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Hry Okays Property Damage Recovery Bill WWW.YUGMARG.COM FOLLOW US ON REGD NO. CHD/0061/2006-08 | RNI NO. 61323/95 Join us at telegram https://t.me/yugmarg Friday March 19, 2021 CHANDIGARH, VOL. XXVI, NO. 49 PAGES 12, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Planned colonies will We're totally Punjab to create Super excited, be developed for opposed to farm robust, integrated eagerly waiting to system needy in rural areas: laws, will go to SC join CSK camp, if needed: CM to implement, says Raina Dushyant review DBT schemes: CS PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 6 PAGE 12 Hry okays property Pb extends night curfew by 2 damage recovery bill AGENCY CHANDIGARH, MAR 18 New education Six bills were passed in the House on policy will be BJP announces hours in 9 worst hit districts the last day of budget session of Haryana Assembly on Thursday. 148 candidates These include The Haryana Re- implemented by SHASHI PAL JAIN covery of Damages to Property Dur- 2025: CM for WB polls CHANDIGARH, MARCH 18 ing Disturbance to Public Order Bill, NEW DELHI: The BJP India reports 35,871 new COVID- 2021, The Punjab Labour Welfare CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Thursday announced Warning of several more tough Fund (Haryana Amendment) Bill, Minister, Manohar Lal said that 148 candidates for the 19 cases in last 24 hours the State Government would im- upcoming assembly polls measures and restrictions over 2021, The Haryana Contingency the next few days, Punjab Chief NEW DELHI: As many as 35,871 new COVID-19 cases and Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2021, The plement New National Education in West Bengal, including Policy by 2025 the party's vice-president Minister Captain Amarinder 17,741 recoveries were reported in India in the last 24 hours, the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amend- Singh on Thursday announced 2- Union Health Ministry informed on Thursday. ment) Bill, 2021, The Haryana Short and an informa- Mukul Roy and its former tion in this regard state unit head Rahul hour extension in the night cur- With the addition of fresh cases, the total number positive cases in Titles Amendment Bill, 2021, and few in the state’s nine districts the country reached 1,14,74,605, including 2,52,364 active cases The Haryana Appropriation (No.2) has also been Sinha. shared with the The party continued with worst affected by Covid. and 1,10,63,025 recoveries. Bill, 2021. The death toll stands at 1,59,216 including 172 in the last 24 hours. Union Education its strategy of fielding Night curfew will now be in The Haryana Recovery of Dam- Minister. The personalities from differ- place from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m, in- As many as 3,71,43,255 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have ages to Property During Disturbance been administered so far in the country. Chief Minister ent walks of life and sit- stead of 11 p.m to 5 am, in the decided as per the medical expert to Public Order Bill, 2021 has been shared this while ting MPs as it named folk districts of Ludhiana, Jalandhar, team’s advice, he added. passed with amendments to provide replying on the artiste Ashim Sarkar from Patiala, Mohali, Amritsar, Gur- “I won’t be easy on the peo- for recovery of damages to proper- issues of closure of some govern- the Haringhata assembly daspur, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala ple.” People may not like it, but ties caused by persons during distur- ment schools raised by the Con- seat and scientist Gob- and Ropar. All these districts are it’s my duty, he said, adding that Won't let Khalistanis to disturb bances to public order by an assem- gress MLA, Smt. Geeta Bhukkal hardhan Das from the reporting more than 100 cases he hoped the daily case load Punjab's peace, vows Capt bly, lawful or unlawful, including ri- on the last day of Vidhan Sabha Purbasthali Uttar. daily. The announcement came as won’t cross 3000, as projected by ots and violent disorder and for con- session held here today. The party has fielded its Punjab’s daily cases shot up to some experts. He also expressed CHANDIGARH: Taking a serious note of the perceptible increase stitution of Claims Tribunal to deter- Divulging more details on the is- former state unit chief in drone movement from across the border since the farmers’ sue, the Chief Minister informed Rahul Sinha from Habra 2039 cases with 35 deaths on the hope that all Punjabis will co- mine the liability, to assess the dam- Wednesday. operate and adhere to the restric- protests started gathering heat in October 2020, Punjab Chief Min- ages caused and to award compensa- that the New Education Policy in- and former Union minis- ister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday declared that “as long as I troduced by the Central Govern- ter and ex-TMC leader Addressing a press confer- tions. “For God’s sake, save the tion in the State of Haryana and for ence to mark the completion of lives of Punjabis,” he urged citi- am here, no Khalistani or Pakistani or any other terrorist activity will matters connected therewith or inci- ment will be implemented by the Mukul Roy from the Kr- be allowed to disturb the peace of the state.” year 2030. Hence, keeping in ishnanagar Uttar seat. four years of his government, the zens. dental thereto. Chief Minister said the Covid sit- With 283 Covid patients in Terming the national security threat perception real, the Chief Min- Whereas the general public has view better management of edu- The BJP has so far an- ister said he had met Union Home Minister Amit Shah amid the cation in Haryana, the State would nounced five sitting MPs uation in the state was critical and high-dependency units (on Oxy- taken a serious note of various past he was going to be tough. gen) and another 27 on ventila- farmers’ agitation to discuss this grave issue and to ask him why and recent instances of mob violence implement this Policy by 2025. including an Union minis- central forces could not be provided adequate equipment to locate ter as its candidates for Several stringent measures, tors, the situation is dangerous, and shoot down the drones. where there was a large scale destruc- assembly polls in the including restrictions on gather- said Captain Amarinder, urging tion, burning, looting of public and ment is supposed to take all preven- state. ings, will be announced after dis- people to go to the doctor and get private properties, injury or loss of tive, remedial measures so that such cussions with the state govern- themselves tested even if they that penalties may also be en- his suggestion (submitted at the lives during disturbances to public or- incidents are not repeated and public ment’s expert Covid team over feel slightly unwell. The problem hanced if required. While his Prime Minister’s meeting yester- der by an assembly, lawful or unlaw- order is maintained. In order to pre- Mansukh Hiran's the next couple of days, he said. was people were going to hospi- government was taking all possi- day) on opening up the vaccina- ful, including riots and violent disor- vent recurrence of such circum- Whether these will include re- tals too late, he said. He appealed ble measures to check the spread tion to younger people in the der etc and thereof. The state as well stances, there should be a legal frame- diatom test report strictions on political gatherings to all citizens to wear masks and of the virus, the Chief Minister worst hit areas and also to all as the private individuals, trusts etc work to cause deterrence in the minds was also something that will be maintain social distance, warning hoped the Centre would accept those in public dealing. had to suffer huge losses in terms of of the perpetrators of violence as also is positive, property and costs. The state govern- the organizers, instigators etc. confirms ATS MUMBAI: Maharashtra Toll booths to be replaced by Anti-Terrorism Squad, which is probing the GPS imaging technology Wrestler Ritika Phogat commits suicide Congress neither has a mysterious death of Mansukh Hiran, has con- within 1 year, says Gadkari AGENCY village under Jhojhu Kalan leader nor policy or firmed that the diatom CHANDIGARH, MAR 18 police station for the past four test report of the de- NEW DELHI: All physical toll booths in the country will be years, said Station House Of- ideology, says Modi ceased businessman removed and replaced by GPS imaging technology within one Wrestler Ritika Phogat (17), a ficer (SHO) Dilbagh Singh. has returned positive. "Diatom test done at year, informed Union Minister of Road Transport and High- cousin of the Phogat sisters, She hanged herself from AGENCY GMC is positive. Howev- ways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday. allegedly committed suicide a ceiling fan at her uncle's KARIMGANJ, MAR 18 er, ATS is sending the re- While addressing the Lok Sabha, Gadkari added that toll in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri house on the night of March port to the forensic sci- money will be collected based on GPS which will capture an district after she lost the final 15 as she was upset over los- Prime Minister Narendra ence lab (FSL) Mad- image of the vehicle and charge accordingly. "I want to assure bout of a tournament, police ing to her rival by one point Modi on Thursday slammed huban, Haryana for con- the House that within one year, all physical toll booths in the said on Thursday. in the final bout of a champi- the Congress, saying the firmation.
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