! Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2018-2020 INDORE PUNE MUMBAI UJJAIN BHOPAL "#% # * $")+ ) $* *%'"( *%( ) $ ! ! ! " " !! ! !! ! " ! ! INSTEAD OF raising the allocation sanctioned last year, it has been curtailed Additional funds have been pumped into health services to deal with the corona pandemic across the world. On the other hand, the MP government that speaks about boosting has services health trimmed the budget of those departments con- nected with health. The government has this year lessened the budget of the health department and that of the medical education department. It is less than last year’s. The health department was given Rs 7,702 crore in 2019-20. In 202021, it has been reduced to Rs 7,557 crore. The department has so far been given Rs 6,709 crore which is less than ! $ #! ! - ! " the proposed budget. Most of the arrangements for treating the corona patients were made in the hospitals affiliated to the medical colleges. The government has, however, cut down the budget of the medical education department. In 2019-20, the budget for this department was Rs 2, 638 crore, but this year, it has been reduced to Rs 2,299 crore. Apart from that, the budget for corona medicines has also been trimmed. The wings of !" "! # " !! # both the departments that take care of the health services have been clipped in more than one ways. The State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), in connection with the pandemic, has been given a lit. tle amount of money • The budget for salary, dearness allowance and wages has been drastically cut. As a result of this cut, the department is unable to pay salaries at many places. Medical education minister Vishwash Sarang said that the budget had " - been reduced but blamed the previous Congress government for it. According to Sarang, the fiscal health of the state had deteriorated because of the Congress, so the budget was reduced. The shortage of funds will not come in the way of improving health services, nonetheless, he said. Former minister Vijay Lakshmi Sadho has said the BJP government hardly cares about public health. In 2011, there had been a proposal for setting up biology laboratories in medical colleges, but that remained only on papers till 2018, she said. After coming to power, the Congress government had set up laboratories in four medical colleges, and for that reason, tests could now be conducted, she said. Reduction of budget for the health department indicates that the government barely thinks about the improvement of health services, she said. Another Mamata wicket I-T dept questions Robert falls; this time, the Vadra for 2nd day in sports minister benami assets case ENGLAND PUT INTO full national lockdown which will last till mid-Feb BUDGET ON FEBRUARY 1 $! *%+* 1 #!0 3%(( ! ,.!/!*0! %* .(% )!*0 +* * ! .1 .5 .!,+.0 / % +* 1!/ 5 ! 0$ 0 %0%*# /+1. !/ 0 0$ .!/% !*0 ) .!// 0$! +2%* 3%(( &+%*0 /!//%+* +" .(% )!*0 $! 1 #!0 +* *1 .5 /!//%+* 3%(( ! %* 03+ , .0/ 7 0$! "%./0 ,$ /! 3%(( !#%* 3%0$ +* *1 .5 .!// .!/% !*0 +2%* / * !* +* ! .1 .5 $! /! +* ,$ /! 3%(( .1* . $ 0+ ,.%( ".+) $! ! 0$! /+1. !/ ! %/%+* 3 / 0 '!* 5 0$! %*!0 +))%00!! +* .(% )!*0 .5 "" %./ +. $! !*0.! $ ( /0 )+*0$ * !((! 0$! 3%*0!. /!//%+* ! 1/! +" 0$! +.+* 2%.1/ , * !)% +*0. 0! /$ *5 0$! 2%.1/ !/,%0! /0.% 0 *0% +2% )! /1.!/ The Income Tax department questioned Robert Vadra, son-in-law of ConSonia President gress Gandhi, for the second consecutive day on Tuesday in connection with its probe against him under the benami assets law, official sources said. A team from the Chandigarh investigation unit of the department, that is handling the probe, was seen going inside Vadra's office in the Sukhdev Vihar area of the national capital around 3 PM. Vadra is married to Congress leader and Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. After he was questioned on the first day on Monday, the 52-year-old had said the aim of the tax department's action was to "digress" from the "real issues" concern- Battling through a “critical moment” in the coronavirus pandemic, which has been exacerbated due to a new highly transmissible variant of the deadly virus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday cancelled his forthcoming visit to India. He had accepted an invite to be the chief guest of the Republic Day parade on January 26. Johnson decided to stay put in his country, even as the UK began its third Covid-19 lockdown on Tuesday with the citizens ordered to stay at home and the government calling for one last major national effort to stem the virus before mass vaccinations turn the tide. #( ) " # ! "" " # $ "#! # "#! # # ! "The prime minister spoke to Prime Minister Modi this morning, to express his regret that he will BRAZILIAN CLINICS EYE BIOTECH'S JAB .%2 0! . 6%(% * (%*% / ,( * 0+ 15 )%((%+* +/!/ +" 2 %*! !2!(+,! 5 * % 8/ $ . 0 %+0! $ 0$!%. //+ % 0%+* / % +* +* 5 %* /0 0!)!*0 $ . 0 %+0! $ $ / *+0 5!0 ,,(%! "+. ,,.+2 ( ".+) . 6%(8/ $! (0$ .!#1( 0+. *2%/ "+. %0/ +2 4%* 2 %*! !. ( + . +/ $! +" 0$! . 6%(% * //+ % 0%+* +" %*! (%*% / 3$+ 3%(( (! !(!# 0%+* 0+ * % !, .0%*# +* +* 5 / % )!)+. * 1) +" 1* !./0 * %*# $ / (.! 5 !!* /%#*! 3%0$ $ . 0 %+0! $ ' !" # " be unable to visit India later this month as planned," a Downing Street spokeswoman said. Xi orders Chinese military to scale up combat readiness to act at any second INJURED RAHUL SENT PACKING $1( 3 / +* 0/) * 1!/ 5 .1(! +10 +" 0$! .!) %*%*# 03+ !/0/ # %*/0 1/0. (% "0!. /1/0 %*%*# 3.%/0 %*&1.5 1.%*# 0. %*%*# %* / % !( +1.*! 0$! 0 $ / !!* (! .*0 0$ 0 0$! /05(%/$ .%#$0 $ * !. /1""!.! /,. %* 3$%(! " %*# +*! +" 0$! 0$.!! 0$.+3 +3* /,! % (%/0/ 0 0$! *!0/ * $ 0+ (( +"" $%/ 0. %*%*# /!//%+* %. 0 +$(% !"+.! 0$! /0 .0 +" 0$! !/0 /!.%!/ $ /0 0! 0$ 0 0$!5 3!.! (++'%*# 0 $1( / )% (! +. !. 0/) * $1( $ +), *%! 0$! /-1 0+ 5 *!5 * +* 1!/ 5 (!"0 "+. * % ( (# $ " ( # ! & & % ! % " !% By a majority judgment of 2 to 1, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Central Vista Project and construction of a new Parthe building, liament dream projects of PM Modi who wishes to change the face of the national capital. The court held that there is no infirmity in the approvals accorded by the Delhi Urban Art Commission and the Heritage Conservation Committee. 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'/ '41'0 ';:'3 '4* '4/9.' ;(+? : .'9 (++4 '91+* :5 /47;/8+ /4:5 :.+ 3'::+8 54 :.+ ('9/9 5, 68+2/3/4'8? + 8+658: =/22 (+ :.+ ('9/9 5, :.+ /47;/8? tion against three four police officers, three of who belong to the Indian Police Service and another to the state service. The commission has, however, objected to registering preliminary inquiry instead of FIR. The government should go for next action only after registering an FIR in the case, the commission said. In its letter, the commission sought action against three IPS officers Sanjay Mane, Sushobhon Banerjee and Madhu Kumar and an SPS officer Arun Mishra. % Farmers defer Jan 6 tractor rally by a day over poor weather forecast Protesting farmer unions Tuesday deferred their proposed tractor march from January 6 to January 7 due to a bad weather forecast, even as they asserted they will intensify their stir in the coming days. Addressing a press conference at Singhu Border here, union leaders said thousands of farmers will take out the tractor march from all protest sites to the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) on January 7. Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav said the decision to defer the march was taken over forecast of bad weather condition on . Wednesday The city has been receiving rains sporadically over the past three days. The unions said the agitation against the three agriculture laws will be intensified in the coming days. Five arrested with Rs 70-cr MDMA drugs in Indore BIGGEST-EVER seizure in country, claim officals Five persons including two from Hyderabad were arrested with 70 kg MDMA drugs, commonly known as Ecstasy or Molly, worth Rs 70 crores in the interna. tional market, on Tuesday The accused had procured the drugs from Telangana and were planning to send the huge consignment to South Africa. The officials claimed it was the biggest seizure of MDMA drugs in the country so far. Director Additional General of Police Yogesh Deshmukh said two of the accused had procured the " $ " ( " $ ! "! drugs from Hyderabad and were bringing it in a car while three persons were receiving the connear signment Sanawadiya village in Khudel when the crime branch team arrested them. % !# !" $# !$ DRI seizes ganja worth Rs 3.07cr ! /8+):58':+ 5, +<+4;+ 9+/@+* 4:+22/-+4)+ 1- -'40' '44'(/9 /4 '/6;8 ..'::/9-'8. '4* '88+9:+* ,/<+ 6+89549 ".+ +9:/3':+* 3'81+: <'2;+ 5, )8 :.+ 9+/@+* *8;- /9 9