WWW.YUGMARG.COM FOLLOW US ON REGD NO. CHD/0061/2006-08 | RNI NO. 61323/95 Thursday, March 19, 2020 CHANDIGARH, VOL. XXV, NO. 51, PAGES 12, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Haryana govt initiates Centre sanctions KOVID 19: Capt Deepika action against 32 one battalion Amarinder Padukone employees of of NDRF for HP; urges religious pampers Marketing Board in State to get Rs.454 organisations to herself on day 2 fund embezzlement cr for Disaster Relief keep gatherings of quarantine Fund from Centre under 50 PAGE 3 PAGE 5 PAGE 6 PAGE 10 MP floor test: SC to 255 Indians found infected continue hearing today AGENCY with coronavirus in Iran NEW DELHI, MAR 18 The Supreme Court on Wednesday 81 passengers of said that it will continue hearing to- morrow the petition filed by BJP Srinagar-bound AI Over 400 citizens evacuated from Malaysia leaders seeking directions to imme- flight quarantined diately conduct a floor test in the AGENCY Madhya Pradesh Assembly. SRINAGAR: Eighty-one pas- NEW DELHI, MAR 18 Positive cases in Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, sengers of an Air India Leh-Sri- appearing for petitioner and BJP nagar flight were quarantined India reach 155 on their arrival here on As many as 276 Indians have leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan, told Wednesday, officials said. been infected with coronavirus NEW DELHI: The Ministry of the court that there are videos, which democracy. "Can this court go into The flight was then diverted abroad, including 255 in Iran, 12 Health on Wednesday said that show that the rebel MLAs are saying intricacies of how and why we re- back to Leh where it dropped in UAE and five in Italy, the gov- the number of positive cases of it is being portrayed as though they signed? What about the constitution- the remaining 25 passengers, ernment informed the Lok Sabha coronavirus has climbed to 155, are kidnapped but they are there on al duty of a Speaker to decide on res- they said. on Wednesday. Meanwhile, 405 including 25 foreign nationals. their own. ignation? Can he sit over it indefi- "A Srinagar-bound Air India Indian citizens who stranded at As per the latest data by the Min- A bench headed by Justice Dr nitely? Can he simply sit and not ini- flight was returned this morn- Kualalampur airport were evacu- istry of Health, Delhi has 9, Kar- DY Chandrachud said that it is not tiate any inquiry?" Singh told the ing. Eighty-one passengers ated by govt. nataka has 11, Kerala has 25, going to come in the way of the leg- court. Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, have been quarantined in Sri- In a written reply to a ques- Maharashtra has 39 and Uttar islature to decide who enjoys the for Madhya Pradesh Speaker, said nagar, while 25 were de-board- tion in the Lok Sabha, Minister of Pradesh has 15 positive cases of trust of the legislature. that the most important point ignored ed in Leh," Deputy Commis- coronavirus. State for External Affairs V Mu- On Tuesday, the first positive "We do know that these 16 is that it is a running assembly and sioner Srinagar Shahid Iqbal raleedharan said the total number MLAs tilt the balance one way or the not a fresh or a new assembly. "This Chaudhary said. case of COVID-19 was confirmed of Indians infected with coron- in West Bengal. other. Just assists us as to what court should not interfere with the The officer said all passen- avirus is 276 -- 255 in Iran, 12 in should be the modality of this," the Speaker's discretion in a running as- gers arriving from Leh UAE, five in Italy, and one each court said. Maninder Singh, appear- sembly. Which assembly is going to at Srinagar airport will have in Hong Kong, Kuwait, Rwanda ing for the rebel MLAs, said that the survive like this? If a state Governor to undergo mandatory quar- antine. and Sri Lanka. Army postpones, MLAs resigned due to their ideolo- is asked to interfere in a running as- Replying to a separate ques- Harsh Vardhan reviews action plan gies and added that their step was sembly without following the rules?" tion, Muraleedharan said eight NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday re- cancels wargames and with intention of strengthening Singhvi said. resident Indians are under quar- viewed the various actions being undertaken in close coordination with Yes Bank resumes various ministries at the central level, States as well training activities antine in the UAE, while none in as Indian embassies abroad. Kuwait. NEW DELHI: Indian Army has operations; all Vardhan chaired a high-level review meeting with postponed or cancelled all In Iran, as per available infor- senior officials of the Ministry, Director of Central services available mation, there are over 6,000 Indi- wargames and training activities in No document to be collected Government Hospitals such as Safdurjung, Dr RML view of the threat posed by the MUMBAI: Yes Bank on an nationals, he said in his written Hospital, and AIIMS, here today. "Union Health Min- COVID-19 pandemic, an advisory Wednesday said it has re- reply to a question on whether ister appreciated the various actions being undertak- issued on Tuesday said. sumed operations, and all its many Indians are held up in Arab en in close coordination with various ministries at the As per the advisory accessed by during NPR update: Govt banking services are available countries including Kuwait and central level, States as well as Indian embassies ANI, the leave granting authorities for its customers now. Iran due to coronavirus. abroad. He also lauded the States for active surveil- have been told to grant leave only AGENCY about the NPR and are critical to- “Our banking services are now The Indians in Iran include lance, effective contact tracing and their preparedness on essential or compassionate NEW DELHI, MAR 18 wards the exercise. operational. You can now expe- about 1,100 pilgrims mainly from for containment and management of COVID-19," grounds till the situation improves. The objective of updating the rience the full suite of our serv- Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir and press statement said. He reviewed the preparedness regarding hospital Troops returning from leave espe- No document will be collected NPR is to create a comprehensive ices. Thank you for your pa- Maharashtra, nearly 300 students management such as OPD blocks, availability of testing kits, personal pro- cially from COVID-19 hotspots or from anyone during the exercise to identity database of every usual res- tience and co-operation. primarily from J&K, about 1,000 tective equipment (PPEs), medicines, and adequate isolation wards. to be in likely contact with persons be carried out to update the Na- ident in the country. The database #YESforYOU @RBI @Fin- fishermen, including from Ker- having international travel history tional Population Register, Union would contain demographic and MinIndia,” the lender tweeted. ala, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, and may be screened and quarantined minister Nityanand Rai said on biometric particulars. The notifica- The Reserve Bank of India others who are on a long-term Number in Pakistan rises to 246 on arrival in unit, the advisory Wednesday. tion for the house-listing phase of (RBI) had put restriction on the added. lender on March 5, under stay in Iran for pursuing their ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's southern province of Sindh reported nine more Rai also said in Rajya Sabha census and NPR exercise came re- livelihood and religious studies, cases of the novel coronavirus, surging the tally to 181, provincial Further, as per the advisory, any that till now, the central government cently amid furore over the con- which the bank’s customers assembly of persons beyond 50 in were allowed to withdraw up to the minister said. spokesperson Murtaza Wahab said on Wednesday. has not taken any decision to pre- tentious Citizenship Amendment Asked about steps take by the A total of 246 people have been infected from COVID-19, including 143 pil- number is requested to be avoid- pare the National Register of Indian Act (CAA). The data for NPR was Rs 50,000 till April 3. ed. Physical training may be car- The government notified the Centre to help Indians stranded in grims who returned to Sukkur from the Iran-Pakistan border at Taftan, as Citizens (NRIC) at the national lev- last collected in 2010 along with the per a report by Dawn. ried out while keeping a distance Yes Bank reconstruction Iran due to the coronavirus out- of one metre between the person- el. "No document is to be collected house-listing phase of Census 2011. scheme last week. break, Muraleedharan said the nel. during the updation of NPR 2020," Updation of this data was done in government has made focussed Rai, the Union Minister of State for 2015 by conducting door-to-door efforts for the safe return of Indi- other Indians stranded in and Iranian airlines, he said. Home, said replying to a written surveys. While updating the register SC transfers Dr ans from that country. Iran.These are tested at medical "Our Consulate in Bandar the Indian nationals stranded in question. The NPR data will be col- in 2015, the government asked de- A team of six Indian health facilities including the National Abbas has reached out to the In- Iran after testing them," Mu- lected along with the house-listing tails like Aadhaar and mobile num- Kafeel case to officials has been deputed to Iran Institute of Virology, Pune, he dian fishermen who are residing raleedharan said. "Our Em- phase of the census to be conducted bers.