Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023 INDORE BHOPAL UJJAIN MUMBAI PUNE ' " &) & "' '#$ % '#% & * # $ ! " !# $ % # & # . $ Following the unprecedented rise in Covid-19 positive cases, the city is going back to lockdown mode every Sunday . The lockdown order comes around a year after the first lockdown which was imposed country wide from midnight of March 24. ()%& '5%343 -%-"%2 /& !2,)!-%.4 (!.+!2 !,7!.) !.$ 2 -"%$+!2 .)6%23)49 /& /#)!, #)%.#% (/7 6)#% #(!.#%,,/2 3(! (5+,! !,/.' 7)4( '5%343 %')/.!, 53).%33 %!$ /& -!8% 4$ 3 ).%%4 (!2-! )3()3(4 #(//, /& !.!'%-%.4 3 !6%%. !2!.' !.$ .!3 1"!, !.$ .$)!. )/$)%3%, !.$ .%2'9 3 !")2 &%,)#)4!4%$ 7/-%. /& 35"34!.#% 7)4( (),9! 7!2$3 "9 2%% 2%33 ). !33/#)!4)/. 7)4( -!8% )-)4%$ /. !452$!9 5,, #/6%2!'% /. !'% PARAM BIR SINGH’S LETTER puts MVA govt on shaky ground In a shocking revelation, former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh in a letter dated March 20 and unsigned, to the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has alleged that Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had asked suspended Mumbai Police officer Sachin Vaze to collect Rs 100 crore for him every month. Singh’s disclosure has put the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in a precarious spot. Its survival is uncertain. However, a section of the MVA admits that BJP-led government at the Centre may impose the President Rule. There is a possibility of realignment of forces as BJP will swing into action to encash the situation by luring disgruntled elements from three ruling parties to form the govern- ment in Maharashtra. The NCP is expected to ask Deshmukh to resign to silence the Opposition. On top of it, Singh’s allegations in the explosive letter against Deshmukh has caused a major embarrassment for NCP Chief Sharad Pawar. He had picked him for the post of Home Minister, while not considering stalwarts like Ajit Pawar, Jayant Patil and Dilip Walse-Patil. The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) and Home Department are trying to ascertain whether the letter is real or a fake. They are also trying to reach to Singh but officers from both the CMO and Home Department told Free Press ‘’Singh is not reachable.’’ The CMO also clarified that so far no meeting has been called by the CM Uddhav Thackeray . HM Anil Deshmukh denies allegations Oppn demands his resignation (33,.,+3? 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SURESH SONI EXITS AS SARKARYAVAHAK Overseas spectators not to be allowed at Tokyo Olympics, Paralympics Overseas spectators will not be allowed for this year's Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, confirmed the Organising Committee on Saturday . The decision to not allow overseas spectators was made during a remote meeting involving five parties, including the IOC and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). This decision has been taken to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The Japanese organising committee has also said that it will refund overseas spectators who purchased tickets, reported Kyodo News. Centre may impose Prez Rule A 45-year-old woman bobbitised a man when he allegedly tried to rape her after entering into her house at a village in Madhya Pradesh. Police said that the incident took place at Umariha village in Sidhi district of the state at around 11 pm on Thursday After chopping . off the man’s genitals with a sickle, the woman reached a nearby police aid post to lodge a complaint against the accused. The woman said that her husband had gone out for some work when the incident took place, said Khaddi police in-charge SI Dharmendra Singh Rajput quoting the complaint of the woman. "She was at home with her 13-year-old son when the accused entered their house. However, thinking that a thief had sneaked in, her son ran to safety out of the house," he said. The accused thrashed the woman and tried to sexually assault her. "In a bid to save herself, the woman picked up a sickle lying under her cot and cut off the man's genitals. The woman then reached the outpost and lodged a complaint against him at 1.30 am on Friday ," Rajput said. Police took the accused to a hospital, he added. The accused has been booked under various IPC Sections including molestation. The accused has also filed a complaint against the woman, Rajput said. BHOPAL: Suresh Soni is no more the Sarkaryavahak of the RSS. He took the decision at a meeting of the RSS. Soni was considered as the most powerful leader in the RSS . Nevertheless, after the appointment of Mohan Bhagwat as RSS head, Soni's position began to weaken. Soni's influence in the Sangh wore off after his name figured in Vyapam scam. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, former RS member Prabhat Jha, Education Minister Mohon Yadav, former minister Laxmikant Sharma and many others are close to Soni. At the meeting, Ashok Agarwal has been made Khhetra Karyavah. Hemant Muktibodh has been appointed as Sah-Khhetra Karyavah and Ashok Porwal as SahKhhetra Pracharak. Swapnil Kulkarni has been appointed as Madhya Bharat Prant Pracharak and Vimal Gupta as Sah Prant Pracharak. There is ‘grievous blow’ to free speech in India: Rajan Eminent economist Raghuram Rajan has said that free speech suffered a "grievous blow" in India with the resignations of Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramanian from the Ashoka University and that the varsity's founders have bartered away its soul. /, 8,(30:? 09 :/(: 786-,9968 ,/:( 09 ( :/685 05 :/, 90+, 6- :/, ,9:()309/4,5: , 09 56 68+05(8? :/685 ),*(;9, /, 92,=,89 :/69, 05 .6<,854,5: (5+ 05 /0./ 6--0*,9 302, :/, ;78,4, 6;8: =0:/ <0<0+ 7869, (5+ :/6;./: 786<6205. (8.;4,5:9 Over 150 academicians from prestigious universities across the globe like Harvard, Yale, Columbia, London School of Economics and MIT, have written an open letter to trustees of Ashoka University, expressing distress over political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta's resignation from the varsity under "po- litical pressure". Earlier this week, the Sonipatbased Ashoka University found itself at the centre of a controversy after political commentator Mehta and economist Subramanian resigned. In a Linkedin post, former RBI governor Rajan said that free speech has suffered a "grievous blow" in India this week as professor Mehta, one of In- dia's finest political scientists, resigned from the Ashoka University . "The reality is that professor Mehta is a thorn in the side of the establishment. He is no ordinary thorn because he skewers those in government and in high offices like the Supreme Court with vivid prose and thought-provoking arguments," he said. He further notes: "In and around mid-February and thereafter, the Hon'ble Home Minister had called Shri Vaze to his official residence. At that time, one or two staff members of the Hon'ble Home Minister including his Personal Secretary, Mr. Palande, were also present. The Hon'ble Home Minister expressed to Shri Vaze that he had a target to accumulate Rs 100 crore a month." Hours after Singh’s explosive letter was surfaced, Deshmukh denied all charges and tweeted: “The Singh has made false allegations in order to save himself as the involvement of Sachin Waze in Mukesh Ambani & Mansukh Hiren’s case is becoming clearer from the investigation carried out so far & threads are leading to Mr Singh as well.’’ 33 05+;9:80,9 =033 8,4(05 67,5 #682,89 =033 ), (336=,+ :6 .6 :6 =682 8(59768:(:065 6- 8(= 4(:,80(39 (5+ -0509/,+ 786+;*:9 (205. 90*2 7,89659 :6 /6970:(39 7(99,5.,89 *6405. -864 (08768: 8(03=(? 9:(:065 );9 9:(5+ 9:;+,5:9 :(205. ,>(405(:065 302, ,:* 5:,8 *0:? );9,9 33 /6970:(39 4,+0*05, 9/679 =033 8,4(05 67,5 032 *(5 ), 9;7730,+ 653? :033 (4 65 ;5+(? 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When media asked him, if he had a discussion with PM Modi about "violations of rights especially against minorities in N-E", Austin said, "I did not have an opportunity to talk with him about that. I did have a conversation with other ministers ." Llyod added that the US values India’s partnership. “I think partners need to be able to have those kinds of discussions. And we feel comfortable doing that. And you can have those discussions in a very meaningful way and make progress," he added. Describing the talks as fruitful", Singh said they agreed to enhance ties between Indian military and US Indo-Pacific Command, Central Command and Africa Command, and both sides are keen to work together to realise the potential of the global partnership. 326 new corona cases in city !2% .& /.1)2)4)26 As many as 326 patients tested positive out of 4,270 sample reports received on Saturday Rate of positive . patients was recorded at 7.63%. Total number of positive patients reached 63,153. 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