c m y k c m y k SD Telugu news papers THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA CHENNAI I SATURDAY 13 I FEBRUARY 2021 WEATHER Max: 30OC STATE | 3 WORLD | 5 SPORT | 7 Min: 20OC Premalatha: DMDK capable Navalny back in court Karatsev shocks Rainfall: Nil of going it alone over defaming Putin Schwartzmann ASTROGUIDE Sarvari: Maasi 1 deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 16 No. 319 Established 1938 | 8 PAGES| `3.00 Tithi: Thuvithiyai Star: Sathayam ■ ‘Even the LAC, as per the Indian perception, is at Finger 8, not at Finger 4’ Rahukalam: 9 am to 10.30 am 12 workers killed in Yamagandam: 1.30 pm to 3 pm Defence ministry denies India ceding PRAYERS cracker unit blast Fajar: 5.22 am DC CORRESPONDENT ● Zohar: 12.28 pm VIRUDHUNAGAR, FEB. 12 Fire and rescue Asar: 3.43 pm personnel from the Ladakh territory for disengagement Maghrib: 6.12 pm As many as 12 workers fire stations at Isha: 7.25 pm were killed and around 36 Sivakasi, Virudhuagar PAWAN BALI | DC injured in a fire accident NEW DELHI, FEB. 12 WAR OF WORDS SUNSET TODAY 6.14 PM in a cracker manufactur- and Satur had to India to set up SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.33 AM ing unit near Sivakasi in struggle for four The defence ministry said Why has he asked A new edition of Congress circus MOONRISE TODAY 7.43 AM Virudhunagar district on hours to contain the on Friday that India has the Defence Minister today, again due to @ Rahul ITBP command MOONSET TOMORROW 7.42 PM Friday. spread of the fire fur- conceded no territory to to make the state- Gandhi. Why is he bent upon falsely The accident occurred at ther and to put it out China in the disengagement ment, the Prime Minister claiming that disengagement is a loss for unit in Leh around 11 am when more agreement on Pangong Tso should say — I have given India? Is it a part of INC-China MoU? CORONA than 120 persons were by 3 pm, according and that the next military- DC CORRESPONDENT working in Mariammal to the district fire level talks will take up the Indian land to China, this is With the armed forces leading the disen- NEW DELHI, FEB. 12 Fire Works at Achan- officer Ganesan outstanding issues at Hot the truth. Finger-4 is our territory, that gagement strategy, isn’t this an insult of C UNT kulam village near Satur. Springs, Gogra and the is where our post used to be. So, now our brave forces? No Indian land has In view of the increasing The accident is suspected Depsang plains in eastern we have moved from finger-4 to finger- been given up by the government as part incidents of border dispu- CASES DEATHS to have been caused by nel from the fire stations at Ladakh. The ministry’s tes with China in the Lad- mishandling of the chemi- Sivakasi, Virudhuagar statement also said India 3. Why has the Prime Minister Modi of the current disengagement akh region, the Indo Tib- (+11,212) (+86) cal mixture in the process and Satur had to struggle has persistently maintained given up Indian Territory to the process. If anyone committed etan Border Police (ITBP), of manufacturing fancy for four hours to contain the right to patrol till Finger Chinese? This is the question that the sin of giving up thousands which is the Indo-China 1,08,91,625 1,55,570 type crackers. It damaged the spread of the fire fur- 8 in Pangong Tso, including needs to be answered by him and by of sq km, it is one corrupt, border guarding force is 20 work sheds fully, killing ther and to put it out by 3 in the current pact with likely to set up a special five persons including a pm, according to the dis- China. the Defence Minister cowardly dynasty that has bro- command unit in Leh. covid19india.org woman on the spot while trict fire officer Ganesan. “India has not conceded — Rahul Gandhi, ken the country to keep their power The move is significant seven more succumbed to District collector R. any territory as a result of Congress leader intact — J. P. NADDA, BJP president as this unit will operate STATE GOVERNMENT BULLETINS burns at the hospital. Kannan said after inspect- this agreement. On the con- independently of the Around 36 injured persons ing the accident spot that trary, it has enforced obser- ITBP’s western command (+ 483 ) were undergoing treat- those workers who suf- vance and respect for the gorically false. based at Chandigarh and 12,408 ment at the government fered more than 50 per cent LAC and prevented any uni- “Even the Line of Actual will focus exclusively on TN: 8,44,173 hospitals in burns were referred to lateral change in the status Control, as per the Indian China’s actions created the security situation in Virudhunagar, Sivakasi, Madurai Rajaji govern- quo,” the ministry said. perception, is at Finger 8, the entire Ladakh sector. WORLD CONFIRMED CASES Satur, Kovilpatti. ment hospital for further It said it had taken note of not at Finger 4. That is why At present the ITBP’s Fire and rescue person- treatment. ■ P3 some “misinformed and India has persistently main- distrust, says Army chief Western Command based misleading” comments on tained the right to patrol up at Chandigarh, is largely 10,84,96,690 the disengagement under- to Finger 8, including in the PAWAN BALI | DC regional imbalances and responsible for border way at Pangong Tso. This current understanding with NEW DELHI, FEB. 12 instability, he said. areas of Ladakh, Himachal DEATHS Budget to help India comes after Congress leader China,” the MoD said. The Army chief noted that Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Rahul Gandhi accused It said the permanent Army chief General M.M. Nepal, India's traditional ■ P4 Prime Minister Narendra posts of both sides at the Naravane said on Friday long-term partner, which 23,83,806 Modi of “giving away sacred north bank of Pangong Tso that the rising footprints of has witnessed heavy grow fastest, says FM Indian territory to China”. are longstanding and well China in India’s neighbour- Chinese investment, is going COUNTRIES, US welcomes India, AREAS WITH Mr Gandhi said the Indian established. “"On the hood and its attempts to uni- through a period of political CASES 219 DC CORRESPONDENT Ms Sitharaman said in her Army held the Finger 4 area Indian side, it is Dhan laterally alter the status-quo volatility. China efforts for worldometers.info NEW DELHI, FEB. 12 reply to the budget debate in Ladakh along the Line of Singh Thapa Post near along “our disputed borders" “While Bhutan has been in Parliament. Actual Control, but now it Finger 3 and on the have created an environ- cautious in its approach, Union finance minister “The post-pandemic will move back to its perma- Chinese side, east of Finger ment of "confrontation and we have seen an upswing in border de-escalation 4 dead, 13 injured as bus Nirmala Sitharaman on economies have suffered nent base near Finger 3. 8,” it said. The current mutual distrust." our relations with Bangla- Washington, Feb. 12: The Friday said the strong stim- all over the world and the As per the agreement, the agreement provides for the “The regional security desh. India is celebrating US has welcomed the ongo- falls into gorge in ulus in the budget for 2021- Union Budget 2021 was an Chinese troops will move cessation of forward environment is charac- Swarnim Vijay Varsh to ing efforts by India and 22 would not only provide attempt to provide a east of Finger 8 on the north deployment by both sides terised by Chinese belliger- commemorate its splendid China to de-escalate the sit- quick short-term solutions strong stimulus to deal bank of Pangong Tso and and continued deployment ence in the Indo-Pacific, its victory over Pakistan in uation in eastern Ladakh Andhra Pradesh but also long-term and sus- with this situation,” she the Indian troops will move at these permanent posts, it hostility towards weaker the 1971 War for Liberation and said it would continue Visakhapatnam: Four people died tainable growth that will said. “In doing so, it will to their permanent base at said. nations and relentless drive of Bangladesh. The sight of to monitor the situation and about 13 others were injured help India remain one of not only provide quick Dhan Singh Thapa Post The MoD also said that to create regional dependen- the tri-service contingent closely as both sides work when a bus carrying over 20 pas- the fastest-growing short-term solutions that near Finger 3. The area defence minister Rajnath cies through initiatives like from Bangladesh marching toward a peaceful resolu- sengers fell into a gorge at economies in the world. were created, but we also between Finger 4 and Singh’s statement in the Belt and Road Initiative," down Rajpath on Republic tion. “We’re closely follow- Anantagiri near Araku in The budget was the looked at medium, long- Finger 8 will be “no go” zone Parliament on Thursday said Army chief during a Day bodes well for our ing reports of initial troop Visakhapatnam district, a senior instrument for term and sustainable for some time for both the had also made clear that seminar on 'Evolving future relations, although disengagement. We wel- police official said on Friday. Aatmanirbhar Bharat at a growth that will help us armies.