etc, it first motorcycle near Kanjara village implemented s many as 14 persons lost on the National Highway-55 in the same in Atheir lives in connection on Tuesday   0 / 0 Brahmapur. It with Holi-related incidents on night. lamented the Tuesday either in road mishaps The deceased was identified he Ganjam BJP has threat- misutilisation or getting drowned in water as Sumant Biswal (28), a resi- Tened to launch a stir against of crores of bodies across the State. dent of Bimalabeda village the plan of the Brahmapur rupees under In , four under the Jarapada police sta- Municipal Corporation Swachh youths drowned in Kathajodi tion. According to reports, the (BeMC) to impose various Bharat and and Chitroptala rivers. A Class incident occurred at around taxes and hike the holding tax protested the IX student and another youth 11pm when Sumant was return- rates for the residents. plan to col- went missing while taking bath ing to home from Jarapada by In a memorandum to lect Rs 600 in Kathajodi river. Later, the youths drowned in Badanala tion Fire Service personnel In another mishap, three his motorcycle. An unidentified Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik from each Fire Service personnel rescued reservoir of and ODRAF team fished out persons lost their lives in vehicle coming from opposite through the RDC Southern household for the two persons and admitted while bathing after playing Aditya’s body. district when their direction hit the motorcycle Range, the party demanded maintaining them to the SCB Medical Holi. Another youth was res- Shubham Samal (14), a motorcycle hit a roadside tree in and sped away following which action against officials in BeMC hygiene. The College Hospital in critical cued in critical condition from resident of Rairakhol Railway afternoon. They were returning the youth was knocked over and who collected water cess in party condition where doctors the reservoir. Colony in home after attending a feast died on the spot. excess of the stipulated rate and demanded declared them dead. One Aditya Naik drowned drowned in a stream while organised as part of Holi cele- The commuters travelling flouted the rule by not deposit- special funds A student of Bahugram in in bathing. A youth Rama Swami brations. In Baleswar district, a on the route informed local ing the same with the PHED. from the CM for development of was signed by former Junior College, Shubham Nabarangpur town while tak- (25) met a watery grave in youth from Mahumuhana vil- police about the accident. On Similarly, it alleged that Brahmapur muck like Brahmapur MLA candidate Prateek Dash drowned in ing bath along with three Mahendratanya river in lage under the Soro police sta- receiving information, the whenever the Government took Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri, Kanhu Charan Pati, Gopinath Chitroptala river in the after- friends. While Aditya went Paralakhemundi of Gajapati tion was run over by a truck Jarapada police reached the a decision to hike rates of taxes besides development of the Panda, Binayaka Rath, Madan noon while taking bath after missing, three of his friends district while taking bath along while going to the nearby mar- spot and sent the body for the on land sale and purchase, MKCG Medical College and Patra, S Rani and Sunil Kuar Holi celebrations. managed to reach the shore. with friends after Holi cele- ket on his motorcycle to buy postmortem. PNS benchmark valuation, holding Hospital. The memorandum Sahu among others. In another incident, three After a two-hour-long opera- brations. color for Holi. Q , ' )& ' < !   $%')# +#''  #1)'' #1)&    and Sub-Collector Pallahara /R* ' R Ajit Pradhan. Local MLA Mukesh Pal  ) #2) urged Minister Panigrahi to   < 4 0   develop the Khuludi waterfall    0 he Jan Ausadhi, a scheme of Tthe Central Government to t least 11 people, provide essential generic med- Aincluding a icines to common man, is woman, were taken ill growing popular in tribal dis- in Bhograi block in trict like Keonjhar. Baleswar district after The Jan Ausadhi Kendras consuming spurious across the district are provid- tea in morning on ing medicines at very low cost Wednesday. One of for which people prefer to buy them was shifted to their medicines from these the Intensive Care stores. As a result, health ser- Unit (ICU) of the vices have become more afford- District Headquarters able and assessable to citizens, Sasmita Pradhan, a women Charan Majhi also briefed Hospital (DHH) as his told speakers during the entrepreneur running a Jan about the benefits of the     0 and second Chilika of the State condition became crit- National Jan Ausadhi Divas Ausadhi Kendra, cited many scheme with instances. in Pallahara. The first MLA of ical. wedding of his son. vomiting. observed here. examples of patients who were Since the sales are increas- he five-day Malyagiri festi- Pallahara Mrutyunjaya Pal, The incident occurred in Reports added that while They were initially admit- Doctors, people’s repre- surprised by the low cost med- ing, to cater to the demand, Tval came to close on March first IAS Udayanath Sahu and village Ransingpur under preparing tea, the cook inad- ted in the local hospital before sentatives, journalists and icines. Dr Sanjeev Ota and Dr more stores are planned to be 9. Culture and Tourism first IFS Harinarayan Sahu Kanthabhaunri GP. vertently poured pesticides being taken to the DHH. The patients spoke about their per- Srikanth Soren, educationist opened in the district in rural Minister Jyotiprakas Panigrahi were felicitated on the occasion. According to sources, the instead of tea leaf. The poiso- attending doctors said all were sonal experiences as to how Basant Dani, Malaya areas and promote health was the chief guest, while other Sub-Collector Pradhan gave a affected were the guests of one nous tea was served and con- stable after treatment though they got benefitted by the Mohapatra, Rajalaxmi Swain among citizens, MLA Majhi dignitaries present were vote of thanks. A cultural show Santosh Pradhan of the village sumed by the victims. They one of them had to be shifted scheme. and MLA Mohan told. MLA Brajakishore Pradhan ensued at the end. who had come to attend the had nausea, head reeling then to the ICU. ! % ) -R    7  4       !"  "# #!1) ''    ;   5  ,   0) 0     /#'# young girl of Sundargarh Adistrict, who was alleged- ly sold off by her boyfriend in 1  Kaimati and Kailash Sahu from in Baleswar district on Tuesday <   information, police reached has been rescued by Achhanda village. morning. The deceased, iden- the spot and resorted to a lath- a social organisation.  5   After celebrating Holi, the tified as Narendra Jena from   icharge which further fuelled As per reports, one Sankar three friends attended a feast. Mahumuhana village under   5  the tension. Bage had taken the girl Balmati  5  Later, they were returning the Soro police station. Some elderly persons inter- Moil hailing from Kucheita in home by a motorcycle when Narendra was on his way by a vened into the matter to find an Chandiposh area of the district P the two-wheeler met with a motorcycle to buy colour to cel-    0 amicable solution. But instead to Delhi on March 3 on the pre- mishap at Kaimati Chhak. An ebrate Holi. of supporting the move, the text of marrying her. The girl’s eyewitness said the motorcycle Narendra was caught in a hree policemen were police attempted to take the cousin Nirmanti Tirkey is   <  3  0 driver lost control over the fight between three bulls on the Tinjured in an attack by mediators into its custody. alleged to have connived with them about her ordeal up, they was rescued and she reached vehicle and hit road. Suddenly one of the bulls locals in the Khantapada area Following this, locals became Sankar and persuaded the vic- lodged a complaint with the Rourkela on Tuesday evening. hree persons were killed a tree. ran towards him and threw of Baleswar district on Tuesday. belligerent and attacked the tim to go to Delhi. Chandiposh police in this con- “As per the FIR, we have Tafter a motorcycle by which The three injured were him away with its horns. In the The injured were rushed to police officials. In Delhi, Shankar aban- nection on March 5. registered case. We are now they were travelling hit a road- rushed to the District meantime, a truck coming District Headquarters Hospital An eyewitness said the doned her at an office and fled However, as police did not recording the statement of vic- side tree at Kaimati Chhak in Headquarters Hospital where from opposite direction with head injuries. group clash started following from the spot. Later, the girl cooperate in rescuing the girl tim girl and we are investigat- on Tuesday doctors declared them crushed Narendra injuring him As per reports, a group an argument over consumption learnt that her friend had sold they sought the help of a social ing the case. We are searching afternoon. dead. critically. clash broke out near a liquor of alcohol. But the situation her off. activist Chandmani Sandil, for accused Shankar and The deceased were identi- In another incident, a He was rushed to the hos- counter at Gopalpur Chhak in went out of control when the When she managed to con- who contacted a Delhi-based Nirmanti,” said Chandiposh fied as Shubra Saswat Routray, youth died after being run pital where doctors declared Khantapada. After receiving cops intervened in the matter. tact her parents and informed NGO for help. Finally, the girl police station IIC Satish Nayak. Dharmananda Dehuri from over by a truck in the Soro area him dead. !"!#$%'"%() %*+,-,.,.  ! %4 ,   !   #  - +-(+.'   -   & ,& ,$ ./0;(2#   /  '%(2" # # %" ## (%  -     #%#(  %# ("  ,7 !   ! 2##   2#  #"(    0    # -(# (   0 ,# %## training programme ##" Aon coronavirus he annual func- 1     -&  COVID 2019 was organ- Ttion of Utkal ised at the PPT Hospital on Bipanna Sahayata Wednesday as per the Samiti (UBSS) was instruction of the Union held on March 8 Government. PPT Deputy here. Governor Prof Chairman AK Bose Ganeshi Lal inaugu- declared the training ses- rated the function. sion open in the presence UBSS Secretary of Dr P Panda, CMO, PPT. D Krushna Gopal Bose reiterated that the gave a detailed Paradip Port Trust would account of the activities under- tion aspirants in collaboration UBSS and gave different exam- not leave any stone taken by the Samiti which was of Shiksha Vikash Samiti, ples from Gita, Bhagabata, unturned to prevent the registered in 1982 immediate- Odisha and Resonance, Vedas and other mythological entry of any infectious dis- ly after the Cuttack flood. Bangaluru, he told. books. Jagabandhu Mishra, ease, including the He said the organisation For the last several years we former Editor, Rashtradeep, COVID-19 through this port. Imparting training to the ary and self-protection mea- participated in relief and rescue have been providing different discussed how the volunteers The port is fully prepared to gathering of principals/head- sures for prevention of the operations in 1999 Super Seva during the Rath Yatra at reached the affected people tackle the unfolding scenario of masters of local schools, rep- disease. Cyclone, Hudhud, Titli and Puri with free medicines and even at odd the spreading of the viral dis- resentatives from stevedores The meeting was conclud- Fani, besides earthquake of ambulance. The Samiti has hours. ease affecting nearly 1,18,000 and steamer agents, CISF and ed with a unanimous decision Bhuj in Gujarat and the thun- provision to house patients The Governor gave away people globally. Bose empha- Coast Guard units, doctors by the participants to sensitise der shower of Uttarakhand. and their attendants at the Utkalmani Seva Samman to /0  #'   sised on protection of the and paramedics and represen- others, in turn, on the basic The organisation also Olatapur, Cuttack and Padmacharan Nayak, a nona- %'' (( (## ## healthcare workforce while on tatives from various depart- public health measures to be joined plantation drive, com- Bhubaneswar, he informed. genarian freedom fighter and  0(##(2" #    duty so that they can take care ments, Dr Panda highlighted adopted for prevention of the puter literacy programme and Prof Lal was of very high Gandhian for his crusade  %,%#  of the others. practice of various precaution- disease. runs hostels for IIT examina- opinion about the services by against liquor. ## ";   #,##   #(% #" ( !#5 1- & ,&  -   3      0%#&# 34/0 ;#  (%'    %'## %#'4@# Q#&  2 "2    /##' +')&%  )"  #  ##"2 '(#     (/   ((%(   (" BHUBANESWAR: The State  % #(  % Assembly on Wednesday #  #"     0 Lokseva Marg at Unit-4, is +"#!%34 mourned the deaths of three one of the oldest ones in former MLAs, Bira Sipka, Bijay CUTTACK: Nabarangpur $- P ,O P he Church of Christ (Union Bhubaneswar. Worshipers have Kumar Nayak and Prahallad Regional Transport Officer TChurch) has thanked Chief been attending the worship       Jharsuguda at 12.45 pm and Behera, on Wednesday, the (RTO) Ganeswar Konhar was Minister Naveen Patnaik for service here since 1964. reach Kolkata at 14.05 pm. It first day of its second phase of arrested and forwarded to court sanctioning a grant of Rs one The Christian community   4 0) will start from Kolkata at 14.25 the ongoing Budget Session. and later remanded to judicial crore from the State’s Special is also grateful to the State pm and reach Jharsuguda at Brining Obituary custody on March 9 in a dis- Problem Fund for creating new Government for allocating land pice Jet and Alliance Air 15.35 pm. The flights will leave References, Chief Minister proportionate assets (DA) case. amenities in the church premis- for construction of the church Swould change their flight Hyderabad at 10.35 am to Naveen Patnaik expressed deep On allegation of possession es. in 1960. The church, built by schedule from the VSS Airport reach Jharsuguda at 12.25 pm grief and requested the of huge disproportionate assets, “It is a very kind and noble the worshippers themselves, is here to New Delhi from March and leave Jharsuguda at 16.10 Speaker to convey the House’s his residential rented house at gesture and the worshippers of today regarded as one of the 29. hrs to reach Hyderabad at condolences to the bereaved Nabarangpur, double-storied the church are extremely premier ones of the State, the As per the new schedule, 18.05 hrs. families. building (under construction) thankful to the Chief Minister release said. The CM’s sanc- Spice Jet flight will start from Alliance Air flight will Leader of Opposition (BJP) at Kandhamal, double-storied for his concern for the minor- tioned amount would go a Delhi at 5.30 am and reach leave Kolkata at 7.45 am to Pradipta Kumar Nayak and building at Kandhamal, house ity communities,” the church long way in meeting the infra- Jharsuguda at 7.25 am. It will reach Jharsuguda at 9.00 am. It Congress Legislature Party of associate at Rayagada in 34/  02  #(O#%%  said in a statement on structural needs of the church, leave Jharsuguda at 7.55 am to will leave Jharsuguda at 9.25 Leader Narasingha Mishra also , flat at N%O( ">!O Wednesday. which has an expanding con- reach New Delhi at 9.50 am. am and reach Raipur at 10.55 mourned the deaths of the Kalarahanga, Bhubaneswar and ;(! ((#, ## The church, located on gregation, it added. Spice Jet flight will leave am. From Raipur, it will again former members. office at Nabarangpur were <(',% (0,'  start at 11.20 am to reach Expressing grief, Speaker simultaneously raided on 4@  ,#<(#(#, Jharsuguda at 12.20 pm and Surjya Narayan Patro said the March on 6. / ,0 (' /##'@ again leaving Jharsuguda at condolences of the House Konhar was found in pos- " 0, #(/  12.25 pm to reach Kolkata at would be conveyed to the session of assets dispropor-  '" 14.30 hrs. bereaved families. A one- tionate to his known sources of However, passengers are minute silent prayer was income to the tune of Rs dissatisfied over the new tim- observed for the departed 93,26,593 what he could not ings of the flights. souls. PNS account for. PNS 8  CD(# #%"  ! ' ; , 8D<;     

BHUBANESWAR: As many   !  ) 0 buses has been approved which 92,98,582 families comprising starts running by May-June. The 3,24,73,370 people have been aryana Transport Transport Minister said that km included in the National Food HMinister Mool Chand scheme is completely in the Security Act (NFSA) and Sharma on Wednesday said interest of the common man and 83,035 families comprising that soon the State transport that the shortage of buses will 3,12,311 people getting sub- fleet will be increased to 4500 soon be met. sided rice under the State Food buses from 3600 at present. On the threats of the Security Scheme (SFSS). "After the formation of employees union of the road- Food Supplies and the present Government, 150 ways, he said that the employ- Consumer Welfare Minister minibusses have arrived while ee unions had said that the Ranendra Pratap Swain 130 pink buses are being run Government wanted to abol- informed this in the State for women," Sharma ish the roadways and they Assembly in response to a said while speaking demanded that there should question of BJP MLA to reporters. be no layoff of employees. Nityanand Gond on     0 Monday, Dr Sahoo, who is the He said that out of 510 The government assured Wednesday. Head of Department, buses under the km scheme, them that neither would the The Minister informed that r Manoj Kumar Sahoo and Gastroenterology, Sum about 80 percent were plying employees would be laid off 86,612 families comprising Dhis team who successfully Hospital, felicitated Abinash while the remaining 20 per- nor would the number of 3,33,450 people have been conducted the State’s first liver Nayak as the latter won the Star cent buses would also start buses in the fleet be reduced, included in the NFSA and 337 transplantation recently met Plus Amul present Master Chef running by the end of this he added. families comprising 1,274 peo- Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal at Season-6 . It is a proud moment month. In addition, 18 Volvo He said that the State ple included in SFSWS in the the Raj Bhavan here on for all of us, Dr Sahoo told. buses will soon be added to Government has recruited Umarkote Assembly con- Wednesday. Notably, Dr Sahoo was first to the fleet. about 5200 employees in the stituency area. In a programme on transplant liver in Odisha. Similarly, the purchase of 867 Transport Department. 04    '  ! '7#$       54466        / BHUBANESWAR: As many as BHUBANESWAR: The he opposition Congress on 42 cases have been registered Bhubaneswar RTO-II officials TWednesday walked out against businessmen for not on Wednesday imposed a from Himachal Pradesh renewing weights and mea- penalty of Rs 52,277 on the Assembly after expressing their sures and a total fine of Rs owner of a DJ van on charges dissatisfaction over Chief 29,800 collected from them of violating multiple rules Minister Jai Ram Thakur's during 17 raids conducted in under the amended Motor reply on pay anomalies of out- big haats in Bhubaneswar Vehicle Act. source employees. between April 2019 and The officials fined DJ van The Chief Minister, how- January-end 2020. owner Laxmidhar Nayak, a ever, said the opposition party Food Supplies and resident of Balipatana in was "frustrated" by the latest Consumer Welfare Minister district for running developments in Madhya Ranendra Pratap Swain the vehicle without fitness cer- Pradesh where their leader, informed this in the State tificate, PUC certificate, permit, Jyotiraditya Scindia, quit the Government did nothing to vice provider companies with Assembly in response to a insurance documents and party and joined the BJP. regularise the outsource whom their agreements have question of BJD MLA Anant Motor Vehicle tax documents. Speaking during the ques- employees during its tenure of been made." As per the agree- Narayan Jena on Wednesday. As per reports, Rs 5,000 tion hour in the ongoing five years, but promised to ment, service provider compa- The Minister further fine was imposed for running Budget session in the State regularise them right before the nies are bound to pay out- informed that a revenue of Rs the vehicle without registration Assembly, Thakur accused the last Assembly elections in 2017, source employees minimum 30,79,827 was collected by way document and fitness certifi- Congress of making walkouts Thakur said. wages, he added. of annual inspection of weights cate, Rs 10,000 for violating air a "routine affair". Earlier responding to The State Government is and measures of 7,977 traders and noise pollution, Rs 10,000 The Congress legislators Barsar Congress MLA Inder trying to ensure that the out- in Bhubaneswar. The State for plying without permit, Rs walked out from the House Dutt Lakhanpal's question, the source employees are not Government has a provision to 2,000 for not having insurance when the chief minister held Chief Minister informed the exploited, the BJP leader said, collect fine from traders for and Odisha Motor Vehicle Tax the previous Congress House, "Recruitment and pro- adding provisions have been deceiving people in weight and for the period from July 1, 2018 Government responsible for motion rules do not apply for made to provide travel measure as per Section 30 of to March 31, 2020. Also the exploitation of outsource outsource employees as they are allowance, daily allowance and the Legal Metrology truck owner was fined Rs 500 employees. not Government employees. medical leave to them besides Act 2009. PNS for general offence. PNS The previous Congress They are employees of ser- the provision of maternity leave. !"!#$%'"%() %*+,-,.,.  %$ "'   "     !3 8

 9 1      :# ing Congress regime, which was 73 Sabha speaker Om Birla expunged response from the Treasury benches, per cent,” she said. certain names taken by Lekhi and with at least two Union Ministers — Lekhi countered Chowdhury’s asked her not to name people. Ravi Shankar Prasad and Kishan    Home Minister would go and sit in a remarks on the role of Mussolini in She alleged that after the speech Reddy — registering their protests. police station? Would that have not the RSS ideology. She said that of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi at Reddy accused Owaisi and his party he BJP on Wednesday alleged that caused splitting of security forces just Chowdhury’s leader’s - who is sitting Ramleela maidan, people started for erasing Hindus population from Tthe communal violence in Delhi to guard him?” Lekhi asked. behind him (pointing at Rahul gathering. Similar speeches were certain areas of Hyderabad. was a pre-planned conspiracy and The Lok Sabha discussed the Gandhi without mentioning his given by Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka This led to heated argument lauded Union Home Minister Amit Delhi riots under Rule 193 of the name) - maternal grandfather was Gandhi as well, Lekhi said. “Why the between the ruling and the opposition Shah for containing the Delhi violence House proceedings which means Mussolini’s soldier. Somehow opposition is spreading rumours,” benches. Reminding members to within 36 hours. The Opposition hit there will be no voting after the debate. Congress did not pick this mention she said. keep cool and avoid mention of any out at the Government as the riots had Earlier, initiating the debate in the as an issue, though Treasury Benches Tejasvi Surya of BJP alleged that communities, Speaker Om Birla international ramifications and called Lok Sabha, Congress leader sought were supporting Lekhi with thump- while there wasn’t anything anti- ordered to expunge certain remarks for an impartial probe. resignation of Shah, a demand echoed ing in the desks. Muslim in CAA, the anti-CAA made by Owaisi. Participating in the debate in Lok by TMC’s Saugata Roy and NK Lekhi, alleged that some people protests had “a lot of anti-Hindu” T R Baalu (DMK) said that the Sabha on Delhi riots that have claimed Premachandran of RSP. are taking political benefit out of the feelings. BJP MPs Nalin Kateel also Delhi riots and the law and order sit- 52 lives, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi Responding to Congress leader incidents of violence. Referring to the countered the Opposition accusa- uation of the national capital were dis- defended the Home Minister Amit Adhir Ranjan Choudhury allega- killing of IB officer Ankit Sharma dur- tions. BJP leader Nishikant Dubey cussed in parliaments of the UK, Iran, Shah and said the violence was tions, Lekhi defended party leaders ing the riots, she said 400 wounds said the transfer was recommend- Indonesia, Turkey and Malaysia. brought under control within 36 Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma and ed on February 23. Kapil Mishra was “During 1950 to 1964, as many as 243 were found on his body. “What kind ed by the Supreme Court collegium These countries “are making fun of hours which, if you look at in hind- Kapil Mishra, who have been accused held responsible for acts of riots are documented. When Indira of hatred was this... We should discuss and the Government had nothing to us”, he said. sight, was in the making for months. by the Opposition of setting the Amanatullah Khan, Sharjeel Imam Gandhi was Prime Minister, 337 riots that also,” she said, adding the riots do with it. Baalu said that “what went She also claimed that the Home stage for the violence that rocked and Tahir Hussain, she said. happened during 1966 to 1977 and were pre-planned. The BJP leader AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi wrong” as over 50 people were killed Minister did not go to the violence- northeast Delhi and left more than 50 Without naming the Congress, 1980 and 1984. Similarly, when Rajiv alleged that the opposition are defend- said there is a “tsunami of Hindutva in the Delhi violence. He said that hit areas of northeast Delhi to avoid people dead. Anurag and Verma she blamed the grand old party for the Gandhi was Prime Minister, 291 ing minority vote bank politics and hate” and called for an impartial probe although Delhi Police is efficient in “splitting of security forces to guard made comments on January 20 and riots and said the Government had riots occurred during 1984 and 1989. have forgotten about Sharjeel Imam to find the prepatrators of the violence. manging the issues, “why all went him”. “What do you expect? That January 28, while the violence start- controlled the violence in 36 hours. Out of 1094 riots, 871 happened dur- and AAP MLA Amanatullah. Lok Some of his remarks evoked sharp wrong” on those days. 2   # $ )  )"    2 "" 

#   -   $    & screening the Indians there. countries. marily from J&K, about 1,000  Giving this assurance to the Making a suo moto state- fishermen mainly from Kerala,  ;) elders after they expressed con- ment, Jaishankar said Iran and Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, and erming the situation in cern over the plight of Indians, Italy have an “extreme” situa- others who are on longer term    TIran and Italy as “extreme” including students, pilgrims tion and the Government is stay in Iran for pursuing their due to coronavirus, the and fishermen, the Minister “focusing on those countries livelihood and religious studies. TBP Director General SS Government on Wednesday said the situation in Italy and where coronavirus is strong.” Jaishankar said the IDeswal on Wednesday took said it is focusing on bringing Iran is “a cause of great con- He also said the two countries Government will first focus on additional charge of the BSF back those stranded Indian cern” and the Government is are under stress due to pan- bringing pilgrims to India from after its incumbent VK Johri citizens who test negative. making all efforts to bring demic and are doing their best. Iran and then students. He was repatriated to parent cadre Giving this information in the back Indians after appropriate Noting that the disease has pointed out that infrastructure to take over as the Director Rajya Sabha, External Affairs testing and screening. The spread to about 90 countries, situation in Iran is stretched. He General of Police of Minister S Jaishankar said a entire House lauded the efforts Jaishankar said if the said 58 Indian pilgrims have Madhya Pradesh. medical team from India will of the Government in reaching Government starts the process already come back from Iran An official order issued leave for Italy on Thursday for out to the Indians in those two of bringing back Indians world- and have tested negative for on Tuesday said Deswal will coronavirus. As many as 529 handle this charge “till the samples have been collected in appointment and joining of the the second batch and whosoev- successor or until further -* 7  er tests negative will be brought orders, whichever is earlier”. back in the next flight, he added. The Kamal Nath-led wide, then it will be only add pandemic was not prevalent that over 6,000 Indian nation- On Italy, he said the Congress Government in to the panic. there. However, the als in various provinces of Iran Government will hopefully Madhya Pradesh had recently  /   Elaborating upon this Government will make all are stranded which includes send a medical team for carry- issued an order appointing aspect, he said India only inter- arrangements including food about 1,100 pilgrims mainly ing out testing facilities for Johri, a 1984-batch IPS officer, vened in Wuhan, China and and water to the fishermen from the union territories of Indians stranded there like it the new Director General of  -   $    & Trinamool Congress(TMC) on discussing the two ordi- brought back Indians. stranded there, Jaishankar said Ladakh and Jammu&Kashmir was done in the case of Iran. Police.  raised the issue of recent com- nances on Wednesday and Similarly, the fishermen from after several MPs raised the and Maharashtra. “The situation in Italy is In the same order, the MP munal violence in the nation- the latter on Thursday, various parts of India now in issue. The Minister said there now emerging as a cause of Government has shifted he Rajya Sabha on al capital. Some Congress the chair adjourned the Iran were relatively safe as the He informed the House are nearly 300 students pri- great concern,” Jaishankar said. incumbent DGP VK Singh to TWednesday witnessed members raised the political proceedings. the Sports and Youth Welfare repeated adjournments over a happenings in Madhya With no agreement in Department as its Director. clutch of issues, including Pradesh. Chairman M sight for some time, the house DG of Cyber Cell of MP Delhi riots, ban on some Venkaiah Naidu adjourned was adjourned repeatedly till Police, Rajendra Kumar, a media channels in Kerala and the proceedings till after lunch at 3:40 pm Deputy Chairman 1985-batch officer, has been the treasury and the at 11.05 am. Harivansh called asked to officiate as the DGP Opposition differing on taking The afternoon session Parliamentary Affairs Minister till Johri takes over. up two ordinances which are commenced with External Prahlad Joshi to give his state- Johri is expected to reach lapsing on Thursday. All the Affairs Minister S Jaishankar ment. State capital Bhopal on parties finally agreed to discuss making a suo moto statement Joshi told the House as Thursday and subsequently the ordinances pertaining to on the Government’s efforts to agreed in the meeting in the take over his new assignment mines and minerals and insol- bring back stranded Indians Deputy Chairman’s Chamber, soon. The Appointments vency code on Thursday from Italy and Iran. Several the two ordinances (listed in Committee of the Cabinet morning followed by a dis- Elders from several parties supplementary agenda) would (ACC), headed by Prime cussion on the Delhi riots. expressed concern over the be discussed on Thursday at Minister Narendra Modi, had The first adjournment till issue. However, when Deputy 11 am. Thereafter, there would issued an order on Wednesday 2.00 pm came minutes after Chairman Harivansh moved be a discussion on Delhi vio- approving the proposal of the the House met for the day at to the other business of taking lence in the House. home ministry for repatriation 11.00 am when the Opposition up the two ordnances namely Leader of the Opposition of Johri to his parent cadre with parties raised the issue of the Insolvency and Ghulam Nabi Azad then said an immediate effect. communal violence in Delhi Bankruptcy Code all parties have agreed that Deswal, a 1984-batch and the Government ban on (Amendment) Ordinance, they will finish the discussion Haryana cadre IPS officer, has two Malayalam news channels 2019 and the Mineral Laws on two ordinances in the earlier headed the Sashastra for their coverage of the riots. (Amendment) Ordinance, morning and discuss the Delhi Seema Bal (SSB)as its DG apart While Left parties raised 2020, several Opposition MPs violence in the afternoon. from handling the additional the issue of the Union including Derek O’Brien He then requested the charge as the chief of Central Information and Broadcasting objected. chair to adjourn the House for Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Ministry imposing a 48-hour With the treasury and the the day and Harivansh did so and National Security Guard telecast ban on Asianet News Opposition sticking to their saying it was the sense of the (NSG). and Media One TV, the guns with the former insisting house. !    %  -73%18"    9'   % 7 &         "'78"  '794:4:     -  .    "  !  -73%1%   & '     " /    !=+ %  &"- )     "'            )  ,-)      2 , ,   -  %  ',  ##  New Delhi: The Supreme Court the notification dated May 16, tigation in the murder case has    has refused to stall the probe ini- 2019.” already been taken over by the    ##%  tiated by the National It said, “We do not intend to NIA pursuant to notification # Investigation Agency (NIA) into disrupt the investigation already dated May 16, 2019, as it pertains over armers in northern and the killing of Dantewada BJP taken over by the NIA some time to scheduled offence. the case to the Fnorthwest India should be  2    MLA Bhima Mandavi and four back and which may be at an Advocate Sumeer Sodhi, NIA after a lapse of 36 days. prepared for winter crops- % security personnel by CPI advanced stage. Needless to appearing for the state govern- The State Government fur- wheat and mustard damage  #   (Maoists) in Chhattisgarh last observe that the action taken by ment said, that the notification ther submitted that the instant because of unseasonal rain and ## year. the NIA would be subject to the was issued on May 16, 2019 by criminal cases raises certain sub- hailstorms as the India  2 #% The top court, however, said declaration sought by the peti- the Centre after a lapse of 36 days stantial questions of law per- Meteorological Department  %##% that the action taken by the NIA tioner in Original Suit No. 1 of from the date of registration of taining to the interpretation of (IMD) on Wednesday predict-   #(  would be subject to the outcome 2020.” the FIR by the State police on the NIA Act as well as the inter- ed wet weather will visit north  # ##  of a suit filed before it by the The original suit has been April 10, 2019, and more over the pretation of the provisions of the and northwest India for the #  , % Chhattisgarh government seek- filed by the Chhattisgarh gov- investigation by the state police Constitution of India. next three days starting ##  ing declaration of the NIA Act as ernment in the apex court which was at an advance stage. Sodhi said that the court has Wednesday (March 11). unconstitutional and arbitrary on pertains to challenge to the con- He said that under provi- to decide whether the central The IMD has traced out the ground that it affects the stitutional validity of the NIA sions of the NIA Act, the pre- Government has unbridled pow- the latest western disturbance the region,” the IMD said. Thursday and Friday. Isolated Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan state’s sovereignty. Act. scribed period for registration of ers to direct the NIA to take over over Afghanistan, which has On the other hand, agri- heavy showers are also likely before entering North-West The Chhattisgarh govern- During the hearing, offence by the central agency is the investigation of any sched- induced the formation of an culture ministry officials said over Punjab on Thursday, and India. In between, comparably ment has challenged the high Attorney General K K 15 days but the Centre while uled offence at any stage under offspring circulation over that unseasonal rains and hail- across Uttarakhand, Haryana, weaker disturbances may chug court’s order of last year by Venugopal, appearing for the exercising suo motu powers section 6(4) of the NIA Act, South-West Rajasthan. “On storm accompanying with high and Chandigarh on Friday. their way into North-West which it had dismissed its appeal Centre, submitted that the inves- issued the notification handing 2008. PTI Thursday, however, the western velocity wind has damaged the Apart from these isolated India,” the IMD said. challenging an earlier order of disturbance activity is set to hit standing crops of wheat and heavy showers, the rest of the Moreover, thunderstorms the court directing handing over its peak, due to which all of the muster in Punjab, Haryana, Western Himalayan region accompanied by lightning, hail, of the probe into the killing of ) ,.( )'-,+> (),. ,.( +-0/ 8-)< north and northwest India and Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh (WHR) and northwestern and gusty winds (speed reach- Mandavi and four security per- union territories will be under Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and plains are likely to experience ing 30-40 kmph or more) at sonnel by Maoists to the NIA. the orange alert. Uttarakhand face the risk of light to moderate fairly wide- isolated places are also in the The State Government had  )(! The root cause of these hailstorms this week. spread to widespread rains forecast for the WHR and the earlier challenged the notification weather conditions is a western “The State Government between March 11 and 13, plains in the same three-day dated May 16, 2019, issued by the New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh The appeal filed by the Pradesh Government not to disturbance that lies over has been asked to assess the except Rajasthan, which shall period. Centre directing taking over of Government moved the State is scheduled to be heard install such posters “without Afghanistan as a cyclonic cir- damage due to winter rain,” receive isolated rainfall only. A day later, on Friday, the the probe by the NIA from the Supreme Court on Wednesday on Thursday by a vacation having the authority of law”. culation. The westerly winds said officials. “Active western disturbances orange alert will remain over police. challenging the Allahabad High Bench of justices U U Lalit and It had directed the district generated by this disturbance According to the IMD, may take a break after this, and Himachal Pradesh, A Bench of Justices A M Court order which directed Aniruddha Bose, advocate magistrate and the Lucknow will be interacting with the isolated heavy rain and snow- international models projected Uttarakhand, Punjab, Delhi, Khanwilkar and Dinesh the State adminstration to general for Uttar Pradesh police commissioner to submit easterly winds from the Bay of fall is expected over Jammu & that the next big one may Haryana, Chandigarh, and Maheshwari said, “Indisputably, remove posters of those accused Raghvendra Singh told PTI. a compliance report in this Bengal that will penetrate the Kashmir, Ladakh, and Gilgit- reach Turkey, Syria and Jordan Uttar Pradesh only, whereas the offences in question are of vandalism during anti-CAA The High Court had on regard on or before March 16. plains of northwest India, Baltistan on Thursday, and by March 20. It would take four dry weather will possibly return scheduled offences and could be protests in December. March 9 asked the Uttar PTI thereby causing rainfall over over Himachal Pradesh on to five days for it to cross Iran, to the rest of the states and UTs. investigated by NIA in terms of !"!#$%'"%() %*+,-,.,.  %? &- -   -   9   $#'#  78 -       <'(  #'    6/    %  # !% % -    4 // tact with suspected cases have been NHM appealed all incoming pas- Bengaluru: A 76-year-old man Kochi: Stepping up efforts to check the spread put under active surveillance; 150 of sengers returning to J&K having suspected to be infected with of coronavirus in Kerala, the State Government fter shutting down cinema halls, these have completed surveillance travel history to China, Hong Kong, coronavirus died in Karnataka's 02   has put at least 45 people who returned here Athe Government of Jammu & period of 28 days while as 12 are Republic of Korea, Japan, Italy, Kalaburagi, District Health and from COVID-19 hit Italy under observation, Kashmir on Wednesday decided to undergoing hospital Thailand, Singapore, Iran, Malaysia, Family Welfare department said official sources said on Wednesday. suspend teaching and class work in quarantine”. France, Spain and Germany to on Wednesday. Kottayam (Ker): The Officials had referred 35 people, including all schools, colleges and universities Kumar added that 64 samples of undergo self-imposed quarantine for An official note of the depart- health condition of an two children and two pregnant women, to a gov- (public & private) and closure of suspected cases have been sent for a period of 14 days from the date of ment in the district headquarters 85-year old woman ernment district hospital in Aluva on their anganwari centres till 31st March, testing so far; 28 have reported neg- their arrival. town identified him as being treated for arrival from Italy on Tuesday. 2020 in the wake of emerging situ- ative, 01 has tested positive and Bhupinder Kumar also said that Mohammed Hussain Siddiqui, COVID-19 at the iso- Ten suffering from fever and breathing ation due to COVID-19. However, report of 35 is still awaited. the Government has urged citizens who died in a government hos- lation ward of the problems were admitted to the Kalamassery Board and other competitive exam- Director Information & Public especially those with travel history pital on Tuesday. “His swab sam- Government medical Medical College Hospital and they will continue inations shall be conducted as per Relations Dr. Syed Sehrish Asgar and to affected countries such as China, ples have been sent for a lab in college hospital here is to remain under observation, officials said. The schedule. Nodal Officer, Corona virus, UT Italy, Iran, South Korea etc to self Bengaluru. The report is awaited,” serious, health officials 35 people were later allowed to go home. Meanwhile, Srinagar Municipal J&K, Dr. Shafqat Khan were present declare immediately and to report to Department officials said. said on Wednesday. “Those 35 people who are asymptomatic Corporation has also ordered clo- on the occasion. Spelling out mea- the nearest Government health facil- Siddiqui had recently In view of her have been advised to remain home quarantined sure of public clubs, sports clubs, sures being taken up to control and ity if any symptoms are returned from Saudi Arabia, chronic health condi- for 28 days and will be under constant moni- indoor and open stadiums, coach- prevent spread of this Virus, found. where he had gone on a pil- tion like heart disease, toring of health officials in primary health cen- ing centers within Srinagar city Director informed that control Kumar maintained that Novel grimage, they said. PTI she is serious while her 96-year Meanwhile, a doctor run- tres in their respective areas. limits till further orders. The order rooms and surveillance teams have Corona virus has no definite treat- old husband is stable, they ning a clinic in Thiruvathukkal Strict legal action will be initiated, if they within SMC limits takes effect from been constituted in all the districts ment so prevention is best and said. has been put under observation violate the protocol,” a government release said. tomorrow. of UT besides two Corona-Virus lab every person has a capacity to con- They are the parents of a after the district authorities Details of Italian returnees hailing from Addressing a press conference in testing facilities have already been tribute in this situation. coronavirus affected man who came to know that two coron- Ernakulam, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Jammu,Director National Health made functional in SKIMS, Srinagar He urged the public to maintain returned from Italy on avirus infected persons had Pathanamthitta, Thrissur and Kasaragod dis- Mission (NHM), Bhupinder Kumar and GMC, Jammu. social distance and avoid unneces- February 29 alongwith his wife consulted him for fever in the tricts will be given to police in their respective told reporters, “a total number of Urging people to contribute in sary travel and use of public trans- and 24- year old son. initial stage. PTI areas, officials said. PTI 1,211 travellers and persons in con- tackling the situation, Director port. ; 9' )&)#, )      #   < 1#  ' (' 9 '   Agartala: The Tripura may be closed for the time being North Tripura district bordering Government has decided to tem- in consultation with Bangladeshi Assam, it said. Panaji: Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on porarily shut two border 'haat' authorities,” a memo signed by the The Dharmanagar Railway Wednesday said Government employees and    ' (markets) along the India- Secretary of the Health and Family Station is one of the main entry staff of state-run hospitals will be equipped with Bangladesh border as a precau- Welfare Department, Debasish points to the state. masks as a precautionary measure against the Mumbai: The Maharashtra on a couple of fronts, including tionary measure to check the Basu said. Passengers would be checked spread of coronavirus. Government plans to set up iso- setting up isolation wards and pri- spread of novel coronavirus, offi- Tripura has two border haat and awareness created, encourag- Talking to reporters here, Rane also said the lation wards and coronavirus vate testing facilities at Mumbai- cials said on Wednesday. along the India-Bangladesh border ing visitors to report about their use of hand sanitizers is important and should be testing facilities at private hospi- based hospitals and seeking A State health department —at Kamalasagar in Sepahijala dis- health status to the authorities, the encouraged in schools and colleges. tals here to deal with the outbreak accreditation from the Centre for advisory asked Land Custom and trict and Srinagar in South Tripura memo said. “Masks will be provided to Government of the deadly virus in the state, an the same,” a senior official, who BSF officials to direct their staff to district. Both the border haat Meanwhile, Director of Health employees and hospital staff. Every department official said on Wednesday. was present at the meeting, said. follow hygiene protocol for con- function on Sunday. and Family Welfare, Radha is advised to make use of masks and sterillium,” Representatives of private The State Government also taining the infection, particularly The memo also asked the dis- Debbarma said no positive case of he said. People who visit hospitals need to take hospitals in Mumbai met Chief plans to improve screening facil- from Bangladeshis. trict authorities and chief medical coronavirus has been detected in extra precautions, he added. “In view of the Minister , ities at international airports, “For the time being, officers to maintain strict surveil- Tripura so far. exponential rise in coronavirus cases, circulars on Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, especially in Mumbai, he said, Bangladeshis suffering from any lance on gatherings, bus termi- “No positive case of coron- safety measures will be issued to every depart- Health Minister Rajesh Tope and adding that doctors and nurses respiratory problem should be nuses and railway stations to check avirus has been found in the state ment,” Rane said. senior ministers to discuss the ris- will be trained about standard assessed properly before their the spread of coronavirus. so far. We had identified 28 per- The Minister said he would be writing to the ing number of coronavirus cases treatment procedures to keep entry into our State. Help desks will be set up at sons who returned from affected secretaries of all departments to notify the staff in the state. “The State patients safe from other infec- “Moreover, all border haat Dharmanagar Railway Station in countries. PTI about safety measures. PTI Government has decided to work tions. PTI ;E )*)*   2-,  (      &/ Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Government on like malls and cinema halls. Wednesday rejected a suggestion of the “Even in China, only five to six worst affect- Chennai:The 45-year-old man Opposition Congress to close malls, cinema ed cities have been sealed while life is going on who tested positive for coron- halls and other places of public gathering in a normally in other parts of that country. Thus, avirus has recovered with bid to stop the spread of coronavirus in the we don't have to create panic here at this stage. results of his samples coming State. We are taking all necessary steps to contain the out negative and as of now The suggestion to shut down such public spread of coronavirus,” Patel said. there are no confirmed virus places for 20 to 25 days was made by Congress “Screening of international passengers is cases in Tamil Nadu, State MLA Naushad Solanki during a discussion on being conducted at Ahmedabad and Surat air- Health Minister C coronavirus in the State Assembly here. ports as per the Centre's guidelines. We are also Vijayabhaskar said on Solanki also asked the Government to start screening foreigners staying at luxury hotels in Wednesday. screening of passengers at bus stations and rail- the state,” said Patel, who holds charge of the The speedy recovery was way stations, on the lines of screening being state health department. possible only because of metic- done at the international airports. He said as of now, not a single positive case ulous treatment and expertise In his response, Gujarat Deputy Chief of coronavirus has been found in Gujarat. All of the state health department 1                          Minister Nitin Patel said there is no need to cre- the 56 samples tested for the virus came out to handle exigencies, the min-      !" ate panic among people by shutting down places negative so far, Patel said. PTI ister posted on social media. The man, who recently returned from Oman, tested positive on March 7, making           )' 91')+ him the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the state. “As of now, there are no ' = confirmed coronavirus cases +"# %##'  and there are no more pending Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister observation. The health department, air- samples for testing at labs as all Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said that ports, ports, railways are on alert and are have tested negative,” he the condition of people who have tested taking necessaryprecautions,” an official Mumbai: An Air India pilots' “The present outbreak of All flight crew are subjected said. On Tuesday, positive for coronavirus in the State is sta- statement quoted Thackeray as saying. grouping has urged civil aviation coronavirus is highly dangerous for to mandatory Breath Analyser Vijayabhaskar said results of ble and an alert has been sounded at air- He urged citizens to avoid crowded regulator DGCA to exempt pilots our crew given the elevated risk of (BA) tests prior to operating a samples of eight people for sus- ports and ports to increase monitoring of places and social, religious gatherings. from the mandatory pre and post- exposure involved in our global flight as well as post the flight in pected coronavirus had turned passengers. Thackeray said that medical experts flight alcohol tests, amid the coro- operations. case pre-flight test is not possible, negative. PTI He also said that the state machinery should be consulted to prepare a standard navirus scare. “While this epidemic lasts, according to the rules. is ready to tackle the coronavirus crisis and operating procedure (SOP) to be put in In a letter to the Directorate mass use of any equipment with- “In fact, recently, due cog- citizens should not panic. place and gram sabhas should create General of Civil Aviation chief out proper sterilisation com- nizance was taken of this risk by The chief minister held a review meet- awareness against coronavirus in Arun Kumar, the Indian Pilots pounds the possibility of propa- your good office and communi- ing with Pune divisional commissioner and villages. Guild (IPG) said the virus is gation of this deadly virus through cated to all operators on February district collector through video- confer- He also directed that if required, quar- “highly dangerous” for the airline's any individual during the early 7, 2020, under which crew oper- encing to discuss the steps being taken to antine facilities be made available at a hos- crew involved in international incubation stages of the virus,” the ating out of Kerala were exempt- tackle coronavirus. pital in Pimpri-Chinchwad located near flight operations as it poses an “ele- IPG said in the letter dated March ed from Breath Analysers,” the let- So far, five persons have tested positive Pune. At present, quarantine facility is only vated risk” of exposure to the cock- 10. ter said. The IPG has requested for coronavirus in Maharashtra. All five, available at Naidu Hospital in Pune. pit crew. Under the Aircraft Rules, crew that similar directions may kind- including a couple, are based in Pune. 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  ; : The Aurangabad district Administration has suspended the annu- Kolkata: West Bengal the sharp dip in prices of al 'Nath Shashti Yatra' in Paithan town this Chief Minister Mamata chicken in the wake of year in view of the coronavirus Banerjee on Wednesday rumours of virus conta- scare. said there has been no mination, Banerjee said, Paithan in Maharashtra was the home report of anyone testing “Please tell people the town of noted Marathi saint Eknath. Every positive for coronavirus disease has nothing to do year, people flock his shrine during the time in the state and gave with chicken consump- of the Paithan Yatra, also commonly assurances that her gov- tion.” known as the Nath Shashti Yatra. ernment was monitoring Banerjee, who is also The pilgrimage was supposed to take the situation. the TMC supremo, asked place between March 14 and 18 this Three persons with mediapersons to ensure year.Nearly five lakh pilgrims visit Paithan fever and cough have that unverified informa- during the annual Nath Shashti Yatra been admitted at tion was not circulated every year. Beliaghata ID hospital among people. The Aurangabad collector, by using in the city, but “none of “We have also asked powers under provisions of the Bombay them has tested posi- the enforcement depart- Police Act, has suspended the pilgrimage tive” for the disease, she ment to keep a tab on the this year in view of the coronavirus out- said. situation,” the CM break, as per a release issued by the district To a question about added. PTI <              $  1 .  =    !" information office. PTI !"!#$%'"%() %*+,-,.,.  %@

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Jointly Athe Maha Vikas Aghadi Vikas Agadhi would complete ajasthan’s former Chief today, she would be elated to see former accused the saffron Government for five years.” “There are numerous the Congress and the Left has (MVA) Government would not full five year term. Maharashtra RMinister Vasundhara Raje you put the nation first. I outfit of ‘horse-trading’ in Citing how the BJP had instances to show how the 70 MLAs in Bengal House. last long, spokesper- chief minister Uddhav on Wednesday welcomed her admire your strengthen of char- Madhya Pradesh even as senior been pulling down TMC either arm-twisted or “We can’t say as to whether son Sanjay Raut said here on Thackeray is running the gov- nephew Jyotiraditya Scindia’s acter and courage. It’s good to Congress leader Jyotiraditya Governments or indulging in purchased dozens of Congress we will field the fifth candi- Wednesday that the Madhya ernment well and is taking all decision to join the BJP, saying be on the same team. Welcome Scindia quit his party to join horse-trading in States like and Left leaders to join their date,” TMC general secretary Pradesh’s virus would not the constituents with him,” he has followed high ideals of to the BJP,” Raje tweeted. the BJP along with an impres- Karnataka, Manipur and other ranks. Everyone knows how Partho Chatterjee said adding spread to Maharashtra, while Pawar said. the legacy of Vijaya Raje Scindia. Scindia, who quit Congress, sive bunch of party legislators. states where “they are forming Congress and the Left lost sev- “talks are on and let us see NCP chief and “Yes. I am told that there “Jyotiraditya has followed joined BJP Wednesday in New Hours after Scindia’s som- Government with parties that eral of their MLAs who joined whether we can field a fifth State Congress president was an attempt by the BJP to the high ideals of the legacy of Delhi. Raje is the sister of ersault TMC and BJP traded are in second or third position,” the TMC without even being candidate or support anyone Balasaheb Thorat said that the pull down the MVA govern- Vijaya Raje Scindia and took the Madhavrao Scindia, the father fire as senior Trinamool MP Bandopadhyay said “in such expelled from the Assembly,” he from some other party or Uddhav Thackeray-led ment some time ago. But, they decision in the interest of the of Jyotiraditya, who died in a Sudip Bandopadhyay said that circumstances people cannot said. not.” Government would complete failed. They are not left with country. I welcome this decision plane crash in September 2001. the latest development in MP be faulted for suspecting horse- Meanwhile in an unrelated Bhattacharya a former its full term. any special occasion that they personally and politically,” Raje, Other BJP leaders in the would go down in the history trading.” development the Trinamool Advocate General of Tripura A day after senior BJP can use to bring down our also a BJP’s national vice pres- state also welcomed as yet another shameful chap- “This incident” (of Scindia Congress kept its decision Assembly had successfully leader and former State govenrnment,” the NCP chief ident, said in a statement here. Jyotiraditya Scindia joining the ter in Indian democracy. joining the BJP) would go reserved on whether to field a appeared for senior Congress Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said. She also tweeted saying it party. Not ruling out “horse-trad- down as yet “another shameful fifth candidate in the Rajya leader Abdul Mannan the main went town — in the wake of On the fluid political situ- BJP State president Satish ing” in that State causing chapter in the history of Indian Sabha elections. petitioner in the Sharada chit political developments in ation in Madhya Pradesh, Poonia, deputy leader of Scindia to join the BJP, democracy,” he said inviting For the five vacant posi- fund case and the Narada pay Madhya Pradesh after Pawar said: “We will wait and Opposition Rajendra Bandopadhyay said “our strong condemnation from the tions the party has nominated off case to obtain a Supreme Jyotiraditya Scindia – saying see if the Kamal Nath govern- Rathore, Vasundhara Raje’s Trinamool Congress is of the State BJP which said the TMC four former MPs --- Dinesh Court order directing CBI that the Shiv Sena-led MVA ment will survive or fall. People son and Jhalawar MP firm opinion that the party that should first search its own Trivedi, Mausam Benazir Noor, investigation into these cases. Government would collapse have confidence in the leader- Dushyant Singh welcomed has been voted out of power basket of wrongs before blam- Subroto Bakshi and Arpita The TMC Government had within a month and half, Sena ship of Kamal Nath. They the Scindia’s decision. should not try to stage a back- ing the others. Ghosh. For the fifth vacant opposed CBI investigation. MP Sanjay Raut rubbished think that he can perform a him through a miracle. There is no point in tweet. predicting as to what will hap-   ="   0 Maintaining that the BJP’s pen in MP. Let’s wait for two #*   # )  “operation Lotus” would not more days,” the NCP chief succeed in Maharashtra, Raut said. State Congress President   tweeted: “Maharashtra’s and Revenue Minister  &,,  ! tics. “The AIADMK is in power since 2011 and Pa(o)war is different. One Balasaheb Thorat said that “the some anti-incumbency factor has set in. If  &,,  ! fer with the views of the Council operation failed miserably 100 MVA government in the state ess than a week after his meeting with mem- Rajinikanth does not enter the scene now, based on same rationale which days ago. After that, is stable, and all three allies will Lbers of Rajini Makkal Manram(RMM), an chances are that these anti-incumbency votes Division Bench of the raises a fundamental issue Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi per- foil any coup attempts by the outfit of his fans and friends, film star may go to the DMK. There is a section of vot- AMadras High Court on regarding the action of the formed a by-pass operation BJP with complete coordina- Rajinikanth would be meeting them again on ers in Tamil Nadu which are disgusted with the Wednesday brokered peace in Government. and saved Maharashtra. The tion”. Thursday. Though there is no official kind of politics practiced by AIADMK and the the ongoing battle of nerves But the Division Bench con- Madhya Pradesh virus will not There was an intense spec- announcement from the RMM about the DMK. Both these parties are known for cor- between Kiran Bedi, the sisting of Chief Justice A P Sahi make inroads into ulation in the Maharashtra agenda of the meeting, it is speculated that the ruption, nepotism and favouritism. That sec- Lieutanant Governor and V and Justice Subramonium Maharashtra. There is nothing political circles that the BJP film star may disclose some details about the tion of voters are anxiously waiting for an alter- Narayana Samy the Chief Prasad ruled on Wednesday to worry. Jai Maharashtra”. might pull off a coup ahead of political party he is planning to launch. native option and Rajinikanth fits the bill,” said Minister of the Union Territory that the Government of the Talking to media persons at “Gudi Padwa” festival that it Though there were reports in a section of Maalan. of Puducherry. Union Territory of Puducherry Vidhan Bhavan after filing had tried in November last the media that Rajinikanth may announce the But Maalan said that possibilities of The verdict was on a peti- and the Lieutenant Governor nominations for the March 26 year, when it roped in NCP launching of his party on April 14, the Tamil Rajinikanth’s party crossing the half-way mark tion filed by the Union of India should rule in unison and not in Rajya Sabha polls, Pawar leader Ajit Pawar and installed New Year Day, his close associate Tamilaruvi in the Assembly is highly unlikely. “At the best against a single bench judgment division. The justices ruled that expressed confidence that the its government for a brief 80- Manian told The Pioneer on Wednesday that he may be one of the factors deciding who con- of the MHC that had ruled that the role of the Government and Sena-led MVA would com- hour period. it was not correct. “I saw some reports like that stitute the next government,” he said. the Lieutenant the administrator were inter- plete its full five-year term However, Ajit Pawar which appeared in some dailies with the claim Kolahala Srenivaas, author and commen- Governor/administrator is twined. The administrator has a and that Maharashtra would returned to the NCP, foiling the that it was disclosed by me. I was being mis- tator, is expecting Rajinikanth to disclose on bound by the aid and advice of segregated control over the mat- not witness a situation similar BJP’s attempt to have govern- quoted by these dailies,” said Manian. Thursday the reason behind his “disappoint- the council of Ministers in mat- ters falling under Rule4(2) read to the one currently witnessed ment in the State on a term While Manian said the stage is set for the ment” about which he mentioned last week. “He ters where the Legislative with Chapter 4 of the 1963 in Madhya Pradesh. basis. The Sena-led MVA gov- launching of the political outfit by Rajinikanth, may also reveal some more details about the Assembly is competent to enact Rules. The judges also said that “There would not be a ernment assumed office on he is in the dark about the name of the party outfit because he has been functioning till now laws as contemplated under the basis of parallel drawn repeat of the Madhya Pradesh November 28, last year. and its programmes. “Rajinikanth is the sole as per the script prepared by his advisors. It all Section 44 of Government of between a State and a Union authority who could give you details about the sound very dramatic,” said Srenivaas. Union Territories Act 1962 Territory by the single Division programme of the party and its stance on var- Insiders who are in the know of things said though she is empowered to dif- Judge was not appropriate. ious issues. All I could say is that there would that the manifesto, party programmes and blue be a political party led by Rajinikanth contesting print for the development of Tamil Nadu has the 2021 assembly election,” said Manian, a for- been drawn out by the close aides of mer Tamil Nadu Congress Committee presi- Rajinikanth. Pandhappilli Gopala Menon, well dent who had quit the Grand Old Party in dis- known Thanthric scholar, said April 14 being gust. the Tamil New Year Day, chances of the actor Maalan, Tamil Nadu’s leading political launching the party are high. “First day of commentator is of the view that the entry of Chithirai, the first month as per Tamil Almanac Rajinikanth into the political arena is expect- is an auspicious day for all new ventures,” said ed to make some major impact in State poli- Menon. -  :9       *    //

CP chief Sharad Pawar on NWednesday filed his nom- ination for the March 26 Rajya Sabha polls from Maharashtra, even as the ruling BJP named former MP and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s descendent Uddhayanraje Bhosale and Union Minister Ramdas Athavale as its candidates for the polls. Seventy-nine-year-old Pawar was accompanied by from Maharashtra have been October 2019 – and Union Shiv Sena President and necessitated by the impending Minister and Dalit leader Maharashtra Chief Minister end of the terms of NCP supre- Ramdas Athavale as its candi- Uddhav Thackeray, mo Sharad Pawar, Union dates for the RS polls. Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Minister Ramdas Athawale, With less than 36 hours to Committee president and State Congress’ Hussain Dalwai, go for the closure of the nom- Minister Balasaheb Thorat, Sena’s Rajkumar Dhoot, BJP’s inations, the ruling Shiv Sena State NCP president and Amar Sable, BJP-backed and Congress have not yet Minister Jayantrao Patil and a Independent announced their candidates host of leaders from the three and NCP’s , on for the polls. MVA constituents, when he April 2. The electoral college for filed his nomination for the RS Meanwhile, the BJP these seven RS seats is the 288- polls. announced Udayanraje member Maharashtra The elections for seven Bhosale -- the 13th descendent Legislative Assembly. While Rajya Sabha seats are being of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj the BJP has a strength of 105 held on March 26. The last date from the Satara royal family members in the lower House, for filing nominations is March who had switched over from while the seat tally of the rul- 13. Elections, if needed, will be the NCP to BJP in the run-up ing constituents is: Shiv Sena- held on March 26. to 2019 Maharashtra Assembly 56, NCP -54 and The elections to seven RS polls but was trounced in the Congress -44. !"!#$%'"%() %*+,-,.,. ! %A :#)' ):!" %'"(3# 12 #  ("(3#3 #91+,7#+25     <R $   9    R    # 9  ><*$ ?                 =  #  #   #  ! > -*C(%% ((((                                   O# %#, #( (# % =          (            "                        (            >    ,S           =               S                      P Q    %   (   (+    +          1>$         (                  =      he sudden apparition of +    ,    4    1>$        Coronavirus on the world stage was unexpected for Chinese                %     watchers. 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The intransigent attitude of the “Gupkar                gang” to accept the new reality — that separatism         =       and terrorism would be things of the past as          #     ( would dynastic rule — had brought to a stand-                   still political activity, the heartbeat of democra-        cy. The indifference shown by the Kashmiris ,     ,            towards the Gupkar Gang had not only taken           =    ,  them by surprise but also conveyed a message    =   (       D<<< , that the people in Kashmir are fed up with oppor- 2 02= tunistic parties bordering separatism. /2! /       %  /"         The people were hoping for a new leader-        #         ship to fill the political vacuum thus created. They 2 2         =       were hoping that the old order would give place 2>   +            =    )  to a realist regime. However, complexities of  !/2  9<<<<                Kashmiri politics prevented that from happen- 22 +               ing. In that scenario, the initiative was seized by  0 2    !               a group of old politicians, who were willing to ; 0/ 2           !    $ ?  accept the new reality and move away from soft ! 0 pockets of influence and hence will the notification has been withdrawn by righteous politician image that he per-                    separatism. Unfortunately, the new entity com- 0 /  ensure the party’s penetration among the Government for the time being, the ceives to build. The people are elated +  # $  AD               prises rejects of the old order. ; 0!  / ! the awam. Centre is reportedly examining other by the fact that the Jammu & Kashmir This is significant considering the adminis- 0> >  The party has chosen a few issues options for opening up employment Bank has been saved from becoming a               +  3   tration’s attempt to devolve power to grassroot on a priority basis and flagged them to opportunities, land ownership rights personal fiefdom of the Gupkar Gang        $          leadership through development of Panchayati  2 be raised on behalf of the people. and seats in institutions of higher edu- and is now being reformed to become                 Raj Institutions (PRIs) has failed to yield the 20 2 > However, these will serve no purpose cation, including professional colleges, a true bank of the people. They want     =             desired results due to various reasons. Though  2  except to keep the people amused for non-Kashmiris. This is similar to the corrupt to be exposed, nepotism                >$ /  the BJP continued to raise issues of public inter- 0 20 temporarily. The reversion to what has been done in other States like and favouritism prevailing in the bank    + S     E;        " ( est, the people were feeling the lack of a viable 2 0 Statehood, which is on the top of the Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and to end and for the awam be the real       "           (  alternative. Thus, the formation of the JKAP, 02 0 !" agenda, is a non-issue as it has been other Northeastern states, which are beneficiary. Bukhari and his party will    "           "   drawing from the Peoples Democratic Party 2 repeatedly said that the existing covered under Article 371 of the have to come out with a clear stand on /        "        (PDP) and the National Conference (NC) under    2  arrangement is temporary with a view Constitution. this. The major issue left with the party 1     9F      (   =      the stewardship of ex-PDP Minister Altaf 2  to fighting terrorism, separatism and Fortunately, the party has not set its immediately is to focus on development Bukhari, has raised some hope, if not generate 0 >  2 ; 2 widespread corruption. Both the Prime eyes on early elections and has given and the economic well-being of the UT. #               reassurance. On the face of it, the new party is Minister and the Home Minister, archi- adequate hints of it not expecting the It is heartening that Bukhari has cho- 1     >     %        1    an amalgamation of leaders who have parted  22   tects of the reorganisation, have assured elections to be held in the next one to sen to draw inspiration from Bakshi      %            ways with the parties led by the intransigent 2 02 the nation on more than one occasion two years, till the process of fresh delim- Ghulam Mohammad, whose tenure at   ,  6    ?         Gupkar Gang. The biggest sufferers are the dis- /  ; that statehood would be restored as itation is completed. The fact that the the helm of the State’s affairs can                 integrated PDP and the sinking Sonia Congress. 2   soon as normalcy is achieved. To keep party admits to the need for meeting undoubtedly be termed as the golden 3   =              +  A sangam (confluence) of differing ideologies, its promise alive, the Union “rational aspirations” of the people, era of economic development. Bakshi                   beliefs and loyalties, the JKAP has yet to come Government has ensured separate without promising them the “moon and not only avoided discriminatory poli-                 out with a clear-cut ideology which would guide awards by the 14th and 15th National the stars”, sounds good but one only tics but also did not allow the rise of             its future course and survival, since no political Finance Commissions for J&K and hopes that it sticks to its promise in let- fundamentalists in the Valley by         6      party can survive merely with the assurance of Ladakh UTs, as a departure from the ter and spirit. encouraging and promoting the Sufi raising the current issues faced by the awam in routine practice of combined awards to The bane of J&K politics has been culture. One can just hope that the                  the changed scenario. the Home Ministry in respect of the the “wada khilafi” (broken promises) JKAP rises to those ideals and works for            /    Nonetheless, it is a very bold move under the UTs. made by the Gupkar Gang, that led to the return of peace, harmony and co-    6S    P           present circumstances, though it could turn into Negotiating the domicile laws for the disillusionment of the youth and existence, the hallmark of the Bakshi  =           3 3    as much of a puppet as the NC or the PDP. The people of the UT could be controver- was one of the causes of the emergence era. The party must come out with its 6       #     ( easiest way for it would be to pass the buck with- sial and tricky for it. The people fear of the “gun culture” in Kashmir. With vision document at the earliest and for- Q out carrying out any introspection within its own that such a move will further curtail the promise of acknowledging the mulate a clear road map for economic 3                  house. The new party has an advantage to begin employment opportunities for the awam as the real stakeholders, the revival with alternatives and options                  with but it would need political acumen, person- youth of the UT and lead to a demo- newly-floated party is making a big rather than sheer rhetoric. Bukhari and                3 al sacrifices and matured leadership to turn this graphic disruption in the Valley. departure from the prevailing cult of his team will do well to remember that    ,  S          ( advantage into a successful combination with Their apprehensions were further personality-driven politics. Another there is always resistance to any tran- wide acceptance. It would need to avoid being fuelled by the fact that the J&K High noble thought, but one that needs to be sition and change management should                   labelled as yet another Kashmir-centric party by Court on December 31, 2019 invited watched as the days go by, since actions form the JKAP’s key strategy. Neither   *  C<9F *   H      C<9I   adopting a holistic approach and rising above applications from across the country will speak louder than words. should he allow himself to be used as             regional and religious considerations. It appears for filling 33 vacant non-gazetted posts. Altaf Bukhari in his press confer- a mouthpiece and implementer of     3         ( to be a Herculean task going by the present com- Thankfully, the notification was can- ence also mentioned the Jammu & Delhi. His integrationist ways should      ,          position of the party because most of the heavy- celled after Opposition parties in Kashmir Bank and it being “converted not result in a trust deficit all over again.        "         weights belong to Kashmir and the leaders who Jammu slammed the move and pressed into sub-office of the Anti-Corruption (The author is a Jammu-based 5         have joined from Jammu do not enjoy the same for enactment of laws for safeguarding Bureau.” Here one wonders if the busi- political commentator, columnist, secu-         8 status. Most of the ex-legislators have their own the interests of the local youths. Though nessman in him has overshadowed the rity and strategic analyst.) =   9 $ ')(.+-.1.    A     A                    !    "      

of Hindutva.” The Maharashtra Chief headed by Uddhav recently complet- identity was visible when his plans to Modi in Delhi in February, he said ular is vulnerable, as it had to go for Minister is keen to ensure that his ed 100 days in office. To mark the visit Ayodhya were announced. The the law has been misunderstood. He this partnership to remain relevant ideological platform remains intact occasion, the Chief Minister visited local Congress leaders were quick to also spoke in favour of the NPR. in Maharashtra politics. This was the by asserting time and again that he Ayodhya with his family and make it clear that they had no prob- Frowning on this indecisive- calculation that the Sena made when has not abandoned the Hindutva announced a donation of  crore for lem with it because the Congress, too, ness, Congress leader Manish Tewari it parted company with the BJP. And,  0  2 ! nurtured carefully by the Sena building the proposed Ram temple. was in favour of building the Ram tweeted, “CM Maharashtra with the perception quickly gaining ;/ ! founder, the late Balasaheb “This sum is not from the temple in Ayodhya. In fact, a signif- @UddhavThackeray requires a brief- ground that Uddhav was diluting his Thackeray. Maharashtra Government but from icant number of local Congress and ing on Citizenship Amendment Hindutva identity due to coalition ! # # $ "-8( No one knows the perils of hav- my trust,” he announced pointing out NCP leaders feel that the alliance has Rules, 2003 to understand how NPR compulsions, he had to move fast and %   ing an anti-Hindutva image better that it was his third visit to the tem- helped them to counter the BJP pro- is the basis of the NRC. Once you do reassure his cadre that the ideology  % " hiv Sena supremo Uddhav than Uddhav and hence the stress on ple town, in the last one-and-a-half paganda that they were pro-Muslims. NPR you cannot stop NRC. On CAA was intact. Being a regional party, the 2  ( Thackeray is trying to do a fine the Hindutva roots. He knows that years. Though Uddhav has kept his he needs to be reacquainted with the Sena will have nothing to fall back Sbalancing act between what he Sena workers might suffer any Addressing a huge crowd in party intact after the death of his design of the Indian Constitution upon if the party gets weakened and       calls his own brand of Hindutva and humiliation out of love for him but Ayodhya, he said, “I have parted ways father these past seven years, head- that religion cannot be the basis of there is a risk that Sainiks might shift   %# the secularism of his new-found they will never digest being called with the BJP but not with Hindutva.” ing the Government and running a Citizenship (sic).” to the Raj Thackeray-led (#"  coalition partners — the Congress anti-Hindu. And they want Uddhav The Sena mouthpiece Saamana also coalition are new challenges for Now Uddhav has announced a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena  ( ,   and the Nationalist Congress Party to give the BJP a befitting reply to the in its latest editorial said Lord Ram him. committee to study the NPR and he (MNS) or the BJP. Therefore, all that (NCP). Significantly, Uddhav’s ide- saffron party’s smear campaign, and Hindutva were not the sole prop- For instance, despite the bon- had also assured the legislators he is doing is to protect his turf while ##,#( ological platform revolves around painting them as anti-Hindu. erty of any single political party. So homie, the coalition partners had before the start of the Budget Session swearing by the Common Minimum (#(# #, Hindutva, which is at odds with the Also he has realised that ceding it is clear that Uddhav is designing some anxious moments when that contentious issues would not be Programme, which swears by secu- # ( “secular” political agenda of his rul- the Hindutva space might cost him his own brand of Hindutva. Uddhav did flip-flops on contentious allowed to disturb the coalition. larism.  7+-N+"(( ing coalition partners. big, given his cousin Raj Thackeray’s The Chief Minister has been issues like the Citizenship However, despite the best efforts Meanwhile, as a strategy, the '( ' Claiming that his brand of recent efforts to rebrand himself as consistent in his assertion and even Amendment Act (CAA), National on the part of the coalition partners, three partners should keep asserting Hindutva is different from that of the a pro-Hindutva leader. Uddhav has told the Assembly on December 1, Register of Citizens (NRC) and the all these issues have made the deli- their respective positions for public ((##M BJP he clarified recently, “We don’t to reclaim the space. Hence, Uddhav’s 2019, “I am still with the ideology of National Population Register (NPR). cate equation a little more fragile. consumption and Uddhav should #( have the same thought process. I much-publicised visit to Ayodhya last Hindutva which cannot be separat- In December 2019, Uddhav said the Though the stakes are high for all the keep harping on his Hindutva ide- %## don’t want a Hindu Rashtra (nation), week is part of his new political strat- ed from me.” The fact that Uddhav’s CAA will not be implemented in three partners of the Maha Vikas ology. This is the only way that the (" which is not peaceful. Using religion egy. coalition partners understand his Maharashtra and subsequently after Aghadi Government to keep the coalition Government can continue. J   #K and grabbing power is not my idea The Maharashtra ruling coalition need for asserting his ideological meeting Prime Minister Narendra coalition going, the Sena, in partic- (The writer is a senior journalist) !"!#$%'"%() %*+,-,.,.  2%

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( H+*C-H+ # Tlikely see significant bene- ing Russia) to extend produc- prices given the ad valorem navirus must ease, oil explo- and limited access to capital (Q 7 / H+H+ fits in the form of lower current tion cuts set to expire in March. nature of state VAT on petro- ration and production must fall markets,” it said. %!0,<(  account deficit, reduced infla- But faced with the news that leum products; they may also significantly and the geopolit- Heightened price volatility '!# tion and higher GDP following Russia would not participate, raise VAT on automobile fuels ical rift between Saudi Arabia and depressed oil and natural (##,%# a slump in international crude Saudi Arabia has decided not though. and Russia must be healed. gas prices most directly affect %(, R2%#># oil prices, Kotak Institutional to go for it alone. The kingdom Lower crude prices will “Their cooperation has put the exploration and production   (#;# Equities Research said on has signalled it will boost pro- benefit automobiles (lower cost a floor under oil prices in (E&P) and oilfield services "    Wednesday. duction above 10 million bar- of ownership), aviation (lower recent years. But without that (OFS) companies, particularly ,<(')# The collapse in coopera- rels per day. fuel bill), cement (lower pet- alliance, the oil market those facing refinancing needs !##(# tion between Saudi Arabia and With coronavirus already coke prices), consumer com- becomes a Wild West where over the next 6-12 months. ;#2  (# #,  Russia has triggered a plunge in savaging demand for travel panies (lower packaging costs), only the producers with the By contrast, the midstream R2%#>#"  <(/ )#/(  oil prices that shows no signs and transportation, “the world For India, this may be a city gas companies (lower gas strongest means of produc- sector benefits from its low )((# (((%  of abating. Saudi Arabia has is now drowning in a glut of boon to pull out the economy prices), oil marketing compa- tion can profit,” Lafakis said. commodity-price exposure and ('%# (" 0( ' , !  been cooperating with Russia crude oil that appears likely to from an 11-year low growth nies (higher marketing margins Even if the coronavirus protective contracts for gath- !# " to limit supply to the oil mar- persist for months,” said Chris rate and rising inflation. on automobile fuels) and scare fades, excess supply from ering, transporting and storing ket and prop up prices. Lafakis, Energy Economist at “Lower oil prices provide paints, it said. Saudi Arabia and Russia will hydrocarbons, it said adding & * $ && Market participants had Moody’s Analytics. significant tailwinds to the “The Indian economy will persist. the refining sector is balancing 0  !( Indian economy in the form of likely see significant benefits In a separate note, Moody’s the benefit of a sharp decline in /(( lower current account (50 basis from lower crude oil prices — Investors Service said current feedstock prices with the J/K points of GDP or $15 billion for lower current account deficit, oil price fall are lower in sever- reduced demand for fuel prod- !(! - ,' ' every $10 a barrel decline in lower inflation, lower fiscal ity than the commodity price ucts in 2020. (J!! K crude prices), lower inflation deficit and higher GDP growth drop of 2015-16 and did not The nearly 20 per cent #%# (30 bps for every $10/bbl fall) (one-time impact of lower view these as a structural shift decline in oil prices to less than (.(     '+ and improved government imports).” at this stage. $35 per barrel (bbl) strains all H88+/% finances/household savings,” However, upstream oil and “We expect that oil and gas global oil production and leaves /# @ Kotak said in a note. gas companies such as Oil companies will actively manage insufficient margin for sus- ** / H+H+"2  '  :,  The government’s tax rev- India and ONGC may make their liquidity in 2020, reduc- tainable replacement of the / % < enues saw a spike in FY2016 losses if net realized price is ing capital spending and poten- product, it said.  ,! ( 1 0 =  severe economic impact of /, ! the coronavirus which has  > ,! (/,!!  ! nergy giant Saudi Aramco sharply reduced world demand ;#9   ! ,;%"' (,J;K,!! ,>< Eon Wednesday said it plans for crude. Boosting production -#<   /,J R!K, !  to raise its crude production capacity normally takes a long $4 %  # "2 /  capacity by one million barrels time and requires billions of $   ##  (.(% per day to 13 million bpd as a dollars of investment. /# @"!.(,!! price war with Russia intensi- Several years ago, the king- Abu Dhabi: The UAE national    3A ###' @, fies. “Saudi Aramco announces dom had shelved plans to oil company said on Wednesday   %### (.(% that it received a directive boost its crude production it was ready to boost its oil sup- /# @,###(#( from the ministry of energy to capacity beyond 12 million plies by around one million bar- &  bank said it has also waived SBI had introduced penalty  %@#(#%.#" increase its maximum sus- bpd after demand for OPEC oil rels per day as a price war with SMS charges, which will bring on breach of minimum balance tainable capacity from 12 mil- declined in the face of stiff Russia simmers. '  @  significant relief to all the cus- in SB accounts in April 2017 lion bpd to 13 million bpd,” the competition from North “In line with our produc- tomers. after 2012. However, later in company said in a statement to American shale oil and other tion capacity growth strategy ...    “Bank has also rationalised October it slashed the penalty /$ ' the Saudi Stock Exchange. sources. We are in a position to supply interest rate on SB Account to amount. The decision comes a day Russia on Tuesday said it the market with over four mil- BI on Wednesday cut inter- a flat 3 % p.A. For all buckets,” Making it the second after the world’s top exporter, was open to renewing cooper- lion barrels per day in April,” Sest on savings bank accounts it said in a statement. reduction in as many months, Saudi Arabia, decided to hike ation with the OPEC cartel Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. to 3 per cent and also waived Currently, the interest rate the public sector bank reduced !   production by at least 2.5 mil- even as its kingpin Saudi said. minimum balance require- on SB accounts is 3.25 per cent interest rates for retail term lion bpd to a record 12.3 mil- Arabia escalated a price war “In addition, we will accel- ment, as it set the trend of low- for deposits up to 1 lakh in SB deposits (less than Rs 2 crore)    Union Bank of India, and of the lion from April. with Moscow by announcing erate our planned five million ering interest rates in the bank- accounts, and 3 per cent for by 10 to 50 basis points for a Allahabad Bank into the Indian The Saudi moves come it would flood markets with bpd (output) capacity target,” ing sector. deposits above 1 lakh. few tenors. Fixed deposits s the bank merger becomes Bank. after the collapse of an oil pro- new supplies. the state-owned firm said. The country’s largest lender SBI said it has decided to (FDs) maturing between 7 days Aeffective April 1, Finance The amalgamation would duction reduction agreement The oil price war broke out The UAE’ move mirrors has 44.51 crore savings bank waive maintenance of Average to 45 days will offer an inter- Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is result in creation of seven large between OPEC and non- after OPEC and a group of that of Gulf ally Saudi Arabia (SB) accounts. Monthly Balance (AMB) for all est rate of 4 per cent as against scheduled to meet the chief PSBs with scale and national OPEC producers, including non-member countries dom- in flooding the markets with More banks are likely to SB accounts. 4.50 per cent earlier. executives of the amalgamating reach with each amalgamated Russia. The deal proposed by inated by Russia — the world’s millions of barrels of oil to follow to the market leader in “The charges on main- Interest rates on FDs banks on Thursday to review entity having a business of Saudi Arabia called for addi- second largest producer — on secure market share after a pro- slashing interest rate on SB taining AMB are now waived maturing in one-year and the preparedness for merger. over 8 lakh crore. The mega tional output cuts of 1.5 mil- Friday failed to agree on pro- duction cut agreement with accounts and waiving mini- off on all 44.51 crore SBI sav- above have been reduced by 10 The Union Cabinet already consolidation would help cre- lion bpd to cope with the duction cuts. non-OPEC producers led by mum balance requirements. ings bank accounts,” it said. basis points. approved consolidation of 10 ate banks with scale compara- Earlier in the day, State Currently, SBI customers One-year to less than two- public sector banks into four, ble to global banks and capa- Bank of India (SBI) reduced its need to maintain AMB of year tenor FD will earn an earlier in the month. ble of competing effectively in fixed deposit rates and mar- 3,000, 2,000 and 1,000 in interest rate of 5.90 per cent The meeting would deal India and globally. < '      ginal cost of funds-based lend- metro, semi urban and rural against 6 per cent earlier. also on readiness of anchor The Punjab National Bank ing rates (MCLR) for various areas, respectively. FD for similar tenor will banks to minimise disruption would be the second largest tenors. The bank used to levy a fetch an interest rate of 6.40 per to customers and ensuring public sector bank after the    8= Keeping in mind the penalty of 5 to 15 plus taxes cent instead of 6.50 per cent for credit flow to productive sec- amalgation of Oriental Bank of ‘Customers First’ approach, the on non-maintenance of AMB. senior citizens. tors of the economy. Commerce and the United    closed on Tuesday for Holi. Sitharaman is likely to Bank of India with it, with over State Bank of India (SBI) check the readiness and capac- 10,900 branches. It would have hares of Yes Bank continued had on Saturday announced it  ;!O ##     ities of the amalgamating banks a business of 17.91 crore and Sto gain for the second con- will pick up 49 per cent stake to handle and address customer have a CRAR of 14.46 per cent. secutive session on Wednesday, in Yes Bank for 2,450 crore. # queries and difficulties. The The amalgamation of rallying over 35 per cent, as “Yes Bank has 255-crore ##= '  >8?4 !  @ banks may also be asked to set Canara Bank and Syndicate investor sentiment turned pos- shares of 2 per share. SBI will up a common call centre with Bank would form the fourth itive after SBI said it will buy 49 be issued 245 crore shares at a &;   // down. regional language support, so largest PSB with over 10,300 per cent stake in the cash- price of 10 per share for At the interbank foreign that customer issues are branches and business of strapped lender. 2,450 crore. This will be 49 per New Delhi: India’s non-bank he rupee recovered 56 paise exchange market, the rupee addressed and responded at the 15.64 crore and CRAR of The scrip spiked up to day on the BSE. Over 41 crore cent of the share capital of the financial institutions (NBFI) Tto settle at 73.61 (provi- opened higher at 73.88 gained earliest. 13.90 per cent. 38.5 per cent to 29.45 on the shares of Yes Bank were trad- reconstructed bank,” SBI said in will likely face renewed pres- sional) against the US dollar on further ground to touch a high In one of the biggest con- The merger of Union Bank, BSE. It settled 35.53 per cent ed on the NSE and 3.2 crore a statement. sure on funding and liquidity Wednesday amid positive of 73.55 in day trade. The solidation exercise in the bank- Andhra Bank and Corporation higher at 28.80. units on the BSE. Yes Bank has been strug- following the RBI’s takeover of domestic equities and weak- local unit finally settled at ing industry, the government Bank would form the fifth On the NSE, the scrip trad- In the previous session on gling to raise capital amidst its Yes Bank this month, Fitch ening of the American dollar in 73.61 (provisional) against the last year announced amalga- largest PSB in the country with ed with a maximum gain of Monday, shares of the lender dwindling financial health. It Ratings said on Wednesday. the overseas market. US dollar, registering mation of the Oriental Bank of 9,593 branches and a business 39.29 per cent at 29.60. It settled 31.17 per cent higher at sought to raise $2 billion ini- “The consequences will The rupee on March 9 had a rise of 56 paise over its pre- Commerce and the United of 15.08 crore. The banks closed 36.71 per cent up at 21.25. It has gained more tially during this fiscal, which compound the credit squeeze plunged to a 17-month low of vious close. Bank of India with the Punjab would also present their busi- 29.05. than 77 per cent in the last two was then pruned to $1.2 billion across the country’s financial 74.17 against the US dollar The forex market was National Bank, of the Syndicate ness and financial plans to the The scrip managed to hit trading sessions. as it could not rope in any system, adding to current eco- amid mounting fears of a coro- closed on Tuesday on account Bank into the Canara Bank, of minister, including credit and upper circuit thrice during the Financial markets were investor. nomic uncertainty,” it said. PTI navirus-led economic slow- of Holi. the Andhra Bank and the deposits growth and year-wise Corporation Bank into the synergy realisation plan. + $ $'   !      0$

  

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   + A    ' '!             44: ! /$ sional) against the US dollar on 0 % Wednesday amid positive %"- )     + domestic equities and weak-    net inflows into equity and analyst (manager research) at DS ening of the American dollar New Delhi: Vehicle production equity-linked schemes rose Morningstar India. The inflow New Delhi (PTI): Gold on Wednesday traded down by 516 in the overseas market. across all categories is likely to nflows into equity mutual from 7,547 crore in January to is well spread between the cat- to 44,517 per 10 gram in the national capital amid appreci- The rupee on March 9 be critically hampered due to the Ifunds surged to 10,730 crore 10,730 crore in February. egory of funds such as large-   // ation in the value of the rupee. The precious metal had on had plunged to a 17-month coronavirus outbreak in China in February, the highest level in This is the highest investment cap, mid-cap, small-cap and Monday closed at 45,033 per 10 gram, according to HDFC low of 74.17 against the US as many automakers in India 11 months, even as the broad- since March 2019, when equity multi-cap, among others. arkets ended modestly Securities. On the contrary, silver prices rose by 146 to 47,234 dollar amid mounting fears of import about 10 per cent of their er market witnessed heavy schemes attracted an inflow to the Multi-cap, large-cap, mid- Mhigher on Wednesday, per kg as compared with the previous close of 47,088 per kg. a coronavirus-led economic raw materials from the neigh- volatility amid concerns over tune of 11,756 crore. As the cap and small-cap funds saw propped up by value buying in “Spot gold of 24 karat gold in Delhi were trading down by slowdown. bouring nation, auto industry the impact of coronavirus. spread of coronavirus epidemic inflows of 1,625 crore, Rs index heavyweights RIL, ICICI 516,” HDFC Securities Senior Analyst (Commodities) Tapan At the interbank foreign body SIAM said on Wednesday. Overall, mutual fund scared global equities, Indian 1,607 crore, 1,451 crore. Bank and HDFC Bank, even as Patel said. exchange market, the rupee Indian auto industry had industry witnessed a net out- stock market too found itself in Investors continued to risk sentiment remained sub- opened higher at 73.88 gained already maintained an invento- flow of 1,985 crore across all its grip and registered a fall of focus on multi-cap category as dued amid rising coronavirus and mixed cues from global Ashika Stock Broking. further ground to touch a high ry in the beginning of the year segments, mainly owing to almost 6.5 per cent (for S&P BSE it provides them exposure in all cases in the country. markets. BSE energy, telecom, cap- of 73.55 in day trade. The local in anticipation of the Chinese withdrawal from liquid or 100) in February 2020. the three segments of the equi- Despite rebounding over The number of confirmed ital goods, finance and bank- unit finally settled at 73.61 New Year holiday but with the money market category. This “However, showing matu- ty markets (large, mid and 386 points during the day, the cases of coronavirus in India ing indices gained up to 2.11%, (provisional) against the US current lockdown in China, comes following an inflow of rity, Indian investors viewed small caps). The aim is to ben- 30-share BSE Sensex pared rose to 60 on Wednesday, with while realty, oil and gas, metal, dollar, registering a rise of 56 supply for BS-VI vehicles is 1.2 lakh crore in January. this fall as an opportunity to efit from the opportunities most gains to settle 62.45 points two fresh cases in Delhi and IT, consumer durables and paise over its previous close. likely to get impacted, SIAM According to data released buy into equities and invested arising in all three market seg- or 0.18% higher at 35,697.40. Rajasthan. auto settled in the red. The forex market was President Ranjan Wadhera said by Association of Mutual in equity funds,” said ments by staying invested in On similar lines, the The coronavirus epidemic The broader BSE midcap closed on Tuesday on account in a statement. PTI Funds in India on Wednesday, Himanshu Srivastava, senior one fund, Srivastava added. broader NSE Nifty closed 6.95 has wreaked havoc across the and smallcap indices under- of Holi. points or 0.07% up at 10,458.40. world, killing more than 4,000 performed the benchmarks, “Rupee traded strong after Investors made a cautious people and leaving close to ending up to 0.89% lower. flat positive opening on selling return to some recently-mauled 120,000 infected. Global markets were mixed of USDINR pair by exporters %O P          counters in the energy, bank- “Market seems to be pric- as investors assessed the impact following likely intervention by ing and consumption sectors, ing in a large dose of liquidity of the coronavirus outbreak the Reserve Bank of India traders said. infusion by global central amid expectations of coordi- (RBI) to curb sharp volatility    Indian industry. urged timely disbursal of incen- participation of the State Top gainers in the Sensex banks. Overnight US market nated measures by various cen- in the currency pair USD- The Committee also took tives, subsidy and tax refunds Governments in effective pack included Hero MotoCorp rose on the prospect of fiscal tral banks to boost growth. INR,” said Jateen Trivedi, aking note of slow pace of note of the various schemes to industrial units and adequate implementation of the policy in (4.08%), Reliance Industries stimulus measures by the US Bourses in Shanghai, Hong senior research analyst (com- Twork on five industrial cor- such as Transport/Freight allocation of funds under the agriculture clusters for pro- (3.60%), ICICI Bank (1.80%) Federal Reserve to curb slow- Kong, Seoul and Tokyo ended modity & currency) at LKP ridors-Delhi-Mumbai, Subsidy Scheme, package for schemes in the ensuing finan- moting exports in the year and HUL (1.51%). er economic growth stemming with significant losses, while Securities. Chennai-Bengaluru, Amritsar- special category States for J&K cial year. ahead. The Committee noted On the other hand, Tata from the coronavirus outbreak those in Europe rallied up to Trivedi further said that Kolkata, Vizag-Chennai and (now UTs of J&K and Ladakh), Appreciating the govern- that the Scheme of Price Steel, IndusInd Bank, ONGC, and similar measures are also 2% in early trade. “more or less the market will Bengaluru-Mumbai Corridors, Himachal Pradesh and ment to come out with a new Stabilisation Fund aimed at SBI and Infosys tumbled up to expected from European Brent crude oil futures keep trading volatile as coro- a Parliamentary Committee Uttarakhand, refund of Central Agriculture Export Policy providing financial relief to 7.11%. Central Bank. slipped 2.02% to USD 36.47 navirus updates keep the buy- on Ministry of Commerce and and Integrated GST to indus- aimed to double farmers' small growers of tea, coffee, According to analysts, “Bank of England today per barrel, after Saudi Arabia ers interested in USIDNR pair Industry, expressed its dis- trial units in North Eastern income by 2022 and boost rubber, tobacco, etc. has dis- equity benchmarks gave up cut rates in an emergency hiked production by one mil- but falling crude prices give the pleasure at their slow pace of Region and Himalayan States, agricultural exports by inte- continued since 2013 and in its most gains as nervousness move to combat coronavirus lion barrels a day. strength to rupee”. their development and urged North East Industrial grating farmers and agricul- place a new Scheme of Revenue heightened among investors impact by 50 basis points to On the currency front, the Going ahead the rupee the Department to expedite Development Scheme and tural products with the GVCs, Insurance Scheme for amid rapidly increasing coro- 0.25%,” said Paras Bothra, Indian rupee recovered 56 can trade in range in 73.45- their construction to provide expressed displeasure at slow the Committee recommended Plantation Crops (RISPC) has navirus cases in the country President of Equity Research, paise to settle at 73.61 (provi- 73.85, he noted. much needed thrust to the pace of utilisation of funds and the department to ensure active not been implemented.

  SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 10334.30 10545.10 10334.00 10458.40 6.95 Script Open High Low LTP NTPC 104.00 104.75 101.50 103.05 HINDZINC 164.00 169.70 158.05 161.45 SJVN 22.00 22.10 21.45 21.50 YESBANK 23.35 29.60 23.35 29.05 7.80 RELIANCE 1113.15 1178.40 1110.00 1153.25 LICHSGFIN 283.00 295.70 280.70 288.20 AUBANK 1070.00 1076.90 1022.65 1029.35 SHOPERSTOP 360.00 371.15 348.55 353.25 ZEEL 190.00 213.85 188.00 209.00 14.55 HDFCBANK 1110.00 1120.00 1093.05 1112.75 HEXAWARE 348.75 348.75 327.40 340.60 NATIONALUM 31.30 31.55 30.10 30.25 GESHIP 223.90 248.00 223.00 223.95 INFRATEL 209.00 226.70 207.00 224.95 13.95 SRTRANSFIN 980.00 1015.00 953.10 987.30 NAUKRI 2512.00 2607.00 2468.95 2542.65 IGL 418.00 421.00 408.95 416.25 BDL 233.65 241.40 230.40 231.60 COALINDIA 158.10 169.90 157.05 166.70 8.75 SBIN 253.75 258.45 243.10 245.20 WOCKPHARMA 268.80 274.60 250.50 255.90 TATAMTRDVR 45.85 46.70 43.20 43.50 OFSS 2449.95 2457.35 2310.10 2367.30 HEROMOTOCO1968.00 2049.80 1948.90 2037.05 81.00 TCS 1955.00 1988.35 1923.60 1954.55 NESTLEIND 16050.00 16220.30 15785.10 16056.15 BASF 1093.40 1142.35 1050.00 1060.55 ADANITRANS 215.95 216.65 202.45 203.85 RELIANCE 1108.00 1178.45 1108.00 1152.00 37.85 YESBANK 23.35 29.45 23.35 28.80 CIPLA 430.00 430.00 410.50 417.55 RADICO 349.90 356.25 331.75 338.95 JMFINANCIL 97.45 102.60 97.45 98.70 BRITANNIA 2982.20 3065.90 2944.10 3059.90 63.40 IBULHSGFIN 208.40 218.75 186.65 195.45 CASTROLIND 134.00 137.15 133.65 135.75 RAYMOND 440.30 441.10 404.45 412.80 RESPONIND 86.00 86.00 82.45 84.05 ICICIBANK 450.00 471.75 449.60 465.55 7.80 BAJAJ-AUTO 2584.00 2630.35 2564.00 2590.70 GRAPHITE 188.50 195.25 182.30 189.05 SIEMENS 1286.00 1294.05 1261.00 1285.10 CESC 590.00 594.05 563.00 566.10 HINDUNILVR 2066.00 2169.45 2066.00 2155.05 33.55 SUNPHARMA 396.85 396.85 380.05 386.30 GRASIM 637.00 640.85 615.40 625.55 BLISSGVS 96.55 106.00 85.60 98.75 HEIDELBERG 176.00 177.60 172.00 172.25 LT 1090.00 1120.95 1085.80 1119.00 17.05 TATAMOTORS 105.20 106.50 97.75 99.00 TATACONSUM 330.00 337.05 325.60 328.10 JAICORPLTD 72.90 74.80 70.95 71.55 EIDPARRY 166.05 173.70 165.00 171.75 ICICIBANK 456.00 471.65 450.10 465.40 SADBHAV 52.40 52.40 49.90 50.80 SONATSOFTW 310.10 312.00 291.20 294.05 ASTRAL 1115.90 1153.50 1115.90 1146.45 BAJAJ-AUTO 2580.00 2630.00 2562.70 2598.60 25.25 INDUSINDBK 899.00 928.75 844.40 853.65 DBL 292.10 332.30 285.00 326.80 PFIZER 4315.00 4375.80 4240.00 4272.90 FORTIS 143.00 145.85 139.80 144.95 TECHM 681.00 713.90 666.00 710.80 6.00 RBLBANK 204.00 238.95 201.40 226.65 NIITTECH 1658.40 1667.10 1596.25 1625.00 RAJESHEXPO 688.00 690.00 671.00 685.50 HINDCOPPER 27.95 28.40 26.90 28.10 ASIANPAINT 1874.95 1905.00 1851.50 1882.90 15.75 IDEA 4.35 4.94 4.10 4.34 NMDC 85.40 85.40 79.90 81.35 INFIBEAM 48.00 56.60 45.40 46.45 LAXMIMACH 2990.00 3003.55 2850.10 2876.60 UPL 498.55 523.45 497.60 517.00 4.00 PETRONET 222.00 225.50 213.40 221.25 SHREECEM 21949.85 22288.55 21600.00 21856.05 PTC 42.25 43.80 42.00 42.20 PARAGMILK 73.05 75.10 71.65 73.70 KOTAKBANK 1575.95 1604.90 1542.50 1590.20 12.05 BAJFINANCE 4082.00 4119.85 3987.10 4030.30 SRF 3690.00 3754.40 3645.60 3718.50 AJANTPHARM 1400.00 1442.00 1356.70 1394.05 EMAMILTD 229.20 229.50 220.75 225.55 BAJAJFINSV 8180.00 8397.10 8128.05 8265.00 57.90 TATASTEEL 323.10 326.00 296.25 299.40 DMART 2135.00 2220.00 2105.00 2124.40 BALRAMCHIN 123.20 126.85 120.40 121.35 SUPREMEIND 1195.00 1209.95 1184.75 1193.15 HDFC 1970.00 2073.85 1970.00 2040.35 12.45 GAIL 97.40 97.50 90.00 90.40 MRF 64234.50 65527.30 62800.00 63506.90 METROPOLIS 1692.00 1750.00 1651.00 1737.40 WELSPUNIND 34.95 36.90 33.30 34.60 BAJFINANCE 4014.00 4118.90 3985.00 4039.00 12.20 INFY 693.00 696.25 669.60 685.15 BEL 69.90 70.10 67.60 68.75 EQUITAS 86.50 89.40 82.85 87.75 HSCL 41.00 41.80 39.50 40.55 HDFCBANK 1105.00 1120.00 1092.00 1110.00 2.70 ITC 174.30 176.70 172.35 175.70 IRB 68.40 78.05 67.70 77.25 AMBUJACEM 194.70 196.15 189.80 190.25 IBREALEST 62.35 62.85 62.35 62.35 MINDAIND 339.80 341.00 332.70 338.55 NESTLEIND 16005.15 16200.00 15772.80 16036.90 5.55 UPL 509.35 523.50 497.60 516.80 GRANULES 164.00 173.50 163.00 171.65 SOUTHBANK 7.55 8.15 7.53 7.92 OBEROIRLTY 490.00 492.45 475.65 483.65 CARBORUNIV 290.85 298.75 290.00 293.70 NTPC 103.00 104.80 101.50 102.70 -0.20 POWERGRID 180.00 183.75 177.60 181.50 UJJIVAN 298.20 305.75 292.25 302.80 ALKEM 2620.00 2630.00 2524.30 2588.75 PIIND 1544.00 1544.00 1499.80 1503.10 BLUEDART 2624.50 2624.50 2525.50 2553.95 POWERGRID 179.50 183.90 177.25 180.40 -0.55 CHOLAFIN 274.35 279.45 256.55 262.45 STAR 444.00 466.00 444.00 461.45 VINATIORGA 906.00 918.00 842.00 845.05 HFCL 10.95 11.62 10.70 11.41 LINDEINDIA 570.00 583.15 554.20 559.20 ADANIPORTS 322.80 326.35 316.20 320.90 -1.00 AUROPHARMA 465.00 474.60 444.55 449.85 RECLTD 109.00 109.35 104.35 104.80 GMRINFRA 18.85 19.15 18.20 18.40 ALBK 9.49 9.57 9.01 9.07 MAXINDIA 83.00 84.80 82.55 84.75 HCLTECH 526.75 542.65 514.00 538.05 -2.40 BHARTIARTL 494.45 508.50 488.15 493.70 OIL 92.95 93.00 84.30 84.70 INOXLEISUR 394.00 394.00 350.50 360.55 LTTS 1569.95 1569.95 1505.00 1533.85 JYOTHYLAB 124.00 126.65 124.00 124.55 BHARTIARTL 487.00 508.50 487.00 494.00 -2.25 HDFC 1974.00 2074.00 1974.00 2035.95 INDIACEM 87.95 91.00 87.10 88.00 COCHINSHIP 312.00 312.00 288.10 289.80 NLCINDIA 46.90 48.70 46.70 47.10 TTKPRESTIG 5698.60 5789.45 5622.00 5652.15 ITC 174.00 176.75 172.35 176.25 -0.95 ZEEL 192.40 213.60 188.10 209.65 BALKRISIND 1067.00 1085.00 1034.00 1036.75 KAJARIACER 538.00 538.00 519.15 523.95 AEGISLOG 206.75 212.95 192.00 196.10 ORIENTCEM 73.00 74.40 73.00 73.45 GREAVESCOT 122.75 122.75 119.90 121.05 AXISBANK 613.65 634.40 612.10 620.00 -3.55 ONGC 78.00 78.00 71.10 71.65 NBCC 21.25 21.95 20.05 20.15 SUNTECK 307.00 314.35 293.00 302.05 GILLETTE 5642.00 5698.70 5620.00 5665.50 DALBHARAT 692.00 751.10 692.00 724.30 WIPRO 203.70 214.40 203.70 212.95 -1.45 MARUTI 6179.00 6311.00 6109.05 6141.40 ICICIPRULI 397.95 408.45 379.80 404.70 NOCIL 87.50 89.60 86.20 88.80 HAL 592.00 605.75 585.00 588.00 GARFIBRES 1400.00 1450.00 1400.00 1440.10 TCS 1933.00 1987.30 1920.00 1952.75 -19.60 HINDUNILVR 2089.00 2168.50 2076.60 2153.85 HAVELLS 605.20 618.00 602.00 613.10 FORCEMOT 964.00 1003.15 960.00 992.30 CREDITACC 861.15 863.65 818.55 833.25 ALLCARGO 103.60 107.00 102.30 105.55 MARUTI 6160.00 6310.95 6105.00 6137.95 -63.15 LT 1099.00 1120.45 1086.65 1116.85 TVSMOTOR 400.00 409.15 392.00 403.85 GNFC 136.60 148.05 136.00 141.50 MEGH 49.90 50.40 48.50 49.70 DRREDDY 3063.00 3083.00 2984.90 2999.60 MINDTREE 905.00 911.00 868.05 892.55 RELCAPITAL 5.10 5.20 5.01 5.06 NATCOPHARM 563.85 594.70 563.85 587.45 EIHOTEL 115.00 120.80 111.65 118.30 EICHERMOT 17885.80 18266.95 17517.00 17679.95 -205.85 L&TFH 94.95 98.85 93.60 97.35 GODREJIND 394.65 397.20 377.00 378.80 GUJGAS 277.60 286.50 274.70 276.35 INTELLECT 114.45 114.45 95.10 96.30 VSTIND 3949.55 4062.55 3890.30 3917.45 TITAN 1197.95 1213.35 1177.55 1185.95 -17.50 BAJAJFINSV 8199.00 8398.25 8135.35 8250.60 SOBHA 265.00 265.00 230.50 236.00 AMARAJABAT 623.00 629.00 600.00 601.80 LAURUSLABS 402.00 417.05 399.10 413.55 SYMPHONY 1251.00 1255.95 1224.00 1236.30 GRASIM 635.00 640.50 616.00 625.10 -9.50 COALINDIA 159.90 169.30 157.00 168.30 LTI 1864.00 1898.00 1712.80 1771.70 RELINFRA 14.95 15.70 13.90 14.25 ITDCEM 44.45 49.95 43.45 47.55 VMART 2160.35 2185.00 2120.00 2125.65 SUNPHARMA 394.40 395.25 380.05 386.85 -6.50 M&M 463.00 469.70 450.00 452.55 TATAPOWER 39.50 40.10 37.75 37.95 CARERATING 425.00 440.40 409.00 414.45 PGHL 3990.00 3999.60 3890.00 3945.00 TAKE 68.30 71.00 62.90 63.30 DRREDDY 3070.00 3083.90 2983.00 3005.90 -55.35 BPCL 424.80 424.80 401.15 404.70 PCJEWELLER 13.35 14.00 12.85 13.10 APLLTD 626.00 638.15 598.20 619.55 THYROCARE 525.00 550.00 514.95 526.05 LAOPALA 203.90 213.90 190.60 203.50 CIPLA 425.00 426.15 410.20 418.10 -8.05 JINDALSTEL 131.00 133.20 125.05 126.40 BERGEPAINT 526.90 529.35 499.00 502.40 ORIENTELEC 232.00 244.80 225.30 229.60 GODREJAGRO 442.00 447.70 426.50 429.85 ANDHRABANK 11.19 11.45 10.81 10.93 ULTRACEMCO 4070.00 4111.85 3962.70 4000.00 -97.35 JUSTDIAL 474.00 474.00 439.00 443.75 APOLLOHOSP 1638.00 1641.70 1612.45 1627.35 MASFIN 1120.00 1130.00 1040.00 1052.70 JSWENERGY 47.50 49.60 46.15 48.30 ORIENTREF 183.50 184.50 176.00 180.80 M&M 462.85 469.65 449.70 450.65 -12.55 JSWSTEEL 232.00 232.00 220.20 223.50 IDFC 27.55 29.20 27.55 28.90 SWANENERGY 109.00 109.00 101.60 105.00 TATACOFFEE 72.25 74.35 71.00 71.30 BAYERCROP 4180.00 4221.00 4127.40 4188.35 JSWSTEEL 227.00 228.50 220.10 222.80 -6.25 AXISBANK 611.60 634.55 611.60 618.75 DELTACORP 120.80 124.10 112.20 114.20 CAPPL 299.90 329.35 287.00 321.45 SCHNEIDER 86.00 89.00 82.10 82.55 GPPL 72.60 75.90 68.20 73.15 INFY 690.65 695.95 669.05 682.15 -22.30 HDFCAMC 2850.00 2963.00 2834.00 2919.15 LUPIN 655.00 659.40 635.45 638.45 COROMANDEL 612.00 629.00 605.30 620.90 FINOLEXIND 551.00 585.00 551.00 562.80 ASTERDM 144.00 147.30 142.00 142.70 SBIN 253.00 258.50 243.10 244.25 -9.20 ASIANPAINT 1879.00 1905.00 1852.55 1882.65 MARICO 268.00 276.00 265.80 269.80 TORNTPOWER 309.60 314.15 305.20 307.35 MOTILALOFS 722.00 731.95 711.45 723.85 ZENSARTECH 128.00 130.90 125.20 125.70 VEDL 92.00 95.50 91.25 91.35 -3.55 KOTAKBANK 1579.90 1605.05 1543.35 1589.10 ACC 1246.00 1263.90 1212.00 1215.55 BOSCHLTD 12200.00 12508.20 12046.10 12400.45 JKTYRE 62.80 62.80 59.65 60.60 THERMAX 861.90 861.90 826.05 852.60 HINDALCO 142.00 142.35 137.10 137.60 -5.85 ADANIENT 196.00 204.90 192.25 195.45 NAVINFLUOR 1408.05 1480.00 1406.45 1460.50 KTKBANK 62.70 63.30 60.75 62.10 MOIL 116.45 120.00 109.60 111.70 TCIEXP 760.00 760.00 715.00 720.35 ONGC 76.75 77.40 71.05 71.50 -3.05 ASHOKLEY 68.60 70.10 67.95 68.80 ADANIGAS 120.95 126.10 118.20 119.70 SUZLON 2.23 2.31 2.21 2.29 KALPATPOWR 299.00 301.45 286.80 296.10 JSLHISAR 60.95 61.30 58.55 59.60 IOC 100.05 100.10 95.05 95.10 -4.30 VEDL 94.60 95.50 91.25 92.05 MCX 1226.00 1268.70 1226.00 1238.20 RAIN 86.00 87.70 83.05 84.30 PNCINFRA 165.75 170.60 162.60 167.00 DHANUKA 423.35 423.55 412.85 416.65 BPCL 423.35 423.35 401.05 402.00 -21.85 BAJAJCON 171.05 171.20 165.00 166.10 LALPATHLAB 1630.00 1670.85 1585.45 1628.50 CYIENT 381.55 394.10 379.00 383.10 ADVENZYMES 140.00 140.20 136.40 137.65 SIS 530.00 544.05 517.25 520.10 INDUSINDBK 889.90 929.00 845.00 845.15 -57.95 IOC 100.95 100.95 95.10 97.05 AKZOINDIA 2414.95 2500.00 2414.95 2476.45 BAJAJELEC 405.00 419.80 380.10 391.95 KNRCON 254.85 258.00 251.85 255.95 TATAMOTORS 104.85 106.50 97.80 98.35 -7.35 MPHASIS 801.95 802.20 765.00 779.25 HUDCO 26.55 27.20 25.80 26.10 ITDC 178.05 189.95 178.05 180.95 TATAMETALI 582.10 589.30 571.90 580.30 TATASTEEL 324.00 326.05 296.10 297.30 -25.00 NAM-INDIA 297.45 311.60 291.75 297.80 WHIRLPOOL 2125.00 2213.30 2091.00 2130.55 BBTC 1110.00 1110.00 1072.55 1079.30 DLF 181.00 184.80 176.95 178.30 ERIS 427.70 440.30 424.40 435.65 NETWORK18 23.45 23.45 22.30 22.60 ENDURANCE 950.00 966.55 926.05 938.35 GAIL 96.65 97.55 90.00 90.20 -10.25 NCC 30.45 30.70 25.90 26.95 ORIENTBANK 45.00 46.25 43.15 43.65 LUXIND 1335.70 1400.00 1320.00 1329.20 BRIGADE 210.55 215.50 207.80 208.05   HINDALCO 147.00 147.00 137.20 138.00 ABFRL 242.90 247.75 232.55 235.60 GALAXYSURF 1508.35 1540.15 1494.05 1519.65 REDINGTON 107.35 110.00 107.00 109.10 BANDHANBNK 378.00 389.05 372.30 376.45 NESCO 684.00 684.00 616.85 651.25 FINCABLES 306.75 307.45 279.30 291.20 ECLERX 494.85 510.10 492.25 496.15 PEL 1225.00 1245.00 1183.95 1227.05 VBL 739.15 796.50 726.60 787.50 CRISIL 1508.00 1508.00 1424.65 1433.80 CENTRUM 15.90 16.70 13.70 16.15 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE WELCORP 121.90 125.90 101.10 119.50 SANOFI 7310.00 7400.00 7270.00 7338.60 JAMNAAUTO 31.00 31.45 29.80 30.85 MINDACORP 96.10 96.10 89.00 91.20 NIFTY NEXT 50 25065.40 25454.30 24888.10 24955.60 -183.85 BANKBARODA 69.40 70.70 65.25 66.35 CROMPTON 265.90 265.90 250.00 253.75 CCL 216.85 218.00 207.75 208.50 IOB 8.29 8.60 8.29 8.39 IDEA 4.40 4.95 4.20 4.40 0.40 BHEL 27.50 28.60 27.20 27.55 IEX 168.30 178.00 163.20 169.90 BIRLACORPN 690.00 696.35 660.70 667.75 NILKAMAL 1318.30 1318.30 1292.05 1304.20 BAJAJHLDNG 2925.80 3082.75 2900.10 3071.90 189.10 M&MFIN 324.10 331.75 318.25 323.85 JUBILANT 451.50 461.30 434.95 442.10 SYNGENE 290.00 292.00 284.50 289.85 VRLLOG 224.30 224.30 211.00 213.40 NHPC 20.05 21.40 20.05 21.15 1.05 ULTRACEMCO 4100.00 4110.60 3965.00 3994.10 EXIDEIND 155.00 156.20 151.20 153.10 JKCEMENT 1322.00 1322.00 1250.00 1285.50 MAHLOG 327.50 339.75 310.00 314.05 PIDILITIND 1622.25 1709.90 1620.95 1705.00 65.55 FRETAIL 286.00 290.00 228.30 266.80 RITES 270.10 279.50 267.10 274.40 AAVAS 1900.00 1908.20 1871.65 1883.35 CHOLAHLDNG 475.35 494.00 463.05 488.80 L&TFH 94.45 99.00 93.40 97.75 3.30 INFRATEL 211.15 226.65 207.25 224.60 EDELWEISS 65.30 70.50 65.30 68.20 NH 319.00 319.50 306.80 307.75 GET&D 118.00 119.95 114.90 115.50 ICICIPRULI 393.35 408.70 370.30 406.30 12.95 BANKINDIA 42.25 42.25 38.60 38.90 KANSAINER 482.00 484.00 450.00 474.75 BALMLAWRIE 94.00 94.00 89.15 90.35 UFLEX 192.75 192.80 185.30 185.85 HDFCAMC 2860.10 2962.45 2826.00 2929.00 80.25 SBILIFE 821.95 847.35 783.70 810.50 INDIANB 66.00 66.95 62.60 62.85 NIACL 104.00 104.00 97.95 99.50 TNPL 152.15 152.15 145.30 145.40 BOSCHLTD 12199.95 12518.65 12011.70 12500.00 298.35 MFSL 497.00 518.85 495.25 501.60 RALLIS 216.00 223.20 209.05 212.30 ESSELPRO 169.45 175.95 166.65 174.60 VARROC 343.20 343.20 331.40 335.00 NIACL 98.00 102.00 97.45 99.35 2.25 BIOCON 304.00 312.50 293.25 296.40 DISHTV 6.35 6.54 5.96 6.29 J&KBANK 16.70 17.35 16.70 17.00 MAHSCOOTER 3934.55 3934.55 3750.00 3767.95 MARICO 266.05 276.00 265.20 270.00 3.95 TITAN 1203.50 1212.90 1178.25 1188.85 ENGINERSIN 68.00 69.35 66.25 68.15 CORPBANK 13.05 13.05 11.90 11.95 JCHAC 3016.60 3016.60 2880.00 2975.60 DABUR 479.80 494.35 476.45 488.55 5.40 TATAELXSI 930.00 987.65 918.00 972.40 GLAXO 1320.35 1329.85 1281.20 1296.15 GUJALKALI 291.00 296.95 275.75 283.65 HIMATSEIDE 89.00 91.55 87.20 88.45 PEL 1210.00 1246.90 1180.35 1225.55 12.85 EICHERMOT 17999.00 18257.50 17547.80 17731.00 GSKCONS 9175.00 9400.00 9090.00 9348.65 GDL 119.00 119.00 112.20 114.75 FLFL 338.85 360.00 332.05 349.05 HINDZINC 168.55 168.55 158.20 160.70 1.40 MGL 960.00 992.70 958.00 976.05 SYNDIBANK 18.90 19.35 18.00 18.10 RVNL 18.10 18.45 17.85 17.90 ARVINDFASN 306.00 325.00 297.00 307.85 TEAMLEASE 2325.00 2405.00 2305.65 2385.15 BANDHANBNK 376.45 389.00 372.00 377.30 3.00 ESCORTS 776.10 790.15 745.00 747.70 CONCOR 421.00 421.00 391.00 394.10 PHILIPCARB 92.00 94.75 89.45 90.35 QUESS 496.00 498.00 469.65 475.15 MRPL 37.00 38.15 36.60 37.00 CADILAHC 258.55 264.30 254.20 258.15 1.95 CUB 199.50 205.80 198.35 203.75 HEG 860.00 880.00 842.50 850.20 WESTLIFE 408.50 417.55 397.30 399.65 KRBL 240.00 254.95 236.20 241.50 BLUESTARCO 773.00 789.20 762.70 780.50 PETRONET 218.00 225.60 213.10 223.35 1.00 INDIGO 1221.00 1221.00 1117.90 1155.45 DABUR 485.00 494.25 476.95 488.20 PGHH 10651.55 10651.55 10010.00 10086.45 GHCL 137.90 142.40 135.70 137.20 DBCORP 101.40 105.45 98.50 100.35 HAVELLS 610.00 618.30 601.75 612.95 2.75 PIDILITIND 1664.00 1709.85 1620.60 1702.65 SCI 43.50 48.75 43.00 48.10 GODREJPROP 915.90 917.00 900.00 908.25 IFCI 4.85 4.94 4.74 4.77 NBVENTURES 61.50 61.50 59.10 59.85 SHREECEM 21780.00 22303.95 21578.20 21921.00 60.85 HEROMOTOCO 1974.00 2048.00 1951.75 2037.15 CANFINHOME 421.00 445.50 406.00 418.80 SUDARSCHEM 429.00 430.80 407.00 412.15 JKLAKSHMI 270.80 279.10 268.50 273.60 DHFL 15.10 15.10 15.10 15.10 SIEMENS 1275.00 1295.05 1260.50 1284.85 -1.75 HDFCLIFE 516.80 525.55 508.00 513.80 RPOWER 1.50 1.55 1.44 1.44 KEC 310.00 314.65 303.50 312.85 FDC 235.40 236.00 224.75 227.20 SCHAEFFLER 4360.00 4374.40 4216.95 4247.40 DMART 2146.80 2223.30 2075.00 2139.10 -6.60 PNB 40.00 40.70 37.85 38.50 UNIONBANK 34.15 34.50 32.55 32.90 ABBOTINDIA 15100.00 15275.20 14622.70 14666.75 FCONSUMER 14.80 14.80 14.26 14.26 INOXWIND 26.50 27.00 26.00 26.10 GICRE 153.15 159.80 151.10 151.50 -0.65 GODREJCP 610.00 630.45 603.15 607.25 ISEC 404.00 424.30 395.00 400.00 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HINDPETRO 208.00 214.45 203.70 210.35 -2.25 BRITANNIA 2997.00 3060.00 2945.60 3053.85 PNBHOUSING 263.95 276.55 257.85 268.55 GODFRYPHLP 1151.50 1160.00 1104.80 1147.25 ASHOKA 79.90 79.90 76.45 78.90 HATHWAY 17.85 18.20 17.10 17.35 DIVISLAB 2180.80 2194.75 2125.05 2155.60 -26.15 MIDHANI 220.55 230.70 213.55 217.65 TRENT 662.00 697.40 645.20 659.50 ITI 66.30 69.70 65.90 66.95 CENTRALBK 14.65 14.65 13.55 13.85 IFBIND 400.30 419.45 391.00 395.90 GODREJCP 607.90 630.05 602.20 605.00 -8.80 BEML 621.00 653.90 612.80 630.25 ADANIGREEN 132.00 136.10 130.90 130.90 RELAXO 661.20 688.55 661.20 673.95 TIMETECHNO 40.25 40.80 38.00 39.20 TVSSRICHAK 1400.00 1432.00 1382.00 1383.00 MCDOWELL-N 623.00 631.80 605.30 610.95 -8.90 VAIBHAVGBL 990.00 1014.70 962.50 996.95 IPCALAB 1457.65 1519.00 1404.80 1409.90 FINEORG 2177.80 2205.00 2079.75 2141.30 LEMONTREE 45.70 47.55 45.30 46.00 PHOENIXLTD 809.95 831.20 800.00 824.15 PFC 103.00 106.25 102.00 102.65 -1.65 HINDPETRO 209.00 214.15 203.75 210.90 PFC 103.60 106.25 102.20 102.65 ASTRAZEN 2467.00 2509.00 2421.20 2462.65 WABCOINDIA 6600.00 6685.30 6592.10 6611.60 GULFOILLUB 667.75 689.50 646.35 668.15 BIOCON 303.00 312.50 293.00 296.00 -5.00 DEEPAKNI 506.10 509.00 471.00 474.35 VOLTAS 650.00 655.00 634.90 640.80 WABAG 162.15 168.80 158.40 161.05 SUNDRMFAST 380.00 397.30 376.45 394.35 TVTODAY 204.85 207.00 194.15 195.95 LUPIN 652.10 659.60 635.45 640.20 -10.95 AVANTI 374.00 399.95 350.00 357.75 IRCON 398.00 421.70 391.20 402.45 BAJAJHLDNG 2975.15 3083.60 2974.20 3045.25 PRSMJOHNSN 48.50 50.75 48.00 49.00 ZYDUSWELL 1428.50 1430.00 1400.00 1402.40 ICICIGI 1210.00 1225.10 1160.50 1186.90 -21.00 OMAXE 153.95 156.85 150.60 156.15 PAGEIND 21630.00 21782.25 20800.00 21024.45 CUMMINSIND 483.00 489.05 472.00 477.75 JISLJALEQS 5.05 5.05 4.70 4.75 SOMANYCERA 161.55 165.35 156.85 158.15 UBL 1194.00 1196.20 1132.00 1167.00 -21.25 APOLLOTYRE 126.70 127.25 114.10 114.95 POLYCAB 1000.00 1034.00 989.00 1004.60 DCMSHRIRAM 295.00 307.40 288.85 304.75 TIMKEN 923.60 946.50 918.30 938.45 MHRIL 204.50 207.35 198.90 200.00 AMBUJACEM 194.10 196.45 189.80 190.05 -3.65 WIPRO 215.00 215.00 204.90 213.15 IDBI 25.45 26.35 25.20 25.70 PRESTIGE 295.80 303.00 277.35 281.55 MAHLIFE 325.80 331.30 308.30 324.80 KPITTECH 74.90 79.70 74.30 78.10 MOTHERSUMI 89.50 92.60 88.30 89.50 -1.90 MOTHERSUMI 90.00 92.65 88.35 89.85 TORNTPHARM 2100.00 2160.70 2050.10 2138.20 REPCOHOME 256.40 276.80 255.15 257.65 VTL 995.90 997.00 949.05 954.40 JAGRAN 54.00 55.40 53.10 54.70 PAGEIND 21588.25 21817.10 20750.00 21105.00 -483.25 FEDERALBNK 73.50 75.20 71.00 71.40 ADANIPORTS 323.35 326.40 316.30 319.40 JINDALSAW 73.00 74.15 71.40 71.70 GEPIL 681.00 681.00 642.00 643.50 GRINDWELL 574.00 574.00 551.10 559.45 NMDC 83.50 85.30 79.80 81.30 -2.20 SPICEJET 64.20 66.00 60.00 60.35 DCBBANK 159.00 159.00 137.85 152.05 RATNAMANI 1225.00 1298.90 1182.25 1275.70 JSL 38.75 38.75 35.65 36.00 SOLARINDS 1109.95 1126.80 1106.80 1116.45 ACC 1243.00 1264.75 1211.25 1214.00 -34.35 JUBLFOOD 1651.00 1691.95 1628.95 1642.20 GLENMARK 263.00 267.20 256.40 258.85 TV18BRDCST 18.90 19.85 18.80 19.45 CERA 2439.40 2450.00 2351.40 2380.75 STARCEMENT 81.50 81.50 77.40 80.85 DLF 182.35 184.80 177.00 177.15 -5.20 SUNTV 400.10 421.35 397.45 411.80 STRTECH 84.50 86.75 81.75 83.80 CENTURYPLY 145.10 150.85 143.00 148.60 MAHSEAMLES 300.00 300.00 276.65 277.65 INDOSTAR 280.05 280.55 279.00 280.55 OFSS 2449.00 2460.00 2309.10 2352.10 -72.95 BATAINDIA 1530.00 1532.30 1469.00 1488.35 SPARC 139.90 140.00 129.75 133.95 FSL 40.60 40.90 39.25 39.55 GMDCLTD 45.00 45.30 43.35 43.75 TCNSBRANDS 502.00 520.00 495.00 499.40 SBILIFE 819.00 847.90 784.15 800.20 -25.10 CANBK 124.00 124.00 115.25 116.65 UBL 1223.00 1223.00 1135.00 1171.90 DEEPAKFERT 83.50 87.35 82.10 82.60 VGUARD 202.95 202.95 193.00 193.60 SFL 1531.00 1549.95 1484.05 1540.65 INDIGO 1205.00 1215.25 1149.70 1169.95 -43.25 TECHM 700.00 713.80 665.70 708.75 COLPAL 1280.00 1280.25 1247.05 1251.65 CEATLTD 969.00 1001.00 940.00 950.85 AIAENG 1770.00 1787.40 1724.85 1758.95 SUPRAJIT 180.80 185.40 171.80 174.90 PNB 39.75 40.65 37.90 38.00 -1.75 SAIL 29.90 30.40 28.50 28.70 HONAUT 34799.00 34800.00 33500.00 33737.45 GSFC 52.00 52.55 50.55 50.90 TIINDIA 504.80 504.80 497.80 502.45 IBULISL 86.95 86.95 86.95 86.95 PGHH 10400.00 10685.00 10000.00 10000.00 -471.60 VENKYS 966.00 1074.00 941.50 1029.40 INDHOTEL 115.10 115.55 111.70 114.25 GSPL 216.15 223.50 215.00 218.95 ATUL 4975.00 4985.70 4943.80 4975.90 SHK 90.10 91.95 89.00 91.10 BERGEPAINT 527.15 529.70 498.25 499.00 -28.15 CGCL 210.00 212.75 203.35 207.70 BOMDYEING 60.50 62.70 59.90 60.25 CHAMBLFERT 131.45 139.25 130.00 137.60 SHILPAMED 436.95 448.00 414.15 415.45 LAKSHVILAS 14.35 14.35 14.35 14.35 AUROPHARMA 459.50 475.00 444.25 446.00 -25.30 DIVISLAB 2182.00 2194.30 2125.90 2150.60 3MINDIA 21315.00 21315.00 20243.90 20634.95 GICRE 154.90 159.00 151.00 151.75 UNITEDBNK 6.20 6.20 5.30 5.33 CHALET 273.00 285.70 262.20 279.90 BANKBARODA 69.75 70.65 65.30 65.40 -3.95 IDFCFIRSTB 34.00 34.50 32.60 33.30 ICICIGI 1210.00 1225.85 1161.10 1189.70 TRIDENT 4.85 5.11 4.66 4.69 TEJASNET 43.00 46.50 42.65 45.95 SHRIRAMCIT 1403.00 1425.00 1380.60 1396.10 CONCOR 414.90 417.00 391.05 391.05 -26.20 MANAPPURAM 142.30 146.80 139.10 145.00 NHPC 20.15 21.35 20.15 21.10 TATAINVEST 802.20 812.65 780.85 785.70 UCOBANK 11.99 11.99 11.36 11.49 KPRMILL 581.00 582.00 555.00 567.40 IBULHSGFIN 206.65 218.95 186.50 187.60 -26.05 HCLTECH 538.90 542.65 513.55 536.80 RAMCOCEM 715.35 715.35 692.50 697.65 KEI 480.00 480.00 446.00 457.85 GICHSGFIN 78.10 80.00 76.10 77.35 GAYAPROJ 15.35 15.35 15.35 15.35  2* !"!#$%'"%() %*+,-,.,.

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As soon as I was    28.3 billion) to fight the novel informed I took all the coronavirus outbreak that has Jakarta: A British woman has K Health Minister and advised precautions and have killed 631 people in Italy. died in Bali from coronavirus, UConservative MP Nadine been self-isolating at home,” Washington: Former US vice Missouri, Mississippi and “We have allocated an authorities said on Wednesday, Dorries has tested positive for she said in a statement president Joe Biden inched Idaho on Tuesday has emergency sum of 25 billion marking Indonesia's first con- coronavirus, raising concerns released by the Department of closer to Democratic Party's cemented his position as euros,” Conte told reporters firmed death from the rapidly about the potential spread of Health and Social Care. presidential nomination on front-runner in the during a break in a meeting on spreading illness. the infection among law- The department said Wednesday after securing big Democratic race to take on the government's response to The 53-year-old died early makers as she attended an Dorries first showed symp- primary wins in four states, President Donald Trump in the rapidly escalating health cri- Wednesday in a hospital on the event hosted by Prime toms last Thursday, the same including the key battle- the presidential election in sis. Indonesian holiday island, but Minister Boris Johnson at day she attended an event ground Michigan, over his November. The entire sum “will not all it was unclear if she contract- Downing Street last week. hosted by Prime Minister main rival Bernie Sanders. Biden's win in Michigan be used immediately,” Conte ed the virus before or after Dorries, 62, the first Boris Johnson at 10 Downing By late Tuesday night, is crucial as Sanders had added. arriving in Bali late last month, British MP to be diagnosed Street. 77-year-old Biden had 788 clinched the victory in the Economy Minister Roberto local officials said. with coronavirus, said she Dorries said that health pledged delegates in his kitty state defeating Hillary Clinton Gualtieri said Italy will imme- She was taken to hospital has been self-isolating at officials had started tracing as he scored wins in the four years ago. diately use “half of these last week. home, as the government people she had been in con- States of Michigan, In his speech in resources” and keep the other Indonesian health author- stepped up its preparations to tact with, and the depart- Mississippi and Missouri as Pennsylvania, Biden said that half in reserve. Italy unveiled a ities said on Wednesday the tackle the outbreak. ment and her parliamentary against 633 pledged delegates democracy is at stake in this 7.5-billion-euro emergency woman had serious health “I can confirm I have office were closely following for 78-year-old Sanders. He election and the country can- response package last Thursday problems. AFP tested positive for coron- its advice. also won Idaho. Sanders not afford to have another that officials later said would secured victory in North four years of President Trump likely have to be increase to Dakota. The result from who is seeking his second match the rapid rise in new   - & "+ $  /  Washington state is awaited. term this November elec- infections and deaths. Either of the candidates tions. A top economy minister Tehran: Iran on Wednesday infection in the country, bring-  ! need at least 1991 of the “Winning means not only had said on Tuesday that the reported 63 new deaths from ing the total number of cases 3,979 pledged delegates to having a president who package could reach 10 billion the novel coronavirus, the to 9,000,” health ministry Brussels: Belgium has win the presidential nomina- knows how to fight but how euros. highest single-day toll in the spokesman Kianoush recorded its first death from tion of the Democratic party. to heal,” he said. Italy, whose faltering econ- three weeks since the Islamic Jahanpour said in a televised the novel coronavirus strain Biden had lagged behind “I want to thank Bernie omy is the third largest in the republic announced the first news conference. that is sweeping the globe his Democratic rivals in early Sanders and his supporters eurozone, needs special EU deaths from the outbreak. “Unfortunately in the past and four staff at the European voting states, but rebounded for their tireless energy and permission to spend more The outbreak of the coro- 24 hours, we have had reports Commission have been taken after winning nine of the 14 their passion. We share a than allowed under the bloc's navirus in Iran is one of the of 63 deaths and overall 354 sick, officials said on states on “Super Tuesday” common goal. And together, strict budget rules for its 27 deadliest outside China, where have lost their lives” to the Wednesday. last week, the most important we will defeat Donald member states. EU leaders the disease originated. virus, he added. Maggie De Block, health day in the race for the White Trump,” Biden said. Sanders had said they would accept “Based on new lab results, The capital Tehran had minister in Belgium's caretak- House. has shown no sign of giving Italy's request when it still we have identified 958 new the most new infections with er federal Government, said the His wins in Michigan, up. PTI stood at 7.5 billion euros. AFP confirmed cases of COVID-19 256 cases. AFP victim was 90 years old. AFP , $ . #! < 9    P(2/?*       =-9 4 DD 9 '9 ")     1'   9 Q   B  $ ' Islamabad: A Pakistan Air Force pilot Tehran: Iran warned the UN atomic was killed on Wednesday when his F- Beijing: Beijing on chain of disputed islands and Kabul: The Taliban on Wednesday rejected watchdog on Wednesday to be wary of 16 fighter jet crashed in Islamabad while Wednesday accused the reefs in the South China Sea, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's offer to “empty claims” passed on to it, after the carrying out rehearsals for the country's United States of a “provoca- claimed by China, Taiwan release 1,500 insurgent prisoners ahead of agency raised questions about the Islamic Republic Day parade to be held on tive” act by sending a warship and Vietnam. peace talks, saying it wanted 5,000 captives republic's nuclear programme. March 23. Wing Commander Nouman into disputed territorial waters “Under the guise of 'free- freed before opening negotiations. The International Atomic Energy Akram died in the crash in a jungle near in the South China Sea. dom of navigation', the US Taliban political spokesman Suhail Agency last week accused Iran of denying Shakarparian area of the capital, the The USS McCampbell has repeatedly flexed its mus- Shaheen told AFP the prisoners should be its inspectors access in January to two sites. Pakistan Air Force (PAF) said in a state- missile destroyer sailed near cles, been provocative and released “as a trust-building measure” before The IAEA “should maintain its cred- ment. The US-built F-16 fighter plane the Paracel Islands on stirred up trouble in the South intra-Afghan talks. Any changes amounted to ibility and not follow up on any empty was carrying out routine exercises for the Tuesday without authorisa- China Sea,” PLA Southern a violation of the deal struck between the claims made by someone or some regime,” Pakistan Day parade when it crashed, it tion, according to the People's Theatre Command insurgents and Washington in Doha last foreign ministry spokesman Abbas said, adding that the PAF has ordered an Liberation Army. spokesman Colonel Li month, he added. AFP Mousavi said. AFP inquiry into the cause of the crash. PTI The Paracel Islands are a Huamin said. AFP 1      !   '  9         'E,    9 00! . $ New York: Harvey Weinstein is back in court on Wednesday for the final act of the rape trial that Moscow: The Russian parlia- Putin, a 67-year-old former % landed him behind bars: a sentencing hearing ment approved a sweeping KGB officer, has ruled Russia where the once-powerful film producer will constitutional reform in the for more than 20 years. After $  learn just how long he'll stay in prison for his land- third and final reading serving for two consecutive mark #MeToo conviction. Wednesday, a move that will four-year terms — a limit out- Naypyitaw (Myanmar): Weinstein is scheduled to be sentenced in New allow President Vladimir Putin lined in the current version of Myanmar's parliament York City. He faces a minimum of 5 years and a to stay in power for another 12 the constitution — Putin shift- rejected on Wednesday a maximum of 29 years in prison for raping an aspir- years after his current term ed to prime minister's seat in proposed constitutional ing actress in 2013 and forcibly performing oral ends in 2024. 2008, with his close ally Dmitry amendment that would sex on a TV and film production assistant in 2006. The Kremlin-controlled Medvedev becoming a place- have allowed the country's A second criminal case is pending in California. lower house, the State Duma, holder president. de facto leader, Aung San Both women that Weinstein was convicted endorsed a set of amendments The length of the presi- Suu Kyi, to officially of assaulting are expected to be in court to give to the constitution and a pro- dency was extended to six become president. victim impact statements before he is sentenced. vision resetting the term count years under Medvedev, and in The rejection had been Weinstein will also have a chance to speak. He for Putin after the revised con- 2012 Putin returned to the expected because the pro- opted not to testify at his trial, but at sentenc- stitution goes into force. Kremlin as president. In 2018, posal was opposed by the ing he won't have to worry about getting grilled It passed by a 383-0 vote he was re-elected for another military, which under the by prosecutors. Other women who've accused with 43 abstentions, and was six years. constitution adopted when Weinstein — including some who testified at his approved by the upper house, Putin has weathered sever- it held power, holds enough trial — are not permitted to speak at his sen- the Federation Council, sever- al international storms during parliamentary seats to tencing under state law. AP al hours later. his 20 years in power. The block any constitutional A nationwide vote on the 2014 annexation of the change. proposed amendments is set Crimean Peninsula, which The defeated motion for April 22. prompted a drawn-out, years- was one of several consti- Kremlin critics condemned long conflict with Ukraine, sig- tutional changes proposed the move as a cynical manip- nificantly boosted his approval by Suu Kyi's ruling National ulation and called for protests. ratings back at home. AP League for Democracy party, with most expected     to be blocked. AP  $ +   1 '0 Nablus (Palestinian Territories): A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry announced. Mohammed Hamayel, 15, “died as a result of being shot in the face with live ammuni- tion by the (Israeli) occupation” during clashes in Nablus in the northern West Bank, a min- istry statement said. The army said a “violent riot” had taken place with roughly 500 Palestinians hurl- ing rocks and setting tyres on fire. “We are aware of a report regarding a killed Palestinian and several injured. The inci- dent will be reviewed,” an army statement said. An AFP correspondent in Nablus said hundreds of Palestinians had gathered in an area south of the city in response to information that Israeli settlers would arrive and seize some land. Clashes broke out from early morning, with Israeli forces firing tear gas, live ammunition and rubber bul- lets to break up the demon- stration. 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We ate out in empty kids’ four cousins — who are also going currently available at no additional charge     a small town in neighbouring Veneto, day family break for Carnival in Nice, restaurants. We had facials. We had to stir-crazy with no school — was can- to existing Hotstar subscribers — who pay the virus seemed both near and far. on the coast in neighbouring France. order ice cream at a table, not at the celled by the new travel ban out of 999 for a year and the premium tier car- (( ,   ',N O #- Near, because the two regions were But our sociable son woke up with a counter. It was the same when we want- Lombardy. ries a new yearly sticker price of 3,588. quickly identified as hotspots with fever and stomach flu symptoms and ed a quick refreshment after 6 pm — Also scratched were my plans to Shows like The Mandalorian, Marvel’s   O( growing numbers of infections and two we decided it was better not to chance sit at a table, don’t just stand at the bar. hop over on a free day and see Venice Hero Project and The Imagineering Story: %#OO,M so-called red zones — but far, because crossing the border as Italy became a Cities were empty, parking places in its newfound quiet after a hotel- Limited Series are currently available. The list < no one we knew was sick, and many of focal point in coronavirus coverage. were too easy to find, but we didn’t feel owner with zero rooms booked also includes Diary of a Future President, " the restrictions were still theoretical. Normally, we would have gone, particularly discouraged to be out. In because of the virus described the Disney Family Sundays, Encore, Forky Asks They boiled down to frequent hand- stomach flu or not, and instructed the fact, hashtags began to circulate — glassy surface of the Grand Canal a Question, and High School Musical: The   washing. teen to sleep in the car, reasoning that #MilanoNonSiFerma and absent boats transporting Venetians Musical. #   Virus fear escalated in mid- the sea air would do him good. The #MilanDoesntStop. By being out — as and their wares. The streaming service will launch in the   February as I covered Milan Fashion painful decision to cancel seemed par- long as we washed our hands frequent- Finally, on a recent evening, the red UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain,  - Week, shoulder-to-shoulder with fash- ticularly wise after hearing reports of ly — we were doing our civic duty. ink of the restricted travel zone soaked Austria, and Switzerland on March 24, while " ion types from all over the globe, and Italian cars being stopped in France for Then virus cases skyrocketted, through the entire map of Italy, which Western Europe markets, including Belgium, where the closing show by Giorgio temperature checks. Imagine being with Italy registering the most infections had become one big hotspot. The same the Nordics, and Portugal, will follow in L/' Armani was streamed without an found out transporting a feverish 16- outside of China. My in-laws stopped day, the first confirmed case was summer 2020. ',"  audience as a precaution. But the clos- year-old — the personal horror, the going to the grocery store, instead start- announced on Facebook by the mayor Additionally, Disney+ generated $43.9    est cluster — not yet a red zone — was probable headlines. ed ordering online. And they stopped of our town. Suddenly, the virus was million during its second month, in addi- ' "  still an hour away. Back at work, I wrote about social kissing their grandchildren every morn- just near. And Conte declared the new tion to the $53.3 million it made during its - As the first restrictions took effect distancing, about how Italians’ habit of ing and evening, as has been their habit. Italian motto — “I stay at home.” first 30 days. in Veneto and Lombardy — closing kissing could be part of the problem, Finally, my children got remote home- When I told my son, standing at his While competitors Netflix and Hulu pre- " O(  schools, museums, cinemas and bars before the 1-meter (yard) distancing work assignments, and teachers start- Playstation, about the national lock- date Hotstar’s available data, in comparison, (%" O( after 6 pm — we scoffed at the reac- rule started to gain currency. At home, ed organising video classes — even if down until April 3, he looked deject- Disney rival HBO Now grossed $23.7 mil- ((# tive panic shopping. What were peo- we began a weeks-long struggle to the app sometimes failed. The notion ed. “How many days is that? What am lion during its first 60 days-even when ( #WM ple doing with all that toilet paper? We impress upon invincible youth how vul- of a holiday was over. 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!   "    P' 3   % . " 3                    B$ = )%   '  Education helps you bloom, says Indian Bank CEO , %   -      B!      )&$C -%  B% #  omen should not be con- strong, and independent.”  %   " #*  % -       Wfined to a particular role,” Pro-Chancellor %   " ' $    2   said Padmaja Chunduru, MD (Academics) of SRMIST, Dr P           B!        & CEO, Indian Bank. Sathyanarayanan said,            D B Addressing women students “Women should be celebrated. and faculties at SRM Institute The theme for this year of Science and Technology, revolved around equality. Kattankulathur, on the occa- Everything was dedicated sion of International Women’s towards it. This can be achieved Day, she said, “If a woman only if everyone understands &!    decides her priority, she should this fact. We live in a world come forward and do it.” She where one half is women and pointed out that there are only the other half is created and 14 percent women entrepre- nurtured by them. Therefore,   ))   neurs in India and that is too we should give value for their low. contribution. The contribu- TPC Vidyut Vyapar Business Development, She further emphasised: tion of women in different NNigam Ltd (NVVN), a NVVN and Navlendra Kumar “Women need to take up more roles is quite huge and they wholly-owned subsidiary of Singh, Director, Transport, in responsibilities. There will be should not be undervalued.” NTPC, has signed an agree- the presence of Mohit challenges and the path to suc- Founder Chancellor of ment with Department of Bhargava, CEO, NVVN and cess is not an easy option.” SRMIST, Dr TR Paarivendhar Transport of Andaman and other senior officials of NTPC She added, “Technology is said, “From today you have to Nicobar Islands for the deploy- and NVVN. at your fingertips, so take be equal to any man. This ment of electric buses in the Introduction of electric charge of the environment equality has to come from Union Territory. Under this buses will go a long way in pro- around you. The education your mind and confidence.” project, the company is offer- tecting the diverse ecology by that you have should help you Emphasising that women " )     P     E% " 3 )   ing a complete transport solu- completely eliminating tailpipe bloom in different ways. Also, should enter politics, he said,     $-",8" 9,  )    F'   tion, including twenty air- emission; low levels of sound don’t be too sensitive to com- “In voting, women also have a               B3   conditioned electric buses of from e-buses shall also signif- ments. When you do multi- major say. You are in a position           M- N nine metres each in phase 1. icantly reduce noise pollution. tasking, it takes a toll on your to decide who will rule.              Apart from deployment of Further, comfortable seating, physical and mental health, so Therefore, you should be aware     !   # ! .   "   electric buses, NTPC and smooth driving, GPS enabled take care of yourself.” of the rulers and become           Andaman administration are buses are anticipated to bring A short video which rulers.”         D  B!     collaborating for setting up in features like security and focussed on women empower- Commissioner, Maraimalai better outlook. There is a lot Registrar Dr N               public charging infrastruc- comfort for commuters. This ment and education, was Nagar said, “Nowadays, there more freedom to pursue one’s Sethuraman, Pro-Vice      M- N)       tures. initiative will lead to an screened on the occasion. are several opportunities for true passion.” She also focussed Chancellor Dr TP Ganesan   ) ) )       D  B$-",  The agreement was signed increase in overall usage of Guest of honour, V women and our society has on the importance of taking among others were also present       )    )         B by Binay Mallik, AGM, public transport in the island. Vijayakumari, Municipal started to look at things in a care of one’s health. “Be bold, at the event. ITDC organises self-defence session for women P  %!")&#'!# #+" >)#!)  # %) Q

he increasing defence and security The Guardian aircraft is highly mod- Tcooperation between India and the ular and is easily configured with a vari- United States is a very important aspect of ety of payloads, even after the aircraft have our strategic partnership,” said Prime been delivered. Consistent with President Minster Modi last week during the US Trump’s commitment to providing India President Trump’s visit. The increasingly with the United States’ highest technolo- close security partnership between the two gy, it is expected that the aircraft will nations has the potential to unlock include the most advanced sensors and unprecedented amounts of advanced US weapons from the United States including technology for India and access to supply SIGINT capability and next generation chains of US suppliers for Indian manu- synthetic aperture radars. facturers. The weapons capability of the aircraft While the visit of President Trump is rumoured to include both, short range coincided with only the announcement of Hellfire missiles as well as stand-off mis- $3B in defense sales — completely in mil- siles, which will allow it to strike targets itary helicopters — it is the deals in the from a longer distance. Future capabilities coming years that have the potential to are rumored to include carrying jamming transform the US-India security partner- pods and other systems necessary for the ship. With the signing of the COMCASA disabling of enemy systems and perform- and the ISA-1 agreement and BECA like- ing Anti-Submarine Warfare missions. ly to be signed soon, these foundational Given that the Indian Defence budget ndia Tourism Development the SPUWAC cell (special Management (AIH&TM). selves. The session provided agreements pave the way for release of the is strained to meet the rising demands for ICorporation (ITDC) organ- police unit for women and The session was also requisite knowledge about most advanced technology to India which  $ security in its neighbourhood and antic- ised an in-house training ses- children) also Parmeet Kaur attended by Piyush Tiwari, self-defence and how can one will enhance joint interoperability as envi- ipated for the years ahead, it is imperative sion on self-defence and (chief dietician, AIIMS) was DCM, ITDC and HK Bhutani become abreast easy self- sioned by the creation of the CDS and armed drones from General Atomics for that the Modi government give top prior- healthy living for all its women invited for conducting the (GM – HRD). Sharing his defence techniques.” allow greater battlefield integration. all three Indian Armed Forces. As a joint ity to finalising the Guardian acquisition executives at Hotel Samrat on session. The same was man- views, Tiwari said, “These Convinced by the success It has been widely reported that India sale, this aircraft will revolutionise the sit- this year in order to sign the deal in early the occasion of International aged by ITDC’s Human training sessions are specifical- of the session, the corporation is considering additional P-8 aircraft and uational awareness paradigm, allowing 2021. Women’s Day. The session Resource Development ly designed to empower our is now planning to organise a the NASAMS missile shield built. But the seamless monitoring and armed response (The article is written by Pratesh was conducted by the women Division — Ashok Institute of women workforce to become series of such activities for its largest deal is also likely to be the most sig- to threats across India’s vast land and mar- Gandhi, Director, India Strategic personnel of Delhi police from Hospitality and Tourism self-aware and discover them- employees, all year round. nificant — the sale of 30 MQ-9B Guardian itime borders. Development at General Atomics.) !"!#$%'"%() %*+,-,.,. ! 2$

FIGURATIVELY '     4 # %( Q ##Q# !''( ! 1 <  ,   #/JH++C-*+ RH+**-*HK,/)(JH+**-*HK  5  @ R0%'JH+*H-*DK 4 ##   1 > ! #IE# #!'', talanta’s fairytale Champions League run continued %$- F  #/ # Ainside an empty stadium on Tuesday as Josip Ilicic 'H+**-*HJ7K scored four times in a 4-3 win over Valencia that sent his G H     !0#0#/ team into the quarter-finals 8-4 on aggregate.   G I / H+*7-*NJIK A frantic contest inside an echoing Mestalla stadium 4 #  # was the first of several in the competition to be played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus, with 55,000 1  6 ) # !!#( vacant seats creating a surreal atmosphere that was never  / likely to deliver a momentous Valencia comeback. ottenham midfielder Dele Alli ques- H++DR0% They had been tasked with overturning a 4-1 defeat tioned his side’s mental strength after '(0# from the opening game in Italy and any hopes TRB Leipzig cruised to a 3-0 win on /H+*D were all-but dashed inside 90 seconds Tuesday to progress 4-0 on aggregate to when Mouctar Diakhaby conceded the first the quarter-finals for the first time. <)( # of two penalties, each converted by Ilicic. Leipzig captain Marcel Sabitzer   In between, Kevin Gameiro had lev- + (! ( struck twice in the first 21 minutes elled for Valencia and then scored again before substitute Emil Forsberg added JIM##,*M # shortly after half-time before Ferran the third late on with his first touch. /,DM>#,*K! Torres lobbed in to leave the hosts “We were second to a lot of balls. 4 # *Q needing three in just over 20 minutes. To concede them goals shows our ###(H+H+, Yet any chance of a revival was +!(  # mentality wasn’t strong quickly snuffed out as Ilicic com- enough,” added Alli. # ,  P  %)    )          !  3.(-J  ( I# pleted his hat-trick and added a “We had to show matu- #54 #  fourth to ensure Atalanta ended rity and fight and we tough task into an Angelino’s cross with a powerful header, replacing Sabitzer to fire the third goal into %( ## a strange evening with their didn’t do that and we impossible one. but Lloris should still have done better to the far corner three minutes from time. 30! - names in the draw on March 20. were punished.” Leipzig took keep the ball out at his near post. “It’s a great moment for the history of ',DHQ* The Slovenia international Unlike many fix- just 10 minutes to Tottenham have now failed to win the club, for me as a manager, and for my 0 ( also became the first player to score tures across Europe open the scor- their last six games in all competitions — young team,” said Leipzig’s 32-year-old 4##(  four times away from home in a this week, there ing when the longest winless streak of Jose coach Julian Nagelsmann. 30( Champions League knockout match. were no restric- Lloris did not Mourinho’s managerial career. “It’s totally deserved we go to the next (!'', Atalanta’s progress remains the tions on sup- get a strong And the Portuguese again blamed that round. We were the better team, scored DHHD* greatest surprise of this year’s tourna- porters attend- enough right run on his lack of options due to an four goals, conceded none, so we ment, in which they lost all three of ing due to the hand to stop injury list that also includes Moussa are very happy.” 4/ # their opening group games and are fea- spread of coron- Sabitzer’s Sissoko, Davinson Sanchez and Ben Tottenham’s season now ( ##(JH turing for the first time in the club’s QKK  ## avirus and the strike from Davies. hinges on refinding their domes- 113-year history. Leipzig fans were outside the “People can say excuses but I’m tic form if they are not to miss out  (#, “After a difficult start to this able to enjoy a box finding the pretty sure it is bad for anyone,” said on the Champions League next  % CDI ( competition, we got the hang of it,” nerve-free evening. bottom corner. Mourinho. “I don’t think anyone season for the first time in five (4/  said coach Gian Piero Gasperini Spurs travelled to east- Timo Werner would resist to such a situation.” years.  @- ! afterwards. 3,  5# ern Germany shorn of strik- then fired home from Spurs produced a remarkable fight- Spurs are eighth in the Premier Atalanta are based in Bergamo in ing options without the close range only to be back from 3-0 down on aggregate away at League, seven points adrift of the top four, .## Q-*  northern Italy, one of the worst-hit injured Harry Kane, Son denied by the offside Ajax in last season’s semi-finals to make and in desperate need for Mourinho to  0#/  regions in a country that has had 631 Heung-min and Steven flag as Leipzig the final for the first time in the club’s his- exact revenge on Manchester United for ( #H+*D people killed by the virus so far. Bergwijn. opened up the tory thanks to Lucas Moura’s hat-trick. his sacking last season when the Red 4/ 5 After the final whistle, the players held However, it was at the Tottenham defence But in keeping with their collapse since Devils visit north London on Sunday. (  up a shirt to a television camera that had the other end that they buck- at will. that night in Amsterdam last May, “We know this hasn’t been a good sea- 3E(%HD,# message, ‘Bergamo, this is for you!’ written across led inside the opening And the visi- Mourinho’s men lacked the quality and son but we can’t hide,” added Alli. >##JQHK ( the front. quarter of the game as tors did not learn belief needed to reproduce that thrilling “Confidence is gone at the minute but we # JDNK## “We are very happy with how we have rep- two errors from goalkeep- their lesson as fightback. have a big game at the weekend and we (( ( resented a region that suffers so much,” said er Hugo Lloris turned a Sabitzer met Forsberg took just 32 seconds after have to pick ourselves up and go again.” ( Gasperini.

  -   @  ;$(     ( he India Open Super 500 +##''))#    2!;20 / Ttournament, a crucial event ## for the Tokyo Olympic qualifi- ndian javelin thrower Shivpal cation, will be held without any    . ISingh has qualified for his maid- spectators due to the global en Olympic Games in Tokyo this novel coronavirus outbreak,   0/ ) / However, in the men’s year by breaching the qualification Badminton Association of India singles, Srikanth lost in 1 mark at an event here. (BAI) said on Wednesday. The ndian badminton star PV straight games to the / !20 Shivpal became the second $400,000 tournament was ISindhu made a confident Chinese world number five. Indian javelin thrower after star under threat in the wake of the start at the All England The Indian lost 15-21, rsenal’s athlete Neeraj Chopra to qualify COVID-19 outbreak, which Open, beating American 16-21 in 43 minutes. Agame at for the Tokyo Olympics. has claimed over 4000 lives and Beiwin Zhang in straight Sindhu will next clash Manchester The 24-year-old Shivpal infected more than 100,000 games, but Kidambi with Korean Sung Ji Hyun City on Wednesday has crossed the qualifying standard of people globally. Srikanth bowed out with a for a place in the quarterfi- been postponed after play- 85m by hurling the spear to a dis- However, BAI and the first round defeat here on nals. ers from the London club tance of 85.47m in his fifth Badminton World Federation Wednesday. Meanwhile, the mixed were put into quarantine, attempt to win gold in the ACNW (BWF) on Wednesday issued a The sixth seed and doubles pair of Pranaav making it the first Premier Meeting at the McArthur Stadium joint statement, making it clear world number six Sindhu Jerry Chopra and N Sikki League football fixture to be late on Tuesday. that the event will go ahead as < %        - J(    got the better of the Reddy lost 13-21, 21-11, called off because of coro- “Shivpal Singh qualifies for originally planned adding that American, ranked eight 17-21 to top-seeded Chinese navirus. #Olympics @Tokyo2020 with a precautionary measures will measures will be in place to Jadhav stadium in Indira places below her, 21-14, 21- pair of Si Wei Zheng and Ya Arsenal said players and performance of 85.47m in Men’s     %  %  be taken for the smooth con- ensure the welfare and safety of Gandhi Indoor stadium but to 17 in 42 minutes. Qiong Huang. four staff had been isolated Javelin in #SouthAfrica,” t h e duct of the tournament. players, their entourage and ensure safety of everybody we at their homes after coming Athletics Federation of India Chopra had qualified for the “The YONEX-SUNRISE officials.” One of the precautions have decided not to allow any days while Hotstar will show the and Singapore Open World into contact with the owner tweeted. Tokyo Games with a throw of India Open 2020 to be staged taken by the organisers is to spectator this time,” BAI matches from quarterfinal Tour Super 500 (April 7-12) are of Greek club Olympiakos, Another Indian Akshdeep 87.86m at another ACNW League in New Delhi from 24-29 restrict the entry of people General Secretary, Ajay K onwards,” he said. the only two major events Vangelis Marinakis, who Singh finished third with a best meeting here in January. Both of March will go ahead as inside the stadium. Singhania said. After India Open, the which fall inside the April 28 has since tested positive for throw of 75m. Four athletes took them are currently here for a train- planned,” the statement said. “The India Open will be “Fans can watch the match- Malaysia Open World Tour deadline for Olympic qualifica- COVID-19. part in the event. ing stint. “Enhanced precautionary held as planned at the KD es on YouTube for the initial Super 750 (March 31-April 5) tion. “We are strictly follow- ing the government guide- lines which recommend that anyone coming into )#)&!    !     close contact with someone with the virus should self- ,- 0 Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is podium at all the races, which is an aim isolate at home for 14 days aiming for a podium finish at every race we must support.” from the last time they had this season and Honda’s Formula One chief Max, who finished third in Melbourne contact,” an Arsenal state-  ?#')+)&% is backing his lofty ambition. last year, said “we are pushing hard as a ment said. The Dutchman made the podium team. Everybody here knows that to be “As a result, the players nine times last year, winning three grands successful you need to fully understand the are unavailable for tonight’s in the ongoing event and Kaushik prix, to end the 2019 season behind only car, do a lot of laps and we were pleased (Wednesday’s) match and Garside were taking a second world champion Lewis Hamilton and with our testing in Barcelona,” he said. against Manchester City shot at qualification after losing Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. “We got good mileage, things ran pret- and the Premier League in the quarterfinals. He has set his sights much higher for ty smoothly and that’s exactly what we has decided the game “It was my dream to play at 2020, starting at the Australian Grand Prix wanted. should be postponed.” the Olympics and today it has in Melbourne on Sunday in a bid to “I’d like to start the season strong,” Arsenal were knocked finally come true for me and my dethrone Hamilton, who is chasing a sev- #   <     - added the Dutchman, whose bravado and out of the Europa League by family. My coaches have made a enth world title and fourth in a row. energy have made him a blockbuster tal- Olympiakos on February huge contribution in this,” Red Bull engine manufacturer Honda, there and fight for the championship,” said ent. 27. Marinakis, owner of the Kaushik said after the win. who also supply the AlphaTauri team, for- Honda F1 managing director. “Because then it’s really on but we Greek club and English side “I sustained an injury in the merly known as Toro Rosso, said they had “We had some unfortunate races last won’t know where we stand until Q2 and Nottingham Forest, opening round itself but my worked hard in the off season to maintain year, losing out in some of them, but we Q3 on Saturday in Melbourne, that’s announced on Tuesday that coaches told me to keep fighting reliability and deliver more power. must avoid having those sort of races this where all the hard work over the winter he had tested positive for hard and I did. It got me the result “We are making every effort to be year. “Max says he wants to get on the really counts.” AFP the coronavirus. that I wanted,” he added. But Arsenal said the The other Indians to have players and staff, who met qualified for Tokyo Olympics are +  2 !  Marinakis after the game at M C Mary Kom (51kg), Lovlina $ )     the Emirates Stadium, will Borgohain (69kg), Pooja Rani   )0)0 / return to work on Friday (75kg), Amit Panghal (52kg),  , 0 A second division tion. “As soon as he found ahead of Saturday’s trip to Ashish Kumar (75kg) and Satish he prestigious footballer was on out that someone with Brighton. Kumar (+91kg). TIndian Open golf Wednesday the first play- whom he had been at an Olympiakos players, Before this, India’s highest tournament was on er to test positive for coro- event was tested positive, staff and board members " )  = 8?K9   !     C   qualifying number for an Wednesday postponed navirus in Germany as RB Timo went straight to the have all tested negative, the Olympic Games was eight for the due to the global novel coronavirus outbreak Leipzig became the last doctor and put himself club said.   //  painful hits to his ribs. 2012 edition in London. That too with the organisers promising to reschedule Bundesliga side to annouce into isolation,” said Nottingham Forest also However, there was no was achieved over more than one the event at “some point” later this year. that they would hold their Hanover’s sporting said none of their players orld Bronze-medallist Golden finish to the qualifying qualifying tournament. The event was scheduled to take place weekend match behind director Gerhard Zuber. had tested positive. WManish Kaushik (63kg) on flourish as Olympic-bound final- However, in a disappointing from March 19-22 at the DLF Golf and closed doors. Leipzig's announce- The postponement of Wednesday became the ninth ists Vikas Krishan (69kg) and result, first-timer Sachin Kumar Country Club here. Hanover 96 ment that their clash with the Manchester City v Indian boxer to book an Olympic Simranjit Kaur (60kg) ended (81kg) was pummelled by “The decision was made following con- revealed that defend- Freiburg would be closed Arsenal game means berth with a brutal box- off win with Silver medals for varied Shabbos Negmatulloev of sultation between the Indian Golf Union , er Timo Huebers to fans comes after similar Liverpool’s hopes of win- at the Asian Qualifiers as the reasons. Tajikistan in his box-off final to the tournament’s co-sanctioning partners — had tested positive announcements involving ning their first Premier country recorded its best-ever While Krishan had to pull out bow out of contention for an the Asian Tour and the European Tour — for COVID-19, title rivals Bayern Munich League title since 1990 qualifying numbers for the qua- owing to an eye injury, world Olympic place at this event. and the tournament title sponsor Hero saying in a state- and Borussia without kicking a ball have drennial showpiece. Bronze-winner Kaur was outwit- “We still have the World MotoCorp Ltd, after the latest public health ment that they Moenchengladbach earlier been dashed. Kaushik defeated ted by Asian Games champion Qualifiers in May and I am con- travel advisories announced by the Indian insisted that no on Wednesday. However, should City Commonwealth Games champi- Yeonji Oh of South Korea. fident that India will qualify in all government,” the Asian Tour said in a state- further infections were “Despite very few lose to Burnley on Saturday on and second seed Harrison It was a repeat of the 2018 13 categories. Our mission is to ment. expected, as Huebers had infected people in the Jurgen Klopp’s side can Garside 4-1 to make the cut for CWG final for Kaushik; only this win Olympic medals and these 9 “All parties are looking into the possi- avoided contact with his Leipzig area, we want to secure the title on Monday Tokyo 2020 after a draining time, the 24-year-old Indian qualifications are an indication of bility of rescheduling the tournament at some colleagues. minimise the health risk,” with the added spice of showdown which left the ended up on the winning side. the potential that Indian boxers point later in the year, but there are no defin- Their full squad and said sporting director doing so by beating city Australian with a bloodied face The top six in the 63kg category posses,” said Boxing Federation of itive plans at this stage,” read the statement training staff were howev- Oliver Mintzlaff in a state- rivals Everton. and the Indian exhausted by were entitled to Olympic berths India President Ajay Singh. from Asian Tour. er being tested as a precau- ment. 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- P  <&7<,5,7" ( 5-8-;,;     INDIA-SOUTH AFRICA ODI ENCOUNTERS   ,0 India seamer Bhuvneshwar 7  7  C ) &)   H8 *I *D - Kumar on Wednesday differed with his skip- 2# 8Q DI Q7 D per Virat Kohli on the significance of ODIs in 3(  I* H* HN D a Twenty20 World Cup year, saying that all I(  I Q * - & 5!1 international matches are important and  *  *  - , another bad series will be confidence-denting. 7  Q+*-D)# HQ-+H-H+*+   ,0 South Africa cap- “International matches are important.  QD8-Q/(% HI-*+-H+*I tain Quinton de Kock urged the We just lost a series in New Zealand and you  *    , &-  senior members of his team to all are aware of the reactions after that. Our own up responsibility as well as aim is to win the series because if we don’t do 7  H++9 2#' HQ-+H-H+*+ guide the youngsters during the well, an individual’s confidence also gets  *DIY<' +I-*H-H+*D three-match ODI series. affected,” Bhuvneshwar said on the eve of the 11/ De Kock said former captain first ODI. Faf du Plessis’ comeback after Bhuvneshwar believes that a good outing    0 /   )#  %+)!# being rested for the in the series will be a confidence-booster for )+"5@ " Australia series, will players going into the upcoming Indian ardik Pandya’s eagerly- ,#2,459,12% hold the visitors in a Premier League that starts on March 29. awaited international good stead in the “T20 is a different thing but if we do well Hcomeback adds a lot of upcoming ODIs. here, we will have confidence going into the context to India’s three-match “Obviously, Faf (du Plessis) IPL which is necessary.” ODI campaign against South has comeback. He plays a big role After missing the tour of New Zealand, Africa starting today where the for us from the leadership point of Bhuvneshwar is making a comeback to the hosts would be aiming to put view. He is here to help out the tors are brimming with confidence team following a successful sports hernia the ‘New Zealand Nightmare’ younger guys in the team. He adds coming into the tour after drub- surgery last year. behind them. a lot of value for us. He also knows bing Australia back home. And the 31-year-old was candid enough Amid the ever-rising danger "                 /C'" %- 1 -   !" he has lot of value to give to this “India is an unbelievable team, to admit that making a comeback is not easy of Novel Coronavirus and threat team. His experience will be a big They have got great balance, but for fast bowlers. of rain once again playing spoil- hernia surgery) makes India course correction in his most pre- maiden India tour call as the 16th help for us in this series,” De Kock I am sure we are also coming here “It’s difficult to maintain pace when you sport, Pandya’s all-round flam- favourite on paper against a ferred format. member of the squad after his said. with a lot of confidence,” De Kock are returning from an injury because it boyance will keep skipper Virat South African side that com- Heinrich Klaasen and Kyle match-winning ton in the second “We understand that we are said. always plays on the mind that if you strive for Kohli in a good headspace as he prises of seasoned campaigners Verreynne, both of whom played ODI against Australia. coming here with quite an inexpe- De Kock said left-arm seam- pace then the injury might reoccur. The best would be desperately trying to like Quinton d Kock, Faf du crucial roles in South Africa’s ODI This will be South Africa’s rienced side in these conditions er Beuren Hendricks has recov- option in such a case is to play matches as forget the 0-3 mauling in the last Plessis and David Miller in series win over Australia, would maiden ODI at this venue while but it’s important Faf, me, David ered from his illness and is avail- much as possible to gain confidence that you series in New Zealand. their ranks. look to carry on their form in India India have played four ODIs here, Miller to help out these guys able for selection but batsman are fit,” Bhuvneshwar said. Pandya last played an ODI The three players automat- while Temba Bavuma has also losing two and winning two. The around, lead the way. Pass on our Temba Bavuma is uncertain as he With rain predicted on Thursday, against New Zealand in the ically pick themselves in the returned. side batting second has won three knowledge to the youngsters.” is yet to fully recover from the Bhuvneshwar also hinted that India would pre- World Cup semi-final in playing XI while Manish Pandey Janneman Malan earned his of the four contests at the ground. The Proteas skipper said the visi- hamstring injury. PTI fer to bowl first if they win the toss. PTI Manchester and his last interna- might just get a longer run at No tional game was a T20 against 6 now that Kedar Jadhav has the Proteas in Bengaluru in finally been dropped from the September last year. squad. <# # '#+% #''5 #%# He forced his way back into In the absence of Rohit the national team with his all- Sharma, who is yet to recover   //  round performances at the DY from a calf injury, Dhawan’s Patil Corporate Cup, where he return would lend valuable nsisting that Indians are not bad players looked completely fit and ready experience to the Indian top- Iof short-ball, Test vice-captain Ajinkya to go. order, which badly missed both Rahane on Wednesday said the team’s bad Skipper Kohli and coach the openers in New Zealand run in New Zealand was largely due to the Ravi Shastri has spoken openly Bhuvneshwar’s return will wind factor. about ODIs being least of prior- give India good depth during Rahane, who had scores of 46, 29 (in ity in a World T20 year. But his the slog overs where Shardul Wellington) and 7, 9 (in Christchurch), said men can ill-afford to lose anoth- Thakur had seemed complete- the criticism that they do not play short-ball er series against an inexperi- ly misfit. well, does not hold any merit. enced South African side which Mohammed Shami has been “People are speaking too much about it is buoyed after crushing rested for the series after getting (short balls). If you see Melbourne innings, Australia 3-0 in their own den. a blow on his shoulder in the we have dominated. We all play short-balls Especially having lost five second Test in New Zealand. well. One game doesn’t make you bad play- international games (two Tests Ravindra Jadeja is expected er of short ball. I don’t think we have to make included) on trot, the Indian to be the lone spinning option too much fuss about short-balls, we have skipper, enduring one of his on a seamer-friendly been playing them really well in different for- rarest of rare bad patches in last Dharamsala track unless team mats,” Rahane told reporters here. six years will be keen to buck the management feels the urge to “They (NZ bowlers) used the breeze fac- trend. include Kuldeep Yadav in the tor very well because in New Zealand it was Kohli managed just 75 runs team. H+H*(O!  biggest factor, cutting the angle and pace. We against the Kiwis, and going by South Africa, on the other have to stay focused and positive and the next his standards the Indian skipper hand, are coming into the tour series is in Australia and there is a long way would be itching to silence his brimming with confidence after ##'' to go, looking forward to that. critics, who have raised eye- whitewashing Australia in the Rahane was referring to the 2018 brows after his statement on three-ODI series. Melbourne Test against Australia, which ODIs not having context in the Faf du Plessis and Rassie van    )2  India won by 137 runs. Cheteshwar Pujara current calendar. der Dussen, who were rested for had scored a hundred, while Virat Kohli, The presence of Pandya the ODIs against Australia, are harsh lesson learnt after England women bowed out Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma had along with a fit-again senior part of South Africa’s touring Aof T20 World Cup without actually playing the semi- stuck half-centuries in the first-innings. opener Shikhar Dhawan (shoul- party. Since quitting as captain, final against India, the ICC has now allocated a reserve “Personally if you see my Melbourne der dislocation) and seamer du Plessis has not had a good day each for the two semi-finals and final of the 2021 ODI innings against Australia, I was counter- Bhuvneshwar Kumar (sports run and would like to do the edition in New Zealand. attacking and played short-balls well. It is The ICC released the 31-match schedule for the tour- important to learn what went wrong play- nament, starting February 6 to March 7 in New Zealand ing short balls in New Zealand. As long as " !    !$  with reserve days scheduled for all three knockout match- I am on that path to improve, if next time es a day later. the opposition come and bowl short balls at    0 /  Last week, England were forced to make an exit from me and if I feel like hitting it, I’ll hit,” he said. team meeting today and whatev- the T20 Women’s World Cup after their semifinal clash “We have really done a good job in the he Indian team might avoid er instruction we get or whatev- was washed out resulting in India, the higher ranked side last three-four years. Now Test Tusing saliva to shine the ball er is the best option, we will do in the group stage, progressing to the final. The ICC had Championship has started. In this journey, if advised by doctors to combat that. faced a lot of flak for not keeping a reserve day of the you are going to win and lose some match- the novel coronavirus threat, “It all depends on the team recently concluded Women’s T20 World Cup. es,” he added. seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar said doctor and what advice he gives The Women’s ODI World Cup will be played at six Rahane also said that he was not overt- Test Championship is all about one match team,” Rahane said. even as the South African team us,” he added. venues, including Eden Park (Auckland), Bay ly worried about his own poor run. and one series at a time, one match at a time “We learnt a lot from New Zealand insisted on continuing the prac- However, South Africa skip- Oval(Tauranga), Seddon Park(Hamilton), University “I am not too much worried about that because points are involved, because one bad series, they played well. As a team, there is tice in the first ODI. per skipper Quinton de Kock said Oval(Dunedin), Basin Reserve (Wellington) and Hagley and I am not going too much deep in that. game or two bad games will not make us bad some learning as batting and bowling unit.” Bhuvneshwar, however, said the visitors will continue with it Oval (Christchurch). a decision on this will be taken by as they are not affected by the The iconic Basin Reserve will stage the highly antic- the team doctor during a meeting virus. ipated Trans-Tasman showdown between New Zealand later on Wednesday. “We understand the corona and Australia on February 13. “We have thought about this thing but it doesn’t change. There Auckland will host the opening game between the thing (not using saliva) but I can’t are some fine lines but I think hosts and a qualifying team, the semifinals will be played say right now we will not use sali- both the teams are healthy. We in Tauranga and Hamilton on February March 3 and 4 va because if we don’t use saliva have been tested on our way to respectively with the summit clash scheduled to take place then how will we shine the ball,” India so I think we will still shine in Christchurch on March 7. the 31-year-old pacer said. the ball. Our team doctor and New Zealand, Australia, England and South Africa “We will get hit and you management have made sure that have already qualified for the World Cup. The remain- people will say you are not bowl- we all are fit and don’t have coro- ing four teams will be established following the comple- ing well. But it’s a valid point (con- navirus so we will keep the ball tion of the ICC Women’s Championship and a subsequent cern) and let’s see we will have a shinning,” he added. qualifying tournament in Sri Lanka in July. %       

  0 4< 2 Saurashtra in a strong posi- tion and Bengal too will aurashtra maintained have to come up with some- Stheir grip over the Ranji thing special to stay in the Trophy final on day three game. despite a fighting stand While Saurashtra are between Bengal veteran aiming for their maiden title, Manoj Tiwary and Sudip Bengal have not won Ranji Chatterjee on a deteriorating Trophy since 1989-90. pitch here on Wednesday. The home team’s bowlers Chatterjee (47 not out off will be aiming for the stumps 145) and Tiwary (35 off 116) on day four like they did on took a leaf out of Cheteshwar Wednesday, hoping the pitch Pujara’s book to share a grit- does the rest. Tiwary’s dis- ty 89-run partnership off missal clearly showed how 226 balls after Bengal were in tough it has become to bat a spot of bother at 35 for two on the uneven surface. at lunch. the day at 384 for eight, went better now it is misbehaving. Chirag Jani had him Batting is only going to on to bat for one hour and 10 There is rapid wear and tear trapped in front of the get tougher on this surface minutes in the morning ses- but we will fight it till the stumps with a ball that came with the ball keeping low sion to add 41 valuable runs end,” Lal said. back in sharply at a low right from day one, making with the last wicket pair of Saurashtra coach Karsan height and there was not it a steep challenge for Bengal Jaydev Unadkat and Ghavri said, “We are doing much Tiwary could do about to get past Saurashtra’s first Dharemendrasinh Jadeja okay at the moment. But it. It was a sort of redemption innings total of 425. producing 38 runs. cricket is a funny game, for Jani, who had over- Bengal reached 134 for Bengal coach Arun Lal things can change quickly. It stepped when Tiwary, bat- three in 65 overs at close of asked his players to remain is not a bad wicket. Our bats- ting on 18, played on to his play, trailing Saurashtra by optimistic and stretch the men showed it. The odd ball stumps. 291 runs with Chatterjee and fight. is keeping low. That is it.” The afternoon session Wriddhiman Saha (4 off 43) “Fight on. It was an On day two, Pujara and was a good one for Bengal as in the middle. important toss. First couple Arpit Vasavada batted they did not lose a wicket Saurashtra, who resumed of days the wicket still played together for five hours to put and collected 59 runs.