THURSDAY | 11 MARCH 2021 | ISSUE 265 | NEW DELHI 3 4 12 SHARPEST KID ON THE BLOCK BJP-JJP GOVT CHINA SHOULD TOKYO WILL BE DEFEATS CONG’S THIS IS THE INITIAL NO-TRUST HAVE NO ROLE IN MY OLYMPIC STEP IN THE PATH MOTION IN SUCCESSION OF SWANSONG: MARY TOWARDS THE DALAI LAMA: US KOM COUNTRY'S FINEST HARYANA DAILY NEWSPAPER. FIGHTING PANDEMIC MYSTERY DEATH Dadra UT administrator COVID INFECTIONS RISE AGAIN, among 9 booked for ‘role’ in MP’s suicide Penal Code and Scheduled PREETI SOMPURA MUMBAI Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) CASES UP BY 50% SINCE MID-FEB In what could turn into a Act, 1989. Centre versus state issue yet On 22 February, Delkar again, Mumbai Police has (58), a seven-time MP, was Maharashtra accounts for 13,659 fresh Covid-19 cases out 17,921 infections registered an FIR into the found hanging from the ceil- death of seven-time Dadra ing fan in a room of the Sea reported in the country in the last 24 hours; 2.52 crore people vaccinated so far. and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Green Hotel in Marine Drive Delkar. Praful Khoda Patel, in Mumbai. The Mumbai Po- CORRESPONDENT cases, 13,659 cases were re- February. have been reported so far in stressed that more than 70 start of the pandemic. the Administrator of Dadra lice had initially registered NEW DELHI ported from Maharashtra, The death toll also in- the country, which includes percent of the deaths were The case fatality rate for and Nagar Haveli and Da- an Accidental Death Report which marked the state’s creased with 133 new fa- 52,556 from Maharashtra, caused due to comorbidities. India stands at 1.40 percent man and Diu, with 8 others, (ADR), which has now been ndia’s Covid-19 tally highest one-day spike this talities, according to the followed by 12,525 from Ta- However, according to currently, the data stated, has been named in the FIR. converted into an FIR. The rose to 1,12,62,707 with year and took its caseload ministry’s data. The 133 mil Nadu, 12,373 from Kar- data, the death rate has, in adding that the number of The FIR was lodged in the development comes a day I17,921 fresh cases being to 22,52,057. new fatalities include 56 nataka, 10,928 from Delhi fact, registered a sharp drop people who have recuperat- Marine Drive police station. after Delker’s wife Kalaben reported in a day, the Un- Data has shown that daily from Maharashtra, 20 from and 10,281 from West Ben- with the case fatality rate ed from the disease has also The suicide of Mohan Delkar Delkar, son Abhinav Delkar ion Health Ministry said cases in India have risen by Punjab and 16 from Kerala. gal. coming down to less than surged to 1,09,20,046, Patel has been booked un- and daughter had requested on Wednesday. Of the new over 50 percent since mid- A total of 1,58,063 deaths The Health Ministry half of what it was since the P2 der the provisions of Indian P2 TOP OF THE DAY ‘A CONSPIRACY’ ‘Pushed by 4-5 men’ in US DEFENCE SECRETARY TO Nandigram, Mamata hurt, TRAVEL TO INDIA ON 19 MARCH taken to Kolkata hospital Washington: US Defence Secre- tary Lloyd J Austin III will visit In- dia later this month to meet with Election Commission asks for a detailed report by his counterpart Rajnath Singh and other senior Indian national Friday on the attack; BJP calls it ‘drama’. security leaders and will discuss There were no police officials she met with an accident “deepening” major defence CORRESPONDENT for four-five hours in such a but to claim that she was partnership between the two PURBA MEDINIPUR/NEW DELHI/ nations, Pentagon announced KOLKATA huge public gathering, not deliberately pushed is not on Wednesday. It will be the first even the SP. It was definitely acceptable. She has a lot of in-person visit by an official of West Bengal CM Mamata a conspiracy.” security personnel guarding the Biden administration to India. Banerjee on Wednesday said However, according to the her round the clock,” BJP’s Secretary Austin will visit India from March 19-21, the Ministry of that she has suffered an in- police, Banerjee was meet- national general secretary Defence said in a statement. The jury in her leg after she was ing local voters at the bazar Kailash Vijayvargiya said. Indian defence ministry said that pushed by four or five peo- when there was an alterca- Union Railways Minister Secretary Austin’s visit to India ple at a time when there was tion and the Chief Minister Piyush Goyal said, “Our didi as part of his first overseas travel no police personnel around fell down, injuring her leg. is perturbed. These are signs emphasizes the strength of the Seeking Shiva’s blessings India-US strategic partnership. her. “I suffered an injury in She also sustained a slight of a defeated party and a de- In a statement, Pentagon an- my leg,” Banerjee said point- injury on her head, they feated candidate. She’ll lose Artist Laxmi Gaud creates a sand sculpture of Lord Shiva on the nounced Austin III will embark on ing at her leg: “See how it is said. from Nandigram and there’ll his first overseas trip on March swelling up.” Banerjee returned to Kol- be a change in West Bengal” occasion of the Shivratri, at Juhu in Mumbai on Wednesday. ANI 13 to Hawaii, India, Japan and South Korea. Earlier today, the Trina- kata, around 130 km away, Another BJP leader Arjun mool Congress (TMC) su- where she was taken to the Singh said, “She is doing premo filed her nomination state-run SSKM Hospital. drama only. Three hundred FARM LAWS DAYS AFTER from the Nandigram seat for Meanwhile, a report from police personnel are provid- JOINING BJP, the Assembly elections in Kolkata said West Bengal ing security to the CM. She is the state. Following this, she Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar doing this to get sympathy. If MITHUN GETS visited the Durga Mandir in reached the SSKM hospi- she was really attacked, why Farmer unions call for ‘Bharat Y+ SECURITY Shibrampur village. tal on Wednesday night to didn’t the police arrest the see an injured CM Baner- person who did it?” New Delhi: Days after he joined The “pushing” incident Bandh’ on 26 March the Bharatiya Janata Party took place near Reyapara jee, amid ‘’go back’’ slogans Even Congress’ Adhir (BJP) ahead of the West Bengal when Banerjee was on the shouted by TMC supporters Ranjan Chowdhury called it three new farm laws com- will observe a complete ghu border. CORRESPONDENT Assembly elections, the Union way back from the tem- gathered there. a “siyasi pakhand” (political NEW DELHI pletes four months. Bharat bandh on March 26, On 19 March, the farmers Home Ministry on Wednes- day provided Y-plus security ple visit. Asked if it was a The BJP, however, alleged hypocrisy) to gain sympathy. Farmer leader Buta Singh when our protest against the will observe ‘Mandi Bachao- cover to veteran actor Mithun planned attack, she said, that the CM was trying to West Bengal will witness Farmer unions on Wednes- Burjgill said that farmers three farm laws completes Kheti Bachao’ day, he said. Chakraborty. Sources say, the “No police official was pre- turn a “simple accident” into eight-phased Assembly polls day issued a call for Bharat along with trade unions four months. The peaceful The farmer unions have Central Industrial Security Force sent. Four-five people in- a “pre-planned conspiracy”, beginning 27 March. The bandh on 26 March, when will protest the hike in fuel bandh will remain effective also decided to celebrate (CISF) will provide security cover tentionally manhandled me and demanded a CBI inves- tenure of the 16th Assembly their protest at Delhi’s bor- prices and privatisation of from morning till evening,” ‘Shaheedi divas’ of Bhagat to the veteran actor. Usually, in a Y-plus security, the protectee in presence of the public. tigation. “It can happen that will end on 30 May. ders against the Centre’s railways on 15 March. “We he told reporters at the Sin- P2 gets an elaborate security cover comprising 11 commandos while CHANGE OF GUARD IN PARLIAMENT a team of more than 55 security personnel is deployed at and around the residence of the VIP. Mithun Chakraborty joined the Many terrorist training camps BJP on 7 March. UTTARAKHAND GETS NEW CM WHO DENIED TICKETS, still active in POK: MoS Home 2 ASSAM BJP WAS DENIED BJP TICKET IN 2017 of terrorists and dismantle The MoS added that the CORRESPONDENT MLAS RESIGN NEW DELHI the infrastructure support- government has repeat- lature, with the party paving litical career, he was part of from 2013 to 2015. ing terrorism on a perma- edly raised the issue of Pa- FROM PARTY CORRESPONDENT DEHRADUN the way for him to take over the Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya In the 2017 Assembly polls, Pakistan is running many nent basis. “According to kistan’s continued support Guwahati: Two BJP MLAs of As- as the state chief minister. Janata Yuva Morcha, the Rawat’s claim to the Chau- terrorist training camps in reports, there are several to cross-border terrorism sam on Wednesday said that they Tirath Singh Rawat, BJP’s Interestingly, Tirath Singh BJP’s youth wing, where he battakhal seat, which he had occupied Kashmir and us- terrorist training camps in and terrorist infiltration in resigned from the party after they won in 2021, was overlooked bilateral, regional and mul- were denied tickets to contest the Lok Sabha MP from Garhw- Rawat had been denied the served as the state vice-pres- ing them to push terrorists Pakistan-occupied Jammu forthcoming assembly elections al, took oath as the new chief BJP ticket to contest the Utt- ident before being elected to and the BJP nomination had into Indian territories, the and Kashmir (PoJK), which tilateral fora.