y k y cm PUSHING BOUNDARIES EVACUATION STUMBLES PARALYMPICS KICKS OFF Odia film actor Mahima Das plays a woman of Western allies will not be able to fly every Afghan The Tokyo Paralympics begins with the central substance in her next Prema Re Padili before the United States’ planned August 31 theme of ‘We Have Wings’ in a colourful opening ceremony Prathama Thara LEISURE | P2 withdrawal deadline INTERNATIONAL | P10 SPORTS | P12 VOLUME 11, ISSUE 145 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 | 2021 12 PAGES | `5.00 WOMAN HACKS SON TO DEATH 48 MINING LEASE TENDERS CANCELLED Daspalla: In a shocking incident, a woman hacked her son to death Malkangiri: Malkangiri District Collector Vishal Singh Tuesday canceled at Nahakpada village under this police limits in Nayagarh district, tenders for 48 mining leases for minor minerals. Reports said, the cancel- Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Basant Behera, 40, son of lation was done following the recommendation of the Revenue Divisional Sarojini and Panchua Behera. He was allegedly of unsound mind Commissioner. It may be mentioned here that Singh’s predecessor and was regularly assaulting and abusing his mother over trivial Yeddula Vijay had been accused of taking boxes containing tender papers issues. The accused took the extreme step after she allegedly got to his house. Earlier, former MP and Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee fed up with the repeated assaults and abuses by her son. She made (OPCC) working president Pradip Majhi had alleged that Vijay had up her mind to get rid of Basant and hacked him to death. Police received kickbacks worth crores of rupees and an SUV from CH Venugopal registered a case and picked up the accused for interrogation. of Andhra Pradesh for awarding him the lease of seven stone quarries. IRREGULAR by MANJUL Narayan Rane granted bail AGENCIES Mumbai, August 24: In a big re- lief, a Raigad magistrate late Tuesday granted bail to arrested Union MSME Minister Narayan Rane in a case pertaining to his 'slap slur' against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. The development came around 8 hours after Rane's dramatic ar- A travel advisory for your colleagues asking rest by police from his camp in them to avoid Maharashtra. There people are Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri, from being booked for foul language where he was whisked off to a Raigad court late in the evening. The central minister was nabbed - a first ever for the state - after Petrol and diesel multiple cases were filed against him in various districts for his prices cut again 'slap slur' targeting Thackeray. Leader of Opposition Pravin AGENCIES/PNN Darekar and others welcomed the verdict, saying it was on expected New Delhi, August 24: A day lines as Rane's arrest was illegal after keeping petrol and diesel and it was a politically motivated case. prices unchanged, the oil market- BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar ing companies (OMC) Tuesday re- termed it as a victory of democ- duced fuel prices further in line with racy and a defeat of the 'Talibani men- the downward movement of global HEADED FOR SALE : A Rajasthani camel trader with his camels at the Parbatsar cattle fair where animals like camels, cows, buffaloes, horses and bulls are sold or traded at Parbatsar in Nagaur district, Tuesday tality' of the government. oil and product prices. CITY FUEL PRICES `5,899 cr loss by Petrol: `102.37 (-0.19) discoms in 6 yrs 81% students pass ` BJD demands law to Diesel: 96.97 (-0.15) POST NEWS NETWORK HSC offline exam The pump price of petrol and Bhubaneswar, August 24: The diesel was cut 15 paise per litre to four power distribution compa- POST NEWS NETWORK and 66 for Madhyama examina- `101.49 a litre and `88.92 a litre re- nies (discoms) in Odisha have in- tion spectively in Delhi. Across the coun- curred a loss of `5899 crore be- scrap 50% quota cap Bhubaneswar, August 24: The In the HSC exams, 5,233 students try, fuel prices were cut between 10- tween 2014-15 and 2019-20. Union Board of Secondary Education cleared the tests while 141 failed. 20 paise per litre but its retail rate minister of power and new & re- (BSE) Tuesday declared results of 3100 boys and 2133 girls passed the varied depending on the level of newable energy RK Singh told this n The BJD is backing the BJP the offline matriculation exam examination. According to BSE, 42 local taxes. Petrol prices in Mumbai in Parliament recently. 2021. As per the results, 80.83 per students secured A1 grade, 255 A2, and Kolkata are now at `107.53 and on the issue of raising the 50 pc cent students passed the annual 348 B1, 458 B2, 599 C, 846 D, 2685 E `101.82 per litre respectively while in quota cap set by the Supreme high school certificate (HSC) ex- and 141 got grade F. Chennai, petrol is priced at `99.20. amination on the offline mode. The board said the grades of 271 Court. The saffron party is The exams were conducted from students have improved in com- doing this with an eye on UP July 30 to August 5 at 504 centres parison to the grades they had re- elections while the BJD govt where more than 15,136 students ap- ceived in the alternative assess- MARKET WATCH peared for the offline exam after ment method. However, 459 has failed to fill up a they were not satisfied with the students’ grades have reduced as INDEX VARIATION humungous number of vacan- marks awarded to them through an compared to the alternative marks. cies that are reserved for SCs, ward classes (SEBCs). the capping by courts, OBC popu- alternative assessment method. Meanwhile, in open school cer- SENSEX 55958.98 403.19 "More than 50 per cent of lation of Odisha are deprived of get- Out of them, around 6,620 stu- tificate examination, out of 8,493 STs & OBCs in the state Odisha's population belong to OBC ting the reservation benefits and fac- dents applied for HSC examina- students who applied for the exam, BOURSES NIFTY 16624.60 128.10 The four discoms—Cesu, Nesco, and SEBC. However, reservation at ing difficulties." Various political tion while 8,493 students for state 6209 students passed the test with DOLLAR 74.43 `0.01 Southco and Wesco have reported AGENCIES the rate of half of their population, parties with allegiance to the BJP open school certificate examination a pass percentage of 74.3 percent. a loss to the tune of `882 crore in cannot be provided to them be- have raised their voice in support EURO 87.09 `0.05 2014-15, `931 crore in 2015-16, `913 Bhubaneswar, August 24: A day cause the ceiling fixed by the of repealing the 50 per cent cap CURRENCY ` ` ` crore in 2015-16, 792 crore in 2016- after Bihar Chief Mminister Nitish Supreme Court," Swain said. on the reservation. The silence of GOLD 47,650 66 17, `1539 crore in 2017-18 and `842 Kumar demanded a cast-based cen- To remove the cap set by the BJP leaders on this issue shows SILVER `63,488 `561 crore in 2018-19. sus, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) de- court, conduct of caste-based cen- its apathy towards other backward BULLION Ukrainian plane Cesu suffered a loss of `2,323 manded a central law to remove 50 sus is needed, he said. "Chief classes, he said. However, the Odisha crore in six years while Wesco re- per cent cap on reservation. Minister Naveen Patnaik had ear- chief minister is committed to giv- ported a loss of `1,464 crore, Southco Senior BJD leaders and state lier raised the issue and today, we ing justice to OBCs in the state, he WEATHER `1,284 crore and Nesco `827 crore. ministers Ranendra Pratap Swain are reiterating the same. NDA's al- added. State BJP OBC Morcha pres- Tata Power has taken over all four and Arun Kumar Sahoo held a lies also have raised this issue. It ident Surath Biswal said his party hijacked in Kabul BHUB CTK discoms in the state. joint press conference here Tuesday, will help to ascertain the actual is not silent on this issue. The state MAX 34.8° 35.8° As per information made avail- on this issue. Swain demanded leg- population of backward classes has set up a commission to identify n The Ukrainian plane that TEMP MIN 24.6° 25.0° able by Power Finance Corporation islation of a central law to remove and subsequently, their develop- the OBC/SEBC people, following the Forecast (PFC), the financial losses of power the 50 per cent cap on reservation ment can be initiated," the BJD intervention by Union Minister arrived in Afghanistan to Humidity 98% 80% Light rain distribution utilities in all states have and conducting of caste-based cen- leader demanded. Stating hike in Dharmendra Pradhan. Instead, evacuate Ukrainians was ` Rainfall 48.6mm Nil very likely dropped from 54,558 crore in 2014- sus for other backward castes (OBC) reservation and caste census are two the BJD government has failed to 15 to `32,898 crore in 2019-20. or socially and educationally back- sides of a coin, Sahoo said, "Due to protect the rights of OBCs. hijacked by armed miscreants and flown to Iran AGENCIES Not enough data in India to decide on booster dose New Delhi, August 24: A or whether Kiev would seek to get Ukrainian plane that arrived in it back or how the Ukrainian citi- n Many countries in the stitute under the Ministry of Home said.