c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I WEDNESDAY I 11 MARCH 2020 WEATHER WORLD 9 SPORTS 14 TABLOID Max: 34.7OC | | Min: 21.3OC US begins pullout Vardy nets brace as Art inspiring RH: 54% Rain: Nil from Afghanistan Leicester beat Villa fashion Forecast: Partly cloudy sky. Mist or haze likely. deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 83 No. 70 Established 1938 | 32 PAGES | `6.00 Max/Min temp. 34/21ºC ASTROGUIDE Scindia to join BJP, Vikari; Uttarayanam Thithi: Phalguna Bahula Dwitiya till 3.36 pm Star: Hasta till 7.01 pm Varjyam: 5.22 am to 6.46 am, meets Modi, Shah 2.07 am to 3.32 am(next day) Durmuhurtam: 12.02 pm to 12.49pm MP government in ICU as 19 MLAs resign Rahukalam: 12 noon to 1.30 pm RABINDRA NATH HIJRI CALENDAR CHOUDHURY Rajjab 15,1441 AH with agency inputs PRAYERS BHOPAL, MARCH 10 Fajar: 5.27 am Zohar: 12.36 pm Jyotiraditya Scindia quit the Congress on Tuesday Asar: 4.44 pm following a meeting with Maghrib: 6.30 pm Prime Minister Narendra Isha: 7.38 pm Modi and is expected to SUNSET TODAY 6.25 PM join the BJP as the saffron SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.26 AM party set in motion its MOONRISE TODAY 6.11 PM plan to topple the Kamal MOONSET TOMORROW 7.44 AM Nath government in Madhya Pradesh to cap- ture power there. Peeved with his margin- IN BRIEF alisation in the Congress, Mr Scindia met Union Putin seeks to home minister Amit Shah and then the two leaders Revellers dance as they celebrate Holi, while wearing masks to protect themselves from Coronavirus, in Allahabad on went to the prime minis- end limited term Tuesday. Most states witnessed subdued celebrations due to the coronavirus threat. While many chose to skip the ter’s residence where they Moscow: Russian celebrations, some preferred small gatherings but without colours. Some played Holi only with gulal. — AFP held talks for over an President Vladimir Putin hour. on Tuesday backed a Soon after his meeting proposed constitutional with Mr Modi, Mr Scindia amendment that would tendered his resignation Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh allow him to seek re- to Congress president Chouhan celebrates Holi in Bhopal on Tuesday even as election after his current Sonia Gandhi, saying it his party gets closer to power in his state. — PTI term ends in 2024, end- Kerala ‘shut’ with 6 more cases was now time for him to ing uncertainty about his move on. future. Mr Putin gave his Government restricts mass gatherings, movies, religious fetes Mr Scindia took the deci- support to the amend- sion to sever his ties with ment put forward by GILVESTER ASSARY | D the Congress on the day of Cong, BJP MLAs Soviet cosmonaut turned THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, COUPLE RETURNING his father Madhavrao lawmaker Valentina MARCH 10 Scindia’s 75th birth Tereshkova. Docs concede FROM DUBAI TESTS anniversary. Kerala on Tuesday anno- He is likely to join the unced a series of measures BJP in a couple of days, shifted to resorts bordering on a near shut- POSITIVE FOR VIRUS sources said. A source Yes Bank users down to restrict all kinds doubling effect said Mr Scindia may join DC CORRESPONDENT location outside Madhya of mass gatherings and MICHAEL either in Delhi or Bhopal BHOPAL, MARCH 10 Pradesh. can pay loans government functions DC CORRESPONDENT Dr K.K. Aggarwal, presi- GONSALVES | DC along with his supporters, After a meeting of the Mumbai: Yes Bank with six more cases of HYDERABAD, MARCH 10 dent, Confederation of PUNE, MARCH 10 including MLAs. The Congress is planning BJP Legislature Party, allowed its credit card Covid–19 being reported in Medical Associations in The Congress also anno- to shift 92 MLAs, who are Leader of Opposition customers to clear their the state taking the total Suspected and confirmed Asia and Oceania, said, Two residents of Pune, unced his expulsion for supporting the Kamal Gopal Bhargava said all dues and make loan number of confirmed cases cases of coronavirus “Those who have come who had returned from “anti-party activities” as Nath government, to any the party MLAs were repayments from other to 12. (Covid-19) have grown from Covid-19 affected Dubai tested positive for the crisis looming over the of the Congress-ruled going to “celebrate Holi” bank accounts. The bank All examinations barring alarmingly in India in the countries have brought coronavirus infection. Madhya Pradesh govern- states of Chhattisgarh, at an undisclosed loca- said it has enabled inwa- Classes X, IX and VIII, reli- last two weeks, with epi- the virus to India. They “They were quarantined ment led by Chief Minister Rajasthan and Punjab, tion. rd payments via NEFT gious festivals, cinema demiologists conceding it were in contact with sev- at Naidu Hospital,” Pune Kamal Nath deepened. indicating that the ruling “We are going to cele- and IMPS. The bank’s screenings, government is the ‘doubling effect’ eral people and have divisional commissioner Mr Scindia is likely to be party was preparing to brate Holi. We are going administrator Prashant functions and classes from that is now visible, with transferred it to those Deepak Mhaisekar told sent to Rajya Sabha, face floor test in the to the airport in buses. Kumar said that the mor- Classes I to VII have been 59 cases being tested posi- whom they came in touch this paper. sources said, adding that House. From there we will leave atorium on withdrawals cancelled. tive till today. In a span of with. Hence ‘contact He said the patients he may get a berth in the State law minister P.C. for the location as per the would be lifted soon. Six more cases of Covid- two weeks, the country human to human trans- returned to Pune and went Union Cabinet if his revolt Sharma while briefing the directives of party lead- 19 were reported on has seen a spurt in cases, mission’ has started in to their home. against the Congress leads reporters after the Congr- ers,” he said, without dis- Tuesday. Of the 12 cases, where the ‘seven day India. We now have to be However, only one of to the fall of the Madhya ess Legislature Party closing what their desti- six have been infected by transmission cycle’ as a very alert.” them developed symptoms Pradesh government, as (CLP) meeting said Chief nation would be. Reliance Home the Pathanamthitta-based pattern is clearly visible. “We can still contain the and both were rushed to the BJP expects. Minister Kamal Nath was According to sources, family of three which The hotspots of Covid-19 virus but need to isolate the hospital on March 6, The 49-year-old leader confident of staving off the MLAs were being Finance defaults returned from Italy on are Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, contact people impacted Mhaisekar said. Their was long upset with the the crisis caused by threat taken to a resort in BJP- New Delhi: The Anil February 29. Haryana and Kerala. by it and monitor them. samples were first tested Congress as he believes of desertion of some ruled Haryana. Ambani-controlled The special Cabinet The seven-day cycle is Home isolation is signifi- at the hospital and then that Nath and Digvijaya Congress MLAs. “We will The move was taken to Reliance Capital group meeting on Tuesday the time period the virus cant. They must follow sent to the National Singh, another party go for floor test to prove prevent the Congress firm Reliance Home reviewed the situation in developing in the body right methods of personal Institute of Virology (NIV) satrap in the state, were our majority. We have the from poaching BJP MLAs Finance has defaulted on the state in the wake of needs to manifest, after hygiene, like hand wash- in Pune city. working in tandem to mar- number,” he said. to stave off crisis faced the loan repayment of fresh cases being reported which symptoms like ing, cough ma-nners and NIV Pune confirmed on ginalise him. The effective strength of Kamal Nath government. `40.08 crore in February, from Pathanmthitta dis- cough, cold and fever cleaning of surfaces they Monday that the duo test- As many as 19 Congress MP assembly would come Meanwhile, MP minis- it said in a regulatory fil- trict. show up. have touched with disin- ed positive for coron- MLAs including six minis- down to 206 if 22 Congress ter Sajjan Singh Verma, a ing on Tuesday. The The meeting decided to In these seven days, the fectants,” he said. avirus, Dr Ramchandra ters in the Kamal Nath MLAs resigned from the confidant of the Chief company has cash on implement comprehensive person is in contact with Hankare, Chief Health government have resigned House. The strength of Minister, will fly to hand of `700 crore in the measures to counter the many people and ratio of ■ Page 2: Kerala family’s Officer at Pune Municipal from the state assembly. ruling Congress would Bengaluru and try to woo form of investment in liq- threat posed by Covid- 19. transmission is 1:2. infection creates alarm Corporation said. Senior BJP leader and decline to 92 in the event back the Congress MLAs uid mutual fund, it said. Kerala Chief Minister former minister Narottam reducing Kamal Nath gov- who are staying there, Pinarayi Vijayan ann- Mishra submitted their ernment to minority. The sources said. ounced the following deci- ‘resignation’ letters to BJP has strength of 107 in According to Congress sions taken by the Cabinet Assembly Speaker N.P.