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Omicron scare grounds Bengal CM meets NCP chief in Mumbai to discuss formation of a strong national front against BJP
international flight plan
A pipe dream, says Cong.
Alok Deshpande
Mumbai
Mr. Bhushan said the Maha- ing norms. Passengers from Trinamool Congress chief
Commercial LPG prices
rashtra order was in diver- “at-risk” countries have a and West Bengal Chief Minis- Special Correspondent the reality of Indian politics.
increased by over ₹100
gence with the Ministry’s long wait ahead once they ter Mamata Banerjee on New Delhi Without Congress, if HYDERABAD
SOPs. These guidelines re- arrive at an airport in India. Wednesday said the United Defeating the Bharatiya anybody thinks of defeating State-owned oil marketing
quire only passengers from As per the guidelines, they Progressive Alliance (UPA) Janata Party (BJP) without the BJP is only a dream,” Mr. corporations Indian Oil,
“at-risk” countries to under- are required to wait until no longer existed. the Congress can only be a Venugopal told news agency Bharat Petroleum and
go the RT-PCR test, and ask they get their test results be- Taking a potshot at the dream for regional parties, ANI, without elaborating. Hindustan Petroleum have
for institutional quarantine fore leaving the airport Congress, Ms. Banerjee said party general secretary K.C. The latest exchange only raised the price of the 19-kg
only if someone tests posi- premises. she, along with others, “is Venugopal said on adds to the sense of tension commercial LPG cylinder by
tive. Those who test nega- There was criticism from ready to fight against the BJP, Wednesday after West between the Congress and more than ₹100 with effect
tive have to undergo home the aviation industry on the but she cannot do anything if Bengal Chief Minister the Trinamool after the from December 1, even as
quarantine for seven days Government’s decision to someone is not willing to Mamata Banerjee’s assertion latter’s ambitious expansion they left household cooking
and take a test on the eight postpone re-opening of full fight”. that the BJP can be defeated plans across the country gas prices unchanged. The
day. The Ministry of Civil international flights. “We Ms. Banerjee, who is on a if all regional parties come that involved inducting revision follows the ₹266
Aviation clarified that pas- need to learn to live with the three-day visit to Maharash- Power play: NCP President Sharad Pawar with West Bengal CM together. “Everybody knows Congress leaders. increase the companies had
sengers transiting through virus. Perhaps we could test tra, met Nationalist Congress Mamata Banerjee after a meeting in Mumbai PTI * DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD announced last month in the
“at-risk” countries, but with everyone on arrival for the Party (NCP) president Sha- price of the refill.
their journey originating next one or two years, in- rad Pawar at the latter’s resi- is the senior-most leader more cautious in his reply on along,” he said. politics and the need to form
from a non “at-risk” country stead of going from one dence in Mumbai. Speaking with whom I have worked whether the Congress would Asked about the UPA and a strong alternative front. NIA Court rejects bail
would be exempted from knee-jerk reaction to anoth- after the meeting, Ms. Baner- and that’s why I have come be dropped from a united whether Mr. Pawar should “ Her intention is to set up plea of Anand Teltumbde
RT-PCR test on arrival. er,” an airline executive said. jee said, “I believe that a to hold discussions with front against the BJP. “There lead it, Ms. Banerjee retort- a collective leadership plat- MUMBAI
Europe and 10 countries (With inputs from Bindu strong alternative needs to him.” The Trinamool chief is no question of omitting ed: “Which UPA are you talk- form by bringing like-mind- Special National Investigation
Agency (NIA) court on
are on the Health Ministry’s Shajan Perappadan, Shou- be raised against the fascism had met Shiv Sena leader anyone. We are talking about ing about?” “There is no ed people to provide strong
Wednesday rejected the plea
“at-risk” countries for mojit Banerjee and Nikhil growing in the country. It Aaditya Thackeray and Rajya taking everyone along. UPA,” she added. alternative to the BJP. This
for interim bail filed by Anand
which there are stricter test- M. Babu) cannot be done alone. Sabha member Sanjay Raut Whoever is ready to work Mr. Pawar, explaining the platform should be esta-
Teltumbde to be with his
Whoever is stronger, whe- on Tuesday. hard and ready to join hands reason behind the meeting, blished before 2024 elec- mother after the death of his
rever, should do it. Sharadji Mr. Pawar was, however, with others will be taken said they discussed national tions..,” Mr. Pawar said.
GST collections record brother Milind Teltumbde on
November 13. Milind
Teltumbde was among 26
a surge in November
The June tally of ₹92,849 quarterly, it noted, to assert
Maurya’s
Mathura tweet ‘1,160 elephants killed in a decade’ members of the Communist
Party of India (Maoist) who
were killed in an encounter in
the Gadchiroli district.
crore was only revised lower
by ₹49 crore. In all, the total
that the November revenues
were “very much in line
triggers row RTI reply reveals that 741 elephants died from electrocution in the country Order on registration of
BS-IV vehicles modified
GST revenues for the year so with the trend in economic
special correspondent Wilson Thomas NEW DELHI
far have been revised lower recovery”. The sales of BS-IV vehicles
Lucknow Coimbatore
by about ₹6,600 crore. Offi- “These GST collections uploaded on e-Vahan portal
cial sources said, these revi- are somewhat lower than Keshav Prasad Maurya, a A whopping 1,160 elephants
before March 31, 2020 can be
sions did not constitute a re- what we had expected, even Deputy Chief Minister of were killed in the country for
registered by transport
duction in revenues and as the year-on-year expan- poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, reasons other than natural
authorities, the Supreme
were necessitated by ex- sion is robust,” said Aditi on Wednesday in a two- causes in the 10 years up to Court has directed in an
tended return filing dates Nayar, chief economist at line tweet called for the December 31, 2020, accord- order. This is provided that
during the second wave of ICRA. “We were hopeful construction of a temple in ing to the Union Ministry of the temporary/permanent
the COVID-19 pandemic. that the GST collections in Mathura at a time when Environment, Forest and Cli- registration of these vehicles
Emphasising that Novem- November would exceed right-wing groups are de- mate Change (MoEFCC). was granted before March 31
ber’s GST kitty was second the prevailing highest col- manding the removal of a While electrocution last year. The court ordered
only to the collections this lections recorded in April Mughal-era mosque locat- claimed the lives of 741 ele- authorities to scrutinise
April, the Ministry sought to 2021, given the all-time high ed adjacent to the Krishna phants, train hits led to the records carefully to ensure
differentiate the significance generation of e-way bills temple in the city. death of 186 pachyderms, that the sales are genuine.
of the former by stressing during October,” she noted. “Ayodhya, Kashi bha- followed by poaching (169)
that April’s collections relat- Ms. Nayar stated that the vya mandir jari hain, and poisoning (64), a docu- SC to hear appeal on
ed to year-end revenues. GST collections may dip in Mathura ki tayarri hai [A ment accessed from the Mi- Nahargarh sanctuary
Similarly, October’s Rs. December, as daily average grand temple is underway nistry through the Right to NEW DELHI
says Kunal Kamra Jacob Koshy was one of the key factors in-
Moving forward on the
Prime Minister’s promise
NEW DELHI