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! "$% !& /2;2* 0 some of the comments and people from different sections Siddharamaiah, Oomen barbs by party’s senior leaders of society and held several Chandy, Tarun Gogoi and he Congress Working gave opportunities to ruling rounds of consultations with Harish Rawat will attend the TCommittee (CWC) on parties to embarrass the them across the country, to meeting. Priyanka Gandhi Monday is likely to take the Congress. The Congress leaders include their views in the man- Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia, final call on AAP-Congress will discuss pros and cons of ifesto. It has also launched an who took charge last month as alliance in the national Capital aligning with the AAP. While online portal to seek views and AICC general secretary UP and also strategise on how to the opinion within the Congress expectations of people from the east and UP west respectively, run the party’s campaigns in is divided on this issue, NCP grand old party ahead of the will also be present. Opposition-ruled States like Chief Sharad Pawar is active- Lok Sabha polls. The top party The party also released its West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh ly involved in getting the two leaders have promised to make ninth list of 10 candidates for without annoying its prospec- parties together. the manifesto a comprehensive the Lok Sabha elections, field- tive post-poll allies. The issue has divided document that will include ing former Finance Minister P Sources said the Congress Delhi Congress unit between views of all sections. Chidambaram’s son Karti leadership will also give a final two camps — one led by for- “The contents of the man- Chidambaram from Sivaganga shape to the party’s manifesto mer Chief Minister Sheila ifesto will be discussed at the in Tamil Nadu. Karti is facing which may include among oth- Dikshit and another by former CWC to be chaired by Congress trial in corruption cases, ers populist programmes like Union Minister Ajay Maken president Rahul. Top Congress including the INX media employment guarantee and AICC Delhi incharge PC leaders, including former Prime money laundering case. schemes, loan waivers to farm- Chacko. Sources said the AAP, Minister Manmohan Singh, Former NCP leader Tariq ers, and welfare schemes for which wrested power from senior Congress leaders Sonia Anwar was nominated by the youth and women voters. Congress four years ago, is The other issue that the poll campaign in Malda. Gandhi, Ahmed Patel, AK party for the Katihar Lok Sabha The CWC, which is the keen to take on BJP in an party may discuss was the The party manifesto for the Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad, P seat in Bihar, which he cur- ! " $ apex body of the grand old alliance with the Congress nature of campaign to be run Lok Sabha election is being Chidambaram, Mallikarjun rently represents. The party %&'( )* party, will also discuss possible despite conflicting utterances by in Opposition-run States. framed by a committee head- Kharge, Ambika Soni and also fielded its former general star campaigners for the party by senior leaders of both the The need to do this was felt ed by P Chidambaram, which Anand Sharma, will be present secretary BK Hariprasad from this country. The people will in the General Elections. parties. Delhi has seven Lok after Rahul Gandhi’s vitriolic has some other members too. at the meeting,” said a AICC the Bangalore South con- teach a bitter lesson to the polit- Sources said there could be gag Sabha seats, all represented by attack on Chief Minister The Congress has already leader. stituency in Karnataka. ical parties who are raising orders to certain leaders as BJP now. Mamata Banerjee during his launched an exercise to involve Former Chief Ministers Continued on Page 4 questions about Pulwama attacks and subsequent Indian action,” Shah said while addressing a rally in Agra. Incidentally, all the top leaders of the BJP referred to P Pulwama attack and Pakistan * ./< in their addresses. Rajnath too accused some Opposition par- he Bharatiya Janata Party on ties for questioning Armed ! TSunday began its Lok Sabha forces in the wake of the IAF air " Pakistan’s internal issue and campaign in a big way in Uttar strike inside Pakistan after " (be) rest assured it’s not Modi’s * ./< Pradesh with senior party lead- Pulwama terror attack. India where minorities are ers, including party chief Amit “Some leaders are asking subjugated, it’s Imran Khan’s amajwadi Party president Shah, holding Vijay Sankalp ral- how many people were killed in #$% & Naya Pak where white colour SAkhilesh Yadav will contest lies across the State invoking that attack. This is questioning of our flag is equally dearer to from Azamgarh Lok Sabha nationalism in the context of as if whether air strike had us.” seat in Uttar Pradesh, which Modi Government response to actually happened or not,” he “I hope you’ll act with was represented by his father the Pulwama terror attack. said. Yogi even equated one of ' same diligence when it comes Mulayam Singh Yadav. Union Home Minister the candidates in Saharanpur as " /2;2* 0 to rights of Indian minorities,” While the 79-year-old SP Rajnath Singh addressed a rally damaad (son-in law) of Azhar () *#" he said. patriarch will contest from in Lucknow from where he is Masood and asked people to + war of words erupted on Swaraj, in her response to “safe seat” Mainpuri, the party seeking re-election, while Chief defeat the candidates who talk , O ASunday between External Chaudhary, said she had only on Sunday made a volte face Minister Yogi Adityanath the language of terrorists. . "' Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj asked for a report from the and included its founder chief Akhilesh, Azam, Dimple addressed a gathering in Uttar Pradesh, a home to / &. and Pakistan’s Information Pakistan Ajay Bisaria on the Indian High Commissioner in Mulayam Singh Yadav’s name Yadav and Jaya Bachchan Saharanpur, the constituency 22 crore people, sends maxi- Minister Fawad Chaudhary reported abduction of the girls Islamabad about the kidnap- in its list of “star campaigners”, among others, besides Ram that will go to polls in first phase mum 80 MPs to the Lok Sabha. 0/1 over reports of abduction of and their forcible conversion to ping and forced conversion of a day after leaving him out of Gopal Yadav himself. on April 11. Another Union In 2014 election party, with its & two Hindu teenaged girls and Islam. two minor Hindu girls to Islam. it. Also, the SP announced At present, the SP patriarch Minister Mukhtar Abaas Naqvi ally Apna Dal, 73 seats were their forcible conversion to Pakistan Prime Minister “This was enough to make that senior leader Azam Khan represents Azamgarh con- addressed a meeting in Rampur. won with the BJP bagging 71 Islam on the eve of Holi in the Imran Khan has ordered a you jittery. This only shows will contest from Rampur. stituency. He had represented “In this election constituencies. This year the Sindh province. probe into the matter. your guilty conscience,” she The list released by senior Mainpuri three times earlier in Opposition is defaming the party has set a target to win 74 !" # ! 2 In a tweet, Swaraj sought a Responding to Swaraj’s tweet, said. SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav 1996, 2004 and 2009. valour of Indian Army. This is seats. '/ report from Indian envoy in Chaudhary said, “Maam its Continued on Page 4 included the names of party Continued on Page 4 not acceptable to the people of Continued on Page 4 " *#/ / O " & %+, - . /0 /2;2* 0 had put their number to just ed. The EIA consultant of the $ 264. This variety of bustard is project is M/s Enviro Infra 3 Central environmental found in the four States — Solutions Pvt Ltd, Ghaziabad. , Apanel has spiked the Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, The EAC also noted that " *.4 National Highway Authority of Rajasthan and Maharashtra. the land acquisition for the 40 L M India’s proposal to construct The proposed project is a proposed alignment was the Rs 1078.40-crore 211-km- part of Delhi-Mumbai approximately 336.72 ha out of JP on Sunday announced *# long eight-lane road (newly Expressway under Bharatmala which 41.82 ha is forest land. Bnames of low-profile can- " & declared NH 148N) connecting Pariyojana as per the guidelines Approximately 2,438 number didates for six seats for Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam dis- of the Ministry of Road, of trees are likely to be cut. Chhattisgarh which goes to % trict to Vadodara in Gujarat. It Transport and Highways. The For want of requisite infor- polls in three phases for 11 Lok said the road may threaten the length of the proposed align- mation, the panel deferred its Sabha seats. The party had !!& 4 habitat of the highly endan- ment is 31 km which is locat- nod to the project and sought announced five names earlier. " # gered Lesser Floricans in the ed within 10 km radius from cumulative impacts of the pro- BJP has picked up a sur- adjoining Sailna Khamor the boundary of Sailana ject activities on the habitat of prise face, former mayor Sunil Wildlife Sanctuary in Ratlam Kharmor Wildlife Sanctuary. wildlife, such as Lesser Florian, Soni, for Raipur seat while district. Curiously, while deliberat- direct loss of habitat at inter- Santosh Pandey, a die-hard # In a meeting held recently, ing the proposed project at its section locations particularly supporter of former chief min- *3 7. O the Expert Appraisal recent meeting the EAC mem- on account of damage to the ister Raman Singh, for & Committee (EAC) of the bers found that plans pertain- existing vegetation due to con- Rajnandgaon seat. Soni has Union Environment Ministry ing to air, water, noise and soil Sanctuary, in the Environment struction activities and trans- replaced former union minis- '( sought detailed information quality monitoring locations Impact Assessment port and degradation of habi- ter Ramesh Bais while Pandey on the impact of the project on along the proposed alignment (EIA)/Environment tat quality due to construction in place of Abhishek Singh, son 4 *# the smallest agro-grassland were not submitted. Also, even Management Programme activities and construction of Raman Singh. " 2 bustard which are in the dan- though the proposed align- (EMP) report, details of sanc- camps, and human use of water Arun Saw, a largely 89## ger of becoming extinct from ment was located within 10 km tuary, flora and fauna and con- resources. unknown face, will contest :: & India. The last census in 2017 Salina Khamor Wildlife servation plan were not includ- Continued on Page 4 from Bilaspur seat while the Sahu as party candidate to Durg seat. party has decided to bet on a take on Congress heavyweight BJP had won 10 out of the small cadre Jyoti Nand Dubey and former minister 11 seats in 2014 elections and for prestigious Korba seat. Dhanendra Sahu. Vijay Baghel, it lost polls only in Durg seat. BJP has done caste arith- a close relative of Chhattisgarh Analysts say that BJP is expect- metic better for Mahasamund chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, ed to suffer heavy defeat in seat and announced Chunnilal will be the BJP candidate for Chhattisgarh in 2019. /2;2* 0 force who are already stressed Block in this connection under due to continuous deployment the chairmanship of Additional n a shocking revelation about in hard areas,” the official said. Secretary (Police) in the Home Ithe health of the CRPF per- The paramilitary has cited Ministry Praveen Kumar sonnel, over nine per cent of LMC cases as a reason not to Srivastava. the total strength of the world’s enhance the retirement age At present, the retirement largest paramilitary force is from 57 to 60 years. While BSF age is 57 years from the rank of sick and placed under low has an LMC of 5.5 per cent, the Constable up to the rank of medical category (LMC). ITBP has 6 per cent sick per- Commandant. Out of a total strength of sonnel, the Intelligence official However, if an officer is 40 2,43,000 men in CRPF under said quoting from the minutes promoted to the rank of the command of Force’s chief of the meeting held at the Deputy Inspector General, he ormer Chief Minister and Director General RR Home Ministry for enhancing or she is eligible to retire at the FBJP national vice-president Bhatnagar, as many as 22, 120 the retirement age. age of 60 years. Raman Singh on Sunday personnel are placed in the low The Home Ministry is During the meeting held strongly criticised the Congress medical category, according to holding consultations with the by Srivastava, Additional Government for going for a official data. paramilitary leadership to Director General (Personnel) of loan borrowing spree since it Of the 22,120 LMC cases, enhance the retirement age CRPF Atul Karwal said that the came to power in December 85 per cent of the figure con- from 57 to 60 years following number of LMC personnel last year. to media persons at Swami polls. “There is a lot of resent- stitutes pure medical cases opposed to enhancing the Intelligence wing of the CRPF a directive from the Delhi will increase significantly if “The repeated act of loan Vivekanand airport Raipur on ment among public against implying diseases such as retirement age from 57 years to posted in the paramilitary High Court that had in an the retirement age is increased borrowing will adversely his return from New Delhi. the Congress Government and hypertension, obesity and dia- 60 years and has advocated a directorate here. order issued on January 31 this to 60 years as 2-3 per cent LMC impact the fiscal health of the Singh further alleged that it will reflect in three-phased betes. The remaining 15 per status quo in the superannua- “Putting a spanner in year to make the retirement age cases increase in proportion state government as well as its the new Congress Government parliamentary polls,’’ Singh cent are mostly accident/inci- tion of the personnel up to the enhancing the retirement age uniform for all the ranks to 60 with the increase in age of the normal working of govern- has breached trust of public as claimed. The State goes to dent related LMC cases. rank of Commandant, said a will only breed resentment years. Two rounds of meetings personnel. ment in state in near future,’’ it failed to keep up its promis- polls for 11 Lok Sabha seats on Bhatnagar is reportedly senior official of the among the various ranks of the have been held at the North Continued on Page 4 Singh cautioned while talking es made in run up to Assembly April 11, 18 and 23. () ( *+, *-./ $ /2;2* 0 violation of Model Code of According to the code, the Congress, on the other hand, Conduct on social media per- platforms will endeavour to, has taken to social media to s the countdown to the taining to the concerned States L M “where appropriate and keep- constantly attack the Central A2019 general elections and UTs will immediately be ing in mind the principle of Government for lack of jobs, begin, the Election intimated to the grievance offi- '2 A2B freedom of expression,” deploy the alleged scam in the Rafale Commission (EC) has direct- cer of the concerned social " ' A ' B appropriate policies and deal, demonetisation, GST ed chief electoral officers of all media platforms. # , 8C processes to facilitate access to implementation and farmers' States and Union Territories The States and UTs will ' ;.% " " information on electoral mat- distress. The (UTs) to appoint nodal officer also intimate to the ; ; 4 . ; ; ters. Campaigns will be organ- #ChowkidarChorHai cam- to check misuse of social media Commission’s grievance officer # D ised to create awareness, paign was launched by the and intimate it by March 25. of violations of MCC / instruc- including on electoral laws and Congress to attack Modi and Besides, the Commission has tions issued by the " 0 ,4 other instructions from the the Centre over Rafale deal. also appointed Dilip K Verma Commission, who will exam- 0A04,40B # L% Election Commission of India During the five States Secretary, Sayyid Rechashmi ine the matter instantly. After 2 $ 28)(EM2 (EC). Assembly elections last year the Deputy Director Arun Kumar the appraisal of Director ' The platforms and the dissemination of fake infor- Palani, Deputy Director as General (Media) or at appro- Commission have developed a mation through social media nodal officers to look into mis- priate level in the Commission, "(89 notification mechanism by was reportedly a major influ- use of social media during it will write to the grievance 4 which the electoral body can encing factor. The political polls. Political parties use social officer to take up the action. notify them of potential viola- parties had formed thousands media platforms as well as The EC has decided that in tions under Section 126 of the of WhatsApp groups ahead of friendly websites to trumpet case any violation of model social media platforms viz to time shall also apply to the early this week presented a during the election. The code’s Representation of the People the polls. Though WhatsApp their “achievements” while dis- code of conduct or any other Facebook, YouTube Twitter content being posted on the “Voluntary Code of Ethics for purpose is to identify measures Act, and on other matters. has now limited the number of crediting their rivals by spread- Commission’s instructions or and WhatsApp. In its commu- internet including Facebook, the General Election 2019” to that the platforms can take to Prime Minister Narendra forwards by an individual user ing canards and untruths dur- court’s order related to poll niqués’ to States and UTs, the Twitter, YouTube by candi- the EC. “This code will become increase confidence in the elec- Modi launched his to five, there is still scope for its ing polls. matters is observed on social EC said that the provisions of dates and political parties. effective and will enter into toral process. It is also to safe- #MainBhiChowkidar cam- misuse. Besides social media In its communiqué’s to the media plateform, the same the Model Code of Conduct Social media platforms and force on March 20, 2019,” they guard against misuse that viti- paign on Twitter, to counter the plateforms, motivated websites States and Union Territories, shall be forwarded to the griev- and related instructions of the the Internet and Mobile said in a statement, adding that ates the “free and fair charac- Congress’ narrative of can play ample mischief and the EC also stated that cases of ance officers appointed by the Commission issued from time Association of India (IAMAI) it would remain operational ter” of the Lok Sabha polls. #ChowkidarChorHai”. The mislead the electorate. # * + ( /2;2* 0 % #'+ head of the Lok Sabha Apolls, the Election Commission (EC) has ordered /2;2* 0 26 lakh indelible ink bottles worth 33 crore. The seven- ! he Centre has sanctioned phase election will begin on " # Tan upgraded and fresh VIP April 11 and conclude on May security cover to the two 19. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elec- ! $! Deputy Chief Ministers of the tions, the poll panel had bought % BJP-led Government in Uttar 21.5 lakh phials, 4.5 lakh less & # Pradesh in view of possible than this year. The semi-per- threats to them during the manent ink is applied to the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, offi- forefinger of electors to prevent # "' cials said. them from voting more than They said while the exist- once under rules mandated # ing central paramilitary com- by the EC . The indelible ink (! ' ! mandos contingent of Deputy was formulated as a deterrent CM Keshav Prasad Maurya against voting twice. The stain )## # " has been enhanced to an all- The “Y+” cover has about upgrade for the two, they said. lasts several days before start- ' !!' ! India level, another Deputy 3-4 commands who are armed The two were appointed ing to fade. CM of the State, Dinesh with sophisticated rifles like Deputy CMs of the Uttar Mysore Paints and Varnish Sharma, has been accorded a AK-47s and possess mobile Pradesh in 2017 when BJP Ltd, a Government of crore,” he said. with the Law Ministry, contains 10 cubic centimetres customers exchanging defunct similar paraphernalia, afresh. armour gadgets. came to power and Yogi Karnataka undertaking, is the The order, Doddamani National Physical Laboratory (cc). As per modern measure- currency notes to check suspi- While Maurya already had The two UP politicians are Adityanath was made the CM. only authorised manufacturer said, is higher than the last gen- and National Research ment methods, one cubic cen- cious deposits. Grappling with a “Y+” category cover of the expected to traverse the length The Central Reserve Police of indelible ink for the EC. eral elections by 4.5 lakh phials. Development Corporation, had timetre is equivalent to one unending queues and frayed CRPF during his movement in and breadth of the country dur- Force (CRPF) has a dedicated Managing Director, Mysore In this election, nearly 90 crore made an agreement with milli litre. Mysore Paints tempers in banks and to check UP, he will now have the sanc- ing the Lok Sabha polls, that VIP security wing and it guards Paints, Chandrashekhar people are eligible to case their Mysore Paints for supply of exports indelible ink to more operation of syndicates after tioned 3-4 armed commandos will see its first polling day on as many as 76 personalities in Doddamani said that the com- votes for which the EC will set indelible ink for Lok Sabha and than 30 countries across the the note ban, the government for security across the country. April 11, and hence the cover the country including BJP pres- pany has received an order for up nearly 10 lakh polling sta- Assembly elections. Since then, globe. had introduced the system of Sharma has been given the has been sanctioned, they said. ident Amit Shah. 26 lakh phials of 10cc each tions across the country. it has been supplying the ink Soon after the note ban, the marking customers exchanging same category of VIP security A report prepared by cen- The force has four battal- from the EC. “The expected In 1962, the Election for elections in India. company was asked to provide defunct currency notes with cover on an all-India basis, they tral security agencies formed ions, comprising over 4,000 turnover is approximately 33 Commission, in collaboration A bottle of indelible ink indelible ink to banks to mark indelible ink. said. the basis of this security personnel, for this task. ) 4 /2;2* 0 ormer JNU students’ union Fleader Kanhaiya Kumar will /2;2* 0 7)"7")#&6)57".) " +.M5&)<<5#)""5&+ contest from Begusarai Lok *! +)5+)6) 7+"6)6#76.@&5#.85+. /2;2* 0 Sabha seat in Bihar as the CPI he Central Board of A B 7+ 7#765)C.A #65)6#&8" nominee. Begusarai has been TIndirect Taxes and Customs 7+"65)#5:6&*") 76"C. 7+5)#657)# * 7+ he BJP on Sunday released Left stronghold for decades, but (CBIC) has asked its field offi- Ta list of its nine more Lok the RJD-led Opposition cers to step up vigilance in )!"4)#6)8"5&+*! 7) 7+57+5!")6 " Sabha election candidates, tak- alliance refused to accommo- order to check illegal move- "6#5""*5#+#!5!7)5<6".)# 7". 7+ ing the total number of names date CPI in the mahagathb- ment of currency, liquor and :# )6 #)#+<8)" " "65!!#6 <8)" announced by it to 306. Six handan. gold in the run up to general candidates are for Chhattisgarh “Kanhaiya Kumar will be elections beginning April 11. and one each for Meghalaya, our candidate from Begusarai It has also asked the tax flights as well as commercial target sensitive areas, com- Maharashtra and Telangana. seat. CPI(ML) has pledged officers to share intelligence flights.” modities and suspicious enti- The party had earlier their support to us too,” senior and seizure information with General elections for the ties,” the CBIC said, adding that announced that none of its nine CPI leader D Raja said. other Government agencies on 17th Lok Sabha will be held in information should be shared sitting Lok Sabha members Candidates for two more seats real-time basis. The CBIC’s seven phases beginning April with the board on a daily basis. from Chhattisgarh will be field- are yet to be finalized by the instructions follow a multi- 11 and will continue till May It said coordinated efforts ed in the polls, a move aimed central leadership, he added. departmental meeting called by 19. Counting of votes will take on the part of different gov- at any perceived anti-incum- As part of the seat-sharing the Election Commission ear- place on May 23. ernment agencies is required bency they may have after the pact of the 'mahagathbandhan', lier in the month on sharing of It said the field formations and hence it is imperative that saffron party suffered a big the Communist Party of India intelligence with a view to and officers should be duly sen- intelligence and detection/ defeat to the Congress in the (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation checking illegal activities. sitised to step up the preventive seizure information be shared assembly polls. (CPI-ML), the biggest Left In its instructions, the vigilance mechanism to rule with other agencies on a real- Putting to rest speculation party in Bihar, got one seat CBIC said, “All out efforts out illicit movement of cur- time basis. Close coordination on whether former from the Rashtriya Janata Dal's should be made to detect and rency and commodities and has to be maintained with Chhattisgarh chief minister (RJD) share of 20. seize illicit currency, liquor, conduct effective checking and election authorities as well, it Raman Singh will be fielded In Begusarai, Kumar will / 1 1 $ 2 %&'( gold, FICN (Fake Indian surveillance during the election added. from his home constituency be pitted against the BJP's )* Currency Note), NDPS period to curb illegal activities. The EC in its multi-depart- Rajnandgaon or not, the BJP Giriraj Singh. (Narcotic Drugs and “Intelligence units under mental meeting had underlined named Santosh Pandey its can- An influential upper caste RJD will repeat Tanveer Hasan this constituency for the last Nehru University sedition con- Psychotropic Substances), and your jurisdiction may be direct- the need for greater coordina- didate from the seat. Bhumihar leader, the Union as its nominee. one year, does not cut into the troversy. other contraband items. Strict ed to gather information and tion among different It has fielded Jyoti Nand minister has been shifted from The presence of Kanhaiya Bhumihar vote bank. Both The student leader, accused vigil should be maintained on develop intelligence to effec- Government agencies to keep Dubey from Korba, Arun Saw his Nawada seat. The maha- will give nightmare to Giriraj Kanhaiya and Giriraj belong to of raising anti-India slogans on domestic as well as cross bor- tively accomplish this task. a tab on expenditure incurred from Bilaspur, Vijay Baghel gathbandhan is yet to Singh who would have to the same Bhumihar caste. the varsity campus with nine der movement of vehicles, Mobile squads and special by candidates and political from Durg and Sunil Soni announce its candidate, but ensure that firebrand student Kumar came into lime- others, has been charged with trains, and private chartered teams may be constituted to parties. from Raipur in the State. there is speculation that the leader, who has been visiting light after the 2016 Jawaharlal sedition by the Delhi Police. /2;2* 0 According to the World 665#+78)5)%5#+ ) services, using community- drug susceptibility testing has Health Organisation, globally, #8 7" )57.85* .+ )" based approaches to find, diag- been rolled out and shorter and ndia achieved 84 per cent TB deaths among people living !578:5:78) nose and treat the missing newer treatment regimen has Ireduction in tuberculosis with HIV have fallen by 42 per < 7*-':#67)"76 cases can help countries reduce been expanded countrywide. (TB) deaths among people liv- cent since 2010, from 5,20,000 '00.<#5!/.'0.000+57)5 the death rates, the UN health “India is moving towards ing with HIV by 2017 — three down to 3,00,000 in 2017. 3.00.0007'0= body suggested. an injection free regimen. years ahead of the target, said “TB should be a disease of Meanwhile, Union Health Private sector engagement has a report by The Joint United the past. It has been treatable 2017, 1.6 million people died Secretary of India, Preeti Sudan been elevated as one of the Nations Programme on and preventable for decades. from TB, including around at an event here stressed on the highest priorities with strength- HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Years of neglecting the rights of three lakh people living with importance of more sensitive ened regulatory measures, col- A report released last week the world's poor to basic health HIV. and responsive doctors, para- laborative incentives and scale showed that India is among the care, food and shelter have let “People living with HIV are medics, frontline health work- up of successful Patient five low or middle-income TB take hold and allowed resis- especially at risk. There is still ers and community partners, Provider Support Agency countries — Eritrea (83 per tance to build,” Michel Sidibe, a chance for many countries to while dealing with TB patients. (PPSA) interventions which cent), Djibouti (78 per cent), Executive Director of UNAIDS, meet the target, but we have to According to the Ministry, led to a 35% increase in TB Malawi (78 per cent) and Togo said in a statement. act now it's time to end TB and India is now closest ever to cov- notification from the private (75 per cent) — that achieved TB is the top infectious AIDS,” Sidibe said. ering all TB cases with 21.5 sector. The Nikshay Poshan or exceeded the target of a 75 killer worldwide, claiming The report also showed lakh new TB patients notified Yojana has benefited 15 lakh per cent reduction in TB deaths around 4,400 lives a day. that between 2010 and 2017, in in 2018. “With the aim of uni- TB patients for nutrition sup- among people living with It also remains the leading around 40 countries the num- versal access to free diagnostics port with Rs. 240 cores dis- human immunodeficiency cause of death among people ber of TB deaths among peo- and treatment services, path bursed as DBT since April virus (HIV), by 2017, three living with HIV, causing one in ple living with HIV rose. breaking policy changes have 2018,” said the Ministry in a years ahead of the 2020 target. three AIDS-related deaths. In Integrating TB and HIV been introduced; universal statement. RAIPUR | MONDAY | MARCH 25, 2019 chhattisgarh 03 Cop attempts suicide BJP did nothing for Bastar for 20 yrs: Baij in Balodabazar STAFF REPORTER n BIJAPUR STAFF REPORTER n The incident took place ongress candidate for Bastar Lok No hard feelings, says Kedar BALODABAZAR CSabha seat Deepak Baij said on Saturday night when the Sunday that BJP failed to usher in police constable allegedly development in vast poverty-hit Aattempted to commit suicide constable, Yagya Sahu after denied ticket by setting himself on fire in Bastar despite it kept winning the Balodabazar district, but was res- doused himself in petrol seat for past 20 years. STAFF REPORTER n of Prime Minister Narendra cued by his colleague, police said which he took out from ``People have given enough JAGDALPUR Modi. Congress on regular basis on Sunday. chance to BJP in Bastar, now it’s the ormer minister and BJP is issuing irrelevant statements his motorcycle, and set turn of Congress’’ Baij remarked in a for political gains and people The incident took place Fleader Kedar Kashyap said Saturday night when the consta- formal chat with reporters at Bijapur on Sunday that his supporters understand everything,’’. himself ablaze, which comes under Bastar parlia- ble, Yagya Sahu doused himself were slightly angry after he was BJP has fielded Baiduram "Yagya has sustained 90 per mentary constituency. in petrol which he took out from denied ticket for Bastar Lok Kashyap for Bastar seat to save his motorcycle, and set himself cent burns and his condition is On Naxal issue, Baij said that he Sabha seat but he has no hard its bastion. “Congress attack on ablaze, said JR Thakur, said to be very critical. Ramkripal had already demanded release of feelings for the party or against Baiduram is a political conspira- Balodabazar Additional is reported to be out of danger", innocent tribal booked in various any individual. cy to confuse the people Superintendent of Police. Thakur informed. jails under false cases. ``They (supporters) have through a web of lies. Congress Sahu's colleague constable The trigger behind the Jagdalpur. “Dialogue with the villagers, been pacified and urged to work is running out of issues after BJP Ramkripal Sahu who tried to put extreme step taken by Yagya is local leaders will be initiated soon for party with utmost dedica- Kashyap further stated, has put a strong candidate for out the flames, was also injured, being investigated. A case has and a solution to the Naxal issue in tion,’’ Kashyap said while talking “Congress lacks quality leader- Bastar. Party workers will ensure police said. Both the constables been registered and further probe Bastar to be found,’’ he said. to reporters at BJP office, ship who can match the stature his victory,’’ he opined. were shifted to hospital in Raipur. is underway. Five held for illegally adopting infant STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR ive persons were arrested on FSunday on charges of a case of illegal adoption of a newborn babe, police said. The infant baby’s mother along with four others was arrested while the baby has been placed in a gov- ernment-run creche, Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Prafull Thakur informed. To the question of any kind of monetary benefits involved in the case, the ASP said, ``prima-facie it looks like no money was transferred but the individuals involved in case The accused in police custody Pioneer Photo The barricades are being installed in the Raipur collectorate premises on Sunday as part of preparation for filing of nomination papers for Lok Sabha polls. had adopted the baby while violating norms and rules. We are looking into band and they already had two chil- detained Ishwari and then arrested the money party,’’. dren. Mamta and Rupa, ASP Thakur said. Three persons killed in road accident The accused have been identi- At the hospital she met Mamta Police tracked down Sanjay Dhanedra Sahu to file nomination today fied as the mother of infant Ishwari Goswami who advised Ishwari not Gandtra and his brother-in-law STAFF REPORTER n DURG Uttam Verma informed. The Chelak from Baloda Bazar, Mamta to abort the baby. She took Ishwari to Bhupesh in this connection. STAFF REPORTER n winning prospects of former hree people were killed on deceased were identified as Goswami of Tatibandh, Roopa house of a woman named Rupa Police have registered a case MAHASAMUND minister Sahu who is a powerful TSunday after a bike on Subhas Yadav Manikpuri (40), Rathore of Purani Basti, Sanjay Rathore, living in Purani Basti local- under section 75 (punishment for ongress candidate for OBC community Pyarelal Dewangan (67) and Gandatra of Khamtarai and Bhupesh ity of state capital. cruelty to child), 80 (punitive meas- leader. which they were travelling in CMahasamund Lok collided head-on with an Dhayram Sahu (50) all residents Makhija from Saraipali town of Two months later on March 9, ures for adoption without following Sabha seat Dhanendra The BJP has of Durg district. They were on Mahasamund district. 2019, she gave birth to a baby girl at prescribed procedures) and 81 (sale dumped its sitting MUV coming from opposite Sahu will file his nomina- direction under Pulgaon way to Durg city from Chingri According to the ASP, Ishwari Ambedkar Hospital Raipur. and procurement of children for any MP from village in the district and had purpose) of the Juvenile Justice tion papers on March 25 Mahasamund police station limits. The colli- who belongs to labour class had The matter came to light after an at Mahasamund collec- Chandulal Sahu sion was so intense that two reached Kolihapuri around 10 reached Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial unknown person registered com- (Care and Protection of Children) torate. and announced persons died on the spot while am when the accident hap- Hospital in Raipur while she was plaint with Women and Child Act, 2015 against the accused. Chief Minister candidature of a largely another one succumbed to pened, the SHO said while seven-month pregnant. She had Development Department in this The accused were presented at Bhupesh Baghel will attend the unknown face of Sahu commu- injuries at the hospital, Station adding that the MUV driver was decided to abort the child, as she was regard. The department then lodged the local court from where they were nomination rally to boost the nity, Chunnilal Sahu. House Officer (SHO) Pulgaon arrested the vehicle was seized. fed up of abuse hurled by her hus- an FIR after which police initially sent to jail. () ( *+, *-./ *