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"# farmers going towards Raj common farmers “Kisan Kranti However crash in com- Ghat were brutally treated, Yatra” certainly has political modity prices and surging fuel Price (MSP) for sugarcane as a they were lathicharged and overtones ahead of the Lok costs have made life difficult for web of middlemen in India’s teargas shells fired on them. We Sabha polls due next year as the farmers”, said a septuage- agricultural markets, gobble condemn this,” said KC Tyagi they are holding ruling dis- narian from Baghpat district, up the profit” said Sukhpal of Janata Dal (United). pensation responsible for their who travelled in his tractor Singh, from Barwala village in The Congress party’s youth “plight”. braving all odds. Muzaffarnagar. wing tweeted, “Is this the India This has set alarm bells “No doubt, there was a “Diesel prices have shot up Gandhiji dreamt and died for? ringing for the BJP. Farmers wave for Modi in 2014, but by more than 40 per cent and Modi Govt forcibly bans farm- particularly of sugar-cane belt farmers are disenchanted with power tariffs have surged by ers from sharing their problems of Western Uttar Pradesh (UP) him now,” said sugar cane more than 20 per cent in the with the Govt. Is India not a are cross with the ruling grower Billu Chaudhary from past two years. democracy? Just shows that BJP Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Meerut Partapur village sitting Villages account for most Govt only supports their rich alleging that the “middlemen” in protest and smoking a Bidi of India’s diesel consumption friends and no one else; not the are still eating their pie while adding that Modi promised to and that’s why higher prices youth, or women or farmers! the common farmers are at the double farmers’ income but our pinch farmers the most, but Shame.” receiving end. earning has halved because of diesel in India is much more Delhi Chief Minister The farmers West UP, his apathy and anti-farmer expensive than Bhutan, Arvind Kejriwal said farmers Uttarakhand, Himachal policies. Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri should be allowed to enter Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab Farmers are also angry Lanka,” said Gajendra Singh, a Delhi. “Why are they not being left their homes for Delhi and over a sharp rise in the pump farmer from Shamli. allowed to enter Delhi? This is traversed through the length price of diesel and a steep hike Police action to stop farm- wrong. We are with the farm- and breadth of North India in in electricity tariffs. Many ers from entering into the ers,” he said. a week long journey along farmers across the country use national Capital evoked sharp Former UP Chief Minister with their tractors and trolleys. diesel to run tractors for reaction from the Opposition Akhilesh Yadav also came in However, their march was halt- ploughing and tractor trolleys parties as they attacked Centre the support of farmers’ ed on Delhi borders by the for moving their produce to over police action, and termed demand. heavy deployment of police wholesale markets. They it “unfulfilled promises” by the “This Government has not which resorted to mild use of depend on electricity to oper- Narendra Modi Government fulfilled the promises it made force to contain the march. ate irrigation pumps. and increasing farmer distress. to the farmers, so it is natural The Pioneer spoke to the “ Small farmers have been “On International Day of that farmers would protest. It farmers who came marching all hit by rising costs of living. Non-Violence, the BJP’s is unfortunate and we fully sup- the way from Haridwar to They have benefited little from Gandhi Jayanti celebrations port the farmers,” said the Delhi and were “baffled” and increased Minimum Support started with an attack on farm- Samajwadi Party chief. 5 *   6 " .    O     "P    "  " R               $ %  * + , not able to come schools, so the schools have Farmers marching towards demand loan waiver, subsidised been ordered to close the schools. Delhi as part of the Bharatiya electricity and fuel, pension for he Ghaziabad district magistrate (DM)has Commenting on injuries the DM told that Kisan Union’s (BKU) protest farmers above 60 and imple- Tordered to close all the public private and three or four farmers have been admitted with call over demands ranging mentation of recommendations Government schools on Wednesday. minor injuries in local Max, Yadhoda and from farm loan waiver to cut in of the Swaminathan Comm- The Ghaziabad DM Ritu Maheswari in her Government MMG hospitals. They have been fuel prices were stopped at the ission. The rally began from Ti- order stated that in view of farmers’ agitation and discharged after the first aid service added the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border kait Ghat in Haridwar on Sep- subsequent traffic diversion the students would district information officer. Tuesday with police using tember 23. Farmers from places water cannons to disperse as far as Gonda, Basti and Gor- them. Following the protest akhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh and to maintain law and order and the sugarcane belt of west-       prohibitory orders were issued ern UP joined the agitation. on Monday by Deputy But the members of the Commissioner of Police (East) Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU),   !   Pankaj Singh under section which organised the farmers’ 144 of the Criminal Procedure march, say that they haven’t Code which will be in force reached an agreement on the ,, $    “Based upon the prelimi- two men allegedly linked to until October 8. Thousands of full implementation of the nary findings of a vigilance drug peddlers in the area. farmers walked and travelled in Swaminathan report regarding he Station House Officer enquiry conducted by Protest had irrupted following tractors from neighbouring the minimum selling price T(SHO) of New Friends Additional DCP-I, South East the killing and locals alleged Uttar Pradesh. 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While $   can write off huge debt of a few some farmer groups agreed to industrialists why it could not consider the assurances given pposition parties on waive the loans of farmers. by the Government, others OTuesday put the blame on Hitting out at the police said they were not “satisfied” the Modi Government for what action against the farmers, and decided to continue with they described as “brutal police Communist Party of India their protest, call for which has action” against thousands of (Marxist) General Secretary been given by Naresh Tikait-led farmers marching towards the Sitaram Yechury said, “We Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) national Capital, with the strongly condemn this action demanding loan waiver, high- Congress alleging that the and atrocities on farmers. This er support price and steps to “Badshah of Delhi Sultanate and demonetisation. once again demonstrates the safeguard farmers against ris- was drunk with power”. The parties accused the anti-farmer attitude of the ing fuel prices, among others. Reacting to the develop- Central Government of being Modi Government. The Government said a ment, Congress president “anti-farmer”, even as the “The farmers have come review petition will be filed Rahul Gandhi accused the Government went into a hud- out in support of their various against the National Green BJP of “brutal beating up” of dle to mull over ways to con- demands... If we look at things, Tribunal’s order to ban diesel farmers on the Delhi border on vince the farmers to call off in the past over four years, vehicles that are over 10 years the International Day of Non- their protest. almost 50,000 farmers have old and several other measures Violence and said that they The Congress Working committed suicide, mostly in will be taken to address farm- cannot even air their griev- Committee, the highest deci- BJP-ruled States, including ers’ concerns. ances in the national capital. sion-making body of the party Uttar Pradesh,” Akhilesh said. The Centre also assured Samajwadi Party presi- which held its meeting in Delhi Chief Minister farmers that it would fix the "       *   *    6 " .    O     ";  #     " 4 dent Akhilesh Yadav too Maharashtra, adopted a reso- Arvind Kejriwal said that pre- minimum support prices extended his party’s support to lution strongly condemning venting a protest march of (MSP) for rabi (winter-sown) Government has agreed to father Mahendra Singh Tikait will take the decision.” of force by the police, Union the protesting farmers and the police action against the farmers from entering the crops like wheat at least 1.5 some of your demands,” had led a massive farmers’ Yudhvir Singh, Bharatiya Home Minister Rajnath Singh alleged the farm community farmers. Condemning the national capital was “wrong” times of the production cost. It Shekhawat told the farmers. rally in the national Capital Kisan Union spokesperson, held discussion at length with has been hit hard by the rising police action, Congress and pitched for allowing them would also try to restrict The Minister said he has about three decades ago, said said, “We had a discussion on Union Agriculture Minister fuel prices, as well as due to the spokesman Randeep Singh entry into the city. imports of agri items that are been associated with farmers’ sufficient talks have not been 11 points. Government agreed Radha Mohan Singh and oth- decisions like the GST rollout Surjewala said if the Centre Continued on Page 4 produced abundant in the issues and he could say with held so far on key issues faced on seven points but haven’t ers to discuss farmers’ issues. country. “certainty” on Lal Bahadur by farmers even as the agreed on four points yet. They The rally began from Tikait tle support what these white from Uttar Pradesh, than 3,000 police personnel Shekhawat said a commit- Shastri’s birth anniversary that Government has given assur- said they will have to think Ghat in Haridwar on elephant (NAFED and FCI) Uttarakhand, Himachal were deployed. Several reserved tee of Chief Ministers will also there have been only a few suc- ances on some demands. about those in next meeting September 23. Farmers from receives,” said Binod Anand of Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. companies of Rapid Action look into the farmers’ demands, cessful agitations like this in the “But, our main demands of after which they will tell us as places as far as Gonda, Basti Rashtriya Kisan Mahashangha. Earlier, several protesters, Force (RAF) were kept on as he sought to assure the pro- past. electricity, sugarcane recom- it is a financial matter.” and Gorakhpur and the sugar- Chaos prevailed on the including some elderly, sus- stand-by and were deployed to testers that the Government BKU chief Naresh Tikait, mendations of Swaminathan Tension gripped the cane belt of western UP joined Delhi-UP border as these pro- tained minor injuries in clash- man the situation. will take forward their cause. however, said the farmers are report remain unfulfilled,” National Capital as thousands the agitation. The week-long testers tried to make their way es with police officials and Police barricades number- “Representatives of farmers “not satisfied” with the Tikait said. of protesting farmers attempt- journey was planned to end at into Delhi by barging into the were rushed to hospital for ing in hundreds were used to along with Ministers of UP Government’s assurance. On the next step, he said, ed to forcefully enter the city “Kisan Ghat” in Delhi. barricades along with their first-aid. Seven policemen, block the entry point. Government Laxmi Narayan “This has not been a good “We are sitting here as of now prompting the Delhi Police to “Our demand is to democ- tractor trolleys. including an ACP, were injured According to the apex court and Suresh Rana held discus- decision. All important and this only is our next step. resort to lathi charge, water ratise the procurement sys- Earlier, heavy police pres- in the melee. directive, tractors are not sion on a range of issues at demands have not been accept- We will discuss this and then cannons and tear gas shells in tem. We want the Government ence on Delhi-UP border at Following no permission allowed to ply on the roads of Rajnath Singh’s residence. After ed and we are not satisfied with decide on future course of order to prevent their advance. to give farmer producer organ- Ghazipur effectively diffused from the authorities for the the national Capital except that a consensus was reached this assurance,” he said. action. I cannot decide any- With a spike in political isations (FPOs) chance to pro- and contained the advance- Kisan March and in order to those for the farm purposes. on some issues. The The farmer leader, whose thing alone, our committee temperature following the use cure it from market but got lit- ment of thousands of farmers maintain “law and order” more Continued on Page 4     1$+ , & 21     & .      ) 23%4  0% %0$  :8:0  
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crowded area of Nagerabazar in New Delhi: Brent crude prices South Dum Dum municipal $   ;7  breached $85 a barrel mark on area in the northern suburbs of Tuesday, the highest since Kolkata on Tuesday. ongress president Rahul November 2014. Experts pre- The explosion took place CGandhi on Tuesday said dicted price would race beside a fruit stall and a sweet- that Mahatma Gandhi aimed to towards $100 a barrel sooner meat shop around 9.10 am unite the country but Prime than expected with around 1.5 killing the child who had come Minister Narendra Modi is million barrels per day of to fetch sweets from the shop working to divide it. Iranian oil expected to go with her mother, who is cur- “Mahatma Gandhi talked offline in view of the US sanc- rently struggling for her life, an about uniting India, Modiji is tion against Iran. eyewitness said. All the 10 dividing India....(he) pitched The trade deal between the people injured have suffered one community against anoth- US and Canada to save the severe splinter and burn er,” Rahul said addressing his to combat the ideology of “hate North American Free Trade metro cities in India on Tuesday. injuries. partymen at the Congress and violence”, saying the same Agreement (NAFTA) has also In Delhi petrol stood at The police are trying to Working Committee (CWC) reason had led to the assassi- put pressure on Brent prices in 83.85 per litre, up 12 paise, find out the source of the meeting at Wardha that saw nation of Mahatma Gandhi. expectation of push to growth and diesel touched 75.25 per explosive device but said it was former Prime Minister “You tried Modi (gave him a and related rise in oil demand. litre, up 16 paise. “anything but a handiwork of .  *  9    *    #.   *  &    " 4 Manmohan Singh and UPA chance)...He broke your trust. The twin factors have result- In Mumbai, petrol was petty criminals who do not use chairperson Sonia Gandhi in Now trust the Congress, ed in another sharp increase in price at 91.20 per litre, up 12 such heavy directional bombs. sources said, adding they did the reasons for the blast.” Perhaps it went off accidental- attendance. Mahatma Gandhi’s ideology the price of petrol and diesel in paise, and diesel 79.89 per Ammonium nitrate was not find any timer, wire or A senior officer said, “It ly following tremendous The CWC resolved for a to take India forward,” he told India. Petrol and diesel prices litre, up 17 paise. PNS stuffed inside a steel socket remote control device assum- was possibly in transit and pressure.” “second freedom struggle” the gathering. went up by 17 paise across all Detailed report on P10 about 8 inch in radius, CID ing “pressure could be one of was kept there in a gunny bag. Continued on Page 4 against the Modi Government Continued on Page 4 * +,-./

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% """ Gupta said. Chief Minister Vijay and say, I must say that they political interests." Rupani termed the deaths as have really disappointed all true "Unfortunately, this BJP  999 "very unfortunate". "It was a very patriots by the way in which Government has been com- From Page 1 carrying lathis,” said the senior police Haridwar slated to reach the national unfortunate incident. 20-22 they have politicised foreign pletely ignoring this time-hon- Water cannons were stationed just official. capital on Tuesday. lions inhibiting in one forest platforms. They have done so oured principle. beyond the barricades to contain pro- “Some protesters also resorted to Some of the protesting farmers From Page 1 range have died due to infection. starting with the Prime Minister We have had the Prime testers advance. Policemen were also stone-pelting and wielded lathis caus- claimed that a few Delhi Police per- “The road engineering team is work- To make sure that other lions are and now ending with the Minister attacking his prede- deployed in civvies to keep tap on the ing injuries to police personnel sonnel had resorted to lathicharge ing and locations with tasks have been alright, we have called in doc- Foreign Minister," Tharoor told cessors on foreign soil. He has situation. deployed on duty. Under these cir- against some of them. The Delhi identified. We are in talks with the civic tors from Delhi and Pune to reporters here. "This is not the been going around, saying that “Announcements were regularly cumstances, only the minimum Police, however, denied the charge. authority for the specific timelines and examine them," Rupani told way in which India should con- the Congress has let the coun- made on public address system about required force was used to contain these In east Delhi, the prohibitory other modalities,” said Taj Hassan, reporters in Porbandar Tuesday. duct its foreign policy. I am quite try down abroad," he said. promulgation of Section 144 Code of aggressive and violent protesters. orders issued by Deputy Commissioner Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic), "We are also probing confident that if the Congress Criticising Swaraj, he Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and However, after using water cannon and of Police (East) Pankaj Singh under Delhi. whether the officers who have party comes back to power, we alleged that she made a "cam- request was specifically made not to tear gas shells on a limited scale, the sit- Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure The agencies which will work on the the responsibility of that range will not fight our political bat- paign speech" instead of speak- attempt entry into Delhi forcefully on uation was brought under control, Code, will be in force until October 8. tasks are Public Works Department have shown carelessness," he tles abroad," he said. ing to foreign delegates at the tractor trolleys since there was no per- and thereafter use of any force was dis- It covers Preet Vihar, Jagatpuri, (PWD), all the three Municipal corpo- said. Questioning whether UN forum. "Here is a Foreign mission,” said a senior police official. continued forthwith, resorting again to Shakarpur, Madhu Vihar, Ghazipur, rations (MCDs), Delhi Metro Rail The forest department had Swaraj's address was a UN Minister goes to an international “Despite persuasive methods persuasive tactics,” said a senior police Mayur Vihar, Mandawli, Pandav Nagar, Corporation (DMRC), DDA, Delhi Jal said Monday that four of the speech or BJP slogans, Tharoor podium like the United Nations requesting them to wait till the outcome official. Kalyanpuri and New Ashok Nagar Board, Delhi Transport Corporation, dead lions were found to have had tweeted that she devoted General Assembly and instead of the talks of their leaders with the The city police had on Monday police station limits. In northeast I&FC, power discoms, New Delhi a virus infection, while anoth- the first half of her speech of speaking to the delegates Central Government, a section of the imposed prohibitory orders in east and Delhi, the prohibitory orders were Municipal Council and other concerned er six were infected with a mentioning Prime Minister from other countries, she deliv- crowd suddenly turned violent and northeast Delhi, anticipating law and issued by Deputy Commissioner of agencies. The large numbers of tasks are Protozoa-class organism car- Narendra Modi's vision for a ers a blatant campaign speech in tried to break the barricades forceful- order problems as thousands of BKU Police (Northeast) Atul Kumar Thakur assigned to the PWD with 77 in Category ried by ticks. PTI "New India" and discussing Hindi...," he said. PTI ly through tractor trolleys and were also members were on a march from and will be in force till October 4. B and 44 tasks in Category C. #  / 999  999 From Page 1 “Why are the farmers being stopped from From Page 1 the incident. entering Delhi? It is wrong. Delhi belongs to A fruit vendor sitting nearby was Trinamool leader and Minister all. They should be given entry in Delhi. We also severely injured. Jyotipriya Mullick sniffed an RSS hand support their demands,” he told reporters on Rajesh Kumar Singh, Barrackopre in the blast saying “going by their pol- the sidelines of an event held at the Delhi Commissioner of Police said, “A large itics it seems that the RSS might have Assembly to mark Gandhi Jayanti. explosion took place outside a shop. triggered this blast to create tension in RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said that by dis- What caused the explosion is yet to be the State.” His party colleague and carding the Swaminathan committee report, ascertained. Several people have been South Dum Dum municipal chairman the Modi Government has stabbed the farm- injured in the blast,” adding, the police Panchu Gopal Roy said “everyone ers in the back. “Modi ji, though farmers, are “investigating the matter. The bomb knows who killed and who assisted in unlike capitalists, cannot fill your pockets, but squad of the CID has taken up the case.” the killing of Mahatma Gandhi. Today at least don’t get them beaten up. If you would The police are “not ruling out the blast assumes significance because have seen poverty, you would not have com- Maoist or terrorist angle,” sources said. today is Gandhi’s birth anniversary.” mitted so many atrocities on farmers,” he tweet- The intensity of the blast was such Reacting to his statements, State BJP ed in Hindi. that it caused a big hole on the steel shut- president Dilip Ghosh accused the Communist Party of India (CPI) also con- ter of an adjacent shop bending the iron TMC workers of triggering the blast. demned the police action against the agitat- rod and making a similar whole in “Everyone knows what the Trinamool ing farmers. “The farmers who were on a another shutter bang on the opposite Congress cadres are capable of. It is the peaceful march towards the national capital side of the 20-feet wide lane, sources result of their infighting,” he said under the banner of Bhartiya Kisan Union said, adding the glass panes of the multi- demanding an NIA probe. (BKU) raising their genuine demands includ- storey buildings had been shattered by The National Investigation Agency ing waiver of loans were stopped by police at the impact of the explosion. had already started collecting informa- the border and beaten up on a day when the While the blast tended to leave the tion about the incident, sources said. nation is celebrating the birth anniversary of police brass in a tizzy, particularly A similar blast at Khagragarh in the Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi,” the ahead of the Durga Puja when more Burdwan district on October, 2014 had party said in a statement. than twenty million people will throng left two persons dead. Subsequent inves- The Left-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha the Puja pandals about 7-8 days, the tigation by the NIA had taken the lid off also condemned the police “brutality” on political parties were engaged in a an international network Jamat-ul- protesting farmers and slammed the slanging match accusing each other for Mujahideen Bangladesh. Government over the issue.

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Syed Sections 18, 20, 38 and 39 of the here in Jammu to vote for place only in 232 wards in sit migrant camps in Kashmir in Khawaja Bazaar area in Shakeel, a senior laboratory Unlawful Activities them", a migrant Kashmiri the valley. valley, where electoral rolls of old Srinagar. technician in SK Institute of (Prevention) Act, 1967. voter living in Durga Nagar According to official municipal wards of Kashmir ' C5   F  &      .  *  On July 24, 2017, the NIA Medical Sciences Srinagar was Pertinently, two weeks area of Jammu told sources, "out of a total of 624 division were made available by  *     .        " 4 arrested seven separatist lead- arrested after raiding his resi- back former Chief Minister The Pioneer. Wards in Kashmir, 215 have the office of Chief electoral offi- ers — Aftab Hilali Shah alias dence in Srinagar on August and PDP President, Mehbooba Due to lack lustre response been won by the candidates cer, migrant voters have   7 *7 the boycott of local urban Shahid-ul-Islam, Ayaz Akbar 30. Last year NIA arrested Mufti asked the NIA to bring from Kashmir a little over uncontested,while 177 Wards approached designated offi- bodies and panchayat polls Khandey, Farooq Ahmad Dar Salahuddin’s elder son Syed all the facts pertaining to their 1700 Kashmiri migrants have went uncontested, finding not cers only at five places while no ammu & Kashmir Liberation in Kashmir. alias Bitta Karate, Nayeem Shahid in money laundering investigations in the State in decided to participate in these even a single candidate one turned up across 11 other JFront (JKLF) chairman Yasin Polling for the first phase Khan, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Raja case. He is lodged in Tihar jail public domain so that no mis- municipal polls. to contest. centres in Jammu to complete Malik was detained in Srinagar of the four-phased polling Mehrajuddin Kalwal and The NIA alao arrested a givings about the conduct of According to official In Jammu, this minuscule the process of receiving on Tuesday to prevent an anti- exercise is scheduled on Bashir Ahmad Bhat alias Peer photojournalist Kamran Yousuf the said agency are created sources, "Out of these 245 number of Kashmiri migrants Migrant postal ballot". poll campaign. October 8. Saifullah — on charges of crim- who was later released after among the people. She had said migrant postal ballots were have decided to exercise their Official sources told The Police detained Malik at The National Conference inal conspiracy and waging furor against the agency's arbi- that bringing facts about its registered for first phase, right to franchise by following Pioneer, "476 migrant voters his party office in Abi Guzar and the Peoples Democratic war against India. trary arrests. the NIA's allwga- investigations in the State into 975 for the second phase and a long and tedious process of living in Muthi migrant camp locality here before his sched- Party have already announced Businessman Zahoor tions against the photojour- public is all the more necessary 467 for the third phase in using a postal ballot. had enrolled themselves to uled poll boycott campaign. their non-participation in Ahmad Shah Watali, accused nalist did not withstand the in view of the remarks made by Kashmir valley". Earlier, various migrant exercise their franchise in the Separatists have called for these polls. of acting as a conduit for court's scrutiny. a Division bench of Delhi Due to poll boycott call Kashmiri Pandit organisations municipal polls while 133 channelling funds for sepa- This year, NIA also arrest- High Court in its 40 page given by the two mainstream had decided to boycott these enrolled from Jagti camp, 60 "Migrant Kashmiri pan- an,Hawi have also failed to ratists, was arrested on August ed prominent woman sepa- judgement while disposing off political parties - National municipal/ Panchayat polls in from Nagrota, 305 from dits staying across six transit come forward to participate in 17 last year. ratist leader Asiya Andrabi a case related to such investi- Conference and Peoples protest against the delisting of Shastri Nagar and 730 from camps in Sheikhpora, the municipal polls",official The NIA has filed a case and her two associates Nahida gations a week ago. Democratic Party - and the their names from the existing Bakshi Nagar. Mattan,Vessu,Natnusua,Veerw sources said. against the Hurriyat leaders on Nasreen and Sofi Fahmeeda, all The PDP President said May 30 following a sting oper- associated with Dukhtaran e during the recent past many ation by a television channel Milat, an all-women organisa- complaints have been put after Nayeem Khan allegedly tion from Srinagar Central Jail forth in the State that those ;F+;%P >   + confessed that Hurriyat leaders to Delhi on July 6. The Agency’s accused by the NIA, ranging had been receiving funds from Special Court in Delhi granted from family members of some Pakistan for subversive activi- the anti-terror probe agency separatist leaders, business- ties in the Kashmir Valley. custody of Asiya Andrabi and men and media owners have  (-+*7      The Supreme Court on her two associates, now lodged remote connections with the September 14 stayed the Delhi in Tihar Jail.The woman sepa- accusations levelled against High Court order granting bail ratist leader was arrested in a them or are feeling harassed $  >:8 to Kashmiri businessman new case registered by NIA in after the raids by the Agency  %@ /  Zahoor Watali, who was arrest- April this year for secessionist sleuths. tressing the importance of SMahatma Gandhi’s teach- $  >:8 the previous year. ings, Chief Minister Yogi If the Government is able 51  Adityanath said that cleanli- head of the crucial 2019 to meet the procurement target ness, swadeshi and self- ALok Sabha poll and in of 50 lakh tons, the total pay-  4     reliance were the three basic view of the ongoing farmers’ out to farmers is likely to be mantras of Bapu which the stir in west UP, the State more than 8,500 crore.  BJP Government had adopted Government set an ambitious In the recent wheat pro-    /** in letter and spirit. target of procuring 50 lakh curement season, the    Addressing a series of func- tons of paddy from farmers. Government had crossed its tions organised on Gandhi The move is likely to pump in target of 50 lakh tons by procur-   A : -0! Jayanti in Lucknow on Tuesday, as much as 8,500 crore into ing a total of 53 lakh tons.  
     Yogi said that cleanliness was the rural economy. Procurement agencies of ore than 150 tribals from reflected the way Government November 30, the entire UP 00 =>0 8 0 During the last season, the State Government and Mthe States affected by $  >:8 of forensic scientists also had taken up Swachhata cam- will be declared ODF,” Yogi  -*7! >:8 state government agencies Food Corporation of India will Maoist insurgency on Tuesday observed the reconstruction of paign while One District One said urging people to join the 80>?) 27>7 procured 43 lakh tone from set up around 3,000 procure- began a 'Shanti Padyatra' or xpediting the probe into the crime scene and noted Product (ODOP) scheme campaign in a big way.  A >12 farmers against a target of 50 ment centres across UP during peace march from a village in EApple executive Vivek down their observations which would lead to self-reliance and The CM said that ODF had 87* 0 87 lakh tons. the five-month season Andhra Pradesh's East Tiwari murder, the Special would go a long way in con- would promote swadeshi. led to cleanliness which, in 7=870  7 On Monday, paddy pro- (October-February). Godavari district to appeal to Investigation Team (SIT), led cluding the probe. “When the BJP came to turn, had protected people 87:  0 curement process kicked off in Meanwhile, Food all sides to give peace a chance. by IG, Lucknow Range, Sujit “The SIT is probing the power, our sole motto was to from the menace of dreaded !  8 >- west and some central dis- Commissioner Alok Kumar Tribals and activists from Pandey, on Tuesday morning case considering 72 different empower the poor. We knew diseases like encephalitis, diar- tricts and will continue till said that the paddy procure- Telangana, Maharashtra, reconstructed the crime scene points. Some of the points this could be done only rhoea, AES and hepatitis. silver medal winners 30 lakh January-end. Procurement in ment began in 31 districts Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, with the help of sole eyewitness include whether the SUV was through promoting local trade At the function held at and bronze medalists 15 lakh. east UP and remaining central under Meerut, Saharanpur, Odisha and Jharkhand began and Tiwari’s former colleague stationary or moving, which and, therefore, the ODOP Shilp Gram in Lucknow on Sports persons, who were felic- UP districts will start from Bareilly, Agra, Aligarh, Jhansi their march from Shabri Sana Khan. way did the accused shoot the scheme was launched under Tuesday, 75 rural individuals tated, included Soni Punia, November 1 and continue till and Lucknow divisions and Gandhi Ashram in Chatti vil- Vivek was shot allegedly by victim, how did the SUV suf- which local artisans could get and 15 organisations were Satish Kumar, Ravi Kumar, February. would last till January 31. lage amid a boycott call by constables Prashant Chaudhary fer dents and how the cops’ bike work in their villages. This will awarded for their works in Saurabh, Sadul Rihan, Sudha The UP Cabinet had ear- It has been made manda- Maoists and will cover 186 km and Sandeep Kumar in Gomti was damaged,” Pandey said. not only stop exodus to cities Swachhata Mission in UP. Singh, Rakesh Kuma, Divya, lier hiked the Minimum tory for farmers to get them- to end it at Jagdalpur in Nagar Extension while he was Meanwhile, SIT sources but also empower rural areas,” Besides, sports persons Kalit Kumar, Santosh Kumar, Support Price (MSP) for selves registered on the por- Chhattisgarh after 10 days. going to drop Sana home in disclosed that the team asked the Chief Minister said. were also felicitated for Rahul Chaudhury, Jitu Rai, paddy from 180 to 200 tal of Food department for The organisers said that a Vinay Khand around 1:30 am Sana to narrate the exact posi- Besides, Yogi said that his their achievement in interna- Poonam Yadav, Rajat Kumar per quintal. verification. conclave 'Bastar Dialogue 1' will on Saturday. tion of the SUV on the fateful Government’s other emphasis tional meets. and a few others. The CM also The price was revised Alok Kumar added that be held in Jagdalpur on October The probe team reached night. “She was asked which was Swachhata. “We should Yogi said that 6 crore gave away Gold Card to bene- from 1,550 to 1,750 per so far 1.81 lakh farmers had 12 and 13 at the end of the march the crime scene to analyse the constables approached them thank Prime Minister cash reward was being given ficiaries of Ayushman Bharat quintal for common variety already registered on the offi- to discuss future strategies. sequence of events leading to while they were sitting inside Narendra Modi for launching to sports persons from UP for Scheme. and 1,590 to 1,770 per cial portal for selling their Symbolically, the marchers the murder. Besides Sana, vic- the car. She was also asked what the cleanliness drive. In 2014, their achievement for the first The function was also quintal for Grade-A paddy. produce to procurement will take the same path taken by tim’s wife Kalpana Tiwari also exactly happened after the bul- the national average of ODF time. “Such Government ini- attended by Governor Ram Besides, the Government centres. Maoists 40 years back to enter reached there. During the let was fired at Vivek. She was was just 23 per cent which has tiatives will promote sports Naik. Both the Governor and announced a bonus payment “The Revenue depart- Bastar from Andhra Pradesh reconstruction of the crime asked if she alighted from the rocketed to 99 per cent in and athletes and more sports the CM also flagged off khadi of 20 per quintal over the ment will also verify farmers’ through Dandakaranya forest, scene, a vehicle similar to that vehicle after the tiff and how did four-and-a-half years. In UP, persons will get this award,” campaign vehicles. The MSP, up from 15 per quin- claims with their land records said organiser Shubhranshu of Tiwari’s was used and two the airbags open,” they said. till October 2, 34 districts he said. Governor also hailed the BJP tal given last year. to ensure that only genuine Choudhary. bike-borne constables were The SIT members also and over 85,000 revenue vil- Asian Games and Government in the State for This way, farmers will farmers are onboard to ben- The peaceniks will walk asked to intercept it. examined the road stretch near lages were declared Open Commonwealth Games gold working as per Mahatma pocket an extra 185 to 205 efit from the MSP system.” along the National Highway- Later, one of them with a Axis Bank on Maqdoompur Defection Free and by medalists were given 50 lakh, Gandhi teachings. per quintal as compared to said the Food Commissioner. 30, which connects Telangana pistol was asked to aim at the police outpost road. An SIT to Chhattisgarh. vehicle. A cop was asked to act official said that Sana was The organisers have termed as Prashant Chaudhary and asked to pin-point the precise this as the first step towards what was given an empty gun to location of the murder scene       they call the new peace process. react to a provocation with a and narrate the sequence of #R

 
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The violence try to speed off. said that autopsy reports and Jaipur: Chief Minister has helped restore the river to by Maoists and security forces “The aim was to reach a statements of witness/complaint Vasundhara Raje on Tuesday its glory and vitality. has claimed the lives of 12,000 logical conclusion in the case would be examined. “The find- inaugurated the city's 'Dravyavati Vaibhav Galaria, Jaipur $  >:8 cades and clashed with the ernment assured farmers that people in 20 years, including and to cross-check the findings ings will then be used to cor- River Rejuvenation Project' exe- Development Commissioner, police on UP-Delhi border in it would file a review and con- 2,700 security personnel and of the crime scene reconstruc- roborate the same in the court. cuted by Tata Projects Ltd. spread said: "This is one of the largest laiming that the NDA Ghaziabad on Tuesday. trol menace of stray animals. more than 9,300 tribals. tion with the statement of vic- It will also give clarity on the over 47.5 km rain-fed river- and most complex projects CGovernment at the Centre Addressing media persons “Besides, the state govern- Pointing out that the tim’s family and Sana,” Sujit intention and motive involved front. The area had degenerated undertaken by Jaipur and the BJP Government in in Lucknow on Tuesday, the ment has given Rs 1.20 crore Andhra Pradesh government's said. The IG said that a team in the murder,” said Pandey. into an untreated sewage nallah, Development Authority." Uttar Pradesh are working for CM took a jibe at some lead- to each district to set up cow last attempt to broker peace but has now been restored as a Vinayak Deshpande, the welfare of farmers, Chief ers saying those who could not shelter,” he said. failed in 2004 and the violence perennial river, fed by treated Managing Director, Tata Minister Yogi Adityanath distinguish between sugar- About the BJP government continued unabated, the clean water. For now, the 13-km Projects Limited, said: "We are blamed some political leaders cane and wild grass and knew in UP, the CM said that in a organisers feel that the peace stretch of Dravyavati riverfront happy to be a part of this for instigating farmers for their nothing about potato were short period, several welfare process should be given a sec- out of total area of 47.5km has visionary project, which will vested interest and creating shedding crocodile tears on steps had been initiated. “We ond chance. been opened for residents. become an example for river unruly scenes on the Delhi-UP the plight of farmers. “They waived loans of 86 lakh farm- Many organisations, indi- Raje said the dream visu- rejuvenation in India. This pro- border. instigated these farmers to ers at one go while record viduals, community elders and alized in the year 2014 to reju- ject had many challenges for us." “The welfare of farmers is gain political mileage out of purchases were made of wheat leaders, scholars, academicians, venate the dry river has final- Officials said over 17,000 our priority and we are doing the agitation,” he said. and paddy by government human rights activists and pro- ly been realized. "The resi- trees, shrubs, and ornamental the needful to increase their “Everyone has the right to go agencies,” he said. fessions decided to come togeth- dents can come and view plants have been planted along income. But the way things to Delhi but they should not Speaking about the woes of er to discuss the prospects, pos- nature here," she said. the banks. A pathway and a happened during the farmers’ have taken law in their hands. cane farmers, Yogi said that his sibilities and alternative ways of The project aims to reduce cycling track on both sides of march on UP-Delhi border is When the Union government government had cleared Rs building peace in central India, pollution, treat 170 million the river has been provisioned. unfortunate. The whole stir has accepted almost all 26,000 crore of cane dues and the organisers said. litres of sewage a day, create Planned landscapes have been smacks of political design demands and the state gov- the rest of the arrears of Rs The Communist Party of green and social spaces, cycle developed along the river because the Centre has accept- ernment is also sympathetic 9000 crore would be paid by India-Maoist called for boycott and jogging tracks along its totalling an impressive 5.0 lakh ed almost all demands of farm- towards them, then why cre- November 30 next. The CM of the peace march. The out- banks, reduce the threat of square meters. Five Sewage ers,” Yogi said. ate such a ruckus?” Yogi asked. said that the government had lawed group urged tribals not floods, create employment, and Treatment Plants (STPs) have Yogi’s reaction came after To justify his point, Yogi also provided good price for to take part, saying it aims at transform Jaipur into a clean been installed along the course members of Bharatiya Kisan said that an NGT ruling potato and pulses while Mandi stopping Bastar tribals from city, the Chief Minister said. of the river with a combined Union (BKU) attempted to directed that 10-year-old trac- Parishad was trying to provide fighting against corporate Encroachments have been capacity of 170 MLD, officials enter Delhi for their agitation, tors be barred from moving in a platform to farmers to mar- houses and claiming their removed from the nallah which added. 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I am, sent digital era when millions are been described as the Fourth Estate with 77.85 crore and Bahujan Samaj Party therefore,I thankful to the organisers using social media platforms, journal- because of the game-changing role it          #        officials and not just Railway Protection Force officers (BSP) with 77.26 crore. The income of the for having invited me to share my ists will have to be extra careful in plays in a democracy along with      +,             ( will have the power to de-board any passenger found dis- :? BJP increased by 81.18 per cent to views with all of you. checking the veracity of information Legislature, Executive and Judiciary.                 - ./  turbing others or vitiating the atmosphere, Uttarakhand 1,034.27 crore while that of the Congress As all of you here are aware, and guard against ‘fake news’ disin- From the days of pre-Independence    012             .  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In the recent past, we have digitally-driven era, the media has *                by railway staff to mean that they can throw people off heydays would have shuddered to Government had announced an electoral Rights Commission with utmost dis- been witness to the unfortunate inci- come a long way. "                  the train according to their whims and fancies! Tthink of a day when it would have bond scheme in 2017 but this was not tinction. He was a firm believer in dents of lynchings due to false infor- The media should act as a %              (        to resort to crowd-funding to augment its enough and much more needs to be done. protecting fundamental rights, ensur- mation on social media. Through bridge between the Government and finances. The cash-rich party, which had The Election Commission has a long ing social justice and empowerment social media, fake news tends to people. It ought to ensure that jus- "    (               been in power for over 50 of the 70 years list of suggestions, including decriminali- of women. Justice Verma was a man morph seamlessly into authentic tice is not denied to the people, par-             4      # since Independence, is facing an unprece- sation of politics, reforms of political par- of great erudition and his knowledge news and gets channelised through ticularly the vulnerable and margin-          dented fund crunch due to various rea- ties, auditing of accounts of parties, check- and wisdom were tempered with high respectable media platforms. This is relies upon for news. This is rather an integrity of India. of health products. alised sections of society. It should     "     ( Tsunami effect sons. It has reached the bottom now with ing black money in polls, making ‘paid ethical and moral values. 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IGL also plans to foray into Greater Noida, Ghaziabad and Big Billion Days (BBD) sale and given training for 1-4 weeks. that the share of items like Mexico-Canada trade deal. States-Mexico-Canada Markets in China were e-vehicle charging segment by Rewari, has started giving the from October 10-14 this year, “While the hiring number electronics and furniture during Crude has motored in Agreement (USMCA) was closed for a holiday. setting up charging facility at its franchise to dealers who own has doubled its warehousing does see a ramp-up ahead of the sale could be higher this year recent weeks on concerns about announced Sunday to replace London fell 0.5 per cent in CNG stations, he said. lands. “We already have two capacity and now has over 65 BBD, it is also important to note due to various affordability ini- supplies after sanctions are the North American Free Trade the first few minutes of trade, The company, which retails CNG dispensing stations oper- fulfilment centres and more that we have been expanding tiatives being undertaken by the imposed on Iran next month, Agreement (NAFTA). while Paris lost 0.7 per cent CNG to automobiles and piped ating on dealer model and than 60 ‘mother hubs’ that will ‘Fquick’ or the freelance net- e-commerce players. Mobile while OPEC’s decision not to The deal drew an end to and Frankfurt shed 0.8 per cooking gas to household have given letters of intent cater to the expected spike in work, which now has affiliates phones currently account for a ramp up output, upheaval in months of uncertainty after cent. kitchens in the national capital (LoIs) for another 21 which demand during the festive sale. from 40 cities...This provides us lion’s share of sales on the two Venezuela, a strong dollar and Donald Trump had threatened In forex trade the euro and its suburbs, is facing pres- will be commissioned within “BBD pushes us to innovate capacity flexibility at our last leading e-commerce platforms. a drop in oil rigs have also to tear up the decades-old faced selling pressure on con- sure to cut queues at CNG sta- the current financial year,” he in every area, including supply mile delivery hubs, leading to Like in offline retail, e- pushed prices higher. NAFTA. cerns about Italy’s finances tions that have led to traffic said. and logistics. It helps us build spillage reduction and cost effi- commerce companies see a “Right now, we’re just in a However, Asia was unable after its populist government snarls in many parts of the city. Ranganathan said the com- capabilities for long-term. Each ciency — not only during sale significant jump in sales dur- bull market for oil because of to follow suit. Hong Kong agreed a massive spending It has already set up one pany opened 30 CNG stations BBD is bigger than the previous period but beyond that as well,” ing Dussehra and Diwali. The the prospects of a very tight reopened after a long weekend boost that blew out its budget, CNG dispensing pump at a res- last year and in 2018-19 it has one and sets a new normal — he said. September-November period market later on in the year,” to fall 2.5 percent, with data while eurozone finance minis- idential housing complex in a target to open 50. “Though for both business and innova- He also cited an example of typically generates a majority of John Kilduff, founding partner indicating a drop in Chinese ters warned Rome to abide by Noida on pilot basis, he said. the target is 50, we are confi- tion — for the future,” Flipkart geo-coding of addresses using the annual sales of these com- at New York-based hedge fund manufacturing activity denting fiscal rules. “All we need is a 10x10 dent of putting up 60 stations,” Senior Vice President of machine learning, artificial intel- panies, which prepare months Again Capital LLC, told sentiment. High-yielding and emerg- metre area - a space equivalent he added. Engineering (Supply Chain) ligence and data science to ensure in advance for the sale event. Bloomberg News. The “HSI is trading with a ing market currencies were to one used for parking of four The company, which has Krishna Raghavan said. faster and effective delivery even The festive sale not only Both main contracts negative bias, playing catch up mostly down as dealers looked cars. We will set up CNG sta- over 9.6 lakh piped cooking gas “We have been working in remote parts of the country. brings in discounts and deals for jumped almost three percent from yesterday’s holiday, in for safer bets. The dollar broke tion and man it as well. customers, has a target to add multiple months in advance and Raghavan said the focus of customers but is also an annual Monday and clocked up fresh reaction to the weaker China 15,000 Indonesian rupiah for Residents of the housing com- 3 lakh this fiscal. “We gave 1.5 have doubled our storage capac- all these initiatives is to ensure showdown of sorts between the gains in Asia, with observers (manufacturing) data”, said the first time since 1998 during plex will get priority filling,” lakh piped natural gas (PNG) ity this year. This not only helps fast and efficient delivery across two largest players — Flipkart and key players in the sector Stephen Innes, head of Asia- the Asian financial crisis, while he said adding the company connections in last financial in speedier delivery to customers categories, be it large appliances and Amazon India. The com- now eyeing USD 100 a barrel. Pacific trade at OANDA. Mexico’s peso and the South will be responsible for the year and this year we are con- but also enables sellers to stock or grocery. The network has also petition between Flipkart and Kim Kwangrae, a com- “It’s more than apparent African rand were more than running and upkeep of the fident of crossing 2 lakh. We and better plan their inventory in been strengthen to support US-based Amazon this year is modities analyst at Samsung Hong Kong investors are in no one percent off against the facility. can achieve 3 lakh target as advance,” he said but declined to Flipkart’s product exchange pro- expected to be even fiercer as Futures, added: “The market’s mood to join the revamped greenback. Ranganathan said IGL is areas currently out of bound comment on investment details. gramme that has been expand- both companies have invested very keen to figure out the size NAFTA festivities.” Sydney South Korea’s won, the also setting up e-vehicle charg- like Cantonment areas are Raghavan added that the ed aggressively, especially in significantly through the year to of the impact from the Iranian shed 0.8 per cent, Singapore fell Australian dollar and the ing facility and has tied up with opened up for us to lay cumulative capacity now stands tier II cities and beyond. ramp up product offerings as supply disruptions and 0.5 per cent and Seoul was off Russian ruble were also sharply a Dutch company. pipelines and give connections at about 9.5 million sq ft. About 20 million people well as logistics infrastructure to whether Saudi Arabia and 1.3 per cent. lower. IGL, he said, plans to add in kitchens,” he said. 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The 7A>8=14 1 MT has been deferred, it said. refiner IOC and 4.86 (LIC) for selling IOC and The FDI policy, at present, issue was recently discussed in The Centre had earlier said per cent in gas utility GAIL shares but the state- allows 49 per cent foreign a high level inter-ministerial : 7878A7 it was considering granting all GAIL India. owned insurer insisted on investment in the insurance meeting. The Government is 0 -7 8 approvals, including environ- “It is true that we are buying them at 10 per sector that encompasses insur- positively looking at the mat- mental clearance, to mineral now a fully integrated cent discount to the pre- ance broking, insurance com- ter,” sources said. $   blocks before putting them up company. We are India’s vailing price. ONGC thus panies, third party adminis- The official, however, clar- for sale, a move that may give largest oil and gas producer and the right price.” It is using these to pay off decided against the share sale. trators, surveyors and loss ified that the FDI cap for insur- he Government plans to a push to the auctions. the acquisition of (oil refiner) ONGC’s 13.77 per cent 24,881 crore loan it had taken ONGC’s purchase of assessors as defined by the ance companies would remain Tauction two limestone Government says India HPCL has extended our pres- stake in IOC at Monday’s clos- to buy Hindustan Petroleum HPCL created India’s first inte- Department of Industrial at 49 per cent. blocks having reserves of may not make much progress ence in the downstream indus- ing price of 153.80 apiece on Corp Ltd (HPCL) for 36,915 grated oil company. This was Policy and Promotion (DIPP). The finance minister has around 600 million tonne in auctioning of mineral blocks tries. BSE is worth over 20,500 crore. ONGC’s biggest acquisition The DIPP is an arm of the recently held meeting on the (MT), in October. in the future unless issues relat- “And so naturally, it now crore. Its 4.86 per cent stake in A third of the loan has and second buyout of 2017-18 commerce and industry min- subject and the Prime Of the two blocks, one is in ed to green clearances and does not make sense for ONGC GAIL is worth close to 4,200 already been pre-paid, he said. after its 7,738 crore acquisition istry which deals with FDI Minister’s Office too has sought Andhra Pradesh and the other land rights are addressed to hold stake in Indian Oil crore at Monday’s closing price ONGC had borrowed Rs of 80 per cent stake in Gujarat related matters and promoting views of the DIPP on the mat- is in Gujarat, according to an upfront. Corp (IOC). But, we will wait of 380.75. 24,881 crore on a short-term State Petroleum Corp’s KG ease of doing business in the ter. official document. It has given in-principle for the right price,” said the “IOC shares were trading at loan to fund buying of the basin gas block. country. Industry experts have stat- The Chintalayapalle- approval to provide single official. around 195 in January and are Government’s 51.11 per cent HPCL added 23.8 million Representations have been ed that the insurance sector is Abdullapuram-Korumanipalli clearance for environment and ONGC, he said, got over now at 153-154. It doesn’t stake in HPCL. The remaining tonne of annual oil refining made to the Government time being impacted due to weak (CAK) limestone block in forest to the new lease holders 3,000 crore in dividend make sense to sell the shares at came from its cash reserves. capacity to ONGC’s portfolio, and again on the issue that distribution networks. Andhra Pradesh with reserves of the 288 mining leases expir- income from investments in such a big loss,” the official said. The official said the pace of making it the third largest insurance brokers should be There is a need to strength- of 104.68 MT will be auc- ing in two years. IOC and GAIL in 2017-18 ONGC, he said, is gener- repayment may slow down in refiner in the country after IOC treated at par with other finan- en the distribution network to tioned on October 12. From the 50 mineral blocks financial year.”This is a decent ating enough surplus mainly the third and fourth quarters and Reliance Industries. cial services intermediaries, support the sector as a whole. 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2 Engineer. Conditional tenders are not acceptable. Mohmmand in Nangarhar responsibility for most of the province, provincial governor suicide bombings in recent The details can be viewed and downloaded online from dated 03/10/2018 at 16.00 spokesman Ataullah Khogyani months. 
+ Hrs. to dated 29/10/2018 at 18.45 Hrs. directly from the Government of Maharashtra said. Mohmmand survived the Violence has plagued the attack, Khogyani confirmed, run-up to Afghanistan’s par- ,$  -7  The decision to take retal- on its own territory.” e- tendering Protal http://mahatenders.gov.in This detailed tender notice is available but he did not say if the can- liamentary vote, which is iatory measures and go public A French diplomatic on portal http://mahatenders.gov.in and also on www.mahapwd.com and on didate had been hurt. scheduled for October 20 — rance accused Iran’s intelli- with the accusations was taken source told AFP that the secu- Notice Board of the Office of Executive Engineer, Public Works Division No.2, Provincial health director more than three years after it Fgence Ministry on Tuesday three months after the alleged rity forces had concluded that Jalgaon. Najibullah Kamawal put the was supposed to be held. of being behind a foiled plot to plot to bomb a meeting of the “the head of operations at the death toll slightly higher at 14. Five candidates have been bomb an exiled opposition People’s Mujahedeen of Iran (Iranian) intelligence ministry Sd/- An AFP reporter saw murdered in targeted killings, group near the French capital (MEK) in a suburb of Paris. ordered it”. Executive Engineer numerous ambulances deliv- according to the Independent in a move that risks straining “This extremely serious Iran immediately denied Public Works Division No. 2, ering bodies and wounded Election Commission, and already complicated ties act envisaged on our territory any involvement, as it did in people to a hospital in the hundreds of civilians have been between Paris and Tehran. could not go without a July when the MEK accused it DGIPR/2018/2019/3352 Jalgaon. provincial capital of Jalalabad. killed or wounded in poll- The French government response,” France’s interior, of being responsible. Sayed Humayun, who had related violence. announced it was freezing foreign and economy ministers The alleged bomb plot brought his injured cousin to The latest attack comes assets belonging to two sus- said in a rare joint statement. came to light two days after GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA the medical facility, said scores amid predictions for Afghan pected Iranian intelligence “In taking this decision, thousands of Iranian opposi- WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT of people had been inside a hall battle deaths to top 20,000 this operatives, as well as others France underlines its determi- tion supporters gathered at listening to campaign speech- year — including civilians and belonging to Iran’s ministry of nation to fight against terror- an exhibition centre outside EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, IRRIGATION PROJECT CONSTRUCTION DIVISION, RATNAGIRI es when the bomber struck. combatants. intelligence and security. ism in all its forms, particularly Paris on June 30. E-TENDER NOTICE NO. 05 FOR 2018-19 Online E-Tender in B-l form for below mentioned work are invited by Executive Engineer, Irrigation Project Construction Division, Ratnagiri Water Resources    .      /    Department, Govt, of Maharashtra from eligible contractors of work. The tender documents are available for online bid preparation & submission from website main Portal: http://mahatenders.gov.in . The right to accept or reject the above       "& ,' #  !!  said e-tender without assigning any reason rests with the competent authority. Conditional tender will not be accepted. $  !, president in the Lal Masjid “I am giving you this assur- ,$  08: 8! living bacteria without harm- Sr. Name of work Estimated cost put to operation case and demanded ance. It is the assurance of the ing them, the Academy noted. rked by former dictator to know what the case against highest court in the country,” hree scientists on Tuesday Ashkin, who made his dis- No tender IPervez Musharraf’s failure to his client was. He may not face Chief Justice Nisar said. “As Twon the Nobel Physics covery while working at AT&T 1. Construction of Pipe Distribution Network on Left 48,29,37,305/- come back to Pakistan and face any charges in the Lal Masjid long as (Musharraf) is alive, it Prize for inventing optical Bell Laboratories from 1952 to Bank Canal km 17 to 38 of Arjuna Medium Irrigation ongoing cases against him, case, but he is facing a treason is his duty to appear before the lasers that have paved the way 1991, is the oldest winner of a Project Tal.Rajapur, Dist. Ratnagiri. Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on case for which he must appear court,” he added. for advanced precision instru- Nobel prize, beating out 2 Construction of Pipe Distribution Network on Right 67,55,14,113/- Tuesday warned that if the in court, replied Chief Justice He further said that it was ments used in corrective eye American Leonid Hurwicz “courageous commando” does Nisar. If Musharraf returns not acceptable for a citizen to surgery and in industry, the who was 90 when he won the Bank Canal km 18 to 57.38 of Arjuna Medium not appear soon, he may be voluntarily, he may be able to leave the country and not jury said. 2007 Economics Prize. Irrigation Project Tal.Rajapur, Dist Ratnagiri. forced to return in a disgrace- do so respectably otherwise he return while a case against Arthur Ashkin of the Meanwhile Mourou, 74, 3 Construction of Pipe Distribution Network on 25,48,36,815/- ful manner. may be compelled to return them is underway in courts. United States won one half of and Strickland -- only the third Tamhane branch Canal of Arjuna Medium Irrigation Chief Justice Nisar made under circumstances which The chief justice also the nine million Swedish kro- woman to win the Physics Project, Tal.Rajapur, Dist.Ratnagiri. the remarks when Musharraf’s are not “graceful”, the top judge promised that the former mil- nor (about $1.01 million or Prize -- won for helping devel- lawyer told the three-judge warned. itary ruler would not be arrest- 870,000 euros) prize, while op a method to generate ultra- Sale/Download of e-tender - 03/10/2018 to 27/10/2018 bench that his client “respects Chief Justice Nisar referred ed upon his return, and that Gerard Mourou of France and short optical pulses, “the short- Date of opening of tender - 31/10/2018 the court” but was unable to to Musharraf’s background as whatever the outcome of the Donna Strickland of Canada est and most intense laser puls- return due to his medical con- an army commando to taunt cases, it would be strictly in line shared the other half. es ever created by mankind,” The detail information regarding E-Tender will be available on following website. dition and reservations over the him for showing cowardice. with the law. The court ordered Ashkin, 96, was honoured the jury said. 1 http://maharashtra.gov.in provision of security. “The commando who used Musharraf’s lawyer to submit for his invention of “optical Their technique is now Musharraf, 75, who has to describe himself as a ‘coura- his medical report within a tweezers” that grab particles, used in corrective eye surgery. 2 http://mahatenders.gov.in been living in Dubai since geous commando’ should today week and adjourned the hear- atoms, viruses and other living Mourou was affiliated with (If any change on tender notice will be made available on web site.) 2016, is facing the high-profile display that courage,” he said. ing until October 11. cells with their laser beam fin- the Ecole Polytechnique of treason case for suspending the “Why is the courageous Last week, Muhammad gers. France and the University of 3 Also available on Notice Board of Executive Engineer, Irrigation Project Constitution in 2007. The for- commando not returning?” he Amjad, a leader of the All With this he was able to use Michigan in the US, while Construction Division, Ratnagiri. mer military ruler left for asked. The top judge told the Pakistan Muslim League the radiation pressure of light Strickland, his student, is a pro- 4 Post Qualification process is applicable for above tender. Dubai in March 2016 for med- lawyer that already the court (APML) — a political party to move physical objects, “an fessor at the University of ical treatment and has not had promised foolproof secu- floated by Musharraf in 2010 — old dream of science fiction,” Waterloo in Canada. Sd/- returned since citing security rity to Musharraf and also best had said that the former pres- the Royal Swedish Academy of Speaking by phone to the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, and health reasons. treatment in the country. ident was “growing weaker Sciences said. academy, a moved Strickland IRRIGATION PROJECT CONSTRUCTION DIVISION, His lawyer Akhtar Shah “I told you before that if he rapidly” due to an unspecified A major breakthrough said she was thrilled to receive told the court that there were returns, he will be provided illness and, therefore, could not came in 1987 when Ashkin the Nobel prize that has been DGIPR/2018/2019/3359 KUWARBAW RATNAGIRI no charges against the former security,” he said. return to Pakistan. used the tweezers to capture the least accessible for women. "" %$) !*!#&+,-./0 
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  G4  G unmatched academic benefits dents. This will set them on the UK’s leading British education experts. the country is facing the threat of for the students such as stu- course for extraordinary David Wellesley Wesley, show founder, said: cyber war with its far-reaching ram- forcing them to take up salaried jobs per cent of the international students Santhanam, MD, Brakes India Private dent’s rank at national level growth in terms of individual’s “Choosing the right educational curriculum for ifications on national security. instead of starting their own business. throughout the world. On the other Limited and chairman, Sundaram along with Rank Potential ability to evaluate their poten- your children is always a difficult decision as Besides, one’s personal security and The Government has initiated the hand, lakhs of students from India Finance Limited, Chennai, said: Index (RPI) or Success tial, present capability, real well as time consulting when you are busy interests were also threatened by Make In India programme to were going abroad for higher edu- “While at present, a majority of Potential Index (SPI) for var- inclinations towards pursuing working parents. We want to make it slightly cyber crime. The students, who are encourage the engineers to go in for cation, and the Government of India India’s population was below the age ious competitive exams. a career of their choice at easier by offering a network of best education qualifying today in science and tech- start-ups,” she said. was spending 75,000 crore worth of of 27 years, this demographic divi- As well as detailed analy- National and International lev- options under one umbrella, to meet and greet nology, will have to start working to The Minister was making these foreign exchange annually on these dend will start declining by 2040. In sis of students’ current readi- els. For students exploring col- with leading British schools in an effortless see how technology can be adopted remarks in response to the request students,” the chancellor pointed order to propel economic growth, ness and what needs to be lege options abroad, FIITJEE’s milieu. The British Boarding Schools Show to tackle these twin threats.” of Dr G Viswanathan, chancellor of out. India has to make good use of this done for the aspired goals career mentors of USA allows a window to the possibilities of main- The Defence Minister high- VIT, to help remove the chains Dr Viswanathan said that VIT competitive advantage which it can like JEE Advanced/Main as Uninvest will provide a detailed taining the education experience in India com- lighted that the Indians have imbibed which fettered the growth of edu- was ranked 13th among the various enjoy only for another 20 years,” he well as intermediate mile- guidance for gaining admis- plemented by the excellence of a British edu- the entrepreneurial spirit genetical- cation. She agreed with the view that engineering institutions in India said who later distributed the gold stones like Junior Olympiad, sions to the world’s best uni- cational environment.” ly from their forefathers dating back the regulations in the education sec- under the National Institutional medals and degree certificates to 54 National Talent Search versities,” RL Trikha, director, This event is open to the public, and tick- to the period when the Nalanda tor too need to be relaxed. Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the candidates. Examination, Class X/XII FIITJEE, says. ets are free of charge with online pre-registra- University was flourishing. “The Dr Viswanathan said that after Ministry of Human Resources A total of 6,277 candidates Boards, Birla Institute of Online registration for the tion. Schools exhibiting at British Boarding British colonial era saw the emer- the liberalisation, privatisation and Development, and first among the received their degree certificates at Technology & Science test can be done at www.fiit- Schools Show 2018 India include Aiglon gence of English education which was globalisation regime in 1991-96, all private engineering institutions. the convocation. Dr Anand A Aptitude Test & others. jeelogin.com. The last date to College, Chelsea Independent College, EF intended to educate the Indian sectors were de-regulated. But de-reg- “A total of 39,000 students were Samuel, Vice Chancellor, VIT wel- On joining FIITJEE pro- apply through online mode or Education, Junior King’s Canterbury, people to work as clerks and serve ulation has not happened so far in the studying in the four campuses of VIT comed the gathering. Sankar gramme through BBE Test, in person is October 11, 2018. Kensington Park School, Badminton School, their British masters. This trend education sector. He requested the in India. A total of 3,300 students Viswanathan, Dr Sekar Viswanathan students will be provided with Quick registration on mobile Le Régent Crans-Montana College; Loretto, The which started during the colonial rule Defence Minister to help in the de- were recruited through campus and GV Selvam, VP, and Kadambari early joining academic benefits. can be done at www.fiitjeelo- King’s School, Canterbury; The King’s School, continued for the 50 years after regulation of the education sector. placements in 2017-18. Till date, 2600 S Viswanathan, assistant VP, Pro VC, For instance on www.mypat.in gin.com/mobile. For more Canterbury International College; Marlborough Independence. The Narendra Modi “Though India had the poten- students were placed through cam- Dr S Narayanan, Dr N Sambantham, platform, students of Class V details, visit www.big- College, Oundle School, Stonar and Government wants to break the tial to become a hub of internation- pus recruitment in 2018-19,” he said. registrar Dr K Sathiyanarayanan of to VII can attend IQ cultivation bangedge.com or the nearest Woldingham School. chain which fettered the students by al education, it contributed just one The guest of honour, Viji VIT participated. classes, NTSE Mock tests and FIITJEE Centre. $    B )   " $'".$'% ) &     he Samsung India has inau- Tgurated a new campus with $    www.inctf.in before what they learnt. Fifty final- six new classrooms at the The new campus has six class- collector, Kolar District; Dipesh $    er interest of creating educa- November 5. School students ists will be selected based on Kembodi Government Primary rooms and an administrative Shah, MD, SRI-B and Harry tors who are also lifelong mrita Vishwa can apply online at the outcome of the online School in Karnataka’s Kolar dis- block with the necessary school Heejoon Kang, CFO, SRI-B he Aditya Birla learners. AVidyapeetham is set to junior.inctf.in before October test. Online training will be trict. This will help the school furniture. along with other dignitaries. “At Education Trust has “The ABEA is an attempt hold the 9th edition of 5. Support is also available on held from December 22-27, scale up to accommodate up to This building also has a Samsung, education is a cause Tembarked on yet anoth- to nurture the aspirations of national ethical hacking con- WhatsApp Number: 2018. This will be followed by 300 students, up from 156 stu- power backup, rain water har- that is close to our heart and we er journey in the field of edu- the brilliant and dedicated test — Amrita INCTF — 8129426557. the final online contest and dents earlier. So far, students vesting facility and a RO+UV strive to give back to the society. cation with the unveiling of educators who nurture young which exposes students to Entry is free for all stu- prize distribution on from three different classes were water filter for students. The We are committed to helping stu- the Aditya Birla Education minds. It is an opportunity for computer security, secure dents. The university will December 28, 2018. There is forced to sit in the same class- school, which was established in dents across the state learn and Academy (ABEA). 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