! ! VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# "#$"$ )"%*+'' #"%&'( * , #66(3)/,14/ 78 93(9(1)"-1 3,/1") (4) /,(" -"./ 0/(0-0()(1 ) 1(1 2 /2/ 2( ) 1(" 1( -1 "( 2(1 . :( ;"/-1/ ) 1) 1(- 31(0(4 5(3(( " #$% && '()* ! ( ! "# $%& ' (#)*)+, - R he first day of the second Tpart of the Budget Session of Parliament was virtually washed out due to the uproar created by the Opposition over fuel price rise. In the Rajya Sabha, while the Congress wanted a discus- sion right away on the issue, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu did not allow and said the mat- Delhi court on Monday ter could be raised during Aconvicted Ariz Khan for debate on the appropriation Bill $ ! % & ' the murder of Delhi Police in the coming days. ( $% ! "# ! "# Inspector Mohan Chand In the Lok Sabha, members Sharma and other offences in # # ! $ * of the Congress, the Shiv Sena, Mallikarjun Kharge raised the connection with the 2008 Batla the Indian Union Muslim issue and sought a discussion House encounter. Khan is House encounter in Jamia League gave adjournment on the “burning issue.” allegedly associated with the Nagar in south Delhi. motion notices over the con- “This is very important terror outfit Indian In 2013, Shahzad Ahmed tinuous rise in petrol, diesel issue and it is a burning subject. Mujahideen. The court will and Khan had escaped the and LPG prices. After Speaker Throughout the country, peo- pronounce the quantum of Batla House shootout while Om Birla rejected notices of ple are agitated,” Kharge said. sentence on March 15. two of their accomplices, Atif adjournment motion moved by Petrol prices touched nearly Additional Sessions Judge Amin and Mohammed Sajid, Opposition members over the 100 a litre while diesel rates announcement in the Lower Sandeep Yadav said the evi- were killed during the issue, they started raising were more than 80 per litre House. Birla said Lok Sabha dence produced by the prose- shootout. A third, Mohammed slogans. and LPG prices also increased, he Budget Session of members would also sit in gal- cution duly proved the case Saif, was arrested. Birla appealed to protesting he said adding the Government TParliament is likely to be leries, apparently to maintain beyond reasonable doubt. obstructed inspector Sharma in Delhi Police Inspector members several times to let had collected 21 lakh crore by cut short and may conclude distancing norms. The judge said it is “duly discharge of public function,” Mohan Chand Sharma lost his the House function so that putting excise duty and cess on before the first phase of elec- Keeping in mind the social proved that Ariz Khan and his the court said. life while two other officers women members can raise petroleum products. tions on March 27, while the distancing norms due to the associates caused murder of “Khan, along with his were injured. their issues on International He said farmers and peo- two Houses will resume their Covid-19 pandemic, both police official and fired gunshot accomplices, also fired gun- Later, Shahzad Ahmed was Women’s Day, but as the din ple were suffering because of normal timing of 11 am Houses were meeting in two on the police official.” shots at head constables also arrested and a trial court continued around 5.15 pm, he rise in prices but the Chairman onwards from Tuesday, sources ) * ! shifts since the Monson The judge further said Balwant and Balvir Singh,” the in July 2013 had sentenced adjourned the Lok Sabha till 7 did not allow his notice under said. $ ! + Session, with Rajya Sabha Khan managed to flee and did court further said. The court Indian Mujahideen terrorist pm. Rule 267 to suspend business Several parties had request- ! "# meeting in the first half of the not appear before court despite also asked the Investigating Ahmed to life imprisonment in The Congress made its for the day and discuss the ed that the session, which was day and Lok Sabha in the sec- being declared a proclaimed Officer (IO) to ascertain the connection with the case. His intentions clear on disrupting issue. originally scheduled to con- Chairperson M Venkaiah ond half. There was no Winter offender. “The evidence financial position of the convict appeal against the trial court’s the proceedings as soon as the Naidu reiterated that the tinue till April 8, be curtailed Naidu announced the new tim- Session of Parliament due to adduced on record, including to decide on the amount of verdict has been pending in the Rajya Sabha met for the first members will get ample oppor- due to the Assembly elections ings for the Upper House this the pandemic. Some Rajya ocular, documentary and sci- compensation to be given to High Court. day of the second half of the tunity to put the Government in four States and one Union morning on the first day of the Sabha members were sitting in entific, prosecution has proved the victim’s family. Khan, a native of Budget Session. The newly- on the mat on the issue during Territory being held between second part of the Budget Lok Sabha chambers to adhere beyond reasonable doubt that Inspector Sharma of the Azamgarh, was arrested by the elected Leader of Opposition the forthcoming debates. March 27 and April 29. Session, Lok Sabha Speaker to distancing norms. Khan along with accomplices Special Cell of Delhi was mar- Delhi Police’s Special Cell in and senior Congress leader Continued on Page 11 While Rajya Sabha Om Birla made a similar Continued on Page 11 with common intention tyred during the 2008 Batla February 2018. !" Q R ./.( ( n an unprecedented decision, Ithe Election Commission of India has declared all the booths for the first phase of elections in five districts of Bankura, Purulia, Jhargram and East and West Midnapore in West Bengal as sensitive. This implies that all the $ ! , + ! % # - P 10,228 booths will have at least /% ! 4-8 Central forces jawans deployed, sources said, adding the EC has already banned “civic volunteers” or “green police” appointed by the State Government on a temporary basis from manning the polls. % ! 0 , The first phase — of the 8- phase elections — for 10 seats will Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Once central and state gov- and I am happy that it is get- take place on March 27. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ernment schemes started ting national and internation- on Monday said whenever reaching them, the communi- al recognition.” society discriminates against its ty joined the mainstream and The CM claimed that his own people, a distorted form of started contributing to society, government has worked for the it like Maoism in Nepal is wit- he said. “The same communi- uplift of women and said nessed. ty turned Maoist in Nepal and Mission Shakti was launched Addressing an event held disrupted arrangements there,” for their empowerment. to mark International Women’s he said. According to an official Day, the CM said the question “When society discrimi- statement, the chief minister remains why there is a dis- nates against its own people, also held a dialogue with lead- crimination against women then a distorted form of it like ing women from different fields and could solutions be found Maoism in Nepal is seen,” the and assured them that the - $ ! ! by remaining confined to the CM said. Centre and the state govern- % formality of holding pro- Referring to his govern- ment are committed to the # - P & % grammes on the day. ment’s efforts to ensure inclu- empowerment of women for ! "# Referring to the Tharu sive growth, the chief minister which various schemes are community, Adityanath said it said, “We included products being run. The chief minister was deprived of facilities even made by the Tharu tribe under also awarded Mission Shakti Reacting to the EC’s decision after the Independence of the the ‘One District, One Product’ Puraskar to 11 women and to deploy Central forces in all the country. scheme in Lakhimpur Kheri inaugurated several schemes. booths, Bengal Minister Tapas Roy said, “We respect the EC’s decision… they have the power to do so and they are doing % accordingly … but the point is decisions should not be one- sided and favouring any one party.” % $1# Meanwhile, more Trinamool Congress leaders quit the ruling party either “feeling insulted” at that it had purportedly asked a women,” said the bench, also not being given a ticket or getting rape accused whether he would comprising Justices AS Bopanna “inspired” by Prime Minister he Supreme Court on marry the victim, who was a and V Ramasubramanian. Narendra Modi’s leadership TMonday said its observation minor when the crime was com- The observations by the ahead of the Assembly polls. during the hearing last week in mitted and has turned major bench were made while it was Sonali Guha, former Bengal a bail matter in a rape case were now. hearing another case, a plea by a Assembly Deputy Speaker and a “completely misreported” and “We asked are you going to 14-year-old pregnant rape sur- trusted lieutenant of Chief added that it has the “highest marry? We didn’t ask him to vivor seeking permission to abort Minister Mamata Banerjee for respect” for women and wom- marry” a bench headed by Chief the foetus of 26 weeks. many decades, on Monday left anhood. Justice SA Bobde said, adding it Solicitor General Tushar the ruling outfit along with other The comments — on had asked this to the man, in the Mehta, who was appearing in the outgoing Legislators Dependu International Women’s Day — context of the case. matter, said that the observation Biswas of Basirhat and Jatu Lahiri come in the wake of recent crit- “The fact of the matter is that by the bench last week was of Howrah.