THE MIZORAM POST AIZAWL 4 NATIONAL SATURDAY 06 MARCH 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections Mamata announces candidature from Nandigram, likely to face Suvendu Adhikari KOLKATA MARCH 5 (AGENCIES) this time with new and younger faces, Shiv Sena for extending their support Releasing the list of Trinamool she said.People from the film industry to the Trinamool Congress in West Congress (TMC) candidates for the like actors Sayantika Banerjee from Bengal.Suvendu Adhikari has told the upcoming West Bengal Assembly Bankura, Koushani Mukherjee from BJP’s central leadership that he is elections, Chief Minister Mamata Krishnanagar north, Chiranjeet keen to contest from the Nandigram Banerjee Friday said she would be Chakraborty from Barasat, Lovely seat against the Chief Minister. contesting the polls from Nandigram Maitra from Sonarpur South, Kanchan According to BJP leader and former constituency and vacate her seat of Mullick from Uttarpara, and director state minister Rajib Banerjee, Bhawanipore in Kolkata. Raj Chakrabarty from Barrackpore Adhikari on Thursday told senior “What I promise, I always keep have been given tickets.Cricketer party leaders during an election that. I will contest from Nandigram Manoj Tiwary, who recently joined the committee meeting held at party’s only,” Banerjee said, adding that only TMC, will contest from Shibpur. national president JP Nadda’s TMC can take Bengal to new Former IPS officer Humayun Kabir will residence that he was ready for heights.In her place, Sobhandeb fight the polls from Debra seats. TMC Nandigram. Chattopadhyay will contest from has also given ticket to Ratna Adhikari had won the seat in the Bhowanipore seat. Debashish Kumar, Chatterjee, ex-wife of rebel TMC 2016 Assembly polls while Banerjee Mayor in Council of Kolkata leader Shovan Chatterjee who joined emerged victorious from the Municipal Corporation, will fight from the BJP. She will contest from Behala Bhabanipur Assembly segment in Shovandev Chattopadhyay’s (purba) which is also Shovan’s Kolkata.The final decision on his constituency Rashbehari.Nandigram, constituency.Banerjee also accused candidature will be taken by the BJP’s which goes to polls in second phase the Election Commission of taking central election committee (CEC), on April 1, is seen as one of the hotly- decisions from a “particular political which met in the presence of Prime contested seat as the chief minister party’s” office. Minister Narendra Modi and other top will likely be challenged by Suvendu Despite this, the TMC will win with BJP leaders.The Election Commission Adhikari, her former aide who has a “handsome majority”, she claimed. of India (ECI) has announced an now joined the Bharatiya Janata Party “Khela hobe, dekha hobe, jeta hobe eight-phase election schedule for the (BJP). (Play will happen, will see and will 294-seat West Bengal Assembly The TMC supremo said the party Darjeeling and Kalimpong would be Kamtapuri and Rajbanshi leaders also Muslims, 79 from the scheduled caste dropped due to age and other factors. win),” she said.She thanked starting from March 27 and going on would be contesting on 291 seats out contested by party allies. “We will announced that they will support us,” and 17 candidates are from the As Covid-19 pandemic is not over, Opposition leaders and parties from till April 29. About 7,32,94,980 of total 294 and the remaining three support them in these three seats and Banerjee said.In the party’s list, 50 scheduled tribes. Banerjee said that those candidates who are more than other states such as Tejashwi Yadav, electors will exercise their franchise seats in Darjeeling Kurseong, they will support us in plain areas. candidates are women, 42 are 23-24 existing TMC MLAs have been eighty years of age have been changed Arvind Kejriwal, Hemant Soren and across 1,01,916 polling booths. Gurugram college students protest, Farmers’ protest internal issue of India, for it to India records 16,838 cases,113 demand online exam resolve: British govt ahead of parliament debate deaths in last 24 hours ARRAYGURUGRAM, MARCH 5 (AGENCIES) you are going to see more of this. I think CHANDIGARH, CHENNAI, Hundreds of students of the that as India grows and becomes more KOCHI, MUMBAI, NEW DELHI, Dronacharya Government College international and ever more significant in PUNE MARCH 5 (AGENCIES) here staged a protest and blocked the world, there will be more debate about India reported as many as the road in front of the college Indian issues,” he said. 16,838 fresh Covid-19 cases in on Friday, which led to huge Ellis, however, asserted that the UK the last 24 hours, taking the total traffic congestion on the government’s view on something like the number of infections in the stretch.The protesting students farmers’ protest is that it is an internal country to 1,11,73,761 on were demanding online exams matter of India and “we observe it, but it Friday. Also, with 113 deaths due to Covid-19.After an is for India to resolve”. reported on Thursday, the total assurance from the college Specifically asked if the Indian side has number of coronavirus-related management, the students ended raised this issue with the UK, he did not deaths in India exceeded 1.57 their protest within half an hour. give a direct answer and said if the UK lakh, the ministry’s data updated "There was confusion among would be debated in the Indian at 8 am showed. Terming it a “worrying” trend, 16.It went past 60 lakh on the students about an offline Parliament, “I would be interested in it”. Punjab reported more than he said the government is September 28, 70 lakh on examination. As per the “So If the Indian government is 1,000 cases for the first time gearing up to take action against October 11, 80 lakh on October Gurugram University circular, the interested in issues like farmers’ protest since November 15. The state those who do not “rectify” this. 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and students can take examinations in being discussed in the UK Parliament, I found 1,071 cases on Thursday, The lack of transparency the one-crore mark on either offline or online mode and NEW DELHI MARCH 5 (AGENCIES) actually in the Prime Minister’s Question am not surprised if there is an interest,” the highest since October 13. It over the schedule for December 19.According to the it depends upon them. The With UK MPs set to debate next week the Time,” he said at a media interaction with he said. is also the first state, other than vaccinations at these private Indian Council of Medical confusion happened due to the safety of farmer protesters, the British journalists in Delhi. The 90-minute debate on Monday will Maharashtra and Kerala, to hospitals makes it difficult for Research (ICMR), 21,99,40,742 direction of the Maharishi government on Friday said what happens “This is something we look at but it is be held at the Westminster Hall in the report more than 1,000 cases senior citizens and persons with samples have so far been tested Dayanand University in Rohtak. in India has ripples in the United Kingdom something for India to resolve,” said Ellis, Houses of Parliament complex in London since January 10. Maharashtra co-morbidities in the priority for the viral disease in the The university in their circular and gets debated as there is a large Indian a British strategic expert, who presented and will be opened by Scottish National reported 8,998 cases on Friday. group to schedule appointments, country, including 7,61,834 on directed that only Covid-19 diaspora, but asserted that the farmers’ his credentials to President Ram Nath Party (SNP) MP and member of the Across the country, there are said Sharma, who also heads the Thursday. infected students and students protest was India’s “internal issue” and it Kovind in February to take formal charge Petitions Committee Martyn Day, and a now 1.76 lakh active cases, empowered committee for the The 113 new fatalities who belong to other states are was for it to resolve. as the new UK High Commissioner to India. minister will be deputed to respond on nearly half of which, more than administration of Covid-19 include 60 from Maharashtra, eligible for online examination," British lawmakers will debate the issue Asked about the debate in the UK behalf of the UK government.The debate 86,000, are in Maharashtra. The vaccines. 15 from Punjab and 14 from Virender Atri, Principal, of press freedom and safety of protesters Parliament on Monday and if the issue has relates to the petition entitled ‘Urge the number of active COVID-19 According to him, “every” Kerala.Of the total 1,57,548 Dronacharya College, told IANS. in India next Monday in response to an e- been raised by India with the UK side, the cases has increased to 1,76,319, hospital that is participating in COVID-19 deaths reported so far petition which had crossed the 1,00,000- British High Commissioner said the reason Indian Government to ensure safety of "We will soon release Google protesters & press freedom’, which called accounting for 1.58 per cent of the government’s mass in the country, Maharashtra consent form to the students and signature threshold required for such a these things get discussed is because of the the total caseload, according to vaccination programme against accounts for 52,340, followed by debate, the House of Commons Petitions process of petition to which if there are a on the British government to make a will inform them about online public statement on the “#kissanprotests the data.The number of people Covid has access to a facility Tamil Nadu (12,508), Karnataka examination," Atri said.The Committee had confirmed earlier this sufficient number of signatures, an issue who have recuperated from the management dashboard. The (12,350), Delhi (10,915), West week.Asked how he looks at the concerns can be debated in Parliament and issues & press freedoms”. hospitals are expected to use this Bengal (10,273), Uttar Pradesh students were protesting against Farmers, mostly from Punjab, disease has gone up to conducting the first and second in the UK over the farmers’ protest and if related to India are quite regularly 1,08,39,894, which translates to dashboard to make vaccination (8,729) and Andhra Pradesh year semester exams in offline it could impact ties, the new British High debated. Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have timetables and declare vacant (7,171). The health ministry been camping at several Delhi border a national COVID-19 recovery mode."The collage management Commissioner to India, Alex Ellis, said, “This is something that is done by rate of 97.01 per cent, while the slots for jabs. Hospitals are stressed that more than 70 per has informed us about an online “Your verb is the correct one. I look at it. Parliament, the government has to points, including Tikri, Singhu and case fatality rate stands at 1.41 supposed to prioritise those who cent of the COVID-19 deaths in examination. They will soon share This is an internal issue for India.” participate, it has to answer but it is the Ghazipur, since November 28, demanding per cent. schedule appointments for the country occurred due to exam consent form. We have no “I think the foreign secretary (Dominic parliamentarians, as you expect, raising a complete repeal of three farm laws and While the number of vaccinations over walk-in comorbidities."Our figures are problem with an online Raab) said it when he was here ”your issues that are a concern to them in their a legal guarantee on minimum support registrations for jabs against appointments, he said. being reconciled with the Indian examination," said a protesting politics is our politics” in other words constituencies,” the UK envoy here said. price (MSP) for their crops.The Covid-19 in India is on the rise, India's COVID-19 tally had Council of Medical Research," student."We are following the UGC things that happen in India have ripples “Coming back to the point about your government has denied allegations that it not all private hospitals are being crossed the 20-lakh mark on the ministry said on its website, directions to conduct pending in the UK partly because you have such a politics is our politics to an extent. My was trying to put an end to the MSP and transparent about the slots they August 7 last year, the 30-lakh adding that a state-wise semester exams. The examination big diaspora community in the UK, so these observation more generally is that as the the mandi system. Prime Minister have available for vaccinations, mark on August 23, the 40-lakh distribution of the figures is will be taken as per the university things get debated. Our prime minister Indian diaspora grows and is very Narendra Modi has also assured farmers according to National Health mark on September 5 and the subject to further verification directions," said Atri. (Boris Johnson) was asked about it successful in many countries of the world that the MSP would continue. Authority CEO RS Sharma. 50-lakh mark on September and reconciliation. Congress hopes Gold smuggling case accused names Kerala CM in dollar hawala 2 schools in Vadodara, Navsari THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MARCH 5 (AGENCIES) has also clearly stated about the improper and continue as the Chief Minister."Just look into this to seal deal on Hours after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan illegal activities of three Ministers of the State statement, it was done a few months back and closed after students get Covid slammed the Central agencies, a statement given cabinet and the Speaker. She has further stated when the probe was about to reach Vijayan, VADODARA/SURAT MARCH 5 seat sharing by the gold smuggling case prime accused Swapna about the involvement and the kickbacks received everything came to a standstill and this is because (AGENCIES) Suresh to the Customs Department surfaced on by high profile persons from various deals. of the secret relations between the BJP and the A school in Vadodara and a school- Friday, which said 'Vijayan had a role in dollar "She has stated that she is aware of all these CPI-M. Now that the cat is out of the bag, Vijayan cum-hostel in Navsari have been shut with DMK soon smuggling'.In her statement recorded under transactions and was a witness to the same as she has to quit and cannot remain in that post even down after one student each of the Section 108 of the Customs Act, and the 164 is well versed in the Arabic language and hence for a minute," said Chennithala. institutions tested positive for Covid-19 NEW DELHI, MARCH 5 (AGENCIES) statement (given before the Magistrate) which was was forced to act as the translator between the above Senior Congress legislator P.T. Thomas, known The Central Election Committee of the on March 3.Baroda High School in filed by the Customs on Thursday before the Kerala said persons and the persons of Middle East origin for his tirades against Vijayan inside and outside Alka-puri, Vadodara, where a Class 12 Congress is scheduled to hold a meeting high court, she said that Vijayan has close in all their crucial interactions. The role of the the Assembly, said it's a shame which has fallen on Saturday to finalise candidates for the student tested positive will be closed till connections with the previous Consul General of former principal secretary (M.Sivasankar) in acting on our state."It would be the first time that a Chief March 8, while Gand-highar Kacholi and isolate contacts of positive first phase of the Assam and West Bengal patients.”The Navsari school has a total assembly polls.Sources within the party the UAE and illegal monetary transactions were as the link between the high profile politicians of Minister of any state in the country is being named Balwantrai and Induben Nayak run carried out. Kerala and the UAE Consulate officials as well as in dollar smuggling and the only option before Higher Seco-ndary School for Deaf and of 45 students who stay in the hostel said the seat sharing agreement between The statement says: "Her close connection with some others and in coordinating the illegal financial him is to quit," said Thomas.Incidentally, this and study in Class 9 to 12.On the Congress and the DMK would be Dumb at Kacholi village in Gandevi Wednesday, all the students were sent finalised either on Friday or Saturday. the Chief Minister and his principal secretary and dealings under the cover of various activities and revelation has come at a time when Vijayan was taluka of Navsari district where a Class The stalemate between the two parties a personal staff was also revealed by her. She has projects of the state government was also revealed leading the state committee meeting of his party 11 student tested positive will be closed back to their homes, while on Thursday, has been a cause of concern and the also stated with clarity about smuggling of foreign by her," said the statement of the Customs which is at the state party headquarters, here preparing for 14 days from Thursday. the school authorities sanitised the Congress leadership has asked the state currency at the instance of the Chief Minister and before the high court.Leader of Opposition Ramesh the final list of his party candidates numbering According to the Baroda High premises.In the past few days, a few of the Speaker with the help of the Consulate. She Chennithala said Vijayan has no moral right to around 90 seats of the 140-Assembly seats. the students complained of cough and unit to seal the deal amicably soon, School management, the decision was cold, following which, the school sources saidSenior leader Veerappa taken after the student communicated Moily, deputed to Tamil Nadu to oversee authorities got all the students tested at that he tested positive after undergoing a primary health care centre.Those the election management in the state, a test on March 2. Three teachers who said: found as suspicious cases after antigen Karnataka Congress MLA suspended for came in contact with the student have test were sent for RT-PCR test, in which "The talks are on and it may be been asked go in isolation and it was finalised by today or tomorrow."The West one student tested positive. decided to close the school for six days. School prinicipal Charmi Desai said, Bengal and Assam screening committees A member of the school have shortlisted the names of the “After one student tested positive, we ‘indecent’ act of removing shirt inside assembly management said, “The decision to called the parents of all 45 students and probable candidates.The Congress in close the campus was independent. The Tamil Nadu is facing a tough task in told them to take their children to their occurred as Congress members were protesting from conduct is disrespectful and irresponsible,” he said, authorities did not ask us to do so but homes. Administrative staff and teachers bargaining for seats with the DMK which we found it necessary to break the chain has taken a hard stand.The Congress the well of the House against a discussion on “One Nation, and adjourned the House for 15 minutes.As the House have tested negative. We have sanitised wants to contest on at least 50 seats, 10 One Election” initiated by the Speaker.Sagamesh, who reassembled, the Speaker initiated the process for action of transmission. Our online classes are the entire premises. We were following more than the last time. DMK sources was just next to the Speaker’s podium, removed his shirt against Sangamesh and named him, saying he cannot functional and there is no hindrance to the standard operating procedures and said the Congress will not be given so and put it on his shoulder while shouting slogans. Kageri, tolerate such conduct. Following this Bommai moved the syllabus. We have followed the were taking necessary many seats but only around 25 who noticed it from the Chair, reacted sharply. “What the motion to suspend the MLA till March 12 with guidelines but it is unfortunate that it precautions.”Navsari district health seats.However, reports say that this are you doing….Siddaramaiah (Leader of Opposition) immediate effect, despite Congress members objecting still happened. The school will reopen officer Dr Mehul Dailywala said, “One number is unacceptable to the Congress your party ruled for long, look at the way your members to it.Siddaramaiah termed the suspension “unilateral”, next week and we will continue to be of the students from Udhna area in Surat which is putting its entire strength into are conducting, is this the way to behave? this will not and said, “Put all of us also outside.”Later speaking to on guard.”The management said that city tested positive. We have told the campaigning and the visit of former party bring respect to anyone. This kind of indiscipline cannot reporters outside the assembly, Sangamesh sought to close contacts of the student had tested school authorities to sanitise the entire president Rahul Gandhi was part of the be tolerated,” he said, warning to send the MLA out. defend his action, saying he did it as he was not getting negative but they were being asked to premises. The students will now stay at strategy to pressurise the DMK to yield BENGALURU MARCH 5 (AGENCIES) At this point, state Congress chief D K Shivakumar justice. “What else should I do, if I don’t get justice? I monitor symptoms.Vadodara Medical their homes for 14 days and then return more seats.The Congress has called its A Congress MLA was on Thursday suspended from the and other party colleagues prodded Sangamesh to wear have not done wrong things like goondaism…I will Officer for Health, Dr Devesh Patel said, to school.”Navsari district education state leaders to deliberate on the issue Karnataka Assembly till March 12 for his “indecent” the shirt back and helped him in the process. Warning go and ask why I was suspended,” he said. “There is no rule in place for closing officer Rohitkumar Chaudhary said, in Chennai. The party may go for a and “disrespectful” conduct of removing his shirt inside action against Sangamesh, Speaker instructed him to The MLA also said he had given a letter to the schools if anyone tests positive. It is their “We have told the school authorities to friendly contest on some seats, sources the House during a protest by his party.After Speaker behave properly, and said his conduct was disrespectful Speaker regarding “false atrocity” and “attempt to decision. Our task at VMC is only to do send the students back to their homes say but the state leadership will be Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri took strong exception to to the people of Bhadravathi, the constituency he murder” cases booked against him and family contact-tracing… It is not case-specific for 14 days… We have also intimated deciding on it. The polling to the 234- the conduct of B K Sangamesh, Parliamentary Affairs represents.“Is this the way to behave? …are you on the members, but did not get any response. He claimed and is done regularly by health teams other schools and hostels in the district member Tamil Nadu Assembly will be Minister Basavaraj Bommai moved a motion to suspend streets? Has the House become a joke for you? if you the cases were politically motivated as the BJP was in the field. The school has to close for to strictly follow Covid guidelines… we held in a single phase on April 6. him, which was adopted by a voice vote. The incident oppose something, express it from your place, your “unable” to defeat him in Bhadravathi. sanitising the premises for a few hours will carry out surprise checks.”