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,    - %' While Hisar MP Dushyant The party’s rally on Gohana rally and smear the to maintain peace and not to will now be leading the party also announced the new Chautala was the party's youth October 7 was organized to name of INLD. Thus, Chautala react on the development. in the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- office-bearers of the national wing leader, Digvijay Chautala mark the 105th birth anniver- in his capacity as INLD's The development also tions. body on Thursday. While  .!4+1! has led to a turmoil in the headed the INSO. Both are sary of INLD’s founder and national president, has dis- comes as a big jolt to both Notably, former Chief Chautala himself remains the party with INSO national pres- sons of INLD's state secretary former deputy Prime Minister solved the youth wing of the Dushyant and Digvijay as stu- Minister OP Chautala along national president, the vice- ll is not well in the Indian ident Digvijay Singh Chautala general Ajay Singh Chautala, Chaudhary Devi Lal. party and the national and dents’ unions elections are with his elder son Ajay presidents are Anant Ram ANational Lok Dal, maintaining that the INSO Abhay's elder brother. A press statement issued state units of INSO--party's stu- scheduled to be held on Chautala are currently serving Tanwar, Sadhu Ram Haryana’s principal opposi- cannot be dissolved by anyone OP Chautala's decision to by the INLD on Thursday dent wing," the statement said. October 17 in Universities 10-yearjail sentence after being Chaudhary, Narayan Parsad tion party. INLD’s chief OP except its founding member dissolve the youth wing and stated, “Both youth wing and However, going against and Colleges of Haryana after convicted, in teacher recruit- Aggarwal, Kumari Phoolwati, Chautala on Thursday dis- and its executive committee. student wing also came days student wing of INLD were his grandfather’s decision, a gap of over 22 years. INSO ment scam in Haryana. Ashwani Dutta and Ram solved the party’s youth wing The development has after a group of youths alleged- found to be lacking in disci- INSO national president headed by Digvijay had been In their absence, Abhay Bhagat Gupta. and student wing INSO along come at a time when there ly indulged in hooting at the pline and commitment to the Digvijay Chautala has said chalking out plans to hold Chautala is steering the party, While RS Chaudhary will with effecting an organisa- were reports of ongoing “war Gohana rally on October 7 ideals of the party. The party’s that INSO cannot be dissolved protest over the issue of indi- which has been losing its be secretary-general of the tional restructuring of the of succession” and a deepen- when the Leader of youth wing failed to play its as it is an independent body rect elections to students’ sheen after being out of power party, Ramesh Garg, Brij party, indicating at an appar- ing rift between Leader of Opposition was speaking, role during the Gohana rally and registered under Society unions in the state. since 2005. Sharma and Capt. Inder Singh ent rift in politically influen- Opposition Abhay Singh while there were cheers for on October 7 and the INSO Act. Only Ajay Singh Political observers feel that Eyeing 2019 polls, INLD will be the general secretaries. tial Chautala family of Chautala and his nephews Dushyant Chautala as he was found indulging in blatant Chautala, who is the founder with the decision to dissolve had earlier this year tied up The new parliamentary board Haryana. Dushyant and Digvijay. spoke. At the rally, OP anti-party activities.” member of INSO can dissolve youth wing and student wing with BSP to contest 2019 Lok will have OP Chautala as the INLD’s supremo decision Abhay Singh Chautala is Chautala had warned of tak- "INSO is accused of enter- it, he said. of INLD, OP Chautala has cer- Sabha polls and assembly polls chairman and Ashok Arora, of dissolving the party's youth the younger son of Om ing strict action against indis- ing into a conspiracy with anti- Digvijay Chautala has also tainly sided with his younger due later that year in Haryana. BD Dhalia, Anju Singh and wing and student wing INSO Prakash Chautala. cipline by the party workers. party forces to disrupt the appealed to the party workers son, Abhay Chautala, who Meanwhile, OP Chautala Kamal Nagpal as its members. ,' %    ((()''0     $      4%       

 .!4+1! Deputy Commissioners and ture implements, he claimed.  .!4+1! agencies and departments, the mum use of subsidized agri- the nearly 8,000 nodal officers degrades the air quality thus the Sub Divisional Magistrates The spokesman further Chief Minister called for strict culture equipment and appointed at village level, as posing a major environmental mid the blame game over were directly involved in the said that the farmers of ntensifying his government’s monitoring of the situation at machinery being provided to well as the special campaign hazard affecting both life and Apollution due to stubble village to village campaign. Haryana fully understood the Iefforts to combat stubble all levels, while stressing the the cooperative societies and launched on social media and soil health. burning in the region, Haryana The State Government had adverse impact of paddy straw burning, Punjab Chief need to create awareness custom hiring centres for in- involving the school students, Presently, about 4.30 mil- Government on Thursday already spent Rs 98 crore dur- burning on the environment Minister Capt Amarinder among farmers, and to moti- situ paddy residue manage- youth clubs and NSS volun- lion tons of paddy (21.82 per- claimed that paddy straw ing the current year on provi- and had behaved in a respon- Singh on Thursday launched vate them, against stubble ment, which was the only sci- teers. These initiatives, he said, cent of total paddy straw gen- burning cases have reduced sion of subsidy to the farmers sible manner. three mobile apps aimed at burning. entific solution to dispose of would go a long way to per- eration) was being utilized by considerably during the current for purchase of agriculture The paddy is sown on 13 checking crop residue burning Noting that such burning the crop residue. suade the farmers to shun the various stake holders without paddy harvesting season. implements. As many as 857 lakh hectares in Haryana, the and creating awareness about cause irreversible damage to The three android mobile practice of stubble burning. burning the same in the fields, “As per satellite data fur- Custom Hiring Centres had maximum area being in the its ill-effects. the texture of soil, natural applications launched by the Additional Chief Secretary said Khanna. nished by HARSAC, there had been established and 2,867 districts of Karnal, Kaithal, Underlining the need to environment and human Chief Minister have been (Development) Viswajeet Khanna further revealed been burning of paddy stubble farmers had also been subsi- Jind, Kurukshetra and strengthen coordination health, Capt Amarinder developed by Punjab Remote Khanna informed the Chief that the Central Government only at 459 places involving an dized for purchase of agricul- Fatehabad, he added. among various concerned directed the Agriculture Sensing Centre (PRSC). They Minister that the paddy was had sanctioned Rs 665 crore area of 735 hectares. This was Department to work in tan- are i-Khet Machine — for grown over 65 lakh acres, of for in-situ paddy straw man- less than one per cent of the dem with the Science, facilitating farmers to have which 20 million tons of agement technical measures total area where harvesting Technology and Environment access to the agriculture paddy straw was produced for 2018-19 and 2019-20. A had taken place,” said an offi- Department to intensify the machinery or equipment for and just five million tons was sum of Rs 269 crore had cial spokesman. campaign to educate farmers in-situ management of crop being managed while nearly 15 already been received on “Till October 10, 2018, about the menace. residue, e-PEHaL — for mon- million tons of paddy straw account of 50 percent subsidy crop had been harvested on He underscored the need itoring tree plantation, and e- was being burnt for easy clear- to individual farmers and 80 4.01 lakh hectares and there for a holistic approach through Prevent — to have prompt and ance of field. percent subsidy to groups and had been arrival of 20 lakh synergistic efforts of all relat- accurate information regard- He also pointed out that cooperatives. tonnes of paddy in the various ed departments, such as ing incidents of crop residue burning of one ton of paddy Till date, 13,290 agricul- mandis of the state,” he said. Agriculture, Revenue, Science, burning. straw leads to net loss of 5.5 kg ture machines or equipments The spokesman said that Technology and Environment, These applications would of nitrogen, 2.3 kg of phos- have been distributed amongst these positive results were the Food and Civil Supplies etc, to provide relevant information phorus, 25 kg of potassium, 1.2 the customer hiring centres, outcome of the massive infor- tackle the problem. at district, block and village kg sulphur, 400 kg organic cooperative societies and mation and education cam- The Chief Minister also levels, in English and Punjabi. matter, besides death of useful farmers, against the target of paign undertaken by the vari- emphasized the need to moti- Capt Amarinder appreci- microbial population. 24,000 machines or equip- ous Government agencies. The vate the farmers to make opti- ated the work being done by Apart from this, it also ments. * ;                8   .!4+1!  0
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Saini and the Badals, but the gov- the state in recognition of their while Rs one crore was award- He said that the Chief  .!4+1! first time in our country which ernment did not act,” said outstanding performance in ed to Arpinder Singh for win- Minister had also assured to would help in taking progres- Phoolka. He said that he was Commonwealth and Asian ning Gold in Triple Jump provide government jobs to aryana Agriculture and sive decisions in the interest of stepping down as an MLA to Games-2018. (Athletics). players with outstanding per- HFarmers’ Welfare Minister, farmers and the consumers. show protest against the inaction Legendary athlete Milkha Randeep Kaur Khehra was formance according to their OP Dhankar on Thursday said 19 countries are partici- of Capt Amarinder Singh led Singh accompanied the Chief awarded Rs 75 lakh for winning qualification. that the State Government is in pating directly in this confer- Government “against the per- Minister at the event, where an Silver medal in Kabaddi, Rs 75 Sodhi also announced that the process of setting up four ence including representatives sons responsible for Kotkapura Apple I-phone was also pre- lakh to Reena Khokhar for Punjab Government would big mandis in the state to facil- from China, Spain, Mexico, and Behbal Kalan incidents and sented to each of the players, Silver in Hockey, Rs 50 lakh to ensure the best coaching facil- itate the farmers in selling their Poland, Serbia, America etc. Bargari sacrilege”. along with the certificates. Rupinder Pal for Bronze medal ities and state-of-the-art infra- produce at remunerative prices. besides representatives of Phoolka said that he would Capt Amarinder reiterated in Hockey, Rs 75 lakh to Gurjit structure so that the state could “Out of these, work of set- Embassies of various coun- not be coming to Chandigarh, his government’s commitment Kaur for Silver in Hockey, and scale new heights of success in ting up 600 acres Ganuar tries. In addition, representa- owing to court hearing of Tytler to promote sports at the grass- Rs 50 lakh to Akashdeep Singh, National and International Mandi in district Sonepat is in tives from Indian states includ- case in Delhi court, to submit his roots level, and to motivate whose award was received by competitions. progress. Besides this, a flower ing Andhra Pradesh, Assam, resignation, but would submit youngsters into sports through his father. He said that State has iden- market in Gurugram would be Orissa, Goa, Jammu Kashmir, the same to the Election various initiatives. He An award of Rs 50 lakh was tified land for setting up Sports established with the co-ordi- Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Commission of India. “I would expressed the confidence that received by the mother of University at Patiala. A great nation of international flower Uttarakhand and Haryana are send a copy to the Vidhaj Sabha Punjab players would shine in Hockey player Manpreet Singh. marathon will be organised market, Rio de Janeiro to cater participating in this world level Speaker,” he said. the next Olympics as there was Among other awardees by the department at the state the demand of flowers for NCR conference. Earlier, Phoolka has twice no dearth of talent in the state. were the Hockey players — as well as district levels, he region,” said Dhankar while Talking about strengthen- delayed his decision after a peti- Punjab Government would Mandeep Singh, Harmanpreet added. The Minister also called addressing the mediapersons ing the mandis in the state, tion was filed in the sacrilege channelize the energy and tal- Singh, Simranjeet Singh, upon the industrial units to after the inauguration session of Dhankar said that modernizing matter. High Court had stayed ent of sports stars positively to Krishna Bahadur Pathak and adopt sports and players to fur- 32nd World Union of the big mandis of the country further proceedings against the secure medals in the Olympics, Dilpreet Singh — who won ther strengthen the sports in Wholesale Markets (WUWM) would be deliberated in detail former Senior Superintendents he added. Bronze in Jakarta Asian Games. the state. Conference at Gurugram. in this conference. of Police Charanjit Singh and Among those honoured They were all given Rs 50 lakh Actor and comedian He said that a Masala The Minister said that a Raghbir Singh Sandhu, along by the Chief Minister were each, which was received by Gurpreet Ghuggi, addressing mandi would also be set up in market of about Rs 2000 crore with the then Station House Heena Sidhu, who has been their respective family mem- the gathering, lauded the ini- Sonepat and an apple Mandi is flourishing on expressways in Officer of Bajakhana police sta- awarded Rs 1.75 crore for bers as they are currently in the tiative of Punjab Government would be set up in 250 acres at Haryana but these are unorga- tion Amarjit Singh “in pur- clinching gold, silver and national camp of Indian for restoring the sports culture Pinjore. nized and the fruits are sold suance of recommendations bronze medals in Pistol Hockey. in Punjab, which was earlier About the conference, the unpacked whereas in Himachal made by Justice Ranjit Singh Shooting in Commonwealth Through a live online mes- one of the frontrunner sports Minister said that world level Pradesh, the farmers sell their Commission”. and Asian Games. 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Cinstances of urban flood- different departments in states ing in the country, the Ministry during natural disaster. of Housing and Urban Affairs The government data    456!+ mental health care bill in 2017 entitling ( MoHUA) is bringing guide- shows that on an average, over =.**  people with mental disorders to access lines on how cities should deal 1,600 people die every year due ith 8,00,000 people killing them- comprehensive medical and social care ser- with such a situation. The to floods, affecting nearly 32 Wselves every year, suicide is the sec- ,    ; vices in community settings, it said the Ministry has asked the million people. More than ond leading cause of death globally among     
 quality of care continues to be poor for National Institute of Urban 92,000 cattles are lost every 15-29 year olds while half of all mental ill- mental health patients. Affairs (NIUA) to prepare year, seven million hectares of ness begins by the tender age of 14.        There is a severe shortage of special- guidelines to prevent urban land is affected (16 percent of However, what is a matter of concern, as      ists in India: just 4000 psychiatrists, 3500 flooding. the total flood prone area), and per the World Health Organisation       psychologists, and 3500 mental health The comprehensive assess- )     damage is over Rs 5,600 crore. (WHO), is that mental health is yet to 
      social workers. This is too low given that ment of losses by the  <     Floods resulted in loss of 0.86 become a priority for Governments given    150 million Indians need mental health Government during the peri- percent of the total GDP in the that the sector currently receives less care. Just 30 million are seeking care. od between 1953 and 2017        1970s and 1980s. than 1 per cent of global aid.    
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 treatment is sought, its quality is poor - the lion hectares of crops worth Rs        that the NDMA (national dis- warned that while presently mental health       World Mental Health Surveys reported that 1.09 lakh crore and over 8   aster management authority) conditions cost the world US $ 2.5 trillion   one in five people with depressive disor- crore houses worth Rs 53,576 panel, set up in the wake of the a year , the figure is expected to balloon to    
 der received minimally adequate treatment crore were damaged while over 2005 Mumbai floods, held that US $ 6 trillion by 2030 if timely steps are in high-income countries, dropping to just 6 crore cattle and 1 crore lives hold talks with experts to look and make preparations accord- urban flooding is a phenome- not taken to check mental health disorders.       one in 27 in LMICs (low and middle were lost during the six -and- at the causation. ingly to deal with it. As per non distinct from rural flood- In India, mental health disorders and      
  income countries)." a-half decades. In all, the floods "During Kerala flood, the primary estimate, Kerala flood ing. Hence, the panel said, it illness are on increase mainly due to chang-     We must work towards reducing the have affected over 20 crore urban flooding issues were caused damage of assets over needs to be dealt with by the ing social dynamics, taboos, unawareness     stigma and increasing awareness through people so far. raised again on whether we are Rs 20, 000 crore. ministry in charge of urban and lack of timely and adequate treatment.  
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     Smitha Deshpande, head of the depart- Hardeep Singh Puri, there has attending a workshop on up to tackle urban flooding at the level of joint secretary. treatment in India, a new report on men-   < ment of psychiatry at Delhi-based Dr Ram been an increasing trend of 'Urban Flood Resilience' where will be based on categories In July 2012, the Ministry tal health released by Lancet Commission Manohar Lohia Hospital. urban flood disasters in the experts suggested a number of such as early warning for nat- of Home Affairs had issued has said. stance-use disorders, accounted for 7 per According to 2015-16 National Mental country in the past few years ways to tackle the issue. The ural disaster, preparedness for orders designating the urban The earlier reports published in Lancet cent of disability-adjusted life years in 1990 Health Survey (NMHS) survey, every and the ministry has asked the workshop was organised by the emergency and planning for affairs ministry as the nodal too have pointed out that the burden of the and the percentage increased to 11 per- sixth person in India needs mental health NIUA ( National Institute of NIUA. disaster reduction. ministry for urban flooding, disease in India increased from 3 per cent centage by 2013. help of some sort. Of all the age groups, Urban Affair ) to put together The minister said that An official of the NIUA but since then there has been in 1990 to 6 per cent in 2013, whereas in Though the report acknowledged it is the adolescents who need most help facts on the recent floods, be it there is need to devise a system said once the recommendations no movement to make it oper- China mental, neurological and sub- India's efforts to get in place the landmark with mental health issues. in Kerala or Kashmir, and to anticipate natural disaster are drawn up, they will be sent ational.     M  76*N 
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 awarded is death or where shot in the arm for the Ministry, the are almost nil or inaccessible. "There has da and yoga remedies/practices for the the Home Ministry said death sentence has been com- Government's Navratna, National Thermal been demand for the traditional systems management of such illnesses. Thursday.   muted to life imprisonment, Power Corporation (NTPC) has agreed to of medicines as these are playing vital role Last year, the Centre had approved Women convicts aged 55 cases of convicts involved in set up Ayush centres in five cities — in providing health care to large section of proposals for setting up of 100 Ayurveda, years and above and male con- authority in their jurisdictions, actual sentence period, trans- serious and heinous crimes Kayamkulum in Alappuzha district of population, especially in developing coun- Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy victs of 60 years or more, who have released more than 900 gender convicts of 55 years of like dowry death, rape, human Kerala, Koldam (Bilaspur in Himachal tries like India. (AYUSH) hospitals across the country. have served half of their sen- prisoners, a home ministry age and above, who have served trafficking and convicted under Pradesh), Tapovan (Rishikesh in "This is because of the affordability of During the last three years, the tence, and a few other cate- statement said. half of their actual sentence POTA, UAPA, TADA, FICN, Uttarakhand), Vindhyanchal and Farakka people to buy Ayurvedic medicines that are Government had also approved posting of gories of prisoners were eligi- In the second and third period, male convicts of 60 POCSO Act, Money in West Bengal. of low cost, compared to that of Allopathy," 4000 AYUSH doctors in primary health ble for the amnesty scheme phase, prisoners will be years of age and above, who Laundering, FEMA, NDPS, "The nitty-gritty is being finalized," a the official added. centres across the country. announced by the Narendra released on April 6, 2019 and have completed 50 per cent of Prevention of Corruption Act, senior official from the Ministry said He attributed growing demand for In fact, the National Health Policy, Modi government. October 2, 2019 respectively. their actual sentence period. etc. adding that talks are on with other PSUs alternative medicines also to the increasing 2017 has also envisaged the integration of In the week-long first The following categories of Physically challenged or While releasing the pris- too in this direction. awareness among the public regarding the the Ayush system in the NHP and con- phase of special remission to prisoners are eligible for special disabled convicts with 70 per oners, they will be gifted books He said that efforts are on to persuade efficacy of Ayush, availability of scientifi- tribution in larger aspect including the prisoners, the states and Union remission: women convicts of cent disability and more who relating to Mahatma Gandhi the PSUs to set up the Ayush Centres in cally validated ayush medicines like anti- Non- Communicable Diseases, the official territories, after obtaining the 55 years of age and above, who have completed 50 per cent of and will be provided suitable the remote areas where medical facilities diabetes drug BGR-34 (developed by CSIR) added. approval of the competent have completed half of their their actual sentence period, ter- counselling.    (  ) *+, +-*.  &A $    
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In artists to back away so that he senior Bollywood actor provide them the welcome slammed her ex-boyfriend- against Hritik came three days Samee Siddiqui and director modesty), 354-A (Assault or 2008, Tanushree’s father Tapan could teach me the dance steps Amitabh Bachchan on they deserve and the dignity of actor by saying that “people after the 44-year-old actor Rakesh Sarang — for ques- use of criminal force with Kumar Dutta had filed a com- through he was not a choreo- Thursday broke his silence on the security of their presence,” who keep wives as trophies and tweeted: "It is impossible for me tioning, the police will record intent to disrobe her) and sec- plaint with the Oshiwara police grapher and he was not the ongoing “Me Too” move- the senior actor said. young girls as mistresses should to work with any person if the statements of witnesses in tion 509 (word, gesture or act and nothing much had been required during the choreog- ment, by saying that "no It may be recalled that be boycotted”. he/she is guilty of such grave the case in the coming days on intended to insult the modesty done on the complaint then. raphy as per my previous woman should ever be sub- Bachchan had come in for “There are men who make misconduct. I am away and the incident that took place on o a woman) of Indian Penal On behalf of Tanushree, rehearsals,” the actress added. jected to any kind of misbe- severe criticism after he made false promises of love and mar- have access to only sporadic the sets of a film on March 26, Code. her lawyer also submitted a 40- “After the incident, I was haviour or disorderly conduct, light of a question on the alle- riage to a girl to get them into information. I have requested 2008. In a related development, page statement on the incident under tremendous shock, I especially at her work place". gations of sexual harassment a relationship that is also a type the producers of Super 30 to “Before summoning the Oshirwara police are look- to the police and also the suffered psychological trauma, As he turned 76, Bachchan made by Tanushree Dutta of harassment. There are mar- take stock of the apparent facts Patekar and other accused in ing into the complaint lodged Maharashtra State Women’s was unable to take up work, posted an interview on his against Nana Patekar, by saying: ried men who keep their wives and take a harsh stand if need the case for questioning, we will against Patekar by Tanushree Commission (MSWC). suffered huge monetary losses twitter handle in which he "Neither is my name Tanushree as trophies and keep young girls be. This is not to be hushed or first record the statements of on October 6 under sections In her complaint lodged in crores and therefore I decid- said: “No woman should ever nor is it Nana Patekar so how as their mistresses like brushed under the carpet. All the witnesses in the case,” a 354 (Assault or criminal force with the police on October 6, ed to take action through film be subjected to any kind of mis- can I answer your question?". Hrithik...They lure young beau- proven offenders must be pun- senior police officer investi- to women with intent to out- Tanushree has alleged that the industry by lodging a written behaviour, or disorderly con- Early this week, Bachchan’s tiful girls with the promise of ished and all exploited people gating the case said. rage her modesty), 354-A incident took place on March complaint with the Cine and duct, especially at her work daughter-in-law and actress marriage and later try to prove must be empowered and given Accompanied by her (Assault or use of criminal 26, 2008 during the shooting of TV Artistes Association. The place. Such acts should imme- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan had them mad. Nobody should strength to speak up.” lawyer Nitin Satpute, Tanushree force with intent to disrobe her) a song in the film “Horn Ok Association decided the matter diately be brought to the notice voiced her opinion on the work with such people. They Hritik’s comment came in visited the Oshiwara police and section 509 (word, gesture Pleaseee” . The entire was to be and passed the order without of concerned authorities, and “MeToo” movement at an should be boycotted," Kangana respect of Bahl, who is the station on Wednesday night or act intended to insult the picturised on the actress, while considering my complaint for corrective measures be taken, event. “I have always spoken told a news television channel. director of Super 30, a biopic on and recorded her statement in modesty o a woman) of Indian Patekar had only line in the ap0logy,” Tanushree stated in either through filing com- out, I spoke in the past, I am Justifying the treatment the life of mathematician continuation of a written com- Penal Code. song. She said that before the her police complaint. plaints or a recourse to law” speaking now, and I will con- being meted out to film maker Anand Kumar and his educa- plaint that she had lodged with Talking to media persons shoot, she had made it clear to In her complaint, “Discipline and civic, social tinue to speak. When it comes Vikas Bahl, a former member tional programme Super 30. the same police station on after actress-client recorded the producer and director that Tanushreee had also named and moral curriculums, should to helping women find their of the now dissolved Phantom Incidentally, Kangana's October 6. her statement, Satpute said: she would not enact or perform choreographer Ganesh be adopted at a very early edu- voice, find the strength, feel con- Films who has been accused of Queen co-star Nayani Dixit had After she recorded her “After our insistence, the police any lewd, vulgar or uncom- Acharya, producer Samee cational level. Women chil- fident about sharing their sto- sexual harassment by a couple accused Bahl of sexual mis- statement, the Oshiwara police recorded my client’s statement fortable steps in the particular Siddiqui, director Rakesh dren and the weaker sections of ries, it’s not about the current of actresses, Kangana said: conduct. After a reported affair formally registered an FIR in English instead of Marathi. song. Sarang and some MNS work- our society are the most vul- time. This has been going on "There are many people like between the two during the against Patekar and three oth- We wanted the police to record “On the 4th day of the ers who allegedly damaged her nerable. They need to be under since a lot of time and I am glad Vikas Bahl, he is not the only filming of Krrish 3, Kangana ers under sections 354 (Assault her statement in English as we shoot, 26th March 2008, while car and pulled her out of her special protective care,” Big B it has found a certain momen- one. We still have a lot of work and Hrithik have been engaged or criminal force to women did not want a repeat of what shooting was going on, Nana car, as co-accused. said, in reply to a question. tum today,” Aishwarya had said. to do so, we should not start the in a legal war. .3   % " % 
 

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In order make black amassing more and more assets,” ground-based observational rally to highlight the plight of the defence ple to hold a discussion on Hindustan occasion of the birth anniversary money white Lalu coerced Lalan said Modi. capabilities of this region for APSU Hindustan Aeronautics Aeronautics Ltd's contribution to India, any- of Loknayak Jaya Prakash Choudhary, a BPL person, rail- Hours before the release of weather and atmospheric Limited(HAL) in view of the controversy over one can participate in it including HAL Narayan. Incidentally, both Lalu way khalasi Hridyanand the book the Government inten- research is of utmost impor- HAL missing the contract to produce Rafale employees. He's not coming to meet HAL and Modi were disciples of JP Choudhary and landless persons sified security of Sushil Modi. tant. fighter jet by the State Congress Party has been employees." and product of his anti-corrup- Prabhunath Yadav, Both Nitish and Modi were pre- The centre will take care of cancelled. The State Congress had announced Rahul Gandhi had ridiculed union tion movement. Chandrakanta Devi and sent at another function and the the emerging geospatial and that on his visit to Bengaluru on Saturday Government's flagship Skill India campaign as But the book has docu- Subhash Choudhary. The docu- CM was seen calling the Senior space technology requirements Congress president Rahul Gandhi will visit "S-Kill India" and alleged 30,000 crore was mented “corrupt” practices of ments showed these people gift- SP and DM of Patna and gave for the development of the HAL and address the employees. However "stolen" from HAL in the Rafale deal and given Lalu and amassing of huge ed their precious lands in the them necessary directives. region. Gopal Sutar, Chief of Media Communications, to a man with "no skills" to make an aircraft. wealth and assets by him and his name of Lalu’s kin, said the BJP There was no reaction from Union Minister Singh said HAL told reporters on Thursday, “There is no The Congress has been accusing Prime family. Lalu and his wife Rabri Prasad Yadav was just a kid leader. Lalu family on this book. Leader the collaboration between communication on Rahul Gandhi’s meeting Minister Narendra Modi of snatching jobs of Devi remained Chief Minister when all these corruptions took Modi further said that to of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav ISRO and CUJ was a landmark with the HAL employees in Bengaluru.” the people of Karnataka by taking away the uninterrupted for 15 years. Later place,” said Modi at the book amass benami land, Lalu mis- who has a knack of tweeting on achievement for Jammu & Rahul was slated to meet HAL employees contract from HAL. Rahul had been saying that on Lalu was Railway Minister in launching function where sev- used his family as well as the every issue also remained silent. Kashmir. in Bengaluru on 13 October. Karnataka had HAL been selected in place of Reliance UPA 1 under Manmohan Singh eral senior BJP leaders and families of his married daughters Bihar RJD president Ram Saying that ISRO would Pradesh Congress Committee president Defence it could have generated employment for five years. Union Ministers were present. and transferred the landed prop- Chandra Purbe said the book become a pan-India organi- Dinesh Gundu Rao had said Rahul will talk to scores of unemployed youth in the State. “Lalu Pariwar is a Ghotala The BJP is also likely to use this erties through them after him- was a bunch of lies. “Modi is sation with the establishment to the employees of the HAL about the con- The BJP has dismissed all allegations as pariwar. He continued with his book in next election against self purchasing the plots in their using name of Lalu only to of the centre, he urged the troversial deal and also address a rally in false. Modi had announced the procurement corrupt practices despite going main rival RJD. name and later transferred in the remain in the limelight. The youth to develop scientific Bengaluru. However on Thursday Dinesh of 36 Rafale fighters after holding talks with to jail and convicted in fodder Modi has alleged that for name of his kin. world knows that Lalu is the temper and interest in space Gundu Rao denied Rahul Gandhi is coming then French president Francois Hollande on scam. He implicated his entire making Ministers, MPs and leg- “Lalu left behind Robert man always ready to take on RSS research. PTI to meet HAL employees but said he will hold 10 April, 2015, in Paris. family in corruption. Tejashwi islators Lalu asked his partymen Wadra in using shell companies and BJP,” he said. $  $  4# '  ""$ %$  

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JRL appeals to people to Trinamool Congress Government is Minister said “no mischief will be Wthe Chief Minister of unknown gunmen shot dead a sepa- observe a complete #Shutdown tomor- keeping close watch on the prepa- tolerated and those who commit Puducherry is campaigning ratist activist in southern Shopian dis- row to pay homage to him,” Mirwaiz rations for the proposed BJP Rath them will be shown their places.” against her day in and day out trict. wrote on twitter. Yatras in December. According to With the 2019 general elections alleging that Kiran Bedi, the Wani was emerging as a popular Former Chief Minister Mehbooba the ruling party sources local lead- less than a year away the BJP has Lieutenant Governor is not terrorist across the Valley for his edu- Mufti termed the killing as “loss” and ers to the panchayat level have decided to take out three Rath cooperating with the cational background and scholarly urged to resolve the Kashmir issue been “alerted about the kinds of mis- Yatras in the State. These Yatras will Government in implementing discourses he had recently engaged through dialogue with all stakeholders chief that can take place during the be led by top BJP leaders including welfare measures, the unde- himself in. including Pakistan. Yatras.” party president Amit Shah, Assam terred Bedi is going around the Sewa Awards on this year’s The separatists have called for a his first article on website. The agency “Today a PhD scholar chose death Though the BJP will not be able Chief Minister Sarwananda Sonowal Union Territory making sure Diwali Eve,” said a release from shutdown across the valley on Friday later pulled the article down. Wani cir- over life & was killed in an encounter. to derive any special mileage from and his UP counterpart Yogi that the infrastructure works Bedi’s office. to mourn Wani’s killing while several culated his second article through His death is entirely our loss as we are such yatras in Bengal, “our workers Adityanath. are implemented and the entire Desilting the 11.3 km long mainstream leaders including former social media, which became an instant losing young educated boys every have been asked to keep a close vigil While Shah will lead his Yatra region is maintained neat and Sellangal Feeder Canal at a cost Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti have hit. day,” she said. because this is an election year,” State from Birbhum, the UP Chief clean. of 7 lakh would revitalize six regretted his death. Soon after the news about the “It is high time that all the politi- Minister Firhad Hakim has said. Minister will start his Yatra from A day after Narayanasamy villages and 900 acres of farm Sources said Wani and his associ- death of two terrorists spread, violent cal parties in the country realise the Party leader and Rajya Sabha Ganga Sagar Islands. The third went public over Bedi’s refusal lands would get irrigation ate were trapped in a residential house clashes erupted in parts of Kupwara gravity of this situation and try to facil- MP Sukhendu Shekhar Roy has also Yatra will start from Coochbehar in to increase the age limit to 24 potential. This will also in Shatgund Bala village in Mawar belt and Handwara. itate a solution through dialogue with said that the Yatra would be a fail- Northernmost Bengal bordering of police constables under improve the ground water table of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district The authorities announced closure all the stakeholders including Pakistan ure in a politically seasoned State Assam and will be led by the Chief clause 3 of the Police for agriculture sector as well as early on Thursday. The area was cor- of schools and colleges in north to end this bloodshed,” Mehbooba like Bengal. Minister of the neighbouring State. Recruitment Rules, the the industrial hub. doned off by troops of 30 Rashtriya Kashmir parts and several restive wrote in another tweet. Wani took up “Earlier yatras were take out “The Yatras will be taken out in Lieutenant Governor launched The Lt Governor launched Rifles and counterinsurgency police on pockets of south Kashmir. arms during Mehbooba led PDP-BJP under the leadership LK Advani. But protest against Trinamool Congress’ a massive programme with the the desilting works on a specific input that led to exchange of Wani’s associate who died in the coalition in the state. it was not successful in Bengal. This reign of terror, its appeasement assistance of a corporate group Thursday by performing the fire. gunfight was identified as Ashiq Legislator Sheikh Rashid said the time also it will fail here as the peo- policy and continuing infiltration to desilt the entire irrigation traditional Bhumi Puja and Police said two terrorists were Hussain Zargar, a resident of Tulwari killing of Manan Wani negates ple of Bengal do not like commu- through Bangladesh border,” BJP channels in Puducherry. asked the donors to make sure killed in the shootout and one of them village in Langate. Governor Satya Paul Malik’s claim that nal politics,” Roy said. State leader Samik Bhattacharya The project named that the desilting works be was identified as Manan Bashir Wani, Sources said that tens of thousands we should focus on eliminating mili- Another leader and Minister said. “Mission Puducherry Water completed before the com- who joined the terrorist ranks last year of people joined the funeral prayers of tancy rather killing terrorists. Rashid Sadhan Pandey said Bengal still The Yatras will end up in Rich” will ensure that the clean- mencement of the monsoon. after quitting his doctoral research in the slain terrorist who was ranked represents Langate constituency where cherished its renaissance values Kolkata and eventually culminate ing and desilting of all the 23 She also asked the engineering geology department of Aligarh Muslim among the most-wanted cadre of the encounter took place. and would never allow outlandish into the proposed mega rally sched- irrigation channels would be authorities of Tamil Nadu University. Wani had written two arti- Hizbul Mujahideen outfit. “Rather celebrating the killing and philosophy to make home in State uled to be held at the historic implemented with the active Government who were present cles in past three months explaining his The Joint Resistance Leadership using bullets and pallets to disperse politics. “Bengal is a different ball Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata. cooperation of donors. during the function to extend decision to quit studies and joining the (JRL), a grouping of separatist leaders thousands of protesters at the game; that they will soon under- The date of the rally which will be “This will save the cooperation to their counter- separatist movement in Kashmir. Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwai Umar Farooq encounter site, the Government should stand. People of this State will just addressed by Prime Minister Government crores of rupees parts in the union territory for The authorities filed a case against and Yasin Malik called for a valley-wide introspect as to what forces masses to reject such communal gimmicks,” Narendra Modi has however not while the donors will be hon- the speedy completion of the a news gathering agency that published shutdown on Friday to mourn Manan play with their lives,” he said. Pandey said. been given by the party. oured with Swachchhta Hi works $   !P  0  0     
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After his Sources close to Chief anwarilal Purohit, Governor ture and the history of Indian sub between the pushkaram and literature and history. “Sage Karnataka suffered a major resignation he also said he Minister Kumaraswamy said Ahmedabad: In the wake of Bof Tamil Nadu, literally left continent from time immemor- astronomical changes, Purohit Agasthya was the first one to cre- jolt on Thursday as primary would continue to support Mayawati asked him to drop the alleged rape of a 14-month the rationalists and atheists ial. Throughout the history of pointed out that it was connect- ate grammar for Tamil followed and Higher education Minister JD(S) and not the Congress. Mahesh, as he'd made unwant- old girl in Gujarat two weeks Dravidian politicians in the State mankind, rivers have played the ed to the transit of the planet by his disciple Tholkappiar. So it N Mahesh has resigned from According to sources ed comments that it's because back, State Congress MLA spellbound on Thursday by par- central role in sustenance. We see Guru to various Rasi (zodiac may be apt to describe the age of HD Kumaraswamy Cabinet. Mahesh resigned from the of him that the BSP won a seat Geniben Thakor has said that ticipating in the Thamarabharani the rivers not only as a source of signs). “The Pushkaram festival Tamil is same as that of the age N Mahesh is the only BSP Cabinet after Mayawati asked in Karnataka. The CM didn't rape accused should be burnt Mahapushkaram, a religious water but revere them as Gods. takes place on 12 major holy of Thamiraparani. We also find MLA from Kollegala con- him to resign as it was against act on that. Today, she instruct- alive instead of being handed event held once in every 144 The celebration of Pushkarams rivers, corresponding to the references of Thamirabharani in stituency and became Minister BSP’s principal to be part of any ed Mahesh to step down. over to police. years. covers the holy rivers of Sindhu Hindu zodiac signs, during the Ramayana, Mahabharata, in HD Kumaraswamy’s Cabinet. power with the congress. In another development A video in which the Governor Purohit who was and Saraswati in Western India transit of Guru Bhagavan from Kalidasa’s Raghuvamsa, works of Just four months after formation Mahesh had a meeting with former Prime Minister and woman legislator is purported- the chief guest of the inaugur- to Brahmaputra in Eastern India one Rasi to another, every year,” Varahamihira and in Sangam lit- of a fragile coalition Mayawati on Tuesday and it was Janata Dal (S) National ly seen telling this to a group of al event of the rare festival to Ganges and Yamuna in said Purohit. He also demolished erature,” said Purohit. Government of JD(S) and much anticipated. According President H D Devegowda has women went viral on Thursday. described it as one of the great Northern India to Narmada, Congress led by HD to sources he would be contest- said the Opposition parties However, Thakor clarified historical and cultural events in Godavari and Tunga-Badra in Kumaraswamy, Mahesh ing from Chamarajanagara joining hands against the BJP that she was just trying to the country. He also emphasised Central India and to Kaveri and resigned giving personal reason. reserve constituency against had begun in Karnataka, but pacify the women as they were the importance commanded Thamarabharani in South India. The formation of coalition Congress in the ensuing gener- formation of a grand alliance anguished over the rape of the by the rivers across the country These pushkarams have been Government in Karnataka also al elections in 2019. against the saffron party at the 14-month old girl from Thakor because they are the ones which happening from time immemo- became a short-lived In political circles the news national level was highly community. stress the cultural unity of India. rial stressing the cultural unity Opposition unity called is abuzz that it was a political 'doubtful'. Thakor represents Vav seat of Banaskantha district. In the video captured on a mobile phone inside a house yesterday, the MLA is seen sur- rounded by some agitated women. "In India, everyone has to pass through the process of law (to get justice). But, whenever such incidents happen, 50-150 persons should come together and burn him (rape accused) alive on the same day. Finish him, don't hand him over to police," Thakor is seen telling the women. In her explanation, Thakor said she was only trying to calm down the women, who were moved by the rape of the tod- dler near Himmatnagar town of Sabarkantha district on September 28. The accused, a native of Bihar was arrested by police on the same day. "The video was shot inside my residence. That was not a public rally or a press confer- ence. I said those words in order to pacify some 100 women visitors, who were upset due to the rape incident. There was no other intention," #  
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Ganai and many wilfully ignorant Article 370 under Part XXI guarantees spe- then President Rajendra Prasad on the mala last month, his life took a new Government, was admitted to the One of the most remarkable people like him have made such desperate cial status to Jammu & Kashmir, restrict- fide advice of Nehru, has, therefore, always turn, thanks to the Jaipur Foot. same hospital with a badly broken achievements in the Jaipur Foot’s   P          Q 1     ( 0(  7)   1     attempts to justify the unlawful continua- ing the Union’s legislative powers to only been ‘ultra vires’ to start with! Now, he can not only walk with his leg. During his prolonged stay in 50-year journey is it’s connect to     #      O        tion of Article 35A. three areas — defence, foreign affairs and Again, does Article 370 have the power new prosthetic leg, but can also the hospital, he observed that people across the world. It has    S            #    (       $  D   What is Article 35A? 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The Government, he said, Oil and Natural Gas Corp has no intention of asking (ONGC) shares surged to 6D&6 It moved between 10,138.60 state-run lender SBI was the +4G320J trial revolutions eluded the 5)D4+7 them to do that again. 159.60 during intra-day trade and 10,335.95 in day trade. biggest loser, plunging by 5.74 country, India’s contribution to Following the comments, on the BSE before ending at 71E “This sell-off is part of the per cent, followed by Tata Steel *4.!N) the 4th Industrial Revolution !+4'D<<+.+6 shares of OMCs surged by as 152.90, up 2.86 per cent. global sell-off triggered by the 4.60 per cent. would be astonishing, he said. much as 19 per cent intra-day, Oil producers ONGC and (7&6)<1 sharp cut in the mother mar- Stocks of IT bellwether 51.D44. “India was not indepen- defying the broader market Oil India Ltd had till June ket US,” said VK Vijayakumar, TCS fell 3.10 per cent ahead of dent when the first and second   456!+ trends. Shares of HPCL surged 2015 made good as much as 40 1(7*O)< Chief Investment Strategist at September quarter earnings to 5+!D*+.<+&1 industrial revolution happened. 19 per cent to hit a high of per cent of the under-recover- Geojit Financial Services. be released later on Thursday. *1)46N When third industrial revolu- llaying concerns about the 215.40, BPCL jumped 7 per ies or subsidy arising out of sell- 171E This is leading to capital Other laggards included tion happened, India was Areturn of fuel subsidy cent to 284.80 and IOC gained ing fuel at below market price. outflows from emerging mar- Vedanta, M&M, Infosys, Adani 6E!1 struggling with challenges of regime, a top Finance Ministry nearly 8 per cent to 134 in It was speculated that the same kets (EMs) like India. Apart Ports, Bharti Airtel, Tata just attained independence,” official on Thursday said the intra-day trade. subsidy sharing in some form   7(7&+ from the rising bond yield in Motors, HDFC, IndusInd .D44. he said. Government asking oil PSUs to The benchmark BSE may be brought back. the US and EM currency woes, Bank, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Auto, Artificial intelligence, subsidise petrol and diesel Sensex fell 759.74 points to According to Moody’s he BSE Sensex slumped there are global trade skir- ICICI Bank, L&T, Kotak Bank, machine learning, Internet of prices by 1 per litre was a close at 34,001. Investors Service, share prices Tover 750 points to end at a mishes impacting the senti- Maruti Suzuki, Hero   456!+ Things, blockchain and big “one-time thing” and it does The cut in excise duty and of state-owned oil companies six-month low and NSE Nifty ment, he added. MotoCorp, Coal India and data hold potential to take not intend to ask them to do it OMCs absorbing some prices have declined around 20 per ended below the 10,300 mark “While most of the earlier ITC, falling up to 4.45 per cent. rime Minister Narendra India to new heights, the Prime again. had led to a drop in the price cent on average since the gov- Thursday as global indices wit- fall could be attributed largely Axis Bank, HDC Bank, PModi on Thursday allayed Minister said. While oil marketing com- of petrol from a record high of ernment on October 4 nessed across-the-board losses to domestic factors, the reason RIL, Wipro, NTPC, Asian fears of job loss due to techno- Reeling out the achieve- panies will continue to enjoy 84 per litre to 81.50 in Delhi announced a reduction in the after investor sentiment was hit for Thursday’s fall is clearly Paint, PowerGrid and HUL logical development, saying ments of his Government, Modi marketing freedom, upstream and that of diesel from an all- country’s fuel prices. by heavy sell-off in world mar- global with the US markets also retreated up to 1.45 per the ‘4th Industrial Revolution’ said teledensity has increased to oil producers like ONGC time high of 75.45 to 72.95 The aggregate market cap- kets. falling sharply after President cent. will change the nature of jobs 93 per cent and nearly 50 crore would not be asked to share a litre on October 5. But rate italisation of the six largest list- The 30-share index, which Trump’s acerbic comments In contrast, ONGC was the and provide more opportuni- Indians now have mobiles. fuel subsidy burden, he said. hikes on subsequent days have ed Government owned/linked commenced with a gap down against the Federal Reserve top gainer in the Sensex kitty, ties. India is the largest mobile Just last week, the pushed prices up. oil companies had fallen by 1.2 opening, cracked over 1,000 and the consequent sharp fall rising 2.86 per cent, while Yes Speaking at the launch of data consuming country in Government had cut excise Petrol has risen by 86 paise lakh crore since then, it said. points, breaching the 34,000- witnessed in all the major Bank gained 2.54 per cent. the World Economic Forum the world and also the one with duty on petrol and diesel by per litre since then and diesel “The share price decline is mark and hit a low of Asian markets,” said Dheeraj Stocks of oil marketing (WEF) Centre for the Fourth the cheapest data rates, he 1.50 per litre and asked state- by 1.67, negating the entire credit negative for the oil com- 33,723.53, before staging a par- Singh, Head of Investments - companies were in a better Industrial Revolution, he said said, adding mobile data con- owned oil marketing compa- excise duty reduction in less panies because of the high tial recovery to touch a high of Taurus AMC. shape on falling global crude oil his government is open to pol- sumption has increased 30 nies (OMCs) to subsidise the than a week. Petrol price in level of cross-shareholdings in 34,325.09 in afternoon trade. In an unprecedented crit- prices. HCPL, BPCL, ONGC icy changes to help reap bene- times in four years. two fuels by another 1 a litre. Delhi on Thursday stood at one another. The market values The gauge finally ended icism by a serving US and IOC ended up to 14.70 per fits of the fourth industrial rev- Over 120 crore Indians But most of the 2.50 per 82.36 per cent while diesel was of their respective investments 759.74 points, or 2.19 per cent, President, Trump said the cent higher. olution. have Aadhaar, he said, adding litre reduction in rates effected priced at 74.62. have declined, reducing their lower at 34,001.15. This is the Federal Reserve had gone crazy Airline stocks continued “Our diversity, our demo- work to connect all the 2.5 lakh from October 5 has been lost The official said the financial flexibility,” it said in a lowest closing since April 11. after the Dow Jones Industrial their rising streak for the sec- graphic potential, fast-growing village panchayats with optic in increases in selling prices on Government is also not look- report on Thursday. Shares of It had gained 461.42 points Average in New York tumbled ond day after the govern- market size and digital infra- fibre would be completed soon. subsequent days, giving rise to ing at bringing back the subsidy HPCL closed up 14.70 per Wednesday. by over 800 points on ment on Wednesday cut structure has potential to make In 2014, only 59 panchay- the suspicion that the sharing mechanism where cent at 207.15. BPCL was up Similarly, the NSE Nifty Wednesday, the biggest decline excise duty on jet fuel to 11 India a global hub for research ats were connected with optic Government may again ask upstream firms like ONGC 5.11 per cent at 278.65 and settled at 10,234.65, down in more than seven months. per cent to give relief to the and implementation,” he said. fibre while presently 1 lakh are OMCs to subsidise fuel. subsidised cooking fuels LPG IOC ended 5.39 per cent high- 225.45 points, or 2.16 per cent. Among the Sensex pack, aviation industry. While the previous indus- connected, Modi said. “The 1 absorption by and kerosene by giving dis- er at 131 on the BSE. 3?    0       6    9:/ *,  %    2"" +6O<)   + ; .         &) 9:34     8      6

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TVS WEGO is inspired by TThursday reported a 22.6 transformation across verti- was steady at 10.9 per cent on Thursday announced entry in setting up a microdot produc- Corporation (APGDC) for sup- the youthful lifestyle of our target audience,” Aniruddha Haldar, per cent jump in consolidated cals, and continued accelera- last 12 months basis. India with investment of USD tion factory in Manesar ply of piped natural gas. vice-president, marketing, commuter motorcycles, scooters net profit at 7,901 crore in the tion in banking, financial ser- Shares of TCS fell by over 10 million by next year. (Haryana),” Opperman said. “Kakinada SEZ, a sub- and corporate brand, TVS Motor Company, said. The compa- July-September 2018 quarter, vices and insurance (BFSI) 3 per cent on Thursday ahead The company is mainly The company has part- sidiary of GMR Infra, signed an ny is confident that this refreshed version of TVS Wego would buoyed by strong demand for and retail.” of its second quarter earnings targeting automobile segment nered with Delhi-based firm MoU with APGDC to get access resonate with the customers, he added. The 110-cc scooter comes digital services. N Ganapathy Subramani- to be announced later in the for tagging four and two- Falcon to market its product in to piped domestic natural gas with full metal body, advanced digital speedometer, among other Tata Consultancy Services am, chief operating officer day. wheelers with microdots — 1 the country. for its upcoming 10,500-acre features. (TCS) had posted a net profit and executive director at TCS, The stock declined 3.10 per millimetre square grain size “We have had discussion zone,” the company said in a fil- of 6,446 crore in the same termed the September quarter cent to close at 1,979.75 on dots which carry unique num- with automotive component ing to BSE.       = period last fiscal, the company as a “good” one and said there BSE. During the day, it slumped ber code linked to chasis of makers body ACMA for a pilot With this development,   % A said in a statement. was a strong demand in areas 4.89 per cent to 1,943.05. vehicle — Recoveri CEO Philip project that will commence in Kakinada SEZ would be the first New Delhi: Future Group has partnered with fabric brand The Tata group company like analytics, cloud and At NSE, shares of the com- Opperman told reporters here. a fortnight. Component mak- zone on the eastern coat of India Vardhman to co-develop products for its apparel business and plans saw a revenue growth of 20.7 automation. pany went down 2.37 per cent The company sprays ers are keen to use microdots to provide piped natural gas to to launch 6-7 products every year. Future Group will use per cent at 36,854 crore in the The company has declared to end at 1,995. 15,000 microdots on critical to check sale of duplicate prod- all its industrial units. Vardhman’s fabric for products being sold across its formats such September quarter, up from a dividend of 4 per share. In terms of equity vol- components inside vehicle ucts,” Opperman said. The zone, which is located as FBB, Central and Brand Factory. “Apparel is a very important 30,541 crore a year ago. Its The net employee addition ume, 3.58 lakh shares of the which can be traced with help He said the government on the Vizag-Chennai Industrial business for us and it is growing rapidly. We have signed a mem- earning per share for the quar- in September 2018 quarter was company were traded on BSE of an ultra-violet torch and the was working on draft regulation Corridor, offers 8,521 acre of orandum of understanding (MoU) with the Vardhman Group to ter was at 20.66. at 10,227 professionals, highest and over 47 lakh shares number can be read with the to prevent theft of vehicles, industrial land with another co-develop products for our apparel business. This strategic part- TCS CEO and MD Rajesh in 12 quarters, the company changed hands at NSE during help of a magnifier. which once finalised would 1,879 acre earmarked for a nership will enable us to make quality fashion more affordable,” Gopinathan said, “We are very said. Total employees strength the day. “We have earmarked over- boost business of the company. Greenfield commercial port. Future Retail Joint Managing Director Rakesh Biyani said and added, “This unique development we plan to launch 7-6 products every year. Initially, the products will be a boon for gas dependent will be for our value fashion format FBB. Later, we will launch these industries like ceramics, glass, co-developed apparels at other Future Group apparel formats,” he   $
  

 
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