% & !"#$ ()*"!"#$ $ &'() (+,,(- '() * +(. 0(# 2" % & '' 3 % %3' ' % % 4 ' ' ' %% '2 2& 4 564 %) #$%+, +-. / 0* ) $$ *!*+,!-.!/.01,01&234&(5 ! " R ! " “The directions of the Governor are completely con- arnataka Assembly was on trary to the well settled law laid KFriday adjourned till down by this court in relation Monday without taking up to the Governor’s powers. The O sought a ruling from the voting on the confidence directions of the Governor are Speaker. motion as the political stand- ex-facie in contravention of the ongress members on Raising the same issue, off grew up into a constitu- judgment of the SC,” he said. CFriday expressed deep con- Congress Legislature Party tional crisis after Speaker KR “It is respectfully submitted cern over the suicide of a Leader Narasingha Mishra Ramesh ignored the that as a result of the order farmer in Balangir district and alleged that farmers of Balangir Governor’s second deadline dated July 17, the constitutional slammed the Government for have suffered a lot due to cal- and Chief Minister HD rights of the applicant under not helping out farmers when lous attitude of the State Kumaraswamy and Karnataka’s the Tenth Schedule are vitally drought-like situations have P Government. Congress unit moved the affected and as such the instant occurred in many districts due “While there has been Supreme Court accusing application is being moved,” the to scanty rainfall. receive insurance claims for the scanty rainfall, firming activi- Governor Vajubhai Vala of Congress plea said. Raising the issue during the last two years. Shockingly, he ties have been severely affect- interfering with the Assembly It submitted that under Zero Hour, Congress member consumed poison in his land ed in Balangir district. We proceedings during the debate the Tenth Schedule of the Santosh Singh Saluja said and later died in the VIMSAR have the right to know what on trust vote. Constitution, a political party Balangir and four other dis- at Burla under treatment. measure the State Government They also sought clarifica- has a right to issue a whip to its tricts have received 40-per cent “Five districts, including is going to take for sustenance tion on its July 17 order con- legislators, the ground also less rainfall between June 1 and Balangir, have received 40 per of farmers,” Mishra said and tending SC’s July 17 order was taken by Kumaraswamy. July 18 for which cultivation cent rainfall. This year, farmers urged Speaker to send a House coming in the way of the party “The exercise of this right works have been severely of Balangir district are facing an Committee to Balangir to make issuing whip to its legislators in under the Constitution is not affected. Jagabandhu alarming situation. A farmer a study and report. the ongoing trust vote pro- circumscribed by any condition Dandasena, a farmer of has already committed sui- In response, Speaker Surjya ceedings. nor can it be subject to any Balangir district, had four acres cide. The State Government Narayan Patro directed the Before adjourning the # $ %# $ & ' ()* restrictive orders from the of cultivable land. Due to should inform the House as to Revenue Minister to conduct a House for the day, Speaker court even prior to the issuance scanty rainfall, he could not what measures it is going to study and make a statement in Ramesh Kumar said the which the 15 rebel Congress- precipitous action by the tions were filed at a time when of the whip. More important- undertake cultivation works. take to support farmers of the House within two days’ motion of confidence would JD(S) MLAs were granted relief Centre might allow them to go the Assembly was debating the ly, any enquiry for the purpos- He was not included in the Balangir and other drought-hit time. reach finality on Monday and that they cannot be compelled down as “martyrs” of a politi- confidence motion moved by es of the Tenth Schedule is a KALIA Yojana. He was yet to districts,” Saluja said and Related story on Page 2 it would not be prolonged fur- to participate in the ongoing cal conspiracy. Kumaraswamy. proceeding of the Legislature of ther under any circumstances, Assembly proceedings. While Kumaraswamy The SC order allowed the the State within the meaning of to which the Government The order “whittles down” questioned the deadlines set by rebels to virtually ignore the Article 212 of the agreed. a political party’s power to the Governor, Rao submitted “whip” to attend the proceed- Constitution,” both the appli- Kumaraswamy and issue whip to its MLAs as it has that the apex court order was ings of the legislature where cations said. Karnataka Congress chief a constitutional right to do so passed without involving the they would have been forced to Earlier, pointing out that Dinesh Gundu Rao filed sep- and the court can’t restrict Congress legislature party, vote in favour of the motion. the debates and discussions in arate applications on Friday that, they said. which presently has 79 MLAs The Congress has alleged that the Assembly appeared to be The BJD made all-out campaigning to get afternoon after the Speaker It was obvious that the in the Assembly. the order was death knell for merely to delay the floor test, Mohapatra defeated by its nominee Sabitri ignored 1.30 pm deadline set Congress and JD(S) leaders The apex court on July 17 the defection law. Vala in his letter to the Chief ll eyes are now on the Patkura elections in Agrawalla. by the Governor to conclude were using every tactics to passed the order on the plea of In his application, Minister referred to wild alle- AKendrapada district to be held The Congress, which has fielded Jayant the proceedings of the confi- delay the trust vote in the the 15 rebel MLAs in which Kumaraswamy said the gations about horse-trading on Saturday. Kumar Mohanty as its candidate, appears to be dence motion. hope that they would be able to Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar Governor cannot dictate to and said it was Constitutionally The BJD leadership is hell-bent on pre- way behind the BJD and the BJP in the race. Both the applications persuade some of the rebels to and Chief Minister HD the House the manner in which imperative the floor test be venting entry of BJP candidate Bijay Mohapatra The counting of votes is scheduled to be sought clarification of the July come back to their fold. They Kumaraswamy were made the debate of the confidence completed without any delay from entering the State Assembly. held on July 24. 17 order of the apex court by would be well aware that any respondents. Both the applica- motion has to be taken up. and Friday itself. P P good news for the bird liv- Aers in the State! The num- ber of Baya weaver birds has increased in the State, revealed ! # $%& a recent count organized by the P Wild Orissa along with the Odisha Chapter of Indian Bird !""# Conservation Network (IBCN). new sports policy would be According to the count, Aannounced by the State 14,193 Baya weavers, 3,000 Government soon to promote streaked weavers and 35 black- ension erupted in the different types of games and breasted weavers were sighted TAngul District make Odisha the country’s totaling their number to Headquarters Hospital on sports hub. This was stated by 17,228. During 2018, a total of Friday over Sports Minister Tusharkanti 11676 weavers were counted. tats of weaver species. The dis- damages to reeds, palm and alleged removal of eyes of a Behera in the State Assembly So there has been an increase trict of Puri, Kendrapada, coconut trees has led to fall in four-year-old girl kept in mor- on Friday. of 5,552 weaver birds found this Jagatsingpur and some parts of count of streaked weaver and tuary of the hospital premises Currently, the National year. Khurda, which experienced black-breasted weaver. The without knowledge of the Sports Policy is in force in the While 560 persons from maximum onslaught of Fani, black-breasted weavers have deceased. State. A draft on the State’s own different walks of life partici- showed blanks in most parts, given a miss to the State this While the parents of the sports policy has been prepared Rohit had reportedly post- pated for surveying and count- which in the past years had year. girl lodged an FIR in this con- and it would come up very ed multiple videos on social ing the weaver birds, 18 dis- counted healthy figures of Cutting of palm and date nection, a hospital staffer was soon, the Minister said in a erforming stunt with ven- media featuring his stunt with tricts were covered such as weavers. palm trees and toddy extrac- attacked. According to reports, reply to BJD member Pomous snakes and making snakes and several girls kissing Angul, Bhadrak, Boudh, On a few palm /coconut tion from date palm trees, non the baby girl of one Anjan Bhupinder Singh’s question. girls kiss the reptiles proved the animals. The clips had Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, trees etc, which survived the availability of trees in urban Gochhayat, a resident of He also informed that costly for a youth as Bargarh gone viral on social media Jagatsingpur, Jajpur, storm, the weavers especially and semi-urban areas like Nuahata village in Banarpal was taken out of the morgue, though a survey is yet to be Forest Department on Friday with thousands of ‘likes’ and Kendrapada, Keonjhar, Baya weavers built their nests Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, area, was admitted to the DHH family members noticed that conducted on the number of arrested a man in this connec- ‘shares’.