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"      "  * eral areas of the Valley, includ- apex court seeking correction While Congress leader     "   "       ing Srinagar. The separatists in the Rafale judgment where Mallikarjun Kharge, who chairs   *        ,    have called for three-day shut- a reference has been made the PAC, had said no such /  &'()     down against the killings. about the Comptroller and report had come to him, peti- .    $        Eyewitnesses said young- Auditor General (CAG) report tioners Yashwant Sinha, Arun "         "  sters were killed after security and Parliament’s Public Shourie and Prashant Bhushan  Q       "       forces opened fire on the civil- Accounts Committee (PAC), too flagged the alleged wrong-     ,/ *  "    !    ians who were protesting                       !     " saying “misinterpretation” of its doings of the BJP led Modi        "    against the anti-terrorist oper- note has “resulted in a contro- Government in the matter.            " (0 ation in Kharpora Sirnoo vil- while another injured was Sources said in the initial Srinagar. versy in the public domain.” Kharge said he will request    *    "    lage in Pulwama. admitted to military hospital. phase of operation, two civil- Reports said a large num- In the application, the PAC members to summon the               The protesters were march- The slain terrorists were ians were killed in action fol- ber of people, mostly youth, Centre said the two sentences Attorney General and the CAG      "   $  ing towards the encounter site identified as Adnan, alias Tahir lowing heavy violent clashes pelted stones on security forces in paragraph 25 of the judg- to ask them when the public  %             apparently to disrupt the Hizbi, a resident of Karimabad amid stone pelting with police near the encounter site at ment appeared to have been auditor’s report was tabled in 1 "     ""  2  !    counter-terrorist operation to Pulwama; Bilal Ahmad, alias and paramilitary forces after Sirnoo village. The security based on the note submitted by Parliament.          3   give safe passage to the holed Hashim, a resident of Rajpora news spread about the killing forces used first lobbed tear it along with the pricing details The SC had on Friday dis-              up terrorists. Pulwama; and a former Army of three terrorists in the area. smoke shells. As the situation in a sealed cover, but indicat- missed the pleas challenging               The civilians’ death man Zahoor Ahmad Thokar of Five more civilians suc- could not contained, they used ed the words used by the court the deal between India and  ,/  "             occurred after three local Sirnoo Pulwama, who desert- cumbed to grievous injuries pellets and then live ammuni- lent a different meaning. France for 36 Rafale jets saying   "       Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists ed the Army ranks last year to while at least two dozen tion to quell the protests. Local The Government moved there was no occasion to “real- % "     "         were killed in an encounter in join Hizbul Mujahideen group. injured civilians were under- sources said the forces fired the application a day after the ly doubt the decision making  "   the area. An Army jawan was Thokar was one among senior going treatment at various indiscriminately leading to Opposition Congress and oth- process” warranting setting   "  also killed in the operation commanders. hospitals in Pulwama and large number of injuries. ers raised questions on the aside of the contract.          %                      "#$%        #         #$       "                    9 "O   ,/Q  *                    # %&%$      ""                                '(%            $          ! "                     #  7  4        "    ;0);+'3   5""   he RLSP on Saturday      ! #! " "   "   !  Treceived a major setback he Enforcement     !"      (' with all its members in the TDirectorate (ED) on # #%& $%&'                 bicameral legislature of Bihar Saturday seized assets worth (     )      "  declaring that they are still 20.87 crore belonging to                 with the NDA as they accused Pradip Burman, who is   ( "     ;0);+'3 party president Upendra Director of Dabur India     #   "   :        Kushwaha of pursuing per- Limited, for allegedly holding     #    ,/   he Congress has invited sonal interests in announcing assets abroad in violation of "   !       Tleaders from across the a break-up with the NDA. provisions of Foreign Exchange    P  9 "  " ,  political spectrum for the Both the RLSP MLAs — Management Act (FEMA). filed a prosecution complaint (%()*( !+ O -       swearing-in ceremony of party Sudhanshu Shekhar and Lalan In another case, the ED against Burman in the Court of   ( ./ "  '   "      stalwarts Kamal Nath and Paswan — and its lone MLC — seized immovable property Metropolitan Magistrate which             Ashok Gehlot, who would take Sanjiv Singh Shyam — made a worth 10.28 crore of Shravan is pending,” ED officials said. (     (        charge as Chief Minister of statement to this effect at a joint Gupta, Additional Managing Investigation revealed that !       "     Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan leaders on Saturday to decide press conference here. Director, M/s Emmar MGF for Burman had deposited US$     !        +,/  respectively, on Monday. The on the top post for They also pitched for a holding US$ 15,40,650 in his 32,12,000 with HSBC, Zurich     "+  *  "        Congress will also form its Chhattisgarh. Sources said ministerial berth for Shekhar, bank account with HSBC, and holding the same in con-         6    ,/ 1"   2 " Government in Chhatisgarh Rahul met Chhattisgarh’s four a first-term MLA and the Switzerland under FEMA. travention of Section 4 of . 0  #      " "         on Monday but the Chief potential Chief Minister can- youngest among the three. The seizure order in FEMA, 1999 and failed to     !       Minister candidate will be didates — TS Singh Deo, We will also approach the Burman’s case has been issued repatriate the entire amount to    +                announced on Sunday morning Tamradhwaj Sahu, Bhupesh Election Commission with the pursuant to an investigation India till date. ,   -  * ,/ ""           in Raipur following which the Baghel and Charan Das claim that we represent the real which prima facie revealed Following the investiga- # #%& )               invitations for the oath cere- Mahant — at his Tughlaq Lane RLSP and we enjoy the support that the he had deposited $3.21 tions it was found movable !                  " Q mony will be extended. residence and held discussions of most workers and office- million in his account with the assets, identified in India to the 123   1   ""  "      + While the oath ceremony with them. bearers in the party, Shyam said Hong Kong and Shanghai tune of 20,87,80,000 held by ("     %              in Jaipur is scheduled at 10.30 This was the third round of making it clear that the RLSP Banking Corporation (HSBC) him in his name. The seized -        ""     "         am, Bhopal timing is at 1.30 pm discussion that the Congress was heading towards a split. in Zurich, according to ED offi- assets comprised 50,000 tax   0  443   "         6     followed by Raipur at 4.30 pm chief held before selecting the The RLSP has three MPs, cials. free Government bonds of the   #5%--   ,/Q           "    to facilitate the leaders, includ- CM for Chhattisgarh, where including Kushwaha. Among “Burman had declared Housing and Urban 2      6       "      ing Congress high command to the party romped home after the two other Lok Sabha mem- before Income Tax Authority Development Corporation  !6              move conveniently. 15 years with two-third major- bers — Arun Kumar from that he had earned US$ (HUDCO) and the Indian #       After selecting Chief ity. Congress’ central observer Jehanabad and Ram Kumar 32,12,000 whereas he had not Railway Finance Corporation / (    *                  Ministers of Rajasthan and Mallikarjun Kharge and AICC Sharma from Sitamarhi — the shown this amount in his (IRFC) , which were purchased         Madhya Pradesh, Congress in-charge for party affairs in former has been charting an Income Tax Returns filed in on different dates for 5 crore,       7   " Q         president Rahul Gandhi held Chhattisgarh PL Punia were independent course for past India for the period 2007-08. 4 crore, and 11 crore,                   hectic parleys with top party present in the meeting. two years. Income Tax Authorities have amounting to over 20 crore.  # 4   5 * * $               4!  "  5     6       ,    P  Q     "        ! "  #$   "      6 5  "  "    !       *      "     ""          45*  "    !  *+ the row after Commissioner DK emerging scenario of skill        ""     Bangalore and Delhi Tiwari, Principal development in Jharkhand dur-          to attract famed com- Secretary to CM Sunil ing the event. 5              panies in the field of Kumar Barnwal, Secretary of Higher,        $     *  retail, hospitality and Secretary of Higher, Technical and Skill    6*         $    infrastructure. It is Technical education Development department,         "   "   . 1'3 based on developing and skill development Rajesh Kumar Sharma said that     "        an employers’ net- department Rajesh the cultural setup and the ambi- ++   ;0);+'3 "       %         hief Minister Raghubar work for generating Kumar Sharma, ence of UAE is conducive for              CDas on Saturday left for aspirational and gain- JSDMS Director Ravi people of the State. He said that 27-year-old woman was     +    Dubai to participate in the ful employment. Also, it will Ranjan, CEO JSDMS Amar Jha UAE can become a natural Aallegedly assaulted by her 7    " P3 Q    %  Industry Road Show being help to put a strong foundation and senior officials of the State. place for skill development train- mother-in-law and over 20 "            ,/  organised by Jharkhand Skill for skill development in the HRD Minister of UAE gov- ing for the youths of the State. women bouncers at Saket in 3   "         ""     Development Mission Society State and prepare a blueprint ernment Nashir Bin Thali Al The Road Show will be a unique the national Capital, police    "       3       (JSDMS) under the aegis of for new employment opportu- Hamli will also take part in the programme in UAE, he said. said on Saturday. 6    ""         Government of Jharkhand on nities’ parameters. Attempts event and present his views on During the two-day event The victim alleged that      595* 6         December 16-17. The road are being made to contact global scenario of skill devel- the representatives of govern- her mother-in-law had called "      "      show is orgainsed with an aim recruiting companies in UAE opment. CM Raghubar Das ment of Jharkhand will also woman bouncers to not let her          to attract reputed firms to pro- to participate in the event, said will establish direct connect visit prominent industrial enter the home. Following ""       "       *  vide jobs to the youth of the officials of JSDMS. with recruiters, industrial part- places like ICCA, Dubai, which police registered an FIR involved in the crime but when  "            State ahead of the Global Skill Apart from CM Raghubar ners and skill development Masdar Future City. The at Saket police station. police arrived, he escaped from     "        Summit 2019 scheduled in Das the show will be graced by experts during the programme. JSDMS will also provide a view The victim identified as the back door. The victim was              January 2019. Indian Ambassador at UAE He will also present his views on Vision of Skill Development Garima Chaudhary alleged that married to Tejveer in        The road show is third in Navdeep Suri, Development on Global Skill Summit and the in Jharkhand. her husband Tejveer was also November 2017.   (  ) *+, -.*/ 

 1       ( $   "  (     7 .'0   ' F .32 7' “The way Rahul ji is speak- ing on this issue and the way he he court of District and nion Minister of State for is targeting Modiji is not right TSessions judge, Garhwa UCivil Aviation, Jayant in anyway,” he added. today awarded life imprison- Sinha today charged Congress The Union Minister said in ment to a Maoist Lalmuni president Rahul Gandhi for Chattisgarh, Rajasthan and Prajapati for killing of villager lying on Rafale issue. He said Madhya Pradesh, there was IIshlamudddin Ansari in 2008. Rahul was presenting wrong anti incumbency which affect- The court also fined the facts on Rafale to take political ed the vote percentage slight- Maoist with Rs. 20,000. gains. He said BJP debacle in ly, but he said this doesn't According to the prosecution three states was not in any way mean that BJP lost its ground on April 04, 2018 about 4 to 5 threat to party's aim to win there. Taking dig on opposition Maoists had killed one 2019 general election. He said hue and Ishlamuddin Ansari over a the vote percentage of party got cry on EVMs, he said with land dispute arising in between in all the three states was victory in three states, all such the deceased and father of the slightly lower than previous issues now disappeared. Maoist. The wife of deceased election. ister. government had purchased Sinha termed opposition had lodged an FIR against Talking to media persons Sinha said in democracy, very advance fighter planes alliance as "thagbandhan" Lalmuni Prajapati. The convict in a press conference at party debate and criticism is neces- and regarding this deal, claiming that it will not impact was lodged in the Garhwa jail office in Hazaribag town, he sary but the way Rahul is Supreme Court has reviewed the winning prospect of BJP in in connection with the killing said people knew the fact and behaving is a not right in any everything besides taking opin- 2019. He said elections in the of villager Ishlamuddin Ansari also the truth that Narendra way. ion of defence experts to air five states contested on local in Lavahi village of Meral Police Modi is an honest prime min- According to him, Indian force officials. issues. Station on April 04,2008. -   7%   3  :6

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-  !. . !/ "0" "1   3                       "         . 1'3 brought the honor and repu- received several cases.   "!2!".          tation to the people who work The central government’s   7 43K433 ! #      C.  day-long workshop was in real estate sector. The pop- Housing and Urban Affair, ! 1 C"       #  Aorganised by the Ministry ulation of the urban areas will Economic Analyst, Anupam   "3 !  "(   .   6 " of Housing and Urban Affairs, double in the next 30 years Mishra, Special Secretary,  0   6 #     Government of India (GoI) in and this will require a new Department of Urban             Ranchi on Real Estate urban space, therefore, RERA Development, Housing and            Regulatory Authority — will play an important role in Planning BPL Das, Ashish      !2!# RERA —‘A New Age of the way of development,” he Singhmar, Director – Transparency and added. Mishra hoped that Directorate of Municipal   +  Accountability in Real Estate’ corruption will be eliminated Administration, State Urban )! " on Saturday. from different regions in the Development Agency .      Speaking in the work- future and with complete (SUDA) – Director, Amit      shop, Union Secretary, transparency. He praised the Kumar, State Chief Town !    Ministry of Housing and efforts of Jharkhand for Planner Gajanan Ram, along 7 1 # Urban Affairs, Durga Shankar implementing PM Awaas with Joint Secretaries, Deputy !2    Mishra, said that for the real Yojana and said that the gov- Commissioner, Deputy 9!     estate sector, the government ernment has done a com- Directors, officials of     introduced RERA in 2016, mendable job in this direc- ,#,4  156   %   7    $    %     ,    8  Jharkhand Urban      bringing a historic change. tion.         , #     '    97  $   %  0 Infrastructure Development    Mishra said that before On the occasion, Minister    ' !           - %  Corporation Limited (JUID-     RERA, people who had the — Department of Urban COL), Officers of Ranchi   # desire of purchasing houses in Development, Housing and goes to RERA, it must be get Urban Development, Housing The Secretary also said Smart City Corporation           the urban areas had to face Planning, CP Singh said that resolved in stimulated time. and Planning, Ajoy Kumar that this workshop will ben- Limited, Officers of City              problems or often fall prey to RERA will have an important “If the benefits are not Singh extended the gratitude efit not only Jharkhand but 11 Development and Housing  ""      # )# fake companies and agents as role in the state of Jharkhand, received in a particular time, towards the Government of other states. Singh also said Department from 12 States .!            there was no monitoring it is necessary that it should then there should be a provi- India for organising RERA that the real estate industry including the representatives              agency. be promoted well . Also, the sion for action against those workshop here and said that has been promoted well after of CREDAI - apex body of          #'    “RERA has not only given Minister said that if the law is associated with the agency the act will prove helpful in the introduction of RERA Private Real Estate Developers  )!          great respite to the people made then it should also be concerned,” added Singh. establishing transparent sys- and the Government of Associations and banks were       # who buy a house but has decided that if any complaint Secretary, Department of tem in the real estate business. Jharkhand (GoI) too has present in the workshop.   (  ) *+, -.*/   5

   5    !!7  6        2$ .$ depicted Bharat Mata with her      hands engaged on harnessing okaro girl Khushi Bharti solar energy, wind energy and Bwon the second prize in the other sources of renewable National Painting Competition energy and also handling the 7 $R   conducted by the Ministry of future generation with moth- Power, Government of India erhood and sustainable devel- held at New Delhi on Friday opment.” evening. At a grand function at The competition was held   6 (!';)8. Vigyan Bhavan New Delhi, the under the national campaign Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra on energy conservation, on 12 ollowing inspection of Mahajan gave 50,000 cheque December at NTPC, Power FHealth Secretary, Nitin to Khushi for being the Management Institute, Noida Madan Kulkarni the State-run Runners-up besides felicitating where the cadets from all over health center MGM Hospital in eleven other winners of the the nation put in their best to Sakchi has started taking steps competition. steal attention on their canvas to improve situation. Out of 108 participants where Khushi excelled and Hospital Deputy across the country, 12 paintings caught the attention of the Superintendent Dr Nakul were selected and Khushi judges with her exemplary Chaudhary said that the tender bagged the second position. She vibrant colours scripted on her for repairing of air condition- is a student of Class 8 at DPS, canvas thus emerging as ers at the intensive care unit Bokaro said, “My Painting Runners-up. (ICU) is nearing completion       8% !      %%        

and the repairing work would hard to ensure they imple- commence from Monday by mented. The superintendent the selected agency. has directed all the senior doc- Nitin Madan Kulkarni had tors to ensure that they sit at the carried out a surprise inspec- OPDs during evening time too tion at the over 500-bed hos- and follow the roster for dep- pital yesterday evening, had utation of doctors at the vari- taken the officer to task for not ous OPDs,” said Dr Chaudhary. repairing the air conditioners at The MGM authorities have ICU despite it lying defunct started process of re-tendering since November. There are six for selecting a new agency for air conditioners at the ICU and housekeeping and cleanliness all of them need some kind of work at the hospital. “We have repairs which is causing prob- also started tender process for lem for critical patients. selection of a new agency for All the senior doctors cleanliness and housekeeping at have been directed to strictly the hospital premises and the follow the roster for duty at the new agency would be selected OPDs at the hospital. soon. The contract for the The health secretary also existing agency which has directed malnutrition treat- failed to mend its ways despite ment center (MTC) to be con- repeated warnings will be ter- nected with corporate units for minated soon after the new better facilities to infants. agency is finalized,” said Dr Directive was also issued to the Chaudhary. drinking water and sanitation MGM Medical College and department unit of the district Hospital is a government hos- to complete installation of pital with the facility of 540 tubewell in the 21 schools at the beds. Everyday around 1000 earliest so that all schools in the patients come here for treat- district will have drinking ment. It may be mentioned that water facility by the end of State Government governed December. Later, in the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial evening, health secretary also Medical College and Hospital, visited the Sadar Hospital at is an Indian medical school Khasmahal and the day care established in 1964. It is situ- center and also inspected the ated in the outskirts of MGM Hospital in Sakchi. Jamshedpur near Dimna. “We are taking the orders The college's hospital is of the secretary and working located in Sakchi. 5()%4          

  2;.($ closing the unit was running on 450 MW, sources said. he 210 MW of unit no 3 of According to the infor- TBokaro Thermal Power mation DVC and BHEL engi- Station (BTPS) B, which had neers were involved in the developed technical snag caus- work but the fault could not be ing a power crisis in eastern rectified at 500 MW unit. zone, was test synchronised Sources said that the unit of with eastern power grid late in 500 MW would be lit up very the night on Friday, making soon. generation of electricity from BTPS, a unit of DVC had the unit no 3 and its supply to added another 500 MW to its the grid, a top BTPS official existing capacity last year. said on Saturday. But the 500 The newly installed facili- MW unit of BTPC A plant is ty has completed a successful still shut for nearly one and half trial run of 72 hours and is after months. getting clearance from DVC, According to the DVC unit was already been put into sources presently the unit no 3 a commercial power genera- of is supplying 150 MW to the tion last year, sources said. eastern grid, said CE & project BTPS project head head Kamlesh Kumar. Kamlesh Kumar said, "All The 500 MW unit of the efforts are being on and hope plant is shut for last 45 days. unit of 500 MW would be lit up The works in several parts of on December 31while unit no the rotator was going on but 3 of BTPS-B was synchro- the fault couldn't be rectified nised on Friday evening,” since October 23.At the time of added Kumar.   (  ) *+, -.*/   6 0   "  1         '  6  

  ;0);+'3 O) , / /&  would be clean and in the fol- - "" /! lowing year the Ganga would nion Minister Nitin -   . 8 be fully clean.  )96  UGadkari on Saturday asked 2 /    He urged the Indian indus- private players to invest liber-  <& ,8! & try to contribute to the mission ally in expressways, waterways  - "" 0 through electronic fund trans- "    ;0);+'3 and irrigation projects as well / / fer and help create employment as towards the ‘Clean Ganga " /  0/ opportunities for the local pop- tarting from Saturday, the Mission’. “Private players /   "   ulace. The Minister said his Smaximum speed limit for all should consider investing in !  Ministry will be starting the vehicles plying on the Yamuna fast-growing expressways, 8 "!< 8P cleaning work in Yamuna Expressway connecting Greater highways, waterways, irrigation shortly. WAPCOS has signed Noida with Agra in Uttar projects and projects under an MoU with the Australian Pradesh is fixed 75 km per ‘Clean Ganga Mission’,” road for waterways and sought company Dopplemayr, having hour from December 15, 2018 transport and shipping minis- industry’s cooperation in trans- technical expertise in building to February 15, 2019. ter Gadkari said on the side- port of goods through this ropeways, cable cars for The decision was taken in lines of an event in the nation- made available to Indian construction, would reduce channel to reduce transporta- enhancing the public trans- view of number of accidents al Capital. Railways for bullet train routes. the distance between the two tion cost. portation in hilly areas like due to foggy weather condition The Government had “Access controlled express- metros by 120 km,” the Gadkari Under the ‘Clean Ganga J&K, Uttarakhand, Himachal in winter. “If vehicles found brought down the cost of land way of Delhi would reduce said. Mission’, about 10-15 per cent Pradesh thus positively impact- exceeding 75 km per hour acquisition drastically to 80 automotive pollution by 60 He suggested the use of of the 280 projects had been ing tourism in these states. speed limit, challan will be lakh per km from 7.5 crore per cent in the city as the traf- methanol and LNG as fuel to completed. A total of 150 bio- He said that the issued,” said officials. Earlier, per km earlier for the devel- fic will pass through the exter- reduce the cost of logistics and digester units were to be Government is collaborating the maximum speed limit was ney. On exceeding the speed O/   0  opment of expressways, nal ring roads without entering added that the Government installed along the river to with a Russian company for the fixed 100 km per hour for cars limit, a message will be sent to /8! .   Gadkari said adding that pri- Delhi. The Bengaluru-Chennai intent to achieve the target of upgrade sanitary conditions. feasibility of introducing and 60 km per hour for heav- the driver’s phone immediate- "   "" vate players should take advan- expressway would be opera- building roads at 40 kms/day Ganga rejuvenation was now a airboats. A pilot would be ier vehicles. ly. This app which was /.   0 tage of the reduced land acqui- tional from January next year by the end of this fiscal year. success story, he said, adding taken up on January 26, 2019 According to officials of launched in 2017, makes dri-    "" sition and labour cost. He fur- and the 12-lane Bombay-Delhi Gadkari said the Government that by March-end 2019, close on river Yamuna from Delhi to Yamuna Expressway, the new ving safer on the expressway.  " !    ther said that land can even be expressway, currently under had decided to use 111 rivers to 80 per cent of the river Taj Mahal. speed limit will be applicable The app alerts the com- - ""   :) from Saturday. “During win- muters about traffic snarls,    / !  ters, the number of road acci- accidents and public amenities dents increase due to foggy and also send SOSs alerts in /8! . "0 5  Q    "    0"*%+     weather, which decreases visi- case of emergencies. The app  "- 8  " bility on the expressway road. also integrates the digital map !  "P To avoid and curb the number of the Greater Noida-Agra "   ;      30 of accidents, the speed limit has Expressway. Voice-based the toll free line, or send a mes- been revised,” said officials. option for queries is also avail- sage on Whatsapp. An extra   ;0);+'3 Supreme Court said the mate- Rafale jet. The Yamuna Expressway, able through the app. Users can arrangement of four ambu- rial placed before it shows the “Who is responsible for     ;<) besides connecting Delhi to upload images of an accident or lances and cranes, as precau- he Congress said Saturday Centre did not disclose in this? Who said this? It was the Agra through Noida-Greater an emergency, which will be tionary measures in case of Tthe Supreme Court, which Parliament the pricing details Government who said this. Noida Expressway, touches shared with the expressway emergencies, has also been gave the Government relief in of the fighter jet but revealed it How did the attorney general   ;0);+'3 1,182 villages of Gautam Budh control room, expressway made on the expressway. the Rafale jet case, has not gone to the Comptroller and Auditor pass the affidavit?” he said. Nagar, Bulandshahar , Aligarh, patrol, and other app users in A total of 4,956 accidents into the pricing and technical General. He also rebuked the he CPI(M) has filed an Hathras (Mahamaya Nagar) the vicinity. This will ensure were reported across the aspects of the aircraft and it is The apex court also said Government for not reading its Tintervention plea in the and Mathura district. that people using the Yamuna Yamuna Expressway ever since only a joint Parliamentary the CAG report was even own affidavits. pending Special Leave Petition According to Yamuna Expressway are aware of an it was inaugurated. Out of committee that can probe examined by the Public “This is a very serious in the Supreme Court chal- expressway authority officials, emerging situation, and real these, 1,161 accidents were whether there was any irregu- Accounts Committee of matter and there should be an lenging the constitutional valid- the maximum speed limit of 75 time assistance will be made due to speeding while 595 larity in the deal. Parliament. action in this case because the ity of Article 370 of the km per hour will also be set on available to the commuters in were due to tyre burst. Fog At a Press conference, Reacting to this, Sibal said message among people is that Constitution, which grants spe- the expressway mobile app - the quickest possible time. across the highway caused 235 Congress leader Kapil Sibal Mallikarjun Kharge, the chair- CAG has cleared and cial status to Jammu & Highway Saathi, to guide the Apart from this, in case of accidents while 2,965 were due pointed to a part of Friday’s man of PAC, has said he never Parliament has seen the deal, Kashmir. O) -  ".  commuters through the jour- accidents, people can contact to other reasons. judgment in which the received any such report on which is wrong,” he said. The intervention plea is /=/  -   filed through advocate-on-    %>"  record Resmitha R Chandran.  /8"   Senior advocate PV ! /08 .  ! *     ' $  '   Surendranath will argue the matter in the apex court for the   - :)  party. - --""    ;0);+'3 “Our defence relations are (EPR) project in Jaitapur, their strategic partnership this “The party is of the  ."/    historic and we have been Maharashtra and adopted an year. It is because we attach the    unequivocal opinion that -   ndia and France Saturday involved in a number of action plan to guide our work same importance to multilat- Article 370 shall in no cir-   P Iheld discussions on deepen- exchanges in the form of train- for the coming months so as to eralism, respect for the rule of cumstance be annulled, mod- ing bilateral strategic partner- ing and joint exercises,” she advance as efficiently as possi- law, the same ambition to usher         ified or repealed. The party “Federalism is a basic fea- ship through cooperation in said. ble towards the final decision in a just and sustainable world,” opposes the relief sought in the ture and part of basic structure the Indo-Pacific region, The External Affairs min- for building this power plant. he said. Special Leave Petition,” CPI(M) of the Constitution. To pro- defence, space and civil nuclear ister also reiterated the resolve “Six EPRs account for a “It is also because India   ;0);+'3 Europe and Foreign Affairs leader and MLA Kulgam MY mote fraternity among all the energy sectors. of the two countries to jointly total capacity of almost 10 knows that in France it has a Jean-Yves Le Drian called on Tarigami said in a statement. citizens, assuring the dignity of External Affairs Minister fight against terrorism. GW, which is a significant partner that has never failed it rime Minister Narendra him. “The special status guar- the individual and the unity Sushma Swaraj and French “We both are also working contribution to India’s aim of and on which it can count in PModi Saturday welcomed The Prime Minister warm- anteed to the State of Jammu and integrity of the nation is minister of Europe and Foreign in strengthening our ties in producing 40 per cent of its the future. the strengthening of ties ly recalled the State visit of Kashmir under the our constitutional motto as Affairs Jean Yves Le Drian dis- space sector. We both are also electricity from non-fossil fuels This holds true on the between India and France in President Macron to India in Constitution of India which has declared in the preamble of our cussed ways to further leading fight against climate by 2030, in keeping with its strategic front, notably with the areas such as defence, space, March 2018, as well as their assumed the permanent feature Constitution,” he said. strengthen bilateral coopera- change,” she said. commitments made ahead of strengthening of our exchanges counter-terrorism, maritime recent interaction on the side- of the Constitution requires Tarigami said the relative tion. “Last year, our bilateral the Paris Climate Conference,” on the Indian Ocean, which security, and civil nuclear coop- lines of the G-20 Summit in protection as any alteration autonomy of States on federal “We had very fruitful talks. trade was worth 9.62 billion he said. today are fast developing and eration. Argentina, a statement from would be against the policy of principle was a pre-condition We closely looked at all the euro, if we both have to reach The Jaitapur project will our shared commitment to He also conveyed his con- the Prime Minister’s office said. federalism envisaged by the for preserving and developing aspects of our mutual ties. We the trade of 15 million euro by also contribute to Make in fighting terrorism, as we mark dolences to the families of the Le Drian briefed the Prime framers of the Constitution,” he unity and integrity of the are taking our cooperation for- 2022 we both will have to India as it involves transfers of 10 years since the deadly victims of the recent terrorist Minister on recent develop- said. nation. ward in the Indo-Pacific region, work towards further strength- production, technology, joint Mumbai attacks,” Le Drian said. attack in France’s Strasbourg ments in the bilateral relation- Jammu & Kashmir acced- “Federalism also presup- which will not only benefit ening our trade relations,” she research and training, Le Drian “This holds true on the and said that India stands with ship, and French perspective on ed to India in unique circum- poses acknowledgment of his- these two countries but also said. added. economic front: our companies the country in the fight against regional and global issues, it stances and it poses a unique torical realities and special other countries in the region,” There will also be an He said the discussion are investing and innovating in terrorism. said. problem which requires a nature and objective factors she told reporters. exchange of 10,000 students between the two leaders was India under the Make in India On Tuesday, a gunman The Prime Minister wel- unique solution, he said. with respect to deferent states Noting that the foundation between the two countries by “characterised as always by a programme. On the fronts of killed four people at the comed the strengthening of It was the only State and their population,” he said. of India and France relations is 2020, Swaraj said. great convergence of views and urban development and the Christmas market in the bilateral ties in all spheres, to declare its intention to have Article 370 grants special based on “mutual trust”, Swaraj Her French counterpart shared ambition”. digital economy, our compa- French city of Strasbourg including defence, space, its own Constitution drafted status to Jammu & Kashmir said the two countries are look- Le Drian said the two leaders “It is not by chance that nies are present and working to before being shot dead. counter-terrorism, maritime by its own constituent assem- while Article 35A empowers ing to strengthen their ties in reviewed the status of the France and India are celebrat- build the India – and France – Modi made these remarks security, and civil nuclear coop- bly as far back as March 5, the state legislature to define various sectors. European Pressurized Reactor ing the 20th anniversary of of tomorrow,” he added. when French Minister for eration, the statement said. 1948, he said. permanent citizens. =>%3 , '  $   ,%           6$,  )  "      <    ;0);+'3       ;0);+'3 3' he 15th Rajasthan Delhi court on Saturday TAssembly has at least 46   ;0);+'3 Aextended by four days the MLAs with criminal cases CBI custody of Christian lodged against them compared enior Congress leader P Michel, alleged middleman to 36 MLAs elected in the State SChidambaram on Saturday charge-sheeted and arrested Assembly elections in 2013. took a dig at Finance Minister in the AgustaWestland VVIP Out of the 199 members of Arun Jaitley for saying that the chopper case. legislative assembly (MLAs), 46 NDA Government got the The 57-year-old British MLAs have declared criminal Rafale aircraft deal at a cheap- national was produced before cases against themselves. er price, questioning if it was so, Special Judge Arvind Kumar. Twenty eight MLAs have why did it not buy seven The probe agency told the declared ‘serious’ criminal cases squadrons instead of two. judge that Michel needs to be against them, says the In a series of tweets, confronted with various docu- Association for Democratic Chidambaram said Jaitley has ty,” he said. ments in the case and had Reforms (ADR) report. ous’ criminal cases against O'/. 

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Since that judgement prevent the country from violent clashes and disruption. of two, told AFP in the capital riot police played a game of cat- Sirisena also agreed on “illegal”. has no intention of remaining is a long and complicated doc- becoming another Greece.” The last three Saturdays on Saturday. and-mouse with groups of pro- Friday to reinstate The apex court on Friday as Prime Minister without a ument, I will study it carefully “The change of govern- have been marked by violent “My wife’s unemployed too testers who moved around the Wickremesinghe on Sunday also refused to stay a court general election being held, and in due course express my ment that the people expected demonstrations, but by midday and we live on 700 euros (800 centre of Paris, much of which despite previously insisting that order restraining Rajapaksa, and in order to not hamper the views on the constitutional has now had to be put off. But on Saturday the situation dollars) a month. 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It came on the vidual mandate of Affordable sion into the Palestinian-con- ing a week of rising tensions. that the health-care law’s indi- eve of the Saturday deadline for Care Act requiring people to senior Government min- trolled city of Ramallah. Both Army and border vidual coverage mandate was Americans to sign up for cov- have health insurance “can no Aister called on Saturday The raid on the West Bank police units took part in the “unconstitutional”, handing a erage in the federal insurance longer be sustained as an exer- for British MPs from all parties city where Palestinian president operation, including members major political victory to US exchange created under the law. cise of Congress’s tax power”. to “forge a consensus” on Brexit Mahmud Abbas has his head- of the commando unit in which to avoid a potentially damaging quarters comes as Israeli forces the soldier was serving. AFP “no deal” withdrawal from the EU in March. 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fficials from around the Oworld are still working to agree on the fine print of the Paris climate accord after two weeks of talks, even as workers dismantle sections of the con- ferenced venue around them. Diplomats and ministers prepared for a closing meeting at noon on Saturday, a day past the original deadline, but suc- cess was still uncertain. The UN talks in Katowice, Poland, are meant to provide a rulebook for all signatories of the 2015 accord, ensure finan- cial support for poor countries and send a signal that countries are prepared to increase their efforts in years to come. *-=6>Q5 77%?*@ 5 6@5  #4 <;A'" ,:  ##= B;''" :%C --# 5*6 55:* ##*.- D 34   (  ) *+, -.*/        =     C      6   2'82 ;!0 . arendra Singh's outburst against umpiring after HIndia's quarterfinal loss to Netherlands didn't go down well with the world body (FIH) and its President Narinder Batra on Saturday hinted at a strict action  +  " against the coach for his indecent behaviour. India lost 1-2 to Netherlands in quarterfinal to crash out of the tournament on Thursday. Soon after the defeat, Harendra blamed poor      umpiring for his side's unexpected early ouster, saying FIH seriously need to address the issue as his side has      Q2 N-& been on the receiving end of poor on-field decisions twice this year. But the India coach's vitriolic outburst came back   2'82 ;!0 . to haunt him as the FIH chief said a team should be graceful in defeat and questioning umpires is against orld No 4 Netherlands broke the spirit of the game. Australia's dream of clinching "Being the FIH President I have to follow certain Wa hat-trick of World Cup titles, protocols and I have my strong reservations against this beating the two-time defending cham- kind of behaviour. A sport has to be played in the right pions 4-3 in sudden death in a pul- spirit," Batra said in a press conference also attended sating semi-final of men hockey's by FIH CEO Thierry Wiel on Saturday. show-piece tournament here on "One should be graceful whether you win or lose. Saturday. Finding a fault is very easy. You should rather appre- The Dutch thus took a sweet revenge ciate and respect. They (umpires) have only two eyes. of their 1-6 loss to the Kookaburras in They are doing a job, a thankless job. They will get crit- the summit clash of the 2014 World Cup icised by anybody who loses," he added. at the Hague. Harendra's job has been under the scanned ever The match went into -6= **- 77%#6: Sebastien Dockier (53rd) were the other since India failed to defend its Asian Games title in shoot-out after both  !    goal scorers for the world number three Jakarta and the World Cup was his last opportunity to Netherlands and Australia were  21  I-<  2( %-& at the Kalinga Stadium. save his skin. locked 2-2 at the end of regulation Prior to this, the Red Lions' best per- 60 minutes.  )3 I-I  +  7 <-J formance in the World Cup was a fifth- Glenn Schuurman (9th minute)  2!  5-<  2  5-< place finish in the last edition of the tour- and Seeve van Ass (20th) scored for the  2  5-&  21  5-& nament at The Hague, Netherlands in Dutch before Tim Howard (45th) con- 2014. verted a penalty corner and Eddie  27 I-<G    23 I-<G   The Belgium players, who wore Ockenden (60th) found the equaliser for  2;  N-&!    2  I-IJ-=     black armbands to pay respect to their Australia just 26 seconds from the final  !   teammate Gougnard whose father hooter. ,:4%@ +33-::6#= %%# ..- := @ passed away before the match, domi- In the shoot-off, Daniel Beale, Tom @ 4  .  !  nated possession in the first two quar- Craig and Jake Whetton scored for ters and created a couple of promising Australia while , Van

$:/#+$   2'82 ;!0 .          Panchkula: 8@    $:/27*$+:>+$3:/#$%,- triker Akashdeep Singh faces a possible two  I5-I5      4  Smatch suspension for breaching Code of  ! N#  .C      78 7F'$8 semifinals. earlier I used to keep thinking after los- Conduct at the end of India's quarterfinal loss        8@ # Sindhu came into the match with ing points." against the Netherlands. .       =   %O     <==-   #!        N% I5  "  -         2  . # &    '' !   '    + 9   6 Sylhet: 2   ;  +        0    ;.' off 106 balls as the duo settled bowl Australia out for 326 runs 3   !   <5-  :   down to see off the last hour in their first innings. -  I&     2   " kipper Virat Kohli played a before stumps. They cut down on Starting from overnight 277-    #0 3     Spivotal role with a workman- the risks even more, only occa- 6, Australia added 49 runs to their          0    ! like 82, lifting India from a dou- sionally coming forth to play their total for the loss of four wickets. 1 -       - shots. Tim Paine (38) and Pat Cummins $ (1      / # ble blow at the beginning of      "  " 9     innings to 172 for three in the In doing so, Rahane reached (19) frustrated Indian bowling $        I& : second Test against Australia on his 17th Test half-century before and enhanced their eighth wick-      3 #P 2     Saturday. end of play as the two batsmen et partnership to 59 runs. I&   0 3  "  Kohli's unbeaten knock cou- were sure in their shot selection But Umesh got the break-     "P10 3  pled with Ajinkya Rahane's coun- and avoided any further damage through with an over of full       1   2        terattacking 51 helped India to to the Indian innings. deliveries, knocking off  #  I&  (  not only overcome the cheap dis- Earlier, Kohli and Pujara Cummin's off-stump in the !! ")   missals of Murali Vijay (0) and K had seen India to 70 for two at 105th. Two balls later, Bumrah   )I& II# L Rahul (2), but also put the vis- Post tea, Kohli and Pujara some issues getting used to the tea. Post lunch, India were imme- trapped Paine lbw and the deci- itors in a position from where (24) batted in much the same pace and bounce off the pitch. diately under the pump as Josh sion stayed despite a DRS review       they will look to dominate the manner as they did in the first Unlike Pujara though, he took the Hazlewood (1-50) knocked over from the batsman. Manchester:  7      7 rest of the game. session. Their pace of scoring was bowling head on and counter- KL Rahul (2) in the third over Nathan Lyon (9 not out) 6  C     2   The India captain stitched a slow, but they batted with assur- attacked with two boundaries and after resumption of play. stayed unbeaten for the third =-<  ;  (  1   90-run unbroken partnership ance until Mitchell Starc (2-42) a six. Rahul was in two minds innings in a row as he added +    +#6  with Rahane by stumps on the provided the breakthrough. It set the pace for his part- about how to play a full delivery quick-fire 16 runs with Mitchell  C   +     second day, the stand coming It came seven overs after the nership with Kohli, who was solid aimed on the off-stump and was Starc to push Australia to a            - after he added 74 with Adelaide tea break as Pujara glanced a at the other end, and grinding beaten all ends up as the ball healthy total on a tough wicket.        1C  hero Cheteshwar Pujara (24) for delivery down leg only to be down the Australian attack. The destroyed his stumps. Ishant then finished off    - #)  1-+   the third wicket. caught behind, as his 74-run part- Indian skipper reached his 20th Earlier, India were placed at things with two wickets in two ;  ".!   This was after Australia's nership with Kohli for the third Test half-century off 109 balls as six one at lunch with Starc bowl- balls, with Starc and Josh          tail wagged to add 49 runs to wicket came to an end. India crossed 100 in the 43rd ing Murali Vijay for a 12- ball Hazlewood (0) caught behind  1      + # #:#/ their overnight total to finish at Rahane then joined Kohli in over. duck. This was after Ishant with some acrobatic help from 326. India trailed by 154 runs. the middle, and initially he faced Their 50-partnership came Sharma's 4-41 helped the visitors Rishabh Pant.