www Vol - 17 www Issue-242 www Bhubaneswar www 14 April, 2021 www Wednesday ww Orissa Today email:[email protected], www Rs.2.00 People’s Voice [email protected] www Pages -8 RNI NO - ODIENG/2005/16409 For e paper : www.orissatodaynews. in [email protected] Sushil Chandra takes over as 24th CEC of India Naveen announces Rs 155 New Delhi, Apr 13 (UNI) Mr Election Commission said in 14, 2019. Sushil Chandra on Tues- a statement. The ECI family bid a warm day assumed charge as the He is also Member of De- farewell to outgoing Chief crore package for Balasore 24th Chief Election limitation Commission since Election Commissioner, Mr Sunil Arora on April 12, the Commissioner of India, February 18, 2020 looking Bhubaneswar, Apr 13 (UNI) swimming pool will also be succeeding Mr Sunil Arora. after Delimitation of statement said. After a fulfilling tenure of Odisha Chief Minister constructed for the devel- Mr Arora demitted the of- Jammu Kashmir UT. Naveen Patnaik today an- opment of talent of fice on April 12 after com- Having held several posts nearly 43 months in the nounced various develop- sportspersons at a cost of pleting his tenure. in the Income-Tax Depart- Commission and nearly 29 Mr Chandra has been serv- ment for nearly 39 years, Mr months as CEC, Mr Arora mental projects worth Rs Rs 14 crore and provision demitted office having suc- 155 crore in the first phase for imparting high level ing in the Commission as Chandra had also been and elections to 25 State cessfully steered the 17th for the all round develop- training to sports persons Election Commissioner CBDT Chairman from No- Assemblies since joining Lok Sabha election in 2019 since February 15, 2019, the vember 1, 2016 – February ECI in September 2017. ment of Balasore Munici- will be made. pality area. Chief Minister’s office The projects included de- sources said the protection SC asks states to velopment of the and beautification of the provide info on Sahadevkhunta bus stand Budhabalanga river em- cost of Rs seven crore. one of the important cities for the convenience of pas- bankment at a cost of Rs 53 The Chief Minister made of the state and birth place migrant children sengers at a cost of Rs eight crore would be undertaken the announcement on the of his favourite author Fa- (UNI) The Supreme crore, six laning and street and the river banks of the basis of the reports submit- kir Mohan Senapati. Court on Tuesday di- lighting of the main road Budhabalanga will be devel- ted by Chief Secretary S C The Chief Minister said at rected states to provide from Tumuliagate flyover to oped for the entertainment Mohapatra and 5T Secre- present work for the information about the station square and develop- of the people of Balasore. tary V K Pandian who vis- Balasore Medical College and teaching hospital at a number of migrant chil- ment of all main roads of the The drainage channel of ited Balasore this morning cost of Rs 275 crore and lay- dren and benefits ex- and apprised the Chief Min- Balasore Municipality at a Balasore Municipality area ing of cement concrete road tended to them. cost of Rs 70 crore. and the roads along it ister about the situation. at a cost of Rs 16 crore is The order came on the A multipurpose indoor hall, would be developed at a Mr Patnaik said Balasore is going on. plea filed on behalf of NGO Child Rights Trust seeking directions for Gujarat riots: SC defers Zakia Jafri's plea plea the protection of migrant New Delhi, Apr 13 (UNI) headed by Justice AM children's fundamental The Supreme Court on Khanwilkar, said the matter rights amidst the COVID- Tuesday postponed by would be listed after two 19 pandemic. two weeks Zakia Jafri's weeks as the petitioner has A bench comprising plea challenging the Spe- circulated a letter seeking Chief Justice S A Bobde cial Investigation Team's adjournment in the case. and Justices A S clean chit to the then Zakia, wife of Congress Gujarat High Court on Oc- Narendra Modi, now the Bopanna and V Gujarat Chief Minister MLA Ehsan Jafri who was tober 5, 2017 rejected her Prime Minister, and senior Ramasubramanian also Narendra Modi and senior killed in the Gulberg Hous- plea against SIT's decision. government officials, say- asked the states to file officials in the 2002 ing Society massacre dur- On February 8, 2012, the SIT ing there was "no prosecut- replies in the matter. Gujarat riots. ing the 2002 Gujarat Riots, had filed a closure report able evidence" against DADLS-02 Don't put students' A three-judge bench, moved the Top Court after giving a clean chit to them. OIPR 15001/13/0002/2122 life at risk, cancel CBSE exams: DCW Chief New Delhi, Apr 13 (UNI) Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson Swati Maliwal on Tues- day urged the Centre to cancel the CBSE board exams, saying the stu- dents' lives should not be put at risk. "As Covid is spreading at a very rapid rate, The centre government should #CancelBoardExams2021 . It has been seen that many young people are getting infected in this Covid wave. We should not put our student's lives at risk," Ms Maliwal said in a tweet. Earlier in the day, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to made a simi- DADLS-02 lar request to the central OIPR 15001/13/0002/2122 government. He also said that accord- ing to reports available with him, 13,500 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours in Delhi. India records 1,61,736 fresh cases, 879 deaths New Delhi, Apr 13 (UNI) India on Tuesday re- ported 1,61,736 new cases of COVID-19 dur- ing the past 24 hours, pushing the total case tally to 1,36,89,453, the data by the Union Health Ministry stated on Thursday. The death toll mounted to 1,71,058 with 879 more fatalities in the past day. The fatality rate stood at 1.25 per cent. According to the Minis- try data, the active cases rose by 63,689 to stand DADLS-02 at 12,64,698. It is now OIPR 15001/13/0002/2122 9.24 per cent of the total caseload. 14.pmd 1 4/13/2021, 11:02 PM Orissa Today WORLD Wednesday 14 April 2021 Bhubaneswar 2 Russia records 8,173 COVID- Police use tear gas against protesters in Brook- US Under Secretary for Political Affairs going 19 cases in past 24 hours lyn center amid ongoing unrest: Reports to Lebanon on April 13: State Department Moscow, Apr 13 (Sputnik) Russia's single-day Washington, Apr 13 (Sput- Washington, Apr 13 pable of and committed to a months-long financial coronavirus increase fell to the lowest level since Sep- nik) Minnesota law en- (Sputnik) Under Secre- implementing economic crisis, aggravated by the tember 28, as 8,173 new cases were confirmed, down forcement used tear gas tary for Political Affairs and governance reforms collapse of the national from 8,320 the day before, the coronavirus response against hundreds of people David Hale will travel to so that the Lebanese currency and banking sys- center said on Tuesday. who were protesting over Lebanon this week with people can realize their full tem issues that have re- "Over the past day, 8,173 coronavirus cases were con- the fatal shooting of Daunte the aim of "pressing" the potential." sulted in staggering infla- firmed across 83 Russian regions, including 1,049 cases Wright for the second country’s authorities to According to the US State tion. (12.8 percent) without clinical symptoms," the center night in a row on Monday, form a new government, Department, the Under The critical financial situ- said, adding that the total case count has now reached according to multiple me- the US State Department Secretary plans to convey ation is accompanied by a 4,657,883. dia reports. has announced. US concerns with the de- major political crisis, as The rate of increase stands at 0.18 percent. Several dispersal orders "Under Secretary for Po- teriorating socio-eco- the country's political Moscow confirmed 1,782 new coronavirus cases over were issued on Monday litical Affairs David Hale nomic conditions in Leba- forces have yet been un- the same period, down from 1,833 the day before. night before police started will travel to Beirut April non, caused by the ongo- able to reach a consensus The Russian capital was followed by St. Petersburg to deploy tear gas and flash 13-15 for meetings with ing political impasse. on the composition of a with 701 new cases, down from 706 the day before, bang canisters, some of made arrests along fired her gun instead of a a full range of leaders," Meanwhile, Russian Prime new government. The and the Moscow Region with 533 new cases, down which landed near an Humboldt Avenue. Taser on Sunday. Speak- the State Department said Minister Mikhail Mishustin coronavirus pandemic, as from 569 on Monday. apartment building across According to the Commis- ing at a Monday press con- on Monday, adding that is expected to hold talks well as the devastating No new cases were registered in the Nenets Autono- from the Brooklyn Center sioner of the Minnesota ference, where body-cam- "Hale will press Lebanese with Lebanese Prime Min- Beirut port blast and US mous Region and the Chukotka Autonomous Region. Police Department, CBS Department of Public era footage of the shoot- officials and party leaders ister Saad Hariri on April sanctions, have contrib- The response center reported 338 COVID-19 fatali- said.