WWW.YUGMARG.COM FOLLOW US ON REGD NO. CHD/0061/2006-08 | RNI NO. 61323/95 Tuesday, March 17, 2020 CHANDIGARH, VOL. XXV, NO. 49, PAGES 12, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Corona : Officers Navratra fairs and State govt Be smart and directed to ensure other events to be declares masks proactive to availability of mask, monitored and hand combat sanitizers; Two helpline through CCTV: sanitizers as COVID-19: numbers 8558893911 SDM Prashant essential Rohit Sharma and 108 set up commodities PAGE 3 PAGE 5 PAGE 5 PAGE 10 Guv asks Kamal Nath Coronavirus: Entry of passengers to prove majority today AGENCY BHOPAL, MAR 16 from EU, Turkey, UK prohibited Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tan- don on Monday has written a letter to Special court frames Chief Minister Kamal Nath directing AGENCY him to conduct the floor test on charges against NEW DELHI, MARCH 16 March 17. Yasin Malik Sensex "Conduct the floor test on 17th With the cases of the coronavirus March otherwise it will be considered JAMMU: A special court in rising in the country, the govern- that you actually don't have the ma- Jammu on Monday framed ment on Monday prohibited entry nosedives jority in the state assembly," Tandon charges against Yasin Malik and six others in connection of passengers from EU countries, stated. Earlier, former Madhya with a case related to the killing Turkey and the UK from March 2,713 pts Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh of Indian Air Force (IAF) officer 18 till March 31. Chouhan claimed that the Kamal POLITICAL UNCERTAINITY Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna The Union health ministry AGENCY Nath government lacks a majority CONTINUES IN MP and three others in 1990. also said four new coronavirus MUMBAI, MAR 16 and appealed to Governor Tandon to "You by doing all the afore re- cases -- one each from Odisha, order a floor test. ing for the Budget session was ad- ferred criminal acts in further- Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Resuming its free fall, the "The Chief Minister is running journed immediately after the Gover- ance of the execution of earlier Kerala, have been reported, tak- BSE Sensex plunged over away from the trust vote as he knows nor's address till March 26, in view of hatched deep-rooted criminal ing the total number of cases to 2,713 points on Monday, that the government lacks a majority. coronavirus pandemic. The BJP conspiracy among you and co- 114 on Monday. These cases, in- tracking a selloff in Asian BJP has the majority and we have ap- MLAs led by former chief minister accused of the case as detailed clude 10 discharged, three cured peers as the coronavirus pealed to the Governor to order the Shivraj Singh Chouhan met Gover- in the police charge-sheet of and two reported deaths. pandemic continued to conduct of a floor test at the earliest. nor Lalji Tandon at the Raj Bhawan. the CBI have prima facie com- After the Group of Ministers wreak havoc on markets. He has assured us that he will protect Assuring the BJP legialatures, Gover- mitted offenses," the TADA (GoM) meeting, the government Dalal Street was our constitutional rights," Chouhan nor said, "Appropriate action will be court observed. has proposed social distancing buzzing with speculation of had said. The Madhya Pradesh As- taken. Be assured that no one will vi- The court slated the matter for measures to be in force till March an inter-meeting rate cut by sembly, which met on Monday morn- olate your rights." further hearing on March 30. 31, the ministry officials told re- Number rises to 120 the RBI after Governor porters. Shakitkanta Das called a The 'contact tracing activity' press conference at 1600 of these positive cases has led to NEW DELHI, MAR 16 hours amid widespread calls Parliament nod for identification of more than 5,200 for a rate cut following sim- Yes Bank: ED summons three central contacts, who are kept under sur- COVID-19 extended its footprint in India on Monday with the ilar steps by the world's veillance, they added. eastern state of Odisha reporting its first coronavirus patient and leading central banks. Sanskrit Universities "Travel of passengers from one new case each in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Kerala, Anil Ambani NEW DELHI: Parliament on member countries of the Euro- taking the total count to 120, Health Ministry officials said. Monday passed a pean Union, the European Free The Maharashtra government also reported four more pa- Cinema Halls, AGENCY allegedly went bad after borrowing bill to upgrade three deemed Trade Association, Turkey and tients of the infection, as concerns over the pandemic steered de- NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, MAR 16 from the crisis-hit bank. The offi- Sanskrit universities into cen- United Kingdom to India is pro- cisions across all sectors and states, including in politically Shopping Malls cials said Ambani, 60, has sought tral universities. hibited with effect from 18th volatile Madhya Pradesh. Reliance Group Chairman Anil exemption from appearance on The Central Sanskrit Universi- March 2020," said Lav Aggarwal, The ministry did not immediately add the Maharashtra cases closed in Chd Ambani has been summoned by the some personal grounds and he may ties Bill, 2019 was passed by the Joint Secretary in the ministry to its national count, covering 15 states and union territories. CHANDIGARH: The UT Adminis- ED in connection with its be issued a new date. Re- voice vote in Rajya Sabha. said. The tally of 120 includes 17 foreigners. While two people trator and the Governor of Punjab money laundering probe liance Group, last week, Earlier the bill was passed by "No airline shall board a pas- died, 13 people were discharged after they recovered from the in- V. P. Singh Badnore today held a against Yes Bank promot- had said in a statement that Lok Sabha. senger from these nations to India fection, which according to the WHO has infected 1,53,517 peo- meeting with the Adviser Manoj er Rana Kapoor and oth- its entire debt from Yes The Bill seeks to upgrade three with effect from 1200 GMT on ple in 135 countries and territories and claimed more than 5,700 Parida and the top brass of the ers, officials said on Mon- Bank was fully secured and deemed to be universities in UT Administration and discussed March 18, 2020. The airline shall lives. wide ranging issues. Further, the day. They said Ambani was availed in the ordinary Sanskrit -- Rashtriya Sanskrit enforce this at the port of initial With the four new patients, Odisha has a count of one, Ker- was asked to depose at the course of business. "Re- Sansthan, Sri Lal Bahadur Cinema Halls, Gymnasiums departure," he said. ala 23, Ladakh four and Jammu and Kashmir three, according to Swimming Pools, Pubs ,Spa Enforcement Directorate liance Group is committed Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Both these instructions are the ministry. As many states virtually shut down to stem the office in the Ballard Estate to honouring repayments of Vidyapeeth, and Rashtriya Centres, Video Gaming Centres, Sanskrit Vidyapeeth Tirupati -- temporary measures and shall be spread of COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the Shopping Malls and Coaching area of Mumbai on Mon- all its borrowings from Yes into central universities. in force till March 31 2020 and contribution of doctors, nurses and healthcare workers in fight- Centers in the UT Chandigarh day as his group companies are Bank Ltd through its various asset The bill was moved in Rajya will be reviewed subsequently, he ing the virus. He said there was a coordinated response to the out- will be closed till March 31. among the big entities whose loans monetisation programmes. Sabha by Human Resource said. break, showing the strong spirit of the nation in such situations. ... MORE ON PAGE 6 Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nis- hank. Nirbhaya convicts Ruling, Oppn benches exchange approach ICJ, seek barbs over banking stay on execution system in country AGENCY NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha NEW DELHI, MAR 16 on Monday witnessed a heated argument between the Trea- Three of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gan- sury and Opposition benches grape case approached the International Court of Justice over the banking system with (ICJ), seeking a stay on the execution of their death sentence. the latter, including Congress, The three convicts who approached the ICJ are Akshay Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma. The International and Left, walking out for Con- Court of Justice, sometimes called the World Court, is the gress member Rahul Gandhi not being given full opportunity principal judicial organ of the United Nations. This comes as to ask questions on it. Gandhi the four convicts in the 2012 case -- Vinay, Akshay Thakur, sought information from the Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh -- are scheduled to be government about those who hanged at 5:30 am on March 20. A 23-year-old paramedic did not repay the debt of banks. student, referred to as Nirbhaya, was brutally gang-raped and When given a chance to ask assaulted by six men in a moving bus in Delhi in December supplementary questions, he 2012 and was thrown out on the road. She succumbed to her said that the government has injuries at a Singapore hospital on December 29, 2012. Ram not given the list of the top 50 Singh, one of the six accused in the case, allegedly commit- such defaulters. ted suicide in Delhi's Tihar Jail. Punjab to provide 1 lakh jobs in next 2 yrs: Amarinder ‘Will contest next assembly polls’ CHANDIGARH, MAR 16 cluding health, education and police, the chief minister said.