c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA NELLORE I WEDNESDAY I 1 APRIL 2020 WEATHER BUSINESS 9 TABLOID Max: 36.5OC WORLD|8 | Min: 25.5OC China may test Covid PSBs’ mega merger Buying ventilators? It RH: 52% Rainfall: Nil vaccine abroad comes into effect is sheer stupidity Forecast: Haze. Max/Min temp. 36/24ºC deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 17 No. 266 Established 1938 | 18 pages | `6.00 CORONA C UNT CASES DEATHS Tablighi spreads Covid in AP 1397 35 State adds 21 cases in one day; 711 people from AP visited Markaz; coronavirus risk rises MD ILYAS I DC TS: 96 06 VIJAYAWADA, MARCH 31 AP: 44 00 The Chalo Delhi religious Delhi cops book call of the Tablighi WORLD CONFIRMED CASES Jamaat for the mashoora (convocation) conducted by the Markaz masjid at 8,00,000 Nizamuddin is turning is Tablighi Jamaat a disaster for Andhra DEATHS Pradesh too. Twentyone new coronavirus (Covid- 19) positive cases wre meet organiser 38,540+ identified in the state on COUNTRIES, Tuesday, taking the total SHASHI BHUSHAN and AREAS WITH to 44, out of whom 18 per- BHASKAR HARI TS OFFICIAL TOO CASES 183 sons had returned from SHARMA | DC the meet. NEW DELHI, MARCH 31 ATTENDED DELHI Prakasam district tops the list, with 11 new posi- The Delhi police on tive cases, followed by Tuesday registered a case MOSQUE MEET ASTROGUIDE Visakhapatnam (10), against Maulana Saad DC CORRESPONDENT Sarvari; Uttarayana Guntur with nine positive and others under various HYDERABAD, MARCH 31 Tithi: Chaitra Suddha Ashtami till cases, Krishna (five), East sections of the IPC and the 3.38 am(Thursday) Godavari (four), Ananta- Epidemic Diseases Act for A senior Telangana state Star: Arudra till 7.23 pm pur (two), and one each violation of government government official is one Varjyam: Nil registered in Chittoor, directives given to the of the 1,030 people who Kurnool and Nellore dis- management of the have been ascertained to Durmuhurtam: 11.55 am to tricts. Markaz of Basti Nizamu- have attended the Markaz 12.44 pm Adding to the crisis, peo- ddin. The government Nizamuddin in Delhi. An Rahukalam: 12 noon to 1.30 pm ple are falling for said so far 1,582 Tablighi animal husbandry depar- HIJRI CALENDAR rumours wherein even Jamaat workers were tment official, he is said Shabaan 6,1441 AH non-coronavirus deaths shifted to the Narela, to have attended the PRAYERS(SHAHI MASJID) in the family of any Delhi Sultanpuri and Bakkar- event that was held from Fajar: 5.02 am returnee is being related People, who came for a religious gathering at Nizamuddin mosque, are being taken to a hospital for Covid-19 test in wala quarantine facilities March 13 to 16. He is a New Delhi on Tuesday. — PTI Zohar: 12.17 pm to Covid. Besides this, that included 441 admit- resident of Masab Tank, people who met any of the ted in hospitals. with his house located Asar: 4.48 pm Delhi returnees in vari- The police said an FIR close to the GHMC munic- Maghrib: 6.32 pm ous places in Guntur dis- was filed against Maulana ipal office there. Isha: 7.32 pm trict are fearing commu- Saad and others of Tabli- An internal memo was SUNSET TODAY 6.22PM nity transmission and ghi Jamaat for violation sent to department dire- SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.05 AM rushing to the GGH for State defers half pay to staff of the directives issued cts officials to look into MOONSET TOMORROW 12.13 AM testing. after the coronavirus out- the matter and conduct MOONRISE TODAY 12.44 PM The mashoora was con- DC CORRESPONDENTS As reported in these ed the Chief Minister to provide them with treat- break. necessary medical inves- ducted by the Tablighi VIJAYAWADA, MARCH 31 columns earlier, Chief deposit the remaining ment immediately. Over 3,000 people had tigations on the official. Jamaat from March 15 to Minister Reddy decided to amount at the earliest and He directed officials to gathered March 1 and COUNTER 17 and was presided by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan make partial payments as specify the schedule for it initiate measures to avoid March 18 at the Nizamu- POINT Moulana Saadh, head of Mohan Reddy on Tuesday revenues were badly hit in the GO itself. crowding in Rythu Baza- ddin Markaz mosque for a branch on Tuesday asked the Markaz mosque. decided to pay half the due to lockdown. The gov- Elsewhere, Mr Reddy ars and market places dur- Tablighi Jamaat meet. A the government to take Tabligihi Jamaat leader March salary to state gov- ernment will pay 40 per asked all Delhi returnees ing relaxation time of lock- senior police official said action on at least 157 per- Ikram Ali of Hyderabad ernment employees on cent salary to the All India and persons who have down and directed them to the FIR was filed under sons linked to the Tab- supervised the pro- April 1, while deferring Services (AIS) officers, 90 come in contact with them start janata markets. Section 269, 270, 271 and lighi Jamaat now staying gramme. the entire amount to peo- per cent salary to non- (touchpoints) to voluntari- Officials informed the 120B IPC at the Nizamu- at various masjids and State officials found 711 ples’ representatives to a hazetted officers rank ly come forward for a quar- Chief Minister that 17 new ddin police station. other places in Delhi. persons who attended the later date. staff, besides 50 per cent antine to restrain the cases of Covid-19 positive Delhi Chief Minister These include 94 from mashoora from Andhra The Chief Minister con- salary to state employees spread of the Coronavirus have a link to the Markaz Arvind Kejriwal has Indonesia, 13 from Kyrg- Pradesh, in which offi- veyed his decision to make of above NGO rank and 50 (Covid-19) pandemic. Nizamuddin meeting and appealed to religious lead- yzstan, nine from Bangla- cials traced whereabouts the salary adjustment to per cent to pensioners. The Chief Minister, dur- they were trying to track ers, irrespective of faith, desh, eight from Malay- of 626 people and shifted AP Government Emplo- Speaking to mediaper- ing a review meeting here down all fellow travellers to not organise any event sia, and some Indian nat- them to quarantine The yees Association president sons, Mr Suryanarayana on Tuesday, directed med- and other touchpoints. during the lockdown. ionals. The police warned search is on for informa- K.R. Suryanarayana at a said that employees would ical and health, police and Delhi health minister no “social distancing” is tion on the remaining 85. meeting held between the always support the govern- other departments to iden- ■ Page 4: Jagan appeals Satyendar Jain said 24 possible at these places The highest number of two at the former’s camp ment during a times of cri- tify all Delhi returnees and to Nizamuddin returnees to people had tested positive. and there was a grave people who went to attend office. sis. He, however, request- their touchpoints and to take treatment The Delhi police special public health risk. the Delhi meet are from Kurnool district (189), fol- lowed by districts of Guntur (88), Anantapur SC ASKS CENTRE WRITE TO BANK (73), Nellore (68), Praka- IN BRIEF sam (67), Kadapa (59), TO PREVENT Centre to focus on urban areas IF YOU WANT Krishna (43), Visakhapat- nam (42), Chittoor (36), DC CORRESPONDENT TO PAUSE EMIS Only BS-6 fuel East Godavari (27), West MIGRATION NEW DELHI, MARCH 31 Godavari (16) and DC CORRESPONDENT MEDICAL GEAR EXPORT TO SERBIA KICKS UP ROW MADHUSUDAN from today Vizianagaram (three). NEW DELHI, MARCH 31 The Union health ministry SAHOO | DC Hyderabad: India will switch Many of these returnees on Tuesday said that cities SRIDHAR in India by Serbia and “A second cargo Boeing NEW DELHI, MARCH 31 to cleaner BS-VI fuel from transmitted the virus to A day after the Uttar and states with the highest KUMARASWAMI | DC was flown from Kerala to 747 landed at Nikola April 1, joining select club of their family members, Pradesh administration number of positive cases NEW DELHI, MARCH 31 Serbian capital Belgrade. Tesla Airport in Belgrade Several public sector countries. The new fuel including their wives, and received flak for spraying are being treated as major The consignment repor- from Kerala, with 90 banks on Tuesday infor- contains just 10 part per the officials have shifted migrant labourers with hotspots of Covid-19 and Ending a controversy on tedly includes “35 lakh tonnes load of medical med their branch heads million (ppm) of sulphur them to quarantine. some unspecified chemi- the government is making alleged export of protec- pairs of sterile latex sur- protective equipment as well customers about and reduce nitrogen oxide Several religious leaders cals, the Centre told the all efforts to focus on them tive medical equipment gical gloves”. bought by Serbia to com- RBI’s three-month mora- emissions considerably. The opined that Tabligihi Supreme Court on to contain the spread of to Serbia in contraven- While the export of bat COVID-19”. torium on all term loans, switch to clearer fuel was Jamaat gives importance Tuesday that there is a the virus. But at the same tion of a ban, a govern- latex gloves was banned, The reports said “the including home, auto planned in 2016 by the to strict following of possibility that three out time it emerged that till ment official said the con- the government official cost for the transport of and crop loans and credit Narendra Modi government.