WWW.YUGMARG.COM FOLLOW US ON REGD NO. CHD/0061/2006-08 | RNI NO. 61323/95 Join us at telegram https://t.me/yugmarg Sunday March 14, 2021 CHANDIGARH, VOL. XXVI, NO. 44 PAGES 8, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Time to envision what we want to achieve in 25 years, says Union Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut Minister Prakash Javadekar Amarnath many Islamic schools: Minister Yatra to begin AGENCY on June 28 COLOMBO, MARCH 13 JAMMU: Annual Amar- Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa nath yatra will begin on June 28 this year, officials and shut more than a thousand Islamic said. The decision was schools, a government minister said on Satur- taken at a meeting of the day, the latest actions affecting the country's Shri Amarnath Shrine minority Muslim population. Board (SASB) chaired by Minister for public security Sarath Lt Governor Manoj Sinha Weerasekera told a news conference he had at Raj Bhavan here, the signed a paper on Friday for cabinet approval officials said. to ban the full face covering worn by some Registration opens on Muslim women on "national security" April 1 through 446 desig- grounds. nated branches of Punjab "In our early days Muslim women and National Bank, Jammu girls never wore the burqa," he said. "It is a and Kashmir Bank and sign of religious extremism that came about YES bank in 37 states recently. We are definitely going to ban it." and Union Territories, offi- The wearing of the burqa in the majority- cials said Buddhist nation was temporarily banned in The Amarnath Yatra is an 2019 after the bombing of churches and hotels annual Hindu pilgrimage. The cave shrine is locat- by Islamic militants that killed more than 250. ed at a height of 13,500 ft Later that year, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, best in Kashmir Himalayas. known for crushing a decades-long insurgency The pilgrimage dates in the north of the country as defence secre- back to 19th century, and tary, was elected president after promising a traditionally ends on Rak- crackdown on extremism. sha Bandhan, this year Rajapaksa is accused of widespread rights ucation policy. the cremation of COVID-19 victims - against on August 22. abuses during the war, charges he denies. "Nobody can open a school and teach the wishes of Muslims, who bury their dead. Last year’s yatra was re- Weerasekera said the government plans to whatever you want to the children," he said. This ban was lifted earlier this year after stricted to a few sadhus, ban more than a thousand madrassa Islamic The government's moves on burqas and criticism from the United States and interna- or holy Hindu men, be- schools that he said were flouting national ed- schools follow an order last year mandating tional rights groups. cause of the COVID-19 pandemic for the first time in 150 years. Two men NEW DELHI, MAR 13 commit suicide Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Shri Prakash Javadekar in Noida today inaugurated a photo-exhibition at National Media Center in New 24,882 new infections Delhi. The exhibition, set up by Bureau of Outreach &Communication is NOIDA: An elderly man part of a massive awareness campaign by Ministry of I&B to celebrate jumped to death from his Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. apartment in Noida while Addressing media on the occasion the Minister said this was an im- a man in his twenties was portant moment for the country to reflect on how far we have come since found dead hanging from independence as well as envision what we want to achieve in next twenty a fan in his Greater Noida India records highest single- five years. This is the core belief that informs these exhibitions. The Min- house in separate inci- ister added that freedom for the country came at a great cost, and this ex- dents on Saturday, police hibition seeks to narrate the story behind those sacrifices. Shri Javadekar said. congratulated BOC for setting up the exhibitions. The 70-year-old man, day spike so far this year who hailed from Chandi- garh, had moved to a high-rise society in Noida AGENCY Medical Research, Sector 75 last year, police NEW DELHI, MAR 13 22,58,39,273 samples had been said. "According to his family, tested until March 12 including he was staying here with India on Saturday recorded 8,40,635 on Friday his wife and was tense for 24,882 fresh COVID-19 infec- The 140 new fatalities in- the past some time. tions, the highest so far this year, clude 56 from Maharashtra, 34 Around 1 pm today, he which took the caseload to from Punjab and 14 from Ker- jumped off his seventh 1,13,33,728, according to Union ala. A total of 1,58,446 deaths floor flat and was rushed health ministry data have been reported so far in the to a hospital but declared This is also the highest dai- country including 52,723 from dead," a police ly rise in the last 83 days. As Maharashtra, 12,539 from spokesperson said. many as 26,624 new infections Tamil Nadu, 12,386 from Kar- In the other incident in were recorded on December 20 nataka, 10,936 from Delhi, Greater Noida, the body The death toll climbed to 10,287 from West Bengal, of a 28-year-old man was 1,58,446 with 140 new fatali- 8,743 from Uttar Pradesh and found inside his residence ties, the ministry data updated at 7,180 from Andhra Pradesh. in Dadri area, the official 8 am showed India's COVID-19 tally had crossed The health ministry stressed that more said. The country's active caseload in- the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred creased to 2,02,022. It constitutes 1.74 August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and due to comorbidities "Our figures are be- Max temp 31.2 per cent of the total infections. The re- 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 ing reconciled with the Indian Council of covery rate dropped to 96.82 per cent lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on Octo- Medical Research," the ministry said on deg C in Delhi The number of people who have re- ber 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on its website, adding that state-wise distri- NEW DELHI: Delhi cuperated from the disease surged to November 20 and surpassed the one- bution of figures is subject to further ver- recorded a maximum 1,09,73,260. The case fatality rate stands crore mark on December 19 ification and reconciliation. temperature of 31.2 de- at 1.40 per cent, the data stated According to the Indian Council of grees Celsius on Satur- day, two notches more than normal, the India Meteorological Depart- ment said. State election commissioners have The minimum tempera- ture settled at 15.2 de- grees Celsius, normal for this time of the year. to be independent persons: SC On Friday, light rains and cool, strong winds had brought the mercury AGENCY sion to conduct elections is "strictly fol- ernment," it held. down to 30.7 degrees NEW DELHI, MAR 13 lowed in the future", said the bench, "The most disturbing feature of Celsius. It was 35.2 de- also comprising Justices B R Gavai and these cases is the subversion of the con- grees Celsius on Thurs- State election commissioners have to Hrishikesh Roy. stitutional mandate contained in Article day, the highest this year be "independent persons" not occupy- The observations and directions 243K of the Constitution of India. so far, according to the ing a post under the Centre or state gov- were given in the 96-page judgement, "The State Election Commissioner has IMD. ernments, the Supreme Court has ruled, penned by Justice Nariman, on a batch to be a person who is independent of terming the Goa government's move to of pleas relating to the urban local body the State Government as he is an im- Naxalites kill give its law secretary the additional polls in Goa. portant constitutional functionary who accountant of charge of the SEC a "mockery" of con- The judgment, uploaded on the is to oversee the entire election process stitutional mandate. apex court's website on Saturday, has in the state qua panchayats and munic- contractor In a significant verdict, the top upheld the Bombay High Court's ver- ipalities," Justice Nariman, who wrote LATEHAR: Naxalites court also directed if there were any dict of setting aside an order of the mu- the judgement for the bench, said. shot dead an accountant such persons holding the post of SEC in nicipal administrator on February 4 on The importance given to the inde- of a contractor engaged any other state, "such persons must be granting quota to women and OBC can- pendence of a SEC is explicit from the in the construction of a asked forthwith to step down from such didates in local urban body polls in five provision for his removal from his of- bridge in Jharkhand's office and the State Government con- municipal councils in the state. fice which equal to a judge of the high Latehar district, police cerned be bound to fulfil the constitu- The bench directed the Goa SEC to court. "Giving an additional charge of said on Saturday. tional mandate of Article 243K by ap- issue the notification for the urban body such an important and independent Vishnudev Singh (32), a pointing only independent persons to polls within 10 days from Friday and constitutional office to an officer who munshi(accountant) of the this high constitutional office".