y k y cm BRINGING CHEER DELUGE IN BIHAR WORSENS MISSION ‘MARS’ Actor Rasika Dugal says she is delighted to Over 38 lakh people of the state are affected, Nasa’s new car-sized robotic spacecraft is entertain the viewers through her while 11 people have died so far in on its way to Mars to search for ancient life acting-from-home skills LEISURE | P2 separate incidents TWO STATES | P7 INTERNATIONAL | P10 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 120 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | FRIDAY, JULY 31 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 IRREGULAR by MANJUL Eyes on OERC order on TPCL plea WITHIN JUST TWO MONTHS, TPCL FILES PETITION BEFORE OERC TO REVIEW ITS AGREEMENT POST NEWS NETWORK Revenue collection by CESU in 2019-20 ADANI ENTERS STATE Bhubaneswar, July 30: Though the state government has the privatised CONSUMER COLLECTION POWER SECTOR power distribution sector with a view LT (Low tension) `1598.70 cr BHUBANESWAR: The Competition to provide quality and uninterrupted HT (High tension) `785.58 cr Commission of India (CCI) has approved DEFENCE GRAFT CASE the proposal of Adani Power Limited’s Oh! Rafale’s a fighter plane? power supply to people, the initiative EHT (Extra high tension) `575.82 cr (APL) to acquire 49% of the total equity The way everyone was behaving is yet to yield the desired results. share capital of Odisha Power Generation I thought it’s a vaccine!! While quality and uninterrupted power Regulatory Commission (OERC) to re- Nesco and TPCODL. Till June 1, CESU’s supply remains a distant dream, the pri- view its agreement even before com- pending dues was over `2,000 crore to Corporation Limited (OPGC). The proposed Jaya Jaitley, 2 others vate discoms made handsome money pleting two months in business. Gridco and OPTCL. As nothing is men- transaction relates to the acquisition of utilising the infrastructure built with The hearing was scheduled for July tioned about the pending dues of CESU 49% of the total equity share capital of the taxpayer’s money and left the state. 28, but it has now been postponed to in the agreement it is unclear whether OPGC by APL (Proposed Combination). SHORT TAKES Odisha government holds 51 per cent get 4-year jail term This initiative was started in 80s, September 1. Hence, all eyes are now or not TPCODL will bear CESU’s debt stake in OPGC. OPGC operates a 1,740 MW when the US-based company AES was on the decision of OERC – whether it burden. Hence, Gridco and OPTCL too thermal power plant at Banharpalli in PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Trump suggests the first one to enter into the business. will go in favour of the consumers in have filed petitions before the OERC in Jharsuguda district, Odisha. MORE P11 Later, it was Reliance (BSES Ltd) and the state or the company. this regard. If the OERC does not con- New Delhi, July 30: A Delhi delay in elections now Tata has entered the profitable That the company has filed a review sider the pleas of Gridco and OPTCL, court Thursday awarded 4- business – operating as Tata Power petition within 60 days shows it has also the financial burden of over `2,000 Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran year jail term to ex-Samata Washington: President Donald Central Odisha Distribution Ltd. (TP- come here to ‘loot’ the state. After crore may eventually come on the state Yojana, Saubhagya Yojana, Party president Jaya Jaitley Trump is for the first time CODL) (earlier known as CESU) since achieving its goal of grabbing CESU, government. Restructured Accelerated Power and two others for corrup- floating a “delay” to November’s presidential election, as he June 1. A pact in this regard was signed the company is now working with the Moreover, Gridco and OPTCL would Development And Reform Programme tion in a 2000-01 case related makes unsubstantiated between the GRIDCO and OTPCL. moto of profit. This is why it has become financially weak and Tata (RAPDRP), Odisha Distribution to a purported defence deal A Delhi court Thursday allegations that increased mail-in The state government has 49 per cent knocked the doors of OERC. Power, which has entered into the sys- System Strengthening Project (ODSSP) saying they “compromised awarded 4-year jail term to voting will result in fraud. The share in the discom, while OTPCL holds Odisha has two power transmission tem, will be the front runner in buying and Biju Gram Jyoti Yojana to de- the entire defence system ex-Samata Party president dates of federal elections – the the balance. While TPCODL has started utilities – Gridco and Odisha Power the two organizations. velop power infrastructure in the of the country.” Jaya Jaitley for corruption in Tuesday after the first Monday in collecting money from the consumers Transmission Corporation Limited In the past 10 years, the state gov- CESU area. But, Tata Power has pur- Special CBI judge a 2000-01 case related to a November – are enshrined in without spending a single pie, it has filed (OPTCL). They are selling power to ernment has spend `5552.62 crore chased the stake in CESU estimat- Virender Bhat also awarded purported defence deal ` federal law and would require an a petition before the Odisha Electricity distribution companies like Wesco, through various schemes including ing the properties to be 350 crore. 4-year jail term to Jaitley’s The three accused were held act of Congress to change. The former party colleague guilty of corruption and Constitution makes no provisions Gopal Pacherwal and Major criminal conspiracy in the for a delay to the January 20, BUILDING A HOME General (rtd) SP Murgai in purported purchase of 2021 presidential inauguration. COVID-19 more the case, Murgai’s advocate hand-held thermal imagers Trump tweeted Thursday: “With Vikram Panwar said. Universal Mail-In Voting (not prevalent among There should be zero tol- The trial court said the Absentee Voting, which is good), erance towards corruption convicts were no laymen 2020 will be the most the young in state in defence procurement but persons of status and INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT deals as these have direct means, and had not com- Election in history.” P10 POST NEWS NETWORK bearing upon an independ- mitted the crime due to any ence and sovereignty of our ignorance or lack of knowl- Bhubaneswar, July 30: The state country, the court said, edge or under any duress. 3 Assam Rifles government Thursday said that adding that the crime com- “On the contrary, the crime compared to the elderly, the young mitted by the convicts was was committed by them in jawans killed population in the state has been in- of “highest degree”. pursuance to a well hatched New Delhi: Three Assam Rifles fected by coronavirus more. The court, in an in cam- conspiracy and upon due de- personnel were killed and five Shalini Pandit, Mission Director era proceeding, imposed a liberations with each other,” injured in an ambush near India- (MD) of National Health Mission fine of `1 lakh each on all the court said, terming the Myanmar border at Chandel (NHM) -Odisha, said that infection three convicts and directed crime as “a very serious” and area in Manipur Wednesday statistics showed that younger peo- them to surrender before it “having grave ramifications night. A senior government ple were more vulnerable to the till 5 PM Thursday itself. so far as the defence of our officer said that a group of 15 infection. Like in most other places The order was stayed by country is concerned.” soldiers were returning from an across the globe, the highest num- the Delhi HC later in the The convicts took money area dominance patrol at ber people in the age group of 0-40 day. The three accused were from the representative of a Khongtal in Chandel area years have been hit by the COVID- held guilty of corruption fictitious firm without both- when an improvised explosive 19 pandemic in the state most. ering to ascertain whether device exploded. Thereafter and criminal conspiracy in they came under heavy fire “Most of the cases – 64 per cent the purported purchase of the firm was actually in op- from the members of an – in the state are reported from peo- hand-held thermal imagers. eration and whether the prod- insurgent group. P9 ple in the age group of 20-40 years. The case stemmed from uct of the said firm sought to On the other hand, 29 per cent of ‘Operation Westend’ sting be inducted in the Indian the people in the age group 41-60 aired by news portal Tehelka Army was worth it, the court years are infected by the virus. A baya weaver bird prepares a nest, in Ajmer district, Thursday PTI PHOTO in January 2001. observed. MARKET WATCH The elderly are the least infected, as only 7% of the patients in the INDEX VARIATION state were above the age of 60 years,” she said. Police ‘inaction’ SENSEX 37736.07 335.06 The data made available by Varied views on teaching in mother tongue NHM MD also hinted that the prompts minor BOURSES NIFTY 11102.20 100.70 cases of symptomatic patients too PRESS TRUST OF INDIA ural for our brains. Literacy is read- ‘wherever possible’ means subject DOLLAR 75.06 `0.12 have risen in the state. The gov- ing and writing which is to be learnt or place. English should be one girl to end life ernment earlier claimed that 80- New Delhi, July 30: While teach- by our brains,” said Vishnu Karthik, common language as everyone EURO 88.24 `0.35 90 per cent of the patients were ing students up to Class 5 in the Director, Heritage Schools.