y k y cm GENDER STEREOTYPES BLOW TO SUGA GOVT DC FACE RCB TODAY Actor Elnaaz Norouzi feels it is time film PM Yoshihide Suga’s ruling Liberal Democratic Delhi Capitals lock horns with Royal industry stopped looking at actresses Party lost all three seats in parliamentary Challengers Bangalore in an Indian as just glamour quotients Premier League game LEISURE | P2 by-elections Sunday INTERNATIONAL | P10 SPORTS | P12 VOLUME 11, ISSUE 27 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | TUESDAY, APRIL 27 | 2021 12 PAGES | `4.00 IRREGULAR by MANJUL HEATWAVE LASHES STATE; 6 PLACES EC RESPONSIBLE FOR SEE TEMP OVER 42°C POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, April 26: Severe heatwave condition continued to prevail at many places in the state 2ND COVID WAVE: HC with temperatures going past 42°C at six places Monday. AGENCIES Boudh recorded the state’s high- Poll body in soup est temperature of 43°C while it Chennai, April 26: The Madras High was the capital city of Send me to a place where Court Monday castigated the Election n The bench said EC Bhubaneswar that sizzled at a 2nd jab at govt Bure Din prevails. I’ve seen Commission over the COVID-19 second officials may be booked temperature of 42.5°C . The max- enough of Achhe Din! wave in the country, holding it 'singularly' under murder charges- imum day temperature at Bolangir responsible for the spread, called it the was 42.2°C , followed by Angul n "the most irresponsible institution" and Judges orally warned (42.1°C ), Nayagarh (42°C ) and hubs free of cost even said its officials may be booked that they would not Titlagarh (42°C ). SHORT TAKES under murder charges. hesitate to stop the Apart from the above six sta- POST NEWS NETWORK regarding their dates of in- The EC allowing political parties to take counting of votes May 2 tions, 11 other places witnessed oculation and the places. out rallies and meetings had led to the day temperatures of 40°C or more Bhubaneswar, April 26: The third phase of the vac- Ex-Phulbani MP n The Calcutta HC had spread of the pandemic, the court said. Monday. They included Talcher Any person who received cination will wholly depend expressed similar dies of Covid-19 The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib (41.6°C ), Sundargarh (41.5°C ), the first dose of COVID-19 on the quantities of vac- dissatisfaction with the Bhubaneswar: Sugrib Singh, Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Jharsuguda (41.4°C ), Baripada & vaccine at a private centre cines available in the state, EC over enforcement of the former MP from Phulbani Ramamoorthy made the stinging ob- Sambalpur (41.2°C each), Sonepur can take the second shot at he added. Lok Sabha constituency, servation on a public interest writ from Covid-19 safety norms & Bhawanipatna (41 each), Hirakud a government site free of Chief Minister Naveen passed away while undergoing Karur AIADMK candidate and Transport during WB polls (40.9°C ), Cuttack (40.2°C ), Balasore cost, said state family wel- Patnaik Sunday announced treatment at a private hospital Minister MR Vijayabaskar for the April (40.1) and Phulbani (40°C ). fare director Bijay Panigrahi free vaccination for the age in Bhubaneswar. He was 58. 6 Assembly polls, seeking a direction to its active cases are in excess of one The Bhubaneswar here Monday. group of 18-45 during the Singh was elected to the 14th authorities to ensure fair counting of EC trod with caution: lakh. Elections had been held in four Meteorological Centre director The director said this as third phase of vaccination. Lok Sabha after winning the votes May 2 in Karur by taking effective Sources on HC flak states--Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and HR Biswas said the day tempera- the Union government has As many as 19.3 million peo- 2004 general polls from steps and proper arrangements with West Bengal and the Union Territory of ture will remain almost at the decided to not provide free ple will benefit from the in- Phulbani Lok Sabha seat on a COVID-19 protocols. NEW DELHI: After the Madras High Court Pondicherry and the counting of polled same level in the interior pock- vaccines at private facili- oculation exercise for which BJD ticket. He was born August Since as many as 77 candidates are con- observed that the Election Commission votes will be taken up May 2. While vot- ets while the coastal areas are ties with effect from May 1. the government will spend 1, 1963 at Daringbadi village of testing from Karur constituency, it would must be held "singularly" responsible for ing is over in all other states, the seventh likely to witness a fall in the mer- He further said if a person `2,000 crore. Kandhamal. Initially, Singh the second wave of coronavirus in the worked as a journalist. He then be very difficult to accommodate their of the eight-phase polling in West Bengal cury after next two days. tests positive for COVID-19 The state government has agents in the counting hall. It may affect country, sources said Monday that the poll is underway Monday, with the last phase Meanwhile, the India after the first dose, he can placed fresh orders for 10.34 joined politics and was elected panel has trodden with caution all along to as chairman of Phulbani NAC. observance of the protocols, the petitioner scheduled April 29. Meteorological Department pre- take the second shot four lakh doses of Covaxin from alleged. When counsel for the EC told the ensure COVID-19-free polls, first in Bihar Earlier, the Calcutta High Court had dicted a wet spell over several weeks after his recovery. Bharat Biotech and 3.77 and then in four states and a union territo- judges that all necessary steps were un- expressed dissatisfaction with the EC over parts of the country from April 26 He said registration of crore doses of Covishield ry. They said while enforcing the Disaster derway, the bench shot back saying that to 30. Thunderstorms with light- citizens in the age group of from Serum Institute of Bank hours from Management Act to ensure COVID-19- the enforcement of COVID-19 health by allowing the political parties to take ning and gusty winds are likely at 18-45 years for vaccination India (SII). However, the 10 am to 2 pm appropriate behaviour is the responsibility safety norms during the ongoing West out rallies and meetings, it (Commission) of the State Disaster Management Bengal assembly election process, in- isolated places over Telangana, will start from April 28. state is yet to get a reply in Bhubaneswar: In view of had paved the way for the resurgence of Authority, the commission invoked its con- cluding campaigning. On April 22, hear- Kerala and Mahe from April 26. Eligible people have to this regard. COVID-19 surge, the state the second wave of the deadly virus. stitutional powers to place curbs on cam- ing three public interest litigations Heat wave conditions are likely in do registration on CoWin As many as 88,770 people government Monday asked all Irked over the submission of the EC paigning in West Bengal to reduce expo- seeking enforcement of Covid protocol isolated pockets over Gujarat and app or Aarogya Setu app. have been vaccinated at 595 banks to provide customer counsel that all precautionary meas- sure of people to the virus. during the polls, a division bench presided coastal Odisha, the IMD added. After the registration, slots centers Monday while the service from 10 am to 2 pm ures would be taken at the counting by Chief Justice T BN Radhakrishnan On April 27, thunderstorms with will be booked according to government has planned to every working day. However, centres, the Chief Justice replied that may be booked under murder charges. had said issuance of circulars and hold- lightning and gusty winds are the number of Covid-19 vac- conduct the sessions at 602 the bank branches can remain the EC must be 'singularly' held re- The judges also orally warned that they ing meetings on Covid safety were not likely at isolated places over cine doses available with centers Tuesday. The state open from 10 am to 4 pm. sponsible for the second wave of the would not hesitate to stop the counting enough. It later directed the authori- Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya, the state government. has 1,23,170 doses of Finance deputy secretary pandemic spike in the country. of votes May 2. On Sunday, Tamil Nadu ties to make the people of WB abide by Maharashtra, Marathawada, The beneficiaries will get Covishield and 3,65,750 doses Tarakanta Bhakta has written a The bench even said that EC officials reported 15,000 new Covid cases, while the curbs imposed by the commission. Telangana, Kerala and Mahe. information through SMSes of Covaxin. letter to convener of the State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) in this regard. The revised timeframe will continue Govt asks Serum, till May 15 and will be reviewed RBI caps tenure of bank TWO HOOTS TO CAUTION in between or thereafter. 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