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Let us pray for better days ahead so that Memorial meeting National interests State Guv we may celebrate all festivals condemns attack with pleasant note. held for Penny hurt if - Editor on BJP MLA Arun Chaudhary politics, diplomacy mixed Narang PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 7 PM bats for diversification, With 62,714 fresh cases, India sees modernisation of farming AGENCY biggest 1-day jump since October NEW DELHI, MARCH 28 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on NIA arrests TMC Sunday pitched for modernisation in the country's agriculture sector and leader in 2009 AGENCY at 1.35 per cent, the data stated. cited the deepening trend of bee NEW DELHI, MAR 28 India's COVID-19 tally had farming in this context. murder case crossed the 20-lakh mark on Au- He stressed keeping up the cau- KOLKATA: The National India saw 62,714 new coron- gust 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 tion against the Covid-19 pandemic Investigation Agency ar- avirus infections in a day, the lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh and paid tributes to health workers rested TMC leader highest single day rise so far this on September 16. It went past ?60 and other Corona warriors for their Chhatradhar Mahato in year, taking the nationwide lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on contributions to the country's push ing it a "Sweet Revolution". connection with the COVID-19 tally to 1,19,71,624, October 11, crossed 80 lakh on back against the pandemic. The quantum production of hon- killing of a CPI(M) leader while the daily deaths crossed the October 29, 90 lakh on Novem- In his 75th edition of "Mann Ki ey has contributed to "Aatm Nirbhar in 2009, soon after he 300-mark for the first time in ber 20 and surpassed the one- Baat" monthly radio programme, Bharat"(self-reliance), too, he said. cast his vote in Lalgarh 2021, according to the Union crore mark on December 19 Ac- Modi said modernisation and inno- Modi said by adding bee farming to during the first phase of Health Ministry data updated on cording to the ICMR, vation in farming is the need of the their inventories, the farmers have polling in West Bengal, a Sunday. Registering a steady in- 24,09,50,842 samples have been present times to boost farmers' in- started earning handsomely due to in- senior official said on crease for the 18th day in row, ac- tested up to March 27 with come and make the vocation pros- come generated from bee-wax too. Sunday. Mahato, the for- tive cases have increased to 11,81,289 samples being tested perous. He noted that the modernisa- With the increasing trend of herbal mer convenor of the 4,86,310 comprising 4.06 per on Saturday. The 312 new fatali- tion of agriculture is imperative to and natural products, bee-wax is in Maoist-backed People cent of the total infections. The ties include 166 from Maharash- increase farmers' income, expand the demand in the pharma, cosmetic and Against Police Atrocities (PCPA), was nabbed recovery rate has further dropped tra, 45 from Punjab, 14 from Ker- agriculture sector, and increase the industrial sector in a big way. He re- from his residence in to 94.58 per cent, the data stated talities, the highest in around 63,371 new infections were ala, 13 from Chhattisgarh, and 10 avenues of employment. ferred to farmers of Yamunanagar dis- Jhargram district by an The 62,714 new cases were three months, the data updated at recorded in a span of 24 hours on from Delhi A total of 161552 "Modernisation and innovation trict in Haryana, among others, of tak- NIA team comprising of reported in a span of 24 hours, the 8 am showed The daily death toll October 16 The number of people deaths have been reported so far are important in all dimension of life," ing to bee farming. Referring to tur- 40-45 personnel late on highest since October 16, 2020, of 312 is the highest since De- who have recuperated from the in the country including 54073 Modi said, and added expansion of bulence caused by the Covid-19 pan- Saturday, hours after he while the death toll increased to cember 25, 2020 when 336 new disease surged to 1,13,23,762, from Maharashtra, 12659 from bee farming has led to growth in pro- demic, he said it all started in March, exercised his franchise. 1,61,552 with 312 daily new fa- deaths were reported As many as while the case fatality rate stood Tamil Nadu. duction of honey and its export, call- last year. Everything need not be made public, says Shah Maha CM mulling lockdown with NEW DELHI: Home Min- ister Amit Shah, who on ‘minimum impact on economy’? Sunday presented a de- tailed analysis of the Phase-I polling in West AGENCY beds, oxygen, medicines etc. in Bengal and Assam to MUMBAI, MARCH 28 the state to treat COVID-19 pa- claim a definite victory for tients. his party in the two In view of the rise in fresh The task force then recom- states, refused to divulge COVID-19 cases, Maharashtra mended that the state govern- anything regarding a pur- Chief Minister Uddhav Thack- ment implement measures like a ported meeting with NCP eray on Sunday asked officials stricter lockdown to stem the rise supremo Sharad Pawar to prepare a plan for implemen- in coronavirus positive cases. amid the ongoing politi- tation of a lockdown which will The chief minister then asked of- cal crisis in the Maha have a minimum impact on the ficials to prepare a detailed plan Vikas Agadhi govern- economy on the recommenda- for implementation of a lock- ment in Maharashtra. tion of the state COVID-19 task down which will have a mini- “Everything need not be force, an official release said. mum impact on the economy of the state, the made public,” Shah said In a meeting held with the chief minister, release said. “There should not be any kind of responding to a query Health Minister Rajesh Tope and other offi- confusion among the people once a lockdown about the “meeting”. Ac- cials, members of the task force expressed ap- is announced,” the CM is quoted as saying. cording to reports, “two NCP leaders” visited prehension that the state might report 40,000 Maharashtra has seen a huge rise in coron- Ahmedabad for a hush- fresh cases in the next 24 hours, it said. avirus positive cases over the last week. As hush meeting with “some During the meeting, the CM reviewed many as one lakh new infections were added to businessman” at a venue health infrastructure, including availability of the state’s tally in such short period. where Shah also reached. Farmers burn copies of agricultural laws 3 injured as part of Dwarka Expressway at Singhu border on 'Holika Dahan' Flyover collapses AGENCY GURUGRAM: A portion CHANDIGARH, MAR 28 of an under-construction flyover on the Gurugram- Farmers on Sunday were Dwarka Expressway spotted burning copies of near Daulatabad col- agricultural laws at Singhu lapsed on Sunday morn- border on the occasion of ing. Three workers have 'Holika Dahan'. Despite this, reportedly been injured the bills were seen up in and rushed to hospital. Police along rescue flames at Karnal's Peont toll teams are getting the plaza as well. at the India-Pakistan border, change Holi pleasantries with slab and debris lifted to "We will celebrate Holi there are pleasantries ex- them, then we (farmers) will ensure nobody is with the Delhi and UP Police changed at the border, so why think that the Central govern- trapped there. According personnel deployed at the can't it be done here at the ment does not want to talk to to police, no casualties border. We will make the Ghazipur border? If pleas- us. The Delhi Police will be have been reported so necessary arrangements for antries are not exchanged, given an invitation to join us far. Senior NHAI officials them and communicate to then it will mean that the for Holi celebrations as they, have reached the spot them asking them to cele- Ghazipur border is more dan- too, are on police duty away but the reason behind brate Holi together," Rakesh gerous than the Pakistan bor- from their homes. Everyone the collapse is still to be Tikait told a news agency der. should be present at the bor- confirmed. He said: "Whenever "If all the security forces der in the evening on the oc- there are festivals celebrated and police officials do not ex- casion of 'Holika Dahan'." Over 4 cr old vehicles on Indian roads, Karnataka tops list at 70 lakh AGENCY per the centralised Vahan database that NEW DELHI, MAR 28 excludes "Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Lakshadweep", Over four crore vehicles older than 15 the ministry said. years are plying on roads pan-India and Uttar Pradesh occupies the second fall under the ambit of green tax, with spot with 56.54 lakh vehicles, of which Karnataka occupying the top slot with 24.55 lakh are older than 20 years. more than 70 lakh such vehicles.