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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Heavy flooding puts Kerala in crisis A­G lashes out at Red alert sounded in eight districts following rain warning; heavy discharge from Idukki; toll rises to 27 riots, intolerance Special Correspondent Thiruvananthapuram Highlights violence before SC Bench Many parts of Kerala were Krishnadas Rajagopal NEW DELHI Delhi Cabinet clears grappling with a looming cri­ CCTV project sis on Friday as a heavy rain­ In an uncharacteristic public NEW DELHI fall warning and tidal flood­ criticism of growing vio­ Three years after it gave ing alert looked set to lence, intolerance and riot­ in­principle approval to the compound the worsening ing in the country, Attorney­ project, the Delhi Cabinet on General K.K. Venugopal told Friday passed the proposal flood situation in the State. The State Disaster Manage­ the Supreme Court on Fri­ for installation of 1.4 lakh day that there was an inci­ CCTV cameras at a cost of ment Authority issued a red dent of major rioting every ₹571.40 crore. alert for eight districts follow­ ing a heavy rainfall warning week in the country. Appearing before a three­ DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 by the weather office. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD The Indian National judge Bench, led by CJI Di­ Centre for Ocean Information pak Misra, Mr. Venugopal Services has also issued a ti­ pointed to how a certain dal flooding alert for Kerala “group” threatened to cut off from August 11 to 15. the nose of actor Deepika Pa­ “What is to be done,” CJI dukone for her portrayal of Misra asked Mr. Venugopal. Evacuation planned Queen Padmavati in the mo­ “Fix responsibility on so­ Padmaavat Idukki and Ernakulam dis­ vie . He said the meone! Once the responsi­ tricts were put on high alert threat amounted to hate bility is fixed on the Superin­ and the administration began speech and criminal intimi­ tendent of Police of each preparations to evacuate fa­ dation. “What has been done district, the scenario will milies in anticipation of a to that person [who threa­ change. The courts can haul flood situation following the Full flow: Water gushing out of Cheruthoni dam after all five shutters were opened as the level in the Idukki hydel project rose tened Ms. Padukone]?” Mr. him up, ask him to show the decision to raise the shutters due to heavy rain in the catchments. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Venugopal said. He referred videos of the incident, ask of the Cheruthoni dam to re­ to how the Kanwariyas had him how many FIRs have lease excess water from the intensified. Rescue teams, in­ Union Home Minister Raj­ tweeted. said units of the Army, the Na­ overturned cars in the capi­ been filed,” Mr. Venugopal Idukki reservoir. cluding units of the Army, the nath Singh called up Chief Mi­ vy and the NDRF were assist­ tal. “It took five hours from said. “You cannot touch Over 6,500 families were Navy and the National Disas­ nister Pinarayi Vijayan and Aerial survey ing the civilian administra­ Benares [Varanasi] to Allaha­ third­party property... for expected to be evacuated ter Response Force dug assured him all help. The Chief Minister is sche­ tion in rescue work and bad. Half of the national that matter, you cannot burn from the downstream areas through soil and rubble in an “Spoke to Kerala CM Shri duled to make an aerial sur­ restoration of roads blocked highway was cordoned off your own house... these hap­ of the Periyar river up to Alu­ attempt to save the victims of Pinarayi Vijayan and dis­ vey of the flood­hit areas on by landslips. “Things are well because of them,” Justice D.Y. penings must stop,” Chief va in Ernakulam. landslips. and officials began cussed the prevailing flood Saturday. under control. The govern­ Chandrachud remarked. Justice Misra observed Five people were reported evacuation of families as situation in the State. I have Tamil Nadu and Karnataka ment is on top of the situa­ “There is an incident of orally. dead in rain­related incidents swollen rivers breached assured all possible assis­ have offered assistance, with tion,” he said at a press confe­ major rioting every week, The court was hearing a on Friday, taking the toll to banks and floodwaters tance from the Centre to the the Chief Ministers of these rence. The Air Force and the even by educated plea by the Kerala­based Ko­ 27. More than 17,000 people surged through houses. State government. The relief States donating ₹5 crore and Coast Guard were on stand­ groups...The Marathas in dungallur Film Society across the State have been The Centre reached out to and rescue ops are going on. ₹10 crore respectively for by. Maharashtra, the SCs/STs... which said “common people displaced by floods over two Kerala, offering a helping MHA is closely monitoring flood relief work. IDUKKI STILL ON ALERT; Nothing is done,” Mr. Venu­ think anarchy prevails” in DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES days since the monsoon rains hand to tackle the situation. the flood situation,” he later Chief Secretary Tom Jose LANDSLIPS CONTINUE Ī PAGE 4 gopal said. the country. ‘Rajiv case Cong. ups the ante against Rafale deal Supreme Court admits Explosives convicts can’t CBI plea against Talwars seized from be freed’ Opposition led by Sonia Gandhi stages protest, demands a JPC investigation Sanatan man Legal Correspondent Ranjan Gogoi tagged the CBI SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT legal correspondent NEW DELHI appeal with Ms. Banjade’s. Special Correspondent New Delhi had readied the Rafale con­ NEW DELHI tract, according to which the The Supreme Court on Fri­ The CBI has said the High Mumbai The Supreme Court on Fri­ On the last day of the mon­ price for each jet was ap­ day admitted the appeal Court erred on many The Maharashta Anti­Ter­ day accepted on record a soon session of Parliament, proximately ₹540 crore. The filed by the CBI against the counts. rorism Squad on Friday ar­ communication from the the Congress stepped up its contract was ready and Modi acquittal of Rajesh and Nu­ The High Court had rested three men for alleg­ Centre rejecting the Tamil offensive against Prime Mi­ ji only had to take a decision. pur Talwar in the murder of cleared the Talwars of any edly planning disruptive Nadu government’s propo­ nister Narendra Modi’s go­ But, Modi ji goes to France their teenage daughter, Aa­ guilt or involvement in the activities in the State. sal to release seven con­ vernment over the Rafale and scraps the previous con­ rushi, and domestic ser­ crimes. In a judgment deli­ They are Vaibav Raut, victs undergoing life impri­ deal, with UPA chairperson tract and the Defence Minis­ vant, Hemraj, in 2008. vered in October last year, it 40, and Sharad Kalaskar, sonment in the Rajiv Sonia Gandhi leading a joint ter and other Cabinet Minis­ Aarushi was found with set aside the life sentence 25, from Nallasopara, and Gandhi assassination case. Opposition protest at the Ma­ ters do not know about it,” her throat slit in her be­ awarded to the couple by Sudhanwa Gondhalekar, A Bench of Justices Ran­ hatma Gandhi statue in the Mr. Gandhi said. droom and Hemraj’s body the CBI court at Ghaziabad, 39, from Pune. Explosives jan Gogoi, Navin Sinha and Parliament complex. In the Lok Sabha, Con­ was found on the terrace of Uttar Pradesh, in November were seized from the house K.M. Joseph received the The decision to hold a gress MPs trooped into the the dentist couple’s home a 2013. of Mr. Raut, an alleged letter dated April 2018. protest followed a meeting well of the House raising slo­ day later. The Talwars had by then member of the Sanatan The assassination was an of the Congress Parliamen­ At the forefront: Sonia Gandhi leading a protest in Parliament gans and holding placards Hemraj’s wife Khumkala served four years of their Sanstha. An ATS officer act unparalleled in the an­ tary Party on Friday morn­ for a JPC probe into the Rafale deal. * SANDEEP SAXENA that read ‘Modi’s Rafale Banjade has already ap­ life sentence in Ghaziabad’s said the accused were held nals of crime in this coun­ ing, chaired by Ms. Gandhi. Gate’ and ‘Set up JPC.’ pealed against the acquittal Dasna jail. Ms. Banjade filed after tracking two mobile try, the Centre has told the Sharma, Ambika Soni, and Lok Sabha the Congress While leader of the Con­ by the Allahabad High Court her appeal against the Tal­ numbers of people “in­ T.N. government. “The bru­ To be intensified the CPI’s D. Raja among oth­ members walked out after gress Mallikarjun Kharge and the Supreme Court has wars’ acquittal last Decem­ volved” in the planning. tal act brought the Indian It was decided to scale up ers, staged the protest de­ raising slogans demanding a called it a “scam worth thou­ admitted it. ber. The CBI appealed in PAGE 8 democratic process to a the campaign as one of the manding a probe by a joint JPC probe.

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