y k y cm HIDDEN TALENT JUDICIAL PROBE DEMOLITION THREAT Actor Malaika Arora says a lot of people UP govt forms a panel to probe the The ancestral home of late actor Rishi Kapoor don’t know the fact that she can Kanpur ambush and Vikas Dubey’s in Pakistan’s Peshawar city is facing demolition threat actually sing LEISURE | P2 encounter TWO STATES | P7 INTERNATIONAL| P10 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 102 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | MONDAY, JULY 13 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 Comet Neowise to be visible in Odisha from tomorrow POST NEWS NETWORK the next 20 days from July 14. People be visible to the unaided eye. A pair of town. When a comet’s orbit brings it can observe it from naked eyes,” said binoculars or a small telescope will en- close to the Sun, it heats up and melts, Bhubaneswar, July 12: A new comet Deputy Director, Pathani Samanta hance its visibility,” he added. thereby releasing a large amount of christened C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, which Planetarium here. The comet can be The comet will make its closest ap- dust and gases into a giant glowing head was discovered by NASA’s Near Earth seen by sky-watchers at predawn. proach to Earth July 22 and it will be larger than most planets. Object Wide-field Infrared Survey “A far better viewing perspective at a distance of about 103 million kilo- The dust and gases form a tail that Explorer telescope, will be clearly vis- will be available in the evening sky start- REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO metres from earth. stretches away from the Sun for mil- ible to the naked eye from July 14, giv- ing around July 14, when it will appear period,” said Dr Pattnaik. Comets are cosmic snowballs of lions of kilometers in the opposite di- ing new hope to sky-watchers. low in the northwest sky (20 degrees "Around 30th July it can be seen frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit rection. It is likely that billions of “C/2020 F3, a comet discovered from the horizon) for around 20 min- near Ursha Major (Saptarshi Mandal) the Sun in a highly elliptical path. comets are orbiting our Sun in the March 27, will be clearly visible in the utes. In the evenings to follow, the at an altitude of 40 degrees and it will When frozen, they are of the size of a Kuiper Belt and even the more dis- north-western sky. It will be visible comet will rapidly climb higher in the be visible for an hour. After July it few hundred kilometres and may be tant Oort Cloud. The current number Diesel price nears `81 after sunset for around 20 minutes for sky and will be visible for a longer will fade away very fast and will not compared with the size of a small of known comets is 3,650. after 16 paise increase SHORT TAKES PRESS TRUST OF INDIA There was no change in petrol price for almost two State’s COVID tally New Delhi, July 12: Diesel weeks, and it continues to be Cong confronts desert storm in Rajasthan price in the national capital priced at `80.43 per litre. crosses 13K-mark Sunday inched towards the Rates vary from state to Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s COVID- AGENCIES `81 per litre-mark follow- state depending on the in- 19 tally Sunday crossed the Sachin Pilot claims 30 ing a rate hike after a four- cidence of local sales tax 13,000 mark with 595 fresh Jaipur, July 12: Even as the battle of day hiatus. or VAT. While diesel price cases, while three patients one-upmanship between two Congress Cong MLAs’ support succumbed to the disease, camps led by Rajasthan Chief Minister taking the death toll to 64 in Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin JAIPUR: Rajasthan Deputy Chief FUEL PRICE IN BHUBANESWAR the state, a health department Pilot plays out in the open, state Minister Sachin Pilot Sunday official said. The total number Congress leaders are busy working declared open rebellion, claiming of coronavirus patients rose to the numbers and calculating permu- that he has the support of the 30 13,121 in the state, he said. tations and combinations to ensure Congress MLAs and some Petrol: Three men, aged 56, 50 and 65, Independents in the state Assembly. the party’s government remains safe. died of the coronavirus The statement released on Pilot's `80.99/ litre infection at a hospital in The Congress strength in 200-mem- WhatApp group claimed that the Ganjam, the worst-hit district ber Assembly is 102, with its Rashtriya Gehlot-led Congress government is Lok Dal alliance having one MLA. in the state. The 56-year-old in minority now. It said Pilot, who is Diesel: deceased was diabetic, while After 6 Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs also the state Congress president, the 65-year-old man was joined the Congress, the ruling party’s will also skip the Rajasthan `79.09/ litre suffering from diabetes and score in the House climbed up to 108. Legislature Party meeting Monday hypertension, he said. Support of 13 Independents, 2 Bharatiya CRISIS IN RAJASTHAN quested for an appointment with morning. “Rajasthan Deputy CM and Tribal Party and two CPI-M MLAs, its Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to discuss Congress leader Sachin Pilot not to tally stands at 125. he battle of one-upmanship the “challenges faced by his team due attend Congress Legislative Party IRREGULAR by MANJUL Meanwhile, the BJP has 72 MLAs, Tbetween two Congress camps to the high-handedness of Gehlot”. meeting scheduled to be held with 3 lawmakers from alliance part- led by Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot As he waits for an appointment, tomorrow,” the message said. ner Rashtriya Loktantrik Party. and his deputy Sachin Pilot now in Gehlot has been keeping a tab on his Diesel price Sunday was was last revised on July 7, Party sources confirmed that around the open MLAs and ministers in Rajasthan and mand will take to keep the MLAs united, increased by 16 paise per petrol rates were last 20-25 MLAs could back Pilot and if tate Cong leaders are busy asking about their locations on phone. eager party loyalists are busy counting litre, according to a price changed June 29. they leave the party, the Congress num- Sworking the numbers and Security at the inter-state borders has and recounting the numbers on their notification of state-owned In the last five weeks, bers will fall under 100 while the BJP calculating permutations and been enhanced and MLA movement con- fingertips and assuring themselves that oil marketing companies. diesel price has increased on numbers will touch 100. combinations to ensure the party’s tinuously monitored. the Gehlot government will survive the This took the retail sell- 24 occasions while petrol So, the situation remains interesting govt remains safe What raises apprehensions in the political turmoil. ing price to `80.94 per litre rates have risen 21 times. in Rajasthan. entire episode is the absence of min- A late night report said the Congress in the national capital – the The cumulative increase f 20-25 MLAs back Pilot and leave On the other hand, BJP state presi- isters from the pilot camp at a Saturday has sent its senior leaders Ajay Maken highest ever. since the oil companies the party, the Cong numbers will dent Satish Poonia told the media that I night meeting called by Gehlot. and Randeep Surjewala as central ob- In Bhubaneswar too, started the cycle June 7 to- fall under 100, while the BJP ` the ongoing crisis within the Congress numbers will touch 100 in the One of Pilot’s favourites and Tourism servers to Jaipur to avert the crisis in diesel price was increased tals to 9.17 for petrol and ` ` was created by the party itself and 200-member House Minister Vishvendra Singh has since Rajasthan. The two leaders along with by 0.16 reaching taking the 11.55 for diesel. In Mumbai, was due to infighting. “We have no left for Delhi, though he tweeted that party general secretary in-charge of new price to `79.09/ litre. petrol is priced at `87.19 – un- Yes, we’ve added some amazing role in it,” he said. bers and the state government is in he was to meet his sister. Rajasthan Congress Avinash Pande The price of petrol price, changed since June 29, while features, but not spotting & PCC vice-president Archana Sharma safe hands. While all eyes are now focused on will hold discussions with party MLAs, however, remained un- diesel rate was hiked to stopping fake news! told reporters that Gehlot has the num- Meanwhile, Pilot is in Delhi and re- what all action the Congress high com- sources said. changed at `80.99. `79.17 litre from `79.05. 3 militants killed Shutdown lifted Srinagar: Three militants were Aishwarya, Aaradhya killed in an encounter with Govt asks court to stymie security forces in Baramulla in Cuttack; longer district of Jammu and Kashmir Sunday, police said. Security test corona positive night curfew now forces launched a cordon and any challenge to app ban search operation around PRESS TRUST OF INDIA POST NEWS NETWORK midnight in Reban area of Sopore town following REUTERS was presented Friday, has not pre- Mumbai, July 12: Actor Aishwarya Bhubaneswar, July 12: The information about the presence viously been reported. Rai Bachchan and her daughter Cuttack Municipal Corporation of militants there, a police New Delhi, July 12: The Centre has “Let nothing be done till the ap- Aaradhya have tested coronavirus (CMC) Sunday decided to with- official said.