y k y cm FOR A GREAT CAUSE HC FOR LOCKDOWN IN UP REAL, CITY ADVANCE Actor Sonam Kapoor has associated herself Allahabad HC has directed the UP government to Real Madrid and Manchester City join PSG and with the Film Heritage Foundation which enforce total lockdown in districts where Chelsea as they seal the last two Champions League semifinal berths preserves timeless classics LEISURE | P2 COVID is spreading TWO STATES | P7 SPORTS | P12 VOLUME 11, ISSUE 16 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | FRIDAY, APRIL 16 | 2021 12 PAGES | `4.00 IRREGULAR by MANJUL Night curfew in all dists NO INTER-STATE BUS SERVICES APRIL 19 ONWARDS POST NEWS NETWORK 21 IAS OFFICERS Bhubaneswar, April 15: Amid ris- ing COVID-19 cases in Odisha, the state COVID OBSERVERS No! Nothing in our records that government Thursday announced im- BHUBANESWAR: The state government Hyder nabbed show any politician dying of shame position of night curfews in urban at any point of time! Thursday appointed 21 senior IAS officers areas Saturday onwards. Chief as COVID observers of various districts. Secretary Suresh Mohapatra in a media They are Anu Garg and N Thirumala Naik briefing said that night curfews will be (Bhubaneswar), Madhusudan Padhi from Telangana imposed in 20 new districts. Earlier (Balasore and Bhadrak), Satyabrata Sahu SHORT TAKES the government had imposed night and Benudhar Behera (Bolangir, Bargarh POST NEWS NETWORK curfews in 10 border districts of Odisha. and Nuapada), Nikunja Bihari Dhal Narrow shave The senior bureaucrat also said that (Jharsuguda and Sundargarh), Surendra Bhubaneswar, April 15: curfew timings in the borders districts Kumar and Srikant Prusty (Mayurbhanj Dreaded gangster Sk Hyder for passengers will also be changed. and Keonjhar), G Mathivathanan (Ganjam who had hoodwinked the “We have decided to change the tim- and Gajapati), Hemant Sharma and Suresh police and escaped April 10 Balasore: Bhubaneswar- ing of night curfews in the urban areas Dalai (Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur and while undergoing treatment Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Kendrapara), Bishnupada Sethi, Gopandhu at the SCB Medical College caught fire Thursday near Bargarh, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Bolangir, Satpathy (Angul, Deogarh and Dhenkanal), and Hospital in Cuttack, Markona railway station in Chitra Arumugam (Sambalpur and Nabarangpur and Koraput. The new Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra addresses the media in Bhubaneswar, Thursday was nabbed Thursday was en route to a place on a Balasore district. Luckily all Sonepur) Saswat Mishra and Bishnu timings will be from 6.00pm to 5.00am,” evening from Sangareddy two-wheeler. Two teams of passengers escaped unhurt. Prasad Mishra (Kalahandi, Kandhamal and The fire broke out in coach D-6 informed Mohapatra. He added that essential services providers like power, be limited to 20. Religious, social, po- Boudh), VV Yadav and Rashid Khan district of Telangana. Cuttack police had been leaving the passengers panic- weekend shutdown would be imple- food delivery, medicine shops, doctors, litical meetings, processions and gath- (Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Commissioner of Police, camping in Telangana for stricken. However, prompt mented in these districts from Saturday. mediapersns will not come under the erings will not be allowed. All political Nabarangpur), Temjenwapang Ao Saumendra Priyadarshi the past few days. intervention by the GRP and “We are hoping that these restrictions new restrictions. meetings stand suspended till further (Gajapati), Anil Samal (Cuttack city and gave this information at a Priyadarshi informed that railway staff prevented the fire will prevent the spread of COVID-19,” “No special passes will be needed orders,” the chief secretary said. rural, Nayagarh, Puri and Khurda rural) press conference at the Hyder will soon be brought from spreading. The train then Mohapatra said. for people in these sectors. Goods- Vendors and shopkeepers have been and Susanta Mohapatra (Cuttack district). Police Seva Bhawan here. He back to Cuttack and will be made a 30-minute halt at Soro The official also said that for other carrying vehicles will not be stopped dur- asked to maintain social distancing revealed that special teams produced in court. He said station before resuming its districts in Odisha the daily curfew ing night curfews. However, everyone norms and follow COVID-19 protocols. other places where youngsters flock of Cuttack police had been that once Hyder is taken on journey towards Howarh timings would be between 9.00pm to will have to carry their identity cards “Vendor and shopkeepers will have to to,” informed Mohapatra. conducting a manhunt for remand he will be interro- 5.00am. “It will be implemented strictly for verification,” informed Mohapatra. wear masks or they will be penalised. Inter-state bus services will stop Hyder since his disappear- gated to find out about those in cities like Bhubaneswar and Cuttack,” “We have decided that for social The second wave is affecting the younger from April 19 and only intra-state buses ance. They finally succeeded who helped him escape. DGP Ghosh will not Mohapatra informed. functions like marriages 50 persons generation. So proper distancing will will ply, Mohapatra said, adding that no in zeroing in on the gangster Abhay praised the entire po- stage dharna The government however, said that will be allowed, while for funerals it will have to be maintained in shops and passengers will be allowed to stand. and nabbed him while he lice team for nabbing Hyder. Kolkata: The Election Commission has banned West State repeats Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh Govt puts on hold all board exams from campaigning for 24 hours. Quick approval for The BJP leader said that unlike its demand TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee PROMOTION FOR CLASS IX, XI STUDENTS WITHOUT TESTS he will not stage a ‘dharna’ for Covishield against the EC’s. Instead he will POST NEWS NETWORK foreign-made vax use the time to rest. Banerjee sat on a dharna in the city Tuesday Bhubaneswar, April 15: The AGENCIES n CDSCO to take 3 days to to protest the EC’s 24-hour ban Odisha government Thursday post- process applications on her. “I will abide by the EC’s poned all state board examinations New Delhi, April 15: India’s drug order and not stage any dharna,” including the Class X and XII tests regulator will take a decision on n First 100 beneficiaries of the Ghosh said Thursday while in the wake of spiraling COVID-19 applications seeking approval for vaccine to be assessed for taking a dig at Mamata. cases in the state. A decision to restricted emergency use of foreign safety concerns close all hotels from April 19 was produced COVID-19 vaccines also taken. within three working days from the CDSCO. The application can be POST NEWS NETWORK Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik date of submission, the govern- made by the foreign manufacturer MARKET WATCH made the announcement after re- ment said Thursday. The move through its Indian subsidiary or Bhubaneswar, April 15: The viewing the coronavirus situation comes at a time when India is bat- through its authorised agent in Odisha government has once again INDEX VARIATION in Odisha, where active cases have tling a surge in COVID-19 cases India, the Health Ministry said. urged the Centre to provide at surpassed the 14,000-mark. with over two lakh cases reported “The CDSCO will process such least 10 days’ stock of Covishield SENSEX 48803.68 259.62 “The Plus II examinations sched- ditions, the chief minister said. tions to stop physical classes for in a single day Thursday. The applications for restricted use in to continue the vaccination pro- uled to be conducted by Council of Class IX and XI students of aca- students of Classes X and XII Central Drugs Standard Control emergency situation and the DCGI gramme in the state. BOURSES NIFTY 14581.50 76.70 Higher Secondary Education demic year 2020-21 will be promoted from Monday in all government, Organisation (CDSCO), which is will consider and take a decision In a letter to his central coun- DOLLAR 75.47 `0.01 (CHSE), Odisha from May 18 have to the subsequent standard without government-aided and private headed by the Drug Controller within three working days from terpart Harsh Vardhan, state been postponed. A decision on appearing for any test, informed schools affiliated to the BSE and General of India (DCGI), will date of submission of complete Health Minister Naba Kishore EURO 89.97 `0.41 holding the examinations will be Patnaik. Odisha Adarsha Vidyalay process applications quickly and application by the applicant,” the Das Thurday said, “Odisha is fac- CURRENCY taken after improvement in the The CM also issued instruc- Sangathan. give the necessary approval to ministry informed. ing a crisis due to extremely low ` ` GOLD 47,210 602 pandemic situation,” Patnaik said speed up vaccination in India. DCGI will issue permission with and intermittent supply of Covid- SILVER `68,600 `962 in a statement. The CDSCO has issued detailed the condition that the vaccine shall 19 vaccines to the state. Urgently BULLION The CM said the CHSE would National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test postponed guidelines specifying regulatory be used as per guidelines prescribed supply at least 10 days stock of review the situation in the first pathway for approval of foreign ap- under the National COVID-19 Covishield (25 lakh doses) in a NEW DELHI: In view of a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases, the week of June and take a decision on proved COVID-19 vaccines after the Vaccination Programme. The first single lot as an emergency meas- WEATHER National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance test (NEET), which was scheduled to conducting the examination by giv- be conducted April 18, has been postponed, Union Health Minister central government Tuesday de- 100 beneficiaries of such vaccines ure to enable us to plan sessions BHUB CTK ing sufficient time to the students.