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HARYANA GOVERNMENT SETS UP A THREE-MEMBER COMMITTEE TO DRAFT A LAW AGAINST ‘LOVE JIHAD’
ECONOMIC RECOVERY STRONGER THAN EXPECTED, BUT SURGE IN COVID CASES KEY RISK, SAYS RBI GOVERNOR DAS
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People wade through waterlogging after heavy rainfall lashed Chennai with the onset of cyclone Nivar, in Chennai.
DILLI CHALO Members of various farmer organisations remove a barricade as they march towards Delhi during Delhi Chalo protest over the farm reform bills, at Punjab-Haryana border in Ambala on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Badal calls farmers’ protest
Punjab’s 26/11 moment Amritsar/Ambala: Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday condemned the Haryana government for trying to stop protesting farmers from reaching Delhi, terming the attempt as “Punjab’s 26/11”. Thousands of farmers on Thursday, some armed with sticks and swords, fling barricades into a river, threw bricks at cops and physically pushed vehicles as they were stopped by Haryana on their way to a protest march in Delhi. After a two-hour clash on a bridge in which teargas and water cannons were used, the farmers managed to cross the border into Haryana. Haryana, ruled by the BJP, has been using heavy force to try and block farmers making their way from Punjab towards the capital in tractors and on foot for their two-day “Delhi Chalo” protest march against Turn to P6
The protesting farmers have to be convinced about the Minimum Support Price system, and not me —Punjab CM Amarinder Singh to Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar
TRADE UNIONS OBSERVE BANDH Kolkata: Protesting the government’s new labour and farm laws, central trade unions observed a nationwide Bharat Bandh on Thursday. While in Kerala, the bandh was near total, in West Bengal and Odisha protests were seen. In few places in Kolkata, protesters clashed with the police. Left-backed trade union members blocked railway tracks in some areas of Bengal. In parts of Odisha, rallies were taken out by trade union members.
Farmers toppling barricades of Ambala police into a river.
FARMERS BRAVE TEAR GAS, WATER CANNONS, THROW BARRICADES Ambala: In a dramatic confrontation on a narrow bridge near the border between Congress-ruled Punjab and Haryana, farmers were seen toppling barricades into a river and throwing bricks and stones as they clashed with the police. The protesters refused to move back from the bridge that would take them towards Haryana on their way to the capital. As barricades put up over the last 48 hours were plunged into the river, the protesters raised their fists in triumph, raising flags and slogans, refusing to leave the bridge. The police again used teargas shells. The farmers pushed ahead in tractors, trying to force police vans to retreat. To stop the farmers’ progress, the Haryana police parked a truck in the middle of the bridge but that only impelled protesters to push the heavy vehicle to try and clear their path. A large police contingent, who had filled the bridge in the morning, were pushed to its edge.
PM to visit Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech tomorrow amid vaccine race
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit India’s top vaccine hubs in Pune and Hyderabad this weekend with coronavirus cases surging in parts of the country and amid redoubled efforts to zero in on an effective vaccine. On Saturday, the PM will visit the Punebased Serum Institute of India, which has partnered with global pharma giant AstraZeneca and the Oxford University for a COVID-19 vaccine. An official in Pune confirmed the Prime Minister’s visit, and said he would review the status of the vaccine, including its launch, production and distribution mechanisms. Turn to P6
Nivar: 3 killed in TN as storm
Police detain protestors during a protest in support of nationwide strike by ten central trade unions against NDA, in Kolkata on Thursday.
Ahmed Bhai laid to rest in Guj’s Bharuch; Rahul attends funeral Bharuch: Congress leader Ahmed Patel was laid to rest in Bharuch, Gujarat on Thursday afternoon. Thousands bid final adieu to their favourite leader. Former party president Rahul Gandhi was also present to pay his last respects to the party veteran. The mortal remains of Patel was brought to his native place here on Wednesday night itself. The last rites were carried out at the Sunni Vohra Muslim Jamaat graveyard in Piraman village, Patel’s ancestral village. I would like to thank all the well-wishers of Shri Ahmed Patel ji, our father. We must remember Mr. Ahmed Patel as a fine example of morals, ethics, values, & culture. He was a gentleman, a gentle soul and we miss him immensely, said Faisel Patel, son of Ahmed Patel. His daughter Mumtaz Patel also had a message for her father. “Father always use to say keep helping people as
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with Mumtaz Patel, daughter of late party leader Ahmed Patel and his son Faisel Patel during his last rites on Thursday.
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much as possible. He was a patriot and believed to help poor and needy people which will
be our motive now and will follow his principles,” said Mumtaz. More on P8
COVID-19 REVIEW MEETING
down transition graph by micro planning: CM hits coast before weakening Bring Gehlot orders Kartikey Dev Singh
Chennai: At least three people have died in Tamil Nadu as Cyclone Nivar made overnight landfall near the costal town of Marakkanam, 30 km north of Puducherry. The cyclone, hours after landfall has weakened from a ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ to a ‘severe cyclonic storm’. The storm originated in Bay of Bengal, forced authorities in the southern states to declare a public holiday till Thursday. As a precau-
AMIT SHAH ASSURES TN, PUDUCHERRY CHIEF MINISTERS OF ALL POSSIBLE HELP New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday spoke to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Chief Ministers Edappadi K. Palaniswami and V. Narayanasamy respectively and took stock of the situation in the wake of Cyclone Nivar. In the telephonic conversation, the Home Minister assured both the Chief Ministers of all possible help from the Centre. “We are closely monitoring the situation in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the wake of Cyclone Nivar,” Shah said.
tionary measure, the government has evacuated more than two lakh people to safety in the costal areas.
The damage assessment due to the cyclone is on and the state governments say they have been working Turn to P6
Medical and Health department to organize mental health counseling for people forced to stay at home due to corona Need to emphasize sampling and doorto-door screening in cities as well as rural areas, he said
Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that the state government’s main goal is to bring down the rising graph of corona infection in the state for which micro planning should be conducted. Gehlot was conducting a high-level review of Corona management on Thursday through video conference from the Chief Minister’s residence wherein he said,
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot along with Dr. Subhash Garg, Minister of State for Medicine and Health, Niranjan Arya, Chief Secretary, Saurabh Srivastava, ADG Law and Order, Medical Education Secretary Vaibhav Galaria, Director of Autonomous Government Deepak Nandi and Information and Public Relations Commissioner Mahendra Soni and other senior officials taking the review meeting.
“To prevent corona infection, we need to emphasize sampling and door-to-door screening in cities as well as ru-
ral areas. Due to the increase in the risk of corona cases and its infection at present, the state government
has enforced night curfew at 8 district headquarters, limiting the attendance of people in marital functions to 100 and taking strict steps like increasing penalty for not wearing masks. To avoid the danger of Covid infection, people must maintain them. Wherever there is negligence of social distancing and health protocol, the administration should take strict action.” Turn to P6