Manchester City’s German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan (centre) celebrates with teammates after scoring his team’s third goal | afp BHUBANESWAR l monday l may 23, 2022 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l LATE CITY EDITION mAN CITY champions, no quadruple for liverpool Man City showed the heart of champions to post a fighting win on Sunday, denying their rivals the top prize by one point INCREDIBLE COMEBACK TO SEAL TITLE DOMINANT RUN: fOURTH IN FIVE YEARS Man City were in a precarious position at one stage, tailing by two goals until the 76th minute. However, they mounted an incredible comeback, netting three goals within the space of six minutes to take the lead and clinch the title. Substitute Ilkay Gundogan was the hero of the match with two goals. Liverpool beat Wolves 3-1 but that was not enough ■ ■ This is Manchester City’s fourth Premier League title in five years Sunday’s title for City means Liverpool are out of the running for the quadruple — four major titles in a season. Liverpool had already won two and were in the running for two more (Premier League & Champions League) until Sunday’s matches | P11 93 TOTAL POINTS CITY GARNERED IN THE SEASON. lIVERPOOL HIT 92 CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Cess cut, no revenue impact on states, says Sitharaman Even in November ’21, the reduction of `5/litre in petrol and `10/ A day after the Union government litre in diesel was entirely made in slashed central excise duty on fuel, RIC,” she added. Finance Minister Nirmala SitharaSitharaman also juxtapose the deman on Sunday said its velopment expenditure inentire burden will be curred by the Modi govborne by the Centre as the ernment so far (2014-2022) reduction has been made as against the UPA (2004in the Road and Infrastruc2014), saying the figures ture Cess, which is not were `90.9 lakh crore and shared with the states. `49.2 lakh crore, respecExcise duty on petrol tively. The Modi governand diesel has four compoment spent `24.85 lakh nents — Basic excise duty , crore on food, fuel and ferSpecial Additional excise tiliser subsidies and `26.3 duty (SAED), Road and Inlakh crore on capital creaCentre to frastructure Cess (RIC) tion, while only `13.9 lakh and Agriculture and Infra- take `2.2 L cr crore was spent on subsihit in a year structure Development dies during UPA rule, she Cess (AIDC). Basic excise said. Saturday’s excise duty is sharable with states Meanwhile, Maharashduty cut would but SAED, RIC & AIDC are tra on Sunday joined the cost the Centre non-sharable, so states will list of a few states that cut `1 lakh crore per not suffer any revenue value added tax (VAT) on annum. Revenue loss, Sitharaman said in a implication of the petrol (by `2.08) and diesel series of tweets. (`1.44). Kerala had on Satduty cut in “The excise duty reducurday cut the state tax on November 2021 tion of `8/litre on petrol was `1.2 lakh crore. petrol and diesel by `2.41 and `6/litre on diesel (efand `1.36, respectively Ra. So, total revenue fective from today) has enjasthan will reduce VAT by loss is `2.2 lakh tirely been made in Road & crore, Sitharaman `2.48 on petrol and `1.16 on Infrastructure Cess (RIC). diesel. said E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ New Delhi BJP urges Naveen to reduce VAT on fuel E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Bhubaneswar The BJP on Sunday urged the State government to reduce VAT on petrol and diesel to provide more relief to the consumers. Expressing his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for further reduction in excise duty on fuel prices, State BJP president Samir Mohanty appealed to the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to reduce VAT in the greater interest of the common man. Odisha was among the few states which had reduced the VAT by `3 per litre on petrol and diesel in November last year. The State government has said it will study the impact of further VAT reduction on its revenue generation before taking any decision on the issue. Now, Puri Shankaracharya steps into Parikrama row E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Bhubaneswar Puri Shankaracharya Nischalananda Saraswati has now joined issue with the State government over the Srimandir heritage corridor project and raised objections to the ongoing works around the Jag annath temple. The Puri seer, who visited the project site along with his disciples on Sunday said, “After coming here, , BJP MP defects to Trinamool E x p r e ss N e ws Se r v i c e @ Kolkata In a fresh jolt for the BJP in West Bengal, its Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh left the party and returned to Mamata Banerjee’s fold. Arjun, whose repeated attacks on the West Bengal chief minister since joining the BJP had drawn sharp responses from the Trinamool Congress, was handed the TMC flag by Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday . “This is the retur n of a boy back to his own home. I was with Arjun Singh the TMC since its emergence as a political force. Because of some misunderstanding, I left,” he said. When asked whether he would resign as MP, Arjun said, “The party (TMC) will take the final call.” Last year, the BJP’s Asansol MP Babul Supriyo resigned from the post after joining the TMC. In the subsequent by-election, the TMC defeated the BJP, reducing the saffron camp’s share in the state’s Lok Sabha seats to 17. I came to know that the architects are of the opinion that the ongoing construction activities will definitely harm the temple. If that is true, what is going on is not proper,” he said. Criticising the State government for the controversy surrounding the project, he said that governments are known to convert ‘tapobhumi’ to ‘bhogbhumi’ and tourist centres. The government should have started the project after consulting architects, engineers and experts. The buildings coming up near the temple will also hide the shrine, he said. The Shankaracharya also expressed his unhappiness over the fact that the administration did not consult him on the project. “The project was implemented in my absence, but the administration could have discussed it with me,” CONTINUED ON: P5 he added. Modi leaves for Quad Summit in Japan, bilateral talks with Biden also lined up Y e s h i Se l i @ New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden will have a bilateral meeting in Tokyo on the sidelines of the Quad Summit, both sides confirmed on Sunday . “In addition to the Quad, President Biden will have a distinct bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Modi. It won’t be part of the formal agenda of Quad, but significant security issues in the Indo-Pacific will come up and all of the Quad members also share an interest in peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,” said US National Security Advisor Jake Sul- Narendra Modi Joe Biden livan on board Air Force One enroute to Tokyo. The fourth Quad Summit begins on May 24. “I will hold a bilateral meeting with President Biden, where we will discuss further consolidation of our multi-faceted bilateral relations with US. We will also continue our dialogue on regional de- express read Karthik, Umran set for SA test With the T20 World Cup in Australia coming up in October 2022, the next few months are crucial in understanding how India are going to approach the global event. As the squad for the T20Is against South Africa was named, a look at the key talking points… Newcomer Having rattled enough batters across teams in the IPL, Jammu & Kashmir pacer Umran Malik and Punjab’s Arshdeep Singh have earned their maiden call-up to the Indian T20I side. While Umran made a name for himself with his express pace, sharp bouncers and yorkers at SRH (21 wickets till Sunday), Arshdeep, the 2018 U-19 World Cup winner, has been the standout performer (10 scalps at 7.7 RPO) for PBKS Comeback men As expected, Dinesh Karthik and Hardik Pandya made their way back to the team after some impressive performances in the ongoing IPL. While Hardik led Gujarat Titans from the front as they finished at the top of the points table in the league stage, with 287 runs at a strike rate of 191.33, Karthik has literally smashed his way into the squad velopments and contemporary global issues,’’ said Modi. Biden wants to send a message of deterrence to China on Taiwan. “We do not want to see unilateral changes to the status quo and we certainly don’t want to see military aggression,” Sullivan added. An Indo-Pacific Economic Framework will be launched during the the summit. It is an arrangement for further integration of the Indo-Pacific economies, setting standards and rules, particularly in new areas like the digital economy and also trying to ensure that there are secure and resilient supply chains. Major misses Among those who were part of T20I series against Sri Lanka and were expected to retain their place, Sanju Samson has been left out. In the two innings he batted against Sri Lanka, Samson made 57 runs at a 154.05 SR. In IPL 2022, too, Rahul Tripathi (413 runs at 158.23 SR) is the only Indian to have scored more runs at a better SR than Samson (374 runs at 147.24 SR) P11 Salil Parekh reappointed as CEO, MD of Infosys New Delhi: The board of IT services major Infosys has approved the reappointment of Salil Parekh as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of the company for five more years, till March 31, 2027, according to a regulatory filing NATIONWIDE may 21 may 22 Fresh cases 2,323 2,226 Recoveries 2,346 2,202 Deaths 25 65 odisha Fresh cases Recoveries Deaths may 21 may 22 08 21 0 15 21 0