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IPL to start on March 26, around 40% crowd to be allowed in Maharashtra stadiums

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New Delhi: The 10-team Indian Premier League will start in Mumbai on March 26 and end on May 29 with around 40 percent crowd being allowed at the start of the tournament.

“The IPL will start on Saturday, March 26,” IPL chairman Brijesh Patel told PTI after the governing council meeting on Thursday.

With two new teams Lucknow Supergiants and Gujarat Titans added to the roster, there will be 74 matches with 70 of them being played at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium and Brabourne Stadium along with Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil ground and Gahunje Stadium in Pune.

As many as 20 games each will be held at Wankhede and DY Patil, while 15 each will be hosted at Brabourne and Gahunje Stadium.

“Spectators will be allowed as per guidelines set by the Maharashtra government and to start with, it will be 40 percent. If the COVID situation remains under control and cases decline, it might be full house at the business end,” a source said.

There has been no decision with regards to play-offs but Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium is likely to host the final.

It is learnt that 55 matches will be played in Mumbai, while 15 will be played in Pune.

“Each team will play same number of games at each of the stadiums. Mumbai Indians will play four games at Wankhede Stadium. We are having as many as 12 double headers and it was decided that Saturday start (march 26) allows us to host a double header on Sunday,” an IPL source added.

BCCI secretary Jay Shah had earlier said that plan is to hold IPL in India and likewise BCCI were ready in earnest to host it in the country. The second option was South Africa ths time but it was a distant option.

Return flats, iPads as well: Congress to BJP MLAs after they decide to return iPhones

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Jaipur: A day after the opposition BJP decided that its MLAs will return iPhones gifted to them by the Rajasthan government, the Congress on Thursday said the saffron party legislators should also return all such items received by them till now.

All the 200 MLAs of the Rajasthan assembly were given iPhone 13 by the government on Wednesday after the presentation of the state budget. BJP MLAs too received the mobile phones but later decided to return them, saying it was a burden on the state exchequer.

It (giving mobiles as a gift) is not a serious issue but if they (BJP MLAs) have decided to return the phones, they should also then return the flats and iPads which they received in the past, deputy chief whip Mahendra Chaudhary told reporters.

Congress MLA Krishna Poonia questioned why the BJP legislators now view the gift a financial burden when they accepted such things in the past.

They (BJP MLAs) happily accepted phones yesterday, but decided to return later. They should not have accepted the gift (on Wednesday itself). Only because they couldn’t criticise the budget, they are creating an issue, she said.

BJP state president Satish Poonia said the decision to return the phones was taken after discussion with leader of opposition Gulab Chand Kataria and deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Rathore.

The phones will be returned, he asserted.

We (MLAs) will return the gift as per the decision of the party, BJP state spokesperson and MLA Ram Lal Sharma said.

The BJP has 71 MLAs in the house of 200.

After the chief minister presented the budget and the house was adjourned for the day, all the MLAs were given a briefcase containing iPhone 13. One phone costs over Rs 70,000.

Ayush Bhardwaj, Youth Congress state general secretary, accused the BJP of adopting double standards and said it was creating an issue because it could not say anything against the budget presented by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in the assembly on Wednesday.

Leave stray cattle at Adityanath’s residence: Bhupesh Baghel to UP farmers

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Gorakhpur (UP): Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday slammed the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over the stray cattle menace and asked farmers to leave them at Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s residence.

The Chattisgarh chief minister visited the Gorakhnath temple here before canvassing for Congress candidate of Gorakhpur (rural) seat Devendra Nishad.

Addressing a poll meeting at Senduli Benduli, he said, “The prices of clothes, shoes, petrol, diesel, LPG and other things of daily use are sky high and people are in trouble because the Congress has been out of power in Uttar Pradesh for the last 32 years.”

“Farmers, women and youth are not able to share their problems with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath,” Baghel said.

He said stray cattle were destroying crops and farmers have to brave rain, heat and cold to keep a watch on their fields.

“Leave the stray cattle at the residence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath,” the Congress told the people.

The Chhattisgarh chief minister also sought to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the stray cattle issue.

“Apart from religion and caste, the prime minister has also started speaking on the issue and has now promised that after March 10 a policy on stray animals will be made. We made a policy for stray animals in Chhattisgarh long ago,” he said.

“Our government purchased dung from cattle for Rs 36 crore and also made most of the payment,” Bhaghel said.

He also spoke on minimum support price for crops and promised that a Chattisgarh-like policy on MSP and status of agriculture to fisheries will be provided in Uttar Pradesh if the Congress forms government in Uttar Pradesh.

West Bengal Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar summons Assembly session at 2 AM on March 7

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West Bengal Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar summons Assembly session at 2 AM on March 7
West Bengal Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar

Kolkata: In what may be a first of sorts in legislative history, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday summoned West Bengal’s legislature for a session past mid-night at 2 AM on March 7.

Dhankar said he was merely acting on the recommendation of the Mamata Banerjee-led cabinet which he described as unusual, though both state government officials as well as the state’s speaker Biman Banerjee said the request for calling the assembly session at 2 AM was a case of a simple typographical error where PM became AM.

If the session is indeed called at 2 AM at night, it will mean legislators will have to literally burn the midnight oil as well as Governor Dhankar who would have to give his opening speech at that odd hour.

In a tweet, Dhankar said that finding the timing of the session “after midnight somewhat odd,” he had called the state Chief Secretary for urgent consultation before noon Thursday. However, “there was usual compliance failure,” he complained.

Thereafter, he took the decision to call the house at the late hour “accepting the cabinet decision,” the Governor said.

“Invoking article 174 (1) of Constitution, accepting Cabinet Decision, Assembly has been summoned to meet on March 7, 2022 at 2.00 A.M,” he tweeted.

“Assembly meeting after midnight at 2.00 A.M. is unusual and history of sorts in making, but that is Cabinet Decision,” Dhankar added.

The Governor in his tweet pointed out the proposal in the cabinet memo which he received from the state cabinet said, Now it is proposed that West Bengal Legislative Assembly may be summoned by Hon’ble Governor on 7.03.2022 at 2am.

The governor had earlier sent back a recommendation by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for summoning the Assembly for the Budget Session, saying that as per constitutional provision, it must come from the state Cabinet.

Two Mangaluru students stranded in Ukraine amidst tension with Russia

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Mangaluru: Two Mangaluru students are among thousands of Indians who are stranded in Ukraine amidst the threat it faces of military action by Russia and rebels backed by Russia.

According to the details, two students from Mangaluru are stranded in Ukraine. One of the two students has been identified as Cleton D’Souza, son of Marvin D’Souza, a resident of Padil in the city.

Cleton is reportedly an MBBS student in Ukraine and is stranded with another student from the city.

“He is safe. There is no information on him facing any trouble.” Marvin D’Souza has said.

Former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal gets bail in dual constitution case against his party

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Former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal gets bail in dual constitution case against his party
Former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal

Hoshiarpur: A court here on Thursday granted bail to former Punjab chief minister and SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal in a dual constitution case that was filed against his party in 2009.

The court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Rupinder Singh granted bail to Badal (94) in the case wherein the complainant had accused the SAD of submitting two different constitutions — one with the Gurdwara Election Commission and the second with the Election Commission of India (ECI) to seek recognition as a political party.

Hitesh Puri, lawyer for social activist and complainant Balwant Singh Khera, said that Badal had furnished his surety bonds/bail bonds in the local trial court of ACJM to the tune of Rs 1 lakh in pursuance of the interim bail order of Wednesday passed by the court of J P S Khurmi, Additional Sessions Judge, Hoshiarpur.

Badal on Thursday appeared in the trial court of ACJM.

In October last year, a court here had granted interim bail to Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal in the same case involving the allegation that his party had submitted a false undertaking to the poll panel to seek recognition for his party.

The complainant had alleged that the SAD had given a false undertaking to the ECI that it had amended its constitution to incorporate the principles of socialism and secularism whereas it continued its activities as a panthic party and openly participated in Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee elections.

More than 10 students from Karnataka stranded in Ukraine: CM Bommai

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More than 10 students from Karnataka stranded in Ukraine: CM Bommai
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said at least ten students of the state are stranded in Ukraine, and the government is working with the Indian Embassy there and Ministry of External Affairs to bring them back home safely.

He said that he will also be speaking to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in this regard.

“At the time when war broke out between Russia and Ukraine, about hundred Indian students were on their way to the airport in two buses and got stranded, as the flights could not land. More than 10 are from Karnataka, we are gathering information about them,” Bommai said.

Speaking to reporters here, he said, his government is in constant touch with the Indian Embassy in Ukraine, the Chief Secretary is in touch with the Foreign Secretary, and that he will also be personally speaking to the External Affairs Minister in this regard.

“A message has been sent to the Embassy, and the Embassy is guiding the students on where to reach and the security situation. They should be safe first, and when the flights begin operation, all measures will be taken to bring them back home, in coordination with the Government of India,” he added.

Stating that students were coming back to India in batches as per their convenience, the Chief Minister said, this was probably the last batch and they had almost reached the airport, when the situation changed.

India on Thursday was firming up contingency plans including activating alternate air routes to evacuate its citizens from Ukraine as the spectre of a massive Russian offensive loomed over the eastern European country after President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation.

The Ministry of External Affairs held a series of high-level meetings to put into operation certain contingency plans in view of the rapidly changing situation in Ukraine.

Official sources have said given that the Ukrainian airspace was closed for civilian aircraft, alternate evacuation routes are being activated to bring back the Indians, especially the students.

BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta instructs officials to Complete the restoration of road cut portions in 110 villages in BBMP limits quickly

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Parmesh S Jain

The restoration of road cut portions (with regard to 110 villages in BBMP limits) should be in a systematic way (wherever the works by BWSSB have been completed) and the durability should be ensured, the BBMP Chief Commissioner, Gaurav Gupta instructed the officials.

Addressing a virtual meeting on road maintenance within the BBMP limits,he instructed the officials that the road cut portions should be restored and drainage works should be completed soon.

(Wherever the BWSSB had dug up the road and completed its works regarding the drinking water and UGD with regard to 110 villages).

Any issues related to BWSSB should be escalated to Chief Engineer’s level and it should be bring into the notice of higher level if not solved.

The restoration of road cut portions should be done systematically and speedily before the rainy season begins.Works should be finished without disturbing public, Gaurav Gupta said.

Finish off the restoration of road cut portions within 2 months:

The Chief Commissioner strictly instructed the officials that the complete work of the restoration of road cut portions (of 110 villages in BBMP limits)should be finished within 2 months.

He also said that the daily work details related to restoration of road cut and asphalting should be submitted to BBMP head office.

Officials should ensure ease of vehicular movement by completing the works speedily, he added.

Road infrastructure department:

Road maintenance related to road infrastructure department should be done properly. Executive Engineers should ensure good quality roads by proper inspection, the Chief Commissioner instructed the officials.

Regarding the infrastructure department, among the 139 roads with a total length of 183.38 kms, 72 roads with a length of 84.14 kms have been asphalted.

Asphalt works in 67 roads with a length of 99.24 kms is in progress. The work should be finished soon, he instructed the officials.

Storm Water Drain:

In BBMP limits, regarding storm water drain, 113 km Rajakaluve is being constructed under the Chief Minister’s Nava Nagarotthana scheme.

96 km work (of 113 km) has been completed already. Pending 17 km work should be completed by the end of March, the Chief Commissioner strictly instructed the officials.

Special Commissioner Manoj Jain,Chief Engineer (Road infrastructure) Prahlad and other concerned officials were present in the meeting.

Alert patrolling police arrested notorious bike lifter recovered 12 stolen bikes worth Rs.6.7 lakhs

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Parmesh S Jain

Alert patrolling police caught a notorious bike lifter and recovered 12 two wheelers worth Rs 6.7 lakh from him.

The accused was caught by Head Constable Venkataramappa while he was moving suspiciously in a residential area.

Senior officer told media persons,the patrolling staff of Kengeri police station,head constable Venkataramanappa while doing patroling he noticed a person moving suspiciously the inspector,Vasanth C and his team rushed to spot.

After keeping a close watch when the suspect coming in TVS bike was questioned to show the vehicle and when he failed to produce the documents.

He was brought to the station and a detailed questioning led him to confess that he would steal parked bikes in front of the houses,by breaking the hand locks .

Based on his information the police recovered 12 bikes which he had stolen from various parts of the city since few months .

The accused has been taken into custody for further investigations.

Finally Bengaluru Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP,Kodandarama,PI Vasanth C,and his crime staff who has done a exemplary work in nabbing the notorious bike lifter and recovered stolen bikes from him based on his confession a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Congress has failed as an opposition party: CM Bommai

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Parmesh S Jain

In 2018 people delivered a verdict that you are unfit to function as the ruling party.The Congress party should have atleast worked as an opposition party.But Congress has failed even as an opposition party,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Speaking to media persons in Vidhana Soudha, he said, a shroud of politics has fallen on the party and its leaders.Looking at everything through the veil of politics and hatred would not bring any political gains for the party and its leaders in future.

The legislature session was scheduled to be held till Friday.But they compelled it to be cut short abruptly today itself.It is really sad.

The opposition leaders frequently demand for a legislature session to discuss issues of public importance.

But when the house is convened they are not ready to participate.They could have highlighted any failures of the government during the debate on the Governor’s address to the joint session. But that did not happen.

The opposition could have raised the issue of Rural Development minister KS Eshwarappa’s statement and discussed it.The government was ready to reply.But they did not do it as they knew that there was nothing wrong with Eshwarappa’s statement,Bommai said.

Misleading the people

The opposition is trying to mislead the house and the people by staging a dharna.The High Court is hearing intense arguments on the dress code issue.

An interim order has already been passed.it is being implemented.Some people are trying to create confusion at this stage.

They could have maintained calm and sent a united message of peace as education of our children in most important.

For them politics has become more important. The leader of the opposition and the president of Congress party are seniors.

They are in politics for a long time now. People would have appreciated them if they had worked as a matured opposition party, Bommai.

Anti-Conversion Bill

The Anti-Conversion bill was not tabled in the Legislative Council at the Belagavi session. Replying to a question as to why it was not presented now,Bommai said,the house was not in order.It would be passed after debate.”

Pay hike for Ministers and Legislators

Replying to a question about effecting a pay hike for ministers and legislators when the state is facing a financial distress, the Chief Minister said, the salary and allowances have been raised after considering the opinion of the legislators,  inflation and their travel needs.

Statement tweaked.Trying to exploit it politically

Reacting to BJP National President JP Nadda’s statement on KS Eshwarappa’s statement, Bommai said,I have no information about it.I will first get official information about it.

Eshwarappa’s statement has been wrongly interpreted.If the full text of his statement is examined,there is nothing against the law in it.

There is no aspect that could be considered as an insult to national flag.It is very clear. Congress is trying to exploit it politically by tweaking the statement, Bommai said.

Reacting to Congress leaders submitting a memorandum to the Governor over the issue,let them do it atleast,”he quipped.

State Budget on March 4

It has been decided to present the State Budget on March 4, the Chief Minister said. 

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