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VOLUME 11, ISSUE 5 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | MONDAY, APRIL 5 | 2021 12 PAGES | `4.00 22 jawans killed in anti-Naxal ops, 1 missing VISUALS FROM THE SPOT SHOWED BODIES OF THE SLAIN JAWANS LYING IN THE FIELD AND ON THE VILLAGE STREETS AGENCIES BIJAPUR MAOIST ATTACK Raipur, April 4: Police recovered bul- WHO IS MAOIST let-riddled bodies of 20 jawans in the he anti-Naxal operation was jungles of Chattisgarh Sunday, raising Tlaunched based on the LEADER HIDMA? to 22 the number of security person- intelligence inputs about the nel killed in a fierce gun battle with presence of Maoists of PLGA BJP warns impeachment Naxals the previous day – the biggest (Peoples’ Liberation Guerilla Army) massacre in more than a year that Battalion No. 1 also left 31 injured. he Naxals, around 400 in number, motion against Speaker Police also recovered the bodies of Twere strategically positioned on a three jawans killed in the encounter, hillock in front of Tekalguda village POST NEWS NETWORK parties to speak and raise im- an official said, adding a search op- and around it portance issues of public eration is on in the forest to trace a miss- Bhubaneswar, April 4: interest,” Naik said. ing jawan. he security personnel came under The Bharatiya Janata Party Mishra, on the other hand, “The dead include eight from the Theavy fire following which a few RAIPUR: Himda, who is suspected to (BJP) Sunday threatened accused the Speaker of pro- District Reserve Guard (DRG), seven moved to the deserted village to take be around 40 years old, is a tribal to move an impeachment voking BJP MLAs to lose defensive positions where the Naxals from the CRPF’s Commando Battalion from Puvarti village of Sukma motion against Speaker their mind. He said that the lay in wait district. He joined hands with the for Resolute Action (CoBRA), six from Surjya Narayan Patro al- actions of Speaker to al- rebels in the 90s. He heads the the Special Task Force and one from People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army’s leging that he was sidelin- legedly ignore the BJP MLAs the ‘Bastariya’ battalion of the CRPF,” places - Tarrem, Usoor and Pamed (in (PLGA) battalion number 1 and ing Opposition parties. were a provocation for the Inspector General of Police (Bastar Bijapur), and Minpa and Narsapuram known for his fierce and deadly Leader of Opposition BJP MLAs Saturday. Three range) Sundarraj P said. (in Sukma), the official said. ambushes. He leads around 180 to Pradipta Naik and sus- BLP MLAs were suspended The missing jawan belongs to the When the patrolling team dispatched 250 Maoist fighters, including pended BJP MLA by the Speaker Saturday for CoBRA unit, he said. from Tarrem was advancing through women. He is a member of the Jaynarayan Mishra Sunday hurling chappals, head- He said the anti-Naxal operation CRPF personnel carry the coffin of a paramilitary soldier who lost his life in an the forest near Jonaguda, around 500 Maoists Dandakaranya Special Zonal held a press conference and phones and papers at the was launched based on the intelligence encounter with Maoists in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, Sunday PTI PHOTO km from the state capital Raipur, it was (DKSZ) committee. He is also the accused the Speaker of being Speaker’s podium. inputs about the presence of Maoists ambushed by cadres of PLGA battal- youngest member of the CPI biased while conducting the Mishra claimed that the of PLGA (Peoples’ Liberation Guerilla heavy fire following which a few moved between Bijapur and Sukma districts ion of Maoists and a gun battle en- (Maoists) supreme 21-membered proceedings of the House. party has been mulling to Army) Battalion No. 1 led by Hidma, to the deserted village to take defen- in Chhattisgarh, police said. sued, he said. The attack comes after ‘central committee.’ Unconfirmed Naik accused the Speaker of move an impeachment mo- a Naxal commander involved in many sive positions where the Naxals lay “On Sunday, bodies of 17 missing per- the March 23 incident when five DRG reports suggest he has been not giving adequate time to tion against the Speaker for deadly attacks on security forces. in wait, the official said. sonnel were recovered during a search personnel were killed as the Maoists appointed as chief of the central the Opposition leaders to allegedly ignoring the He rubbished reports of “a metic- Visuals from the spot showed bod- operation,” the official said. Some blew up a bus carrying the security per- military commission. There are no raise the issues pertaining Opposition parties in the ulously planned Naxal ambush”, ies of the slain jawans lying in the weapons of the security forces were sonnel with an IED in the Narayanpur recent pictures of Hidma available. to their constituencies. Assembly. “However, we do ` adding, “Security forces fought bravely field and on the village streets. missing, he added. district of the state. He carries a reward of 40 lakh. On “As per rules of the not have the numbers. While and inflicted a heavy blow to the ultras An eyewitness said the bodies of In a major joint offensive, separate Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Saturday, the Maoist PLGa battalion Assembly, all MLAs are en- the BJP has 22 MLAs in the was led by its commander Hidma. during the face-off”. the security personnel had bullet joint teams of security forces, com- Amit Shah Sunday spoke to titled to be heard in the 147-member Assembly, it re- With a total strength of nearly 250, Another senior police official said wounds and also had wounds inflicted prising over 2,000 personnel, launched Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh this group of Naxals was aided House. The MLAs, irre- quires at least 25 members the Naxals, around 400 in number, by sharp weapons. an anti-Naxal operation from Bijapur Baghel and took stock of the situa- by insurgents associated with spective of their parties, to make such a move. were strategically positioned on a Eighteen jawans were missing after and Sukma districts in the South tion following the incident, officials said. the Maoist platoons of Pamed, should be heard in the House However, if Congress mem- hillock in front of Tekalguda village five security personnel were killed Bastar forests, considered as a Maoist Shah also directed CRPF’s Director Konta, Jagargunda, and Basaguda and that is why such insti- bers support the issue, there and around it. Saturday in the fierce gun battle with stronghold, Friday night. General Kuldiep Singh to visit area committees. tutions exist. But the Speaker should be no hesitation in The security personnel came under Naxals in a forest along the border The operation was launched from five Chhattisgarh to assess the situation. is not allowing Opposition this regard,” Mishra said. IRREGULAR by MANJUL State suffers revenue SUDDEN SHOWERS Maharashtra ` opts for losses worth 528.58cr ‘weekend

POST NEWS NETWORK made in the 2019 report on revenue and economic sector report of lockdown’ Bhubaneswar, April 4: Tax is the Comptroller and Auditor General main source of revenue for the (CAG) tabled in the state Assembly, AGENCIES government exchequer. However, Saturday. Moreover, industrial due to improper valuation and col- firms have illegally drawn up Mumbai, April 4: With lection of Odisha Goods and Service ground water without submitting Maharashtra in the grip of the Tax (OGST), Odisha Value Added license fee. The state government second wave of COVID-19, the Chest pain is a thing Tax (OVAT), Central Sales Tax has also suffered revenue losses Maha Vikas Aghadi Government of the past, Sir. Now, the excuse (CST) and Odisha Entry Tax (OET), due to the irregularities in the Sunday announced a “week-end is corona! Entertainment Tax (ET), Excise farm loan delivery to the farmers. lockdown” across the state be- Tax and Professional Tax (PT) by The CAG has mentioned in its sides stringent weekdays norms some unscrupulous report that to combat the sweeping pandemic. officials the state `13,683.71 crore to- The decision was taken at an Tribal woman government has lost CAG REPORT wards payment emergency Cabinet meeting several crores as revenue. from VAT, ET and mines were not chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav allegedly dies Moreover, tax worth several realized by March 31, 2019. Out Thackeray, after he held detailed crores instead of being collected is of this, `5,717.34 crore has not been discussions with all stakeholders lying outstanding for last several collected and remained outstand- over this weekend. of ‘sun stroke’ years. Undervaluation of tax and ing over last five years. Among manipulation has cost the state ex- them, `2,931.56 crore is outstand- While public transport in AGENCIES chequer of several crores. ing towards VAT, `1,230.13 to- Mumbai including local An examination of 261 cases re- wards ET, `144.95 towards vehicle Jaleswar, April 4: Amid the ris- garding OGST, OVAT, CST, OET, tax, `1,410.72 crore towards mines. trains would continue to ing mercury across the state, a ET and PT has revealed irregu- Serious manipulations have been run as usual, emphasis woman allegedly died of ‘sun larities to the tune of `528.58 crore. made in records in tax collection, PHOTO: BIKASH NAYAK, OP stroke’ at Bardiha panchayat under This serious disclosure has been the CAG report said. Commuters were caught unawares when it suddenly rained near Exhibition Ground in the capital city, Sunday evening will be given to WFH to Jaleswar block in Balasore Sunday. minimise crowds The deceased was identified as Jayanti Singh (54) of Kusumsahi. This is first ‘sun stroke’ death in The weekend curfew would com- Odisha this year, though it is yet Personal data of 533 million Facebook users leaked mence Fridays at 8 p.m. and end to be officially confirmed. at 7 a.m. Mondays. While public Jayanti had reportedly gone transport in Mumbai including to a nearby forest to collect fire- SECURITY RESEARCHERS WARN THAT THE DATA COULD BE USED BY HACKERS TO IMPERSONATE PEOPLE AND COMMIT FRAUD local trains would continue to run wood. When she did not return as usual, emphasis will be given home in the afternoon, her fam- AGENCIES and fixed this issue in August 2019,” nerability that was patched by the to Work From Home (WFH) to ily members searched for her in a Facebook spokesperson was quoted social network in 2019. minimise crowds. the forest. They found Jayanti New Delhi, April 4: Personal data as saying in the report late Saturday. According to a report in The new rules and guidelines, dead near a bundle of firewood col- of nearly 533 million (53.3 crore) With the data now entering the Motherboard, the person selling which include a night curfew from lected by her. While Kusagad po- Facebook users, including 61 lakh public domain, there is a real dan- the database full of Facebook users' 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. and prohibitory or- lice have sent the body for post- Indians, remerged online after a ger that this information can be phone numbers ($20 per number) lets ders during the day, will take effect mortem, locals claimed Jayanti hacker posted the details on a dig- widely used by cybercriminals for customers lookup those numbers by from 8 p.m. Monday night. Detailed died due to sun stroke. ital forum. email or SMS spam, robocalls, ex- using an automated Telegram bot. guidelines will be issued shortly, The post-mortem of Jayanti’s The leaked data includes tortion attempts, threats and ha- Gal had then said: “It is very said Mumbai Guardian Minister body will be done Monday, but it Facebook ID numbers, profile names, rassment, etc. The data is reportedly worrying to see a database of that Aslam Shaikh. is believed that she is the first ca- email addresses, location infor- broken up into download packages size being sold in cybercrime com- The situation would be reviewed sualty of the severe heatwave pre- mation, gender details, job data, by country. munities; it harms our privacy se- again April 15 after which the fu- vailing across the state. and other details. As Cambridge Analytics still verely and will certainly be used for ture course would be decided. 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MUMBAI: Veteran ac- thy contribution to Indian ative roles in Hindi films. CANCER tress Shashikala is no cinema by portraying sev- She has appeared in over You are likely to be in more. She was 88. The ac- eral pivotal roles. My 100 films including Nau good spirits throughout tress passed away in her heartfelt condolences to Do Gyarah, Junglee, Ayee the day. With you brim- Mumbai residence Sunday, her family members. May Milan Ki Bela, Ghar Ghar ming with confidence and positive energy, others around you although an official con- her soul rest in peace Ki Kahani, Chhote Sarkar, will also feel upbeat. The entire day, you firmation from her family Folded hands. #Shashikala Khubsoorat, Kabhi Khushi will be looking forward to the evening, is awaited. #RIP.” Kabhie Gham, Baadshah so that you could spend some quality Mourning her demise, “Shashikala ji... RIP,” and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi time with your loved ones. senior NCP leader Praful tweeted actor Rohit Roy. among others. Patel tweeted: “Deeply sad- Born August 1932, Shashikala was hon- LEO dened by the demise of Shashikala made a mark oured with Padma Shri in With Lady Luck smiling veteran actress Shashikala with her performance in 2007 for her contribution down on you, today ji. She made a notewor- supporting roles and neg- to Indian cinema. IANS promises to be rather special, forecasts Ganesha. Expect to find favourable conditions and come out with flying colours in whatever task you undertake, especially if it happens to be something like an interview. Bask in the kudos and appreci- ZFT holds expo to support artisanship of special kids ation at work, as your performance far exceeds the expectations of the management. On the personal front, you will feel POST NEWS NETWORK “The main objective of this ex- Entrepreneur Chumki Datta, lucky to have found a soul mate who is very accommodating, says Ganesha. hibition is to offer a platform to the founder of Vriddhi Training and BHUBANESWAR: kids and the organisations that Production Centre which trains VIRGO After holding a su- support them. We hope, it will people with intellectual disabili- perbikers’ rally give their confidence a boost and ties to make bath soaps, incense There is an indication in the city to the children can lead a meaning- stick etc, said that offering skill that you may assume a leadership role and mark World ful life in future,” said ZFT’s trustee training to disabled persons is the dictate the agenda at Autism member Gargi Bhattacharya. best way to empower them. work today, predicts Ganesha. You may Awareness The items put up at the expo The bath soaps put up for sale spend your afternoon window-shopping, Day Friday, included candles, hand bags, en- were in great demand among those looking for a gift that you feel like giving Zain velopes, incense sticks, handi- visited the exhibition. to a loved one. You will spend the evening planning your long-term goals Foundation crafts, jewellery and several other Besides, some other items like with a close friend or family. Trust (ZFT) or- items. the jewellery works of Sourav Das ganised an exhi- The exhibition-cum-sale is part and paintings by Aparajit Mishra LIBRA bition of handi- of the initiatives undertaken by the Products put up for sale at the exhibition also grabbed quite a few eyeballs. craft products made Foundation to observe World Needless to say, the parents of Ganesha predicts that by the kids with spe- Autism Awareness Month. CATCH (Centre for Autism Therapy, toxic in nature. This is an attempt the children were very happy today you will receive that much-awaited cial needs at its office Speech therapist Lipsa Jena who Counselling and Help), said, “All the to integrate the autistic kids into noticing the appreciations of crafts good news from abroad. here, Sunday. works in a parent support group DIY products on display are non- the mainstream of society.” by the visitors. At the workplace, you will remain completely focused. You may devise and come up with some innovative method to speed up work, much to your relief. SUDOKU SCORPIO PEANUTS post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, fill in the boxes in such a It is quite likely that you CROSSWORD manner that every row, column and 3x3 box contains will have an outstanding the digits 1 to 9, without repeating any. field day today, predicts Ganesha. At the workplace, you will possibly feel that you are stuck in the rut doing regular activities day after day. In relationship matters, evening will be full of surprises and excitement for you, expects Ganesha. SAGITTARIUS Work while you work and play while you play, says Ganesha. On the professional front, you will outclass your rivals with sheer brilliance, leaving them flabbergasted and intimidated. On the personal front, you may spend quality time with loved ones or spend your evening being chased by CALVIN AND HOBBES the spotlight of a party. CAPRICORN You will settle for nothing less than excellence in whatever work you choose to take up, says SOLUTIONS Ganesha. In fact, working extra hours may leave you a little exhausted in the afternoon. Here's the remedy: delegate work to those around you and see that they meet your high standards. AQUARIUS The explorer that you are, today your restless- ness will get the better of you! Your plans will finally take off, whether it is a new entrepre- BREVITY neurial or educational course or a trip to CROSSWORD your home town. It's a promising day, says Ganesha, and you never know what you may find!

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POST NEWS NETWORK IN A NUTSHELL Bhubaneswar, April 4: The Bhubaneswar Development The BDA had selected a private Authority (BDA) has incurred a firm, VFS Global Services Limited loss of Rs 2.62 crore as it could nei- (VFSGSL) through an open tender ther develop the proposed citizen- floated in September 2014 to centric services through IT-based undertake the job of streamlining platform, nor could it terminate the system of issuing building plan the contract despite failure of the approval, occupancy certificates, project, a report of the Comptroller procedures for allotment of assets and Auditor General (CAG) of India and other citizen-centric services said, Sunday. through IT-based platforms As per the CAG report, the BDA had selected a private firm, VFS However, VFSGSL failed to develop Global Services Limited (VFSGSL) the project. As per norms the BDA through an open tender floated in should have scrapped the September 2014 to undertake the job contract, but it did not rescind the of streamlining the system of is- Principal Accountant General Bibhudutta Basantia (R) releases the CAG report contract even when the state suing building plan approval, oc- in Bhubaneswar, Sunday government had decided to hire cupancy certificates, procedures another agency Centre, state ignoring for allotment of assets and other cit- proceeding to outsource services, “The firm did not develop IT- izen-centric services through IT- should estimate the cost by con- based solution for processing the ap- Continuance of VFSGSL without DGP reviews Red rights of SCs: Cong based platforms. sulting other organisations engaged plications and continued with the development of IT solution did not However, VFSGSL failed to de- in similar activities and also en- manual mode of throughout the fulfil the objective of outsourcing, POST NEWS NETWORK velop the project. As per norms the sure that available budget provi- contract period (December 2014 to as VFSGSL continued with the BDA should have scrapped the con- sion is adequate for the purpose. August 2017) despite contract men- manual processes along with the scenario in 3 dists Bhubaneswar, April 4: Odisha tract, but it did not rescind the con- However, the BDA did not estimate tioning use of physical mode for only existing officials of BDA Pradesh Congress Committee tract even when the state govern- the cost of outsourcing before en- a period of first three months. (OPCC) President Niranjan Patnaik ment had decided to hire another gaging VFSGSL. It entered into a for- BDA had the right to forfeit all out- Sunday accused the BJP govern- agency. mal contract in Nov 2014 and paid standing payments and terminate During June 2015 to August 2017, the ment at the Centre and the BJD “As per the state government, VFSGSL Rs 2.62 crore between 2014 the contract. However, it contin- BDA paid Rs 2.62 crore to the firm government in the state of ig- any competent authority, before to July 2017,” the report said. ued to make payments to VFSGSL. which should not have been paid as noring the rights of Scheduled per the terms of the contract,” it Caste (SC) population. added. He was speaking at the Executive The report also mentioned that Committee meeting of the Odisha the BDA accepted the fact that VF- Congress of the Schedule Caste SGSL was supposed to develop IT POST NEWS NETWORK peaceful development of the areas Cell. Patnaik also paid tribute to solution by the through democratic means. the photo of BR Ambedkar and dis- end of February 2015. The Vice Cuttack, April 4: Director General Abhay commended the cussed important issues with the Chairman, BDA in June 2019 stated of Police (DGP) Abhay reviewed the Malkangiri police for its efforts to party leaders from the SC Cell. that since the state government crime as well as Left Wing establish Jodambo police station and had decided to engage another Extremism (LWE) scenario in company operating bases (COBs) agency for developing IT solution Malkangiri, Koraput and at Hantalguda, Jodambo, Andrahal for building plan approval process Kandhamal, Sunday. and Gurasetu in the Swabhiman during the same period, automation While visiting the police head- Anchal. The senior IPS officer also work by the Process Manager was quarters along with other senior of- lauded the district police for its re- “Today the meeting of the SC put on hold and manual process ficials in the LWE-hit districts, the lentless efforts in creating a safe and Cell was conducted in the state. We continued till August 2017. police top brass lauded the achieve- secure environment to facilitate have decided to boost the party “Thus, continuance of VFSGSL ments of the officials in curbing the development works in the tribal- base in the state with the active in- without development of IT solu- Red menace. Abhay inaugurated the dominated district. volvement of the SC community tion did not fulfil the objective of out- newly-built SDPO office building Director of Intelligence, ADGP spread across the state. Neither the sourcing, as VFSGSL continued at MV-2 in Malkangiri and reviewed (Headquarters), IGP (Operation), Centre nor the state government with the manual processes along the development projects in Koraput DIG (SIW), DIG (SWR), SPs of seems to be interested in their with the existing officials of BDA. and Kandhamal. Malkangiri Koraput and welfare,” he said. The entailed cost of Rs. 2.62 crore The DGP appealed to the Maoists Kandhamal as well as other sen- was thus infructuous,” the CAG to shun the path of violence and join ior officers were present during observed. the mainstream so as to ensure the visit. 11 INCOMING FLYERS TEST COVID POSITIVE Odia film producer HOMAGE TO MARTYRS POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, April 4: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Sunday con- booked for cheating ducted Covid tests on 313 incoming flyers from Mumbai and Pune out POST NEWS NETWORK Rohini Nandan of whom 11 tested positive. Similarly, three were tested positive at city rail- Bhubaneswar, April 4: Nayapalli Mohapatra, a way station Sunday. All the pa- police, Sunday, registered a case producer under tients were shifted to SUM hospi- against a local film producer on tal. Continuing its enforcement charges of duping a private hotel Bhumiputra banner of drive, Sunday, the civic body col- manager here of about Rs 47, 000. films, had cheated the lected Rs 13,000 over fines from in- Gopabandhu Das, General dividuals and organisations Manager of Hotel Richi Regency, hotelier of `47,700 The South East Zone of the civic Nayapalli, stated in his FIR to body imposed a penalty of Rs 5,000 the police that Rohini Nandan 40,000 on the same which had on Khadims at Master Canteen Mohapatra, a producer under bounced. He has been cheating me Square and an equal amount on Bhumiputra banner of films, had continuously and not clearing the Manmandir at Janpath. Individual cheated him of Rs 47,700 and was bills. Moreover, he is issuing threats fines were also collected from also threatening and intimidat- that he would never make the pay- Forest Park and IG Park areas to ing him. ment and has been using intimi- the tune of Rs 3,000. “I would like to inform you that dating language," the FIR alleged. “The shops/organisations were Rohini had done a conference Meanwhile, Nayapalli police reg- found violating Covid norms as so- January 15, 2021 for more than istered a case against the accused cial distancing or lack of sani- three hours. As per the communi- under Section 420 of IPC of cheat- tizer, scan machines. Individuals cation through email, he was sup- ing and dishonestly inducing de- were also found not wearing masks posed to pay an amount of Rs 47,700. livery of property. The cops are in- Information and Public Relations Minister Raghunandan Das inaugurates the state-level death anniversary celebration of Saheed Raghu-Dibakar at Soochana and thus were fined accordingly,” However, he gave a cheque of Rs vestigating the case. Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, Sunday OP PHOTO a BMC official said. Some respite as mercury dips Audio books boon for sight-impaired students

POST NEWS NETWORK in any part of the state. The POST NEWS NETWORK highest temperature was HELPING HAND Bhubaneswar, April 4: The India recorded at 39.9° Celsius at Bhubaneswar, April 4: Teachers Meteorological Department (IMD) Bolangir while the minimum and students of special schools ore than 1,500 visually- Sunday predicted light to moderate temperature was recorded at across the state were familiarised Mimpaired students from 21 rain and thunderstorms in parts of Koraput which saw 17° Celsius. with audio books on different sub- inclusive schools in the state the state but refrained from issuing The department also said that jects during a special orientation pro- would be benefitted from the warning of heavy rainfall in any there is no large change in maxi- gramme organised on the prem- program part of the state. mum temperature (day tempera- ises of Odisha Association of Blind While predicting the weather ture) during next 2-3 days over the here Sunday. s many as 70 audio books for Monday, the department said, districts of Odisha and thereafter More than 1,500 visually-impaired Aon different subjects for “Light to moderate rain or thun- it will rise gradually by 2-3° C. students from 21 inclusive schools Class-VIII to bachelor degree dershower is very likely to occur Light to moderate rain The department, meanwhile, in the state would be benefitted were distributed at the event at one or two places over the dis- or thundershower is said that partly cloudy sky and from the program, said the organ- organised by VIEWS with the tricts of Rayagada, Koraput, thunderstorms might be wit- isers. support of Germany-based Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, very likely to occur at nessed in the state capital. “Partly “Visually-challenged students THE STUDENTS WERE ALSO PROVIDED WITH A SPECIAL ORIENTATION ON Deutsches Katholisches Bhadrak and Balasore and dry one or two places of cloudy sky with possibility of de- have always been facing academic PARIKSHA DARPAN- AN EXAMINATION GUIDE FOR CLASS-X STUDENTS Blindenwerk weather is very likely to prevail velopment of thunder or light- challenges. However, the pandemic over the remaining districts of Rayagada, Koraput, ning may prevail in Bhubaneswar. has made the situation even worse, bachelor degree were distributed at person of the orientation pro- “It is wonderful to see how tech-

Odisha.” Maximum and Minimum tem- especially for senior students who are the event organised by VIEWS with gramme, explained the teachers nology has come to the aid of these

k y m Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, c However, from Tuesday onwards perature is very likely to be around preparing for exams. These audio the support of Germany-based about the procedures to access the students during these uncertain the weather is likely to be dry for Keonjhar, Bhadrak and 39°C and 26°C respectively,” the books will help resolve their problems Deutsches Katholisches audio books effectively. times. These books will be a huge the next couple of days across the Balasore, Monday weather report said. to a great extent,” said Sanyasi Blindenwerk. The students were also provided help for many of them to prepare state with no forecasting of rains Meanwhile, light rain brought Behera, first blind OAS officer. National award winner teacher with a special orientation on for the upcoming board exams in any part of the state. mum temperature in the state some relief to the residents of As many as 70 audio books on dif- Tapas Mohanty- an expert in in- Pariksha Darpan- an examination which is scheduled for May 3,” in- On the other hand, the maxi- Sunday did not cross 40° Celsius Capital city Sunday evening. ferent subjects for Class-VIII to clusive education and the resource guide for Class-X students. formed Sasmita Swain, a teacher. P4 MONDAY | APRIL 5 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR downtown ECoR TO RUN FOUR SAINIK SCHOOL

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k y m No daytime curfew now: SRC CALL LIST OUT c POST NEWS NETWORK SBI main branch sealed State logs 471 fresh Covid cases, 1 more fatality POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, April 4: The office of the Special Relief Commissioner as seven test positive Bhubaneswar, April 4: The All (SRC) denied any plan of the gov- India Sainik Schools Entrance ernment to impose daytime cur- Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Exam- 2021 Initial Call List of the few in the state. In a statement is- Municipal Corporation (BMC), candidates shortlisted in the ratio sued by the office of the SRC, it Sunday, sealed the main branch of of 1:3 for the medical examina- POST NEWS NETWORK said that the state government has State Bank of India (SBI) at Unit I tion in respect of Sainik School only planned to impose night cur- here for two days after seven of its Bhubaneswar has been published Bhubaneswar, April 4: East Coast few in selected areas and there was employees tested positive for the and uploaded on the website Railway (ECoR) will run four more Earlier in the no plan to novel coronavirus. (http://sainikschoolb- special trains under its jurisdic- impose day- Detailing about the issue, BMC hubaneswar.org) of Sainik School tion from April 11. These trains are: day, Assembly time curfew Commissioner Prem Chandra Bhubaneswar. Puri-Mumbai LTT, Puri- Speaker SN as of now. Chaudhary said seven employees of The initial call list is Gandhidham, Muzaffarpur- Earlier in the branch have tested positive Yesvatpur and Jasidih-Tamaram. Patro hinted at the day, after the first phase of the testing. based on the category The Mumbai LTT-Puri-Mumbai a likely situation Assembly Movement within and outside the wise merit in the written LTT Special from Mumbai LTT Speaker SN premises have been restricted bar- will leave at 20:30hrs every Sunday of imposition of Patro ring authorised personnel of the examination held in April 11 and leave Puri at 21:45hrs daytime curfew hinted at a BMC. The positive cases were di- February 2021 for every Tuesday from April 13 till fur- likely situa- rected into isolation at their re- ther notice. in selected tion of im- spective residence. admission to Class VI Gandhidham-Puri- Gandhidham areas of position of “Those and Class IX Special from Gandhidham will daytime tested posi- leave at 23:05hrs every Friday from the state curfew in disha’s Covid-19 tally tient from Khurda district died The government had announced tive were The schedule for initial med- April 16, 2021 and leave Puri at selected mounted to 3,42,695 Sunday Sunday while undergoing treat- that night curfew from 10pm to checked ical examination has also been 23:000hrs Monday April 19, 2021 till areas of the state. Oas 471 more people tested ment at a hospital. 5am will be imposed in 10 districts under Phase made available on the school’s further advice. Speaking to reporters here positive for the infection, while one Odisha now has 3,085 active cases, - Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, I of the test- website and the candidates were The Muzaffarpur-Yesvantpur- Sunday, the Speaker said till now the more fatality pushed the death toll and 3,37,635 patients have so far re- Sambalpur, Bargarh, Bolangir, ing. Many informed to refer the same. Muzaffarpur Special will leave state government has imposed only to 1,922, a Health department offi- covered from the disease. Nuapada, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, other employees The initial call list is based on the night curfews but daytime curfews cial said. Khurda district comprising the Koraput and Malkangiri - from of the same branch have under- category wise merit in the writ- The four trains the may follow soon. Of the new cases, 278 were re- state capital Bhubaneswar has so April 5. gone tests in the second phase of ten examination held in February ECoR would run are: Patro said that Chief Minister ported from quarantine centres far accounted for the highest num- Kalahandi district administration testing, the result of which is 2021 for admission to Class VI and Naveen Patnaik and the state and 193 detected during contact ber of coronavirus deaths at 341, he has declared Chilchila village in awaited. Thus, we have decided to Class IX. Shortlisted candidate are Puri-Mumbai LTT, Health department had been tracing. said. Dharmagarh block as a contain- seal the branch for two days for nec- required to appear for medical ex- Puri-Gandhidham, mulling to impose daytime cur- Sundargarh district reported The state has so far conducted ment zone after six people were essary sanitisation and contact amination likely to be held be- fews in high-burden districts where the highest number of fresh cases over 91.59 lakh sample tests for the tested positive for the virus Saturday. tracing of the patients. An RT- tween April 6 and April 30. The Muzaffarpur-Yesvatpur more number of Covid-19 cases at 85, followed by Kalahandi (50), novel coronavirus, including 29,281 The Jharsuguda district ad- PCR test shall be conducted for all admission will be strictly based on and Jasidih-Tamaram are being reported. Nuapada (42) and Khurda (40). Saturday, and the positivity rate ministration has also declared eight the staff of SBI branch,” the BMC the marks scored in the entrance This comes after the viral dis- A 29-year-old female Covid pa- stands at 3.74 per cent. places as micro containment zones. Commissioner said. exam, subject to the medical fitness ease witnessed a resurge with the approved by the designated med- Muzaffarpur at 7:25hrs every state reporting above 400 cases cases now. The Speaker said that one week and discussions for the Covid-19 safety protocols and take planned to impose night curfew in ical authority and verification. Monday between April 5 and June every day. Districts like Nuapada, the decision to impose daytime same are in progress. all precautionary measures to keep 10 districts from April 5 to scale up The concept of the Sainik School 28, 2021 and from will leave Khurda, Cuttack and Kalahandi curfew in select parts of the state Patro, meanwhile, appealed to the virus at bay. their vigilance and scrutiny to was originated in the visionary Yesvantpur at 23:55hrs every are reporting more number of would be announced in the next the people of the state to adhere to The state government had earlier counter the spread of the disease. mind of late V K Krishna Menon. Wednesday between April 7 and June 30, 2021. Jasidih-Tambaram-Jasidih Special from will leave Jasidih at BJP leaders hit campaign TALENT FETED 13:20hrs every Wednesday April 14, 2021 and depart from Tambaram at 12:55hrs every Saturday April trail ahead of Pipli bypoll 17, 2021 till further advice. Earlier, the ECoR had decided POST NEWS NETWORK basic facilities. The BJP is com- to run special trains between mitted to bring all-round develop- Bhubaneswar and Junagarh Road, Pipli, April 4: The Bharatiya ment to Pipli and make it free from Bhubaneswar and Jagadalpur via Janata Party (BJP) has intensified shadow of trepidation and vio- Brahmapur and Vizianagaram its campaign for the byelection to lence,” Samir Mohanty said. and between Bhubaneswar and Pipli Assembly seat scheduled for Tomar urged the BJP workers to Nayagarh Town from April 10. It April 17. create awareness regarding the also decided to run Special Express The saffron party’s Odisha unit welfare schemes of the Centre. Train between Puri and Gunupur president Samir Mohanty, its na- The saffron leaders alleged that from April 22. tional spokesperson the BJD government Similarly, to clear the waiting list Sambit Patra, BJP co- in Odisha has failed to of passengers in special trains in charge Vijay Pal BJP is committed develop Pipli even originating from its jurisdiction, Singh Tomar, to bring all-round though the con- the ECoR has decided to augment Brahmagiri MLA stituency is located development to additional coaches, temporarily Lalitendu Bidyadhar close to state capital. in 13 pairs of special trains in the Mahapatra, BJP state Pipli and make it “The famous ap- month of April. vice president Pravati free from shadow pliqué work of Pipli is Parida, general sec- of trepidation and yet to get due share in retary Prithiviraj violence international market. 6 held for extortion Harichandan, senior SAMIR MOHANTY | STATE BJP Even, the people of the party leaders Prakash PRESIDENT locality are yet to get a Orissa High Court Chief Justice S Muralidhar felicitates Jadunath Prasad Das with prestigious Gangadhar Rath Memorial Award at Kala Vikas Kendra in POST NEWS NETWORK Mishra and Kharavela bus stand. The state Cuttack, Sunday OP PHOTO Swain and BJP’s Odisha youth government has failed to improve Puri, April 4: At least six per- wing president Irashis Acharya irrigation and other facilities in sons were arrested on charges of Sunday hit the campaign trail. the constituency. Only the BJP can People switch off lights extorting people here, a senior The saffron leaders urged the bring rapid development to Pipli, Baseli Sahi police official said people of Pipli to vote for BJP which is considered as the entry protesting tariff hike Srimandir complex sanitised Sunday. candidate Ashrit Pattanayak in the point to Puri Dham,” Patra said. Bhubaneswar: Majority of the people The accused were identified as bypoll. They claimed that the Notably, Pipli Assembly segment across Odisha switched off the lights POST NEWS NETWORK Ramesh Behera of Jagannath Narendra Modi government at will go for a bypoll April 17. The seat at their homes for half an hour Sunday Slum, Kuldeep Banerjee of Mishra the Centre is committed to en- has fallen vacant after the death of evening to protest against the hike in Puri, April 4: Devotees to Srimandir Sahi, Mitu Behera of Nolia Sahi, sure basic facilities like concrete BJD MLA Pradeep Maharathy. The power tariff in the state. State had to satiate themselves with the Jitendra Sarangi of Markandeswar house, drinking water and toilet regional party has fielded Congress president Nairanjan Patnaik darshan of ‘Patitapabana’ near the Sahi, Krushna Chandra Palai of to each and every poor family in Maharathy’s son Rudra Pratap thanked the people for registering Lions’ Gate of the 12th century Barabati area and Siba Narayan the country. Maharathy in the byelection while their protest, the call for which was shrine here as the Trinity remained Biswal of Matitota area. “Even after 73 years of Congress party has nominated Ajit given by his party. The people out of the bounds owing to the dis- “A dummy pistol and cash were Independence, the people of Pipli Mangaraj to take on the BJP and switched off their lights from 6:30pm infection of the temple complex, recovered from them. A case constituency have been deprived of BJD candidates. to 7pm, opposing the power tariff hike. Sunday. (54/2021) has been registered with Rajesh Sethy, a devotee from the Baseli Sahi police in this re- Cuttack, reached the Lord’s abode gard,” said the official. to realise about the darshan re- MEET IN CITY striction Sundays. “I had no idea regarding the restriction on darshan or closure of WASSUP TODAY the shrine for devotees due to dis- infection, Sundays. I realised it BHUBANESWAR only upon reaching Puri this morn- n Protest by western Odisha Ashas, ing. Although I was a bit disap- Lower PMG, 10am pointed as I couldn’t have a dar- n Birth anniversary of comrade shan of the Trinity, it’s a welcome Banmali Jena, Patia Girls’ School move for it’s meant for public wel- on those violating Covid norms on Administration (SJTA) Saturday, the premises, 10.30am fare,” Sethy said, adding that he the shrine premises. “The temple temple will remain open on all days n Agitation by various farmer outfits, had sought blessings from the administration will ensure devo- of the week except Sundays when near FCI office, 11am ‘Patitapabana’. tees have a smooth darshan of the sanitisation will be carried out. Sources said Fire Services per- deities while complying with the Public darshan of deities will KHURDA sonnel have sanitised the temple Covid norms,” the senior IAS offi- start by 6am, unless notified. This complex. “Teams of the Fire cer pointed out. apart, the temple and its interiors n Second day of Khurda Cup T-20, BJB Services personnel have disinfec- Kumar said that devotees must will be sanitised twice a week after High School Ground, 6.30pm ted the shrine complex and the wear masks, sanitise hands and all rituals are over, the SOP said. areas adjoining it,” said a source. refrain from touching any idols or The 12th-century shrine reopened Programmes/announcements All rituals of the deities were statues in the shrine. Social dis- in December last year, after re- for wassup today may be sent to conducted as per the schedule with tancing has to be observed by devo- maining out of bounds for devo- [email protected] for record, participation of a minimum of tees queuing up to enter the temple tees since March 2020. People with it must also carry the sender’s servitors. complex. Covid-19 negative certificate were mobile number for our According to Srimandir chief According to a revised standard initially allowed to enter the tem- verification, but not for publication. A meeting of Odisha Anganwadi Women’s Association in progress at Prabhujee English Medium School in Bhubaneswar, administrator Krishan Kumar, the operating procedure (SOP) issued ple, which was closed Sundays in

Sunday OP PHOTO temple administration will go tough by the Shree Jagannath Temple January, for sanitisation.

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TOURISM BOOST Mahendratanaya dries up;

k y m water crisis hits Gajapati c POST NEWS NETWORK

Paralakhemundi, April 4: Years ago, Mahendratanaya river flow- ing through Gajapati district and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh was full to the brim with water almost throughout the year. However, this summer the riverbed has dried up, signaling severe drinking water crisis and problems for farming in most riparian pockets of this southern district. Shortage of water in the river has resulted in acute crisis for the farming sector and people living in this Vegetables farmers doing Deficit rainfall in the region and poor flow town and its peripheral areas, a cultivation on thousands of of water from various hill streams are report said. According to the report, hectares of farmlands in responsible for water shortage in the river vegetables farmers doing cultiva- Gosani and Rayagad blocks this summer tion on thousands of hectares of of the district are facing The PHEO supplies drinking water to the farmlands in Gosani and Rayagad the brunt of water shortage in the river. town. The water of Mahendratanaya is blocks of the district are facing the Drinking water crisis is drawn through pipes near Brundaban A boat being taken for a trial run in a waterbody near Debjharan waterfall, an eco-tourism site in Sambalpur. Various facilities are being put in place at the brunt of water shortage in the river. already pinching the palace which is treated and supplied to project area which will be dedicated to the service of tourists soon OP PHOTO Drinking water crisis is already people in the region households in the town pinching the people in the region, it was said. rainwater for the summer, locals al- Dambapur and Champapur. Deficit rainfall in the region and leged. It is said that in the mon- However, the blueprint of the Couple assaulted poor flow of water from various soon, the water flows into Andhra Champapur project has not been fi- Vigil stepped up at 14 border hill streams are responsible for Pradesh. The Odisha government nalised while the Dambapur proj- by police, wife water shortage in the river this has not set up any barrage to con- ect has not been made operational summer. The PHEO supplies drink- serve water for its use on its side. in the last 13 years. lodges complaint ing water to the town. The water of On the other hand, the neigh- Many local residents and intel- points in Sambalpur district Mahendratanaya is drawn through bouring state is making use of most lectuals observed that the Odisha POST NEWS NETWORK pipes near Brundaban palace. The of the water of Mahendratanaya for government should take expedi- POST NEWS NETWORK water is treated and supplied to various purposes by building some tious step for conservation proj- Berhampur,April 4: A couple of Chhatishgarh borders under scanner households in the town. As there is barrages. It has also started con- ects in the upper region of the river Old Berhampur area was allegedly Sambalpur, April 4: With a spike little water in the river, the PHEO struction of Apsara project on so that it can be used in Gajapati dis- subjected to brutal physical torture in Covid-19 infections and possibility JHARSUGUDA: As the second had to dredge the river bed to chan- Mahendratanaya to use its water. trict during summer and other sea- at Bada Bazar police station in of the second wave, the district ad- wave of Covid-19 has resurfaced nelise water to the mouth of the After the start of the Apsara sons. As for water crisis, assistant the Silk City. ministration and police stepped in the neighbouring state of suction pipes. project, the Odisha government engineer of the PHEO division, The matter came to the fore up Sunday checking at 14 entry Chhatishgarh, the administration To compound problems, the mu- was jolted into action. It then took Swagat Kumar Nayak said that after Dukhi Nayak, wife of Kabir and exit points on the borders of of Jharsuguda district has stepped nicipality has not taken any steps a decision to set up barrages on water will be supplied to people Nayak of Pandav Nagar in Old Sambalpur district. Curfew has up its checking on entry of vehicles to conserve water of the river and the upper reaches of the river at through tankers. Berhampur area, met Assistant been enforced from 10.00pm till on the fringe areas. Violations of Superintendent of Police (ASP) 5.00am. People have been warned Covid-19 safety guidelines are being Prabhat Chandra Routray at his that they will face penalties if they scrutinised in a tough manner and Sub-collector Shiba Toppo, tehsil- Odisha Divas at NTPC’s 6 poachers arrested, 12kg deer meat seized office here and lodged a complaint violated Covid-19 protocols. the offenders are paying hefty fines, dar Bisikesan Pandey, BDO Sanjib over alleged torture in police sta- Addressing a presser Sunday, a report said. Patel and Rengali IIC Sarangdhara Kaniha power plant tion. The woman met the ASP SP Batula Gangadhar clarified that According the report, the dis- Panigrahi are personally checking POST NEWS NETWORK Rising cases of poaching with the help of local women self- shops and business establishments, trict administration apprehends vehicles. They are also pulliing up peo- POST NEWS NETWORK have left the forest help group. The ASP after hear- if found violating guidelines, will spread of the Covid infection from ple for violating COVID-19 protocols Thakurmunda,April 4:Forest de- ing her complaint directed the face forced closures along with the neighbouring state. This is beat Kanaktora, a border entry point. Kaniha, April 4: Odisha Divas partment personnel arrested late department worried Town SDPO Bishnu Prasad Pati to fines. He also said that checking of cause people living in border areas RTO, Dinabandhu Sundhi, traf- was celebrated with much fervour Saturday night six poachers from conduct a probe into the charges vehicles has been stepped up at are more vulnerable to infection fic inspector Anidita Maharath in the premises of National the Kendumundi-2 reserve forest of a team led by Thakurmunda range and submit a report to him. The Bhimbhoi Chhak, Laida, Bhusan due to daily communication to var- and sub-inspector Sabita Nayak Thermal Power Corporation Thakurmunda range under officer Kishore Kumar Panigrahi truth will be ascertained after Company Chhak, College Chhak, ious localities in Chhatsihgarh. So checked use of seat belts, helmets (NTPC) owned thermal power Karanjia division in Mayurbhanj and forester Nalini Mahanta raided availability of the probe report, the Burla Thana Chhak, Sindupanka naturally it is a cause of concern. and masks Saturday. Officials de- plant at Kaniha in Angul district. district. Approximately 12kg of the area leading to the arrest. ASP said. The woman said that she Chhak and various points on na- Following a directive from District tected various violations by 79 ve- Chief general manager (CGM) Barking Deer meat was seized from Notably, the Special Task Force and her husband Kabir were sum- tional and state highways to ef- Collector Sarij Samal, officials ac- hicles and imposed a fine of Rs Sudip Nag, general managers, the poachers which they were dis- (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch has fectively control the spread of companied by police have stepped 12,000, Sunday. Two platoons of various departmental heads, sen- tributing it among themselves. recently issued a helpline number Covid-19 in the district. Plying of up their vigil and checking on bor- police have also been deployed at ior officers and staff paid their Forest department personnel also (Mobile-9439263646) for receiving in- inter-state goods vehicles and emer- der entry points since Friday. the border point, it was said. rich tributes to the sons of the soil seized bows and arrows from the formation on wildlife crime in gency services however, will not on this occasion. The function poachers. Odisha. Protection of the endan- be restricted. rising in the district. Contact trac- ployed at the 14 border points. He was organised following Covid- According to a source, the forest de- gered species and crackdown of The district reported 27 new Covid- ing of the infected is being con- urged people to cooperate in the 19 restrictions at the adminis- partment officials were tipped off animal body part traders as well as 19 infections Sunday. For the last ducted in a proper manner. with administrative officials to trative building of the thermal about the poachers and their ille- poachers are main reasons behind five days, the cases Covid-19 have been The SP said that police will be de- prevent the spread of Covid-19. power plant. gal hunting activities. Immediately, issuing the helpline number. moned by police for questioning over a family dispute over a complaint filed by her in-laws, Saturday. The couple along with a minor daughter lives with their in-laws. Erosion-hit Satabhaya to become a ‘ghost’ village soon She alleged that her in-laws always harass them and pick up POST NEWS NETWORK ous concern among the residents of applications several times and drew building assistance. Many of the fights over trivial issues. She said Satabhaya. the attention of the administration left out families have shifted on that her brother-in-law, who is Kendrapara, April 4: Satabhaya, But, due to constant erosion only for their shifting. their own to nearby areas and liv- working as a home guard also the village hit by sea erosion in a small portion of it remains with The district administration soon ing in houses built by them on meddle in their affairs and cre- Kendrapara district will soon be- Gobindapur, Mohanpur, Kanhupur, identified the 118 families for shift- the government land. ate disturbances in their family. She come a deserted place with the dis- Chintamanipur, Badagahiramatha ing which has relieved them of the Sudarshan Das, another villager said that when she and her hus- trict administration deciding to and Kharikula villages vanishing fear of tidal waves devouring them demanded a patch of farmland to band reached the police station, shift the remaining 118 families to from the map. Now, the sea has and their houses, Das said. earn their livelihood as it would they were beaten up severely. Bagapatia rehabilitation colony, a come closer. It is almost at the foot- However, all are not lucky like Das. be difficult for them to manage “Two women police personnel report said. steps of the Maa Panchubarahi’s old Bijaya Levka a local woman said that their families in the absence of a slapped me and forcefully snatched The area faces erosion due to ris- temple. The administration has the identification exercise of the proper income. my mobile phone. Later, they ing tides for which the residents stopped all developmental works administration is not free from Environmentalist Hemant Kumar dragged me and my husband to a have been demanding relocation in Satabhaya after it was decided to error. She was married to Bijay of Rout said that administration should dark room and hammered us se- elsewhere since the last five decades. relocate the residents to Bagapatia Kanhupur mouza but has got sep- plant mangrove forests in Satabhaya verely with lathis,” Dukhi said. The 17-km stretch of the beach at rehabilitation colony in 2017. The arated due to differences among to check coastal erosion and use it While police released her at night, Satabhaya under Rajnagar block area now lacks basic needs like them. Meanwhile, her estranged for promoting eco-tourism. her husband Kabir is still detained is claimed to be the fastest-eroding Satbhaya. Earlier there were de- welcoming decision said it has given power, road and drinking water. husband Bijay has been living at When contacted, ADM Basant at the police station, she informed. beach on the Odisha coast. mands for creating a mangrove for- him a new lease of life. The schools have been closed down Bagaptia after being allotted a Kumar Rout said that 118 families Dukhi has demanded action The district administration in a est in Satabhaya to protect the area In the past 40 years, the sea has in the area. Initially, the district ad- land. However, she is yet to get a will be provided with all help while against the erring police personnel preparatory meeting decided to from erosion by the sea and build devoured more than 1,000 homes ministration rehabilitated 571 fam- land at Bagapatia due to lack of a review has been undertaken to find and requested the ASP to arrange shift the rest of the 118 families. up nature camps to promote tourism. and large tracts of agricultural ilies in Bagapatia barring 148 fam- proper documents. She is entitled out the actual reason behind rapid for the release of her husband. Bagapatia is about 12-km away from Jagabandhu Das of Satabhaya lands in the locality sparking seri- ilies. The left out families submitted to 10 decimal of land and a house coastal erosion. Youths rescue SUMMER FRUIT Kotia panchayat: Officials flying squirrel review projects on livelihood in Panjeipadar, Taupadar and Janiguda villages. It has dug up several ponds in the area and provided 1,200 Kadaknath fowls to farmers. Panda interacted with many beneficiaries about effectiveness of the income-generating schemes. POST NEWS NETWORK Famers told him they are benefit- ting from poultry supported by the Malkangiri, April 4: A flying government. squirrel considered an endan- The officials also visited an gered species, was rescued Sunday under-construction banana pond at by some youths at Bapanpalli in Janiguda. They also inspected var- Malkangiri. The animal was later ious plantations and fish farming handed over to forest officials. on the land of a woman benefici- According to reports, the squir- POST NEWS NETWORK other localities to review progress ary. rel was lying exhausted on a road- of the projects. The Odisha gov- Notably, there are about 21 villages side. It was clear that the heat had Koraput, April 4: Since Andhra ernment has taken up a host of in the Kotia group. People of these exhausted all its strength. Some Pradesh forcibly held panchayat projects to push income-genera- villages are being lured by the youths took the animal home and elections in some villages of the tion and livelihood of the people. Andhra Pradesh government provided water to it. On being in-

Kotia group in Koraput district, A delegation from the Soil through sops. It is being done, so that formed, ranger Jagannath Prasad

k y m c the Odisha government has been Conservation and Watershed de- the Andhra government can claim Bisoi along with other officials expediting various projects and partment led by director Hemanta the villages to be in their state. brought the squirrel to a veterinary welfare measures in the fringe re- Kumar Panda visited Sunday vil- A case is pending in the Supreme doctor and got it treated. gion, a report said. lages under the Kotia panchayat. Court over the dispute even though The ranger said that the ani- Officials have been routinely The watershed mission is trying it is in the jurisdiction of Koraput mal will be released in the forest A trader unloading watermelons from a vehicle in Angul town Sunday. Demand for the juicy fruit has grown manifold paying visits to these villages and to enhance the livelihood of people district. only after its gets well. due to sweltering heat prevailing across Odisha OP PHOTO P6 MONDAY | APRIL 5 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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yanmar is leading stitutional framework for the group- Southeast Asia’s race ing that established a vision for to the political bottom. shared security, increased eco- Fall & Degradation MSince overthrowing a nomic prosperity, and stronger civilian government on February socio-cultural connections. he Election Commission’s role in conducting free and fair polling 1, the military has killed more But, as the Myanmar crisis during the ongoing elections to the four states of West Bengal, than 530 unarmed civilian pro- shows, countries with vastly dif- T Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Pondicherry testers and arrested thousands ferent governance models will al- has unfortunately caused misgivings. Starting from the use of Aadhaar data more. Now, the country is con- ways struggle to cooperate in some to send bulk messages through phones by the BJP in Pondicherry, banning fronting a deepening humanitar- areas. The same can be said of the A Raja of DMK while relaxing a similar ban for a BJP campaigner in ian crisis and the growing possi- broader international response Assam to central forces getting involved in Bengal voting process highlights bility of a civil war – developments to the coup. The United States and the EC’s self willed failures. that would have serious regional the EU have imposed targeted The EC’s image of neutrality as an independent constitutional body and even global consequences. sanctions on Myanmar’s gener- has been seriously impaired. It seems to be going totally soft on the BJP Myanmar’s civilian government, als, though Asian democracies – and biased against non-BJP Opposition parties. This does not augur led by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National such as India, Japan, and South well for a healthy democracy or for a prime organization, built on tax League for Democracy, may not Korea – are responding less as- payers’ money, such as the EC. The latest instance of EC’s partisan ac- have been perfect, but it had the peo- sertively. tion is the reduction of its 48-hour campaign ban on Assam Minister Himanta Thitinan ple’s support. In last November’s By contrast, China, Myanmar’s Biswa Sarma to 24 hours announced on April 3 after the powerful BJP Pongsudhirak election, the NLD won a strong Given Myanmar’s strategic location, violent largest trade partner, has blocked leader offered an ‘unconditional regret’ and requested the poll panel to majority against the military- turmoil there could destabilise the entire a United Nations Security Council reduce the ban period. One may wonder why the EC does not extend this backed opposition. Within weeks, statement condemning the coup – same relaxation to leaders and campaigners of other parties. The EC’s the military, under orders issued region. Already, the crisis caused by the a decision that has contributed to decision to accede to the request is unacceptable on two counts. First, MYANMAR’S by Senior General Min Aung military coup is shaking a key pillar of regional perceptions that it supports the withdrawal or relaxation of campaign bans is rare. Secondly, it greatly Hlaing, had arrested Suu Kyi and junta. Pro-democracy demon- tarnishes the EC’s image of impartiality as it overturns its own earlier CIVILIAN other NLD ministers and declared order, with the Association of Southeast Asian strators have burned down Chinese decision, making it look as if it did not apply its mind when it slapped GOVERNMENT, a one-year state of emergency. Nations split over how to respond factories in Myanmar in retalia- the ban initially. Myanmar has been here before, tion. And yet, eager to avoid an all- Ironically, the only beneficiary of such decisions turns out to be the rul- LED BY AUNG having endured nearly a half-cen- out backlash, China has been ing BJP every time, which is more alarming for the independence of the com- SAN SUU KYI’S tury of military dictatorship and vided over how to respond. ography, and by their eagerness for guarded in its response. mission. During the last Lok Sabha polls, the EC had lifted its ban on Amit international isolation following In line with the principles set out a geopolitical counterweight to Russia, which joined China in Shah’s electioneering in Uttar Pradesh after he assured the poll panel that NATIONAL the 1962 putsch and a bloody crack- in the ASEAN Charter, Indonesia, their larger neighbors. blocking the UN Security Council he would not ‘make any utterances violating’ the model code of conduct. The LEAGUE FOR down on pro-democracy demon- Malaysia, and Singapore have From 1984 to 1999, five mem- statement – seems to have even EC did not cover itself with glory when it looked away at Prime Minister strators in 1988. But there is some- called for the immediate cessa- bers became ten, with the addi- fewer qualms, perhaps at least Narendra Modi’s highly communal remark during the last UP Assembly elec- DEMOCRACY, thing different about this coup: tion of violence by the military in tion of Brunei Darussalam, partly because it is unlikely to suf- tion when he infamously spoke about “kabarastan” and “samshan” in a bla- no matter how freely the military Myanmar, the release of Suu Kyi Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, and fer any geopolitical consequences tant attempt to polarize votes. MAY NOT HAVE beats and shoots civilians, the pro- and other political detainees, and Cambodia further raising ASEAN’s from mayhem in Myanmar. Though The Opposition Congress, which filed the complaint leading to the BEEN PERFECT, testers’ movement – built on an ex- the restoration of democratic gov- profile as a means of empower- the Kremlin has expressed some ban on the Assam Minister, slammed the EC’s decision and accused it of igent alliance between civilian ernance based on the results of ing smaller states and supporting concern about the civilian casu- failing to discharge its obligations to preserve the purity of the electoral BUT IT HAD authorities and armed ethnic November’s election. But other peace and prosperity. Today, alties, it is also a leading arms sup- process. For, Sarma, who is contesting from the Jalukbari seat in the third THE PEOPLE’S groupings – will not submit. member states – particularly ASEAN has a total population of plier to the junta. And, in a recent and final phase of Assam elections on April 6, can now attend rallies and That is not unambiguously good Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam – pre- 670 million (far exceeding the statement, it touted plans to deepen meetings during the last 24 hours before campaigning ends in the state. SUPPORT news, because the military junta fer to emphasize ASEAN’s norm European Union) and a combined “military and military-technical co- Beginning 8 a.m. April 4 he is slated to appear at a series of rallies and also will not give up, no matter of non-interference in other mem- GDP of more than $3 trillion. operation in the spirit of strategic road shows including one with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. the cost, leaving little hope of sal- bers’ internal affairs. Alongside this growth, ASEAN partnership.” The EC is under a cloud now. vaging Myanmar’s political lib- It is no coincidence that sought to establish itself as a force Ultimately, Western sanctions Its initial order on April 2 debarred Sarma for the rest of the campaign. eralization, economic reform, and ASEAN’s more democratic gov- for wider multilateral cooperation. are likely to have only indirect ef- The action followed a complaint against Sarma for his remark that Bodoland development progress during a ernments are calling for a response In the 2000s, it acted as an anchor fects, especially as ASEAN dithers. People’s Front (BPF) chairperson Hagrama Mohilary would be sent to jail decade of civilian rule. Instead, the to Myanmar’s putsch, while its for the newly created Asia-Pacific The fight for Myanmar’s future by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). BPF is a constituent of the Congress- country faces the imminent threat more authoritarian governments Economic Cooperation, the ASEAN will have to be won at home. That led alliance. In fact, a strange and unheard thing has happened in the Assam of economic collapse, state im- back a hands-off approach. This Regional Forum, and ASEAN+3 is a chilling prospect, because it im- polls when EVMs were found in the car of an Assam BJP candidate. The explosion, and internal strife – per- highlights the limits of regional (China, Japan, and South Korea). plies that unarmed protesters will planation offered that the EC officials’ car broke down forcing them to take haps even full-fledged civil war. integration involving different And it has played a central role in need to face down a battle-ready the help of the BJP leader is astounding. The EC’s order suspending four Given Myanmar’s strategic lo- regime types. high-profile meetings, such as the army. In the short term, it is dif- officials can hardly extenuate the guilt since the incident is a reflection of cation on the corridor linking the ASEAN has historically avoided East Asia Summit, seeking to ad- ficult to see how Myanmar will the steady erosion of independence of the poll panel. Indian and Pacific Oceans – shar- the pitfalls of ideological differ- vance strategic dialogue and con- avoid much greater bloodshed. Such events prove, over and over again, that it is not the institutions that ing borders with China, ences by focusing on common in- fidence-building goals. are at fault. Many may recollect a time when the Election Commission of India Bangladesh, India, Laos, and terests and objectives. When Such activities helped to safe- The writer is Professor and had risen to amazing heights and was viewed as one of the premier global Thailand – violent turmoil there Indonesia, Malaysia, the guard Southeast Asia from out- Director of the Institute of organizations capable of handling immensely large elections over huge ge- could destabilize the entire re- Philippines, Singapore, and side interventions like those that Security and International ographical areas. People had lately even suggested that the 2020 US Presidential gion. Already, the crisis is shaking Thailand created the grouping in ravaged the region during the Cold Studies at Chulalongkorn election could have been better managed if the EC of India was given full a pillar of regional order: the 1967, they sought a platform for mu- War. The ASEAN Charter, adopted University’s Faculty of control and charge over the American process. All such talk and impressions Association of Southeast Asian tually beneficial cooperation among in 2007, built upon this success by Political Science in Bangkok. are created, over time, when the human element at the helm of such pres- Nations, whose members are di- countries that were united by ge- providing a legal status and an in- ©PROJECT SYNDICATE tigious institutions is aware of the adage: With great power comes great re- sponsibility. Sadly, the people holding reins of the EC today are the ones who will go down in history as being responsible for the fall and degradation of such a SPECTRUM JUDICIARY great institution. WISDOM CORNER When judicial system frustrates judges There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits. MICHAEL PHELPS ndian justice system has The National Judicial Data among the people at the helm of af- that only the order of the Tribunal The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or been ramshackled. Who goes Greed (NJDG) data reveals that fairs of our justice system. had been copied and pasted. even touched - they must be felt with the heart. “Ito the court? You go to court 833 such old cases which are more As the number of cases in- Expressing his resentment on lat- HELEN KELLER and then regret. Big corporates than 30 years old are pending in crease by leaps and bounds, the est trend of judges copying and The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to who can afford to take chance, ap- Odisha High Court. Of them, 821 quality of the judgements is suf- pasting previously passed judg- overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering. proach the court.” This is not any are Civil Appeals and 12 are fering a meteoric fall, notwith- ments, Justice Chandrachud re- BEN OKRI frustrated lamentation of any poor, Criminal Appeals. Similarly there standing the fact that there is no marked, “One of the problems of helpless litigant who fails to get jus- are 4,421 cases pending in our dearth of meritorious, talented computer age is copying and past- tice after years of making nu- High Court which are 20-30 years and brilliant judges adorning our ing of orders. I am fed up of such WORDSWORTH merous rounds of the courts, but old, 27,887 cases which are 10-20 judiciary. The average falling stan- cut-copy-paste orders of High Jayakrishna Sahu the cool observation of Justice years old, 45,723 cases which are dard has been admitted by none Courts.” Ranjan Gogoi, the person who 5-10 years old, 27,145 cases which other than the judges of the higher Very recently the Chief Justice By and large served as the Chief Justice of India are 3-5 years old, 34,271 cases which judiciary themselves. Very re- of India SA Bobde has suggested AGGRAVATED (CJI) for 13 months, Justice of the are 1-3 years old and 32,663 cases cently a Supreme Court bench the appointment of ad-hoc judges t’s a nautical expression, from sailing ship days. With by and large the BY THE RISING Supreme Court for 8 years and of which are pending for about a comprising Justices DY in High Courts so that the pending Imodern landlubber means “in general; on the whole; everything High Courts for 11 years before year. Thus, the total number cases Chandrachud and MR Shah has cases can be decided faster. considered; for the most part”. When you start to read up on the origin, it’s NUMBER OF that. A person holding judgship pending in Odisha High Court is expressed shock at incompre- The above suggestions by the easy to get confused because dictionary editors and writers on word origins of the higher judiciary for two 1,72,943. hensible language in which a top judges are surely valuable, but (this one included) have a lot of trouble understanding the terminology. With PENDING CASES, decades talking so pessimistically The scenario is same at the na- judgment was drafted by a division such solutions are mere patch- the help of books like William Falconer’s Dictionary of the Marine of 1769, I SEVERAL JUDGES and cynically about our justice tional level. According to the data bench of the Himachal Pradesh works and only temporary solu- think I’ve sorted matters out. Imagine a ship at sea travelling west. If the system, is certainly a matter of available till December 2020 there High Court. Justice Chandrachud tions to a permanent problem. It’s wind were blowing from exactly north or south, sideways on, it was said to HAVE EXPRESSED grave concern. were 3,62,30,318 cases pending, in- commented very tersely, “I had to just like treating cancer with pain- be on the beam (the beam being the side of the ship at its widest point, DISMAY OVER THE Justice Gogoi is not the sole cluding 98,66,767 (civil cases and use Tiger Balm after reading the killers and antibiotics. The stake usually by the mainmast). If the wind was blowing from any point in the half- judge to lament on our precarious 2,63,63,551 (criminal cases). Out of judgment!” Justice Shah added, “I holders have to think deeper and circle eastward of the line from north to south, from nearer the stern, the MANNER IN WHICH justice delivery system. these 86,021 cases are pending for didn’t understand anything. There act with more seriousness. While ship was said to be sailing large. This comes from the idea of something THE JUDICIARY IN Recently the Orissa High Court 30 years; 20 to 30 years (4,22,142 are long, long sentences. Then the number of judges must be en- being unrestricted, allowing considerable freedom (as in a fugitive being “at while deciding on a 31-year-old case cases); 10 to 20-years (23,00,599 there is an odd comma showing hanced, the process of appoint- large”), because ships sailing large were able to maintain their direction of THE COUNTRY IS has questioned, “Why so much cases): 5 to 10 years (48,96,136 cases); up anywhere. I started doubting ment of judges must be made more travel anywhere in a wide arc without needing to make continual changes to delay?”. The answer to this ques- 3 to 5-years (48,18,624 cases) and 1 my intelligence!” transparent and honest so that tal- the set of the sails. To some extent sailing ships were able to make progress FUNCTIONING tion must be difficult, but the ques- to 3 years (92,30,888 cases). The en- The same bench of the Supreme ent and merit prevail over rela- into the wind, that is, with it blowing from forward of the beam. Those with tion itself seems to be hilarious. The tire nation suffers from the mailaise Court has set aside an order of a tion and connection. good handling capabilities could get within five or six points of the wind High Court which was sitting over of delayed justice. The wise old High Court remarking that there (there are 32 compass points in a complete circle). In such cases, the ship the case for the last 31 years is saying, “Justice delayed is justice was no independent application The writer is a Senior was said to be sailing by the wind, by here having the sense of “towards”. If questioning about its reason! denied” seems to have no taker of mind by the High Court and Advocate. Views are personal. the ship were pointed closely into the wind, but with some margin for error in case the wind changed direction slightly, it was said to be full and by (sailing by the wind with her sails full of wind), or close-hauled, because the lower corners of the main sails were all drawn as close as possible down to Enhanced GST collections Hydel project in doldrums her side to windward. If the helmsman by mistake turned the ship closer to the direction of the wind than it was capable of sailing, the wind would press Sir, The GST revenues during March Sir, The first small hydel power project in Radho vil- the sails back against the masts, stopping the ship dead in the water and 2021 are the highest since the Goods lage under Udala block designed to generate 110KW possibly breaking the masts off; in this case the ship was taken aback, the etters and Service Tax was rolled out. In power was established by Oreda in 2007 at a cost of maritime source of another common metaphor. line with the trend of recovery in the Rs 50 lakh. Then it was felt that power generation in GST revenues over the past five the locality from this small hydel project would im- TOL THE EDITOR months, the revenues for the month prove the situation but after a month of its inaugu- Readers of Orissa POST of March 2021 are 27% higher than the ration it remained unworkable. Now it was found that LOL are most welcome to contribute letters GST revenues in the same month last the valuable parts of the project, costing lakhs, were (200 words), articles and year. GST revenues crossed above Rs1 stolen by miscreants. It was envisaged that this elec- columns (between 750-1250 in words). 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PRESS TRUST OF INDIA trees to easily collect flowers fallen He said such an aircraft has the from the trees, he said, “Secondly, capacity to store huge amount of CROSS-BORDER Bhopal, April 4: Burning of leaves it is possible that people living in water. to collect Mahua flowers, lighting the reserve and its buffer area “In such incidents of fire, the air- a fire to keep wild elephants away might have lit a fire to keep away craft can fly to Bandhavgarh and or a burning cigarette butt left by wild elephants that have entered the Kanha (another tiger reserve in MOVEMENT someone may have caused the re- reserve from neighbouring MP) in two hours (from Delhi),” the cent blaze in Madhya Pradesh's Chhattisgarh.” minister said. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, state Lastly, someone might have left The Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve Forest Minister Vijay Shah said a burning cigarette butt or a 'bidi' (BTR) is spread over an area of on Sunday. that led to the blaze, Shah said, 1,536.93 sq km. There were 104 The fire has caused lot of dam- adding that fire usually breaks out adult tigers in the BTR, as per the age in the Bandhavgarh forest and in forests during summers. animal count. the State government would re- “The fire has caused quite a lot “It is one of the densely populated quest Centre to acquire modern THE BANDHAVGARH ACCORDING TO A FOREST OFFICIAL, THE FIRE HAD of damage to the Bandhavgarh habitats of the striped animal in firefighting aircraft to tackle such TIGER RESERVE BROKEN OUT IN SOME RESERVE BUFFER ZONES AND forest and modern equipment are the country,” BTR’s field director incidents, he added. (BTR) IS SPREAD ENGULFED PARTS OF THE BTR'S CORE AREA IN 15 TO desperately needed to douse such Vincent Raheem said. “The wildfire was reported a OVER AN AREA OF 20 PLACES a blaze. A meeting in this regard According to a forest official, few days back in parts of the 1,536.93 SQ KM. will take place on April 6 or 7,” he the fire had broken out in some THE BLAZE REDUCED PARTS OF ONE OF THE Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) THERE WERE 104 LARGEST BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN INDIA TO ASHES. notified. reserve buffer zones and engulfed located in Umaria district and was ADULT TIGERS IN He noted that firefighter air- parts of the BTR's core area in 15 THE BTR, HOWEVER, NO DEATH OF HUMAN OR WILD ANIMAL doused on Wednesday,” forest of- WAS REPORTED AND EVERYONE WORKED HARD TO crafts are used to douse big fires in to 20 places. ficials earlier said. AS PER THE the developed countries. “Our coun- “A panel comprising the BTR’s ANIMAL COUNT PUT OUT THE BLAZE The blaze reduced parts of one try has such big forests. We are deputy director and assistant di- of the largest biosphere reserves or wild animal was reported and that led to the fire in the tiger going to request the central gov- rector is conducting a probe into in India to ashes. everyone worked hard to put out reserve. ernment to buy one such aircraft the cause of the blaze and assess- A day after visiting the BTR, the blaze. Firstly, people burn and clean up that costs about Rs 235 crore,” ing the damage caused by it,” Shah said that no death of human He said there may be three causes an area of leaves beneath Mahua Shah said. Raheem said.

They are our brothers and sisters, but we have to 4 held for killing 118-YEAR-OLD take such measures to control the spread of the coronavirus SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN CM MADHYA PRADESH leopard in Indore Centre wants to destroy WOMAN GETS | , COVID-19 DOSE PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Chouhan said those coming to in July last year MP from these states for necessary PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Bhopal, April 4: The Madhya and unavoidable work, are being mandi system: Sidhu Pradesh government will restrict screened. Sagar (MP), April 4: A woman, the movement of people from If found necessary, they will PRESS TRUST OF INDIA whose age according to her neighbouring Chhattisgarh to be kept in isolation. But the gen- Aadhaar card is 118 years, has re- curb the spread of Covid-19 and eral movement of people will not Chandigarh, April 4: Congress ceived her first dose of Covid-19 a lockdown will be enforced in be allowed. leader Navjot Singh Sidhu attacked vaccine in Sagar district of isolated areas whenever needed, “They are our brothers and sis- Union Food Minister Piyush Goyal Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh ters, but we have to take such PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Sunday over his letter regarding the Chouhan said Sunday. measures to control the spread issue of direct payment to farmers Tulsabai was born on Talking to reporters here, of the coronavirus,” he said. Bhopal, April 4: Four people and alleged that the central gov- January 1, 1903 and is a Chouhan said they have already The CM said that more than have been arrested for allegedly ernment wanted to “destroy and dis- sealed Madhya Pradesh's areas 3,000 fresh cases of coronavirus killing a leopard last year in rupt” the state’s tried and tested resident of Sadarpur area bordering Maharashtra. were reported in Madhya Pradesh Nayapura forest in Madhya mandi system. of Sagar, which is part of “There will now be restrictions Sunday. He also notified that there Pradesh’s Indore district, an offi- Goyal had written a letter to the on movement from Chhattisgarh. will be a limited lockdown in the cial said on Sunday. Punjab government asking it to im- the Bundelkhand region Those who need to come for nec- affected areas whenever needed, “A CT (computerised tomogra- plement a system for direct pay- essary and unavoidable work will but there will be ‘no lockdown in phy) scan of the big cat’s carcass, ment to farmers for crop procure- She was administered the dose be allowed on humanitarian the entire state’. which was found in July last year, ment. The state government was at an inoculation facility in Khimlasa grounds and transportation of He urged social workers and had revealed 46 iron shrapnel and also asked to integrate land records area near here on Saturday. After goods will continue,” he said, cit- religious leaders to run a public a criminal case was registered available with the revenue depart- Sidhu said that according to 25 to 30 per cent farmers will not re- getting the jab, Tulsabai came out ing the spread of Covid-19 in the awareness campaign to check the December 13,” Principal Chief ment with the procurement portal. Goyal, the revenue department of ceive payment for sale of their the centre with a broad smile on face. neighbouring states. spread of the viral infection. Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) Addressing the media in Patiala, the State government had all the in- crops, he claimed. Flashing a victory sign she said in Chouhan said patience is The CM noted that a three-day Alok Kumar said. the cricketer-turned-politician al- formation about the land records The former Punjab minister ac- Bundelkhendi dialect, “Hamne lag- needed to control the pandemic. lockdown is going on in “A probe led to the arrests of leged that the motive of the letter of the state’s farmers. cused the centre of planning to “de- wao teeka so ache hojen. So tum bhi “I will go out with a loudspeaker Chhindwara and two-day re- poachers Ramcharan, Vishnu, was to “disrupt” the age-old, tried But as per the data collected by stroy” the state’s successful lagwaao so ache ho ja ho. Kuchhu on my vehicle at 6 pm Monday strictions are in place in Betul. Ramesh and Rajendra, all resi- and tested, and successful mandi sys- the National Sample Survey for Agriculture Produce Marketing dikkat nainuaan. (I took the vaccine and appeal to people to maintain “I don't want such lockdowns be- dents of Indore district, recently. tem that allows for the implemen- year 2012-13, it shows that more Committee (APMC) model and also so that I feel better. You also take it. physical distance and wear cause this affects businesses and The other members of their gang tation of Minimum Support Price than 24 per cent of the land under questioned the timing of the letter. No worries.)” masks,” the Chief Minister said. employment. Our priority is to are on the run. We have seized (MSP) in the state. It also in- cultivation in Punjab is under ten- “The timing of this letter is fur- She is possibly the oldest woman Maharashtra Saturday reported protect the people without a lock- two rifles, three swords, five live tended to create a “division” be- ancy, he added. ther questionable as farmers pre- in the country to get the 49,447 new cases, the highest rise down,” he said, while adding that and two empty cartridges, six jaws tween arhtiyas (commission agents) “These tenancy contracts are pare for cultivation of Rabi crop,” vaccine jab. in a day so far, taking its tally to the BJP is likely to announce an of wild pigs, a rare tortoise, two and farmers, he claimed. oral or unwritten in nature,” he he said. According to her Aadhaar card 29,53,523. awareness campaign Sunday knives and gun pellets,” he in- This letter is part of a “larger con- said, adding that the land under He emphasised that the state and 790309436468, Tulsabai was born Besides, Chhattisgarh recorded under which its MLAs, MPs and formed. The accused have conspiracy” to stall the procurement tenancy might have increased and its people should come together on January 1, 1903 and is a resi- 5,818 fresh cases Saturday, its other leaders will appeal to peo- fessed they have been poaching of wheat crops in Punjab and de- not decreased over the years. and build “an alternative economic dent of Sadarpur area of Sagar, highest single-day spike, taking the ple to use masks and maintain wild animals for several years stroy the state’s agricultural econ- If the sale of wheat crop is allowed model” for Punjab’s agricultural which is part of the count of infections in the state to social distancing to defeat now, Kumar added. omy, he alleged. with ownership rights, then about prosperity. Bundelkhand region. 3,63,796, as per official figures. the virus. Centre spreading ‘misinformation’ SAD’s protest theatrics to revive its fortunes: Punjab CM

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA ahead of the upcoming Assembly Akali claims of rising power tariffs, “Far from the law and order col- on bonded labourers: Punjab CM elections, said Singh in a statement. higher taxes on fuel and law and lapse under the Badal rule, when Chandigarh, April 4: Punjab Chief Dubbing the order situation as ridiculous, gangsters and goons were freely INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Minister Amarinder Singh Sunday planned protests Far maintaining that it was roaming the streets of the state, attacked the Shiromani Akali Dal, as “theatrics by from the law and their party that had Punjabis are now finally heaving a Chandigarh, April 4: Punjab Chief terming its plan to hold statewide the Badals in order collapse under plunged Punjab into sigh of relief,” he claimed. Minister Amarinder Singh hit out protests against his government their frus- the Badal rule, when such a mess during Despite the Covid-19 crisis, things at the Central government Sunday as “theatrics”, aimed at reviving trated bid gangsters and goons were their 10-year rule, in were looking up on the financial for spreading ‘misinformation’ it fortunes following the loss of face to revive freely roaming the streets of collusion with the front, with zero pendency achieved about the state’s farmers with its due over the farm laws issue. the party’s the state, Punjabis are now Bharatiya Janata by the state treasury for the first time “grave and incorrect allegations” The opposition party has decided devastated finally heaving a sigh of relief Party (BJP). in 15 years, he added. of bonded labourers working in to hold protests across the state fortunes”, From the state’s Amarinder Singh said the prop- the fields. Monday over high power tariffs, the CM said law and order to its aganda that SAD is trying to spread CAPTAIN AMARINDER SINGH | Terming it “yet another con- taxes on fuel and the law and order these desper- CM, PUNJAB fiscal situation, the past through these political antics will spiracy” to defame Punjab's farm- situation. ate tactics would four years of the not work with the people of Punjab, ers whom the Central government Having lost its moral right to not work as the Congress rule have wit- who had neither forgotten nor for- and the ruling BJP have been “per- Amarinder Singh was reacting to the Home Minister’s face people of the state due to their Akalis have completely nessed a massive improvement given the Akali-BJP rulers for the sistently trying to malign by dub- doublespeak on many vital issues, lost face in the wake of their fiasco across key parameters, in sharp sufferings to which they were sub- bing them terrorists, urban nax- letter claiming that the Border Security Force (BSF) including the ongoing farmers’ ag- over the farm laws, which exposed contrast to the chaos and destruc- jected for 10 years. People here have als, goons, etc. in a bid to derail had apprehended 58 Indian nationals in 2019 and itation, the SAD is now trying hard their “shameless double standards.” tion that had prevailed under the seen through the double standards their agitation against the farm to get back into their good books The chief minister termed the Akalis, said the chief minister. of these parties, he added. laws”, he said that the Union Home 2020 from border areas of Punjab, and the detainees Ministry’s March 17 letter in this had purportedly revealed that they were working regard was a “bundle of lies”, aimed at “undermining” the farmers’ with state’s farmers as bonded labourers protest and “denigrating” the state’s Congress government. initiated in each case and most of and they were only responsible for Take Mukhtar’s custody by April 8: Punjab to UP “A careful analysis of the whole the persons are residing with their detaining any person found to be episode reveals that highly sensi- families. “If anything comes to no- roaming along the border in sus- Ansari was allegedly trial prisoner Ansari. tive information pertaining to na- tice at any stage, suitable legal ac- picious circumstances, and hand- “The said handover is to be made tional security regarding the ar- tion will be initiated against the ing them over to the local police, he involved in various at district jail Rupnagar on/before rest of some suspicious persons, culprits,” he added. added. April 8,” the letter stated. apprehended by the BSF from close “It has been further informed “Before shooting out such a let- cases of attempt to “Ansari suffers from certain med- to the volatile Indo-Pak border, has that illegal human trafficking syn- ter and making it public through the murder, murder, ical conditions and the same may been unscrupulously twisted on dicates exploit these gullible labour- media, the MHA should have be kept in mind while making baseless conjectures to malign and ers and Punjabi farmers hook them checked the facts and verified the cheating and conspiracy arrangements for his transport tarnish the farmer community,” to drugs to make them work for information from the state gov- from Rupnagar jail to Banda jail in he claimed. long hours in their fields,” the MHA ernment instead of making false ac- apart from offences UP,” it said. “This reality has been further sub- had said in the letter. cusations against farmers, and under the Gangsters The Punjab home department stantiated by the fact that a selec- Rejecting the letter as totally charging them with indulging in referred to the March 26 Supreme tive leakage of the contents of the “unwarranted and factually in- bonded labour and converting the Act, lodged in Uttar Court order that had directed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) correct”, the Chief Minister said nei- labourers into drug addicts,” he state government to transfer the letter to some leading newspapers ther the data nor the said reports added. “All the 58 cases alleged by Pradesh and 10 of MLA from Mau to Uttar Pradesh’s and media houses has been done submitted by the BSF authorities the Centre have been investigated these cases are at Banda jail in two weeks. without waiting for an appropriate were in tune with the content of the thoroughly and nothing of this Delivering the order, the apex response from the state govern- letter. “The MHA letter talks of kind has been found,” said Singh. different stages of trial court had also noted that Ansari was

ment”, he added. Abohar also while the fact is that Giving details, he said that of allegedly involved in various cases

k y m c Asserting that his government there is no case of Abohar or Fazilka the 58 detainees, four belong to dif- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA cian Mukhtar Ansari from tion case since January 2019. of attempt to murder, murder, cheat- and Punjab Police are totally com- districts,” he pointed out, adding that ferent areas of Punjab and they Rupnagar jail by April 8. In a letter to the Uttar Pradesh ing and conspiracy apart from of- petent and committed to safeguard “none of the conclusions of the were found by the BSF roaming Chandigarh, April 4: Punjab’s Ansari, who is wanted in various Additional Chief Secretary (Home), fences under the Gangsters Act, the human rights of the poor and Centre were borne out by facts.” near the Indo-Pak border, while home department has asked the cases in Uttar Pradesh, has been the home department of Punjab lodged in Uttar Pradesh and 10 of the downtrodden, Singh said that Further, it was not the job of the three were found to be mentally Uttar Pradesh government to take lodged in Rupnagar district jail in asked for suitable arrangements these cases are at different stages suitable action has already been BSF to investigate such matters, disabled. custody of gangster-turned-politi- connection with an alleged extor- to be made for the transfer of under- of trial. Shutting schools up to class 9 in GITA PRESS PRESIDENT P8 Kashmir for a couple of weeks is MONDAY | APRIL 5 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR the right thing to do but the contrast with PASSES AWAY the hands-off approach to the crowds of The president of Gita Press, visitors at the tulip garden is too stark Radheshyam Khemka, to be ignored. A well considered passed away in Varanasi uniform strategy is needed for following a brief illness, his

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People (in PM reviews Covid situation Kerala) have has started The PM stressed on the need for awareness of the community witnessing high surge to supporting BJP

JP NADDA | BJP curb the spread. ‘Public involvement is paramount and there is a “need to continue Jan PRESIDENT Bhagidari and Jan Andolan for Covid-19 management’, he said. India reports highest I offer my humble daily rise in Covid cases tributes to Babu Jagjivan Ram India Sunday recorded 93,249 new on his birth coronavirus infections, the highest anniversary. Babu single-day rise so far this year, Jagjivan Ram was which took the total COVID-19 an illustrious freedom fighter and a cases to 1,24,85,509, according to visionary leader. The contribution Union health ministry data. This is of Babu Jagjivan Ram to the the biggest daily rise in cases nation's politics and development since September 19, when 93,337 will always be remembered fresh infections were recorded. The death toll climbed to 1,64,623 K CHANDRASEKHAR RAO | TELANGANA CHIEF Sunday with 513 new fatalities, the MINISTER ministry data updated at 8 am showed. Registering a steady increase for the 25th straight day, Devotees taking holy dip in the Ganga river on the occasion of Shitla Ashtami festival in Prayagraj UNI PHOTO All the the number of active cases surged farmers have to 6,91,597, accounting for 5.54 per been AGENCIES COVID-appropriate behaviour, es- cent of the total infections. registered on the pecially in the use of masks and so- portal for bringing New Delhi, April 4: Prime Minister cial distancing, pandemic fatigue lighted that the western state has their wheat crop to Narendra Modi Sunday reviewed and lack of effective implementa- contributed 57 percent of the total Mamata takes swipe at Modi for the procurement the COVID-19 situation and vacci- tion of containment measures at the cases and 47 percent of deaths in the centres. However, crops that have nation exercise in the country amid field level, said the statement re- country in the last 14 days. been harvested early would also be an "alarming rate of growth" in leased after the prime minister's In Maharashtra, the total num- predicting victory in Assembly polls procured without a schedule infections and deaths, with 10 states review meeting with senior offi- ber of new cases per day has touched MANOHAR LAL KHATTAR | HARYANA CHIEF contributing to more than 91 per- cials. Prime Minister Modi called 47,913 which is more than double its AGENCIES supremo alleged that Modi's recent MINISTER cent of them. for avoiding mortality under all earlier peak. Punjab has contributed visit to Bangladesh to commemo- Modi directed that central circumstances by ramping up 4.5 percent of the total cases in the Khanakul (WB), April 4: West rate its first prime minister Sheikh teams consisting of public health healthcare infrastructure and other country in the same period but has Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Mujibur Rahman's birth centenary specialists be sent to measures and exhorted that all accounted for 16.3 percent of the total Banerjee on Sunday wondered had led to "rioting" in the neigh- SHORT TAKES Maharashtra, Punjab and states need to take required strin- deaths, a matter of serious con- whether Prime Minister Narendra bouring country. Chhattisgarh, where the situation gent measures with comprehen- cern, the statement said. Modi is "god or a superhuman" to Hitting out at Home Minister was of serious concern, and said sive restrictions in places witnessing Similarly, though Chhattisgarh have made claims of a BJP tri- Amit Shah, she claimed that the 7 killed in separate the five-fold strategy of testing, high surge to curb the spread. "A has contributed 4.3 percent of the umph in the assembly elections, Election Commission was trans- road mishaps tracing, treatment, COVID-ap- detailed presentation was made total cases nationwide in the last 14 six phases of which still remain. ferring police officers in the state propriate behaviour and vacci- which highlighted that there is an days, its contribution in total deaths The TMC boss, without naming at the behest of the top BJP leader. Jaipur: Seven people, nation if implemented with ut- alarming rate of growth of COVID- has exceeded seven percent dur- the Indian Secular Front (ISF) or its Contending that all BJP leaders, including two children, were most seriousness and 19 cases and deaths in the country ing the same period. founder Abbas Siddiqui, said the including chief ministers and cen- killed and two others injured commitment would be effective with 10 states contributing to more The 10 high burden states and UTs BJP is giving money "to a person" tral ministers, are camping in Sunday in two separate in curbing the pandemic's spread, than 91 percent of cases and deaths are contributing 91.4 percent of the to eat into minority votes. Bengal to help the party win elec- accidents in Rajasthan's according to an official state- due to COVID," the statement said. total cases and 90.9 percent of the "What do you (Modi) think of tions, she described them as Jalore and Rajsamand ment. The meeting came on a day The meeting was also informed total deaths in the country. yourself, are you god or superhu- duct by "asking officers of the state "Duryodhana, Dushyashana and districts, police said. In India recorded 93,249 new coron- that vaccine manufacturers are India's COVID-19 tally had man?" Banerjee said, referring to government to be ready to attend Ravana"(antagonists in the epics Parawa village in Jalore, five avirus infections, the highest sin- ramping up their production ca- crossed the 20-lakh mark on August remarks by the PM at public meet- the oath-taking ceremony." Mahabharata and Ramayana). people, including two gle-day rise so far this year that pacity and are also in discussion 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh ings that he will attend the oath-tak- Addressing back-to-back rallies Meanwhile, days after Banerjee al- children, were killed when a car collided head-on with a took the total COVID-19 cases to with other domestic and offshore September 5 and 50 lakh September ing ceremony of the BJP govern- in Hooghly, Howrah and South 24 leged discrepancies during voting truck. The passengers were 1,24,85,509, according to Union companies to augment the same. 16. It went past 60 lakh September ment in Bengal and request it to Parganas districts -- where assem- at the Boyal polling booth in on the way to Sanchor from health ministry data. Noting that the situation in 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh implement the PM-Kisan Nidhi bly constituencies are set to go to Nandigram, the Election Jodhpur, Chitalwana Station The reasons for the sharp rise in Maharashtra, Punjab and October 29, 90 lakh November 20 and scheme as early as possible. polls on April 6 -- Banerjee further Commission Sunday issued a point- House Officer (SHO) Khamma cases could be mainly attributed to Chhattisgarh is of serious concern, surpassed the one-crore mark She claimed that the prime min- said, "We will not invite you (Modi) by-point response refuting all the Ram Bishnoi said. the severe decline in compliance of a presentation in the meeting high- December 19. ister breached the model code of con- for the swearing-in." The TMC allegations.

Two child TN POLLS marriages foiled ‘POLITICIAN IN DAY Rahul rides auto to campaign venue Thane: Two child marriages Cong hopes high, were foiled at separate PRESS TRUST OF INDIA places in neighbouring expects 18 seats Palghar district of & WEAVER IN NIGHT’ Thiruvananthapuram, April 4: INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Maharashtra Sunday, officials said. The first INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE homes to people in the handloom, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi incident took place at construction and other unor- Sunday took an autorickshaw ride Chennai, April 4: The Congress, Chendavane village in Wada Chennai, April 4: The CPI-ML ganized sectors. at two places inKerala, on the last which is relegated to a junior part- tehsil, Shahapur tehsildar candidate S Subramani from the Subramani while speaking to day of campaignfor the April 6 ner in the DMK-led front, is ex- Nilima Suryavanshi said. "A Kumarapalyalm Assembly con- IANS said, "Kumarapalayam is no- Assembly polls, to highlight the pecting to get a minimum of 15 teenage girl, who studies in stituency in Tamil Nadu cam- torious for Kidney rackets and rising fuel prices under the BJP- seats and a maximum of 18 in the Class 9, was about to be paigns during the day time and surrogacy scams, and I will put NDA rule. Tamil Nadu Assembly elections to married off by her parents. at night turns a weaver for his liv- an end to all this once I am elected Gandhi, who addressed a cam- be held April 6. The revenue officials in ing and to fund his own election from here. The party has already paign meeting at Nemom, here in The polls to elect 234 new mem- Shahapur received a tip-off campaign. appealed to the Central govern- the evening, took an autorickshaw bers of the Tamil Nadu Assembly about it. Just when the Subramani after his day's cam- ment to include Kumarapalayam to the venue, catching everyone by will be held in a single phase on marriage was about to be paign enters a weaving unit in the in the Smart City project but surprise. April 6 and the counting of votes solemnised, they reached the night shift and earns Rs 500 per nothing happened. If elected, I K Muraleedharan, MP, is the will be done May 2. spot and stopped it," she said. day. This money is used for his liv- promise to include Congress-led UDF candidate at Although there were initial hic- ing as well as campaign expenses Kumarapalayam in the Smart Nemom, the lone seatwon by the cups in the Congress-DMK al- for the next day. City project". BJP in the 2016 assembly polls. The liance, even as the former wanted Two rhinos enter The CPI-ML candidate is of The CPI-ML leader also ap- constituency is witnessing a fierce to contest, but the chemistry be- the opinion that the AIADMK pealed to the people of triangular fight between the LDF, tween them improved later in the Assam village government at the state and the Kumarapalayam, a textile town UDF and the BJP. run-up to the elections. DMK pres- Guwahati: Two one-horned BJP government at the centre to vote for him instead of big par- Addressing party workers at ident M.K. Stalin, who has turned wild rhinos strayed from Orang has not done anything for the ties like the AIADMK and DMK. Nemom, Gandhi, who also took out out to be the star campaigner, en- National Park and entered weavers and workers. He is also Subramanai while speaking to a roadshow, said he came in an au- nearby villages in Assam's the Namakkal district secretary IANS said, "I will be always with torickshaw. The driver of the vehicle border Darrang district, of the All India Central Council the people of Kumarapalayam said he was not able to make a liveli- ing theirmoney to their friends. The Gandhi scion also took an officials said. While one was of Trade Unions and he wants and will be the people's voice of hood as all his earnings go to pay How dare they come here and ask auto ride on his way to the heli- captured by forest officials the government to provide free this constituency." forfuel. "The BJP keeps raising you for votes?", an angry Gandhi pad at Kalpettain his constituency Sunday, the other rhino thepetrol and diesel prices and giv- asked. Wayanad earlier in the day. remained in the village pond. Forest and Wildlife officials said one of the rhinos was tranquillised after a long effort, with the help of locals, and Pvt schools paying for vaccination of their ‘Corona Warriors’ was taken to the Guwahati Zoo while the other rhino remained in the village pond and efforts PRESS TRUST OF INDIA healthcare, the school has been con- ber to ensure that they have 100 sured that he travels to all the con- are on to apprehend it or drive ducting the vaccination drive in per cent control over the decision," stituencies where the Congress it back to the forest without New Delhi, April 4: Calling their the first 10 days of April for the she said. candidates are contesting. any harm. Wildlife activists teachers 'Corona Warriors' who staff members who stand eligible Sangeeta Hajela, Principal, DPS However, in seats like Ponneri said that the habitats of wild kept the momentum of classes going according to the government guide- Indirapuram, said, "We are all aware and Arthangi there were revolts animals have been shrinking despite the pandemic forcing school lines," said Rajat Goel, Director, that COVID-19 has entered its sec- in the DMK camp for allocating the over the decades due to closures, several private schools MRG School, Rohini. ond wave in India. At such a diffi- party strongholds to the Congress, encroachment and felling of are helping them get inoculated by Alka Kapur, Principal, Modern cult time, ensuring the safety of but Stalin directly intervened and forest resources by the people, booking slots at government vac- Public School, Shalimar Bagh, our staff is of utmost importance. settled the matter for the party leading to man-animal conflicts. cination centres, paying for their said, "Besides doctors and profes- Therefore, the management is in and all the revolting party leaders shots at private facilities and some sional frontline workers, the teach- process of discussion to conduct a were asked to fall in line. even bearing their travel expenses ing fraternity is most vulnerable vaccination drive for the teaching The grand old party is ex- Man killed for visiting the centres. to the risk of contracting the virus. and non-teaching staff in a struc- pected to do well in Karaikudi, While the schools say the drive Their duty requires them to come tured manner in just few days". Kallikurichi, Virudachalam and by father right now is for staff above the age into contact with people of all ages "Currently, we have initiated the Thiruvadanai and is eyeing to of 45 years, in accordance with the at their workplace". capitalise on the votes being split Ballia: A man was allegedly process of taking feedback from killed by his father and two government guidelines, they will Orchids-The International our staff on how comfortable they by the AMMK-DMDK combine. brothers following an cover their remaining staff too School, a chain of over 40 schools are in getting vaccinated, post ap- The Congress is in a sticky

altercation here, police said once the lower age bracket is eligible. across the country, has announced proval we will begin arranging the wicket in four to five seats in the y Sunday. Police said "In consideration to the sheer to provide complete financial as- and close to 4,000 teaching and non- nation is the best safety measure rest of framework for vaccination western part of the state, with

dedication and dexterity with which sistance to its 4,000 staff members teaching staff members will be pro- against COVID-19. We have always drive," she said. the party leader Mayuara

k y m Saturday night, Santosh c (45) had returned home in our teachers have supported us for receiving the vaccination. vided with 100 per cent financial as- put the safety of the staff mem- The efforts for vaccination of Jayakumar contesting against an inebriated state, after throughout the difficult year of According to Kavita Chatterjee, sistance for getting the vaccination. bers, students and their families school teachers come amid a surge superstar-turned-politician which he had an altercation 2020, the school considers them no Member of Management Committee "While we are following all pro- at the heart of every decision, and in coronavirus cases which has Kamal Haasan of the MNM and with his father Lal Bhukhan less than frontline workers. In order (Principals), the school manage- tocols mentioned by the govern- hence recommend the vaccination prompted a few states to postpone Vanathi Srinivasan, the pow- and brothers Govind and to assure them complete safety and ment will sponsor the entire cost, ment such as temperature checks strongly. Of course, prior consent reopening of schools in new aca- erful national president of the Ashok. extend them support in terms of including travelling to the location and sanitisation, we believe vacci- will be taken from each staff mem- demic session. BJP's women's unit. P9 CASE AGAINST 1,011 FOR MONDAY | APRIL 5 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR VIOLATING nCoV NORMS Any person who is with this agitation is a patriot Police have registered a case and the one who is Against 1,011 people for allegedly against the farmers' violating COVID-19 prevention rules agitation is a traitor by attending a religious gathering y in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district,

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Greetings on Shah, are also against the new laws. Easter! On Tikait, who reached Exhorting farmers from Gujarat this day, we Unverified intel Gujarat to drum up remember the pious to use tractors to protest, Tikait teachings of Jesus support for the stir, said these vehicles are the "tanks of Christ. His emphasis farmers" and were put to good use on social began his two-day in Delhi to remove police barri- empowerment inspires millions input drove forces visit by praying at the cades. While former Gujarat chief across the world minister Shankarsinh Vaghela ac- Ambaji Temple in companied Tikait in his rally from NARENDRA MODI | PRIME MINISTER Banaskantha district Ambaji to Palanpur, Congress MLA into deadly trap Geniben Thakor welcomed the BKU I will finish all and then addressing leader when he entered the state my present earlier in the day. Incidentally, assignments AGENCIES groups in Ambaji Tikait had taken a swipe at the and quit films, if and Palanpur BJP government in Gujarat ear- they become a Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), April over 4 months now against the they have gone to work in their lier in the day by showing his hurdle to my 4: Over 1,000 police personnel drawn PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Centre's three agri marketing fields. We have told them to come passport to reporters while en- political career from CRPF's elite CoBRA unit, and laws, and have demanded its re- back once the government is free tering the state after alighting

KAMAL HASSAN | ACTOR-TURNED-POLITICIAN the state police's District Reserve Ahmedabad, April 4: Refuting peal along with a legal guaran- from (West) Bengal elections. The from a train in Abu Road in neigh- Guard (DRG) and Special Task claims that farmers have left tee on the minimum support entire government is camping in bouring Rajasthan. Force (STF) walked into a deadly Names of personnel protest sites along the Delhi bor- price mechanism. Bengal. Once the government re- Asked about whether he was car- The BJP's trap of Maoists in deep jungle in der, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader He told a gathering that the three turns, we will start negotiations rying a COVID-19 negative cer- communal a rebel-dominated patch in killed in the attack Rakesh Tikait on Sunday said laws were enacted to help busi- with it," Tikait claimed. tificate, which is mandatory while politics will Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar, purely they had gone to the fields to nessmen and not farmers, and the He said farmers from Gujarat travelling to Gujarat, Tikait showed effect Assam for on an unverified intelligence input DRG work and would return when the latter had decided to not move from must also join the protest in large his passport and said, "I have all coming several that top ultra leader Madvi Hidma 1. Deepak Bhardwaj, Sub-Inspector. Central government was "free the protest sites till victory, that is numbers so that the country feels the documents with me. This is my decades. It needs to was holed up at a hilly site along 2. Ramesh Kumar Zurri, Head Constable from West Bengal elections". acceptance of all their demands, confident that cultivators from the passport if it is required to enter be defeated at any with his colleagues. 3. Narayan Sodhi, Head Constable Farmers, mainly from Punjab, was achieved. state from where some of the big Gujarat". Tikait will visit cost. If we cannot defeat such But the input was basically a 4. Ramesh Korsa, Constable. Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh "All reports that farmers have leaders hail, a possible reference to Sabarmati Ashram Monday and politics, then the balance and well-planned trap of the Maoist 5. Subhash Naik, Constable. and Rajasthan, have been left the agitation sites are wrong. Prime Minister Narendra Modi go to Bardoli on the second day of harmony of Assam will be distorted guerrillas as they gunned down 22 6. Kishor Andrik, Assistant Constable. protesting at the Delhi border for Farmers come and go. At present, and Union Home Minister Amit his Gujarat visit. forever security personnel and walked 7. Sankuram Sodhi, Assistant Constable. SITARAM YECHURY | CPI(M) GENERAL away with their weapons too. The 8. Bhosaram Kartami, Assistant Constable. SECRETARY casualty figure could further rise STF 50% SEATING IN as at least 31 security personnel 9. Shravan Kashyap, Head Constable. CHEERFUL MOOD sustained multiple injuries and 10. Ramdas Korrram, Constable. were airlifted to Raipur for better K'TAKA CINEMA SHORT TAKES 11. Jagatram Kanwar, Constable medical attention. 12. Sukhsingh Faras, Constable The lengthy gunfight between 13. Ramashankar Paikra, Constable HALLS FROM APRIL 7 13 injured in thermal Maoists militants and security per- 14. Shankarnath, Constable. sonnel broke out on Saturday at a INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE power plant blast remote hilly site in Bijapur dis- CoBRA (210 battalion) Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh): trict, close to Sukma district bor- 15. Dilip Kumar Das, Inspector Bangalore, April 4: Relenting Thirteen labourers were der in sprawling Bastar division 16. Raj Kumar Yadav, Head Constable to the Kannada film industry's de- injured following an explosion where Maoists are attempting to run 17. Shambhurai, Constable mand, the Karnataka government in a boiler in the Lanco Anpara a de facto government in deep 18. Dharmdev Kumar, Constable deferred enforcing 50 per cent thermal power plant Sunday forests since late 1980s. 19. S M Krishna, Constable seating in about 200 cinema the- morning. Five of the injured "Guerrillas armed with heavy 20. R Jagdish, Constable atres in eight districts to April 7 labourers were in a serious weapons including rocket launch- 21. Bablu Rabha, Constable to contain the Covid pandemic, condition and have been shifted ers were waiting for security per- an official said on Sunday. to Varanasi for advanced Bastariya Battalion sonnel contingent... once a larger 22. Samaiyaa Maravi, Constable. "The order restricting 50 per treatment. Relief and rescue team of the search operation ap- cent of seating capacity in cin- operations have begun to proached a hill, the militants who ers too retaliated hard." ema halls in eight districts, in- evacuate other labourers were positioned on top of the hill Reports say that Maoists brought cluding Bengaluru where Covid who are feared trapped in. started spraying bullets in a flash 3-4 tractors on Saturday night to the cases have been rising will be ap- from three sides," a local DRG po- attack site to ferry away dead bod- plicable from Wednesday (April 7) liceman who was part of the search ies of their comrades. The local up to April 20," a civic official told Sadhu found team told IANS. police officials are now claiming that murdered The attack site is located roughly intelligence inputs should have 500 km south of state capital Raipur. been verified from multiple cred- Ayodhya: The body of a sadhu, "The security personnel were ible sources before rushing a larger Mahant Kanhaiya Das of the stunned by Maoists' heavy gun- team to catch Hidma, one of the Hanuman Garhi temple was fire... actually, it was an ambush de- most wanted terror faces in the found at Gaushala of signed in U-shape but the troop- mineral-rich Bastar. Tourists engaged in various activities at a snow-covered field at the north portal of the Atal Tunnel near Manali PTI PHOTO Charanpaduka temple Sunday. He had been apparently bludgeoned to death in his IANS. The other seven districts sleep by unidentified ASSAM POLLS across the southern state are assailants. The Mahant was Bengaluru Rural, Bidar, Dakshina also the head of Gulchaman Over 27L vaccinated Saturday Kannada, Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Baag of Basantia Patti. Only 7.8% women candidates in electoral battle Mysuru and Udupi. THE COUNTRYWIDE VACCINATION To reduce the surging cases, INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE that during the 2016 polls, while state Chief Secretary P. Ravikumar Case filed against its alliance partner Asom Gana DRIVE WAS ROLLED OUT JANUARY 16 on April 2 ordered theatres in the Kamal Haasan Guwahati, April 4: Only 7.8 per Parishad (AGP) like that of previ- eight districts to restrict seating cent women candidates are among ous elections has put up two fe- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE 8,23,030 (second dose). to 50 per cent of their capacity Chennai: A case was filed the total 946 contestants in fray male nominees. According to the Health from Saturday to maintain social against superstar-turned- for the 126-member Assam The BJP, which has fielded total New Delhi, April 4: As many as Ministry's reports, the cumulative distancing and follow Covid ap- politician and Makkal Needhi Assembly elections, leading to dis- 93 candidates, is contesting the 27,38,972 doses of coronavirus vac- vaccination figure includes over propriate behaviour. Maiam chief Kamal Haasan in content among female activists elections in alliance with the United cines were administered in India 6.5 crore (6,57,39,470) first doses, "A revised order was issued on Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore and writers. People's Party Liberal (UPPL) and in the past 24 hours, the Union while the second dose numbers Saturday to apply the restriction Sunday for violating the model According to the state's Chief the Gana Suraksha Party (GSP), be- Health Ministry said Sunday. have crossed the 1 crore (1,02,40,181) from April 7, as hundreds of fans code of conduct, officials said. Electoral Officer Nitin Khade, of the sides its old ally AGP.The Assam Of the total does of vaccination mark. On Friday, a total of 28,87,779 bought online tickets in advance Independent candidate total 946 candidates, 74 are women, fray.In the 2016 Assam Assembly Jatiya Parishad (AJP), a newly on Saturday, 24,80,031 were first beneficiaries were vaccinated across for all shows till Tuesday (April 6) Palanikumar, who is while, out of the overall 2,33,74,087 elections, 91 women candidates formed party, has fielded seven time beneficiaries, while 2,58,941 35,624 sessions for the first dose for films released on Friday and contesting from Coimbatore voters, 1,15,50,403 are females. He were in the fray, with eight of them women candidates while the other beneficiaries received their sec- and 2,06,016 beneficiaries received imposing the restriction would South constituency where Kamal Haasan is fighting, said out of the 33,530 polling stations being elected.In 2011, 85 women new party Raijor Dal has given ond dose of vaccine. their second dose of vaccine. have disappointed them and caused complained to the police that set up for the three phases (March had tried their electoral fate and 14, ticket to one.The AJP and Raijor Dal The cumulative vaccination The countrywide vaccination loss to the film industry," said the stage actors dressed as Lord 27, April 1, and April 6) of the polls the highest so far in the House, nominees are contesting as doses reached to 7,59,79 651 till drive was rolled out on 16 January official. Rama and goddesses performed across the state, 1,351 are all man- were successful.In the 2016 polls, the Independent candidates.Besides, Day 78, the drive which was started with healthcare workers getting in- A Karnataka Film Chamber of in front of the Ramar temple aged by women.The third and the Congress had fielded 16 women several female activists and women in the country on January 16. oculated and the second phase of Commerce (KFCC) delegation, led at Ramapuram in Coimbatore final phase of polling will be held candidates.The principal opposition rights bodies, renowned Assam- These include 89,82,974 health- Covid-19 vaccination commenced by Sandalwood superstars and that this was a violation in 40 seats on April 6.Despite the party this time has fielded a total based writers Tapati Baruah care workers (first dose), 53,19,641 from 1 March for those over 60 Shivarajkumar, Puneet, Yash and of the poll code. women being 49.41 per cent of the of 95 candidates allotting the re- Kashyap and Ratna Bharali HCWs (second dose), 96,86,477 years of age and for people aged Sudeep urged state Chief Minister total numbers of voters, only 74 maining seats to its allies.The rul- Talukdar have expressed strong frontline workers (first dose) and 45 and above with specified co- B S Yediyurappa Saturday to defer female (7.8 per cent) candidates, ing BJP has nominated seven resentment over the number of 40,97,510 FLWs (second dose), morbid conditions, while the third the order by a few days, as the Panchayat poll including 23 Independent, are in the women candidates, one more than candidates. while beneficiaries aged over 45 phase for people above 45 years theatres were following the guide- years -- 4,70,70,019 (first dose) and started April 1. lines to contain the virus spread. candidate shot Baghpat: A candidate in the upcoming panchayat Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to the Central ministries and others this detail was officially shared in Ministries/Departments have found Ministers. Prime Minister Modi elections in Uttar Pradesh's rushed to Delhi and called on PM to fast track delayed projects. Parliament by Rao Inderjit Singh, a special mention in the CVC wanted to reshuffle his pack before Baghpat district was shot by Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah When he took over as PM in 2014, Minister for Statistics & Program revelations against government the onset of the Budget session of unidentified assailants. to apprise them of the situation he blamed the UPA for the mess in Implementation and Planning. No organizations. The CVC marked Parliament. It was delayed as Prime Shakeel, the gram panchayat Kuru emerging in the state. The BJP had delaying project implementation doubt, the country has a robust them for their sloppiness and Minister Modi decided to focus on candidate, was shot Saturday lost even after winning the and tardy progress resulting in policy and monitoring framework retarded pursuit in pursuing states going to polls during 2021. night in Osika village. The Kolumn Assembly polls in alliance with Shiv huge cost overrun. But six years for execution of central sector vigilance cases. Appearing before Once the results of these five state assailants fled the scene after Sena in 2019. Fadnavis returned to into power, as many as 1736 central infrastructure projects to ensure the Parliamentary Standing assembly polls are out and the the incident. Local residents Mumbai with an impression that sector infrastructure projects, each that these projects are completed Committee, the CVC reportedly election process is over in May, rushed Shakeel to a government the entire BJP machinery is in the one costing `150 crores and above, within scheduled time and costs. said the reason for the delay in another seven states are going to hospital in Badaut from where midst of Battle of Bengal. Until are delayed. Of these, 449 projects following up on its reports by polls in 2022. Of these seven states, he was referred to Meerut for then, he should keep the powder are showing cost overruns while CVC blames influence central ministries/departments six are BJP ruled states which are advanced treatment. ‘Operation Lotus’ dry. The NIA is moving slow, ED is 547 projects are showing time could be ‘political and influence- Gujarat, Goa, Manipur, Himachal waiting in the wings and the CBI is overruns. There are 208 projects peddling for delay peddling.’ In view of the above, the Pradesh, UP and Uttarakhand. quietly scouting for a role in the which are showing both time and Committee in a report, 106th on the Punjab will also go to polls which in Maharashtra trange it may sound, but true. murky Wazegate. But there is no cost overruns. In all, 1736 projects Demands of Grants of the Ministry are ruled by the Congress. Modi SP founder dies The Central Vigilance he ground is ready and the question of missing the God-send are either behind schedule or S of Personnel, Public Grievances, wants that these states must be Commission (CVC) whose boss Lucknow: Founder member Tstage is set for ‘Operation Lotus’ opportunity and the BJP will go for facing huge cost over-run. And Law & Justice, has asked the CVC to retained with a handsome margin Sanjay Kothari was hand-picked by of the Samajwadi Party in Maharashtra. This will be BJP’s the kill post May 2. what is the cost of the projects devise ways to fix accountability so that BJP's strength in Rajya none other than PM Narendra Modi and former UP minister second attempt to form the leading to these delays? for inaction or delayed action. Sabha also goes up further. With has virtually blamed influence Bhagwati Singh died here government in Maharashtra after Shockingly, 547 delayed projects regard to Punjab, the BJP has been the first one failed. The first Delay in 449 projects peddling for the delay in Sunday. The 89-year-old are showing cost overruns of unable to formulate its policy. May attempt to form the government in ` ` implementing its reports. The issue Why Cabinet y died at a degree college in costs 3L cr more 291014.58 crore. The Ministry of be, it will do so after the May 2 Maharashtra with the help of NCP came to surface when the CVC Lucknow’s Bakshi ka Talab Statistics and Programme reshuffle delayed polls. 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k y m international | a part of the Artemis missions c of the day uote EASTER EGGS A symbol of defiance in Myanmar protests It is important REUTERS In the latest in a series of im- Opponents of military rule Political Prisoners (AAPP), an ac- for Japan and promptu shows of defiance, have mounted a civil disobe- Messages including tivist group monitoring casual- the United Yangon, April 4: Opponents of messages including “Spring dience campaign since the States to cooperate “Spring Revolution”, ties and arrests, said the toll of military rule in Myanmar inscribed Revolution”, “We must military overthrew the and use deterrence “We must win” and “Get dead had risen to 557, as of late to create an messages of protest on Easter eggs win” and “Get out MAH” elected government of Saturday. environment where Sunday while thousands of oth- - referring to junta leader Nobel laureate Aung San out MAH” - referring to In the capital, Naypyitaw, two Taiwan and China can find a ers were back on the streets, de- Min Aung Hlaing - were Suu Kyi, that has included junta leader Min Aung men were killed when police fired peaceful solution nouncing a Feb 1 coup and facing seen on eggs in photo- creative shows of defi- on protesters on motorbikes, the off with the security forces who graphs on social media. ance promoted on social Hlaing - were seen on Irrawaddy news site reported. YOSHIHIDE SUGA | PRIME MINISTER, JAPAN shot and killed two men. “Easter is all about the media. eggs in photographs on Police and a spokesman for the A person shows a painted Easter future and the people of Young people in the main junta did not answer telephone egg with a sign reading “Spring Myanmar have a great fu- city of Yangon handed out social media calls seeking comment. Millions of Revolution” following the protests ture in a federal democracy,” eggs bearing the messages of Several thousand marched in Good against the military coup, in Dr Sasa, international envoy for the protest, pictures in posts showed. decade of tentative steps towards the second city of Mandalay, ac- Samaritans, Mandalay, Myanmar April 3, 2021 ousted civilian government, said largely each of them Crowds have returned to the democracy. Numerous candle-lit cording to images on social media, showing what loving in this picture obtained by Reuters in a statement. Sasa, who uses Christian ethnic minority in the streets day and night to reject the vigils took place overnight. before police and soldiers moved thy neighbour as from social media. only one name, is a member of a predominantly Buddhist country. return of military rule after a The Assistance Association for in to disperse them. thyself really looks like in 21st century Britain and all that during the darkest days of the pandemic. It’s really, very moving to see it SPARKLING SPRING BORIS JOHNSON | PRIME MINISTER, UK Palace intrigue harms

We have so far been protecting our Jordan’s stable image people; we are not imposing a lockdown or closing Saturday, the military told King Abdullah’s half brother Prince Hamza bin our factories. We are only imposing minor Hussein to halt actions targeting “security and stability” in the key US ally restrictions so that this wave doesn’t spread rapidly. But if this REUTERS dealt a severe blow to Jordan’s econ- spreads, it will have a very negative omy, pushing unemployment to impact and we will be forced to Amman, April 4: Unprecedented record levels and deepening poverty. take steps public criticism of Jordan’s monar- “The king is a red line.. We will IMRAN KHAN | PRIME MINISTER, PAKISTAN chy by a senior royal who has been confront firmly any trembling hand placed under house arrest has shaken that seeks to tamper with the coun- the country’s image as an island of try’s security,” former Prime stability in the Middle East. Minister Faisal al Fayez told par- SHORT TAKES Saturday, Jordan’s military told liament in an indirect reference to King Abdullah’s half brother Prince Hamza. Bus collision Hamza bin Hussein to halt actions It is unclear why the kingdom de- targeting “security and stability” cided to crack down on Prince claims 11 in the key US ally. Hamza at this moment, but politi- In unusually tough language cal sources say he put himself at risk Beijing: A truck collided with recorded on a video passed by his a passenger bus on an with frequent visits to tribal gath- expressway in east China’s lawyer to the BBC, Prince Hamza, erings where people openly criticise Jiangsu Province early 41, said he had been placed under Stripped of any power, Hamza the king. A man looks at cherry blossom trees at the Oriental Park of Maulevrier, France REUTERS Sunday, killing at least 11 house arrest and criticised Jordan’s was subsequently sidelined. King Hamza is not seen to have any real people and injuring several leaders as a corrupt few who have Abdullah consolidated his power by clout and those detained as part of others. The accident took placed their interests above those making his son Hussein the heir ap- what the military said was an on- ‘KILL THE BILL’ PROTESTS place when the truck crossed of the public. parent and in the past year has ap- going security investigation mostly Dozens dead in the divider and crashed into “Damage has happened. For the peared to be preparing him inten- number his close aides. the passenger bus on the first time we have someone rocking sively for his future role as king. Any attempt to seize power would floods, landslide Shenyang-Haikou the image of that peaceful, stable Meanwhile Hamza has been most probably have failed without expressway. The bus then kingdom,” said a former minister. building ties with disgruntled tribal the support of the United States Protesters clash with PRESS TRUST OF INDIA overturned and collided with King Abdullah, 59, removed leaders at the head of loose anti-gov- and regional powers, who expressed two other trucks. The injured Hamza from his position as crown ernment protest movement called support for King Abdullah and any Jakarta, April 4: Landslides and have been sent to a nearby prince in 2004, thwarting the am- the Herak, which in recent weeks measures needed to ensure Jordan’s flash floods from torrential rains hospital. bitions of his stepmother Queen resumed its calls for protests against security. Nevertheless, Jordanians police, 107 arrested in eastern Indonesia killed at least Noor who had groomed her eldest corruption. are trying to make sense of the 44 people and displaced thousands, son for the throne since childhood. The COVID-19 pandemic has palace intrigue. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA a disaster relief agency said Libya gets 1st Sunday. Several others were still vax shipment London, April 4: A total 107 peo- missing. PAK COURT JAILS ple have been arrested after clashes Mud tumbled down onto dozens Tripoli: Libya has received its between officers and demonstrators of house in Lamenele village from first shipment of vaccines ‘Eek’ variant found in most HAFIZ SAEED’S AIDES at a “Kill the Bill” protest in cen- the surrounding hills shortly after against Covid-19, with 101,250 tral London Saturday, the midnight on Flores Island in East doses from Russia, the Health PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Metropolitan Police has said. Nusa Tenggara province. Rescuers Ministry said Sunday. The Covid cases of Tokyo hosps Projectiles were thrown around recovered 38 bodies and five in- Sputnik doses arrived in the Lahore, April 4: A Pakistani anti- as Met Police officers pushed pro- jured, said Lenny Ola, who heads capital Tripoli and will be REUTERS of them having recently travelled terrorism court has sentenced testers away in an effort to dis- were intent on remaining to cause the local disaster agency. stored in the Health abroad or reporting contact with five leaders of Mumbai attack perse crowds. Earlier, the police disruption to law-abiding The bodies of three people were Ministry’s warehouses, Tokyo, April 4: Around 70% of people who had, it said. mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat- said that around 10 of its officers Londoners,” Commander Ade found after being swept away by according to official news coronavirus patients tested at a Hospital officials were not im- ud-Dawah (JuD) to nine years of had received injuries during the op- Adelekan, who led the policing flash floods in Oyang Bayang vil- agency LNA. No date has Tokyo hospital last month car- mediately available for comment. imprisonment each in a terror fi- eration. operation in Parliament Square lage as 40 houses were destroyed, been given for when ried a mutation known for Ahead of the summer nancing case. In an update Sunday, the Met in London, said on Sunday. she said. Hundreds of people fled vaccinations will begin; dpa reducing vaccine pro- Olympics scheduled to Three of them -- Umar Bahadar, Police said the arrests were made “Despite repeated instructions submerged homes, some of which news agency quoted the LNA tection, Japanese pub- begin in July, Japan Nasarullah and Samiullah -- have for a variety of offences including from officers to leave, they did were carried off by the floodwaters. as saying. lic broadcaster NHK is grappling with been convicted for the first time breach of the peace; violent dis- not and, amid increasing levels said Sunday. a new wave of in- since the Anti-Terrorism Court order; assault on police and breaches of disorder, arrests were made. The E484K mu- fections. Health (ATC) Lahore pronounced its ver- of Covid legislation. We should not allow the behav- Airstrikes kill tation, nicknamed experts are par- dict some time ago in the terror fi- In one instance, a woman was ar- iour of a few individuals who at- 82 militants “Eek” by some sci- ticularly con- nancing cases registered by the rested on suspicion of possession tend these events with the pur- entists, was found cerned about the Counter-Terrorism Department of an offensive weapon after a knife pose of committing criminal acts Kabul: At least 82 militants in 10 of 14 people spread of mutant (CTD) of the Punjab police. was recovered. to taint the good behaviour of the have been confirmed dead as who tested positive strains, even as The other two -- JuD spokesper- “While our advice to people re- majority who attended yesterday,” warplanes pounded Taliban for the virus at Tokyo large-scale vaccina- son Yahya Mujahid and senior mains not to attend large gather- he said. hideouts and positions in Medical and Dental tions of the general leader Prof Zafar Iqbal -- had already ings, the vast majority of people “We remain in the middle of a Afghanistan’s Kandahar University Medical Hospital in population have not yet begun. been convicted for many years in who attended central London yes- global pandemic and we have made province, the former March, the report said. Friday, 446 new infections were other terror financing cases. terday, adhered to social distanc- great progress in controlling the stronghold of the militant For the two months through reported in Tokyo, although that ATC Lahore Judge Ejaz Ahmad ing, and engaged and listened to spread of the virus; we will not Seasonal downpours cause fre- group, a top police official March, 12 of 36 COVID patients is still well below the peak of over Buttar Saturday handed down my officers. However, as the af- allow the selfish actions of a small quent landslides and floods and kill said Sunday. The sorties carried the mutation, with none 2,500 in January. nine-year imprisonment to each ternoon wore on it became clear number of people to put Londoners dozens each year in Indonesia, a began Saturday night in parts of the restive Arghandab five of them. that a small number of people progress in jeopardy,” he added. chain of 17,000 islands where mil- district, Xinhua news agency lions of people live in mountain- quoted the provincial police ous areas or near fertile flood spokesman as saying. plains. Besides killing 82 armed In another village, Waiburak, insurgents including Taliban’s Pharaonic mummies parade to new museum in Egypt three people were killed and seven key commander Sarhadi, two remained missing when overnight tanks and several vehicles of rains caused rivers to burst their the insurgents have also THE ROYAL MUMMIES BELONG TO 18 KINGS AND FOUR QUEENS FROM THE 17TH, 18TH, 19TH AND 20TH banks, sending muddy water into been destroyed, the DYNASTIES THAT RULED ANCIENT EGYPT OVER 3,000 YEARS AGO large areas of East Flores district, spokesman said. Ola said. Four injured people were INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE companied by Minister of Tourism 18 to coincide with the International being treated at a local health and Antiquities Khaled al-Anani, Day for Monuments and Sites, also clinic. 3 dead in house Cairo, April 4: Authorities have UNESCO Director-General Audrey known as World Heritage Day. Hundreds of people were in- moved 22 Pharaonic mummies from Azoulay and Secretary-General of “It is a unique cultural, awareness, volved in rescue efforts, but dis- party shooting the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir the World Tourism Organisation tourism event. It’s unprecedented tribution of aid and relief was Washington: Three people Square in downtown Cairo to the (UNWTO) Zurab Pololikashvili. and it shows that Egypt puts our civ- hampered by power cuts, blocked were killed and four others National Museum of Egyptian The Minister explained that the ilization and antiquities on the top roads and the remoteness of the injured during a house party Civilization (NMEC) in a festive of our priorities,” Anani said in a area that's surrounded by choppy shooting in the US state of parade known as “The Pharaoh’s statement before a ceremony started waters and high waves, said the North Carolina, police said. Golden Parade”. at the NMEC. National Disaster Mitigation The incident took place The festivity started Saturday With joint efforts of the Unesco Agency spokesperson, Raditya Saturday in Wilmington city, evening with 22 ancient-styled ve- and the Egyptian government, the Jati. reports Xinhua news agency. hicles especially designed for the NMEC’s foundation stone was laid Authorities were still collect- The injured victims were event, each carrying the name of the in 2002 and its temporary exhibition ing information about the full hospitalised in unknown mummy of the king or queen inside, hall was opened in 2017. scale of casualties and damage

conditions, according to the moving from Tahrir Square and The 22 royal mummies of the in the affected areas, Jati said.

k y m c Wilmington Police escorted by parades of chariots, Pharaoh’s Golden Parade were dis- Photos released by the agency Department. No one was in motorcycles and men and women 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties II and Queen Hatshepsut. covered in two cachettes, the first showed rescuers and police and police custody, and at least dressed in ancient Egyptian out- that ruled ancient Egypt over 3,000 About an hour before the parade main hall of the NMEC contains of which was unearthed in 1881 military personnel taking resi- one person suspected of fits, reports Xinhua news agency. years ago. set off, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi 1,500 artefacts and it will be open for and the second in 1898, both in dents to shelters, bridges cut while firing shots was believed to The royal mummies belong to They include mummies of fa- inaugurated the main hall and the visitors the next day, while the Upper Egypt’s monument-rich roads were covered by thick mud have fled, local media 18 kings and four queens from the mous ancient Egyptian King Ramses mummies’ hall in the NMEC, ac- mummies’ hall will be opened April province of Luxor. and debris. reported. P11 If you deal with entities not HERO ELECTRIC TO TRAIN MECHANICS MONDAY | APRIL 5 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), remember: India’s leading electric two-wheeler maker You won’t be protected by the laws Hero Electric aims to train over 20,000 administered by MAS. Before making any roadside mechanics across the country investment, please ensure that it is over the next three years to deal with any genuine and legitimate, so that you will issue its customers might face as part of its

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k y m opt for the green mobility c business LEE HSIEN LOONG | PM, SINGAPORE of the day uote STAND-UP INDIA RBI may maintain status Banks sanctions Govt to slap recovery It would be a win-win `25K cr to 1.14 lakh situation for notice on Vedanta’s both the countries if beneficiaries trade resumes. I quo on rates: Experts want to say that Cairn after court order essential AGENCIES commodities required for human consumption should be kept a RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das headed six-member MPC is scheduled to New Delhi, April 4: The Finance PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Ministry Sunday said banks have PRAFUL VITHALANI, CHAIRMAN | ALL INDIA meet from April 5 to 7. The policy meet outcome will be announced April 7 sanctioned `25,586 crore to about New Delhi, April 4: The oil min- SUGAR TRADE ASSN. 1,14,322 beneficiaries under the istry will seek tens of millions of AGENCIES Stand Up India Scheme in the last dollars from Vedanta’s Cairn Oil & five years for promoting entre- Gas after the Delhi High Court Copper Mumbai, April 4: A sudden surge preneurship among women and held that the firm was liable to pay storage levels in Covid-19 cases and the govern- SC & STs. higher profit share to the govern- at the London ment's recent mandate asking the The objective of Stand-Up India ment in lieu of its Rajasthan oil and Metal Exchange central bank to keep retail infla- is to promote entrepreneurship gas block license being extended be- have decreased giving a deficit on tion around 4% are likely to prompt amongst women, Scheduled Castes yond initial term, a top supply side due to the Reserve Bank (RBI) to main- (SC) & Scheduled Tribes (ST) cat- official said. which prices may rise when tain status quo on policy rates at its egories, to help them in starting In the interim, the firm’s Barmer combined with heavy volumes, first bi-monthly monetary policy re- a greenfield enterprise in trad- basin block licence, whose initial capping the downside move in the view for the current fiscal, ac- ing, manufacturing and services 25-year term ended May 15, 2020, has Vedanta’s Cairn sought a 10-year metal cording to experts. sector, by both ready and trainee been given an eighth interim ex- extension of Rajasthan PSC, which The Monetary Policy Committee tension, the official, who wished not the government approved. But the KSHITIJ PUROHIT LEAD | INTERNATIONAL & (MPC), RBI's rate-setting panel, is to be identified, said. firm challenged in Delhi High Court COMMODITY, CAPITALVIA GLOBAL RESEARCH LIMITED also likely to maintain the policy "Now that the Delhi High Court the condition for additional profit stance accommodative at the next of late after sharp rebound from the repo rate unchanged in the up- has upheld the government policy, petroleum. A single judge bench of policy review to be unveiled April lows. Further, the recent rebound coming bi-monthly review of key we will issue recovery notices seek- the Delhi High Court in May 2018 7, say experts. in Covid cases poses a fresh chal- rates," he said. ing higher profit petroleum since upheld the company position that Particularly RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das lenge. It said the growth and infla- He said home loan rates are at his- May 15, 2020," he said. "The exact the extension has to be on same within SBI headed six-member MPC is sched- amount is being calculated but it Card, now, tion dynamic warrants continued toric lows with recent cuts by a terms and conditions as the orig- more than 53% of uled to meet from April 5 to 7. The policy support, especially with ris- number of commercial banks and will be in tens of millions inal licence. the spends actually policy meet outcome will be an- ing covid cases domestically. a further cut in rates will help the of dollars." The government challenged the come from online nounced April 7. "In all, we expect Mint Street to industry and the overall economy. borrowers, the Finance Ministry When contacted, a company order before a division bench, which payments which The RBI, experts feel, will wait leave rates unchanged and maintain Suman Chowdhury, Chief said in a statement. spokesperson said, "We are in the March 26 this year ruled that “there used to be around 44% earlier. for an opportune time to announce an accommodative stance. The key Analytical Officer, Acuité Ratings Under the scheme, bank loans process of reviewing the court's cannot be extension of the Almost 9 percentage points monetary action with a view to en- monitorable will be any guidance & Research, said the MPC in its between `10 lakh and `1 crore are order, will assess any next course Production Sharing Contract un- improvement is there mainly in sure the best possible outcome in on open market purchases (OMOs) upcoming meeting will continue provided to at least one Scheduled of action" after that. conditionally, on the same terms and terms of the categories like for terms of pushing growth without or on long-term rates more gener- to reaffirm the accommodative Caste/ Scheduled Tribe borrower The Union Cabinet headed by conditions which were prevailing groceries, apparel, utility bill sacrificing the main objective of ally," it said. monetary policy despite the global and at least one woman borrower Prime Minister Narendrea Modi 25 years ago i.e. 15th May, 1995, the payment, insurance premium, containing retail inflation at 4 per Dhruv Agarwala, Group CEO, increase in bond yields amidst con- per bank branch of Scheduled had in March 2017 approved a pol- effective date.” online education cent with a margin of 2% on ei- Housing.Com, Makaan.Com and cerns of a quicker than expected Commercial Banks. icy for extension of production It set aside the May 2018 single RAMA MOHAN RAO AMARA | MD AND CEO, ther side. Proptiger.Com said the RBI is walk- normalisation in the markets of Started in April 5, 2016, the sharing contracts (PSCs) for oil judge order. "In effect what the SBI CARD The policy repo rate or the short- ing a tight rope between COVID-19 developed economies. scheme has benefited 93,094 women and gas blocks beyond their ini- Delhi High Court has said is that term lending rate is currently at 4%t, cases once again rising across the Last month, the government had entrepreneurs with outstanding tial term. This policy provided that the company has to pay higher and the reverse repo rate is 3.35%. country, which could potentially asked the Reserve Bank to maintain loan of `21,200 crore as of March the government's share of profit pe- profit share after May 15, 2020. So SHORT TAKES On the forthcoming monetary put brakes on the recovering econ- retail inflation at 4 per cent with a 23. This scheme, which has been troleum (earning from sale of oil the company is now liable to pay policy, Edelweiss Research said eco- omy, and the inflation rate that is margin of 2% on either side for extended up to 2025, covers SC/ST and gas after deducting all ex- higher profit petroleum for the pe- nomic recovery is still uneven and trending upwards. another five-year period ending and/or women entrepreneurs, penses) would be 10% more during riod they operate the block post Enigma looks the pace of improvement has slowed "The apex bank is likely to keep March 2026. above 18 years of age, it said. the extended period. May 15, 2020," the official said. to seal deal Mumbai: Bhopal-based BIZ BUZZ Steel output bootstrap EV start-up Enigma SC ORDER ON INTEREST WAIVER Automobiles is looking to reports marginal seal a sales deal with a OYO to cover vaccination costs Bangalore-based B2B PSBs may have to take `2,000cr hit fall in Jan-Feb company to supply 2,000 Bhubaneswar: vehicles. Besides, the firm is OYO Hotels & also looking at another Homes, the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA nounced a loan moratorium on PRESS TRUST OF INDIA deal for a supply of 400-1,000 world’s leading payment of installments of term vehicles to two major e- technology and New Delhi, April 4: Public sec- loans falling due between March 1 New Delhi, April 4: India’s crude commerce players, Amazon revenue growth tor banks (PSBs) may have to bear and May 31, 2020, due to the pan- steel output fell by 1% to 19.1 mil- and Flipkart, in the platform for small a burden of `1,800-2,000 crore aris- demic, later the same was extended lion tonnes (MT) during the first country, said its co-founder hotels and ing due to a recent Supreme Court to August 31. The apex court order two months of 2021, according to Anmol Bohre. homeowners, judgement on the waiver of com- this time is only limited to those who worldsteel. The country had pro- announced that it pound interest on all loan accounts availed moratorium so the liability duced 18.9 MT crude steel during would be which opted for moratorium dur- of the public sector bank should be the same period last year. Soota announces covering ing March-August 2020, sources less than `2,000 crore as per rough The production for the 64 coun- non-profit entity vaccination costs for all employees in India and their families, said. calculations, sources added. tries reporting to the worldsteel was across locations and levels. OYO India employees and their The judgement covers loans above centage came down to 40% and Besides, they said, the order does 313.1 MT in January-February family members will benefit from this as they can choose to get Bangalore: Happiest Minds `2 crore as loans below this got even less as collection improved not specify a timeframe for the set- 2021, registering a 5 per cent in- the vaccination done at any centre convenient to them and the Technologies chief Ashok blanket interest on interest waiver with ease in lockdown. In case of cor- tlement of compound interest un- crease compared to 297.7 MT in the costs would be reimbursed in full by OYO. The company has also Soota Sunday announced enhanced the insurance benefit of employees to include a Covid- in November last year. Compound porate, this was as low as 25% as far like last time so banks can devise year ago period, the global in- creation of a non-profit 19 home care cover. Company’s Chief HRO Dinesh Ramamurthi interest support scheme for loan as public sector banks were con- a mechanism of adjusting or settling dustry body data showed. private entity exclusively for said, “As part of our commitment to keep our employees and moratorium cost the government cerned. They further said, banks it in staggered manner. China remained the global medical research called their families safe and show our gratitude to them, we are happy `5,500 crore during 2020-21 and the would provide compound interest Meanwhile, Indian Banks' leader in production of steel, reg- SKAN, claimed to be the first to facilitate the cost of their Covid-19 vaccinations.” scheme covered all borrowers in- waiver for the period a borrower had Association (IBA) has written to istering 8.86 per cent year-on-year in the sector and committed cluding the prompt one who did availed moratorium. For example, the government to compensate growth in output at 173.2 MT dur- ` 200 crore investment for it. not avail moratorium. if a borrower availed moratorium lenders for interest on interest ing the said period. He said projects for research According to banking sources, ini- of three months, the waiver would waiver. The government would take under Scientific Knowledge tially 60% of borrowers availed be for that period. a call depending on various con- of Ageing and Neurological Cleanliness Drive under ‘Swachh Ailments (SKAN) would moratorium and gradually the per- The RBI March 27 last year an- siderations. be done through reputed Vidyalaya’ programme organised partners and directly in-house. Bhubaneswar: Sabuja Odisha foundation, a Frontline Social ‘Need to boost household consumption, biz investment’ Organisation in Bhubaneswar organsied a cleanlines drive under Swachh Vidyalaya programe at Govt. High School in IRC Village, Bhubaneswar under the motto of keeping our Schools clean & AGENCIES hold consumption and business in- achieve a double-digit growth in According to the World Steel IL&FS receives green at all times. Under this initiative, the Chairman Chinmay vestment for increased aggregate FY 2021-22, the statement said. Association (worldsteel) data, settlement claims Choudhary, motivated the students for the noble cause and New Delhi, April 4: As economic demand, while moving towards a Aggarwal said that on the back of China had produced 159.1 MT steel appealed them to take oath for this programme. On the occasion, activities improve, the PHD more inclusive economy and en- robust measures of policy stimulus in the same period last year. Mumbai: IL&FS dustbins were donated to schools by the foundation in presence of Chamber of Commerce and suring fiscal sustainability," Sanjay undertaken by the government and During January-February Transportation Networks Ltd headmistress Sunanda Mekap and all the teachers & staffs. Sabuja Industry has suggested that there Aggarwal, President, PHD Chamber the announcement of a demand 2021, Japan's output slipped (ITNL), a subsidiary of IL&FS, Odisha Foundation Secretary Manas Ranjan Bastia, Senior is a need to boost household con- of Commerce and Industry, said. creating, growth-oriented and in- 6 per cent to 15 MT year-on- Sunday said it has received a Members, Hrundananda Behera, Rahul Rout, Abhas Mohanty, sumption and business investment The trend in PHDCCI Economy vestment stimulating Union Budget year from 16.1 MT. The US pro- settlement amount of `693 Prafula Panigrahi , Subhalaxmi Sahoo, Bharati Panda, Namita for increased aggregate demand. GPS Index shows that the conomy ‘22, the higher trend of PHDCCI duced 13.2 MT steel in the pe- crore for Kiratpur Ner Chowk Choudhary were also present in support of this initiative. Expressway (KNCEL) and `20 "Going forward, there is a need is moving forward in the direction Economy GPS Index in March re- riod under review. Its output crore towards claims for to further fuel the drivers of house- of fast economic momentum to inforces business growth. was at 14.9 MT in 2020. Chenani Nashri Tunnelway (CNTL), from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The amount was received March 31, Metal stocks boom may continue after dream run in FY21 Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) AGENCIES BULL RUN CONTINUES trend going ahead, analysts said. said in a statement. Steel prices rallied by 41 per cent Mumbai, April 4: Metal stocks THE METALS NOTING in 2020, the Axis Securities report turned out to give the best returns AND MINING THAT said. Copper futures increased 26 Batilogistic buys in the pandemic-struck FY 2020- SECTOR ALSO METALS per cent in 2020 and 11 per cent in 21. Analysts now feel the Bull Run SAW A SHARP WILL the past one month. 30 acre land is likely to continue with a pric- INCREASE IN REPORT ONE Kshitij Purohit Lead, ing uptrend in the segment and in- COMMODITY OF THE BEST International & Commodity at New Delhi: FM Logistic creasing demand in the segment. PRICES AND EARNINGS CapitalVia Global Research Limited India's realty arm Batilogistic The metals and mining sector STEEL WAS TRENDS, THE in a recent report noted that copper has purchased 30 acres of also saw a sharp increase in com- ONE OF THE REPORT storage levels at the London Metal land in Mumbai region from modity prices and steel was one of BEST- SAID THAT IT Lodha Developers for `106 Exchange have decreased giving a PERFORMING IS QUICKLY deficit on supply side due to which crore to develop a Copper storage levels COMMODITIE GETTING warehousing project. at the London Metal prices may rise when combined S IN THE FACTORED with heavy volumes, capping the Batilogistic and Lodha group Exchange have JUST-ENDED INTO THE ` downside move in the metal. have signed a 106-crore deal FY21 PRICES decreased giving a deficit The April contract of copper on to develop 30 acres land on supply side due to which parcel at Palava Industrial the Multi Commodity Exchange

prices may rise when the best-performing commodities 240 per cent, 263 per cent and 294 per report one of the best earnings and dollar weakened. This trend is (MCX) last closed at `669.25 per kg.

k y m and Logistics Park for FM c Logistic India, with a total combined with heavy in the just-ended FY21. The S&P cent respectively. trends, the report said that it is likely to persist in the medium On lead futures, he said that bull- development potential of volumes, capping the BSE Metal index has surged 176 An Axis Securities report noted quickly getting factored into the term and metal stocks are likely to ish momentum in the metal is ex- around 1 million sq ft of downside move in the metal per cent in the past one year. that the earnings per share of metal prices. perform well," it said. pected to continue in the upcoming warehousing space. The park KSHITIJ PUROHIT I LEAD, INTERNATIONAL & Stock price of some of the major stocks on the Nifty rose by 54 per "The metals and mining sector Metal futures which also were session. The April contract on is located at Thane district in COMMODITY, CAPITALVIA GLOBAL metal stocks Tata steel, JSW Steel cent after the third quarter of the has seen a significant pricing up- largely on a bull run in the last fis- Thursday ended at Mumbai Metropolitan Region. RESEARCH LIMITED and Hindalco Industries surged last fiscal. Noting that metals will trend as Chinese data has improved cal, are likely to stay in the up- `162.85 per kg. P12 MONDAY | APRIL 5 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR sports

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k k y y m m c San Antonio: Golfer Anirban c Lahiri fired a second successive PSG go down to Lille three-under 69 in the third round to jump three places to ASSOCIATED PRESS scored Lille’s goal in the 20th minute the fifth position at the Valero Texas Open tournament here with a slightly deflected strike, as Saturday. The 33-year-old City lights shine Paris, April 4: Neymar was sent PSG slipped to a fifth home defeat Indian was on seven-under 209 off late and then tried to confront and eighth overall, with a tough trip which gives him a legitimate AGENCIES a player after the game as defend- Wednesday to Bayern Munich in crack at the title. Jordan Spieth ing champion Paris Saint-Germain the Champions League. and Matt Wallace share the London, April 4: As Manchester (PSG) lost 0-1 at home to Lille, falling “Each time we lose we say the lead on 12-under following City marched on towards their three points behind the new French same thing, that we lacked com- matching 67s. “I think this is the Premier League title bid in impe- league leader in a tense title race. mitment. We shouldn’t find any ex- most solid I’ve played tee to rious fashion, last season’s cham- PSG are only one point ahead of cuses,” PSG captain Marquinhos green in a while. I kind of knew pions Liverpool brightened their Monaco, who earlier beat Metz 4-0 said after the game. “We need to what I was doing and it’s really hopes for a top four finish and qual- to take third place in Ligue 1. be stronger than that at home. A nice,” said Lahiri after the end ification for the Champions League. Neymar was shown a second lot of teams have come here and of the day’s play. Manchester City opened up a yellow card in the 90th minute for won, which we’re not used to. 17-point lead at the top of the points kicking Lille right-back Tiago Djalo We’re at an important point of table with a 2-0 win over Leicester, off the ball. He had been booked in the season and must improve,” Rowers get jab rivals Liverpool blanked Arsenal the first half for shoving midfielder he added. 3-0 in games played Saturday. Benjamin Andre in the face. Djalo PSG have been poor against the New Delhi: Thirty five Indian A rare goal from Benjamin Mendy, was also sent off and remonstrated other sides in the top four, twice rowers, including those and Gabriel Jesus’s strike on his angrily with the referee. losing to Monaco, once to Lyon preparing for Tokyo Olympics 24th birthday mean City just need Both players argued as they and drawing their other game qualification, have been given 11 points from their remaining walked back to the locker rooms. against Lille 0-0. their second dose of COVID-19 seven league games to be crowned Footage from broadcaster ‘Canal Frustration got to Neymar, who vaccine, making them the first sports group in India to get champions. “It is a big step to win- Plus’ captured Neymar pushing now faces another suspension fully vaccinated. Some ning the Premier League,” said Djalo on the shoulder and then after getting red-carded against coaches and other support manager Pep Guardiola. “The trying to get past some security Marseille at the start of the cam- staff have also been given Premier League is the nicest com- officials to confront him. paign. Shortly after shoving Andre their second dose at the Army petition (to win), it is 11 months PARTY TIME: Manchester City players celebrate their win Saturday over Leicester in the Premier League An angry Djalo also reacted, in the face, he fell to the ground in Sports Institute in Pune. “A and it is so tough. We are close.” trying to reach Neymar, causing a failed bid to win a penalty. He total of 35 rowers and some Winning the league title is not the only Liverpool who showed any am- one security official to fall over, came close to scoring on two other coaches and support staff at limit of City’s ambitions this sea- bition as Arsenal were thoroughly while another intervened swiftly occasions. However, his shot was ASI Pune received their son as they remain on course for outplayed. The visitors pressed the Real cruise past Eibar to block Neymar and lead him blocked by Lille goalkeeper Mike second dose Saturday,” the first ever quadruple of Gunners high and quickly recov- away. The actions may earn both Maignan in the first half. Then in Rowing Federation of India Champions League, Premier ered possession, but lacked the killer ASSOCIATED PRESS his 18th league goal of the season. players further penalty. the 70th minute, Neymar’s diving president Rajlaxmi Singh Deo League, FA Cup and League Cup in edge up front to turn their domi- Real host Liverpool in the first Canada forward Jonathan David header went wide. said Sunday. He hoped Indian English football history. nance into goals until Jota was Madrid, April 4: Marco Asensio leg of the Champions League rowers will make the cut for The Champions League has been introduced on the hour mark. and Karim Benzema scored in a 2- quarterfinals Tuesday. Four days the Tokyo Olympics to be held Guardiola’s one failing during his Klopp expressed shock Friday 0 win over Eibar as Real Madrid later they will play Barcelona in from July 23 to August 8. five years in Manchester City. The that Trent Alexander-Arnold had tightened their Spanish league title a key match in the Spanish league, team have never progressed been dropped from the England race here Saturday. Asensio had followed by their second leg April beyond the quarterfinals under squad by Gareth Southgate. The already hit the woodwork before he 14 at Liverpool. “We are facing Coach dead him. They will have another chance right-back showed his interna- opened the scoring in the 41st an important week, and the first at getting beyond the last eight tional manager what he is miss- minute. Benzema added a second thing was to win today (Saturday),” Mumbai: Noted shooting when Borussia Dortmund travel ing by creating the opener on 64 min- goal with a header in the 73rd. The said Asensio. “Now we have the coach Sanjay Chakraverty, who has given India some of to the Etihad for the first leg of utes. Jota had only been on the victory took Real within three first leg against Liverpool and their finest shooters, including their quarterfinal tie Tuesday. field three minutes when he met points of city rivals and current La then Barcelona. They will be very Olympic medallist Gagan And Guardiola showed that Alexander-Arnold's cross with a Liga leaders Atletico Madrid. demanding matches and we have Narang and Anjali Bhagwat, competition remains the priority powerful header at the back post. The opener came off a combined to be up to the challenge,” died here late Saturday night. with his team selection and he Four minutes later, Salah move. Casemiro intercepted a pass he added. He was 79. In a career rested players like John Stones, wrapped up the three points as the and immediately sent the ball for- With Sergio Ramos out with a spanning four decades, the Joao Cancelo, Ilkay Gundogan and Egyptian outmuscled Gabriel ward for Asensio, who used left-leg injury, Real Madrid coach Dronacharya Awardee helped Raheem Sterling. Magalhaes before coolly slotting superb control to go past defender Zinedine Zidane rested his other many aspiring shooters, who Chelsea’s shock 2-5 defeat at home underneath the advancing Bernd Anaitz Arbilla before curling a first-choice centre-back, Raphael went on to make it big in the to West Brom earlier Saturday opened Leno. Jota then finished off a shot over Marko Dmitrovic. Then Varane, for the matches ahead. sport. The National Rifle the door for both Liverpool and miserable night for the Gunners by Benzema put the result beyond Back-ups Nacho Fernández and Association of India (NRAI) Arsenal to close in on their target of adding the third eight minutes doubt when substitute Vinícius Éder Militão started in a three- condoled the demise. The a top-four finish. However, it was from the end. Júnior crossed for him to score man back-line and played well. A frustrated Neymar after being red-carded in the game against Lille news of his death was first conveyed by Olympian Joydeep Karmakar on Twitter. Double crown for Odisha’s Bhagat 12TH DOMESTIC ODI TITLE Barty retains IWL postponed title at Miami PRESS TRUST OF INDIA New Delhi: The upcoming Railways hammer ASSOCIATED PRESS play-off matches of the Indian Dubai, April 4: World No.1 Pramod Women’s League (IWL) have been postponed owing to a Bhagat achieved a double crown at Miami, April 4: Ash Barty resurge in COVID-19 cases, the the Dubai Para Badminton tour- tained her title at the Miami Open All India Football Federation nament here, Sunday. Bhagat won hapless Jharkhand tennis tournament here Saturday (AIFF) said Sunday. The the men’s singles gold in the SL4 after her opponent Bianca matches were scheduled to be category after defeating compa- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Raut was involved in a second- Andreescu withdrew in the second held in the national capital triot Nitesh Kumar. Bhagat beat wicket partnership of 107 runs with set due to an injury. Barty was April 7 onwards. The AIFF said Kumar 21-17, 21-18 in the final. Rajkot, April 4: The formidable Shabbhineni Meghana (53, 67b, 6x4) leading 6-3, 4-0 when Andreescu it arrived at the decision after Even though there were some Indian Railways once again After the dismissal of Raut and lying on her back on the court, an ‘internal discussion and good rallies between the two Indians, annexed the National One Day Meghana in quick succession, called it quits. She limped off court communication with the clubs Bhagat showcased his class to win Championships title with a Mona Meshram (19 n o) and Rana crying. and state associations’. the match and the gold under pres- crushing seven-wicket victory over added 45 runs in less than seven World No.1 Barty was already “Keeping in mind the safety sure. In the closing stages of both Jharkhand in the final overs to seal the deal. in control of the match when and security of players and games, the Odisha shuttler in- here Sunday. This is the Brief Scores Apart from her Andreescu turned her right foot officials in view of the rise in creased his attacking tempo to win 12th time that the breezy knock, Rana while hitting a forehand and COVID-19 cases all over India, the title. Railways women have Jharkhand 167 in 50 (3/34) was also the most sprawled to the hard court. Barty the play-offs for the Indian Bhagat has been consistently won the title out of the overs (Indrani Roy successful Railways hit one more shot to win the point, Women’s League scheduled to winning titles at the international 14 editions of the event 49, Sneh Rana 3/34) bowler with her handy and play continued. be held in Delhi from April 7, scene and he has also been a dom- medals will help me a lot in the played so far. lost to Railways off-breaks. But during the ensuing 2021, has been postponed 169/3 in 37 overs until further notice,” the inating force in domestic tourneys. At a glance build up to the Paralympics. I hope Railways controlled It was a thoroughly changeover, a trainer taped SL4 players could have impair- to continue this performance in the the proceedings from (Punam Raut 59, professional performance Andreescu’s foot, and after another federation said in a Shabbhineni ment in one or both legs and a Pramod Bhagat bt Nitesh Kumar Paralympics,” Bhagat said. “During the start. They chased in all departments from game the injury-plagued Canadian statement. Meghana 53) by minimal impairment in walk- COVID time, SAI and TOPS helped down the paltry target of seven wickets. Railways after Jhakhand reluctantly called it quits. ing/running balance. 21-17, 21-18 me a lot, they provided me a mini- 168 in only 37 overs and opted to bat. Six “I really do feel for Bianca,” Bhagat then paired up with Pramod & Manoj bt Kadam & Kumar gym which helped me maintain my without needing their Jharkhand batters could- Barty said after the match. “She SA level series Manoj Sarkar to clinch the men’s fitness, the result of which was vis- best batswoman and skipper Mithali n’t get double digit scores and three has had such a rough trot with Johannesburg: South Africa doubles gold in SL4-SL3 category 21-18, 21-16 ible today. I was fit that’s why I was Raj to even come out from the cooler failed to trouble the scorers. injuries in the past,” added the held out to level the ODI series by beating Indian counterparts able to perform well,” he added. confines of the dressing room. Indrani Roy (49, 77b, 3x4), Australian. 1-1 with a 17-run win over Sukant Kadam and Kumar 21-18, 21- World No. 5 Kadam, however, India international Punam Raut skipper Mani Niharika (39 n o, Even if Andreescu was not Pakistan here Sunday. The 16. Bhagat also won a bronze in category that he took part. could not deliver his best. He lost (59, 94b, 11x4) laid the platform for 59b, 4x4) and Durga Murmu (31, 74b forced to quit, she probably would- hosts managed to snatch mixed doubles, pairing with Palak “After such a long gap, this is a very in the SL3 men’s singles final against all-rounder Sneh Rana (34 n o, 5x4, 3x4) were the only three batswomen n’t have managed to create prob- victory in spite of a brilliant Kohli. He won a medal in every good return. Winning two gold Lucas Mazur of France 15-21, 6-21. 1x6) to finish the game in a jiffy. to offer some resistance. lems for the power-hitting Barty. innings from Fakhar Zaman (193, 155b, 18x4, 10x6). The visitors were reeling at 205 for seven chasing a victory target JAPANESE SWIMMER RIKAKO IKEE AN INSPIRATION STORY TO MANY of 342. They finally finished on Bhaker to compete 324. When South Africa batted new skipper Temba Bavuma (92), Quinton de Kock (80), in 3 Oly categories Rassie van der Dussen (60) Beating leukemia to achieve Olympic goals and David Miller (50 n o) helped South Africa to score ASSOCIATED PRESS PRESS TRUST OF INDIA of Anjum Moudgil. This will enable 341 for six. the latter to compete in the women’s Tokyo, April 4: Japanese swimmer New Delhi, April 4: World No.1 50m rifle 3 positions event as India’s Rikako Ikee qualified Sunday for the Elavenil Valarivan was Sunday in- second entry alongside former Tokyo Olympics just two years after I feel that, even if you go cluded in the 15-member Indian world champion Tejaswini Sawant. COVID strikes RCB she was diagnosed with leukemia. through suffering and shooting contingent for the Tokyo Elavenil, is the only member in pain, your hard work will New Delhi: Royal Challengers It was indeed a great achievement Olympics where the highly ac- the Olympic team to have not se- Bangalore’s (RCB) young as Ikee fought against all odds to always be rewarded. For complished Manu Bhaker will cured a quota for herself but per- batsman Devdutt Padikkal is achieve her dreams. She swam a me it certainly has represent India in three events. formed consistently in the Olympic quarantining at his home since time of 57.77 seconds in the 100 me- RIKAKO IKEE However, Olympic quota winner qualifying cycle, forcing the National testing positive for COVID-19 tres butterfly event at Japan’s na- Chinki Yadav could not make the Rifle Association of India (NRAI) March 22, his IPL franchise tional championships held at the main team despite winning a gold to include her in the women's 10m said Sunday. The 14th edition new swimming venue for the Tokyo Ikee won six gold medals in 2018 medal in the Delhi World Cup air rifle team in place of Moudgil. of the IPL starts April 9. In the Olympics. The time helped her at the Asian Games in Jakarta. last month. To deal with the uncertainty opening game RCB face qualify for the medley relay. Those were in the 50 and 100 metres It was decided by the national se- caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, defending champions Mumbai Ikee was overcome with tears OVERCOMING ALL ODDS: Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee pumps her fist in freestyle and the 50 and 100 metres lection committee that the quota the NRAI has named two reserves Indians. “Devdutt Padikkal in the water after the race, and delight after qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics butterfly. She also won gold in two won by Chinki in the women’s 25m in each discipline where its tested positive for COVID-19 could barely speak out of the water. relays, and also two silvers. pistol would be swapped in favour shooters have won quota places. March 22, 2021. He has been in Sniffling and crying at the same hard to win. And, in the end, I came home Games. However, Ikee would Her time in winning the 100- mandatory quarantine at his THE TOTAL SQUAD time she slammed her left arm into the race telling myself I’m have been among the favourites in metre butterfly in Jakarta was residence in Bangalore since against the water when she back. And so I feel that, even if you several Olympic races if she had 56.08 seconds, the fastest of the 10m air rifle (Men) : Divyansh Singh Panwar, Deepak Kumar y then. He will be fit to join the 50m rifle 3 positin (Men) : Sanjeev Rajput, Aishwry Pratap Singh Tomar realised she’d won. go through suffering and pain, your not fallen ill and faced setbacks. season. She was closing in on the RCB bio-bubble once his RT- 10m air pistol (Men) : Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma

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k k y y m m c PCR tests are negative, as per 10m air rifle (Women) : Apurvi Chandela, Elavenil Valarivan c IPL protocol,” RCB said in a 100 metres at all, and I was feeling added the swimmer. piness just being here,” Ikee in- of Sweden of 55.48. It remains the 50m rifle 3 position (Women) : Anjum Moudgil, Tejaswini Sawant statement. Padikkal has been far less confident than during the The 20-year-old Ikee returned to formed. My teammates cheered me world-record time even now. In her 10m air pistol (Women) : Manu Bhaker, Yashaswini Singh Deswal in very good form in domestic Olympic qualifiers five years ago,” the pool about a year ago but had on, sending me off (to the race). first Olympics at Rio in 2016, she 25m sports pistol (Women) : Rahi Sarnobat, Manu Bhaker tournaments and has been Ikee said after coming out of the pool. said her goal was only to prepare And so I am now filled with had finished sixth in the 100-metre Skeet (Men) : Angadvir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmad Khan scoring heavily. AGENCIES “I thought I wouldn’t be able to for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. She happiness. I have really worked butterfly. But then she was starting 10m air rifle (Mixed) : Divyansh Singh Panwar, Elavenil Valarivan win for a long time. But I trained had downplayed her chances for her hard,” she finally said with a smile. off as a kid in Rio. 10m air pistol (Mixed) : Saurabh Chaudhary, Manu Bhaker

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