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Ex­inmate of Muzaffarpur asks Pak. to keep peace CPI(M) says Sitharaman shelter home gang­raped to blame for slowdown More than 2,000 A war may Crime committed in moving car: police ceasefire breaches lead to nuclear Party urges people to ‘rise in protest’ Press Trust of India reported this year Press Trust of India tion report, he said. The Minister once Bettiah The woman, in her police conflict: Imran New Delhi <> again announced A woman, who had been an complaint lodged with the Special Correspondent The CPI(M) on Sunday criti­ inmate of the infamous Mu­ Bettah town police station NEW DELHI Press Trust of India cised Union Finance Minis­ measures that in zaffarpur shelter home, was on Saturday, alleged that Intensifying the war of Islamabad ter Nirmala Sitharaman, say­ the first place had allegedly raped by four men four men forcibly took her words, India on Sunday Pakistan Prime Minister ing decisions taken by her caused this in a moving vehicle in Bet­ inside their vehicle while asked Pakistan to stick to the Imran Khan has said there Ministry had resulted in the slowdown tiah town of West Champa­ she was passing through the 2003 ceasefire agreement was no question of talking economic slowdown. Communist party of india ran district, the police said area where she lives on Fri­ and maintain peace at the to New Delhi after it re­ In a statement, the party (Marxist) on Sunday. day evening, and raped her Line of Control. A govern­ voked the special status of said that instead of an­ The Muzaffarpur shelter in a moving vehicle, police ment source said the Indian Jammu and Kashmir, as he nouncing a big increase in chasing power among the home had hit the headlines said. The men then dumped military response had been warned about the possibili­ public investment to build people. in 2018 after a social audit the woman in her locality af­ restrained so far despite ty of a conventional war the much­needed infras­ The ₹70,000 crore worth report highlighted that over ter raping her. more than 2,000 ceasefire India says that its response has been restrained so far despite with India which could go tructure, generate employ­ of packages announced yes­ 30 girls were allegedly All the four men had co­ violations by Pakistan. over 2,000 violations by Pakistan this year * PTI/FILE PHOTO beyond the subcontinent. ment and thereby boost terday [on Saturday] instead raped at the government­ vered their faces with masks “So that’s why we have domestic demand, the Fi­ should have been put to use aided shelter home, run by but she could remove the Unprovoked firing provocations and attempted vilian of Balakot village near approached the United Na­ nance Minister once again in increasing public invest­ an NGO. masks and identify them. “This year, they have resort­ terrorist infiltration. the LoC, and urged India to tions, we are approaching announced measures that in ment and paying the arrears Bettiah town police sta­ While all the four persons ed to more than 2,050 un­ The statement came after allow the United Nations Mil­ every international forum, the first place had caused of the MNREGA [Mahatma tion SHO Shashi Bhushan belonged to the same fami­ provoked ceasefire viola­ Pakistan summoned Indian itary Observer Group in In­ that they must act right this economic slowdown Gandhi National Rural Em­ Thakur said that the woman ly, two of them were broth­ tions in which 21 Indians Charge d’Affaires Gaurav Ah­ dia and Pakistan to look into now,” he said. bordering on recession. ployment Guarantee was admitted to a govern­ ers, she said. have died. We have repeat­ luwalia and conveyed Isla­ such incidents. “I am a pacifist,” he told Scheme], which would have ment medical college on Sa­ Over 30 girls were alleg­ edly called upon Pakistan to mabad’s condemnation of al­ The exchange between Al Jazeera, adding that Pa­ Low purchasing power boosted the purchasing turday evening and an ex­ edly raped at the shelter ask its forces to adhere to the leged ceasefire violations by Pakistan and India came in kistan would never start a “The emphasis on targeting power in rural India,” the amination was conducted home run by Brajesh Tha­ 2003 ceasefire understand­ Indian forces on September the backdrop of a similar di­ war. “When two nuclear­ private investment in the statement said. by a team of doctors on Sun­ kur, the chief of a State­ ing and maintain peace and 14 in the Nikial and Jandrot plomatic spat between Isla­ armed countries fight, if realty sector and the effort It called upon the people day, he said. funded NGO. The alleged tranquillity along the LoC sectors of the LoC. mabad and Kabul after al­ they fight a conventional to boost exports cannot suc­ to rise in protest against the sexual exploitation of the and the International Bor­ leged shooting from war, there is every possibil­ ceed. Global trade volumes policies that “only favour Medical report girls was first highlighted in der,” said a source, mention­ Pakistan’s charge militants in Afghanistan ity that it is going to end up were shrinking and houses the maximisation of profits It will be confirmed whether an audit report submitted ing that India has not res­ Pakistan said that Indian fir­ killed a Pakistani border into nuclear war. The un­ were not being purchased at the expense of growing she was raped only after get­ by TISS to the State’s Social ponded to unprovoked ing claimed the life of one ci­ guard. thinkable,” he said. because of sheer lack of pur­ misery for the people. ting the medical examina­ Welfare Department. ‘SC order Man falls while removing Delhi­Dhaka ties best ever Gangwar insulted north on Cauvery Indians: Opposition hoarding in Chennai should be now: Bangladesh Minister He said job aspirants lacked quality Incident follows death of woman techie adhered to’ Prime Minister Hasina’s visit to focus on economic ties Press Trust of India Special Correspondent Special Correspondent Lucknow CHENNAI CHENNAI Special Correspondent month, which excluded Union Labour Minister San­ A 30­year­old worker, Ra­ The judgment of the Su­ NEW DELHI more than 1.9 million indivi­ tosh Kumar Gangwar has jesh, suffered injuries when preme Court in the Cauv­ Bangladesh and India are duals. India’s External Af­ said there is no dearth of one of the hoardings he was ery river water dispute currently enjoying “best ev­ fairs Minister S. Jaishankar employment opportunities removing outside an apart­ should be adhered to by all er” relations, Foreign Minis­ had assured Bangladesh that in the country, but recrui­ ment complex under the stakeholders, Tamil Nadu ter of Bangladesh A.K. Abdul the future of the NRC­ex­ ters visiting north India Pallikaranai police station li­ Governor Banwarilal Puro­ Momen said during an inte­ cluded Bengali­speaking pe­ complain of lack of “quality mits collapsed on Saturday hit said here on Sunday. He raction with the media in ople in Assam is an internal people” to fill vacancies. evening. also said that linking up the Dhaka. The observations issue of India. Opposition leaders ac­ Following the death of Godavari with the Cauvery form the backdrop to the Oc­ Subsequently, however, cused him of insulting the Subasri, 22, on the Pallava­ for transferring the surplus tober 3­6 visit of Prime Mi­ Home Minister Amit Shah people of the region. ram­Thoraipakkam Radial water would be of im­ nister Sheikh Hasina that had said the people exclud­ The comments came Santosh Kumar Gangwar Road on Thursday, the The 50­foot billboard mense benefit to the State. will include a summit­level ed from the NRC will not find amid criticism of the Centre Chennai Corporation start­ that collapsed on Saturday. Speaking at an event meeting with Prime Minister A.K. Abdul Momen space in India. Bangladesh over the unemployment ment. There is no job crea­ ed removing illegal hoard­ ‘Cauvery Calling’ organ­ . has steadfastly refused to be rate rising to a 45­year high tion. Whatever jobs were ings. Rajesh and a few oth­ has given a complaint so ised by Isha Foundation, “The Bangladesh average would discuss a number of drawn into the debate, with of 6.1% in 2017­18. there, they have been ers were removing a 50­foot far,” said a police officer Mr. Purohit said: “It comes economic growth was only bilateral issues on October 5 Dhaka pointing out that In­ “Recruiters who visit snatched due to the eco­ billboard on a road, which is from the Pallikaranai sta­ as a big relief that the long­ 3.2% from 1976 to 1990, but did not reveal specifics. dia has declared the NRC an north India complain of fac­ nomic slowdown brought about 100 metres from the tion. standing Cauvery river dis­ which is 6.8% in last 10 Both leaders are expected to internal issue of India. ing dearth of quality people by the government. You place where Subasri lost her The police are yet to ar­ pute before the Tribunal years... this is amazing,” said meet on the sidelines of the It appears that Dhaka will for the posts they need to want to escape by insulting life. Rajesh lost his balance rest AIADMK functionary and the Supreme Court has Dr. Momen, emphasising UN General Assembly in highlight its economic suc­ fill,” he told presspersons in north Indians.” and fell. Jayagopal, who put up ban­ come to an end. It is neces­ that the main success of the New York later this month. cess to draw investment Bareilly, his Lok Sabha con­ Bahujan Samaj Party He sustained injuries on ners for his son’s wedding. sary, as law abiding citi­ Sheikh Hasina government Bangladesh has recently from India during the Pre­ stituency, on Saturday. chief Mayawati said in a the leg and hands. “He is un­ One of the banners fell on zens, for all stakeholders to is the high rate of economic been in the spotlight after mier Hasina’s visit, when she Congress leader Priyanka tweet that such comments dergoing treatment at a Subasri. The police said adhere to the directions of growth. the final list of the National is also expected to partici­ Gandhi Vadra said: “Mr. Mi­ were laughable and added private hospital and is said they were yet to ascertain the apex court of the land The senior Minister said Register of Citizens (NRC) in pate in the India Economic nister, it has been more than that an apology should be to be out of danger. No one his whereabouts. in letter and spirit.” Ms. Hasina and Mr. Modi Assam was published last Forum. five years for your govern­ tendered to the nation. Inept handling Denying visa to journalists of economy, Book traces Thackerays’ origin to Bihar says Swamy now ‘routine’: Shahidul Alam It also details differences in the style of rival cousins Raj and Uddhav Press Trust of India New Delhi I am being targeted for comments on Kashmir, he says Nistula Hebbar tead), asking him to ensure BJP MP Subramanian Swa­ NEW DELHI that Uddhav too got to my, who has often criti­ Suhasini Haidar in Dhaka, which was due to A new book on the Thacke­ speak at the public meeting. cised the government’s NEW DELHI be processed in normal ray cousins, Raj and Udd­ Raj, who was staying at the economic policies, be­ Denying visas to journalists course. hav, reveals that much in Hotel Centre Point in Nag­ lieves only people with a has become “routine” in the On September 5, when he contradiction to the anti­ pur, was disturbed as he felt solid grounding in macroe­ subcontinent, particularly went to collect his passport, north Indian political rhe­ Uddhav wanted a share of conomics can pull the eco­ India, Pakistan and Bangla­ however, he was told his visa toric deployed by both the the credit,” Mr. Kulkarni qu­ nomy out of its current tail­ desh, says Bangladeshi pho­ was denied. and the Maha­ otes an unnamed former spin. tographer Shahidul Alam, When asked, the Ministry rashtra Navanirman Sena close associate of the family Dr. Swamy has come out who was denied a visa to tra­ of External Affairs said it was (MNS), the patriarch of the as saying. with a book in which he vel to Delhi for an event last not possible to give reasons family and father of Shiv Se­ takes a critical look at va­ week at the British Council. for each visa that is not na founder, Balasaheb Rivalry on court rious aspects of the Indian Mr. Alam, who was arrest­ granted. “No country does Thackeray, ‘Prahodhankar’ In focus: The book is one of the first to look at the third The book also details the economy. ed in 2018 for giving inter­ that,” said an official aware Keshav Sitaram Thackeray, generation of the Thackerays. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT/ FILE PHOTO differences in the style and Today, the economy views that were critical of Shahidul Alam of the case of Mr. Alam, ad­ traced the family’s origins approach of the two cou­ suffers from clueless eco­ the Bangladesh govern­ ding that the “application to Bihar. states that the Chandraseni­ esting thing in the book, sins, especially through an nomic stewardship, ment’s treatment of student applied for and received was under process as per es­ ya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP) which is one the first to look example of a badminton cloaked in spin, and media protesters, says he appears multiple­entry visas, in far tablished procedures”. Ironic twist community, to which the at the third generation of match played by both in management, while the to have run into trouble in less time. Mr. Alam had been Organisers of the ‘Seren­ The book, The Cousins Thackerays belong, moved Thackerays in public life. 1997, where Uddhav, while economy is debilitated by India over his comments granted a visa to India when dipity festival’ said the event Thackeray: Uddhav, Raj out of ancient Magadha (in According to it, the seeds of playing with his cousin and serious multiple structural about human rights in Jam­ he won a journalistic award Mr. Alam had been invited to and the Shadow of their Se­ present­day Bihar) after competition between the his associates, fell down and flaws that make this cur­ mu and Kashmir. in earlier this year, attend had artists from sev­ nas (Penguin Random Mahpadma Nanda, in the cousins were sown in De­ was laughed at. “He [Udd­ rent slowdown unlike any but showed correspondence eral other countries includ­ House), by journalist Dhaval third or fourth century BC, cember 1993, when Raj hav] did not say anything other we have experienced Hostility towards media to establish that even that ing Sri Lanka and Nepal. Kulkarni makes this point deployed usury with regard Thackeray had organised a then, but stopped coming in India since 1947, he “It is commonly known that had been a short­entry visa “Of all the people we invit­ fairly early on, quoting to his subjects. The com­ morcha (rally) of unem­ to play from the next day writes in “Reset: Regaining anyone asking for a journal­ issued hours before his ed, only Mr. Shahidul Alam’s ‘Prabhodhankar’ Thacke­ munity migrated out of Ma­ ployed youth in front of the onwards. India’s Economic Legacy.” istic visa would be given a flight, with much difficulty. visa was denied,” said an or­ ray’s own book, Gramnyan­ gadha and “earned its living Maharashtra Assembly in its He, however, enrolled for He also opines that the hard time by Pakistan, India ganiser who did not want to cha Sadyanta Itihas Arhat as warriors and scribes”. winter home in Nagpur. “It classes at Bandra’s MIG club slowing of inflation is not or Bangladesh. It is impera­ Different yardstick be identified, and said they Nokarshahiche Bande (‘A The anti­migrant political was evident that the Nagpur and soon attained a com­ an achievement in the ab­ tive that nations that call “I have no way of telling hoped he could attend History of Village Disputes rhetoric of the Shiv Sena morcha would be huge. A mendable mastery over the sence of robust demand themselves democracies whether there were political another event later this year. or Rebellion of the Bureauc­ and the MNS therefore has a night before the morcha, game,” the book quotes a signals and weak purchas­ stop being so hostile to the reasons [for the visa denial], The British High Commis­ racy’). piquant and ironic twist. Raj got a call from Matosh­ friend of Raj Thackeray as ing power among the mass­ media. It is up to all of us to but others from my office sion declined to comment, The book unequivocally This is not the only inter­ ree (the Thackeray homes­ saying. es. It is a form of deflation, hold our governments ac­ have applied for and re­ and said the British Council he writes. countable, and a free and ceived one­year multiple­en­ was a “venue partner”. In the book, he is also unfettered media is the best try visas in less time. I pro­ “When he was incarcerat­ critical of the UPA govern­ chance we have of establish­ vided all the information ed, people around the ments (2004­2014), saying ing some form of accounta­ needed and had fulfilled all world, and so many from In­ Team to visit U.S. ahead of it had some of the most se­ bility,” he told The Hindu. the necessary require­ dia, had protested his impri­ nior Ministers committing Mr. Alam was due to at­ ments.” sonment…it is ironic that he gigantic corruption. tend an art festival pro­ He said he had noticed was denied the opportunity Modi’s UNGA address Comparing Narendra gramme called ‘Serendipity’ that since he had made com­ to come and speak here in Modi with his predecessor organised at the British ments about “human rights person,” the organiser said. Press Trust of India The delegation includes Con­ Manmohan Singh, Dr. Swa­ Council in Delhi, and even­ abuses in Kashmir”, he had Mr. Alam was nominated New Delhi gress leaders Manish Tewari my says, “He is the exact tually made his appearance received comments on so­ Time Magazine’s person of A delegation of politicians and and Jaiveer Shergill, BJP’s Rajiv opposite of Dr. Singh. He is via Skype. cial media that accused him the year last year, after foreign policy experts will visit Pratap Rudy and Shiv Sena’s not the person of letters, While he said he had “no of being “anti­Indian”. spending more than 100 the U.S. on September 17, ahead Priyanka Chaturvedi. and one who has an unstu­ way of telling whether there According to his docu­ days in jail for having “live­ of Prime Minister Narendra Mo­ Mr. Shergill said the delega­ died familiarity with mi­ were political reasons” for ments, Mr. Alam had applied streamed” a protest by stu­ di’s visit there to address the tion will participate in discus­ croeconomics but not ma­ the visa denial, he pointed to on August 27 for the visa at dent activists demanding United Nations General As­ sions on Indo­U.S. relations and croeconomics.” other colleagues who had the Indian High Commission road safety reforms. sembly on September 27. other international issues.

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