#              #%&' #()*+, %$-%-. *%&+ (, $%&'() .  .  - .  ?     ./ O /  ?    .  . /  .-        "9:##$ ;<= >  & + ((&*   - .   /)-/0)*1 )+/   Q"#$% &#" &#'#" ()"**#+         R      R    R   R          much into it.” Sources said the   !#$  resumption of dialogue was not n a setback for the Congress gainst the backdrop of %&' (  possible as “talks and terror Iand Opposition unity bid to APakistan Prime Minister  !''$)  * can’t go together.” stop the BJP juggernaut, BSP Imran Khan’s letter to Prime !+' $' India is expected to strong- supremo Mayawati on Minister Narendra Modi for   (&'!+ ,  ly raise the issue of terrorism Thursday said her party will go the resumption of dialogue -'%% emanating from the Pakistani it alone in upcoming Madhya between the two countries, the soil during Sushma-Qureshi Pradesh Assembly elections Government on Thursday con- . !+* ' meeting. Kumar said Sushma and in Chhattisgarh tie up firmed that External Affairs /'+% will also raise the issue of with former Chief Minister Minister Sushma Swaraj and (&' %O1  Kartarpur Sahib during the Ajit Jogi’s outfit Janta Congress her Pakistani counterpart Shah  !  ' meeting. The Kartarpur Sahib Chhattisgarh(J). Mahmood Qureshi will meet '$ $(&&' +  shrine in Pakistan is revered by The Congress was desper- on the sidelines of the upcom-  !+* ' Indian Sikhs, who have been ate to ally with the BSP in ing United Nations General  seeking permission for easier Chhattisgarh, which has rough- Assembly (UNGA) in New  $3 '3#&$ access to the pilgrimage. The ly 12 per cent Scheduled Caste          York next week. It will be the  O('(''  issue gained limelight after population. Congress State                 first such high-level meeting  !! %3+ Congress leader Navjot Singh president Bhupesh Baghel  !"#  $  $% between the two sides since the  !'( ' Sidhu’s assertion following his bared his pain for failing to Pathankot terror attack in &'$ &  return from Khan’s swearing-in stitch alliance with the BSP and January, 2016. that Pakistan had agreed to give said, “Finally, Jogi and mainly in areas dominated by power, Jogi will be the Chief The Government, howev- access to the shrine for the Mayawati have come out in powerful Satnami community.” Minister,’’ remarked Mayawati. er, sought to clarify that it will Minister last month, in his participate in the South Asian the two Foreign Ministers devotees from India. The MEA, open to rescue the BJP.” Chhattisgarh has always Though the BSP won just one be “just a meeting” and “not letter to Modi had specifically Association for Regional Co- could explore the way for- however, maintained that there Though the BJP has witnessed bipolar contest seat in the last Assembly elec- resumption of dialogue.” sought the meeting between operation (SAARC) Foreign ward. He said India and was no official communication slammed the new “oppor- between the BJP and the tion in 2013, the party was “Let’s distinguish between the two Ministers. Ministers’ meeting on the side- Pakistan should resolve all out- in this regard from Pakistan. tunistic” alliance, party’s strate- Congress but with the latest polled 4.4 per cent of the total meeting and dialogue. This Indicating that the forth- lines of the UNGA. The first standing issues, including ter- Sushma had visited gists have cheered the news in political development the State votes polled. doesn’t change our stand on coming meeting between day of the high-level UNGA rorism and Kashmir through Islamabad in December 2015 closed door conversations as is all set to experience a three- Analysts say that the terrorism,” said MEA Sushma and Qureshi does not debate will begin on September dialogue. for a Heart of Asia conference the Mayawati-Jogi combine corner fight in the Assembly alliance between the BSP and spokesperson Raveesh Kumar. indicate any change in India’s 25 and will last for nine work- Khan also said the SAARC and it was the last time a sub- has greater potential to upset elections scheduled for the JCJ will have larger impli- “We have just agreed to the policy towards Pakistan, the ing days. Summit in Islamabad “will stantive dialogue between the Congress poll arithmetic than November this year. cations in the State which has meeting. The agenda is not MEA spokesperson said the India, however, rejected offer an opportunity for you to two countries took place. The the BJP’s. A top BJP leader in Mayawati, who announced track record of a close contest finalised,” Kumar said. date for the meeting was being Khan’s proposal for a SAARC visit Pakistan and for us to re- joint statement issued then Chhattisgarh remarked, “It’s the tie-up in the presence of the between the BJP and the Making this assertion here, finalised by the permanent summit in Pakistan, saying the start the stalled dialogue said Foreign Secretaries should cheering news for us. The wheelchair-bound Jogi in Congress. In 2013 polls, the BJP Kumar said the meeting missions of the two countries atmosphere is not conducive process.” explore modalities under the Congress has to revisit its strat- Lucknow, said the JCJ would managed to retain power for between the two Foreign in New York. He said the agen- there. Khan is learned to have Rejecting the SAARC sug- comprehensive dialogue. egy as the new alliance will contest 55 seats, while the BSP the third straight term by just Ministers will take place on da for the meeting has also not written in his letter to Modi gestion, Kumar said, “We have Terrorist attack on Pathankot heavily erode the Congress will field candidates in remain- 92,000 votes and (0.72) per cent Pakistan’s request. Khan, who been finalised. that Pakistan remains ready to agreed to their request for a airbase in January 2016 traditional vote bank in at least ing 35 seats. difference from the Congress in took charge as Pakistan Prime He said Sushma will also discuss terrorism. Khan said meeting but do not read too derailed the dialogue process. 12-15 Assembly segments, “If the alliance comes to entire 90 seats.      '(#   !            '(/&' %%3  '1 '$*   '&' &'$$'      " #    $ (& +* 3 * !('$'  ('('** '(      press freedom.     /&3  '& '(  #   *+ “In the meanwhile, the '&' $5 6$  blanket order passed by the '. $7 Patna High Court on August 23            cial parade on September 29  with regard to media reporting       after which the NCC com- (in Muzaffarpur shelter home t least 30 passengers of a Jet     he University Grants mander shall address them on   case) is vacated,” it said. AAirways flight took ill, sev-    TCommission (UGC) has the modalities of protection of The SC also restrained the eral of whom suffered from &'!!''   '& directed universities and high- the borders. The varsities may   electronic media from tele- nosebleed and pain in the ears, **''%$'+$ er educational institutions organise a talk-session calling casting or showing the victims on Thursday morning, after a (+'!$!'+ across the country to observe ex-servicemen to sensitise stu- here cannot be a “blanket of sexual abuse and violence, substantial drop in the cabin !'$ + 3('&$ September 29 as “Surgical dents about sacrifices made by Tban” on media reporting on even in a morphed or blurred pressure that forced Jaipur- '. $7 Strike day”. the Armed forces,” the UGC cases of rape and sexual abuse form, saying this would be in bound aircraft to return to the Talk-sessions by ex-ser- said in a communication to all but such incidents should not the interest of such victims. Mumbai airport after being in      ! vicemen about sacrifices by the Vice-Chancellors on Thursday. be sensationalised, the Supreme “We request the media not the air for over 15 minutes.  !   Armed forces, special parades, “A multimedia exhibition Court said on Thursday.    to interview the victims. The The bizarre incident took   .  (!'  visit to exhibitions and sending will be organised around India It made the observations news of the event may of place after the pilots of '. $$$*  greeting cards to pledge their Gate on September 29. Similar after vacating a Patna High    course be disseminated,” the Mumbai-Jaipur flight 9W-697 !'  $$+'  support to Armed forces are exhibitions may be organised in Court order restraining the    bench said, adding, “we also — carrying 166 persons and a         '&!&'56' among the activities prescribed States, Union territories, media from reporting on the request the electronic and print five-member crew took from   #    &'!( ('*  &8   by the UGC. important towns and canton- probe into the Muzaffarpur media not to sensationalise the Chhatrapati Shivaji      !   $&7 “The NCC units of all uni- ments across the country. shelter home case where several    such events”. Maharaj International Airport $  $% versities should organise a spe- “The institutions should women were raped and sexu-      Senior advocate Shekhar (CSMIA) at 6 am — in a major encourage students and facul- ally abused over a period of Naphade, appearing for a scribe breach of the Standard ty members to visit these exhi- time.      who has challenged the Patna Operating Procedure (SOP) administered first aid. bitions,” the letter added. The SC termed as “very    High Court order, argued that forgot to press the “bleed In a statement issued short-     The commission has sug- disturbing” the facts emerging there were guidelines, includ- switch” that controls the air ly after the return of the Jet gested the students shall pledge from CBI’s probe into the    ing on journalistic ethics, and pressure in the cabin during the Airways flight to the Mumbai their support to Armed forces Muzaffarpur shelter home sex- statutory provisions, but these take-off process, resulting in airport, the Ministry of Civil by writing letters and cards ual abuse case and asked the the identity of the victim. A were being violated as the the drop of cabin pressure. Aviation (MoCA) said, “MoCA   which may be produced in dig- Bihar Police to probe the Bench of Justices Madan B media was conducting “paral- The smartphone video has taken cognisance of the ital and physical formats. alleged recovery of large quan- Lokur and Deepak Gupta lel investigations” and trial. footage of the goings-on shot incident in flight 9W-697 ear- “The letters and cards tity of ammunition from for- issued notices to Press Council “It appears that there is no by a few passengers inside the lier on Thursday and has should be shared with PRO mer Bihar Minister Manju of India, Editors Guild of India, mechanism of enforcement affected flight showed oxygen requested the DGCA to file its  R Defence and PIB for publicity,” Verma and her husband. News Broadcasting Standards and implementation of statu- masks hanging from overhead report immediately on the the UGC said. On media coverage of sex- Authority and News tory provisions and guidelines,” compartments and panicked issue. The crew is being de-ros- India carried out surgical ual assaults and their investi- Broadcasters Association seek- the SC observed, adding that passengers breathing through tered. Of the 166 people on       strikes on September 29, 2016 gation, the SC asked both the ing their help in the matter. “in the absence of any mecha- them. board, 30 were affected and on seven terror launch pads print and the electronic media The SC said it would need nism, it is possible that there After the aircraft made an have been given treatment”. ogs without leashes are not across the LoC in PoK in with not to “sensationalise” inci- the help of these bodies on the could be some person, who is emergency landing at the Civil Aviation Minister Dallowed in many gated soci- the Army special forces inflict- dents of sexual assaults and issue of media reporting in not involved in a case, be mis- CSMIA, the affected passengers Suresh Prabhu ordered safety eties in the country, but nation- ing “significant casualties” on abuse and report such cases such cases as it related to the takenly made an accused by the were rushed to the terminal audit of all scheduled airlines al Capital's Sangam Park area terrorists poised to infiltrate. responsibly so as not to reveal criminal justice system and media.” building where they were and airports. near Rana Pratap Bagh is dif- ferent, as eight stray dogs man the locality at night keeping thieves and miscreants away. And this is something that R  " %    robbers didn't like, said resi- dents, adding that post Thursday midnight, an uniden-     Religious and Charitable habitat, upset the jumbo lead- tified person attacked a street Endowment (HR&CE) ing to unpleasant incidents. dog with a knife. It was the asini, the 12-year-old Department, which adminis- The new location, espe- dog's whine that alerted some Mfemale elephant donated ters the temples in the State. cially the climate and ambience, residents who rushed outside to Samayapuram Mariamman The HR&CE Department made her scared and she even and were left heartbroken after Temple in Tiruchirappalli dis- is already in the dock over the trampled her mahout to death seeing the canine in pain. the Prevention of Cruelty to trict by late J Jayalalithaa, the theft/loss of over 6,000 ancient in May. “Masini, a peaceful ele- "I saw a horrid scene, Animals Act. Further investi- then Chief Minister, is living in idols from temples in TN. phant during her stay at tonnes of blood," said one res- gation is going on," said a “inhuman conditions” and It was in 2016 that Theppakkadu, underwent a ident, who with others rushed senior police official. must be sent back to its origi- Jayalalithaa donated Masini to major behavioural change ever the wounded dog to a veteri- "These stray dogs are part nal habitat, a plea in the the famous Samayapuram since she was moved out of the nary hospital where its condi- of our family and the local res- Madurai Bench of the Madras Temple as an offering to god- camp in 2016. At the temple tion is stated to be stable. idents look after them. They act High Court has stated. dess Amman. she was always kept chained "We heard the dog barking as security guards during night Antony Clement Rubin, Till then, Masini was a ‘res- and this upset her,” said Rubin following which we came out and bark whenever they see a an animal rights activist and a ident’ of the Theppakkadu in his petition. and saw a man with a chopper suspicious person and thus former member of the Animal camp, where she had the com- Pravin Rathnam, the attacking the dog. Other dogs alerting the residents. Such Welfare Board of India, has pany of a number of elephants lawyer representing Rubin, said were seen standing at a distance attack on animals is unaccept- approached the HC with a plea and all the ambience of a wild the Animal Welfare Board of barking at him. Seeing us the able," said another resident. to save Masini from the inhu- forest. India team which had exam- accused fled," said Payal, a This is not the first inci- man conditions at the temple The tributaries of Bhavani ined Masini in 2016 had told resident. Another resident dent. In August seven puppies and send it back to its original river and the lush green forest the Forest Department that informed the Police Control were killed at Kargil habitat, the Theppakkadu camp had offered her a luxurious life the elephant was not in the best Room (PCR). Apartments in Sector 18A in near Mudumalai forest. despite living in captivity. But of health and there has been a "We are looking for CCTV Dwarka. The post-mortem Thereafter, Justices MM the then CM donating her to change in her behaviour footage to identify the accused. report stated that the dogs Sundaresh and Satish Kumar the temple, hundreds of km because she has been isolated We have registered a case under were killed with a sharp object. issued notices to the Hindu away from Masini’s original from her herd.   

*     / !"# $ . 2 O P    meeting on water transport and transport activities would Dam in , ty could be provided in 91 kms only from the identified loca-  $+ @. '' $+  ' $+(($'  here, the Minister said that also be encouraged, he said. located in at Bhakra Dam, whereas about tions and will be no effect on &' $+ '. $'#' $L&   imachal Transport and there were immense possibili- The Transport Minister Bilaspur district, which would 52 kms in Kol Dam and 27 kms the fishery activity. M&!(+7$ L&  M('+!! HForest Minister Govind ties of water transport on dams said that a detailed project develop water transport facil- in Chamera. The technical member of *+&'$ &$ ' + '  &' '!(!*9D' Thakur on Thursday said that built on different rivers in the report has been prepared from ities on these dams. He also directed to explore the Indian Water Route &'*;7$  3,'7 '3 #* 3 the State Government would state, which should be proper- a private agency IT Maritine He urged the officials of the the possibilities of water trans- Authority SK Kang gave '+3& ''3'&'+'3,&'$ &+ fully exploit the water transport ly exploited. This would pro- Pvt. Ltd to find out the possi- respective departments and port facility in and detailed information on the $'$$ + &!(+ ' + '   potential available in the state. vide transportation facilities bilities of water transportation the Deputy Commissioners of other rivers and dams in the water route transportation at &7 While presiding over a to the people and water sports at Chamera dam and Chowk different districts to work with state. the meeting. mutual coordination so that the As per the detailed project Director, Technical of the        // project could be given prompt report, Rs 21.86 crore would Authority AK Mishra gave a &5(6&7 #* +'(! 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Ram Subhag Singh, Principal (&7 ('%!$ $* $& ' be ensured that they get oppor- The impacts on the people Secretary Jagdish Sharma,  %5677&$* ',' (? ? tunities of employment and self engaged in fishery activities Deputy Commissioner of var- *+  '(& ' $7 employment. were also discussed in the ious districts, senior officers of &** $, ++& $  Govind Thakur said that meeting and experts of the different departments and var- '+' (??(&7 according to the report sub- Water Authority of India ious hydel power projects of the mitted by the consultation informed that these transport state were also present in the 8   )82   agency, water transport facili- facilities were made available meeting. &5(6&7 ('%(''  #*F$ * '!$   D '' 9D  #*F$ * 3 &  $#' $8$ &'& ''+ $' + ;G *(''+ $*'$' ,''' #*' &    (!*9E3;=9G7       &5(6&7 ''+& '!$& !'   & *'& '!$'&& '!'(& *'$*$&3  & $&'&$ '$*('!'' !$(%,'!*' 9D=,    ,  It was informed that the tective headgear approved by (3,'!*' :==,(H,'!*' <==, Transport Department chal- Bureau of Indian Standards '!& +' 9EE3 ;EE$ IE9' !$ o ensure the safety of laned 4,03,907 two wheeler rid- form time to time. And, the vio- & '!7 $ (3& '!&$''$ !$ Twomen while driving, ers and 1,50,855 challans were lators would be challaned by the '$*$$ ' *' +'$!,'+ Haryana Government on issued to pillion riders for not department. Persons who are ;I7 !$&+5'&J.6''%  Thursday made the wearing of wearing protective head- medically advised by Chief $& (&'7 a helmet mandatory for women gears(helmet) during the cur- Medical Officers not to wear riding two-wheelers. rent year from January to July such headgear or a Sikh while           Stating this, a spokesperson 2018. driving or riding two wheelers &5(6&7!&  $  ' ''''$&'$ of the Haryana Transport Out of these, 11,309 challans in public places, wearing a tur-  '(+' '! $$$8'8 Department said that the deci- have been issued to the women ban is exempted from wearing  $'  5 ' ' *+  * 6 '#& sion has been taken following during May 2018 and June 2018 the headgear, he said. $ +D:$ !! $' ' *' $3  directions from Punjab and for not wearing the headgear. 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   ,  The arrested accused were Hansi, and supply it in Jind In another seizure of tra- the district. The arrested identified as Rajesh, a resident area. Monu, a resident of madol, Haryana Police have accused have been identified as n a crackdown on drug ped- of village Data in Hisar and Jagdalpur was middlemen in recovered 1.17 lakh tablets Vikas and Sunil of village Idlers, Haryana Police have truck driver Kapil, a native of this trade, the spokesman said. under operation ‘prabal prahar’ Khariyan and Gurvinder and seized more than 456 kg ganja village Lohari Raghu, Hisar. He further said that Police in distict Sirsa. Police have Kuldeep, both residents of vil- while it was being smuggled to During preliminary inves- are interrogating the accused to also arrested four persons who lage Raghuana. Jind district in a truck. Police tigation, it was revealed that know where and to whom were in possession of the pro- He said that Police is also have also arrested two persons Rajesh and two others are part- they were supposed to deliver hibited tablets. enquiring about the name of in this connection. ners in this illegal trade. They such huge quantity of nar- The spokesman said that a suppliers from the accused Giving this information, a used to bring ganja from Orissa cotics. The police have regis- police team had seized these and efforts were being made to spokesman of Police and Chhattisgarh border in a tered a case under Narcotics tablets from four persons in an nab them. A case has been reg- Department said that following truck belonging to Anil, a Drugs and Psychotropic Innova car during patrolling istered against them at Ding a tip-off, the truck was inter- native of village Dhana in Substances Act. near Ding police station area in police station and further cepted by a team of Crime investigation is on, he added. Investigation Agency near Ramrai village in Jind and recovered 456 kg 870 gram ganja. This is the second biggest ' & haul in Jind this year after 386 kg ganja in August 25, he said. & &!(+    , 

aryana Government has Hdecided to launch a state level cleanliness campaign especially in the villages so as to make the entire state clean and beautiful. Giving details, an official spokesman said that Chief Minister Manohar Lal has given directions that before the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, all the maha-grams of state would be made neat and clean. The Chief Minister would himself review the progress report of maha-gram swach- hta campaign on daily basis. The spokesman said that under this campaign on Gandhi Jayanti, four lakh persons including two lakh school students would par- ticipate. He said that Development and Panchayats Department will carry out this cleanliness drive in mahagrams and under parivartan scheme senior officers would ensure cleanliness in atleast two vil- lages among designated 47 blocks. Special campaign will be organized in the state for the cleanliness of hospitals, schools and other institu- tions in which active partici- pation of schools, NGOs, NSS, NCC and other volun- tary organizations should also be ensured, the spokesman said. Recently, the Chief Minister, cabinet ministers and other dignitaries also participated in ‘Swachhata Hi Seva Movement' in Haryana.

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   ,  spokesperson. Government’s firm commit- 13 Marla of land, which stands 2003. A Memorandum of ment to lift every single grain in the name of Punjab The move will help the o boost tourism and facil- Understanding (MoU) was of the farmers’ produce from Agriculture University, state achieve specific fiscal tar- Titate lakhs of pilgrims, the signed between the govern- the market and strictly adhere Ludhiana, and Punjab gets within a stipulated time Punjab Cabinet on Thursday ments of Punjab and Himachal to the prescribed norms of Department of Sports to the period to avail the benefit of the approved the setting up of a Pradesh to set up the ropeway timely payment. Central Ministry,” said the Centre’s Debt Consolidation ropeway project between Sri between Sri Anandpur Sahib Cabinet was informed that speokesperson. and Relief Facility for states, an Anandpur Sahib in Punjab and Naina Devi on July 26, the Central Government had The Cabinet also gave ex- official spokesperson said after and Naina Devi temple in 2012. For the same, the Punjab fixed minimum support price post facto approval 175.1 acre the Cabinet meeting. . Tourism Department had of Rs 1770 per quintal for of land belonging to Punjab The Act was framed by the Besides, the Cabinet also acquired 108 Kanal 13 Marla grade 'A' paddy and Rs 1750 Agriculture University at Central Government on the ratified the Shahpur Kandi land for setting up a lower ter- per quintal for common vari- Jodhpur Romana village in basis of the model draft bill cir- Dam project agreement with minal and right of way within ety paddy for the Kharif mar- Bathinda, transferred earlier to culated by the Reserve Bank of Jammu and Kashmir govern- the Punjab territory for this keting season 2018-19. the Union Ministry of Health India, suitably amended from ment, reviewed paddy pro- purpose. However, the MoU Five State procurement and Family Welfare, free of cost time to time. As per the rec- curement arrangements, was cancelled by the Himachal agencies — Pungrain, Markfed, for the AIIMS project. ommendations of the 14th besides approving the transfer Pradesh Government on June Punsup, PSWC, PAFC, along With this decision, the Finance Commission, each of final land for Bathinda 3, 2014. with FCI, will procure paddy requirement of entire land for state is mandatorily required to AIIMS project. In February, 2018, a letter on MSP as per specification the establishment of AIIMS at enact a Fiscal Responsibility Led by Chief Minister Capt from Chief Minister Himachal laid down by the Central Bathinda now stands com- Legislation to realize the Amarinder Singh, the Cabinet Pradesh was received to revive Government. pletely fulfilled, said the desired targets. has given its approval for set- the project, following which During the previous KMS spokesperson. The framing of these rules ting up the ropeway between Capt Amarinder conveyed his 2017-18, a total of 179.34 LMT Bathinda AIIMS would be was also necessary as the State two shrines in Public Private consent to Himachal Pradesh. paddy was procured, of which a 750-bed premier medical Government had entered an Partnership (PPP) mode. Subsequently, the Punjab 176.61 LMT paddy was pro- institute with 10 specialty agreement with the Asian “The ropeway would facil- Tourism Department received cured by Government agencies, departments and 11 super- Development Bank, under itate lakhs of devotees visiting the approved MoU from the spokesperson. the project, the Ranjit Sagar beginning from October 1, the while traders or millers pro- specialty departments. The which it would get a loan of 200 these two historic and religious Government of Himachal Cabinet has also ratified Dam would operate its opti- Chief Minister Capt Amarinder cured only 2.73 LMT. During Chief Minister reiterated his million US dollars (Rs 1200 sites in a smooth and hassle- Pradesh on September 5, 2018. the agreement, signed on mum capacity. It would also issued directives for smooth ensuing KMS 2018-19, State government's firm commit- crore approximately). free manner,” said an official It is proposed to carry out September 8 between the Chief help in regulating releases at and hassle-free procurement of Agencies will procure 190.00 ment to ensure early opera- On fulfillment of the nec- spokesperson, pointing out this project in PPP mode by Secretaries of Punjab and Shahpurkandi Dam, thus help- the grain. LMT paddy and FCI will pro- tionalization of AIIMS essary conditions, the first that Sri Anandpur Sahib and setting up a special purpose Jammu and Kashmir, as well as ing improve irrigation facilities Elaborate arrangements cure 10 LMT paddy. Bathinda, the progress of which tranche of 50 million US dol- Naina Devi were famous pil- vehicle. The total paid up equi- Central Government’s to the command area under were being made to procure the was being monitored on regu- lars (Rs 316.92) and the second grim destinations visited by ty of SPV will be Rs one crore, Commissioner Indus, for Uppar Bari Doab Canal expected 200 lakh metric    lar basis, added the spokesper- tranche of 50 million US dol- devotees from across the globe. with Rs 50 lakhs each as share immediate resumption of work (UBDC). J&K would get its tonnes paddy.  son. lars (Rs 337.06 crore) had The two shrines were locat- of the two states. on Shahpur Kandi Dam share of water from Shahpur The Chief Minister has  2  .  already been received by the ed quite far from each other, As per the MoU, both Project. Kandi Dam project through asked the Food and Civil Cabinet has decided to 2   state, said the spokesperson. with hilly terrain compounding states will have equal share in The project, aimed to be gravity. Supplies Department, the nodal transfer certain land pieces,     As per the conditions of the problems of the devotees, the revenue, with concession completed in three years, agency for the procurement belonging to the State     the agreement for release of the Cabinet noted. The Punjab period of 40 years. In the ini- would generate 206 MW of .    operations, to ensure all nec- Government, to the Union      third tranche of 100 million Government, with the con- tial seven years, no concession additional hydro power, lead-     essary arrangements for Ministry of Health and Family Punjab Cabinet gave its US dollars, it was necessary sent of Himachal Pradesh, had fee would be paid by the con- ing to irrigation and power    smooth, prompt and hassle- Welfare for the AIIMS project approval to the rules for imple- for the State Government to thus decided to set up the cessionaire and a time period benefits worth Rs 852.73 crore Reviewing the arrange- free procurement and storage at Bathinda. mentation of Punjab Fiscal make Fiscal Responsibility Ropeway project to ease the of three years would be given annually. ments and preparedness for the of paddy. “Cabinet has decided to Responsibility and Budget and Budget Management travel of visitors, said the to set up this project, said the With the completion of paddy procurement season He also reiterated the transfer four Acres, one Kanal, Management (FRBM) Act, Rules.  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'8' +      chalk out a roadmap to curb The Dental Association unjab Government would oral diseases,” he said. also raised the issue of separate Psoon launch a special pro- Giving information regard- combined dental directorate    ,  nical knowhow in the fields of    ,  Congress chief Ashok Tanwar incidents of heinous crimes gramme to curb oral cancer in ing recruitment of medical under the Health and Medical agriculture and horticulture. presented these memoranda against girls and women and the state. officers, he said that about 306 Education Department to pro- unjab Chief Minister Capt The visiting dignitary called aryana Congress on to the Governor Satyadev the State Government should “If oral cancer is diag- medical officers will join health mote the dental services to the PAmarinder Singh on for further cementing the tra- HThursday presented a Narayan Arya in Haryana Raj be pulled up to take effective nosed in its earliest stage, treat- department within 15 days next level. Thursday assured former ditional bonds of peace and memorandum for the Bhawan here. steps to make the women and ment is generally very effec- while 92 Rural Medical Officers Keeping in mind the wel- Afghan President Hamid Karzai brotherhood between President through the Haryana Attacking the Manohar Lal girls safe to live an honourable tive,” said the state Health and will also join the health depart- fare of PCMS dental cadre, the of greater strategic support and Afghanistan and India, partic- Governor Satyadev Narayan Khattar Government in life in Haryana. Family Welfare Minister Brahm ment. Health Minister announced cooperation for the war-torn ularly Punjab. Arya asking for an enquiry into Haryana, Tanwar said that law Speaking about the Rafale Mohindra on the occasion of “Our neighbouring states, that all the demands of dental nation. Capt Amarinder said that the Rafale fighter deal scam of and order situation of the state scam, the Congress leader Annual Reorientation Session- such as Jammu and Kashmir medical officers have been The Chief Minister con- since Afghanistan and India the Union Government. has totally failed. alleged that the Union 2018 held for Dental Medical and Haryana, had higher num- approved and will be notified veyed this to Karzai when the shared warm and friendly his- By another memorandum During the last year, over Government by ignoring all the Officers on Thursday. ber of dental medical officers soon, including promotions latter called on him at his offi- torical relations, Punjab would presented to the Haryana 1500 rape cases happened in principles and without inviting Mohindra, addressing the proportionate to their popula- for DDHOs, dental materials in cial residence for a breakfast be happy to provide all possible Governor, the Haryana Haryana, it means three such any tender unilaterally decid- gathering, said that the Punjab tion. To fill this gap of vacan- essential drug list of the state, meeting. assistance in the development of Congress has asked that imme- incidents a day. Transfers of ed to purchase only 36 Rafale Government has taken sever- cies in Punjab, the case regard- making dental materials more Thanking the Chief Afghanistan. diate notice may be taken of the senior police officers have been fighter planes and put the al initiatives to strengthen ing recruitment of dentists at all easily available to all Dental Minister for inviting him to The Chief Minister, who day by day increasing atrocities taking place but nothing country to a big loss. health services as well as to Primary health Centres will be OPDs in the state, collaboration Kisan Mela being held at Punjab presented Karzai with a set of against women and rape inci- worthwhile happens for the Later in a meeting held eradicate killer diseases like forwarded to the Finance with NGOs and MNCs for Agriculture University (PAU) as books authored by him and a dents and the State security of girls and women, he here, an app named “Shakti” cancer and TB. “Early diagno- Department,” he said. conducting oral health pro- the chief guest, Karzai said that shawl as token of love and Government may be directed alleged. was launched. This app will sis of oral cancer patients would The Minister said that the motion activities and main- Afghanistan and Punjab shared affection, also invited him to to take effective steps to stop Tanwar said that by the establish direct contact for dia- decrease mortality rate and Senior Residency will also be taining seniority of dental med- close cultural ties and could visit Patiala on his next visit to such heinous crimes. memorandum, the Governor logue with the Congress help in providing correct treat- introduced for dentists to make ical officers at par with medical benefit through mutual coop- see the rich heritage of the his- A deputation of has been requested that a seri- President Rahul Gandhi, ment. This ‘Annual Orientation them eligible to enter the med- officers. eration and exchange of tech- toric city. Congressmen led by Haryana ous note may be taken of the Tanwar said.   % !* !'() * '+ ((' '* $'! $ ' &'*;:' &3$%++-4-567%%'/-. '&''% 28 (   &' +('    ,  been ordered for eight polling the Congress made the state    ,  booths of Amritsar, one each of look like Bihar during the worst    ,  day after 58 percent of the Moga, Fazilka and Faridkot days of that state.    , . . / itting back at Shiromani A1.27 crore registered voters districts and two booths each of “It is extremely painful and HAkali Dal (SAD) for target- aryana Sports and Youth exercised their franchise to Patiala, Bathinda and Ludhiana regrettable that the State ing the Cabinet Minister Navjot HAffairs Minister Anil Vij elect 354 members of 22 Zila districts. Election Commission com-    ./  .  Singh Sidhu on the issue of on Thursday said that a State Parishads and 2,900 members The Commission has pletely abdicated its constitu- Kartarpur Sahib corridor, Punjab level ‘Khel Mahakumbh’ will be of 150 Panchayat Samitis in announced re-polling on one tional responsibility yesterday.    ,  They said that this was the against SAD president, Grewal Congress president Sunil Jakhar organized from October 23 to Punjab, the State Election booth of Gaggo Mahal village, Both the state machinery and reason why out of total booths, said that the complainant on Thursday said that SAD pres- October 25 to encourage sports Commission on Thursday two of Kot Khaira, one each of the state election commission hiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in which polling had been Jatinderpal was the real broth- ident Sukhbir Badal, and his in the state. ordered re-polling on 53 booths Rasulpur Khurad and Kartar functioned as extension coun- Son Thursday demanded ordered, 54 were from Muktsar er of Congress candidate party had earlier never raised the Before this, these games of eight districts, to be held Singh Nagar, one each of ters of the Congress party dur- immediate registration of case district and 11 from Lambi con- Ravinderpal Rammi. “The FIR issue of opening passage. will be organized from October on Friday. Bulara, Saran and Singhpura of ing the entire poll process,” he and arrest of Muktsar Senior stituency alone. did not mention any hurt Showing a picture purport- 11 to October 13 at district As per the orders, the repoll Amritsar district. alleged. Superintendent of Police (SSP) “Despite such large scale caused and there is no medical edly of Sukhbir Badal along with level, said Vij. will be videographed. Repolling will also ne held He said that SAD is their Manjit Singh Dhesi for alleged- booth capturing, no case was report even though this section his brother-in-law Bikram Singh He said that during this The repolling was ordered in one booth each of Nawa prime target because “our party ly organizing booth capturing registered against a single had been added. Even the sup- Majithia savouring ‘gol gappe’ in Mahakumbh, various compe- after the Commission received Rode in Moga, Chak Arni Wala has always articulated the Sikh in Wednesday’s Block Samiti Congress worker or officer. posed victims are shown to be Pakistan during 2012 visit, Jakhar titions will be organized in dis- reports of wrongdoings in some village in Fazilka, Bakhshiwala and the Punjab cause in a and Zila Parishad polls. Manjit Dhesi should be pun- from Maur which proves our said: “They claim what is a big deal tricts of Ambala, Panchkula, polling booths of Zila Parishad village, Khuda village of Patiala, peaceful and democratic way”. At the same time, while ished appropriately for muz- contention that outsiders were if Sidhu is raising Kartarpur Sahib Karnal, Rohtak, Bhiwani, and Panchayat Samitis. The Dabrikhana village of Faridkot, “State Government’s non- announcing to continue fight- zling the voice of democracy used to capture booths in issue. They say they have been Gurugram and Hisar. As voters will recast their votes on Dayalpura Mirja village and performance and its betrayal of ing for the rights of the people, and allowing gangsters a free Lambi,” he added. making this demand for a long many as 15 different games will September 21, Friday, in these Rattangarh Kanakwal village of the people of Punjab on the SAD made it clear that its run of Muktsar district to do as Cheema added that cent- time. But as far as I know, I never be played at district and block polling stations from 8 am to 4 Bathinda, besides two booths of promises made to them by president Sukhbir Badal would they pleased,” they demanded. per-cent booth capturing in heard from their mouth or learnt level in which sportspersons of pm, said the Commission’s Dholanwal village of Ludhiana. Capt Amarinder by holding not file for anticipatory bail in Grewal said that five-time which Akali workers were oust- any letter written by Akali Dal on all categories will show their spokesperson. The counting of votes will Gutka Sahib in hand had com- the “political vendetta case reg- Chief Minister Parkash Singh ed from booths had occurred opening of Kartarpur corridor.” talent. Out of total 54, maximum be held on September 22, pletely isolated the Congress istered against him”. Badal went to the spot at at 164 places. “SEC was forced “I just know that they had A budget of around Rs 5 36 polling booths are of Sri Saturday, and would begin at 8 from the people. The Congress “Muktsar SSP, who is a real Killianwali in Muktsar upon to order repoll in 54 places fol- gone to Pakistan (in 2012) where crore has been sanctioned for Muktsar Sahib district. It has am. now is using its old card of brother of the Chief Minister’s getting information about lowing pressure from the peo- they could be seen in this picture this purpose which would be been learnt that even after the dividing Punjabis and conspir- OSD Sonu Dhesi, had given booth capturing after ringing ple. Despite this, no case has that Sukhbir was enjoying gol spent on organising the events, announcement of repolling,      ing to push the brave Sikh directions to the district police the state DGP eight times and been registered against any gappe,” said Jakhar while lashing prize money etc. These games the Muktsar District adminis-   community into a fratricidal to help Congress workers cap- the IG two times. “Badal chose Congress minister, legislator out at him for criticising Sidhu on will provide opportunity to tration continued to receive  . civil war,” said Badal adding that ture booths as per the com- to go to the people after appeals or worker for indulging in this Kartarpur corridor issue. the players from villages of the requests for re-poll in more Chandigarh: Punjab’s former the SAD is determined not mand of his political masters,” made to the State police failed goondaism. Even in cases He said that Sidhu was, at state to come forward and to booths. Chief Minister Parkash Singh only to expose the nexus and its alleged senior SAD leaders — to produce any results. He was where complaints had been least, making efforts for opening become excellent sportsper- Spokesperson said that re- Badal on Thursday described conspiracies but also to save Bikram Singh Majithia, accompanied by SAD president submitted like that against ASI the corridor. Sukhbir and other sons of the future, he said. polling has also been ordered the conduct of Zila Parishad Punjab and the Sikhs from Maheshinder Singh Grewal Sukhbir Badal,” he elaborated. Daljit Singh in Lambi on leaders in BJP never gave a try for The Sports Minister said on three booths of Sangudhon, and Panchayat polls as a “bru- these evil designs. and Daljit Singh Cheema, dur- Ripping apart the false and September 14, no action had it. that last year also, Khel two of Chak Madrasa, three of tal and broad daylight murder ing a press briefing. fabricated case registered been taken,” he said. Jakhar’s statement in support Mahakumbh was organized in Lakhewali, three of Midda vil- of democracy”.       of cricketer-turned-politician the state in which sportsper- lage, two of Bhagwanpura vil- The former five-time Chief    mer Akali ministers — tators on the polling day had didates were permitted entry comes at a time when Sidhu has sons actively participated in lage, three of Danewala village, Minister said that the wanton   Upinderjit Kaur and Bibi Jagir dissuaded the women from while the first timers-women been under fire over his hug with these games. two of Aspal village, two of and widespread lawlessness SAD’s women wing, Istri Kaur — said that the ruling reaching the polling booths to aspirants were little conversant Pakistan army chief and has been The present Government Babania village, three of Piuri and criminality witnessed on Akali Dal, on Thursday alleged party had vitiated the political exercise their right of voting. with various procedures and vociferously raising the issue of not only encouraged the sports village, one of Tharajwala vil- Wednesday should finally open that the female folk did not environment to the extent of “The low turnout, espe- badly needed the assistance of opening of corridor virtually but also started various nation- lage, one of Giljewala village, the eyes of those who thought engage in the political process creating a fear psychosis in fair cially of women voters, only their male supporter. alone within the party. al level competitions. Under one of Kangan Khera village, that his earlier warnings on the during the Zila Parishad and sex to venture out to participate reconfirms our assessment that They said that the women He has also been accused of this, every year on the occasion one of Mandi Kiliyanwali vil- conspiracies for impending vio- Samiti polls despite the fact that in political activities. women were discouraged for candidates were conspicuously lying to people by Akali Dal over of Haryana Heroes' Martyrdom lage, two of Bhitiwala village, lence and civil war in Punjab 50 percent of seats were The duo said that the news voting”, they added. absent from campaigning, Kartarpur route. Day national level wrestling one of Mehna village, three of were a mere “ruse”. reserved for them and they of widespread violence, booth Pointing out that the poll going from door-to-door, meet- Gurdaspur MP claimed that competition is organized and Mann village, one of Bhagu vil- Badal said that September were free to contest from other capturing and ensuing skir- process was vitiated from the ing voters or addressing corner Akali Dal was scared of placing Kabaddi Competition in the lage, two of Lal Bai village of Sri 19, 2018, will be remembered as constituencies too. mishes and clashes, when such day one of filing of nominations meetings while they were con- any demand before Modi gov- memory of Pandit Deen Dayal Muktsar Sahib district. “one of the darkest days” for Squarely blaming the attempts were resisted and as at various offices, the women testing, and their presence was ernment over fear of being repri- Upadhyaya, he added. Besides, re-polling has also democracy in Punjab when Congress for the same, two for- police remaining passive spec- Akali leaders said that only can- negligible. manded  + /$ 2   

    are organized every year by work in the area of disaster pre- related to disaster preparedness HPSDMA, DM Cell, paredness, response, recovery and response will be orga- imachal Pradesh State Department of Revenue. A and mitigation in Himachal nized in Shimla on October 12 HDisaster Management range of Information, Pradesh through the ‘Himachal and 13 to showcase different Authority (HPSDMA) will Education and DRR Leadership Awards 2018’, equipment available in market organize awareness and capac- Communication (I.E.C.) mate- he said. for disaster response, fire-fight- ity building campaign rial is developed and dissemi- He further said, HPSDMA ing, search and rescue, etc, ‘Samarth-2018’ from October nated among different target will also organize a ‘contest for Rana said. 1-13 in the state. groups to enhance their knowl- the development of innovative As a part of the campaign, edge and understanding of dis- prototypes for disaster pre- various events and activities aster risk reduction, he said. paredness and response’. will be carried out at district Rana said that mock drills An exhibition on prod- and state level in Himachal. on fire safety would be con- ucts, technologies, equipment A coordination meeting ducted in educational institu- was held here under the chair- tions besides slogan writing personship of Special Secretary, competition, quiz on disas- Revenue and Disaster ters, poster making and essay Management DC Rana to writing competitions for review the preparations for schools. this campaign in which nodal Apart from awareness officers for Disaster activities, new initiatives have Management from all the also been taken for SAMART- departments, district adminis- 2018. There will be competition tration and MC Shimla were for the documentation of sto- present. ries of resilience highlighting Speaking on the occasion, various kinds of hazards. The DC Rana said that started in best entries will be compiled in 2011, SAMARTH campaign is a publication and awarded too. carried out at the state, district HPSDMA will also identify and community level and a and felicitate the individuals variety of events and activities who have done exemplary    , $      

K!'&%  3 Government on the deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets from France, & !N' &O which he claims cost more than '"   Q" ) three times the price the previ- ous Congress-led Government '+$ */& asked questions on this in "admitted" that Vijay Mallya said.   had negotiated. Parliament but got no reply, met him before leaving the Mentioning about Modi's Countering his charges, ?' K? and took a jibe at Modi's past country. "The Finance Minister monthly radio talk, Rahul in nion Finance Minister Jaitley said the previous assertions on tackling corrup- allowed Vijay Mallya who his rally speech said the prime UArun Jaitley on Thursday Government "concealed" the    tion. defrauded banks to tune of Rs minister speaks his 'mann ki launched a scathing attack on loans despite default, by rolling  , 5 K . 6 Modi had said he did not 9,000 crore to leave the coun- baat' in all his speeches but the Congress president Rahul them over and NPAs or bad loans want to become the country's try but the Prime Minister did Congress wants to hear what Gandhi calling him a "Clown during his political rallies, Jaitley that sentence repeatedly uttered were hidden under the carpet. ongress President Rahul prime minister, but its 'chowki- not break his silence," he said. the people say. The Congress Prince" and accusing him of said not a single rupee of any by Rahul Gandhi is false. "The truth, Rahul Gandhi, CGandhi on Thursday dar' (watchman), Rahul Earlier in the day, his party chief said the promise to pro- "lying" that the Modi debtor has been waived by the "You lied on the Rafale deal, is that your Government allowed launched a serious personal recalled. He added now it is men responded to Finance vide employment to two crore Government had waived 2.5 BJP Government. you lied on the NPAs (non-per- the banks to be looted. The loans attack against Prime Minister heard on the streets that the Minister Arun Jaitley's “clown youths every year and the lakh crore of loans of 15 indus- Jaitley said: "To each of the forming assets). Your tempera- were inadequately securitised. Narendra Modi by calling him country's 'chowkidar' is a thief. prince” comment on the Make In India campaign had trialists and NPAs (Non Rafale questions raised by me, ment to concoct facts raises a Your Government was in com- as a "thief (chor)". He said this is what the people Congress chief, the party retal- failed as phones, shoes and Performing Assets). there has been no reply. In legitimate question — do peo- plicity," he wrote. Rahul said people are now in Rajasthan and elsewhere in iated that Jaitley is desperate in clothes carried the Made In Slamming Rahul Gandhi's mature democracies those who ple whose natural preference is "The campaign of false- heard saying that the country's the country felt. his attempt to stay relevant as China tag. continuous attack against the rely on falsehood are considered falsehood deserve to be a part of hood on Rafale entirely led by "watchman" is a "thief". "Galli The Gandhi scion said a 'Court Jester' to 'Modi "We will make the people Government over the Rafale unfit for public life. Many have the public discourse?" the Congress President exposes galli mein shor hai, Hindustan people are disappointed with Sultanate'. of the state secure and focus on deal, Jaitley said the campaign of been banished from political Loans to 12 defaulters were his strategy i.e. concoct a lie and ka chowkidar chor hai," Rahul the BJP governments at the "Abuse, Diversion and providing employment. We falsehood is entirely led by activity because they were given before 2014 and it was repeat as many times." "In said at a rally in tribal-domi- Centre and in Rajasthan and Deception are the desperate want mobile phones with Made Rahul Gandhi and his strategy caught lying. But this rule obvi- only the present Government mature democracies, those who nated Sagwara in poll-bound the Congress is now set to win. tools of a 'Lying -Jait-LIE'. in Rajasthan tag," he said. On is simple - concoct a lie and ously can't apply to a dynastic which was making recoveries, rely on falsehood are considered Rajasthan. "Neither the Prime Minister Instead of hiding behind the the occasion Rahul tried to repeat it as many times. "This, at organisation like Congress Party. the Finance Minister said. unfit for public life. Many have Referring to the Prime and the Chief Minister, nor cloak of expletives for the allay speculation over rifts in least provide him some con- "If the 'Rafale concoctions' Defaulters, he added, are losing been banished from political Minister's "silence" on the their money can stop the opposition, let FM coherently the state unit of the party by cocted material for his state- were the first big lie, the second their companies and assets as activity because they were Rafale fighter aircraft deal with change of Government in answer politically relevant referring to a motorcycle ride ment/speeches for otherwise an one stated repeatedly is that Mr. they are being auctioned to caught lying. But this rule obvi- France and the Modi Rajasthan," he said. issues on demonetization, that Rajasthan Congress chief issueless Congress," he said. Modi waived off rupees two lakh recover dues. ously can't apply to a dynastic Government's "failure" to bring Referring to a recent row, rupee fall and the scandalous Sachin Pilot and former chief In his Facebook blog to fifty thousand crore of fifteen Rahul has repeatedly organisation like Congress fugitive businessman Vijay Rahul claimed Finance Rafale deal," Congress chief minister Ashok Gehlot took reply to Rahul's charges made industrialists. Every word of attacked the Narendra Modi party," he lashed out. Mallya to book, he said he had Minister Arun Jaitley had spokesman Randeep Surjewala together. " '# ')# '*- . "               ,  -    "   from the Bihar Government Brajesh Thakur. the detained persons in crime, the official further said. ;=':=L'  % ual assault cases, were procured by them. following the reports of sexual The apex court also asked the Muzzafarpur and Sonepur in Rani's role is being probed "Twenty to thirty per cent of sexual he Supreme Court on abuse of 34 minor girls lodged State Government to file affidavit Bihar, an agency official said. for alleged abetment under the (&  '!3% assaults take place in shelter homes. In TThursday directed the Bihar in the shelter home surfaced. on shifting of eight girls from the As In-charge for inspection, Protection of Children from Muzaffarpur in Bihar, the head of a shelter Police to investigate former The SC order came after it shelter home after the NGO was Rani was responsible for carry- Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act.   home allegedly sexually assaulted several chil- Minister Manju Verma and her perused the CBI status report on embroiled in the controversy and ing out inspection between 2015 The agency has also frozen dren, but he was not arrested immediately. husband Chandrashekhar the investigation into the case in directed the CBI to file in sealed and 2017 at the shelter home and 20 bank accounts of Thakur nion Minister Maneka Gandhi on There was a tunnel from the shelter home to Verma in connection with the which it stated that cover its next status report on the three private persons are sus- and also prohibited transactions UThursday expressed concern over sex- his residence. That means the crimes must have recovery of huge quantity of "Chandrashekhar Verma and probe in the case within four pected of sexually exploiting the of his moveable and immoveable ual assaults in children's shelter homes and taken place in his residence. I appeal to all DGPs ammunition from them even as his wife have been in possession weeks. Meanwhile, the CBI said shelter home inmates. The three properties. The Muzaffarpur increasing incidents of NRI grooms aban- to keep a close eye on all shelter homes," she the CBI arrested three private of illegal ammunition in large it has detained four persons private individuals are also sus- horror came to light when the doning their brides. She asked the police force said. Earlier in the day, the Home Minister individuals and then Asst quantity". "We expect the local including Assistant Director of the pected to have been connected Bihar Social Welfare Department to keep a close eye on such crimes and the launched two separate portals to strengthen Director (In-charge Inspection police to look into it," the SC Social Welfare Department Rosy to the prime accused. The trio filed an FIR based on a social arrest of culprits. women's safety. The National Database on of Shelter Homes) Social Welfare bench comprising Justices M B Rani in connection with its ongo- was on the rolls of prime accused audit of the shelter home con- Speaking at an event, where a national reg- Sexual Offenders (NDSO), which is accessible Department, in connection with Lokur and Deepak Gupta said. ing probe into the Muzzafarpur Brajesh Thakur and was a regu- ducted by the Tata Institute of istry of sex offenders was launched by Union only to law enforcement agencies, will assist in the Muzaffarpur shelter home Expressing satisfaction over shelter home scandal. lar visitor to the shelter homes. Social Sciences, Mumbai that Home Minister Rajnath Singh, she pulled up effective tracking and investigation of cases of sexual abuse case. The CBI also the CBI probe into the case, the Besides Rani, the agency The CBI probe has revealed mentioned instances of rapes of representatives of the States which did not sexual offences. The portal 'cybercrime.Gov.In' froze 20 bank accounts of prime SC asked the Income Tax detained three private persons that the victims had shared minor girl inmates. Following a respond to a letter sent by Women and Child will receive complaints from citizens on objec- accused Brajesh Thakur. Department to look into assets — Santosh, Guddu and Vijay. their ordeal with Rani but she nationwide uproar over the inci- Development Ministry asking how many 'rape tionable online content related to child pornog- Verma had earlier resigned of the NGO which was running The CBI is carrying out search- did not take any action, a point- dent, the Bihar Government kits', a specially-designed kit which helps carry raphy, child sexual abuse material, sexually as the Minister of Social Welfare the shelter home and its owner es at the residential premises of er to her involvement in the transferred the case to the CBI. out immediate medical investigation into sex- explicit material such as rape and gang rape.  #/-.   9: 4$ "' -/0*#1*! 7  1 ;           1 0< ;     $1 New Delhi: The BSF has registered       New Delhi: The Supreme Court a strong protest with its Pakistani on Thursday said the newly / counterpart over the killing and slit- appointed acting Director General ting of throat of one of its jawans in of Police (DGP) of Jammu & New Delhi: The Supreme Court Jammu and has told the Pak Rangers .  Kashmir shall continue in office till on Thursday reserved its verdict that the act was "unsoldierly", official the Union Public Service on a plea by historian Romila sources said on Thursday.   Commission (UPSC) takes a deci- Thapar and others seeking the They said the atmosphere along sion on the matter. immediate release of five rights the border areas was "tense" and a he Supreme Court on A bench headed by Chief activists in connection with the high alert is in place along this TThursday extended by Justice Dipak Misra said acting Koregaon-Bhima violence case region of the Indo-Pak internation- three months the deadline DGP Dilbag Singh, who replaced and an SIT probe into their al border. given to the Enforcement S P Vaid, shall continue to operate. arrest. The sources said the Pakistani Directorate (ED) to complete It asked the UPSC to take a deci- A bench headed by Chief side, which spoke to the Border the probe in the Aircel-Maxis sion within four weeks on the suit- Justice Dipak Misra, reserved the Security Force officials in the noon deal case. The SC's decision ability of senior police officers judgment after counsel for both over phone, "denied any hand" in the came on the ED's petition who can be appointed as the police parties including senior advocates killing of Head Constable Narender seeking more time pointing out chief in the State. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Harish Singh on September 18. the main accused and former As per the apex court's verdict, Salve and Additional Solicitor The Indian side termed the act as Finance Minister the State Government has to give General Tushar Mehta conclud- "unsoldierly". Chidambaram's son Karti was a list of senior police officers to the ed their submissions. It was informed that Pakistani evasive to their probe, misus- accused with several e-mails. UPSC to check their suitability and The bench, also comprising troops "shot and killed" the BSF ing the interim protection Meanwhile, the trial court short-list three names from it. Justices A M Khaniwlkar and D trooper, they said. given by the trail court. The posted for further arguments on The Jammu & Kashmir Y Chandrachud, asked the They added that on getting this agency reiterated the need for ED's petition seeking Karti's Government had earlier moved the Maharashtra police to file their response, the BSF told the other side custodial interrogation of Karti. custodial interrogation to apex court seeking modification of case diary pertaining to the ongo- that any future misadventure on the A bench of Justices AK September 25. On Tuesday, the its order by which prior permission ing investigation in the case by India-Pakistan border will be the Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said Supreme Court had permitted of the UPSC was required for September 24. It also asked the responsibility of the Pak Rangers. the probe should be complet- Karti to go abroad between appointing a police officer from parties to file their written sub- "A brief phone call talk took place ed in three months. September 20 and 30. Karti is among three short-listed candi- missions by then. between the two sides this noon. Additional Solicitor already chargesheeted by ED dates. The five activists — Varavara When it was brought to the notice of General Tushar Mehta, appear- and the agency said they need The apex court had on Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Pakistan that they had killed the ing for the ED, said the agency his custody for further probe. September 11 refused to interfere Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and jawan by resorting to unprovoked needs some two-three months CBI has already chargesheeted with the decision of the State Gautam Navlakha — are under fire, they flatly refused any hand of to complete the probe as it Chidambaram and Karti in the Government to appoint an acting arrest at their respective homes their troops in the incident," a senior   6 47 # 8    !  ,   ( ! needs to confront some Aircel-Maxis case. DGP. PTI since August 29. PTI official said. PTI       6 4 5  $  $%  *$&* ! +      ,-."   /0+  1

Jammu: The Jammu & candidates with concerned leg- Kashmir unit of the BJP on islators, respective district pres- Thursday released the first list idents and district in-charges. of 380 candidates for urban The State unit also con- local bodies (ULB) elections ducted the ward-wise and scheduled to be held in four polling booth-wise survey to $%  phases next month. select the "effective" candidate The list of the candidates for this election, the spokesman   from across the country also thanked the prime included 120 women activists said. minister for the recent announcement of increase of the party covering munici- Meanwhile, BJP spokesper- rime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday in their incentives and insurance cover, a state- pal corporations, municipal son Balbir Ram Rattan hit out Pencouraged Asha workers to devote their ment from the Prime Minister's Office said. councils and municipal com- at State Congress president G energies to work in coordination with other There are a total of 10,23,136 Accredited Social mittees of Jammu region, a A Mir over his assurance to the Government agencies to improve the quality of Health Activists (Asha) across the country. spokesman of the party said. people that his party would life in their villages even as he explained how Modi recalled his recent interaction with He said the BJP state elec- safeguard the Article 35A of the Government schemes and initiatives are aimed Asha and Anganwadi workers across the coun- tion committee headed by its constitution, and said "this is at empowering the poor to fight poverty. try via video conference and appreciated the state president Ravinder Raina another evil attempt of the Modi was interacting with a group of 90 experiences and personal accounts that had been finalised the first list of the can- Congress to mislead the people Asha workers, who appraised him about their shared by them. The Prime Minister appreciated didates at a meeting after dis- just for the sake of getting work. They recounted how they were instru- the skill and dedication of Asha workers, and cussions. votes". mental in saving lives of poor mothers and chil- recalled that even Bill and Melinda Gates had He said, before finalising Article 35A gives special        '   -(        (   01    dren through timely intervention. praised their efforts towards eradication of dis- the list, the State election com- rights and privileges to the O   304 5  $  $% The group of about 90 Asha representatives eases such as 'Kala Azar'. mittee discussed the names of Jammu & Kashmir natives.    2 $    *2  2% $/  (<7       "    #34         ,   , The total loss of the com- for 2016-17. As per the CAG   K reporters after chairing a meet- provided to the district from pany for the year 2016-17 report total investment in the ing to review the state’s water the Sardar Sarovar Dam on he Comptroller and stood at 17,061.20 crore. The State PSUs has increased from ujarat Chief Minister Vijay situation. Narmada river, Rupani said.     TAuditor General of India 77 Gujarat PSUs had posted 1,02,689.21 crore in 2012-13 GRupani on Thursday decla- He added that the He said that drinking (CAG) has slammed debt-rid- overall profit of 1,633 crore in to 1,49,499.29 crore in 2016- red Kutch as ‘scarcity hit district’ district would get subsidies as water pipeline projects worth   den Gujarat Public Sector the financial year 2015-16. 17. The return on investment after it received just 26.51 per per Government rules and 296 crore for Kutch Undertaking (PSU) Gujarat However, next year in fiscal ranged between 4.95-6.82 per cent rains this monsoon. norms. district would be taken up on ishop Franco Mulakkal, State Petrochemicals Limited 2016-17 aggregate loss of these cent during 2012-13 to 2015- Besides Kutch district, “We have also decided to war footing. Bwho was questioned by (GSPC) for causing mammoth PSUs recorded at whooping 16. tehsils which have received declare all other tehsils of the Gujarat is staring at water Kerala police for the second loss of over 17,000 crore. 14764 crore only because of “Total equity of the State less than 125 mm of rainfall state, where rainfall is less than scarcity as it has received just day over rape charges by a nun, Among the 14 loss making GSPC’s shocking loss exceed- PSUs increased from have also been declared scarci- 125 mm this monsoon, as 73.87 per cent of rainfall this has been temporarily relieved Gujarat based PSUs, GSPC is ing 17000 crore. 59,130.71 crore in 2012-13 to ty hit with effect from October scarcity hit,” Rupani said, with- monsoon, a state government of his pastoral responsibilities on the top. According to the Of the 77 working State 85,112.91 crore in 2016-17. 1, a State Government release out giving number of such release said.. by Pope Francis, the Catholic CAG report tabled in the State PSUs, 54 earned profit of The return on equity in State said. tehsils. It added that Kutch has Bishop Conference of India Assembly late on Wednesday 3,648 crore, while 14 of them PSUs ranged between 0.27 and “We held an extensive “Subsidies would be given received just 26.51 per cent of (CBCI) said Thursday. night, GSPC Limited booked incurred losses of 18,412 crore 4.53 per cent during 2012-13 to review and it has been decid- to gaushalas (cow shelters) and average rainfall so far, while The Pope appointed impairment loss of 14,923.54 including that of GSPC. The 2015-16. However, there was ed that Kutch district, which panjrapoles (animal shelters) north Gujarat got 42.93 per Bishop Emeritus of the crore on 80 per cent total turnover of these SPSUs net loss in 2016-17. Therefore, has received only 26.51 per cent and new panjrapoles would be cent, central Gujarat 66.83 per Archdiocese of Bombay Agnelo Participating Interest and 10 stood at 1, 11,953 crore, which the return on investment and rains this monsoon, should be opened in the affected areas,” cent, Saurashtra 72.20 per cent Rufino Gracias as the Apostolic )   per cent in KG-OSN-2001/3 is about 9.95 per cent of the equity was not computed in declared scarcity hit from he said. and south Gujarat got the high- administrator of the diocese    block (KG Block). Gross State Domestic Product 2016-17,” says the CAG report. October 1,” Rupani told Drinking water will be est of 94.79 per cent. of Jalandhar with immediate effect, a CBCI state-   ment said.    3   $  ' The announcement came 957 #!:     7P# even as the senior Catholic  4    priest is being questioned by   3    ,  most transparent administra- Yeddyurappa and tried to lure Karnataka Legislative Assembly congress strongman and min- # $ the Special Investigation Team     ) tion and such baseless allega- him by stating that 18 MLAs BS Yeddyurappa, who is also ister in the coalition govern- for the second day here he day after BJP alleged that tions were uncalled for from a have agreed to switch over. He BJP State President, said that ment DK Shivakumar who is &%* Thursday. TKarnataka Chief Minister person who is more than my said “According to informa- Kumaraswamy has no moral facing the wrath of the ED has The Pope took the decision Kerala police summoned him HD Kumaraswamy and his age and holding an important tions, BJP will take 18 MLAs to right to talk about him.” said BJP is indulging in politics in response to Mulakkal’s to appear before it for ques- father were a commission position.” Maharashtra and bring them Yeddyurappa’s statement of revenge. He denied the  && September 16 letter offering to tioning in the case. agents, Chief Minister HD He told the media in with military force to Vidhana comes in the wake of charges made by BJP that he “step aside temporarily” as the Bishop Mulakkal has been Kumaraswamy hit out at BJP Bengaluru on Thursday “it Soudha, the State secretariat, to Kumaraswamy earlier in the had given money to Congress    9 -   Bishop of the Jalandhar dio- accused of repeated rape by the strongman BS Yeddyurappa was Yeddyurappa and his party take over the charge. I am get- day asking him to be careful leaders in Delhi. cese, Kerala Catholic Bishops Kerala-based nun of Missi- and said the BJP introduced leaders who indulged in loot- ting the details about their making allegations against his He accused the BJP of mis- adhavi, who was critical- Council Spokesman Fr onaries of Jesus Congregation of commission culture in the State. ing State and Country’s natur- minute to minute move and I family members and warned using central agencies to harass Mly injured in the attack by Varghese Vallikkattu told PTI. the Jalandhar diocese. He has Strongly refuting the alle- al wealth. They are the real very well know when to make that he will not be spared if him and pull down the her father last evening contin- He wrote the letter after denied the charges. gations by Opposition leader in looters.” them public. Even now meet- makes any baseless allegations. Congress-JDS government in ues to be serious, doctors at the Karnataka Legislative He said Yeddyurappa ing is going on in Bowring Yeddyurappa alleged that it the state. Pleading innocence, Yashoda hospital said. However, Assembly BS Yeddyurappa that should maintain dignity and institute to lure Legislature was father and son duo who the high-profile minister said her husband B Sandeep was his father and he are running should not make baseless alle- Suresh Gowda.” “If I reveal the had indulged many corruption he was not involved in hawala discharged after treatment. Her the JD(S)-Congress coalition gations against him and his true picture of Yeddyurappa including de-notification of transactions and was ready to father Manohara Chary had Government and it is func- father who served as Prime and remove the mask he is lands. “Let them appoint an face “any type of torture” by attacked the newly wed couple tioning as a Commission Minister. “He should be care- wearing to mislead the public, inquiry by any agency since central agencies. He asserted he with a sickle on a busy road at Agent, Chief Minister HD ful before making any charges then he will not be having a their government is in power. would come out clean. Erragadda on Wednesday Kumaraswamy on Thursday against my family. Earlier he place to hide,” he added. I am ready to face. Let him not DK Shivakumar’s denial evening. charged that “it was was stating that he will send Kumaraswamy’s outburst teach me how I have to speak came after BJP spokesman in It was being seen as Yeddyurappa who introduced both Father and son to jail if he comes in the wake of and maintain my dignity,” he Delhi Sambit Patra demanded attempted “honor killing” as Commission system in Politics comes to power, but the fact is Yeddyurappa yesterday alleged added. that the top Congress leader- Manohara Chary was upset while in power.” that he (Yeddyurappa) was the stating that “father and son are However he said his party ship respond to the purported with Madhavi for marrying a He said “It was one who went to jail and not running the government and will reveal all charges with rel- “confessional statements” made Dalit youth. Yeddyurappa who created per- us,” he retorted. Ministers are passing the bills evant documents to prove to the Income Tax department According to the hospital centage politics during his Chief Minister reiterated only after getting 8 to 10 per ‘father and Sons’ involvement by his alleged associates claim- authorities a team of doctors tenure as Chief Minister and that BJP is still indulged in cent commission.” relating to land grabbing and ing the money trail in a hawala including neurosurgeons, car- now blaming us without any ‘Operation Kamal’, and said an Meanwhile BJP strongman de-notification of land. network led to the Congress dio vascular experts and plas- basis. We are trying to provide MLA Shivalli was contacted by and Opposition Leader in the In another development headquarters. tic surgeon performed a ten hour long operation of Madhavi last night. She suf- fered deep cash on the neck 2" 2" 5"1   0      severing the vessels which sup- ply blood to the brain. Her ear was also split and she suffered 9     major loss of blood by the time  "8 5" "5 she was brought to hospital. Deputy Commissioner of police West Zone AR Srinivas    9  -   return to power on the basis of pened in case of HD      who produced the accused its welfare programmes. When Kumaraswamy in neighbor- before the media said that ajlis-e-Ittehadul asked whether MIM will join ing Karnataka. Replying to a Manohara Chary was angry MMuslimeen president and the Government if TRS returns question about it Asaduddin    9 -   even as stage was set for the with his daughter for marrying MP Asaduddin Owaisi has to power, he said, “MIM was Owaisi said that the remarks of opening of the second stretch of outside his caste against his expressed confidence that the never interested in power pol- Akbaruddin were distorted by yderabad Metro Rail will Hyderabad Metro from wishes. ruling Telangana Rashtra itics or joining any the media. “Media reports what Hbe competing with sever- Ameerpet to LB Nagar. The 16 “However he had no inten- Samiti will return to power in Government. My only wish is it likes and wants”, he said. al projects from all over the kms long stretch will be formally tion of attacking Sandeep and the coming Assembly elections that justice should be done to MIM and TRS had friend- world for the prestigious inaugurated on September 24 by only wanted to kill his daugh- in the State but ruled out the the weaker sections”, he said. ly relationship over the last five People’s choice Award of UK the State Governor ESL Nar- ter”, the DCP said. Sandeep possibility of his party sharing The speculations that MIM years and the Chief Minister K based Institution of civil engi- asimhan at Ameerpet station. became target of his fury when power in future. “I am not might be interested in joining Chandrasekhar Rao acknowl- neers. The winner will be As soon as the Metro Rail he tried to save his wife. interested in power politics. My the government started when edged it publicly when he said decided through online voting Safety Commissioner issued a Police have booked a case only interest is that social jus- Asaduddin Owaisi’s younger that MIM was a “friendly by the people from across the safety certificate for the route of attempted murder and tice should be done to the brother and MIM floor leader party”. As part of the tactical world till September 28, a press state’s Minister for urban devel- another case under SC ST pre- weaker sections”, he told the in the state assembly understanding the TRS will release of the Institution said. opment and municipal admin- vention of atrocities act against media in Hyderabad on Akbaruddin Owaisi said that a have a friendly contest with the HMRL will be competing istration K Taraka Rama Rao Chary who surrendered him- Thursday. situation may arise after the MIM. In 2014 MIM had won with projects like Tadcaster along with the officials of self after the gruesome attack. Owaisi was of the opinion election when his party will ask 7 assembly seats all in Bridge, England and Harbour Hyderabad Metro and L&T He was produced in a local that TRS led by Chief Minister others to support it in forming Hyderabad city and was now Area treatment project of Hong met the governor and invited court which demanded him to K Chandrashekhar Rao will the government like it hap- trying to increase it to 10. Kong. The announcement came him for the inauguration. judicial custody. % "       &&    1     3 & O !

   Court against the ordinance or said Rehmani, referring to the .!(! coordinate with the Opposition maximum life of an ordinance. he All India Muslim to block the bill in the Rajya He said though the gov-    TPersonal Law Board (AIM- Sabha when it is brought there ernment has made some PLB) has expressed “displea- to ratify the ordinance, AIM- improvements in the ordinance SS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s sure” over the Ordinance to ban PLB general secretary Maulana compared to the provisions in Rassertion that a grand Ram the practice of instant triple Wali Rehmani told PTI the original bill on triple talaq, temple in Ayodhya will help end talaq, saying it will soon for- Thursday. it is “still erroneous constitu- tension among Hindus and mulate its strategy to protest it. “The board was expecting tionally”. Muslims drew flak from BSP The board will soon decide such an ordinance, but it will be “The board’s lawyers might chief Mayawati who Thursday whether to move the Supreme in force for six months only,” approach the Supreme Court claimed that a “narrow” mind- against it,” said Rehmani. set was not conducive for cordial “The second option is that relations. Mayawati also criti- when a bill to replace the ordi- cised the Centre over bringing nance comes in the Rajya an ordinance to ban instant Sabha, the board will approach Triple Talaq saying a ‘sensitive’ the Opposition with its argu- issue was being used for selfish ments to prevent its passage. politics. The board will soon decide in “We do not agree with the its meeting which way to go,” RSS chief’s logic that a grand he said. temple in Ayodhya will help end Claiming that the Narendra tensions between Hindus and Modi government is confusing Muslims...Relations between Muslims on the instant triple narrow, Sanghi Hindus and talaq issue, Rehmani said, “It’s Muslims will not improve even an attempt to malign the image if many temples come up instead of the community. It’s the pol- of one,” the BSP chief said in a icy of the government to lead a party release here. Attacking campaign against Shariat laws the RSS, Mayawati said “Their with some Muslim women on basic mindset is against Dalits, their side.” Muslims and the minorities and “The government wants this is the reason why the BJP, that such women rise in num- which has originated from them, ber so that it can openly claim has adopted policies that are tar- that they are working for bet- nishing democracy of the coun- terment of the Muslims,” said try”. Rehmani, suggesting that this The former UP chief min- law would shut all avenues of ister said the first thing the RSS reconciliation for the Muslim needs to do is to change its women after triple talaq. “communal and hatred-ridden “The government is trying thinking” and adopt a human- to take political mileage of itarian approach in consonance this by ignoring Shariat provi- with the Constitution which sions on triple talaq,” he said. they have “not achieved so far”.    6 70-       5 0" 2" 5"25     52"5 0"5" 

   : . % 51   ) '# !1 a few which were won by the BJP or its allies in 2014. The ihar Chief Minister and some of the leaders of his party. party leaders are tight lipped  K  of the BSF Jawan and mutila- BJD(U) president Nitish The party insiders revealed about the number of seats the tion of his body by Pakistani Kumar returned from Delhi on that JD(U) has demanded “hon- party has claimed but it is spec- he Jammu and Kashmir troops was the worst ever vio- Thursday but it appeared that he ourable” adjustment in the ulated the number ranged TCongress strongly reacted lation of international norms. came back without finalisation NDA, the JD(U) rejoined in July between 12-17. Similarly, the to the killing of a BSF jawan Throat-slit and bullet-rid- of seat sharing with the BJP. last year after a gap of four years. Bihar BJP leaders too refused to whose body was brutalised by dled body of head constable After the medical check-up at There were speculations that speak on this issue saying the Pakistani troops, saying Prime Narendra Kumar was recov- AIIMS, he called on BJP chief Nitish has been demanding a matter was between the top Minister Narendra Modi ered hours after he went miss- Amit Shah and held talks on good number of seats including leaders of BJP and JD(U). should apologise to families of ing following firing by this issue but nothing concrete jawans who have lost their Paksitani troops on a BSF party came out. lives along the border. in Ramgarh sector of Samba Nitish had visited New It said the act was “highly district on Tuesday. Delhi soon after telling his provocative and intolerable”. The Congress leader party rank and file here on “The barbaric killing of claimed that the visit of prime Sunday that seat sharing issue the BSF jawan is highly minister to Lahore emboldened has been finalised and would provocative and intolerable act Pakistan to intensify illegal soon be announced jointly by and the rarest incident on the activities and nefarious designs the leaders of BJP and JD(U) in International Border demon- in the state. Delhi. Possibly under the strates the intensions of “Such heinous and shame- impression that after his meet- Pakistan,” Ravinder Sharma, ful act of Pakistan are unpar- ing with Shah the issue would chief spokesperson of Jammu donable and the Modi govern- be solved amicably and mad and Kashmir Pradesh Congress ment is answerable to the public. But nothing happened Committee, said in a statement nation for its failure to handle and after meeting BJP chief for       8   4          $  $% here. Pakistan and deal with it in an 20 minutes Nitish came out He said the barbaric killing appropriate manner. and huddled together with   . Several villagers chanted “Not everyone gets a slogans against Pakistan. chance to be draped in the tri- n an atmosphere of anger Family members and locals colour...But we just cannot Iand gloom, a huge gathering demanded that Pakistan should keep feeling proud. We will feel   +$  Thursday bid a tearful adieu to be taught a lesson for the “bar- proud again, when another BSF jawan Narender Singh, baric” act. death takes place. We demand       . person “what happened to you? quently shown black flags by who was brutally killed by Pakistani troops had slit action against Pakistan,” he What is the problem? I will alleged Trinamool Congress Pakistani troopers along the the throat of a BSF jawan after said. day after black flags were break your legs (if you do not supporters who were protest- International Border (IB) near fatally shooting him along the He also demanded Ashown to Union Minister stop this nonsense).” ing against the construction of Jammu. International Border (IB) near that the concerned authorities Babul Supriyo, a police com- The complaint was lodged a railway over bridge at The mortal remains of BSF Jammu on Tuesday, according provide whatever help the plaint was lodged against the at Asansol South Police Station, Kumarpur. They apprehended Head Constable Narender to reports. family needs. Other family Asansol BJP MP for allegedly- police said. loss of livelihood if the bridge Singh were cremated with full The 52-year-old BSF jawan members also appealed to the foul-mouthing a differently The incident took place on was constructed without mak- State honours at his native is survived by two sons and his Centre to act tough against able person at Nazrul Manch in Tuesday when the Union ing alternative arrangements Thana Kalan village in wife. The funeral pyre was lit by Pakistan. Bengal’s second largest city. Minister was visiting Asansol’s for them. Haryana’s Sonipat district. his elder son Mohit. Several prominent persons The singer-turned politi- where he was addressing a The Minister and the pro- Slogans of ‘Bharat Mata ki “We are proud of our father inlcuding Haryana minister cian was seem rebuking a per- function at Nazrul Manch. testers allegedly had heated Jai’, Narender Singh Amar for laying down his life for the Krishan Bedi, Congress leader son for allegedly “creating dis- The function was organ- exchanges before he left the Rahe’ rent the air as the body, nation. His death should be Randeep Singh Surjewala and turbance” in his programme ised for the physically chal- place. Subsequently on wrapped in a tricolour, reached avenged,” said a teary-eyed senior officials of BSF were also when he threatened to break lenged people. Thursday the police complaint the village in the morning. Mohit. among the mourners. his leg. He reportedly told the The Minister was subse- was lodged against him.  "$  52"   "92      ,

wo suspected Lashkar-e- TTayyeba (LeT) terrorists were killed in a prolonged gunfight in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday triggering clashes between local protesters and the security forces in the area. Official sources said that a joint team of Army, paramili- tary CRPF and police cor- doned off Shukhbaba Sumlar area of Bandipora district in north Kashmir on Thursday after intelligence input on the presence of ultras in the area. During the operation, a fierce exchange of fire took place leading to killing of two ter- rorists. They said that the area was under tight cordon as presence of more militants was suspected. The sources said that the bodies of slain militants were not retrieved and the slain could be cadres of Lashkar e Tayyeba. There was no immediate report of any casualties on the security forces’ side. &'  ' ' $ , #'

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orest officials in Gujarat Fcame into action following carcasses of three Asiatic lions found in decomposed condi- tion in the past 48 hours from the eastern part of Gir Forest and Sanctuary to find out the cause of death of the big cats. “Around a year old lion’s carcass was found on Thursday late evening. A day before two other carcasses of lions aging around three to five years also found in decomposed state. All three cases found inside Dhalkhania rang of Gir forest situated in Amreli district,” said a senior forest official requesting anonymity while confirming the deaths of three big cats within the only abode of Asiatic Lions in the world – Gir forest. According to the official, the lions must have been killed at least a week ago as their bod- ies were decomposed and mutilated in such a manner that it would be difficult for the experts to determine its sex. He however said that the cause of death would only be known once detail postmortem report of the three carcasses would come. COMMENT & ANALYSIS  

www.dailypioneer.com $2$3&*'/$2%- The political economy of India’s oil imports Right note 4           4                                    ? <    !11S    One immediate effect would be an increase in led to political unrest. Consequently, Indira in passenger movement within France connect- paths and proper pedestrian facilities. Improved inflation, and lower consumer spending and Gandhi as Prime Minister imposed the ing the cities of that country at speeds exceed- public transport would bring about benefits in           investment which could have a negative effect on ,F . F Emergency in June 1975. It would not be right ing 300 km/hour had a major impact in reduc- the form of improved air quality, lower conges- the growth of GDP and employment opportu- .-  -  to state that the political problems of that par- ing oil consumption, because the railways moved tion and lower demand for road space. ' + '+8!+ & 1 &%'(''  '  nities. 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It was in 1973-74 that  // /  If we look at the response of several nation- continues unabated leading to greater demand to unexpected oil price increases. According to +$'*($* '  && $'('!'+7 value will be forgotten, and we will continue the first oil price shock took place, with a qua-     al Governments to the 1973-74 oil price shock, for petroleum products. The Indian Railways, the recent BP Energy Outlook India’s energy  &'  ' !' '' !$ with business as usual. There are reasons why drupling of global oil prices, which led to an a very clear strategy was followed by many. The which at the time of independence were one of consumption is expected to register the dubi- the parity between the US dollar and Indian unbearable level of inflation of 30 per cent. 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This is the result of increase in deficit as a result, leading to large-scale printing  , - an extremely successful and widespread effort to Energy security and reduction in dependence fail to do so, then we may find ourselves in a '&$('+&'+!7 &3 (  * ++8 consumer spending and greater investment in the of currency notes, which in turn led to too much improve its efficiency of energy use, getting rid on oil imports would have huge co-benefits if we situation like what the country faced during +  ' $''' &'$ ('+ ' $ business sector. With strong economic growth, money chasing a small quantity of goods. This .  .. of energy intensive industries, such as steel pro- are able to create efficient public transport options. 1973-75, and that must be avoided at any cost. %(+&' '!' '&$%&' !   the US has been attracting investments from all was also a year when a large part of the country .  ,..  duction. France moved towards large-scale use Within our cities, no doubt, the installation of Those who don’t learn the lessons of history are + !'! 7$$3 ' $$  $'' over the world, resulting from which the demand was affected by drought, which not only affect- of nuclear energy and enhanced capacity of the metro systems would have significant benefits, doomed to repeat past mistakes. for the dollar has gone up, leading to an appre- ed the rural economy, but also created problems  - transport sector by strengthening its railway sys- but there are other options too, which require seri- (The writer is former chairman, '+$' '8K ,'!' 3(''   ciation in its value. A weak rupee presents sev- of inadequate supply of farm products. tem and increasing the speed of goods as well as ous development and implementation such as Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,  & &(' '& $ ' '&' eral challenges to the public and the Government. It is obvious that the economic crisis in 1974 passenger transportation. The TGV innovation BRT systems in several cities, dedicated bicycle 2002-15)  ('&'' &'$ ('+$ $ +  (8 ('7 +'8&!+3&&(&'1 '+$  ' ' & ! '' '!' *('8  *!)#  " $$ $'O  + (3$!$' &' &'+$ Shivraj Singh Chouhan is following the There is a tradition of maintaining dignity in : 1S !K!* ''!.!( 3!( ' &   8 An opportunity India must not miss Centre’s footsteps. He’s made thousands politics. But the Congress is taking politics '!&&'$'# *' $ $ !* ' &'!! 8 of hollow promises that he hasn’t kept. down to personal vendetta. $&' $$ +& '' &'!! —Congress president —Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister       ' $' &  &%+'  &'(&(3 RAHUL GANDHI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN Government’s biodiesel programme holds the potential of sustainable entrepreneurship development and meeting all three objectives ! $'7  !'+&+  + ' + of economic growth — social equity, job creation and environmental sustainability, write SANJIB POHIT & PRAD     4   IP BISWAS '$('+'&!'! (('& '$&'!!''!       ' !'&''(&'  O&'$$'+8+ $        he Government’s launch By fixing the biodiesel blend-  F. N,  #O,'%O & '. ' + & $+&' ! of a biodiesel pro- ing target, the State will create a        !5  67 +!$$&'*,'%O8 gramme represents a demand for biodiesel, which will    1  1 2-2- Alternative history, anyone? unique case for the in turn create demand for entre- !5 &  '' !6 & !$L(& && !8 development of numer- preneurs. Similarly, by making             R# *  $ & ($ !$&(&&&'M & *         .E/-   1  ?  ! S Tous sustainable entrepreneurs, available land and technology, $  + # ,-./ !            0 employment generation, empow- including higher yielding plant *& $$'! $'' *''%$ L$ + # 1   2       ,-,3 4   D         %     5  F erment of the subaltern masses by varieties and low cost transester-  ' + M +($ & ' $$ '!7   providing them ownership/occu- ification machineries, it will facil-   5       * 4S   ( $&+' + '! '(&' ' ' during the 1968 protest movement against the pational rights to wasteland and itate the supply of entrepreneurs.      .63     5      .3. (  +$ &' (&(' $''+&(''  Ayub regime. The Mujeeb regime would not degraded forest land, and reduc- The entire biodiesel supply     7                   ('(' $$3 +O(&  *$''( &' '+ have been able to reconstruct it through his tion of carbon footprints without chain has tremendous job poten-          R0    $   4  ,-.8S populist economic manoeuvres. Eventually, compromising on food security. tial. To be specific, biodiesel pro-  9  5       *  0 :  $'!! ((& ' $$''! 7&' 3'   just as Bhutto, Mujeeb too would have had to In other countries, land rights, duction involves four distinct 4  .//  .8-     0    $   4     & +!'!! (('&  7 $  unconditionally move into the wealthy Saudi particularly to occupy or use, are stages namely, (i) cultivation of $2&2/2 4S                  '*%+  !(%''('&$&' &' orbit and start to dispatch thousands of taken away from traditional users, oilseeds bearing plants from which    Pakistanis to rich Arab countries. like marginal farmers and cattle seeds would be harvested; (ii) 4                    (& ! $& $+ ( + !&''7 Without a war in 1971, and thus a pow- grazers, and instead transferred to trading of seeds which involve lternative History (AH) is a popular erful military in place, relations with the US large companies for Jatropha procurement of seeds from the                    "( ,7*#&& ) "2 52 2 fiction genre of speculative history would be cordial, but there would now be far plantation. individual farmers and selling the   #        5 !     Awhere the story plots are based on more US aid coming in than there was dur- Of course, local people find seeds to the processing factories;   S             ;     1 As usual, cricket fans locked horns on social media after ‘what if’ scenarios during certain important ing the Bhutto regime, keeping Pakistan jobs in plantation-related activi- (iii) oil extraction from the seeds                  India thrashed Pakistan by eight wickets in Asia Cup. But points of history. Famous AH novels include firmly on the US side of its Cold War against ties, which in any way will be cre- and transforming the extracted oil                       Philip K Dick’s Man in the High Castle set the Soviet Union. Opposition to the Mujeeb ated, irrespective of whether the to biodiesel through the process of                     ( heated rivalry on the cricket pitch soon turned into the in a world in which Hitler wins the Second rule would have come from religious parties, local people are planters or large transesterification; and (iv) blend- moment of the day when a photo of India’s Yuzvendra                     World War; Philip Roth’s The Plot Against strategically allied to powerful business groups corporates. This process of land- ing this biodiesel with the <                     ( Chahal tying the shoelaces of Pakistan’s Usman Khan America in which a populist pro-Nazi can- offended by Mujeeb’s populist economic poli- grabbing and depeasantisation petrodiesel and its disposal to            < 1       went viral. This is what we call true sportsmanship. didate wins the US presidential election in How would Mujeeb have acted in such a cies. Thus, the 1974 Ahmadi riots would still not only disempowers the local individual consumer through            the midst of the WWII; Kim Robinson’s scenario? Not very different from ZA Bhutto. have taken place, as east Pakistan too would people but also shrinks their tra- retail outlet. Years #  1       =      (0  of Rice and Salt in which the 14th-century Here’s why: Like Bhutto’s PPP, Mujeeb’s have been influenced by the global rise of polit- ditional sources of livelihood. This, however, does not plague in Europe wipes out 90 per cent of Awami League too had a populist and ‘social- ical Islam, witnessed during the emergence of In Mexico, for example, farm- include people engaged in research                    ( Europe’s population, leaving Muslim and ist’ manifesto. Indeed, as Prime Minister, Saudi political and economic power. This is ers were given subsidies so that and development in various                   ( Chinese cultures to control the world. Mujeeb would have done much in trying to what happened in Bangladesh as well from late they could switch land use from laboratories for the development    1        4S        Middle class muddleThese are just a few examples but some- shift the balance of the country’s economic and 1970s onwards. Even in this alternative histo- growing traditional crops to of appropriate plant varieties as 4S     1          ( *      4        times in the ‘what if’ scenarios, the conse- political power from Islamabad to Dhaka. His ry, the military would still have been impact- Jatropha. In some areas, large well as those involved in extension                    quences are not always radically different. It policies too would have been largely populist. ed by political Islam, the way it was after 1971, estates cleared secondary forest work. In the Indian context, the villages and sell them to the oil Thus, the manufacturing of suggests that a very conservative          ,>    S             is as if no matter from what angle one tweaks Like the Bhutto regime, Mujeeb would also during the Bhutto Government, and, later, the land for Jatropha plantation which nature of entrepreneurship differs extraction plant, in the neighbour- .  ./ biodiesel from seeds also creates estimate of meeting only five per 1   1               4 or changes an historical event, the result almost have nationalised industries and businesses. Zia regime. This time, the 1974 Indian would have adverse environmen- at various stages. As a result, job ing urban areas. Like the planters, substantial opportunities for the cent blending of biodiesel would     4 1      4   4S   1   *&$ + $%+*  $&' *'  $? remains the same. This is exactly what hap- Though as Prime Minister of Bangladesh nuclear test would make sure that it did. But tal consequences and could also creation varies across seed traders would also operate at . ,-/ Fdevelopment of sustainable entre- generate 1.59 million sustainable           4         pened when, last year, as an analytical exer- he nurtured friendly ties with India, such in our alternative history, the desire to construct become a cause for concern. different stages. a small scale. Their number would  . ,preneurship. entrepreneurs, of which, 1.58 mil- * +'+!$$8&3!  (&$3 *'! cise for a possible novel, I investigated a ‘what would not have been the case had he become Pakistan’s own nuclear device would be a mil- Even in Brazil, where the At the feedstock cultivation depend on the required frequen- Entrepreneurs in the final lion would be engaged in planta-  R?S  R#  ?   0 S          '8 * $' '!   '*+    ('8 if’ scenario rooted in Pakistan’s history. the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Firstly, despite itary initiative than that of the Prime Minister’s. ethanol project for running vehi- stage, feedstock would be grown cy of visits to a planter per year — /   stage, viz blending biodiesel with tion, 8.46 thousand would be in           1    1     $($& $(''''!*+&'!'* I asked, what if after the 1970 election, the fact that that there would not have been As Bangladesh’s Head of State and cle was the most successful busi- in wasteland, forestland and sur- capacity of a trader to visit num-  , . the petrodiesel and its disposal, are trading and another 2.49 thousand       2            >-- Sheikh Mujeebur Rehman’s Bengali nation- a war against India in 1971, there is scant rea- Government, Mujeeb had exhibited a stark dic- ness, the military Government plus land. Marginal, small farmers ber of different planters for collect- the existing oil marketing compa- as small and medium-sized # %              # 1   &' 7 $'# !'$(' $* ' & alist outfit, the Awami League had been son to believe that India would not have test- tatorial streak, so most likely as a Pakistani over there played a major role in and landless labourers, who have ing seeds, and their disposal to oil 97DE   nies. The scope for additional manufacturers in biodiesel        ,-.3       !(&('&7'3 '&&'!( $O!$$&3 allowed to form a majority Government in ed a nuclear device in 1974. It would have still Prime Minister he would have tried to instal coercing the farmers to transfer wastelands in possession, would be extracting plant usually located in .   3/entrepreneurship or employment manufacturing. 1           4S     N.  *''+ !' $'' '$  the centre? Indeed, there would not have been done that. Secondly, in the absence of the 1971 his own people in key positions in state insti- their lands at nominal prices to the planters and, thus, the size of plan- the nearby urban areas.  397DG  generation is low here since they Overall, fulfilling this conser-    1          ?     a civil war in former east Pakistan, no 1971 war, the Pakistani military would not have been tutions and then try to rig the next election. corporates for farming sugar cane. tation would also be small. In oil extraction and biodiesel will use the existing channels of vative target would generate as         1           ( &'  !$$&7,3(&(&'!'$&'! Indo-Pak war, and, thus, no Bangladesh. But weakened and its influence in civilian politics The consequences of this would have been the State coercion thus helped the These self-employed entre- production, which is basically a  , ,the oil marketing companies. much as 46.29 million man-days. %'&'$' && +'&'!7'3              #      would Pakistan have become a stable, secu- would have been far stronger than it was dur- same as those faced by Bhutto. There would corporates in acquiring and con- preneurs would employ family manufacturing activity, a mini-   . . 3G7I< What is the possible realm of It can, hence, be concluded that                  (    lar and multicultural democracy? Not quite. ing the early years of the Bhutto regime. have been a violent reaction from the coun- solidating millions of hectares of members, including women. mum scale of operation is essen- job creation in this sector? Of the biodiesel programme has & $ !$$&&'!(+' '+'! .    # 0    $  1     1     '8 $'& '!$&'!( '  '$7 &&'$+ One of the consequences of the 1973 Mujeeb’s pro-Bengali bent would have try’s conservative bourgeois, petty-bourgeoisie land for growing sugarcane. Given the small size of the hold- tial for financial viability. Available course, it will depend on several enormous potential of sustainable Arab-Israel War was a rapid rise in interna- drawn the same kind of reactions that Bhutto’s and business classes, impacted by Mujeeb’s eco- The Government’s push for ings, the number of entrepre- plant size data indicates wide .  ,  factors, such as target level of entrepreneurship development,                      ' , (3 $%1 '' !$(&(&'!O<9

  7,'*3 1 ('(''R9(&7 !$$8&'! include Egypt’s Anwar Sadat, Pakistan’s ZA time of the Ayub Khan regime (1958-69). power back in West Pakistan’s favour. for millions of poor, thereby bring- trading seeds. They would pur- growing areas, relatively smaller mates from field surveys. Our College of Vocational Studies, Delhi   1 %               $+'3''(&' &' & ' '3&'!8 Bhutto, Sudan’s Gaafar Nimeiry, and others. Pakistan’s economy began to go downhill (Courtesy: The Dawn) ing equity and social justice. chase seeds from the planters in plants would be appropriate. back-of-the-envelope calculation University)               #  1   ($'9:(&' +'*7 O+& !' $        1  4   .--      '!33 *(''$!'+( &&'$ ! '* ))# .. .           1S 5  ?  $ 5         !$$&7. # ?&'& +'*(!'%$7.       5  ?               $'' $   *$& (' $'!    most bitter results of the man’s end-                   4         ( less greed to earn maximum possible R   :D(&5;==96';=(&5;=9963 & &'('$'!'9:: $ Sir — It’s good that North Korea and money at the earliest. The need of Sir — This refers to the report, Sir — It was a superlative performance Sir — It is shameful and embarrass-              1   +(' $&$3('O+* '!  ''!+' South Korea have agreed to end all hour is to minimise the use of petrol “Ordinance makes triple talaq crime” $$'' &' ' '$3$+'O!#'   !$ ' %$7 &  by the Indian cricket team in Dubai ing that even after independence, peo-                   &' $*&$ '!$$&  N!$$&?7.  their nuclear and relevant missile and diesel run vehicles, industrialisa- (September 21). The Union Cabinet’s &&  (  ' '$ ' $'& 7  $&(($**  && $$ which led to a decisive victory of ple in our country are forced to earn                     .'& 7 +''$& &'8 &'( %   !('($' '7''8    #     5  ?     5     $!'$'! (''&+'''8&'!1 ($*  programmes. It’s a praiseworthy step tion, construction activities, includ- approval of an Ordinance to ban the Pakistan by eight wickets. The Indian their livelihood by taking up the towards achieving global peace. The ing residential towers, sky walk practice of triple talaq is truly historic '*'3(&3 '$ , '!!'  !$$    &  ' $+$$* 8 men excelled well in all departments manual scavenging job. Without a                    (   ('+' *('*!& !7 . $$3 US must respect this move and can- bridges, fly over bridges and maximise and will go a long way in empowering &  $7 $*3  & ( *&''& '%'('!''3 $&' $+  !*$&'+ of the game. Bowling was neat and mechanised system, change will not      %  S D      7 *  :    & *$'! 8&'&''$* '  $&$ cel all sanctions against North Korea. the use of car pools, planting of the Muslim women of our country. & ' & ! $&(7   + ('*'1  '&'!( '*& & *$8 fine with Kedhar Jadav and come. The Government must opt for                  ( ( ! ''$$$&'*  '$+1 7. $3(  '!$L* +&$  $' $3 ( $F ' $    $ Today, nearly all countries have nuke saplings and trees. All this should be With this, the Modi Government has Bhuvneshwar Kumar sharing three a systematic approach to eliminate the  ;  1               ( warheads to deter each other but the done on war-footing across the world. fulfilled its promise to the Muslim ' & '& '%7. ' + !$   &% ' '+  ! +&'& 'M7. + wickets each. Rohit Sharma and very existence of sanitation workers.   5   P         ( ('( '$!$$&7    ('  ' ' ( *&'   &  ((7  $(  $ ' +  ' $ !'(  8 most dangerous threat is that of cli- If this is not done now, doomsday women to bring an end to a practice that Shikhar Dhawan registered good Rohan              Q 4S   1   '!&$& $&$' ;9& 3 ('8 mate change, which is rushing towards won’t be very far away for this beau- was the most rigorous. Political parties + &&!$$$+(&3 $ $$   ' $ &' !&&'$ &' $7 innings. The present momentum Via email  &'* $&%'# $+  '%& ''*!$N& O7 &5&;&%&%          1 #&''!++!$$&$$+'**   & the entire world at its highest speed. tiful planet. and Muslim clerics must end politics. must live up to it at the Asia Cup. Recent terrific storms, floods, Hansraj Bhat Mohd Umar +  '  &  '%7  '   ' $ '  *  %' Gururajan Ramachandran      # <              +* 7 heavy rains, among others, are the Mumbai Madhya Pradesh Chennai %%7#%;57<6=& "=   8

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('@%'! 6% # "         .      .    ?/*/  '' $( ! 5 $($ +6'    '&'3! >5  ,?,,#$   to-date losses of more than 13 $$ !(3 per cent against the strength-     ,#+ 3 & $ he rupee is expected to ening US dollar after trade con-  $K ,F.O / Tremain under pressure in cerns and firming up crude oil   K , !' 8' near-term as the downside prices. It has dropped close to  '. $7  8 8    risks to the currency are large- 6 per cent since August. he New Development Bank (%+' '&&'3 .G=  . ly driven by the external factors The rupee Wednesday T(NDB) of the BRICS coun- ,#+ $  8+'!''  and will take some time to sub- rebounded by 61 paise to close tries has approved a $525-mil- & $%* $'&*$+* /   side, says a report. at 72.37 against the US cur- lion loan to Madhya Pradesh  $ !'' ($&' &' 7 5 , According to Dun & rency. for infrastructure projects, it Bradsteet’s latest economy fore- On the Government’s said on Thursday.    .      / .  cast, elevated crude oil prices, recent initiatives to support The Board of Directors of /' &'&'  . . strengthening of dollar, geopo- rupee, the report said the mea- the NDB on Wednesday '!!('$' litical tensions and economic sures were “initial” and more is approved a $350-million loan !*+ ('  . -63 , sanctions will continue to expected. for the Major District Roads !*3N '  F:    impart depreciation pressures Singh further noted that “if Project II of Madhya Pradesh $O $&  on the rupee. the government undertakes and $175 million for building *'  7.  /  ,U , “Elevated risks and height- measures like curbing non- and upgrading 350 bridges. '' ' $ ened geopolitical uncertainty, essential imports it will be The loan will be used by the  $''    trade wars and economic sanc- favourable for the domestic Indian Government for on- '. $7 '(!'$'3 tions along with reworking of industry and the current lending to the Madhya Pradesh '% '($ $1 '& &'$ &$ & rime Minister Narendra trade treaties will continue to account balance but at the government for rehabilitating  (&'&7'!(((&' $*$ PModi said on Thursday the lender to say that the rently in use being manufac- impact emerging market cur- same time it might send out major district roads with a '! $('$!(' ' $+& size of Indian economy will Government will not shy away tured within the country, help- rencies, including India,” Dun protectionist signals”. total length of about 2,000 km *'  ('*7 double to $5 trillion by 2022 from taking tough decisions in ing save 3 lakh crore in foreign & Bradstreet India Lead D&B expects the rupee to to improve the connectivity of with manufacturing and agri- the national interest. exchange. Economist Arun Singh said in be around 72.3 - 72.5 per $ dur- the rural interior with the          culture contributing $1 trillion Indian economy, he said, The Government, he said, a research note. ing September. national and state highway net- $  %H  each. will grow at over 8 per cent rate has courage to take bold deci- At this time of global “The fact that rupee works, a press release issued by !$ +$  ( Speaking at the foundation with massive employment gen- sions. uncertainty along with tight- remains undervalued as per the the Shanghai-based bank said. .!'5 D:9I7::&'6 laying ceremony of India eration being seen in IT and Besides banks’ merger, he ening dollar liquidity in the 6-currency trade based REER The project will improve the +!' ,'% (  International Convention and retail sectors. Macroeconomic cited the rollout the Goods and global market, measures to (real effective exchange rate) road conditions and enhance ('. $ Expo Centre here, he cited fundamental of the economy Services Tax (GST), which attract foreign investors to sup- index and there are adequate the transport capacity, which &'' !'%$* this week’s announcement of are strong, he said. amalgamated 17 central and port the rupee might have lim- forex reserves to support rupee, will lead to a less travel time,   $*%$ merger of Dena Bank, Vijaya The Government’s push state taxes, among the bold ited impact, at least, in the the current level might not be reduced vehicle-operating cost, #*'%3 Bank and Bank of Baroda to for Make-in-India has led to 80 measures taken by the short-term. the new normal for rupee,” reduced emissions and  *$%3 '%' create the country’s third largest per cent of mobile phones cur- Government. The rupee has logged year- Singh added. improved road safety, it added. $3 $%3%' $$%7 #  !3  ! ($$'  ,  (&' , $(+ 3. 3  3H 3  !3    -    " 6+7 &'5/&6 $  , (3++&'5 67   O P    . K('!(! & $*/8  '!'*        " QR '$ &$+8'((+N!$  O!'$7.   & ***' I;$II$!'$$    and Saraswat Co-operative insurance products ranging Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya (' '!& +'!&3$ 8( Bank (Saraswat Bank), a cen- from protection to wealth cre- Pradesh and Karnataka will 6   N!''''O$+ 8$# *$&&7.  CICI Prudential Life, one of tury old and India’s largest ation. Through this partner- offer the entire range of &'!($    ( '!( Ithe largest private sector life urban co-operative bank, have ship, over 280 Saraswat Bank Protection and Savings prod-   !%$ +!7 insurance Company in India, come together to offer life branches in Maharashtra, Goa, ucts of ICICI Prudential Life. erman luxury carmaker     GMercedes-Benz on /$''  '&'' $5/ 63(*'$ Thursday launched the 'I&'!&'3!$!$ !3   '&' refreshed variant of its C-Class '!&' &' !!*' /$'3 ' &$ sedan. The ‘All New’ C-Class as  ((''$ $ ' &$*!$ the carmaker calls it features a $'&''!&' &' '(!*;G3;=9G7 completely new engine family, / '(( ,'!' $''%*&%  the OM654 and will be Bharat- !J/(%$  ''$'!''! Stage VI compatible. The C- Mercedes-Benz models. %*& '$($&' +3' $+$!% Class which will be available in However, the lack of a &'&'+$'($* !%+&'!(7 three variants, with two power petrol engine variant at launch options, the C220d Prime and puzzled several observers, Progressive will feature 194 Michael Jopp, Vice-President, horsepower and the C300d Sales and Marketing, will feature 245 horsepower, Mercedes-Benz India clarified prices are 40 lakh for C200d that a petrol model was on the Prime, 44.25 lakh for the cards soon, as were the C43 and Progessive and 48.5 lakh for C63 AMG performance vari- the C300d which will be in ants but the carmaker had AMG trim. 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The nuclear discussions At their Pyongyang sum- year-long hostility can be erad- It is an important caveat — had stalled after the first historic mit, Moon and Kim agreed that icated and we can become one Moon told reporters on his summit between Trump and the North Korean leader will again,” he said, prompting rap- return to Seoul that the US Kim in Singapore in June, when visit Seoul “at an early date”. turous applause. would need to “end hostile rela- Kim declared his backing for It would be the first such Moon and Kim, accompa- tions with North Korea and denuclearisation of the penin- trip by a North Korean leader nied by their wives, visited provide security guarantees for sula but no details were agreed. since the Korean War ended in Mount Paektu on the Chinese the North Korean regime”. Washington and Pyongyang an armistice, leaving the penin- border. The 2,744-metre peak is But the declaration have subsequently sparred over sula divided and technically considered sacred by all Koreans appeared to break the North’s what that means and how it will still in a state of war, and as the birthplace of Dangun, the logjam with Washington. be achieved, with the Trump Moon said the historic journey legendary founder of the first President Donald Trump wel- administration consistently could happen later this year. Korean kingdom. According to comed the move, tweeting that referring to the denuclearisation The two leaders also agreed Pyongyang’s narrative, it is also Kim had “agreed to allow of North Korea specifically. For to open a permanent facility for where Kim Jong Un’s father Kim Nuclear inspections, subject its part, Pyongyang — which family reunions, work towards Jong Il was born, at a secret to final negotiations”, adding, wants a formal declaration the joining up road and rail links, camp where his own father “Very exciting!” Secretary of 1950-53 Korean War is over — and bid jointly for the 2032 Kim Il Sung, the North’s State Mike Pompeo also praised has condemned demands for its Olympics. 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Looking beyond drawn to the aesthetics of simplici- $'. $3 $ +  occasionally more at popular involve arrest and a time by Art Pilgrim has artists Bikash ty, said that nature is permanent even ''#$ ' &$   holiday destinations. High behind bars and you can’t get Poddar, Seema Kohli, Gurudas if things change and aren’t the same demand also means that your out with a tweet to Sushma Shenoy and Parul as we know them !!% chances of getting a car at the Swaraj over here. Remember, Sharma wrap the today. “There’s a *$&+ last minute might be slim, so you are not in your own coun- environment simplicity to it. It’s 3 &   book in advance. try while driving and you have around them in humans who create & !7L to follow the rules where you their oeuvre. complex notions.”   .    ' '(7 are. 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But I rented the car from in advance, your children away from you. started to paint my and paintings to mean something like the Ford was a bit disappointed that I did you do not want to be left hold- You can rent these seats at car imagination of nat- sculptures, and C-Max. It can get very warm in not get the car I wanted. ing the can, literally. rental agencies, but do book ural beauty and now it’s my prima- when one takes a step back to see this Europe and America during them in advance. ry subject. I love to paint landscapes as a holistic work, one can discern  P 3   summer and while a convertible             @ and seascapes.” the common theme where the works is a cool car, it can get very hot   Personally, I do not believe this .    Gurudas Shenoy developed a urge you to look beyond the obvious.     inside. Due to the roof mecha- Now this is a slightly controver- is a bad thing, because if more    passion for the colours of nature at These works reflect everyday themes nism, they have more limited sial tip, adding full depreciation than one of you can drive, you  an early age. His father was that are right in front of us and so /'!$&'   luggage room. Also, in some insurance that reduces your should be able to drive in case Of course, have a navigation acclaimed artist G.S. Shenoy, so he easily overlooked because we are   P(' countries in Europe, the historic excess in case of damage or theft the primary driver gets injured system handy. Thankfully, lived and breathed art since the day busy with the noise around us.” &'&'3!!% town centres are very narrow, a to zero. It can pretty much dou- or maybe has had a few too Google Maps is fairly accurate he was born. M.F. Husain, a close “The concepts I have worked K&%&%$ larger car may not be easy to ble the rental cost of your car but many drinks. Check the costs of in most countries but many friend of his father’s, was a mentor, upon are varied but the recurring maneuver in these narrow it ensured complete peace of an additional driver before leav- cars do not have a ‘plug and and huge inspiration for Shenoy’s concept is that of The Golden Womb &   $ streets, especially given that mind for me. I was driving in ing. Don’t think you can save a play’ Android Auto or Apple journey as an artist. Said the artist, and The Tree of Life,” said artist !'+!& 8 driving on the left-hand seat is some very narrow streets and few dollars or Euros by doing CarPlay (Apple Maps is far “I find it very interesting to observe Seema Kohli who seeks inspiration &! & unnatural to most of us. While almost all the cars that I saw had this on the sly. In case an unau- superior in western countries). places that have history and this helps from life. '+  there are many rental agencies a few scratches here or there. thorised driver has an accident, It may not be a bad idea to pick to choose from, I would suggest Given that often driving on the you will be liable for the full up a local SIM card with a data ! & 8 you stick to the global majors ‘other’ side in many countries is damage to the car. plan, so that you can have maps !'  and their subsidiary firms. I alien to Indians, you can very planned on your phone. I used !3   chose a car from Budget Car easily have issues dealing with      Google Maps constantly on     rental, a subsidiary of French space and taking some corners, This is stating the bleeding this trip and on prior interna-  .  rental major, Avis. 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I keep Iwhen they are eating out, the choice is often tomato sauce that Gnocchi Pomodoro had been learning through my work, my family a toss-up between these two cuisines. And cooked in was not run in a blender, rather sim- and life, even my professional col- Chao Bella, which is a combination of two mered and cooked to the right degree of con- leagues. I have worked as a cook but words (Chao in Mandarin means hello and sistency, which brought out the flavour. Also today I have evolved as a chef. On the Bella in Italian translates as gracious) offers just rather than making it smooth like tomato shows I host, I walk in a chef coat and the place to give in to your whims. Dig into a puree, it was a bit lumpy which enhanced the feel that there’s nothing that I have want- plate of dimsums, follow it up flavour heightened by garlic and olive ed more. I have always wanted to learn, with some pasta and pair up oil. The gnocchi on the other hand grow and explore more. It is the only Chinese greens with some was fluffy and light. If I had to reason why my cooking evolves every- fried rice – and the combina- choose to make a meal of one dish time.” tion does not seem to be a  .  on the menu, this one would be it. A chef’s master dish goes through mish-mash.  . “While this dish uses fresh a lot of experimentation, tasting and Located in Crowne Plaza tomatoes, even the sun-dried ones checking, understanding and patience. Today New Delhi Okhla,  .  do not come out of a bottle. We It might have also gone through which is primarily a business  . . slice tomatoes, string them and immense failures before getting ready. hotel, the laidback ambience is bombard them with solutions, However, what could be the greatest best enjoyed at dinner. But a / 3 cover and hang them to dry,” says cause of failure in a chef’s dish? Says working lunch is what I had Chef Saurabh. Gail, “The amount of work and dedi- signed up for. The restaurant  ,   Next up was Steamed jasmine cation that is put into the cooking real- has come up with a new menu ,  . rice with Homemade spinach tofu. ly determines the success of the dish. It by cutting down on the num- What made the dish stand out was depends on a number of factors, includ- ber of dishes and focussing on 3 -/ the silken tofu. The chef informed ing engineering the whole plan, the quality over quantity. “Earlier the secret behind it. “While most prime one being patience, which is there were 100 plus items    of the restaurants use store bought extremely important, and also a prop- from each cuisine. It con-   tofu which uses preservatives, we er understanding of the end result. It fused the guests as to what make it every alternate day. This depends on the understanding of the would suit their palate. Now 8  makes it moist and succulent,” he chef as well who might haven’t cooked we’ve cut down and offer 35- said. the dish properly, which could be 40 of the best,” says Chef undercooked or overcooked, or veg- Saurabh Agrawal said. etables which might not have been cut What also makes the or chopped finely, or maybe some ingre- is that it’s the only art form that looks more than how valuable it actu- from her travel experiences and also restaurant stand out are the dients that might not be added to the involves the use of all five of your sens- ally is. The food is just taken to be pho- “people whom I meet," Gail is rooted fresh, organic ingredients, dish in significant proportions. es. One needs to know how to taste it, tographed than tasted. It is because of to her family, something that she draws many of which are prepared Depending on all these factors and touch it, to make sure its cooked prop- this we are missing out on so much from India. in house. But more about making sure they are well-kept in erly, smell it and that it also appeals the good food. I do get frustrated with this As she comes to Indian TV for the that as we proceed. I start- mind, the dish could be absolutely eyes.” trend of taking pictures of food with- first time with her show Top Chef: ed with Beijing chicken great.” Talking about visual appeal of the out understanding the story of food.” Season 14 (Charleston), she talks about dumpling soup where the Knowing and learning how to cook food, presentation of a certain dish does Apart from her culinary skills and what the show would bring for the broth was light, the chick- food is not a lesson that could be mas- make the dish get full marks but some- food talks, she reveals the things that she Indian audience, “The show features en inside the dumpling tered overnight. It takes a lot of prac- times its not what chefs really appreci- would want to make happen. “I want to chefs competing against each other in succulent and flavour- tice and knowledge to blend certain ate. “A picture on the phone cannot pos- spread the love for good food and bal- various culinary challenges and tasks. ful. Next up was the ingredients, creating fusion with two or sibly capture its flavours.” Isn’t it an ancing social injustice related to it due They are being judged by a panel of pro- Prawn and chives dim- more dishes. What’s more to it? Is it an injustice done to chefs whose dishes get to hunger disparities across the world. fessional chefs and other notables from sum, which did not score art form as well? “Absolutely. Food is an clicked even before they are tasted? On It is really important to me. Allowing the food and wine industry. It is a fun as high as the soup but art, it takes years of practice to exper- the phenomenon called food porn, Gail people the access to food and figuring show that brings eight new contestants nevertheless primed the tise in the field. There are definitely says, “People want the food to look deli- out how more and more people can competing against eight contestants umami senses. methods and science to cooking but cious and appealing but I also feel that access fresh and healthy meals that will who have returned from previous sea- But it was with the main food is an art not just in how it appears most of them are not professional not only taste better but will also ful- sons.” course that the meal really to the person consuming it but also how photographers or food bloggers. They fill their needs. I also want to make peo- The show airs on September 24 picked up. 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  F   young Portuguese's second- And the second half half goal crowned a perfect belonged to Sanches, who uventus believe they can win the Champions League debut in burst out of the blocks after the Champions League with the dugout for Bayern coach break. Having denied Benfica JCristiano Ronaldo, but they Niko Kovac. with a brilliant tackle at one had to start by beating Valencia Bayern took the lead after end, the Bayern midfielder without him after he was contro- just ten minutes. then found the net at the versially sent off on his debut in the Franck Ribery's cross other. Flicking the ball wide to competition for the Italian cham- found Robert Lewandowski Robben, Sanches then found pions on Wednesday. in the box, and the Polish space in the box and grateful- A tearful Ronaldo left the pitch striker whipped the ball into ly bundled in James's cross at in disbelief in the 29th minute, hav- the bottom corner. the far post to make it 2-0. ing aimed a petulant, but seemingly harmless, kick at Valencia defend- goal ahead of close-season signing er Jeison Murillo. The Portuguese Thibaut Courtois, while Roma player then made contact with boss Eusebio Di Francesco hand- Murillo's head while urging him to ed a senior debut to 19-year-old get up. midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo. Ronaldo dropped to the floor Spain midfielder ISco put Real like the tournament was lost after ahead on the stroke of half-time German official Felix Brych bran- when he majestically whipped a dished the red card but Juve free-kick over the wall from 20 showed more composure, Miralem yards. Pjanic scoring twice from the Turkish winger Cengiz Under penalty spot to clinch a comfortable went close to an equaliser early in 2-0 win. the second half after a darting run Valencia were even awarded a and stinging shot drew an excellent third spot-kick of the match deep stop from Navas. into injury-time but Daniel Parejo Bale then saw a deflected effort missed. bounce back off the crossbar, but It remains to be seen how the Welshman doubled Real's lead UEFA judge Ronaldo's offence, on 58 minutes with an angled low and dissent, but he is set to miss the finish after he was released into next European game at home to space down the left by Modric. Young Boys on October 2. Mariano, wearing the number After that comes the more seven shirt vacated by Ronaldo, threatening double-header against rounded out the win in stoppage Manchester United. time with a searing shot into the "I can only say that VAR would top corner from the edge of the box have helped the referee make the in his first game back at Real since right decision," Juventus coach rejoining from Lyon. Massimiliano Allegri said after- wards. UEFA are yet to approve the  . technology in Europe's premier    Manchester City club tournament. assistant manager Mikel Arteta Valencia fans celebrated admitted the English champions Ronaldo's dismissal at the Estadio were handed a wake-up call in a Mestalla like a goal had been shock 2-1 home defeat by Lyon to scored but, in truth, their team start their Champions League cam- missed a golden chance to gain a paign on Wednesday. foothold in Group H. Arteta took charge for the Instead, Ronaldo's absence had evening with Pep Guardiola serv- little effect. The Italians won — ing a touchline ban for being sent- with ease. off in last season's quarter-final exit "You could say he's increased to Liverpool. the players' desire to prove them- And Guardiola could only selves," Allegri said. "He's raised the watch on in horror as Lyon pun- bar for everybody." ished a sloppy first 45 minutes from Juventus have claimed seven the pre-tournament favourites Serie A titles in a row but the through Maxwel Cornet and Nabil Champions League is the one they Fekir. want. They last won that in 1996 Bernardo Silva pulled a goal when Ronaldo was 11 and still back in an improved second-half playing youth football for Nacional. performance, but couldn't prevent Ronaldo started brightly, with City slumping to their first defeat an ambitious shot from distance, of the season. and then had a hand in teeing up In contrast to their stunning two glorious chances. domestic form, City have now lost He first crossed for Federico their last four Champions League Bernardeschi to set up Sami games. Khedira, before misfiring into the Lyon have won just two of their path of Mario Mandzukic six yards opening five Ligue 1 matches of the out. Each fluffed their lines. season, but pounced on City's Valencia had openings too but sloppiness. lacked punch. Michy Batshuayi, on "We need to be capable of his first start for the club, twisted repeating this performance in order round Giorgio Chiellini but was to fulfil the objectives we have," said denied at the near post. Lyon coach Bruno Genesio. Then, the moment the match "The end of the game was will be remembered for — Ronaldo tougher as they brought it back to let frustration get the better of him 2-1 and brought on talented play- and Murillo made the most of it, ers. I suffered as I was scared they'd falling instantly. Brych was con- score a second goal. vinced. "We would have taken 2-2 before the match but given the way     the game went we'd have been dis-  Gareth Bale scored as Real appointed not to leave with the Madrid moved on from the depar- three points." tures of Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane with a 3-0 win  .  over Roma on Wednesday to con-  Renato Sanches received a fidently launch their pursuit of a standing ovation from Benfica fourth successive Champions fans after he scored against his old League title. club to inspire Bayern Munich to Isco curled in a terrific free- a 2-0 win in their opening kick just before half-time at the Champions League fixture on Santiago Bernabeu, with Bale pow- Wednesday. ering in a second and Mariano Diaz Sanches, who has endured a striking late as Real made a con- torrid few years since leaving vincing start to their Group G cam- Benfica for Munich as an 18-year- paign. old in the summer of 2016, capped Julen Lopetegui fielded 10 of a fine performance in Lisbon with the 11 players who began the 3-1 the first goal of his Bayern career. victory over Liverpool in last sea- "I'm so happy to have had a son's final, with Bale — the two- night like this in Lisbon, and I want goal hero after coming off the to thank the Benfica fans," Sanches bench in Kiev — taking the place told Sky. of the departed Ronaldo. 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The pull-outs of Axar Patel and Shardul With two quality pacers in Mustafizur Thakur further compounded India's injury Rahaman and Rubel Hossain backed by the woes. experience of Mortaza and Shakib on a slow Left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed may deck, India could find run scoring difficult come in place of Bhuvneshwar but it is still in the middle overs. not clear as to who would be Pandya's The Bangladesh team and its media's replacement. perception of India being the proverbial big Manish Pandey can add batting depth bully adds a dash of excite- and looks a possible addition in the mid- ment to the contests. Friday's dle-order, while Kedar Jadhav's off breaks encounter won't be any dif- are more than handy, and he is expected to ferent as Bangladesh are take care of Pandya's quota of overs. 6 9 ! !       9    forced to play back-to-back Openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar matches in Abu Dhabi (vs Dhawan were amongst the runs in the first Afghanistan and in Dubai (Friday). two matches while Ambati Rayudu and 3 $ #'$%( 8'  This wasn't the original schedule, but Dinesh Karthik looked solid against  .  $&&%!?#  7 the BCCI had managed to arm twist the Pakistan. '&'!(' $$'. $ + 8!(& $ (&$+  Asian Cricket Council in tweaking it, It is Mahendra Singh Dhoni's batting (  $($ $  ($+'' +! causing a lot of heartburn. form that could keep . %  $' ' '+'+  ( +'+'+7 ''Even if we win against Afghanistan (on  "2 : 0 2 the team management 3#'+8' $$% $   3K$#$ #' ! 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I do think there a stunning fightback to post a competitive  + 73& *'&' man attributes his golden touch of their roles. was a little bit of pressure," he 255 for 7 in their Asia Cup here on '  !( '  &'    '? to not bowling much in the nets. Pakistan made a disastrous said. Thursday. 'R8<3:8<3R8D' (1 8 Jadhav, who has made a start, losing two wickets for three The bowlers had too little to Opting to bat, Afghanistan were initially  + K(?  &'$  ( comeback after recovering from runs before getting all out for 162. defend but Arthur said they struggling against a disciplined Bangladesh & !(''!%7 a hamstring injury, made a com- 7     #   "We sort of batted outside could have done better. bowling attack led by veteran left-arm spin- pelling contribution of three our roles, which was very disap- "On a wicket like that, you ner Shakib Al Hasan, who grabbed four   -        wickets in the Asia Cup clash ball in an ODI against New pointing. Imam-ul-Haq, it's not need to strike really early if wickets for 42 runs, but Rashid (57 not out) Lausanne: + !  #'$ '$ against Pakistan on Wednesday, Zealand back in 2016, revealed his role to be running down to you're going to defend it. We did- and Gulbadin (42 not out) turned the tables & !(' /&  #' $ '   / / picking up three wickets with his the bowler in him. "Ever since Bhuvneshwar in the third over. n't strike early enough. But, say- in the final 10 overs. '$%+$'. $3 ! deceptive side-arm action. Dhoni bhai asked me to bowl in It's not Sarfraz's role to be hit- ing that, we went away from our The duo    *? ;D8 '   '( ('  "I don't bowl much in the that New Zealand match, my life ting over the top and getting plans too quickly. We said that added 97 runs * $7+ ! '& $ ((' nets. Honestly, I just bowl a cou- has completely changed," he said. caught out there. 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