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The world, in particular & Kashmir’s special status was “Temporary preventive India, has suffered greatly on   "   its sovereign decision and it and precautionary measures account of the activities by cannot accept any interference were necessitated to ensure “practitioners of state spon- "  658&59: in the country’s internal affairs, safety and security of our citi- sored terrorism” and it is time as New Delhi hit out at zens in the face of credible to collectively take decisive aking exception to the ref- Pakistan’s “malicious” cam- threats of cross-border terror- and firm action against terror Terence made to Jammu & paign on the issue and con- ism,” Singh said. groups and their abettors who Kashmir in a joint Pakistan- demned “state sponsored ter- In an apparent reference to threaten the fundamental China statement during rorism”. the Pakistani delegation led by human right to life. Chinese foreign minister Secretary (East) in the Foreign Minister Shah “We must speak out. Wang Yi’s visit to Islamabad, External Affairs Ministry Vijay Mehmood Qureshi, she said, Silence only emboldens ter- India on Tuesday asserted that Thakur Singh, in a clear refer- “One delegation has given a rorists. It also encourages their Jammu & Kashmir is an ‘inte- ence to Pakistan, said those running commentary with intimidatory tactics. India gral part” of the country. New who speak on the human rights offensive rhetoric of false alle- appeals to the international Delhi also expressed concern of minorities in other countries gations and concocted charges community to work together in over the China-Pakistan eco- on the UN Charter, relevant are “trampling upon them at against my country.” the fight against terrorism and nomic corridor and said it is in UN Security Council resolu- will in their own country. They “The world is aware that their sponsors,” Singh said. Indian territory. tions and bilateral agreements.” cry victim when they actually this fabricated narrative comes Earlier, Pakistan demand- “We reject the reference to Chinese Foreign Minister are the perpetrators”. from the epicentre of global ter- ed an international investiga- Jammu & Kashmir in the joint Wang Yi visited Pakistan over There was a need to call rorism, where ring leaders were tion by the UN Human Rights statement issued by China the weekend and during his out those who are misusing the taken by India in Jammu & rights of the Kashmiri people Parliament, is entirely internal sheltered for years. Council into the situation in and Pakistan after the recent talks with Pakistan United Nations Human Rights Kashmir were within the are respected and protected, to India. No country can accept This nation conducts Kashmir and urged the world visit of the Chinese foreign leadership reiterated that Council for “malicious politi- framework of its Constitution. amid tensions between the two interference in its internal cross-border terrorism as a rights body not to remain minister. Jammu & Kashmir is Beijing’s was committed to cal agenda under the garb of Bachelet on Monday neighbours after the abrogation affairs, certainly not India,” form of ‘alternate diplomacy’,” “indifferent” after India an integral part of India,” protect Pakistan’s its territori- human rights”, she said, reject- expressed “deep concern” over of special status of Jammu & Singh said. Singh said. revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s External Affairs Ministry al integrity and sovereignty. ing Pakistan’s charges against the impact of restrictions in Kashmir by New Delhi. Despite challenging cir- Today, she said, terrorism special status. spokesperson Raveesh Kumar The visit was part of the India on the Kashmir issue at Kashmir, and asked India to “These decisions were cumstances, she said, the poses a grave challenge to the On the issue of the said here while responding to ongoing talks between China the 42nd session of the ease the current lockdowns to taken by our Parliament after administration in Jammu & commitment of the interna- National Register for Citizens a question on the issue. and Pakistan after India’s UNHRC. ensure people’s access to basic a full debate that was televised Kashmir is ensuring basic ser- tional community to protect in Assam, Singh said it was a The joint Pakistan-China August 5 decision to abrogate Singh, on the UN human services. The UN High and enjoyed widespread sup- vices, essential supplies, normal the right to life and security of “statutory, transparent, nondis- statement contended that Article 370 of the rights chief Michelle Bachelet’s Commissioner for Human port. We wish to reiterate that functioning of institutions, people globally. criminatory legal process man- Kashmir is a “dispute left from Constitution and with it spe- Oral Update on Monday, said Rights also asked Pakistan and this sovereign decision, like mobility and nearly full con- “Those who abet, finance dated and monitored by the history” and the issue should cial status to Jammu & the recent legislative measures India to ensure that the human other legislations passed by nectivity. “Democratic process- and support terrorism in any Supreme Court of India”. be “peacefully resolved based Kashmir.

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"  79'"6.79&: Government to convene a millions of devotees to have The Chief Minister direct- Dev’s basic tenets with respect Special Joint Session of the Darshan-Didare seamlessly. ed the PSPCL chairman and to protection of natural olding its meeting outside Parliament, to mark the his- The Chief Minister also Water Supply and Sanitation resources, the Punjab Cabinet Hthe state’s capital city for toric occasion, which should decided to convene the next secretary to find ways and has resolved to take all neces- the first time in the recent be addressed by the President, Cabinet meeting at Sultanpur means for exempting free lan- sary administrative and legal past, the Punjab Cabinet on with prominent Sikh person- Lodhi on October 10 to gars from electricity and water steps to effectively check the Tuesday took slew of decisions alities to be invited for par- review the further progress of charges. He also asked the fast depleting groundwater related with the celebrations of ticipation. the ongoing infrastructural Cultural Affairs Minister to set table in the state. The Cabinet, 550th birth anniversary of “The Cabinet resolved to and development projects in up a committee for honouring in its resolution, underlined Guru Nanak Dev including take up, with the External the historic city. 550 Sikhs or Nanak Naam the need to take proactive holding a special Vidhan Affairs Minister, the matter of On a personal request Leva personalities on the measures for canalisation of Sabha session in October, urg- allowing visa-free entry to from Cooperation Minister occasion. the river Sutlej, Beas and ing the Centre to convene a the devotees intending to visit Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, SPECIAL VIDHAN Raavi to conserve the ground- special Parliament session, Gurdwara Sri Kartarpur Sahib the Chief Minister agreed to SABHA SESSION NEXT water by ensuring its judicious besides taking the issue of in Pakistan, without any entry convene a special meeting at MONTH utilization besides saving it visa-free entry to Kartarpur fee, facilitation charges, ser- Dera Baba Nanak before A special session of from contamination. Pointing Sahib. vice charges etc which would September 30 to review the Punjab Vidhan Sabha would out that the groundwater level In addition, the Cabinet help them in ‘khula darshan’, status of various development be convened next month, was depleting in about 85 also resolved to check the enabling them to pay obei- projects being executed in October, to commemorate the percent of the state’s area, groundwater depletion to sance (Darshan-Didare) with- the area. 550th prakash purb of Guru with an average yearly rate of uphold Guru Nanak’s philos- out any restriction in accor- The Cabinet’s special Nanak Dev. The Council of fall of water level of about 50 ophy. dance with the prayer (ardaas) meeting, convened on upgrade the 136.14 km long crore for the construction of Kapurthala Deputy Ministers, in its resolution, cm, the Chief Minister Capt As per the Cabinet deci- of Sikh Sangat,” said the Tuesday to review the progress road, and widen it to 10 a kilometer-long stretch new Commissioner to regularly decided to invite the President Amarinder expressed con- sion, the Chief Minister Capt spokesperson. of various ongoing projects in meters at a cost of Rs 96.15 road from Gurdwara Sant hold meetings of all con- and various eminent Sikh per- cern that 109 study blocks out Amarinder Singh will take The spokesperson said the historic city of Sultanpur crore. Ghat to connect with the cerned officers to meet the sonalities to address the of a total of 138 in the state up the issue of visa-free entry that the Chief Minister Lodhi, also cleared a propos- Conceding a request from Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi deadline. planned special session of the were now under the over- through Kartarpur Corridor promised to personally call on al for declaring Sultanpur Sultanpur Lodhi MLA Navtej Road. Capt Amarinder also Punjab Vidhan Sabha. exploited category, as per the with the External Affairs the External Affairs Minister, Lodhi-Kapurthala-Kartarpur- Singh Cheema, the cabinet The Chief Minister direct- asked the state Chief Secretary Dynamic Ground Water Minister. and urge him to prevail upon Beas-Batala (including Batala okayed a proposal to upgrade ed the executing agencies to and Police Chief to take stock CABINET RESOLVES Estimation Report -2017 In another resolution, the his counterpart in Pakistan to byepass)-Dera Baba Nanak the local Civil Hospital to a complete all development of the ongoing development TO CHECK DEPLETING report., and “the problem Cabinet decided to strongly ensure visa-free entry to its as ‘Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji super specialty institution, works within the stipulated and traffic management pro- GROUNDWATER could be ignored only at recommend to the Central territory for facilitating the Marg’. It was decided to and also sanctioned Rs 1.24 time frame and directed jects on regular basis. Upholding Guru Nanak Punjab’s own peril”. "      ( (   # 
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I chayats, which blamed shift to the eco-friendly gas, the rationale behind the Cabinet INLD, many senior leaders, will talk to the supporters and Dushyant Chautala for not giv- Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday decision. )3M including sitting MLAs, have go with whatever decision they ing a clear answer on the unity decided to cut down VAT joined the BJP and there were will take. I will contest from the in the family, the Jannayak (value added tax) on natural PUNJAB RESTRICTS ()EM speculations that Arora may Thanesar Assembly con- Janta Party (JJP) leader and for- gas, in Gaseous State other than NUMBER OF FLATS PER also join it. He, however, always stituency if they want me to,” he mer Hisar MP on Tuesday Compressed Natural Gas, from ACRE UNDER ECGHS (   refuted the speculations. Now, a margin of 25,638 votes from said. Arora said he has worked said that he wanted unity in the 14.3 to 3.3 percent. SCHEME there are talks of his meeting his traditional bastion, with the INLD for decades with family but would wait for his The over 10 percent Taking a significant deci- with former Haryana Chief Thanesar in Kurukshetra dis- his blood and sweat but the father Ajay Singh Chautala to decrease VAT came as the state sion with respect to housing Cooperative Bank, Housefed Minister Bhupinder Singh trict. public has completely disen- come on furlough or parole (Dushyant’s younger brother) witnessed a sharp decline in the allotment, the Cabinet has etc, and employees of Hooda, who has been recent- After the worst ever per- chanted with the INLD or before taking any political deci- met our father Ajay Singh VAT collection on natural gas decoded to restrict flats for Universities funded by Punjab ly given the charge of party’s formance in the Lok Sabha other regional parties. Arora sion. Chautala. He has applied for — from  105.77 crore in allotment of land under Government (except private election management com- elections, Arora, taking the hinted that he would join a The JJP is organising ‘Jan furlough. Once it is approved, 2014-15 to  1.84 crore till June Employees Cooperative Group universities), would be eligible mittee in Haryana. moral responsibility of the loss, national party and source indi- Samman Diwas’ at Rohtak on he would meet Parkash Singh 2019. Housing Societies (ECGHS) for reservation under the pol- A non-Jat, Punjabi leader had resigned from the post of cated that it could be Congress. September 22 in view of Badal (former Punjab CM) The move would help cut scheme to 40 per acre. icy. with a clean image, Arora failed the state president of the INLD. and Om Prakash Chautala for down on industrial pollution in Spokesperson said that the to woo voters during the 2014 However, he was later appoint- talks on the tie-up.” He said, the state, said the Chief decision to put a curb on per 24 POSTS OF COURT Assembly polls, in which he ed as the national vice-presi- “We respect khap panchayats. Minister Captain Amarinder acre flats, allotted to the MANAGER GRADE-II lost to BJP’s Subhash Sudha by dent of the party. Whatever decision is taken at Singh said, while chairing the ECGHS by various develop- APPROVED IN SUBORDI- the meeting with the seniors, cabinet meet. ment authorities, had been NATE COURTS we will abide by that.” At present, the VAT on nat- taken in pursuance of the To facilitate increased effi- He said he would send a ural gas is 13 percent-plus-10 announcement made by the ciency and prompt dispensa- ,  - letter to Ramesh Dalal, head of percent surcharge, which is Chief Minister during his tion of justice by the state’s judi- the Haryana Swabhimaan 14.30 percent in Punjab. speech in the Punjab Vidhan cial system, the Cabinet gave Chaudhary Devi Lal’s birth Andolan, who has been leading The major consumer of gas Sabha on February 20, 2018, approval for the creation of 24 anniversary. “We have invited the efforts for unity in the fam- is National Fertilisers Limited and in line with the notification posts of Court Manager Grade- .     both Parkash Singh Badal and ily. “I am in support for unity (NFL), which uses the gas at its issued on October 18, 2018. II in Subordinate Courts across Chaudhary Om Prakash in the family,” he said, but plants at Bathinda and Nangal. the state. Chautala,” he said. added that he didn’t break Natural Gas is also consumed 3% RESIDENTIAL The move comes in in very small quantity by select RESERVATION FOR GOVT response to a proposal received "  :"6&2": Those disqualified includ- industries and the transport EMPLOYEES from the Registrar, the High ed Dabwali MLA Naina Singh '00.  N0 sector. Cabinet has approved three Court, the Home Affairs and ays after being declared as Chautala, wife of Ajay Singh Before March 2015, VAT percent reservation of residen- the Justice Department seeking Dthe Congress Legislative Chautala and mother of JJP   & O   rate on Natural Gas was 5.5 tial plots for government creation of these posts. Party (CLP) leader in Haryana, leader Dushyant Chautala. The percent-plus-10 percent sur- employees under PUDA and Speaker Kanwar Pal on other legislators are Anoop    
 charge, that is 6.05 percent. special authorities’ jurisdic- Rs 31 LAKH SPECIAL Tuesday granted Bhupinder Dhanak (Uklana), Rajdeep From March 2015 onwards, tion. In line with the Chief FINANCIAL BENEFITS FOR Singh Hooda the status of the Phogat (Dadri) and Prithi  ( &
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  !.   %   cent. “Due to increase in VAT the reservation policy for allot- attempt to mitigate financial "I recognise Hooda as the petitions filed by INLD''s rate, NFL started inter-state ment of land or sites falling hardships faced by the family Leader of Opposition," the Balwan Singh and party''s  ( .   billing of Natural Gas, due to under the jurisdiction of of the deceased officer, the speaker said here. The speak- senior leader Abhay Singh which VAT collection on PUDA and other Special Cabinet has given ex-post facto er took the decision on a letter Chauata, the speaker said. The  (  
 
 Natural Gas decreased. The Authorities. approval to disbursement of sent by newly appointed petitions were filed on March VAT collection on natural gas, The reservation policy financial benefits of nearly Rs Haryana Congress president minister, had replaced Kiran 25 and July 26. Former chief minister and family ties and they had been from the years 2014-15 to envisages three percent resi- 31 lakh to the legal heirs of Kumari Selja. Chaudhary as the CLP leader. The INLD leaders had INLD leader Chaudhary Om expelled from the INLD. “I 2018-19, came down consid- dential plots, houses or apart- Mohali’s zonal licensing drug She had requested that The assembly polls in Haryana petitioned before the speaker to Prakash Chautala on Monday have left everything to my erably from  105.77 crore to  ments for allotment to authority late Neha Shoree, being the single largest oppo- are slated for October this declare them disqualified on said that for him the guiding father,” he said. 5.67 crore, which had further Government Employees by who was shot dead on duty on sition party, Hooda be granted year. account of their voluntarily principle of public life was the However, he clarified that shown a steep decline to 1.84 development authorities, March 29, this year. the status as he had unani- giving up the membership of opinion of the Panchayats. He the JJP was capable of fighting crore till June 2019, during Municipal Corporations, The Cabinet felt that Neha mously been elected the leader 4 INLD LEGISLATORS the INLD. "I hold that respon- said that he had already made on all 90 seats of the state financial year 2019-20,” point- Improvement Trusts or any Shoree had performed her of the Congress Legislative DISQUALIFIED dents Pirthi Singh, Rajdeep, it very clear that any decision Assembly and would release ed the spokesperson. other Government agency, said duties fearlessly, with valour, Party. The four MLAs of the Naina Singh Chautala and regarding unity within the the first list on September 12. Notably, the NFL is pur- the spokesperson. dedication and hard work, and The Congress has 17 MLAs Indian National Lok Dal Anoop Dhanak in both the Chautala family and INLD and Meanwhile, he accused chasing natural gas worth Rs Employees of Punjab therefore, decided to grant ex- in the state assembly. (INLD), who had switched petitions deserve disqualifica- its breakaway faction taken by Chief Minister Manohar Lal 300 crore per month from Government, its Boards and post facto approval for finan- Earlier, the post was held sides by joining the Jannayak tion," the speaker said in an the Panchayats would be Khattar of spending public Gujarat, on which CST of  45 Corporations, Punjab and cial benefits including ex-gra- by Abhay Singh Chautala of the Janata Party (JJP), were dis- order on Tuesday. acceptable to him. money on the ‘Jan Ashirvad crore per month at the rate of Haryana High Court, employ- tia of Rs 20 lakh, GIS saving Indian National Lok Dal, who qualified as members of the Since the split in the INLD Dushyant said, “The Devi Yatra’, which culminated on 15 percent is being paid. ees or officials of Apex institu- amount of Rs nine lakh besides lost it after some of his party Haryana assembly by Speaker last year and the formation of Lal clan is one but we have cho- September 8, and claimed that In case the VAT rate on tions working under death-cum-retirement gratu- MLAs resigned and switched Kanwar Pal here on Tuesday. the JJP, both parties are going sen different political paths. there was a Rs 100-crore job natural gas is decreased, the Cooperative Department of ity of Rs 6.99 lakh, leave sides. The decision has come just through a rough phase with Chaudhary Om Prakash scam in the Gurugram natural gas supplier may start Punjab Government like encashment Rs 3.28 lakh, GIS a month ahead of the assembly some of their leaders joining Chautala is the head of our Municipal Corporation. billing of natural gas to NFL Markfed, Milkfed, Punjab State Rs 60 lakh, as per rules. Hooda, a two-time chief elections in Haryana. the opposition camp. family. Today, Digvijay

   (Butea Frondosa). These four symbols of Chandigarh in their dents aware about the state :"6&2": state symbols were officially annual reports, newsletters or symbols. More activities to announced in the year 2010. other publications. popularize these symbols will t’s been more than eight Even though these state “It’s true that many officers be planned during the wildlife Iyears to the announcement symbols were chosen keeping do not know about the state week this year,” he said. of State symbols of Chandigarh in view their huge numbers symbols yet. We have now When asked about cele- but a large number of city across the city, they have gone started displaying these sym- brating the “state symbols day” denizens and even, the senior unnoticed so far. bols on our Department’s files in the city, he said that cur- officers of UT Administration While the UT Forest and which are sent to other UT rently, no such proposal is in still remain unaware about Wildlife Department conducts Departments for official work. the pipeline. this. awareness campaigns every The move is aimed at appriz- In the past, the UT Forest The City Beautiful has an year to apprize citizens espe- ing the officers in and Wildlife Department had official state bird namely Indian cially students about the state Administration about the state launched a postal stamp to cre- grey hornbill (Ocyceros symbols, the officers and offi- symbols,” said Dr Abdul ate awareness about the winged Birostros), state animal name- cials in the Chandigarh pictures are displayed at sever- In the year 2014, it was Wildlife Department has now been modified to display pic- Qayum, Deputy Conservator of ambassador of Chandigarh. ly Indian Grey Mangoose Administration themselves are al places in the UT Secretariat proposed to declare a “state planned to popularize the state tures of the state symbols. Forests, Chandigarh, while Apart from this, envelopes of (Herpestes Edwardsi), state oblivious of these state symbols. building, Sector 9 and other symbols day” in Chandigarh symbols atleast among the UT Apart from this, Wildlife talking to The Pioneer. the state’s bird were distributed tree named Mango tree Many officers have con- government offices of but the proposal was put on the officers and get their facts Institute of India (WII) and “During the wildlife week among school students and (Mangifera Indica) and state fessed about not knowing the Departments of UT backburner. straight. The cover of all other organizations have been celebrations every year, events residents across the city. flower named Dhak Flower state symbols even as their Administration. The UT Forest and Departments related files have requested to include the state are held in schools to make stu-    !""#$%"&

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    ! % expenditure on the exchequer, Congress government had High Court on Tuesday. criminal laws and amount to saying that the Chief Minister appointed five legislators as Advocate Jagmohan Singh corrupt practices as the State is "  :"6&2": mitted to Ministry of Railways. kms. Besides, it would also pro- had overstepped the Badals in Advisors in the rank of cabinet Bhatti, who had earlier moved accountable towards its people. The cost of these projects would vide direct connectivity to the From Page 1 running the government in a minister and one legislator as the court to quash the appoint- The expansion would violate 15 ecks have been cleared for be shared between the State holy city of Haridwar which was were desperately crying for typical 'royal' tradition. Advisor in the rank of Minister ment of Chief Parliamentary percent ceiling on ministers’ Dthe construction of two Government and Ministry of a long pending demand of this Rs 2,500 pension as the eligible Mann demanded that the of State at a time when it was Secretaries in Punjab and appointment in accordance new rail lines in Haryana, Railways. The estimated cost of area. The proposed rail line youth employment allowance. Capt Amarinder government denying due benefits to each Haryana, challenged the with the 91st Constitutional Karnal-Yamunanagar (61 kms) these two rail line projects is Rs would also facilitate faster eco- Taking a swipe at Capt should immediately review the and every section of society. “It appointments arguing that the amendment, he added. The and Jind-Hansi (50 kms) as the 1173 crore and Rs 923 crore nomic growth of industrial and Amarinder Singh, Mann said decision, which “seemed to seems the Congress is only order was issued by an author- petition stated, “The Council of Haryana Rail Infrastructure respectively. He said that the agricultural sector in the region, that only those who had an have been taken in utter hurry fixed on saving its government ity that was “not constitution- Ministers in a State shall not Development Corporation proposed Karnal-Yamunanagar he added. The spokesman said excessive burden upon their as the same is against the tenets from immediate collapse and ally competent”. The petition exceed 15 percent of the total Limited (HRIDC), a joint ven- new line would join existing that the proposed Jind-Hansi shoulders required advisers and of the Constitution”. In fact, he has in this process even decid- has only been filed with the number of the Legislative ture of Ministry of Railways and Bhaini-Khurd station on Delhi- new line would join existing Jind no those who had no work, say- asked the legislators “to act on ed to fritter away the scarce High Court registry and is yet Assembly of that State. In the Haryana Government has com- Ambala Railway line and exist- Station on Delhi-Bathinda ing that in the political history the call of their conscience and resources of the State to its party to come up for hearing in the present case, it exceeds 15 per- pleted detailed survey and ing Jagadhari workshop station Railway line and existing Hansi of the state, Capt Amarinder say no to the offers”. men,” he said adding that with couple of days. Bhatti, in his cent of the total strength of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) on Ambala-Saharanpur Railway Station on Rewari-Hisar Railway was the only chief minister Condemning the Congress the latest addition, the total public interest litigation, point- House…The respondent State of these two rail line projects. line. There would be 5 new rail- line. There would be 6 new sta- without work. Government for burdening the number of political appointees ed that the impugned orders of Punjab while appointing An official spokesman on ways stations on this line name- tions on this line namely Intel Mann accused him of state exchequer, SAD MLA in the government had risen to have been issued “illegally, arbi- Ministers exceeding 15 percent Tuesday said that with the con- ly Rambha, Indri, Ladwa, Kalan, Rajpura, Narnaud, splurging huge amounts under Bikram Singh Majithia termed 26 with there being 12 advisors. trarily and in violation of the of the house strength has flout- struction of these two new rail Radaur and Damla. He said that Madha, Kherigagan and the guise of appointing politi- it as a daylight robbery of the Questioning the very logic of Constitutional provisions”. ed the Constitutional amend- lines, the long-standing demand the construction of this line Sheikhpura. He said that the cal advisers to high cabinet state exchequer. “The appoint- the move except to fatten its leg- “It is submitted that the ment.” Underlining that the of the people would be fulfilled. would provide direct and fast construction of this line would ranks, apparently to diffuse the ment comes at a time when it islators at the exchequer’s Chief Secretary of Punjab has appointment would put addi- He said that after the connectivity between these two provide direct and fast connec- brewing discontent among his was unable to give mid day expense, Majithia asked, “What no authority to issue such tional burden in the govern- approval of the State industrial cities of Karnal and tivity between Jind and Hisar as own party MLAs and ministers. meals, SC scholarships, social advice can a one time or even orders in the specific provisions ment exchequer, Bhatti said Government, the DPRs of both Yamunanagar as the travel dis- travel distance would be reduced He said that given the welfare benefits, sugarcane two-time legislator offer to a of Constitution of India,” he that the expenses for the oath these projects have been sub- tance would be reduced by 50 to about 50 kms. financial health of the state, dues, DA allowance or even two-time chief minister (Capt stated adding that the ceremony, monthly salary and release money for the flood hit Amarinder Singh)?” Asserting Constitution regulates the size other perks, including vehicle or for celebrating the 550th that this desperate act was of the ministry and empowers and accommodation, along parkash purb of Guru Nanak borne out of frustration after only the Governor of Punjab to with staff, too would have to be failing to fulfill the promises issue such orders. Bhatti further borne by the State. made to the people due to which Congress legislators were finding it difficult to face the electorate, Majithia said that the appointments were also appar- ently illegal and against consti- tutional norms.

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Thus preventive including National Security ducted by psychiatrists and chiatric social worker for deal- measures are required to mit- Guards (NSG) and Assam maintain the confidentiality of ing with suicidal persons and igate its effect on the forces so Rifles. such reports. reduce the psychological pain that they can effectively con- The guidelines, formulated It has also advised formu- by modifying the person's tribute to the cause of nation's by a board of psychiatrists, sug- lation/maintenance of stressful environment and security, ," say the guidelines. gest uniform and transparent Grievance Redressal enlist aid of his/her spouse and Perceived stress like denial policy for postings of individ- Mechanism and appointment friends if needed. They should of leave at the time of require- uals, mental health orientation of psychologists in all psychi- also build realistic support by ment, problems not being course of 15 days by psychia- atric centres and to appoint recognizing that the person addressed and sometimes simly trist to detect early signs and psychiatric social workers in all may have some legitimate to hold senior officers respon- symptoms of mental stress and units/battalions. problem and consider hospi- sible for his/her death also attempt to address problems of At the forces' headquarters talization with unarmed guards constitute the reasons for sui- personnel among others at the level, the advisory provides for for persons displaying suicidal cides. level of the headquarters of the monitoring both well per- tendencies. Easy access to weapons, paramilitary forces. forming and less performing lines have advised the range headquarters are also mand or any change in behav- Any personnel displaying such The guidelines also recog- suffering from prolonged ill- Besides NSG and Assam units as also keep an eye on Inspectors General to ensure supposed to assist the respec- ior from such personnel. Other behaviours and put under wat- nize that suicide and deliberate ness, disease like psychiatric ill- Rifles, other paramilitary forces officers who have individual percolation of the directives to tive directorate and monitor factors to be observed by the ach category should not be harm is prevalent in paramili- nesses including depression, include Border Security Force ambitions to swiftly climb hier- the personnel under their com- leave statistics and give appro- Units/Battalions are noticing given arms, check drug com- tary forces due to the nature of psychosis and substance abuse (BSF), Central Reserve Police archy at all costs. The forces' mand. The IGs should also priate directions. any change in pattern of taking pliance and should be referred duty like deployment in are also factors for committing Force (CRPF), Central directorates have also been analyse problems of personnel At the Unit/Battalion level, leave by a personnel, expression to psychiatric treatment in counter insurgency operations, suicide by the forces' personnel. Industrial Security Force advised to compile data from under their command and fix the officers heading have been of happiness without any casue, time. The battalion chiefs election duties, maintenance of Alcohol dependence/abuse, (CISF), Sashastra Seema Bal psychological post-mortem responsibility in case of lapses. advised to identify alcohol abuse, unkempt should formulate transparent internal security, border guard- domestic/financial stresses, (SSB) and Indo-Tibetan Border perspectives. The IGs should also ensure stress/depression and not appearance, missing leave plans for all personnel. ing duties and the like in iso- property disputes, extramarital Police (ITBP). A sections of the At the level of the Forces' repeated delivery of psycho undermine threats or expressed leisure/sporting activities, dis- The medical units are sup- lation and long deparation affairs, infidelity and failure in personnel of these forces have Ranges/Frontiers and Sector education on identification of suicide/death wishes by any turbance of sleep and appetite posed to conduct awareness from family, lesser facilities love relationships are other in the past resorted to the headquarters level, the guide- early symptoms of suicide. The personnel under their com- or vague physical complaints. programmes /deliver lectures when compared to defence cause for suicides.  8& 7&()0.-9507-'  ..9 /    (  /  +6
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Earlier in the day, a meet- specifications for the Indian summoned his daughter While NCP chief Sharad ing between Sonia and party pilots, and the ground crew will Aishwarya for questioning as Pawar and Congress president leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, use it for training purpose. part of its probe into the money Sonia Gandhi discussed the scheduled to take place on However, the first batch of laundering case against the seat-sharing between the two Tuesday, was postponed. four planes will start arriving in former Karnataka Minister. parties for the upcoming polls, Scindia is the chairman of the India only in May next year Officials said Aishwarya former Maharashtra Minister screening committee for while the entire fleet of 36 jets has been asked to depose and State Congress president Maharashtra assembly elec- will join service by 2022. The before the investigating officer Kripa Shanker Singh and actor- tions and the meeting was government-to-government of the case here on Wednesday. turned-politician Urmila scheduled to take place in the deal, inked in 2016, is worth Her statement will be Mantondkar, who contested afternoon. over Rs 60,000 crore. May 2020 for flying the Indian alleging wrong doing. recorded under the Prevention Lok Sabha polls this year on The postponement of the Manufactured by French Rafale jets. Once the full The NDA government, of Money Laundering Act Congress ticket, quit the grand ly wiped out in the Lok Sabha Congress-NCP coalition gov- meeting between Sonia and aerospace conglomerate strength of 36 jets is inducted, however, consistently denied (PMLA) and she would be old party. polls managing to win just 5 of ernment for 15 years. Scindia comes at a time when Dassault Aviation, the first one squadron will be based at the allegations. confronted with documents The Congress and the NCP the 48 seats as the Shiv Sena- After resigning, Singh said the party is expected to appoint Rafale jet will be handed over Ambala air base while the other The IAF specific Rafale and statements made by have already decided to contest BJP combine won 41 seats. In he will reveal his political stand a new state congress chief for to Singh at a ceremony near at Hashimara in West Bengal. jets will be fitted with Meteor Shivakumar with regard to a the polls together. Sources said the Assembly, Shiv Sena-BJP at an "appropriate time" and Madhya Pradesh. Bordeaux, sources said here India decided to go in for missiles which have a range trip to Singapore he made Pawar is learnt to have given a has 183 seats of the total 288 added that he is not joining the Some party workers from on Tuesday. Earlier, the plane an emergency purchase of 36 three times more than the with his daughter in 2017, final shape to the broad seat- seats. The Congress and NCP BJP. "I quit the Congress the state have demanded the was to be handed over on Rafale jets to address the issue current medium range air-to- they said. sharing arrangement between had fought separately winning because I do not agree with the appointment of Scindia to the September 19 or 20. Now, an of depleting squadron strength air missiles. Shivakumar was arrested the two parties for the 42 and 41 seats respectively. party stand to oppose abroga- post. So far, Sonia has met IAF team will visit France of the IAF thereby impacting its The other Indian specific by the ED on September 3 and Maharashtra Assembly polls, The resignation of Singh tion of Article 370 in Jammu Madhya Pradesh chief minister around the same time and combat capabilities. equipment include helmet- he is currently in the agency's slated to be held in October, but came as a major jolt as he was and Kashmir," he said. A Kamal Nath and Congress' sign documents with the At present, the IAF has mounted sight, radar warning custody for custodial interro- detailed discussions will con- a big state leader of the party. Mumbai court last year dis- state unit in-charge Deepak French after which the Indian nearly 30 squadrons while it receivers, flight data recorders gation. tinue for the next few days He quit saying he did not agree charged Singh in a dispropor- Babaria, after State Minister pilots will start training on the needs at least 42 squadrons to with enough storage for 10 The anti-money laundering before a final tie-up plan is laid with party's stand to oppose tionate asset case for want of Umang Singhar wrote a letter advanced Indian Rafale fight a two-front war with hours of data, infrared search probe agency had in September out. Over the past few weeks, abrogation of special status to sanction to prosecute him. He to her against senior party planes. Pakistan and China. The deal and track systems, jammers, last year registered a case against state leaders of the two parties Jammu and Kashmir under had come under ED and CBI leader Digvijaya Singh for his As regards training of saw a political slugfest in the cold engine start capability to Shivakumar, Haumanthaiah, an have met several times to dis- Article 370. Singh served as scanner in the case. regular interventions in the pilots, sources said at least 24 run-up to the Lok Sabha elec- operate from high-altitude employee at Karnataka Bhavan cuss the matter. Mumbai Congress chief and Another setback for the day-to-day functioning of the IAF pilots will receive training tions this year with the main bases, and towed decoys to lure in New Delhi, and others under The two parties were near- was also a minister in the Congress was Matondkar quit- Kamal Nath government. in three different batches till opposition party Congress incoming missiles away. 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The Noida Police said that (DUTA) condemned the raids 6 "R1     1 "$ Noida in connection with its Code sections 120B (criminal His wife, Jenny Rowena, only a search and seizure oper- on Babu’s house. probe into the 2017 Elgaar conspiracy), 121 and 121A who teaches English at ation was conducted at his “Such raids without search  "    7 * Parishad case for alleged (waging or attempting to wage Miranda House, said they are residence. warrants are against the very Maoist links, officials said. war against government), 124A scared after the raids, but DU “Video recording of whole essence of democracy, indi- Pune Assistant (sedition), among others. teachers and students have proceedings was done, rea- vidual freedom, and open the " :  :":0":"6.7 police was reluctant to register only one to muster the courage Commissioner of Police Shivaji Babu alleged that police did expressed solidarity with them. sons for search were explained door for planting evidence. a rape case against the 72-year- and stand up,” she added. Pawar said no arrest was made not have a search warrant and “We were sleeping when to him in English, a copy of Arbitrary use of instruments of embers of a Special old BJP leader. The SIT is looking into during the search operation at they seized the phones of his they came. We didn’t know why seizure panchnama was given the state to harass and intimi- MInvestigation Team (SIT) “On Sunday, the SIT details of the probe conducted 45-year-old Babu’s house in daughter and wife, barring they were doing it. They told us with his due acknowledge- date dissent is inexcusable,” on Tuesday searched the hos- quizzed me for about 11 hours. by the local police in the high- Sector 78 of Noida, adjoining them from communicating that the case does not need a ment,” Noida Senior the DUTA said in a statement. tel room of the student who I have told them about the rape. profile matter. the national Capital. with friends. search warrant. They just told Superintendent of Police The Elgaar conclave was had accused BJP leader Swami Even after telling them every- The SIT had called mem- “We have conducted a “The officers entered my us some case number and then Vaibhav Krishna said. held at historic Shaniwar Chinmayanand of raping thing, they have not arrested bers of the girl’s family at the search operation at Babu’s res- residence and looked through said it is connected to Rona The SSP said the Pune Wada in Pune on December and “physically exploiting” her Chinmayanand yet,” she had district Police Lines on Sunday idence in Noida in connection every room of my apartment. Wilson case,” she told PTI Police team comprised a senior 31, 2017, ahead of the 200th for a year. said. She had alleged that when afternoon for recording their with the Elgaar Parishad case The search went on for six over phone. crime branch officer and cyber anniversary of the battle of The SIT members, accom- her father gave a complaint to statement. The Apex Court registered at the Vishrambaug hours, at the end of which they “We have books in three experts besides Pawar, the Koregaon Bhima. panied by forensic experts, police here about her physical had said that an Allahabad spent nearly six hours at the exploitation, Shahjahanpur High Court bench would mon- hostel room to collect evi- District Magistrate Indra itor the probe. '"1 R dence in connection with her Vikram Singh “issued threats”, The inspector general said allegations against the former asking her father to file “a the report would be submitted Union Minister, college sources missing complaint” instead. to the Supreme Court in a   " said. The student and her fam- “I have all the proof. The sealed envelope after the ily members accompanied the hostel room where I lived has inquiry. The SIT was formed  SIT members during the been sealed. It should be last Tuesday, a day after the search, they said. opened in front of the media,” Supreme Court took suo motu Saharanpur: A statue of BR The team, which reached she said. Amid all this, the man cognisance of the case and Ambedkar was damaged at the hostel around noon, who claimed to be the brother directed the State Government Ghunna village in Uttar remained in the room till 5.45 of the victim handed over a pen to investigate the charges lev- Pradesh’s Saharanpur district, pm, examining the postgradu- drive to the SIT. elled by the student. police said on Tuesday. ate student’s belongings. The victim and her broth- The victim had gone miss- They said the incident led After the search, the room er have claimed that if the SIT ing on August 24, a day after to disenchantment in the Dalits was locked and sealed. does a fair probe, this pen drive she posted a video on social when they noticed the damaged The SIT, headed by has some vital evidence against media, alleging that a “senior statue on Tuesday morning. Inspector General Naveen Chinmayanand. According to leader of the sant community” “People blocked a road in Arora, was set up by the Uttar the victim’s brother, the pen was harassing and threatening protest against the incident. Pradesh Government on a drive contains a video that is to kill her. She was located in Police reached the spot on get- Supreme Court directive. enough to expose the “real Rajasthan last Friday. ting information and requested The college principal said face” of the BJP leader. Her father had filed a com- them to lift the blockade. Amid though the room in which the After sustained and long plaint with police, accusing this, a scuffle took place student was staying was meant interrogation of the youth by the 72-year-old Chinmayanand of between police and the pro- for two people, she lived there SIT, it is being said that the vic- sexually harassing her, a charge testers,” they said. “Police are alone. Police sources said no tim’s family has already refuted by the former searching for the miscreants rape case was registered till expressed doubt over the probe. Union Minister’s lawyer who who damaged the statue,” a Tuesday evening against Now it is up to the police what claimed it was a “conspiracy” to 3,  4  73,48  
          3 1 )      senior police official said. PTI Chinmayanand after she lodged it can churn out from the pen blackmail him. a zero FIR in New Delhi. The drive. On the FIR registered by Police had on August 27 woman appeared before the Chinmayanand’s lawyer alleging booked Chinmayanand under Press on Monday, alleging that that she was demanding 5 Sections 364 (kidnapping or 5   P      "    ,  " Chinmayanand had raped her, crore, she said, “It should be abducting in order to murder) and also “physically exploited” probed. This is a fake allegation.” and 506 (criminal intimida- her for one year. “He (Chinmayanand) has tion) of the Indian Penal     $7$%" soon join the Shiv Sena”. career, had earlier joined the rul- over 500 hard-core criminals government dismissed him She had told mediaper- ruined lives of many girls. I can’t Code based on the her father’s When Sharma resigned ing BJP on February 1, 2015. between 1992 and 2005. from service for his alleged sons that the Shahjahanpur tell the exact number. I am the complaint. s the State Home depart- from the police service in the Sharma, who joined the In the early 2000s, Sharma links with D-company. He, Ament has accepted the res- second week of July this year police force in 1983, was and Nayak, who were the however, redeemed himself on ignation of Pradeep Sharma, after nearly 36 years of service among the encounter-special- poster boys of the Mumbai May 7, 2009, when the   Maharashtra’s former senior marred by many controversies, ists that the Mumbai under- police then, had gone to town Maharashtra Administrative &    police inspector and yester- the speculation had it that he world had come to dread in the claiming that they had gunned Tribunal (MAT) ordered his  

year’s prominent encounter- would join the ruling BJP. late 1999 and early 2002 –a down 112 and 95 gangsters reinstatement, by stating that specialist, there is a strong However, with the Sena mouth- period that saw the trigger- respectively. A tall and well- his dismissal was unsustainable     " 3  chance that he will contest the piece itself claiming that happy cops eliminate over 250 built officer, Sharma had made under the law. 
  State Assembly polls on a Shiv Sharma would join the Shiv gangsters. it to the pages of “Time” Sharma was once again in Muzaffarpur: Four persons of sons of the family, who rushed Sena ticket. Sena, the earlier speculation Sharma and other “Dirty Magazine, along with Daya the dock, when was arrested a family died of asphyxiation to save the first one, entered the    Giving an indication to this has come to a naught. Harrys” of the Mumbai police Nayak, in his hey days, for his along 21 others on January inside a newly-constructed sep- tank and also died of asphyxia- effect, the Shiv Sena’s official If and when Sharma for- like Daya Nayak, Vijay Salaskar, dare-devilry. 8,2010 in connection with in tic tank at a village in Bihar’s tion, he said. The deceased were Guwahati: People excluded mouth-piece “Saamana” stated mally joins the Shiv Sena, Praful Bhosale, Sachin Vaze, After having been trans- the fake encounter case of Muzaffarpur district on Tuesday, identified as Madhusudan Sahni, from the final NRC will get in a news report on Tuesday: Sharma will be the second Arun Borude, Ravindra Angre ferred to Amravati in eastern gangster Ramnarayan Gupta an official said. Kaushal Kumar, Dharmendra certified copies, regarding “Pradeep Sharma is interested in encounter-specialist to join the and Aslam Momin had sent Maharashtra in the wake of the alias Lakhan Bhaiyya. On July The incident occurred at Sahni and Veer Kumar Sahni, he rejection of their names, at the contesting the State Assembly saffron alliance. Ravindra panic waves through the under- custodial death of a terror sus- 5, 2013, Sharma got a new lease Madhuban Kanti village under said adding that all of them earliest so that they can file polls from Nalla Sophara con- Angre, who had gunned down world in the nineties and in the pect Khwaja Yunus in 2003, of life, as a Mumbai court Bara Bharti panchayat of could be in the age-group of 30- their appeals, the office of the stituency (near Mumbai locat- 54 underworld gangsters and first half of this decade. Sharma’s career nosedived in acquitted him in in that fake Minapur block this morning 35. The bodies were sent to Sri NRC state coordinator ed in Palghar district). He will criminals in his controversial Collectively, they had shot down August 2008 after the state encounter case. when a man, who went to Krishna Medical College and announced on Tuesday. remove the scaffolding of the Hospital here for post-mortem. The dates regarding dis- newly-built septic tank, fell into Minapur Circle Officer tribution of exclusion certifi- it accidentally, Sub-Divisional Gyan Prasad Srivastava cates will be announced soon, "  1  Magistrate (East) Kundan annouced that an ex-gratia of NRC State Coordinator’s    Kumar said. He died of suffo- 4 lakh would be paid to the office tweeted. cation after inhaling toxic gas, next of kin of those died in the The process of collection        8 Kumar said. Another three per- incident. PTI of exclusion certificates from the NRC Seva Kendras are on, "  @9@"'" ly the quickie was given a   P Q the notice added. breathing period of 14 days in The final NRC published ndia’s fast bowler Md Shami consideration of his being away on August 31 consisted only of Iwill “definitely” appear before in West Indies.   "  @9@"'" in the State. don’t have the courage to reach Supplementary Lists and a designated court in Kolkata on The India pace man is an “If you think a bat to be a out to the people on their own “queries are being received the next date of his hearing, his accused in case of domestic vio- here was no respite in the bird then you must take the BJP without the help of the central from the public about publi- legal advisers said on Tuesday. lence and sexual harassment Tongoing turf war between as a political party. Much of its forces,” he said. Attacking the cation of all members of a The Indian speedster who filed by his estranged wife ruling Trinamool Congress and muscle-flexing is on account of BJP for unleashing the CBI family irrespective of their was on his way to India via the Hasin Jahan. The couple has a the BJP with the former refus- the support it is getting from the and ED on opposition leaders involvement in the claims and USA after playing in India-West girl child. ing to recognise the saffron out- CPI(M) supporters. It is with the he said “had it not been for the objections process” the tweet Indies series was on Monday The interim stay was grant- fit as a political party and com- help of the CPI(M) votes that ED and CBI then many TMC said. granted interim relief by the ed by Alipore court in West paring it with a bat. they have been able to win some leaders who have been forced to “The results for the com- Alipore Sessions Court. Bengal in connection with the Reacting to BJP State pres- seats (in Lok Sabha elections). join the BJP leaders would have plete family will be available The Court hearing a plea case wherein Hasin Jahan ident Dilip Ghosh’s comments Next time they will be back to come back to us.” for display online from from the cricketer’s lawyers accused Shami of dowry and that Trinamool Congress was a square one.” The ferocity of TMC-BJP September 14 next and this granted an interim stay on his sexual harassment. The next party of criminals which had Attacking the saffron outfit dogfight increased in the past will be available only online,” arrest ordered by a lower court hearing will be held on unleashed a reign of terror and further he said the BJP leaders one week following the alleged the notice added. that had issued an arrest warrant November 2. bloodshed in Bengal, senior were taking the help of CPI(M) murder of two BJP supporters The final NRC was against Shami and his brother The cricketer who is likely TMC leader and Bengal supporters to stand on its feet on in Birbhum and North 24 released with 19,06,657 of the for failing to appear on earlier to return to India on September Minister Firhad Hakim on the one side and on the other Parganas districts on the one total 3,30,27,661 applicants occasions after repeated sum- 12 has been asked to appear Tuesday said “we do not recog- they were keeping their own hand and the murder of two excluded and 3,11,22,004 mons. While his brother was before the court by November nise BJP as a political party leaders behind the protective TMC leaders in Murshidabad included. PTI directed to appear immediate- 2 the next date of hearing. because it has no genuine base ring of the central forces. “They and South 24 Parganas. '   5 $7 

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We hold that received bullet injuries in Government issued certificates Solapur (Maharashtra): Social explained that on Ekadashai of Article 370 as a path break- the appellant (officer) has not joint team of Jammu & Dangerpora area of Sopore”. of citizenship to 23 persons media went into splits on Day, all the elements in the uni- ing decision of the Centre, he Supreme Court award- committed any act unbecom- AKashmir Police along with SP, Sopore claimed, “three who hailed, originally, from Tuesday after Hindutva protag- verse are ‘in sync’ leading to the Union Finance Minister Ted a compensation of Rs 20 ing of a judicial officer,” the security forces claimed to have LeT terrorists Sajad Mir, alias Pakistan, a State Government onist, Manohar Sambhaji Bhide, success of their mission and the Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday lakh to a former judicial offi- bench said in its order. arrested eight member group of Haidar, Asif Maqbool Bhatan release said on Tuesday. claimed that the US space Indian almanac system is said the Congress should cer who was compulsorily The top court said that he over ground workers (OGWs) and Mudassir Pandith were These people had migrat- agency NASA had adhered to incomparable. speak in one voice on Jammu & retired on corruption allega- cannot be brought back in ser- working at the behest of three involved in the attack on the ed to India several years ago Indian astrological calculations Elaborating, Bhide — who Kashmir and matters of tions which were later found to vice since he has already passed active Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) fruit merchants family and on and were staying in the coun- for its successful moon mission. usually moves around barefoot national security. be incorrect. the age of superannuation. terrorists from Sopore area a migrant labourer in the area”. try on long-term visa. Bhide — who is revered as — said the ancient Indian sys- The Opposition party The apex court noted the “We are of the considered of Kashmir’s Baramulla district He said “Sajad has been “They were born ‘Guruji’ by his followers with tems of astronomical calcula- should evaluate the situation, she Gujarat High Court held that view that since the appellant on Monday. active from 2016 and heading in Pakistan’s Punjab and Prime Minister Narendra Modi tions are so accurate that they told reporters here to a question no corruption charge was (officer) has not worked dur- Police said these OGW’s the local LeT module that has Sindh provinces and had and Chief Minister Devendra can measure the thousandth about a reported Pakistan made out against the former ing all these years and this will were following the diktats of been involved in series of attacks migrated to India...After Fadnavis reportedly his admir- part of a second, which the dossier to the UN Human judicial officer. lead to another round of liti- their mentors and “threaten- and issuing threats to the locals”. Partition. They were living ers — made the claim at a Americans deployed for their Rights Council purportedly hav- A bench of Justices gation to decide what he was ing” local residents by pasting The OGW’s arrested by here on long-term visa in meeting here on Monday after successful missions. However, it ing remarks of Congress leader Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha earning during this period, in posters across common places the police were identified as Jalgaon, Aurangabad, Amravati the Indian Space Research is not known how ISRO has Rahul Gandhi and National Bose, however, did not agree lieu of awarding him back- in the area. Aijaz Mir, Omar Mir, Tawseef and Kolhapur (in Organisation (ISRO) that the reacted to Bhide’s indirect advice Conference leader Omar with the view of the high court wages, we direct that a lump- Superintendent of Police, Najar, Imitiyaz Najar, Omar Maharashtra). Most of them Chandrayan-2 Orbiter had to it just two days after com- Abdullah against the Centre’s which said that since the 53- sum amount of Rs 20 lakh be Sopore Javid Iqbal in a state- Akbar, Faizan Latief, are from Sindhi and Sikh com- located the missing moon lan- munication signals were lost action in scrapping special sta- year-old officer had already paid to the appellant,” the ment said, “We have busted a Danish Habib and Showkat munities,” Maharashtra minis- der Vikram. with Vikram, barely 2.1 kms tus to Jammu and Kashmir. been out of job for eight years, bench said. module of LeT terrorists by Ahmad Mir. ter of state for home Deepak “Until now, USA’s NASA has above the moon’s south polar “The Congress leadership he should not be brought back It said that the amount be arresting eight active members “The OGWs had prepared Kesarkar told PTI. launched 38 missions to the region, on Sep. 7, plunging the should please look at what is into service after such a long paid to him within six of their group for pasting threat- threatening posters and circu- “The certificates of citi- moon which failed. Later, a sci- whole country into a state of happening within the country time. months.The apex court passed ening posters in Sopore and lated them in the locality. Sajad zenship were issued to them entist studied Indian lunar cal- anxiety. Nevertheless, many on and speak in one voice as regards “Once the high court held the order while dealing with a adjoining areas”. Mir and his associates were the after clearance from the Union endar and ensured that the next the social media networks poked to issues like Jammu and that the charges had not been plea filed by the former judicial According to the local main persons on whose behest government. This was the NASA mission was scheduled fun at Bhide for his outlandish Kashmir and as regards to issues proved against the appellant, officer, who had joined the ser- police, “the LeT terrorists were the posters were published and fourth round of such grant of on Ekadashi Day and it suc- ideas and claims and some which matters to the country’s who was a judicial officer, his vice in November 1981, regard- behind attack on the family of circulated in the area,” police citizenship in the state,” he ceeded,” Bhide claimed. demanded action against him national security”, she told honour and dignity required ing the relief to be granted to a fruit merchant, in which official said. added. PTI The 85-year old activist for his fanciful assertions. PTI reporters. PTI that he should be brought back him.      Q: R $  "      

Leh: Keen to shrug off its “war up is Kargil war. That is so However, for Kargil, the unprotected and unpreserved,” carvings and also enjoy the “The entire team is shoot- zone” tag, around 500 families unfair to the people of the focus is now to ensure that it said Md Hasnen Rangyul, a apricot blooming season. We ing there for months. So, as this in Kargil are looking to the region whose mainstay is gets its share from the union hotelier who was part of the del- want the Government to pro- news comes, we want to tell the Centre to pump funds and tourism. Because of the war Government and is not over- egation from the region. mote us internationally international community and promote the region as a tourist zone tag, we have never realised shadowed by Leh, which, While Kargil gets around and include us in its various cir- the domestic tourists to come to destination internationally after our potential of being a tourist they claimed was now the 1.25 lakh tourists every year, it cuits,” said Ali. Kargil and stay here. We have the move to accord it Union destination despite the region Centre’s darling. is usually treated as a “transit However, surprisingly, it is around 30 hotels, beautiful Territory status. having various places of inter- “In all the discussions that camp”, they said. Bollywood that is giving them peaks which are covered with During the tourism minis- est,” said Ashraf Ali from the All are going on, it is Leh and not Kargil is placed midway some solace, specially Karan snow for 12 months and people ter’s three day visit to Leh last Kargil Travel, Trade Association. Kargil that is in focus. We have between Leh and Srinagar and Johar’s Dharma Productions. who are immensely hospitable. week, tour operators and hote- The Kargil war lasted for the Aryan Valley, the Suru thus by tourists as a resting point While parts of Johar’s earlier Kargil’s area is 15,000 sq km, liers from the region appealed nearly three months, killed Valley, Drass, Zanskar Valley before their onward journey. film, Kalank was shot here, it is bigger than Kashmir Valley and to him to focus on Kargil, more than 500 Indian and near- which could be promoted as “All we get are tourists who ironically a film on Capt Vikram is as beautiful,” appealed Ali. which they claimed is still liv- ly 400 Pakistani soldiers, and tourist destinations. Also, we stay the night at our hotels and Batra who was posthumously The Government on its ing in the shadow of the 1999 ended with India pushing back have three Buddha rock carv- leave the next morning after awarded the Param Vir Chakra, part has promised equal distri- Kargil war between India and Pakistani fighters to the other Operation Badr, India called its status on August 5, both these ings which are the last such breakfast. That’s not tourism, its India’s highest and most presti- bution of opportunities and Pakistan. side of the LoC successfully. offensive Operation Vijay. previous districts of Jammu & carvings after the Bamyan stat- like treating the region as a tran- gious award for valour, for his funds for Leh and Kargil, assur- “Even 20 years after the war, While Pakistan called its oper- With the Narendra Modi Kashmir hope to come out of ues were destroyed in sit camp. Around 3,000 for- actions during the 1999 Kargil ing the stakeholders in both the if you type Kargil in a search ation to take over the control of Government according Leh the shadow of violence associ- Afghanistan by the Taliban. eigners from Japan, Korea come War, which is giving the region regions that the focus is on engine, the first result that pops Indian posts along the LoC as and Kargil Union Territory ated with the Valley. These statues have been left to Kargil to see the Buddha some succour. boosting tourism. PTI  5  1   < " 5  /!

Kolkata: Union Minister Smriti murdered,” Irani said. and her letter to Prime Minister Irani on Tuesday hit out at West A woman from Moynaguri Narendra Modi that it would Bengal Chief Minister Mamata in Jalpaiguri district who had cause job losses, Irani said Banerjee for her opposition to demanded the refund of the cut Union Finance Minister NRC, saying that the BJP-led money given by her was gan- Nirmala Sitharaman has artic- government at the Centre is graped by alleged TMC leaders. ulated that not a single job will committed to protecting the Banerjee’s opposition to be lost because of the merger. rights of each and every citizen policies of the central govern- The fact that Chief of the country. ment are well known to the Minister of Bengal has taken The illegal infiltrators will people, she said. positions against the Centre is be dealt with as per law and the “The belligerent stand nothing new for the people of constitution, she asserted. taken by Mamata Banerjee is Bengal. “No Indian will be left preventing the people of the “In fact when it comes to out... We are dedicated towards state from availing benefits the issue of illegal immigrants protecting the rights of the cit- provided by the central gov- in Bengal she held a different izens of the country,” the union ernment, that could have position in August 2005 when minister said on NRC. reached farmers, women and she hurled papers at the Lok Irani criticised the ruling children. Sabha deputy speaker as a Trinamool Congress in the “Establishment of indus- mark of protest against the state for political violence and tries have been stalled by the inclusion of names of illegal corruption and said the cut West Bengal government ... immigrants in the voter list of money controversy is an exam- The Lok Sabha election results Bengal. ple of its corrupt government. in West Bengal has shown that “So the dichotomy in her “The fact that TMC has people of the state want stand is not a new thing,” she ordered to return the cut change,” Irani, who is union said and hit out at Banerjee for money taken by their party cabinet minister for textiles her opposition to the NRC. leaders from masses who and women and child devel- Referring to Trinamool availed government schemes, is opment, said. Congress leadership hitting a blatant example of the cor- BJP won 18 of the 42 Lok the streets in West Bengal over ruption in the TMC govern- Sabha seats in the state, just NRC in Assam, Irani said the ment. Those who have raised four less than TMC in the Lok Union Home Minister Amit their voices against cut money Sabha polls. Shah has already assured the and have sought their money Referring to Banerjee’s citizens of the country that no ,        *  1      1      )      back are now being raped and opposition to bank mergers citizens will be left out. PTI = 7    9:;1<0      =   ,     

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They will Chennai: A suspected opera- of Onam. from the Army that there may and “our next agenda” is ments of Prime Minister to the promise of Mookerjee,” themselves voluntarily go back tive of terror outfit Jamaat-ul- In his message, Khan con- be a terror attack in southern making POK an integral Narendra Modi’s second term he said. as it is vicious to live outside Mujahideen Bangladesh was veyed his heartiest Onam parts of the country. part of India. in its first 100 days, Singh said Singh said as far as ter- their home land.” produced before the court of a greetings to Keralites all over Meanwhile, Kerala “It is not only my or my the abrogation of the article rorism is concerned, Pakistan He said that this is going judicial magistrate here on the world. Tourism’s week-long cultural party’s commitment but a was biggest step in fully inte- has continued to perpetuate to be the last phase of mili- Tuesday after he was arrested “I sincerely wish that the extravaganza to mark this resolve of the unanimous res- grating Jammu & Kashmir and sponsor terrorism on soil tancy in Kashmir. After this, by the Special Task Force of JMB,” a senior officer of melody, beauty and sparkle of year’s Onam celebrations start- olution passed by Parliament with India. of India in J&K. he added, not only KPs but Kolkata Police with the help Kolkata Police STF said. Onam fill our minds and ed on Tuesday, showcasing in 1994 by the then Congress He said India comes first “What is being said in many others will be looking of local police. Several documents and a homes with the celestial joy of the states vibrant classical and government, headed by P V to any other identity. Pakistan by some leaders is forward to head to the Valley. The magistrate granted a mobile phone were seized from festivity and convey to the folk dances,modern art and Narsimha Rao. This is an “The biggest and greatest being closely followed by the On an Amnesty transit remand to suspect his possession, he added. world, Kerala’s unique message performing traditions across accepted position,” Singh said achievement of 100 days is the MEA. Their remarks do not International report on secu- Asadullah Sheikh, who was Five suspected JMB mem- of equality, love and harmony,” the southern state. on issue of Pakistan-occu- abrogation of Article 370,” carry any weight,” he added. rity forces, he said he was sure later taken by the STF, the local bers, including Sheikh, have he said in a release. The fest would feature pied Kashmir. Singh told reporters here. He said India’s position is that concerned agencies are police said. been arrested by the Kolkata Minister of State for over 5,000 artistes of different Replying to a question on “It needed tremendous of consistency, conviction and taking cognisance of it. Sheikh (35) has been Police since the last week of External Affairs & genres and Thiruvanathauram, the vicious campaign amount of will power, con- candidness. “There are 101 human booked under several sections August. A top operative of the Parliamentary Affairs, V the state capital, alone would launched by Pakistan on abro- viction and determination,” Singh said there cannot be rights violations being com- of the Indian Penal Code after outfit who was involved in the Muraleedharan also wished have programmes in as many gation of Article 370, the he added. any premium on the anti- mitted in various states of he was nabbed from his hide- 2018 Bodh Gaya blast was the people of the state on as 29 venues, officials said. Union minister in the PMO “Our next agenda is India activities and terrorism. America. All narcotics are out in the city’s Neelankarai arrested from Bihar. Onam eve. The celebrations would said the world view is aligned retrieving PoK” and making it “Now the time has come, happening from US. area, they added. The Centre, in May this “Onam festival marks the conclude with a colourful cul- with India. an integral part of India, he history would decide this... Government is now in the “We had information that year, declared the Bangladesh- history and the cultural her- tural pageantry here on “Some of those countries, asserted. Whether Nehru or Mookerjee process of banning electronic Raja was hiding in Chennai. based JMB, which is blamed for itage of Kerala. Malayalis are September 16. which were not agreeing to As part of a nationwide was right? The moment of cigarettes, which comes from Our officers conducted a raid the terror attack on a Dhaka ready to welcome According to mythology, India’s viewpoint, now follow campaign to highlight the 100 judgment has arrived”. the US. That country, which and nabbed him from cafe in 2016 that claimed the ‘Thiruvonam’ by making flo- Kerala was once ruled by our view point,” he said, days of bold initiatives by the He said everyone knows blames us for rights violations, Neelankarai area. He was resid- lives of 22 people, including 17 ral carpets, wearing new “Mahabali”, a generous Asura adding the common man in National Democratic Alliance who has enjoyed premium is benefiting from the trade of ing in a rented house there. foreigners, a banned terrorist clothes and preparing a lavish (demon) king. PTI Kashmir is “rejoicing” about government, Singh said “had by anti-India activism it,” he added. PTI Raja is an active member of the organisation. 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It shared lessons of its incredible         +        +  success with other countries facing domes- #     # S           F tic terrorism in the form of annual defence The “what happened” speculation of a military take- riots in Amparai, Kandy and depths of the Indian Ocean.     #                seminars. Lt Gen Silva highlighted “learn- question about the Easter over but was quickly discount- Colombo. Fortunately, only Soldiers are back at vantage                 ( ing from debacles as well” referring to the Sunday bombings still being ed as SLA has a history of civil- two Muslims were killed in the locations “protecting the peo- Easter Sunday bombings. From my priv- investigated came up at the ian control. post-bombing riots when SLA ple”, one of Lt Gen Silva’s top  9                   ileged position of being a permanent invi- seminar. It is simplistic to Two enquiries are under- swiftly put a lid on the violence missions. Similarly, checks at  #         ,2 $          tee since 2011, it must be said that the pro- attribute it to the dysfunction- way: One, a presidential com- and rounded up nearly 100 sus- the Bandaranaike International        #         ,2(   ficiency the Army displayed in defeating al Government sourced to the mission and the other, a parlia- pects. Airport have been enhanced. the LTTE is equally visible in the organi- 53-day Constitutional crisis mentary inquisition. A reorganisation of intel- Tourism, which took a big hit +            + :(    ( sation of the seminar. The cultural evening starting October 26, 2018, with Presidential hopeful Gotabhaya ligence and security has taken after the bombings, has picked        !    #       "     ( presented by the versatile men and women the President and Prime Rajapaksa has said that he will place. 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The new mate protector of the Sri north-east; promoting 13th Amendment names, cell numbers and details ignored some of the leads at the Defence Secretary is Lt Gen Lankan people but tainted with on devolution for Tamils; and undermin- of weapon caches — and why behest of political leaders. Shantha Kottegoda, a former alleged human rights viola- ing the military capacity of the LTTE. did the suicide bomber ear- Mention was made of growing Army Commander. This post tions. The air on this should be 9  
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Private Limited has received a FCRA (Foreign Contribution Global Commission on and 17:1,” the report said. Global Environment Facility The five areas considered show cause notice from the Regulation Act) by the MHA "  658&59: statement. Adaptation (GCA), led by for- It emphasised on the need (GEF) CEO Naoko Ishii, GCA for this estimate are early warn- Enforcement Directorate.” (ministry of home affairs) they It filed a criminal case in mer UN secretary general Ban for a sustainable, climate-smart Research Director Anand ing systems, climate-resilient “We deny the charges. We “resorted to bypass the FCRA” he ED said on Tuesday the alleged bank fraud based Ki-moon, was released at the production and change in Patwardhan and others. infrastructure, improved dry have faith in the Constitution by floating commercial entity Tthat it has attached assets, on a CBI FIR against the United Nations Convention to access to information, innova- Speaking at the release, land agriculture crop produc- and the judicial processes and in the name of Amnesty lnter- including three luxury apart- company, the beneficial owner Combat Desertification tive technologies, and finance Agarwal said that climate tion, global mangrove protec- cannot share further details national India Pvt Ltd (AIIPL). ments, worth 92 crore of a of the company, Bipin Kumar (UNCCD) COP 14 being held to enhance the resilience of 500 change poses a worldwide tion, and investments in mak- before answering the notice,” a “This entity has received Kolkata-based firm in con- Vohra, and others for at Greater Noida. India has million small-scale farming threat, and in India, more than ing water resources more spokesperson for the global foreign funds through com- nection with its probe into “defrauding a consortium of taken presidency of the COP 14 households whose livelihoods 250 million people who live resilient. body said. mercial route to the extent of Rs the alleged bank fraud and eight banks led by the from China till 2021. are most critically impacted by below the poverty line, will face “In other words, failing to The ED had issued a show- 36 crore till date,” the ED had money laundering by the Allahabad Bank in Kolkata for India is among the 19 climate change. its impacts. seize the economic benefits of cause notice to Amnesty said in a statement. company. an amount of around 550 countries, which are a part of “Without adaptation, cli- “Unavailability of resources, climate adaptation with high- International India Pvt Ltd on Out of the total amount of The agency said a provi- crore”. the GCA, and Environment mate change may depress financial insecurities and the return investments would July 25 for alleged contraven- Rs 36 crore, it said, Rs 10 crore sional order for attachment of Investigation revealed that Secretary C K Mishra is one of growth in global agriculture inability to cope with changing undermine trillions of dollars tion of the Foreign Exchange was received as long term the properties of the compa- the bank loan amount was its commissioners. yields up to 30 per cent by weather systems will put added in potential growth and pros- Management Act (FEMA) to loans. ny, SPS Steel Rolling Mills Ltd, “fraudulently siphoned” Releasing the report, 2050. The 500 million small pressure on the poorest com- perity,” it said. the tune of over Rs 51 crore. “This amount was imme- has been issued under the through formation of shell UNCCD Executive Secretary farms around the world will be munities. Building climate India is hosting the COP Official sources had last diately placed in FDs (fixed Prevention of Money companies. Ibrahim Thiaw said desertifi- most affected,” it said. resilience by developing a 14 with Environment Minister week said that the notice was deposits) and another Indian Laundering Act (PMLA). “The accused also divert- cation was not an imaginary According to the report, at strong adaptation plan based on Prakash Javadekar as its presi- issued after completion of entity — Indians for Amnesty The company was known ed the loan amount in their scenario and if climate adap- present, 3.6 billion people do sustainable development is the dent for the next two years. probe. The alleged FEMA con- International Trust (IAIT) had for producing ‘Elegant Steel’ various other existing business tation was not invested in, not get sufficient water for need of the hour,” Agarwal Nearly 200 countries are travention is related to the established an over draft facil- brand and its control was activities like running five-star inequalities will rise and affect atleast a month per a year. The said. He said it will benefit gov- attending the mega event with borrowing and lending regu- ity for Rs 14.25 crore keeping taken over by another hotels, security agencies and the most vulnerable commu- number of sufferers may rise to ernments, businesses and the over 8,000 participants from lations to the tune of Rs 51.72 the said 10 crore FD as collat- Kolkata-based firm in April also for re-payment of earlier nities. over 5 billion by 2050, it said. communities, thereby con- across the globe. crore for rendering civil soci- eral which means the receipt of after the alleged bank default debts,” the ED said. “Desertification is not an “Rising seas and greater tributing to a healthy and flour- Based in the US, Global ety activities in the country by FDI by trust only. was detected some years ago. The provisionally attached imaginary scenario as data is storm surges could force hun- ishing economy Environment Facility (GEF) is getting remittances from its “The remaining Rs 26 “The attached assets con- assets were found to be the with us now. Degradation of dreds of millions of people in Suggesting measures to an international partnership parent body, Amnesty crore was received in two other sist of shares of an entity “proceeds of crime” and habitat is affecting the species coastal cities from their homes, combat climate change and of 183 countries, international International UK, in the garb bank accounts of AIIPL as owning a 5-star hotel, three hence, were attached, it added. and most vulnerable commu- with a total cost to coastal land desertification, the report institutions, civil society organ- of export of services, sources consultancy services. The luxurious apartments, office Following continuous nities. urban areas of more than 1 tril- said spending USD 1.8 trillion isations and private sector that said. The show cause notice inwards remittances received building and 0.33 acres of defaults, the SPS Steel Rolling “By 2050, we will need 50 lion USD each year by 2050,” it globally in five areas from was established in 1992 to was issued by the Adjudicating by the AIIPL from overseas is land,” the Enforcement Mills was referred to the per cent more crops to feed 10 said, adding that climate 2020 to 2030 could generate address global environmental Authority of the FEMA, which in violation of FDI guidelines,” Directorate (ED) said in a NCLT about 22 months ago. billion people. The focus so far change could push more than USD 7.1 trillion in total net issues. is a special director rank offi- it had said. --   )    
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Ireda (Indian Renewable tic product) growth is likely to the automobile sector, a inflation and widening cur- ments in the country’s energy Singh in a letter has urged Energy Development Agency) rebound to 7.1 per cent next reduction in capital gains tax, rent account deficits that chain. the chief ministers of these and other financial institu- year. and additional liquidity sup- could risk external funding Speaking at the eighth states to issue directions to tions. Any default would Keeping India’s rating port for “shadow” banks. stress. Asian Ministerial Energy their respective power distri- make them NPAs (non-per- unchanged at BBB- with a Accompanying structural The rating agency said Roundtable in Abu Dhabi, he bution companies (discoms) forming assets),” the Union stable outlook, it said the rat- reforms include a further eas- benign food inflation and said the share of world’s third- for clearing the dues of minister said. ing balances a strong medi- ing of the foreign direct easier global financial condi- largest energy consumer in renewable energy firms in the “There is also a danger of um-term growth outlook and investment (FDI) regime and tions following the US Federal total global primary energy next few days. RE power producers relative external resilience consolidation of the public Reserve’s shift to a more demand is set to double to 11 The power and new & approaching the NCLT with sturdy foreign reserve banking sector. dovish stance has enabled the per cent by 2040. renewable energy minister (National Company Law buffers, against high public “There is only limited Reserve Bank of India (RBI) “The projected energy pointed out the power pro- Tribunal) against distribu- debt, financial sector fragili- room to ease fiscal policy, to cut policy rates aggres- demand growth is 4.2 per cent ducers are likely to default on tion companies (regarding ties and some lagging struc- given the high public debt,” it sively. per annum up to 2035. This their payment obligations due non-payment of dues),” he tural factors. said. “The FY20 Budget, pre- The RBI has cut rates makes India’s energy demand to non-clearance of dues by added. In its Asia-Pacific sented last July, pointed four times by a cumulative growing faster than all major the discoms and there is a Further, the minister told Sovereign Credit Overview, broadly to policy continuity 110 basis points since economies of the world,” he “danger” of them approaching the chief ministers of Fitch said India’s GDP growth after the landslide win of February when it became the said. “We are preparing for the National Company Law Karnataka and Andhra decreased for a fifth consec- Prime Minister (Narendra) first central bank in the Asia- such a growth path of energy Tribunal (NCLT) for recov- Pradesh that the discoms in utive quarter in the April-June Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party Pacific region to begin an demand in the country.” ering the pending amount. their states are reported to quarter to 5 per cent, the low- (BJP) in the Lower House explicit easing cycle. Pradhan said the per capi- According to the letter, have outstanding dues of 112 est in six years. elections of April and May Headline inflation was ta energy consumption of the discoms of Andhra Pradesh crore and 243 crore, respec- “Domestic demand is fal- 2019. The Budget avoids fis- 3.2 per cent in July, well with- country with 1.3 billion people have the largest outstanding tively, to Solar Energy tering, with both private con- cal loosening, but also falls in the target range of four per is lower than the global average. dues of 2,000 crore, fol- Corporation of India. sumption and investment short of signalling fiscal con- cent. 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A320s and A321s report- Nirmala Sitharaman said here said. ative to the lenders as it will Furthermore, other com- ing one issue or other on Tuesday, while stressing She said the limit their flexibility in man- ponents of spreads, including between Sunday and the need to speed up spending. current focus aging risks, Moody's Investors operating costs, can be altered Tuesday, according to a "Government spending has would be on how Service said on Tuesday. once every three years. source. to be speeded up to boost to increase the Last week, the RBI had It said banks currently Besides, the airline is consumption. The best spend- GDP in the com- stated that banks are not sat- benchmark floating rate loans reportedly deploying a ing (by government) will be on ing quarters. isfactorily transferring the cuts against the marginal cost of few planes powered by infrastructure. On increase in policy interest rates to bor- funds-based lending rates P&W engines for daily We have (already) in gold prices, she rowers as it asked lenders to (MCLR). With changes in operations despite those announced Rs 100 lakh crore said government mandatorily link all new float- lending rates aligned to planes earlier reporting and that is the amount, which initiated in 2019-20, she said. was importing gold to meet ing rate personal or retail changes in the cost of funding, heavy engine vibration, I think has to be speeded up for Sitharaman said that the local demand and consumers loans and floating rate loans to banks are able to mitigate the source added. infrastructure related projects", government, as part of its move were also looking at it as an micro, small and medium their interest rate risk. However, a senior DGCA A320 plane was forced to abort drawn from services and are she said. to make India a USD 5 trillion investment option. enterprises (MSMEs) to an "Under the new rules, this official rebutted the allegations take-off after the pilot report- awaiting engine replacement," Sitharaman was briefing economy, has chalked out var- "Apart from the demand, external benchmark. direct linkage between lending saying "some engines, which ed a technical snag in the airline said in a statement. reporters on 'Furthering India's ious measures, including infra- other factors like crude oil The central bank has so far rates and funding costs will no reported vibrations were with- Bengaluru, the source added. A senior DGCA official, in development - 100 days of structure spending and merg- price increase and the (fluctu- this year cut interest rate by longer exist. This will expose in the limits prescribed by the Before this, on September response to quires on the inci- Bold initiatives and decisive er of public sector banks, ating) USD rate have also led 110 basis points but lenders banks to asymmetrical move- US and European aviation safe- 8, the airline's Hyderabad- dents from PTI said all these actions of the Government of among others. to increase in gold prices", she have transmitted only a part of ments in the cost of funding ty regulators and they have Gorakhpur flight was diverted occurrences have been attend- India.' Asked whether the gov- said.Asked how the govern- it to borrowers in the form of and loan yields, thus exposing been released for operations to Varanasi due to an engine ed to and wherever needed the "I have appointed a task ernment was confident of ment was infusing confidence a lower cost of taking loans. them to interest rate risks," it after boroscopic inspection." stall, which was accompanied pre-emptive actions such as force to speedily identify the achieving the targetted USD 5 among the business commu- "This is credit negative said. Nevertheless, the regulator by high engine vibrations, the engine replacements have been projects so that money can be trillion economy with the Gross nity, given the current slow- for India's banks as it will limit Moody's said that under is keeping a close watch on source said. undertaken. front loaded", she said. Domestic Product at five per down, she said one measure their flexibility in managing the new regime, while the them, the official added. Indigo, said two of the "Some of the engines, The Minister said the cent at present, she said the was by interacting with them interest rate risk," Moody's floating-rate loan book will get According to the source, on reported cases were routine which reported vibrations were Committee (or the task force) GDP going up and down was and addressing their issues said in a statement. re-priced, only the non-CASA Tuesday an Indigo flight bound maintenance issues and the within the limits prescribed by has commenced work and was normal and recalled that it had sector wise. This new external refer- (current and savings accounts) to Doha being operated by an planes are back into operations. the FAA and the EASA and in the process of identifying happened even during the UPA "All of us are constantly ence rate could either be the deposits will see a re-pricing A321 Neo plane (VT-IUC) In the other case, the air- after the boroscopic inspection those projects which would regime in 2012-13 and 2014- interacting with (each) sector. repo rate, three-month or six- on deposits. was recalled to the bay from craft is currently undergoing 'C they were released. Some of receive the funding (Rs 100 15. This is not just in Delhi, we are month treasury bills, or any "This will cause volatility take-off holding point due to a check' at an MRO facility in events referred also took place lakh crore). "But I am not taking it as actively doing all around the other benchmark market to banks' net interest margins technical issue in Delhi, while Hyderabad, the airline said. in aircraft with CEO (current The task force, comprising granted. I want to improve and country. interest rate published by (NIMs), with NIMs rising a full emergency was declared "There were two instances, engine option) engines, Boeing secretaries from various min- (am) taking steps. One solace We came out with two Financial Benchmark India when interest rates increase for a Chennai-Delhi flight on wherein one was in Mumbai 737s, Bombardier Q400s, and istries, other senior officials and now is that inflation is under major announcements between Pvt Ltd, an entity that admin- and declining when interest its arrival Monday due to a which resulted in an air turn ATRs," the official said. the Niti Aayog CEO, would control. August and September. I have isters benchmark rates. rates fall. This volatility in technical glitch. back. The other one was in "We are keeping a close identify technically feasible Food inflation (earlier) promised that I will come out Banks will be free to NIMs will translate into In another incident Guwahati which resulted in an watch on these issues. We reit- and financially viable infra- crossed 10 per cent But now it with one or two more decide the spread over the volatility in the overall prof- Monday, a Hyderabad-bound aborted take-off at low speed. erate our commitment to com- structure projects that can be is 3.1 per cent. From 2014-till announcements", she said. external benchmark. itability of banks," it said. Indigo flight operated by an Both these aircraft are with- plete safety," the official said. ,  @ "    
    
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Monday that the issue of cyber Aramco is "ready" for the anticipated IPO. investigation conducted by "Further, by indulging in warfare, cyber doctrines and giant stock market debut but The appointment of Prince the Securities and Exchange such manipulative trades as their impact on international the timing is a "government Abdulaziz marks the first time Board of India (Sebi) a Sebi-registered intermedi- security should be taken up at decision", Amin Nasser told a royal family member has between December 2014 and ary, it has failed to maintain all relevant international fora. reporters on the sidelines of the been put in charge of the all- January 2016. high standards of integrity, "It is of concern that cases World Energy Congress. important energy ministry. Sebi found that the price promptitude and fairness in of malicious use of new ICTs to peace and security need to be "Stakeholders should ities given the interconnected "One of the primary listings The minister on Monday of the scrip on December 1, the conduct of its business the detriment of states are considered as international promote education, digital lit- nature of the domain. is going to be local but we are endorsed oil supply cuts, say- 2014, opened at Rs 9.15 on and also failed to exercise increasing and there is a need cooperation on them will facil- eracy and technical and legal Confidence Building also ready for listing outside." ing in Abu Dhabi that they the BSE and closed at Rs due skill, care and diligence to express strong condemna- itate building trust and confi- training as a means to improv- Measures include developing Nasser's remark came after the would benefit all producing 19.35 on January 29, 2016. A laid down in the code of con- tion and rejection of these vio- dence among member States, ing cybersecurity as well as mechanisms for practical coop- Wall Street Journal reported last nations amid an oversupplied similar trend was observed duct for sub-brokers," the lations," Rawat said at the thereby contributing to inter- bridging the emerging digital eration between cyber agencies, week that Aramco was consid- market and sagging prices. on the NSE. order added. Open-ended Working Group national peace and security,” he divide,” he said. promoting bilateral cyber dia- ering a domestic debut and a Crude prices are currently Besides, the scrip Accordingly, a total fine (OEWG) on developments in said. He noted that with the logues, cyber capacity building, subsequent international listing moving around levels of $60 a reached a high of Rs 28.75 on of Rs 6 lakh was levied on the field of Information and Further, collaborative evolving threat landscape and exchange of information on — possibly in Tokyo. barrel, compared with more December 15, 2015, on both SRU Securities. Telecommunications in the efforts to deal with cybercrime emergence of new ICTs, there cyber threats, cyber policy, It has said it plans to float than USD 75 a year ago, but the exchanges. In a separate order, Sebi context of international secu- and cyber terrorism should be is a need for additional norms structure and law enforcement, around five percent of the were given a boost Monday by During the investigation, imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh rity. seriously taken up and real time including those to avoid tam- cooperation on cybercrime and state-owned company in 2020 the Saudi official's comments. it was noted that SRU on Nihalchand G Kasliwal He said keeping in mind cooperation between pering of supply chain, con- cyber terrorism and mecha- or 2021 in what could poten- The OPEC petroleum Securities had contributed to for executing fraudulent the existing and potential Government agencies should demn offensive cyber opera- nisms for protection on infor- tially be the world's biggest exporters' cartel and key inde- positive last-traded price trades, which created artifi- threats in the use of ICTs to be developed to tackle this tions by malicious actors and mation infrastructure. stock sale. The planned IPO pendent producers are deliber- (LTP) on many occasions. cial volume in the illiquid international peace and secu- menace. take down ICT infrastructure He stressed that India forms the cornerstone of a ating how to halt a slide in prices "The acts of artificially stock option segment on the rity, it is important that nations Rawat added that the being used for botnets. believes that as a responsible reform programme envisaged that has persisted despite previ- increasing the price of scrip BSE. not knowingly allow their ter- applicability of international Emphasising that capacity group of experts, it is "our duty by the kingdom's de facto ruler ous cuts and US sanctions that and creating a misleading The individual was ritory to be used for commit- law to the ICT domain and building is an important aspect for future of our digital society" Crown Prince Mohammed bin have squeezed supply from Iran appearance of trading have among the various entities ting internationally wrongful cybersecurity-related laws, poli- of OEWG discussion, he said to develop a consensus on def- Salman to wean the Saudi and Venezuela. 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The Badam coal block was The NTPC has set a target als can now avail leasing ed to constitute a joint com- financial technology, connec- that Delhi-NCR accounted for at least one unicorn every were founded in India in 2016. earlier allocated to Bihar State to produce 10.4 million tonnes options for Honda CR-V, Civic mittee for this purpose, tivity, startups and innovation. a 23 per cent share of start-ups year since 2013... And unlike The number of start-ups being Power Generation Company of coal in this financial year. and City for both corporate as according to a statement. The India-ASEAN trade in the country. While there other regions, the 10 unicorns founded in Delhi-NCR stood Ltd (BSPGCL). NTPC got the Earlier last month, NTPC well as individual customers, This was agreed upon dur- in goods pact came into force were 7,039 start-ups in Delhi- that we have, they're not from at 826 (2017), 420 (2018) and coal block after it acquired the had said that the government Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) ing the meeting between eco- from January 2010. NCR, Bengaluru had 5,234, one particular sector, they are 142 in the first half of 2019. Barauni thermal plant from the has accepted its request to sur- said in a statement. nomic ministers of ASEAN Under the pact, two trad- Mumbai 3,829 and Hyderabad from fin-tech, e-commerce, A total of 3,478 start-ups BSPGCL in December 2018. render the Kudanali-Luburi Car leasing is gaining pop- and Commerce Minister ing partners set timelines for 1,940. 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Anandan said access to mated geological reserves of Development Corporation Ltd to enjoy the perks of using car "The ministers agreed to The 10 ASEAN members accounted for 4,491 start-ups, That is actually a compet- funding across all stages need over 7.3 billion tonnes and (JKSPDC) in July 2013. without having to purchase it," initiate the review of the are Brunei, Cambodia, Gurugram 1,544 and Noida itive advantage that the to be improved, and base of production potential of about The company had also said HCIL Senior VP and Director, ASEAN-India trade in goods Indonesia, Malaysia, 1,004 new businesses. National Capital Region active angel investors in Delhi- 113 million tonnes per annum, that the mine was allotted for Sales and Marketing Rajesh agreement to make it more Myanmar, Singapore, The report highlighted (NCR) has and needs to be NCR should be increased. the official said. developing 1,320 MW Bilhaur Goel said. 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The ministry said more Brussels, after losing yet anoth- Foster, whose party wants to publish confidential papers US forces in Afghanistan after "safe zone" in northeast Syria He was referring to recent discussions would be held er vote on Tuesday during a Northern Ireland to remain about the potential impact of a President Donald Trump said and renewed Ankara's threat of joint Turkish-US helicopter Wednesday at a joint opera- chaotic parliamentary session. part of Britain, warned Johnson no-deal Brexit. talks with insurgents were "dead", unilateral military intervention patrols of the planned safe zone tions center near Turkey's bor- Johnson slammed the that the province must not be The opposition has said it saying Washington would regret to form a buffer area along its region, as well as a joint ground der with Syria. opposition for voting against his sacrificed in talks. will not allow an early election, abandoning negotiations. "We border. forces patrol that took place on Turkish President Recep call for a snap election in the "What people are talking which under British law had two ways to end occupation Foreign Minister Mevlut Sunday. Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday final minutes of a stormy late- about is the break-up of the requires a two-thirds majority in in Afghanistan, one was jihad and Cavusoglu told journalists that US troops on Saturday rifts remain in the way Turkey night debate ahead of a contro- United Kingdom," she told Sky parliament in favour, until fighting, the other was talks and Washington was too strongly also conducted patrols with the and the US envision the zone, versial suspension of parlia- News. Johnson has either struck a negotiations," Taliban spokesman involved with US-allied Syrian local Syrian Kurdish-led forces, claiming Washington was "try- ment called by the prime min- "That is not something that deal or delayed Brexit beyond Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP. Kurdish fighters and was which annoyed Turkey. ing to create a safe zone for the ister. any prime minister in the October 31. "If Trump wants to stop stalling on plans for the safe "Turkey's plans are ready," terrorist organisation, not for He said he would "strive to United Kingdom is going to in But the prime minister talks, we will take the first way zone. Cavusoglu said. "To clear this us." get an agreement" at a summit any conscience go along with." insisted he would not delay, and they will soon regret it." Turkey has been pressing region of terrorists is a matter So far, the Kurdish-led in Brussels next month -- the There were dramatic scenes despite a bill being rushed The Taliban's statement for the zone to keep the Syrian of national security." forces have withdrawn as deep alternative being a "no-deal" in parliament as the current ses- through parliament in the past came hours after Trump told Kurdish fighters away from the The minister's comments as 14 kilometers (9 miles) departure that critics warn sion drew to a close early few days that could force him to reporters that the US was walk- border. Ankara considers the came as two US military offi- from the border and have would spark economic chaos. Tuesday. do so if he fails to reach an ing away from negotiations fighters terrorists, claiming cials were visiting Turkey for removed defensive positions, Johnson accused his oppo- Opposition Labour MPs agreement with the EU. "This after nearly a year of talks that they are linked to a Kurdish talks on what Ankara calls "safe sand berms and trenches. nents of shirking their duty by waved signs reading "silenced" government will not delay aimed to pave the way for an insurgency within Turkey's zone." The depth of the zone, as blocking an early election. and shouted "Shame on you!" at Brexit any further," he insisted. American withdrawal from borders. The US and Syrian well as who will control it, is He held a cabinet meeting government lawmakers during Britons voted in 2016 to Afghanistan following 18 years The Syrian Kurdish fight- Kurdish forces refer to it as a still being worked out. later on Tuesday to plot his next a ceremony for the suspension leave the EU, but after three of war. "They are dead. As far as ers were the top US allies in the "security mechanism." Turkey has carried out move after a series of defections of parliament. years of political wrangling, I am concerned, they are dead," war against the Islamic State Turkey's defense ministry several incursions into Syria and expulsions left him far The move is normally a parliament still cannot decide Trump said at the White House. group in Syria. said a delegation headed by Lt. during the country's civil war short of a parliamentary major- simple formality but Johnson how to implement that decision. The announcement fol- "We are speaking about an Gen. Stephen Twitty, deputy in an effort to curb the expand- ity and unable to garner enough was accused of acting high- Johnson took office in July lowed Trump's dramatic can- ally who cannot act indepen- commander of the US ing influence of the Kurdish votes from MPs to hold an early handedly by calling an extend- promising to deliver on the cellation of a top-secret plan to dently from the terror organi- European Command, and Lt. forces. election. ed suspension as the Brexit 2016 referendum vote for Brexit, fly Taliban leaders in for direct He was also due to meet date looms. House of Commons even if that means leaving with- talks at the Camp David presi- with Arlene Foster, leader of speaker John Bercow earlier in out exit terms agreed with dential facility outside Northern Ireland's Democratic the debate announced he would Brussels. 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" '".5 Korea's Pyeongtaek and the dential election, American ment's response to the city's But Hong Kong's pro- Thai capital Bangkok. media reported. pro-democracy movement, Beijing Chief Executive Carrie Canadian frigate was pass- Taiwan has been run as a The individual had been after fresh protests called on Lam said that any change to its Aing through the Taiwan de facto independent nation for providing information to US Washington to ramp up pres- economic relationship with Strait on Tuesday, Taiwanese the last seven decades but intelligence for decades, had sure on Beijing. 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Protesters took to the reach out to tell the United narrow waterway separating and Canada have deteriorated The Times reported that streets again on Sunday, States to pass the act." 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Hong Kong's streets over the plane flew over the Taiwan German Foreign Minister "It is extremely wrong last 14 weeks in the biggest chal- Strait, just days after one of its Heiko Maas in Berlin, saying it for German media and lenge to China's rule since the navy ships sailed through the was "disrespectful" of China's politicians to attempt to tap into city's handover from Britain in waters and the latest arms sale sovereignty. the anti-China separatist wave," 1997. between Taipei and Posting a photo of himself said Chinese foreign ministry What started as a Washington. and Maas on his Twitter spokeswoman Hua Chunying at pushback against a bill allowing Beijing threatened to account, the 22-year-old said a regular press briefing. extraditions to mainland sanction US firms involved they spoke on the "protests sit- "It is disrespectful of China snowballed into wider in the sale of the fighter jets, at uation and our cause to free China's sovereignty and an calls for democracy and police a time when relations are election and democracy in HK". interference in China's internal accountability after the city's already strained by a punitive The pair met Monday at an affairs." 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Northern Ireland by three points in Group C, albeit hit back with Tamkin Khalilzade’s brilliant 72nd- with a game in hand. minute equaliser to claim their first point in Group The Euro 1988 winners next host the Northern E. Irish on October 10 in a crucial encounter. Leaders Croatia are only ahead of third-placed Germany lead the group standings after edg- Hungary, who they host on October 10, by one point, ing to a nervy 2-0 victory in Belfast. with Slovakia second on head-to-head record after Marcel Halstenberg’s brilliant volley broke the winning 2-1 in Budapest. deadlock shortly after half-time in a tense encounter, Wales are three points further back, but having and Serge Gnabry gave Joachim Loew’s men played a game fewer. breathing space in injury-time. Elsewhere, North Macedonia kept their hopes of reaching a maiden major tournament alive with CROATIA STUMBLE a 2-0 win in Latvia. Earlier on Saturday, Croatia suffered a setback The Balkan nation sit fourth in Group G, but in their qualifying campaign as they were held to are only three points behind second-placed Slovenia a 1-1 draw by Azerbaijan in Baku. after their dramatic 3-2 win over Israel, with Austria The 2018 World Cup runners-up took an early two points better off in third following a goalless lead through a Luka Modric penalty, but the hosts stalemate at leaders Poland.

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elgium and the Netherlands both cruised to 4-0 Bwins over Scotland and Estonia respectively in Euro 2020 qualifying on Monday, while Germany claimed a crucial victory over Northern Ireland in their bid to qualify for next year’s finals. Roberto Martinez’s Belgium, the world-number- one ranked side, were not at their best but still swat- ted aside a poor Scotland outfit at Hampden Park to make it six wins from as many matches in Group I. Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku gave the vis- itors the lead in Glasgow in only the ninth minute with his Belgian record-extending 49th internation- al goal. Defenders Thomas Vermaelen and Toby Alderweireld ended the game as a contest with less than 32 minutes on the clock. Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, who had assisted each of the first three goals, com- pleted the scoring himself with eight minutes remaining. Belgium, who finished third at last year’s World Cup, are now 11 points clear of third-placed Kazakhstan at the summit of their group with the top two automatically qualifying and only four games to play. Russia remain in pole position to progress from Group I with Belgium, after Mario Fernandes’ 89th- minute winner sealed a 1-0 win over Kazakhstan which moved Stanislav Cherchesov’s men eight points ahead of their beaten opponents. DUTCH DOUBLE FOR BABEL The Netherlands backed up their stunning 4-2 win over Germany in Hamburg by thrashing Estonia in Tallinn, as Ryan Babel scored his maiden interna- tional double. Memphis Depay, making his 50th Netherlands appearance, grabbed the third goal, with Liverpool’s Georginio Wijnaldum also finding the net. Ronald Koeman’s side still have work to do to reach a first major finals since making the 2014 World Cup semi-finals, though, as they trail second-placed 0 (.0 AHMEDABAD TO HOST PKL-7 KNOCKOUTS New Delhi: $   .
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