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Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Modi asks CAA opponents to NCLAT decision is a recipe protest against Pak. ‘atrocities’ for disaster, Tatas tell SC Group fi les plea against reinstatement of Cyrus Mistry Firefi ghter killed during Expose neighbour’s treatment of its religious minorities, says Prime Minister rescue operation Legal Correspondent NEW DELHI Staff reporter NEW DELHI A fi refi ghter was killed during Tumakuru The multibillion salttosoft a rescue operation at a Taking a dig at those protest ware conglomerate Tata battery warehouse in west ing against the Citizenship Sons Private Limited on Delhi’s Peeragarhi industrial area where a fi re broke out on (Amendment) Act (CAA), Thursday appealed to the Thursday morning, the police Prime Minister Narendra Supreme Court saying the said. The structure collapsed Modi on Thursday said: “If December 18 decision of the following an explosion and 17 they want to carry out agita National Company Law Ap people sustained injuries in tions, let them carry out agi pellate Tribunal (NCLAT) to the incident. Amit Baliyan tations against the oppres reinstate Cyrus Mistry as its was inside the building when sions of Pakistan against its chairman is a blow to corpo a part of it collapsed . Chief minorities, including Dalits, rate democracy and rights of Minister Arvind Kejriwal Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, for the Board of Directors. announced an ex gratia of ₹ 1 the past 70 years.” The 180page appeal said crore to Amit’s family. Addressing thousands of the tribunal crossed its juris
CITY Ī PAGE 3 students and seers of various diction by terming the ap DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Mutts on the premises of the pointment of incumbent N. Siddaganga Mutt in Tumaku Chandrasekaran illegal for disaster, for the reason applies to corporate ap NCP leader Devi Prasad ru, Mr. Modi said instead of while restoring Mr. Mistry as that it would create unneces pointments. “Instead of Tripathi passes away carrying out agitations Chairman. sary confusion in the work bringing to bear an ap NEW DELHI against Pakistan which was Mr. Mistry’s tenure as ing of companies and lead to proach that would be consis Devi Prasad Tripathi, general “oppressing” its minorities, chairman and director of Ta more confl ict, the appeal tent with corporate democ secretary of the Nationalist the antiCAA protesters were ta Sons expired in March said. racy and the right of the Congress Party, passed away opposing the Union govern PM Narendra Modi watering a Bilva patra sapling he planted on the Siddaganga Mutt premises 2017. The NCLAT decision to The companies are large shareholders to exercise here on Thursday. Widely ment for implementing the in Tumakuru district on Thursday. Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa looks on.* PTI restore him to his “original corporations having many their votes in the manner renowned for his erudition CAA and the NRC to safe position” for the “rest of his subsidiaries and the Tata they consider appropriate, and oratory, Tripathi, 70, was guard the interests of the mi ities at the international le atrocities because of their tenure” is contrary to com Group employs half a mil the NCLAT took upon itself the party Rajya Sabha ‘Nations were member from 2012 to 2016. norities in Pakistan and oth vel,” he said. religion. pany law, a recipe for disas lion people and contributes to go into various issues Tripathi had been ailing from er nations. He said people fl ed from With no other alternative, briefed on CAA’ ter and sets a dangerous pre substantially to the economy alien to such consideration… cancer for the last three He said that if the Con Pakistan to India to save oppressed minorities there cedent in law, it said. of the country. Any shadow NCLAT imported principles years. gress wanted to carry out ral their lives and the lives of were forced to come to India The External Aff airs Besides, Mr. Mistry had over the management of any from the realm of public law lies “let them do these in their daughters. He told the seeking shelter, and the Con Ministry had reached out never sought his reinstate of these companies puts pu and eschewed relevant prin NEWS Ī PAGE 12 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD support of the victims of protesters to raise their voice gress was not ready to say to “countries across ment. The NCLAT had gone blic interest in jeopardy, the ciples that apply to corpo atrocities of Pakistan” and against Pakistan, which is that what Pakistan was doing regions, and wrote to all beyond its jurisdiction, the appeal said. rate democracy, which are not against the Union go carrying out “religious atroc was not correct, he said. our missions asking them appeal by Tata Sons, fi led A majority of the Board of based upon the right of the vernment. He alleged that ities” against its minorities. Mr. Modi performed puja to share our perspectives through Karanjawala & Co, Directors at Tata Sons voted shareholder to cast a vote. Pakistan had destroyed the Strongly defending the at Gadduge, where the 111 [on the CAA and NRC] said. for Mr. Mistry’s replacement No reasons were given on lives of lakhs of its minori CAA, the Prime Minister yearold seer of Siddaganga with host governments”, as chairman on October 24, how the process of replace ties. He dared the Congress asked what was wrong in giv Mutt Dr. Shivakumara Swami its spokesperson Raveesh ‘Against public interest’ 2016, after losing confi dence ment and removal was to carry out protests against ing shelter to minorities, in was laid to rest. Kumar said. The Centre’s To restore Mr. Mistry for his in him. He was again re wrong and illegal,” the ap Pakistan. “It is time to ex cluding Hindus, Sikhs, Budd brief said the CAA did not remaining term, without moved as the director of Ta peal argued. pose the atrocities carried hists and Jains of Pakistan PM DEDICATES FIVE NEW DRDO seek to strip anyone of noticing that the term had ta Sons on February 6, 2017, FRIDAY REVIEW Ī 4 PAGES out by Pakistan on its minor who were being subjected to LABORATORIES Ī PAGE 8 citizenship. Ī PAGE 13 come to an end is a recipe following the procedure that CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 AIADMK suff ers a setback in rural local body polls DMK racing ahead in panchayat unions and district panchayat wards
T.K. Rohit Friday evening. blishment with Chief Minis CHENNAI The DMK had won in 727 ter Edappadi K Palaniswami The ruling AIADMK suff ered of 1,632 seats the results of taking stock of and deliberat a setback in the rural local which were declared for the ing with senior leaders in the body polls held in 27 districts post of panchayat union evening. The victory, even if with the DMK racing ahead in ward members as of 11.30 not so huge, is likely to be a panchayat unions and dis p.m. The AIADMK was lag huge boost for the DMK trict panchayat wards as per ging by nearly 170 seats, as its ahead of next year’s Assemb results/trends available candidates had won only in ly elections, as the party has around 11.30 p.m. on Thurs Agents of various parties 556 seats. remained out of power for day. outside a counting centre in The AIADMK’s defeat at the last two terms. Crowdsourced trends Tiruvannamalai on Thursday. the hands of its arch rival At the time of going to were available only for 350 * C. VENKATACHALAPATHY DMK, that too in the rural print, the DMK’s gains in pan odd of the 515 district pan areas, considered the ruling chayat unions came largely chayat member posts and mission declared the results party’s main vote bank from from Tiruchi with 109 seats, 2,900odd of the 5,090 pan for much fewer posts. The the time the party was found Thanjavur (72), Pudukottai chayat union ward posts, complete tally of results is ex ed nearly fi ve decades ago, (48) and Dindigul (47). while the State Election Com pected to be available only by came as a shock to the esta CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 Protest at Shaheen Bagh to continue
Sidharth Ravi New Delhi Protesters at Shaheen Bagh who have been on an indefi nite sitin over the amended Citizenship Act said on Thursday that they would continue their prot est till the Supreme Court hearing on the Act sche duled for January 22. While certain indivi duals put out a statement that the protest here had been called off , others dis missed it as rumour.
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Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI An investigating committee formed by IITKanpur is not going to probe whether or not the recital of ‘Hum Dek henge’, a poem by Pakista ni revolutionary Faiz Ah mad Faiz, at a campus protest last month had hurt sentiments. It will only de termine if there was any ‘deliberate mischief’.
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Sidharth Ravi New Delhi
AntiCAA protesters at Sha heen Bagh have resolved to continue their agitation at least until January 22, when the Supreme Court is sche duled to take up the matter. The have been on a sitin protest for more than two weeks at the NoidaKalindi Kunj Highway demanding withdrawal of the amended citizenship law. While certain individuals, claiming to be organisers of the demonstration, had put out statements that the agita tion was to be called off , those at the site of protest nalise the demonstration dismissed these as rumours through incendiary speech being spread to break the de es and tried to scare protes monstration. ters by claiming that “BJP “All our sisters here have goons” or the police would promised to stay put until soon take action, he added. some action is taken,” said However, conversations social activist Shaheen Kaus with the police representa er, who has been hosting the tives had revealed that no demonstrations from a stage such order had been issued, here since the fi rst day of Mr. Khan said. protests. Members of the coordina Others such as Shahnawaz tion committee said that a (65) said that until a repre (From top) Anti-CAA protesters singing songs of resistance dedicated media coordina sentative from the govern at Shaheen Bagh on Thursday; a woman holding a poster tion representative would be ment come forward and during the protest. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR fi xed henceforth to ensure speak to the protesters or such rumours are not being clear assurances are given in stop. “This will go on,” she ments claiming that the prot spread. Parliament or in writing, the said. est had been called off had On Sunday, protesters demonstration would not be been part of the demonstra continued to gather in large called off . Rubbishes claims tions only for the last few numbers despite the cold Nazia, a research scholar Meraj Khan, part of the Sha days and were falsely por weather and raised slogans and a resident of the area, heen Bagh Coordination traying themselves as “chief against the amended Citizen scoff ed at the news that the Committee, said that two pe organisers.” The individuals ship Act and sang songs of demonstrations were to ople who had put out state also attempted to commu resistance. Two arrested for Seelampur violence get bail
There was nothing on record to show that they were a part of violent mob: judge
Staff Reporter applicants, said, “Firstly, as public toilet on fi re and for interrogation by a police New Delhi regards to off ence under broke the window of the offi cer as and when required A Delhi court has granted Section 307 IPC, as per IO car,”. and to report to the IO or bail to two persons arrested [Investigating Offi cer] inju In the case of accused Da Station House Offi cer (SHO) for their involvement in See ries sustained by the police niyal, the court said he is al concerned on every 15 days lampur protests noting that are simple in nature”. so not seen in the video pelt for a period of six months there was nothing on record ing stone or setting public regarding their activities. to show that they were a Self-made video toilet on fi re. Also, there is part of any violent mob. The judge noted that the ac no eyewitness. Police’s contention The police had charged cused Sajid Ali was seen in “Therefore in the totality According to the police, they the two persons under va the video footage made by of the facts and circumstanc arrested Daniyal from the rious Sections of the Indian himself, marching along es of the case and keeping in spot where the protesting Penal Code (IPC), including with other participants and view the period of custody mob had turned violent. Ac 307 (attempt to murder), not seen pelting stone or set and his role, I am of the opi cused Ali was apprehended and Sections 3 and 4 of the ting public toilet on fi re. nion that he is also entitled based on a secret informa Prevention of Damage to Pu “Further there is no eye to bail,” the court said. tion. A mobile phone reco blic Property Act, 1984. witness to the eff ect that he As a condition of bail, the vered from Ali shows him Judge Gurdeep Singh, [Ali] is part of the violent court said the duo should shooting selfvideo, they while granting bail to both mob who pelted stones, set make themselves available said.
No student died due to injuries: Jamia
Press Trust of India New Delhi Jamia Millia Islamia on Thursday rejected reports that one of their students succumbed to injuries sus tained during the protests against the amended citi zenship law. There were re ports doing the rounds that a student had died during the police action on the protesters on December 15. However, the hospital, where he was admitted, said that the deceased was not a protester and had died due to chicken pox. According to Ahmad Azeem, Public Relations Offi cer of the university, they have been informed by the Proctor’s offi ce that the deceased was not a stu dent of the university. Couple dies after heater causes fi re
Staff Reporter NEW DELHI A 73yearold man and his wife died in the early hours of Thursday when a fi re broke out at their house in southeast Delhi’s Jaitpur allegedly because of a coal heater kept in the room to warm themselves up. DCP (South East) Chin moy Biswal said that the deceased have been identi fi ed as Babu Lal and his wife Asarfi Devi (65). Their 13yearold grandson also sustained injuries when he entered the room.
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WiFi service available in Firefi ghter killed during rescue Airport Express Line trains operation at battery warehouse
Staff Reporter A total of 17 people sustained injuries in the incident, say police NEW DELHI The Delhi Metro Rail Cor STAFF REPORTER death by negligence) at Pas poration (DMRC) on Thurs NEW DELHI chim Vihar (West) police day launched a free WiFi A fi refi ghter was killed during station. service inside metro trains a rescue operation at a bat plying on the Airport Ex tery warehouse in west Del ₹ 1 crore compensation press Line that is touted as hi’s Peeragarhi industrial Chief Minister Arvind Kejri the fi rst such facility in the area where a fi re broke out wal announced an ex gratia country. on Thursday morning, the of ₹ 1 crore to Amit’s family. A man being taken to hospital after being rescued from the warehouse in Peeragarhi on
The service has been police said. The structure col “Amit Baliyan laid down Thursday. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA launched by DMRC Manag lapsed following an explo his life while serving the peo ing Director Mangu Singh. sion and 17 people sustained ple of Delhi. Nothing can Addressing the media, Mr. injuries in the incident, they bring back a loved one lost, ‘It’s a big loss, but I am proud of my son’ Singh said, “Internet con said. but Delhi government will nectivity is extremely cru The victim, Amit Baliyan, The fi re broke out at a unit at Peeragarhi in west Delhi on give ₹ 1 crore as fi nancial assis cial in today’s age. Many of was inside the building carry Thursday. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA tance to his family. It is the 28-year-old victim had got married in February last year the DMRC stations already ing out a rescue operation least we can do as a society...” have WiFi services, but it is when a part of the building battery warehouse. A police the manufacturing of bat Mr. Kejriwal said in a tweet. SAURABH TRIVEDI tor,” said Atul Garg, DFS ASI, is posted in Anand Vi for the fi rst time that such collapsed following a loud team reached the outletcum tery,” said a fi refi ghter. “Deeply anguished over NEW DELHI Director. har. He was seen mourning services will be available in sound resembling a cylinder godown of batteries and in The fi refi ghters faced diffi news of death of fi re operator A fortnight before his birth Amit is survived by his outside Sanjay Gandhi Hos side the trains as well.” explosion. Amit, along with verters at Peeragarhi’s Udyog culties inside building due to Amit Balyan Amit along with day, the fi rst one after his wife, father, mother, a youn pital mortuary where Mr. Singh added that by 13 other fi refi ghters, got Nagar. It was found that the the toxic smoke from the his team members fought wedding in February last ger brother and two youn Amit’s body was kept for a December 2020, WiFi ser trapped in the rubble. All ex fi re started in the basement burned batteries. “One can bravely to save lives of many year, fi refi ghter Amit Kumar ger sisters. His wife Shivani postmortem. The family vices inside trains will be cept Amit were safely res of the building that was used see thick black smoke emerg people. I salute his bravery. Balyan lost his life during a is a constable with the U.P. said they will take Amit’s extended to the Blue, Yel cued by other fi refi ghters. for storing batteries. ing out of the building for the My sincere condolences to rescue operation in Peera police. body from the hospital on low, Red, Green and Violet Amit remained untraceable “We immediately in last ten hours. It is highly tox his family members. All pos garhi. His family in Meetna “The couple had got mar Friday morning, said a DFS lines of the Delhi Metro net for around four hours, said a formed the DFS, DDMA, ic and we used oxygen cylin sible assistance to be extend gar of Loni is still to come to ried in February 2019. He offi cer. work. “Based on the perfor Delhi Fire Service (DFS) NDRF and CATS for the res ders during the operation. ed to the injured and be terms with the loss. left the house on Tuesday “We will take his body to mance, we will see how it offi cer. cue operation. A total of 17 Batteries were blasting and reaved family [sic],” LG Anil Amit Kumar Balyan (28) for work and was supposed the Fire Safety Management can be extended to the “Amit was later located people, including three work acid was spilling all over. It Baijal said in a tweet. died when he, along with to return on Thursday Academy in Rohini to pay Pink, Magenta and Grey and oxygen was supplied to ers of the warehouse and 14 was not a usual fi re call,” said Delhi BJP president Manoj other fi refi ghters, got night. We did not inform his tribute and then will hand it Lines,” he said. him. He was immediately res fi refi ghters sustained injuries another fi refi ghter. Tiwari alleged that the Delhi trapped in the rubble fol wife about the incident till over to the family,” the offi c Commuters will be able cued and rushed to Balaji and were shifted to a hospi Till the fi ling of this report, government was not taking lowing a blast at the opera she returned from work ,” er added. to access the WiFi services Hospital in Paschim Vihar tal,” said a senior police offi c the cooling operation was un required steps to prevent tion site. said a relative. His neighbours also by logging onto the “ME where he succumbed to inju er. der way. such incidents. “This inci “It’s a big loss for the fa rushed to the spot soon af TROWIFI_FREE” network ries. A total of 40 fi re engines Around 7 a.m., when the Rajinder Singh Sagar, dent of fi re is not a natural mily, but I am proud of my Trapped for 6 hours ter they received the news and feed in the onetime and hydraulic fi refi ghting fi refi ghters were inside the ADCP (Outer) said that an FIR one and hence our duty son. He sacrifi ced his life “Amit was the last fi reman of his demise. “We were in password received on the vehicles were pressed into building carrying out the op has been registered under should be to fi nd out the rea while saving others,” said to be taken out of the de formed around 10 a.m. We mobile. Once logged onto service,” said DFS Director eration, the ceiling of the IPC Sections 285 (negligent sons and take measures. The Babu Ram, Amit’s father. bris. He remained trapped rushed to the spot and wait the network, commuters Atul Garg. building collapsed following conduct with respect to fi re death of a fi reman is an irrep “He had completed basic for almost six hours. He was ed for the offi cials to rescue will get automatically con The police said they re an explosion. “We are trying or combustible matter), 337 arable loss to his family. Ho fi re training at Fire Safety on the ground fl oor of the him. He had got married re nected to the services on ceived a call around 4.15 a.m. to remove all combustible (causing hurt by act endan wever, many lives have been Management Academy. He building when it collapsed,” cently and it [demise] is ve subsequent journeys made at Paschim Vihar (West) pol materials from the building gering life or personal safety saved due to the bravery of was posted at Kirti Nagar added Mr. Garg. ry unfortunate,” one of his on the corridor. ice station regarding fi re at a and other materials used in of others) and 304 A (causing the fi remen,” Mr. Tiwari said. fi re station as a fi re opera His father, a Delhi Police neighbours said. City’s AQI ‘severe’ on 5 of last 6 days Emissions from vehicles stuck in jams one of the reasons
Staff Reporter Organization. New Delhi “Very calm conditions are The air quality of the city persisting during stable night continued to be in the ‘sev time with a sign of clustered ere’ category on Thursday emission hot spots, probably and is likely to improve to due to slow and congested ‘very poor’ category on Fri traffi c, leading to the accum day, said governmentrun ulation of pollutants near the monitoring agency System of ground under very cool tem Air Quality and Weather Fo perature,” SAFAR said. “We recasting and Research (SA have been getting ground re FAR). chief pollutant — was 282.3 ports of a lot of traffi c conges The air pollution has been ug/m3, more than four times tion. This accumulates and in the ‘severe’ category for the safe limit of 60ug/m3, as causes pollution,” a SAFAR fi ve out of the past six days, per Indian standards, in Del offi cial explained. according to Central Pollu hi and NCR at 7 p.m., the The city’s air quality index tion Control Board (CPCB). CPCB said. The level is, ho (AQI) on Thursday was 417, On Thursday, the average wever, more than 11 times the slightly down from Wednes level of PM2.5 — deadly res safe limit of 25 ug/m3, as set day’s 437, according to the 4 pirable particles, which is a by the World Health p.m. bulletin of the CPCB. Services on Pink Line hit by ‘minor signalling issue’
Press Trust of India Majlis Park and Shiv Vihar. New Delhi “There was a delay in ser Services on a section of the vices between Majlis Park Delhi Metro’s Pink Line and Durgabai Deshmukh were briefl y aff ected on South Campus stations due Thursday due to a signalling to a minor signalling issue,” issue, a DMRC offi cial said. the offi cial said. Services The Pink Line runs between resumed after a brief delay. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Timings DELHI Harsh Vardhan tried to cancel PTM: Sisodia FRIDAY, JAN. 03 Polling offi cials to stay RISE 07:15 SET 17:37 RISE 12:29 SET 00:04 Teachers sought postponement as students may fall ill due to cold, says Union Minister SATURDAY, JAN. 04 RISE 07:15 SET 17:38 Staff Reporter ment schools had met him at RISE 13:00 SET 00:56 overnight at city booths New Delhi his residence on Wednesday SUNDAY, JAN. 05 Calling the BJP an ‘antiedu and gave him a copy of a re RISE 07:15 SET 17:39 Move will ensure a hassle-free voting procedure, says CEO cation party’, the Aam Aad presentation which they had RISE 13:32 SET 01:48 mi Party on Thursday submitted to the LG ex Hemani Bhandari <> The offi cials have Deputy Commissioner of blamed it for allegedly op pressing concern over the New Delhi to reach the booths Police (Election Cell) Sharat posing a parentteacher PTM when schools in most In a fi rst for the Capital, the early morning and Sinha said the preparations meeting (PTM), which is northern States have been Election Commission of India some of them take for the election are under proposed to be held in go closed due to the cold (ECI) has decided to deploy trains from faroff way. “The policemen are pre vernment schools on Janu weather. polling offi cials at booths the pared to make an assess ary 4. They are seeking post places. Necessary night before the Delhi As ment. Meetings and briefi ngs “Today I read in media re ponement of the meeting in provisions will be sembly election. are being conducted with of ports that Union Minister view of the health hazards Confi rming the develop made for them at fi cials at all levels. InterState Harsh Vardhanji has written that the children are likely to ment on Thursday, Chief the centres border meetings will also to the LieutenantGovernor, “The reality of BJP is it is ment schools,” he added. suff er due to severe cold Electoral Offi cer (CEO) of Del Ranbir Singh take place. Necessary preven requesting him to cancel the the enemy of education, the Mr. Sisodia said the mega weather, Mr. Vardhan hi Ranbir Singh said the rea Chief Electoral Offi cer tive measures are being ta PTM. How did you get the refore, they are trying to PTM initiative has been one added. son behind the move is to en have been held between the ken,” he said. courage to do this? You stop the PTM. Today it is of the key aspects of the re Chief Minister Arvind Kej sure a hasslefree polling police and the ECI offi cials re Over 60,000 security per should be ashamed. It is un clear that the BJP wants no volutionary change in go riwal too took to Twitter to process. garding arrangements for the sonnel, including Home fortunate that we have such dialogue on the issue of wo vernment schools. express his dismay over the “This is to make sure that upcoming elections. Guards and paramilitary forc leaders and Ministers who men’s safety, preparation of “In the last 5 years, we issue. “Why do these people offi cials are more at ease on A senior offi cer said one es, were deployed across the can stoop to such levels,” students before an examina have worked very hard to want to cancel PTM? In the day of polling. Usually, policeman will be present in city a day before the Lok Sab said AAP leader Manish tion, the issue of attendance develop the school educa PTM, parents get an oppor they have to reach the booths each polling team from the ha elections in May 2019. The Sisodia. or feedback on students. BJP tion system in Delhi. Now, tunity to discuss their chil early morning and some of time they enter the centres at police had kept vigil to ensure He added that the BJP is an antieducation party. the Delhi model of educa dren’s progress with teach IN BRIEF them take trains from faroff night. “This move will make malpractices like liquor ped should work on developing The BJP should realise that tion is being discussed all ov ers. Many parents wait for places. Necessary provisions the polling party more com dling and movement of anti the educational infrastruc such an antieducation er,” added Mr. Sisodia. PTM eagerly. PTM will be on will also be made for them,” fortable. They can check if social elements to infl uence ture all over India and in the mindset is also harming the Responding to this, Mr. time. I will also go to one of he said, adding that this sys any machine is out of order in voters did not happen espe Municipal Corporationrun families and the children of Vardhan said: “Don’t need a the schools tomorrow to get tem is practiced in other case it falls while carrying cially from border areas. schools of Delhi which are their volunteers because the certifi cate from Sisodia.” He parents’ feedback,” he States but it is a fi rst for the and if the infrastructure is in (With inputs from under them, instead of stop children of many BJP volun clarifi ed that the teachers’ tweeted in Hindi. Capital. Several meetings place,” said an offi cial. Sidharth Ravi) ping the development. teers also study in govern associations of the govern (With PTI inputs) SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR SHIV KUMAR * Cong. demands rollback in price of cooking gas Education Minister inaugurates govt. school building Foundation stone laid for expansion NEW DELHI The Delhi Congress on Thursday held a dharna Delhi only State where new schools are being set up and old ones revamped: Sisodia of Forensic Science Laboratory outside Shastri Bhawan to protest against the hike in Staff Reporter With a wellfurnished build the government schools are vernment schools,” he Staff Reporter ing Facilities’ for forensic vanced narco analysis and cooking gas cylinder price NEW DELHI ing, we also need quality being shut down in Maha claimed. New Delhi psychological examination of brain mapping facilities for and also demanded its Education Minister Manish education to be imparted rashtra and Uttarakhand, He said earlier, students Home Minister Satyendar Jain suspects and criminals. psychological examination, immediate rollback. On Sisodia on Thursday inaugu here and then only the pur and privatised in Uttar Pra of government schools only on Thursday laid the founda “Mr. Jain said the expan and advanced crime scene ex September 1, 2019, the price rated a newly constructed pose will be served. It is a desh as the government is had access to “kaamcha tion stone of a building in the sion of forensic facility would amination and investigation of a cooking gas cylinder was building of Government brand new building today, unable to run the institutes. lau” education. premise of the Forensic indirectly create fear among services (24X7). ₹ 574 which has now risen to Girls Senior Secondary 510 years down the line, the “Delhi is the only State Science Laboratory (FSL), the criminals and also help in “A dedicated site for the ex ₹ 714, said Delhi Congress School in Shahbad Dairy. colours of the walls will turn where new government ‘Change in scenario’ which will have a DNA lab for bringing down crimes,” an of amination of vehicles [VEE Chief Subhash Chopra. dull and the only way to schools are being set up and But now, the scenario has crimes against women and fi cial statement said. RA] that were earlier involved 10 years down the line maintain the shine is by deli old ones being revamped. changed, he said, adding children among other The new building will have in any crime has come up at AAP sends greetings to “A building can only be vering brilliant students,” The parents are taking their that students of government facilities. ultramodern facilities for Rohini Sector 21 and 23 and ‘7 BJP CM candidates’ transformed into a school he said. children out of the private schools are outperforming The Minister also inaugu testing of narcotic drugs and would become operational NEW DELHI by its teachers and students. Mr. Sisodia added that schools to enrol them in go those from private schools. rated the ‘Brain Fingerprint psychotropic substances, ad soon,” the statement read. The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday wished a happy New Year to all seven Chief Ministerial candidates of the DDA clears plan to undertake in situ DSGMC opposes Pak.’s decision BJP for the upcoming Assembly polls. The party to close visit to gurdwara tweeted a photo that read: rehabilitation of projects on PPP mode “Happy New Year to all seven chief minister candidates of Decision taken during meeting chaired by L-G at Raj Niwas ‘Non-Sikhs not allowed from Jan. 3-5’ BJP”. It also mentioned Manoj Tiwari, Gautam Gambhir, Vijay Staff Reporter new wellness centres shall be stamp duties at two levels — Staff Reporter president of DSGMC said, Goel, Harsh Vardhan, Vijender New Delhi allowed on ground fl oor and one when the developer enti NEW DELHI: according to Sikh religion, Gupta, and Parvesh Singh, The Delhi Development basement from the date of ty sells to the DDA and other The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara the doors of Sikh gurdwa and Hardeep Singh Puri. Authority (DDA) on Thursday notifi cation in residential when DDA allots it to the be Management Committee ras are open to every hu approved a proposal to un and mixeduse streets. The nefi ciaries. This resulted in (DSGMC) on Thursday op man being irrespective of dertake in situ rehabilitation authority has also approved dual stamp duty on the be posed the decision of the religion, class, caste, gen First fully automated of 17 projects on a public the amendment where fi t nefi ciaries,” offi cials Pakistan government to der etc. and closing doors tower car parking in city private partnership (PPP) ness centres, including gyms, explained. close darshan of Gurdwara of gurdwara to nonSikhs NEW DELHI mode through open tenders yoga and meditation centres, A proposal to modify de Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur violates the religion’s prin Delhi’s first fully automated based on detailed project re will be permitted in these velopment control norms for nonSikh visitors for ciple of equality. tower car parking facility near ports (DPR) prepared by areas,” the urban body said. and activities permissible un three days between Janu Green Park metro station was consultants. Another modifi cation to der the religious category at a ary 3 and January 5 in con ‘Illegal decision’ inaugurated by Union In the meeting chaired by the MPD2021 under which subcity level also received nection with the birth an “DSGMC will take up the Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday, the South Delhi LGAnil Baijal, who is also the EWS (economically weaker the urban body’s nod. niversary celebrations of matter with the Pakistan Municipal Corporation said. chairman of the DDA, also section) dwellings developed “These include training Guru Gobind Singh. government through Exter Terming it “the most feasible approved an amendment to to be sold directly to eligible centres for yoga, spiritual ac nal Aff airs Ministry and new age parking system” to the Master Plan for Del benefi ciaries was also ap tivities, museums, art gallery, ‘Against basic tenets’ will also organise protest overcome the issue of hi2021 pertaining to the op proved by the DDA, offi cials exhibition centres, restau The DSGMC said the deci march and rallies to op congestion, Mr. Puri said the eration of wellness centres in said. “Earlier the process of rant and bank extension sion is against the basic te pose this illegal decision of project would help contain residential areas. allotment of EWS fl ats to be counters,” the landowning nets of Sikhism. the country,” Mr. Sirsa pollution in the area. “Under the amendment, nefi ciaries involved levying agency said. Manjinder Singh Sirsa said.
LIC claims to have registered increase in market share
Staff Reporter NEW DELHI Life Insurance Corpora tion of India said it has re gistered a signifi cant in crease in market share in the current fi nancial year and that its market share during November 2019 is LIC has the best claim 84.82% in the number of settlement performance in the industry, said zonal policies and 71.59% in manager. fi rstyear premium income. Anoop Kumar, zonal performance in the manager, North Zone industry. said that during Novem During the year, LIC ber, LIC has registered a has settled 1,24,87,215 growth of 138% in the number of Maturity number of policies sold Claims amounting to as against the industry ₹ 71,304.29 crore and un growth of 102% and priv der Death Claims, the ate players’ growth at 9%. number of claims settled He added that LIC has is 51,7536 with a payout the best claim settlement of ₹ 8,547.22 crore.
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show of paintings by RituSaxena, Talk: Constitutional Conduct Uma Gupta and Tulika Kukreti at Group and KarwaneMohabbat Convention Centre Foyer, India has jointly organised a press con Habitat Centre (IHC), 11 a.m. 7 ference and public briefi ng p.m. today. Speakers including Shiv Shankar Menon, Harsh Mander, Exhibition: A solo photography Zoya Hasan and Nitin Desai will exhibition by Sandeep Gupta at talk on CAA, NRC and NPR at Delhi ‘o’ Delhi Foyer, India Hab Press Club of India, 1, Raisina itat Centre (IHC), 11 a.m. 7 p.m. Road, 11 a.m. 1 p.m. Exhibition: “Katha”, a solo paint Dance: Khoj (The Search), a con ing show by Chandar Panjre at temporary Kathak dance per Triveni Gallery, Triveni Kala formance by Usha Gupta Dance Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, 11 Entourage at The Stein Auditor a.m. 8 p.m. ium, India Habitat Centre (IHC), (Mail your listings for this column 7 p.m. at [email protected]) Exhibition: “Ahsaas”, a group
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NCR and NPR in all States. sensitive issues be telecast CHANDIGARH live so that the people of The Aam Aadmi Party has ‘All-party meeting’ Punjab could hear the stand urged Punjab Chief Minister “Punjab should also take its of all parties over the con Amarinder Singh to con fi nal call on these issues af troversial issues. vene an allparty meeting ter holding deliberations and a special session of the with all parties inside and ‘Controversial laws’ State Assembly to discuss is outside the Vidhan Sabha. Mr. Cheema alleged that the sues, including the Citizen The Chief Minister should Narendra Modi government ship Amendment Act (CAA), immediately convene an all at the Centre was imposing the National Register of Citi party meeting. And then the controversial laws in the zens (NRC) and the National call a special session of the States, which was aimed at Population Register (NPR). Vidhan Sabha and adopt a dividing the country and AAP leader and Leader of resolution on the lines of spreading bitterness among Opposition in Punjab As the Kerala government, diverse communities. sembly Harpal Singh Chee which may be passed on to He added that a delega ma on Thursday said that the Union government,” he tion of AAP would soon Capt. Amarinder should said. meet Assembly Speaker Ra raise his concern against Mr. Cheema demanded na K.P. Singh over the de the Centre government’s or that the proceedings of the mand for a special session ders to implement the CAA, State Assembly over the of the House.
Allahabad HC reserves order on police action at AMU
Press trust of india Allahabad The Allahabad High Court on Thursday reserved or der on a PIL against police action during an antiCAA protest at Aligarh Muslim University on December 15. The Bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Vivek Varma will pronounce its judg ment on January 7. In the petition fi led by Mohd. Aman Khan of Alla habad, it was stated that students were protesting peacefully against the legis lation since December 13. On December 15, stu dents gathered at Maulana Azad Library and marched up to the university gate, where police tried to pro voke them, the petitioner said. “After some time, the police started fi ring teargas shells at students and also hit them with lathis,” the petitioner alleged, adding that around 100 students were injured in the police action. The petitioner sought the formation of a panel by the court to in quire into the police action. He also sought the re lease of the students de tained by the police and compensation for those in jured in the violence. Appearing for the State government, Additional Ad vocate General Manish Goyal argued that the un iversity gate was damaged by the students and police entered the campus on the request of the AMU admi nistration to control the stu dents who indulged in vio lence. He said no excessive force was used by police.
7 killed, 24 hurt in bus accident
The mangled remains of a bus after it fell into a gorge
in Rajouri on Thursday. * PTI
Press trust of india Jammu Seven persons were killed and 24 injured, some of them critically, when a bus skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kash mir’s Rajouri district on Thursday, police said. The illfated bus was on its way from Surankote to Jammu when the accident happened at SiotLambari area in Rajouri district, they said. Some of the injured pas sengers have been shifted to the GMC hospital in Jam mu for specialised treat ment, the police said, ad ding relief and rescue operations are under way.
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Someone who who has no background in lit Amid a controversy over Gurdeep Singh was a close aide of Bikram Singh Majithia formed by IITKanpur is not has no background erature, who has not studied denial of passports to two going to probe whether the Faiz in depth, may not under in literature, who sisters Santosh and Heena SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT that fi ve persons have been recital of Hum Dekhenge, a stand the allusions when he in Haryana’s Ambala by the CHANDIGARH booked in connection with poem by Pakistani revolu has not studied encounters those words, may regional passport authority A Shiromani Akali Dal lead the murder and police teams tionary Faiz Ahmad Faiz, dur Faiz in depth, may take them at face value. All here on the grounds of er, said to be a close aide of were conducted raids in ing a campus protest last not understand the parties need to be respectful “their appearance,” the former Minister Bikram search of the assailants, who month had hurt sentiments allusions when he of both viewpoints,” ex duo has been granted the Singh Majithia, was shot fl ed the spot after the or not. encounters those plained Dr. Agrawal. documents and a probe will dead by unidentifi ed assai incident. “One of the complaints words, may take There were complaints be initiated to fi nd out who lants in Amritsar's Umarpu Hitting out at the ruling was regarding the poem, that them at face value that the protest was illegal mentioned the noting on ra village. Congress, Mr. Majhitia said it hurt sentiments,” IIT’s De and that posts on social me Manindra Agrawal the fi le about the “Nepali Gurdeep Singh’s killing on the killing of Gurdeep was a puty Director Manindra Agra IITKanpur Deputy Director dia caused fear and a sense of appearance” of the appli Wednesday is a second such “political murder”. wal told The Hindu. He said intimidation among students cants, a senior offi cial told instance of fatal attacks on “The political assassina multiple complaints had poem was “antiHindu,” “an temples,” said Dr. Agrawal. from both sides of the divide. The Hindu on Thursday. SAD leaders in the State tion of Baba Gurdeep Singh been received from two tinational” or had “hurt Hin “But there is another aspect “Clearly, there was provoca Sibash Kabiraj, regional since November, when Dal was a direct result of threats groups of students and facul du sentiments”. to this. Faiz did not mean this tion which made people agi passport chief in Chandi bir Singh Dhilwan was killed ExMinister Bikram Singh being issued to him of ty, those who supported the The poem was written in literally. He was alluding to tated. Was it deliberately pro garh, said that passports in Gurdaspur. Majithia * FILE PHOTO dangerous consequences if protest and those against it. 1979 as a form of protest something else.” voked? Was it planned to had been granted to both Terming the murder “pol he did not stop speaking “Of course, we are not go against Pakistani military dic cause disharmony? That is the girls and the documents iticallymotivated”, carried police said the assailants against the ‘ministergang ing to determine whether tator ZiaulHaq. These are ‘Protest anthem’ one of the things we will be will be issued after preveri out at the behest of the rul managed to fl ee after pump ster’ nexus. A message had sentiments were hurt or not,” the lines that have caused Commentators have pointed looking at,” he said. fi cation from the police. ing Congress, SAD has de ing fi ve bullets into Gur been sent to me that my he clarifi ed when asked what heartburn: “Jab arz-e-Khuda to the allegorical nature of “If we fi nd evidence of de “I completely disapprove manded an investigation by deep’s body, who died on close political associates will exactly the panel was investi ke kaabe se, sab buut uth- the poem, through which the liberate mischief, there will of the language of the com the Central Bureau of Inves the spot. be targeted if I do not stop gating. Instead, the sixmem waaye jaayenge...Bus naam Communist Faiz spoke out be further action.” ment on the offi cial docu tigation in the case. speaking for justice for form ber panel would investigate if rahega Allah ka...” against a dictator using con As an initial step, the panel ment, which mentions ‘ap Police said 50yearold Wife a sarpanch er Akali Sarpanch Dalbir there was any “deliberate “Some students felt that servative Islam as a tool of re is talking to all groups con plicant seems to be Nepali’. Gurdeep was killed on Janu Gurdeep’s wife is the village Dhilwan, who was also mur mischief”, he said. the words of the poem were pression. The poem became cerned and has pushed them An inquiry into the matter ary 1 by motorcycleborne head (sarpanch) of Umarpu dered in the same way like His comments come in the objectionable. They saw it as a popular protest anthem fol to take down social media will be initiated to fi nd out assailants when he was com ra village. Baba Gurdeep Singh,” said wake of widespread outrage being linked to the history of lowing its 1986 rendition by posts on the issue. who wrote the noting,” said ing out of a local gurdwara Station House Offi cer Tar Mr. Majithia. spurred by reports that the Muslim invaders who came Pakistani ghazal singer Iqbal The panel will submit a re Mr. Kabiraj. after off ering prayers. The sem Singh told reporters (With PTI inputs) panel would determine if the to India and destroyed Hindu Bano. port in the next 10 days.
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Hemani Bhandari hai… hum wapas chale aaye NEW DELHI (They said that they won’t It’s been more than 12 days give… none of the victim’s fa since at least six persons milies have been given… I re were shot dead in Uttar Pra turned),” he said. Mr. Mo desh’s Firozabad during prot hammed said he is illiterate est against the Citizenship and his other sons are not in (Amendment) Act but the fa terested in the proceedings milies have not yet been gi due to which he has not been ven postmortem reports able to visit the police station. despite running from pillar to Navi Jaan’s father Mo post, they said. hammed Ayyub had a similar On December 20, Navi experience as Mr. Taufeeq.
Jaan, 22, Rashid, 26, Mo Parents of Navi Jaan. * HEMANI BHANDARI He said he had visited the hammed Shafeeq, 40, Mo mortuary on Tuesday and hammed Haroon, 30, Mu Mohammed Taufeeq told The father Mohammed Yameen was asked by the offi cial that keem, 20, and Arman alias Hindu on Thursday that he have not been visited by any they should got to the police Kallu, 24, were shot dead. has visited the government police offi cer since the prot station. The deceased were labourers hospital thrice asking for the est to investigate his killing, working in diff erent factories postmortem report but has they said. A First Information ‘No police visit’ in Firozabad and were re been turned away. “I visited Report under section 304 “When we went to the police turning home from work two days ago as well but the (punishment for culpable station on Wednesday, they when the incident happened, offi cial at the mortuary told homicide not amounting to asked us to come after two their families said. me that I should ask the pol murder) of the Indian Penal days,” he said, adding that no While Navi Jaan, Rashid ice for it. Then I went to the Code was registered. police offi cer has visited and Arman’s postmortems Rasulpur police station but Rashid, who was shot, them for probe. were conducted in a govern the offi cial sitting there dead was diff erently abled; Mukeem, Haroon and Sha ment hospital in Firozabad, shunned me away and told his right hand didn’t func feeq whose postmortems Mukeem, Haroon and Sha me that the offi cer concerned tion. His father Noor Mo were conducted in Delhi feeq’s postmortems were is not present,” he said, ad hammed, 59, has gone twice were allegedly told by the conducted in Delhi hospitals ding that they need the re to the government for his hospitals that they’ll receive where they were referred to port for their record and to postmortem report but to no the report after 10 days. The from an Agra hospital. proceed further. avail. “Unhone bola hum na families are yet to visit Delhi, Fishermen covered in blankets wait to catch fi sh in partially frozen Anchar Lake near Srinagar on Thursday.* NISSAR AHMAD Arman’s paternal uncle Mr. Taufeeq and Arman’s hi denge… kisi ko nahin mili they said. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Dalits prevented from cremating body Leader from coastal Odisha People belonging to dominant Jat community destroy funeral pyre in Tonk likely to be Special Correspondent arrested so far,” CDR Director JAIPUR Satish Kumar said. BJP State chief Dalits at Gata village in Rajas Mr. Kumar said the police than's Tonk district were pre had not invoked Sections 4 Prafulla Das vented from cremating the and 7 of the Protection of Ci BHUBANESWAR body of an old woman at the vil Rights Act, 1955, which Hectic lobbying is going on public crematorium, as the dealt exclusively with the of ahead of the appointment people belonging to the do fences arising out of untouch of the next president of the minant Jat community des ability. He said though Dalits BJP’s Odisha unit. troyed the funeral pyre and were facing discrimination as The criterion for selec allegedly threatened the fa a routine aff air, including not tion is said to be a new face mily of the deceased. The being allowed to ride a mare from the State’s coastal re small Dalit community has in wedding processions, they gion since the last four State cited it as an instance of the Members of CDR's factfi nding team interacting with Dalits in were earlier cremating the unit presidents of the BJP
continuing castebased dis Tonk district’s Gata village. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT bodies at the common funer hailed from the western crimination in the village. al ground. region. headquarters. tions of SC/ST (Prevention of According to sources, Police intervention The FIR has named Tonk Atrocities) Act. ‘Law will take its course’ the BJP is looking for a lead When the police intervened District Congress Committee A factfi nding team of Jai Niwai MLA Prashant Bairwa, er from the coastal belt after Dalits staged a protest, president Laxman Chaud purbased Centre for Dalit in whose constituency the since it is lagging behind Phula Devi’s body was cre hary as the main accused and Rights (CDR), which visited Gata village is situated, told the Congress in many areas mated on the ground instead included several of his rela Gata earlier this week, has ex The Hindu on Thursday that in the region. The party had of the platform with tin shed tives, including four women, pressed concern over the at some dominant castes were succeeded in strengthening where the funeral rites are among the 14 other accused. mosphere of fear prevailing intimidating Dalits to retain its base in the State’s west usually performed. Police re The case was registered at in the village and alleged that their “infl uence in the social ern region over the years. gistered a fi rst information Peeplu police station under the police were under pres hierarchy”. “The law will Although the party’s ag report on December 23, four Sections 143 (unlawful as sure not to take action in the take its course in connection gressive behaviour in the days after the incident, fol sembly) and 297 (trespassing case. “Despite the FIR specif with Mr. Chaudhary, who has State has decreased in the lowing a rally taken out by of funeral ground) of Indian ically naming 15 accused per been named in the FIR,” he aftermath of the simultane Dalits at Tonk district Penal Code and various sec sons, none of them has been said. ous Lok Sabha and Assemb ly elections held last year, the new president has to work hard to keep the party Aadhaar must for welfare pension in Odisha workers engaged and active to fi ght the urban body polls this year and pan Teams to help NSAP and MBPY benefi ciaries without UID card chayat polls in 2022. Sources in the party said Staff Reporter the MBPY could not be com But they must not be part of haar verifi cation or seeding is that the party’s State unit BHUBANESWAR pleted by October last year. any Central schemes. pending will be asked to man vicepresident Samir Mo The Odisha government has Aadhaar seeding is about In a letter addressed to all datorily bring a copy of their hanty is among the many announced that from April 1 91% in case of NSAP and collectors, Bhaskar Sarma, Aadhaar card when they leaders who are being con only benefi ciaries with Aad about 73% for MBPY in Od secretary, Social Security and come to receive their pension sidered for the president’s haar card will be given pen isha. Under the NSAP, elder Empowerment of Persons on January 15,” Mr. Sarma post. He had unsuccessfully sion under the National So ly, widows and persons with with Disabilities Department, said. contested the 2009 As cial Assistance Programme disabilities get pension. said: “Aadhaar seeding needs Benefi ciaries without Aad sembly polls, and is said to (NSAP) and the Madhubabu The MBPY benefi ciaries, to be enhanced to 100% im haar card will be taken to be close to Union Minister Pension Yojana (MBPY). who include elderly, widows, mediately for ensuring com block offi ce on January 15, Dharmendra Pradhan who The warning came after persons with disabilities and plete transparency in respect where a team will collect continues to play a domi Aadhaar seeding of all benef HIV/AIDSaff ected patients, of these two schemes.” their particulars for issue of nant role in the party in the iciaries under the NSAP and get ₹ 500 to ₹ 700 per month. “Benefi ciaries whose Aad Aadhaar card. State.
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futuristic war tech fl ood relief Staff Reporter A.P. Chief Minister GUNTUR calls on Governor Special Correspondent Staff Reporter VIJAYAWADA Andhra Pradesh’s ruling BENGALURU Tumakuru A.P. Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan YSR Congress Party (YRSCP) Mohan Reddy called on Five defence laboratories led Karnataka Chief Minister on Thursday shared a video Governor Biswa Bhushan by under35 directors and B.S. Yediyurappa, who has that it claimed revealed the Harichandan on Thursday and young military scientists drawn fl ak after the Centre extent of corruption in the explained the developments were formally launched on released “inadequate” form of “insider trading” in the State. He is also Thursday to drive the coun fl ood relief to the State, on that had taken place in the understood to have discussed try’s war technologies of the Thursday asked Prime Mi Amaravati capital region about the Capital issue. He future under the Defence Re nister Narendra Modi for during the 201419 period. Ambati Rambabu handed over the details of search & Development additional relief during his Detailing the allegations, Disha Bill, which was passed Organisation. speech at a farmers’ con senior YSRCP leader and tember saw 567.26 acres be in the Assembly recently. Prime Minister Narendra Big leap: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the DRDO Young Scientists Laboratories in vention in Tumakuru. Sattenapalli MLA Ambati ing registered, October Modi, who is on a twoday vi Bengaluru on Thursday. * PTI The Chief Minister even Rambabu asserted that the another 564.91 acres, 836.81 Telangana to make sit to Karnataka, dedicated said, “I have brought this to ‘insider trading’ had taken acres in November and extensive use of AI to the nation the DYSLs or ment would walk the extra ward for the DRDO from the van. There would be no fund the notice of the Prime Mi place between June and De 531.90 acres were registered HYDERABAD DRDO Young Scientists Lab mile with scientists to ensure goal of making India selfre constraints for the new labs nister three or four times, cember 2014, during which in December. The Telangana government oratories that will operate India got the technologies liant to [making it] future and the new leaders enjoy but till now no additional the TDP leaders and their A month after forming intends to make extensive use from fi ve cities across the and innovations needed for ready in defence technolo the same administrative and relief has been sanctioned. benamis had bought land to the government, Heritage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) country. its security. He praised the gies,” a DRDO release said. fi nancial powers as the direc I request him with folded the extent of 4,069.65 acres Foods had bought 14.22 technology, said Minister for The labs operating in Ben missiles programme deve DRDO Chairman G. Sath tors of existing defence labs. hands to release it soon,” in in the region’s Thullur, Man acres in Kantheru village in Information Technology, galuru, Mumbai, Chennai, loped by the DRDO as among eesh Reddy told The Hindu He said the present labs Kannada. The Prime Minis galagiri and Tadepalli man Tadikonda mandal, fol Municipal Administration & Urban Development K.T. Kolkata and Hyderabad will the outstanding ones in the that the labs are now formal did not have activities in the ter, who spoke later at the dals. Mr. Rambabu, who lowed by the then chief Rama Rao. Declaring ‘2020 as each pursue a key technolo world and urged the scien ly operational. The new di fi ve chosen areas except for event, however, did not along with MLA T. Prakash whip Payyavula Keshav, the Year of AI’, the IT and gy necessary for developing tists to give a decade’s road rectors were chosen from some work as in AI at the respond to the Chief Minis Reddy released the video in who bought 15.30 acres in Electronics department the nation’s next generation map where the DRDO would within the organisation Centre for Artifi cial Intelli ter’s request in his speech. a press conference at the Inavolu village, and Palle entered into a MoU with eight of defence systems. set the direction and pace of through a tough selection gence & Robotics, Bengalu Mr. Yediyurappa said YSRCP Central Offi ce in Ta Raghunatha Reddy who organisations for scaling up AI Addressing scientists at research in various scientifi c process across six months by ru. Asymmetric technolo the State had witnessed depalli, also made light of purchased 7.56 acres in in data processing, machine the DRDO’s Aeronautical De areas. a committee chaired by Prin gies, for instance, will losses to the tune of over the TDP leaders’ protest in Thullur, the ruling party learning, capacity building velopment Establishment , “The establishment of cipal Scientifi c Adviser to the change the way the next ₹ 30,000 crore because of the Amaravati region, and claimed in the video. and training. Mr. Modi said the govern DYSLs will be a big leap for Government K. Vijaya Ragha wars are fought. fl oods. wondered why TDP presi dent N. Chandrababu Nai Master plan du’s wife Bhuvaneswari had Mr. Rambabu alleged that ir not protested when farmers regularities took place in the in the State were dying of fi nalisation of the master Kerala deports four Russian Governor calls Kerala Assembly hunger and lack of adequate plan too. The CRDA fi nal support prices. ised that the Capital would Narrating the alleged se come up in 217 sq. km and nationals for visa violations resolution unconstitutional quence of events, the video later that was revised to purported to show how 391.5 sq. km on the basis of a G. Anand They partnered with a lo Russians to have used their Special Correspondent in Kannur recently. This had prior to the announcement master plan made by a Sin Thiruvananthapuram cal businessman to invest in business visa as a cover for THIRUVANANTHAPURAM a criminal ingredient. made by then Chief Minister gaporebased consultancy The Foreigners Regional Re the tourism business. covert activities. Kerala Governor Arif Mo But Leader of the Opposi Naidu in the Assembly on fi rm. In February 2016, the gistration Offi ce (FRRO) un However, Central agen However, no concrete evi hammad Khan courted a tion Ramesh Chennithala September 4, 2014, TDP then government again re der the Bureau of Immigra cies found they had repeat dence has emerged so far. fresh controversy on Thurs said the resolution was in or leaders had bought land at leased a notifi cation confi n tion has deported four edly violated their visa con Based on the fi ndings of day by terming a resolution der and the Assembly re throwaway prices from un ing the Capital area to 217 Russian nationals for violat ditions by seeking the Central agencies, the passed by a special session served the right to pass such suspecting farmers in the sq. km and this was done to ing their visa conditions. employment as bakers and FRRO issued a notice asking of the Assembly demanding a resolution. The Assembly three mandals. In fi nalising benefi t those who had An offi cial identifi ed them teamakers in hotels and res them to leave the country. the Centre to rescind the Ci had passed similar resolu the location of the Capital, bought lands just outside as “Alexander and family taurants in the resort An offi cial said the Russians tizenship (Amendment) Act tions earlier too, he said. the TDP government had al the core Capital region. and Evgeny and family”. He locality. left the country by fl ight to “unconstitutional and legal Arif Mohammad Khan The Governor’s opinion is so “dumped” the K.C. Siva The zoning of areas by said the Central Intelligence Russia on New Year’s eve. ly tenuous.” set to draw fl ak since the Left ramakrishnan report, the the CRDA was also done to Bureau (CIB) had fl agged False data Central and State agen Mr. Khan, while interact Hence, the resolution was Democratic Front and the YSRCP leader contended. benefi t a few individuals, their activities at Varkala in Offi cers said they had also cies have stepped up vigil ing with reporters, said citi inconsequential. United Democratic Front While 530 acres were re the ruling party claimed. Kerala as suspicious. furnished false data about against visa violations, espe zenship was an issue that fell Mr. Khan said the resolu had unanimously passed the gistered in June 2014, Mr. Rambabu said all the The Russians had arrived their provenance and busi cially against the backdrop within the ambit of the Cen tion was passed as per the resolution moved by Chief 685.34 acres were regis irregularities would be in the country on a business ness to the Central govern of antiCAA protests roiling tral government and e the recommendations of the In Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in tered in July, and another probed and charges would visa. ment. They suspected the the country. State had no role in it. dian History Congress held the Assembly. 353 acres in August. Sep be fi led against the accused. Hospitals say CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Frame law for welfare of they will stop Rallying for a cause cashless CGHS expats, Pinarayi tells Centre
Special Correspondent Special Correspondent Bengaluru THIRUVANANTHAPURAM With dues to the tune of Blaming the Union govern ₹ 1,200 crore pending for ment for not initiating steps treatment of patients un for the welfare of nonresi der the Central Govern dent Indians (NRIs) working ment Health Scheme in various countries, Chief (CGHS) and Exservicemen Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Contributory Health Thursday said Kerala would Scheme (ECHS), private exert pressure for legislation hospitals across the coun to ensure the welfare of ex try have threatened to stop patriates. cashless facility under the “There is no national pol Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan addressing at the Loka scheme from February 1. icy or legislation regarding Kerala Sabha on Thursday. * S. MAHINSHA If implemented, it will the welfare of NRIs in spite impact around 36 lakh of the challenges and exploi Centre’s insensitiveness to the second Loka Kerala Sab Central government em tation they face abroad. The the problems faced by expa ha. The opposition to the ployees, including their de Centre is interested only in triates was unfortunate. The CAA and NRC at the venue of pendants, and pensioners their remittances and is leav Centre was not even releas the deliberations in the Le under CGHS and over 52 ing their welfare to the ing the offi cial fi gures of ex gislative Assembly building lakh exservicemen and de States,” the Chief Minister pats available with the Bu was raised by nonresident pendants covered by ECHS said presenting an approach reau of Immigration (BOI). Keralite Habib Rehman, a in over 1,000 empanelled paper at the second Loka native of Punnappara in hospitals and nursing Kerala Sabha (LKS) here. CAA protest Alappuzha. homes in 71 cities. Of these, Mr. Vijayan said there was The wave of protests sweep Mr. Rehman, who is in over 1.23 lakh benefi ciaries no proper mechanism for ing across the country Sultanate of Oman for 12 are from Bengaluru. providing information to against the Citizenship years, sported a white shirt “We have given the Broken apart: Women taking out a rally in support of residents, who are on a hunger strike seeking compensation for possible those going abroad for em (Amendment) Act (CAA) and with slogans ‘No NRC, No
Centre a deadline of two losses during the Supreme Courtordered demolition of illegal apartments, in Maradu, Kochi on Thursday.* THULASI KAKKAT ployment and to intervene the National Registry of Citi CAA, No CAB’ and was the weeks and are hoping for a CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC in case of exigencies. The zens (NRC) had its echo at cynosure of all eyes. response. Our dues have accumulated since 2014 and if not cleared at the earliest, we will be con strained to suspend cash Andhra Minister requests Mannequins to handle traffi c surveillance less services,” Alexander Thomas, president of Asso They will be equipped with secret cameras to take pictures of violators ciation of Healthcare Pro notebooks instead of fl owers viders of India (AHPI), told K.M. Dayashankar Thursday, Commissioner of The Hindu. He is donating the collected stationery to poor children KARIMNAGAR Police V.B. Kamalasan Reddy A letter fl agging penden The Karimnagar Commis said they were planning to cy of bills was sent to the Special Correspondent a steady stream of party sionerate of Police, which install the mannequins in Union Ministry of Finance VIJAYAWADA cadre was seen queuing up has been widely appreciated uniform in various parts of in July 2019. But not much People in public life are to meet him clutching bun for curtailing open con Karimnagar to discourage has moved since then, known to receive fl owers, dles of notebooks, pens and sumption of liquor by using traffi c rule violators. prompting the hospitals to fruits, shawls and sweets as pencils from the night of De drone cameras, has now de “In the wake of shortage take a call on stopping gifts for the New Year. But as cember 31. cided to install mannequins of traffi c policemen at un cashless services. 2020 arrived, Andhra Pra A long queue of people for traffi c surveillance in va manned junctions, the man A majority of the empa desh Education Minister donating the three school rious parts of the district in nequins would be of im nelled hospitals are in Del Adimulapu Suresh decided stationery items was seen at Telangana. mense help to the district hi, Pune, Bengaluru, and to partake in “meaningful” Yerragondapalem village in The mannequins in traffi c police.” Hyderabad. Hospital repre celebrations with a diff e Prakasam district where the police gear, including un Extra hands: Traffi c policemen posing with the newly arrived He said they were procur sentatives claimed that the rence. He made a public an Minister celebrated New iform, refl ector jacket, cap, mannequins in Karimnagar. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ing 16 mannequins in the pendency had worsened nouncement that people Adimulapu Suresh Year. boots, mask and sunglasses, fi rst phase. since the launch of Ayush who wanted to greet him on People close to the Minis would be installed at strateg to fi x magnetic cameras that cutout sent live footage to They would be installed in man Bharat or Pradhan New Year’s day should re ford to buy these items,” the ter said 25,000 notebooks ic locations to regulate traffi c will use 3G and 4G technolo the local Karimnagar One busy traffi c junctions and Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana place fl owers and sweets Minister said, and suggested were collected in one day and prevent accidents. gy for live surveillance. Town police station, and the places where rash and negli healthcare scheme. with notebooks, pens and that cadre of the YSR Con and donations continued to The district police hit police command control for gent driving and use of mo Giridhar Gyani, APHI pencils as gifts. gress Party, who generally pour in till Thursday even Secret surveillance upon the mannequin idea af necessary action. bile phone while driving Chief Executive Offi cer, “Stationery is the basic re meet their leaders on the oc ing. The mannequin traffi c police ter the lifesize cutout of a Police are now securing were common. said the healthcare indus quirement for learning, casion, try altruism this Mr. Suresh asked Mandal would also keep surveillance saluting policeman at the mannequins costing ₹ 5,500 “We are planning to install try was on the brink of fi without which students can year. Education offi cers to distri with a secret camera and RTC bus station complex in each from Bengaluru. They the mannequins on National nancial unsustainability not write down their notes. In an overwhelming res bute the notebooks to the take photos of traffi c viola August 2018 was a success. A have already procured six. and State highways to re due to pendency of dues. But not everybody can af ponse to the Minister’s call, less privileged children. tors. Police are also planning hidden camera fi xed on the Talking to The Hindu on duce accidents,” he said.
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THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2020 NATION 9 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF India records less than 100 tiger deaths for the fi rst time in three years
education programmes on which reported 18 deaths. 84 cases of deaths and 11 cases of tiger conservation,” Mr. Karnataka, another State seizures were recorded in 2019 Nayak said, adding that us with high tiger population, ing technology to maintain recorded 12 deaths, and Ut ‘Nellai’ Kannan in judicial Shiv Sahay Singh er deaths recorded was 100 surveillance on tigers has al tarakhand recorded ten custody till January 13 Kolkata (93 mortalities and seven so come as an added deaths. Tamil Nadu record TIRUNELVELI For the fi rst time in the past seizures). The number was advantage. ed seven cases of tiger Tamil orator ‘Nellai’ Kannan, three years, the number of 115 (98 mortalities and 17 sei The data for 2019 on tiger deaths. Deaths were also re who was arrested on Monday tiger deaths in a year in the zures) in 2017, and 122 (101 mortality also confi rmed 22 corded from nontiger bear for his alleged ‘hate speech’ country has been less than mortalities and 21 seizures) cases of poaching and one ing States like Gujarat, against Prime Minister 100. According to data from in 2016. case of tiger poisoning where a tiger had strayed in Narendra Modi and Home the Ministry of Forest Envi across the country. An analy to the State and died. Minister Amit Shah in a public ronment and Climate Growing numbers sis showed that 16 out of the Mr. Nayak said that with meeting, was remanded in Change (MoEFCC), there Speaking to The Hindu, 22 poaching incidents were the increase in tiger num judicial custody till Jan. 13. were 84 cases of tiger deaths Anup Nayak, Member Secre reported outside tiger bers, more areas in the in the country and 11 cases of tary of the National Tiger reserves. country need to be declared AIIMS professor seizures (in which a tiger is Conservation Authority Madhya Pradesh, which Tiger Reserves. “We have 50 appointed head of NMC presumed dead on the basis (NTCA), said that these fi has the highest number of Tiger Reserves with an area AHMEDABAD of body parts seized by auth gures should be seen in the tigers in the country (526, as of about 73,000 sq. km. The Centre on Thursday orities). Both put together, context that tiger numbers port, released in July 2019, the numbers reported in tiger mortalities are because per the last census), record With tigers coming out of Re appointed Suresh Chandra the number of tiger deaths in the country were grow had placed the number of 2014. of surveillance, good man ed the most number of cases serves and covering long dis Sharma, head of the ENT department at the All India in 2019 was 95. ing. tigers in India at 2,967, up by “This is encouraging to agement of Tiger Reserves (31) of tiger deaths. This was tances, we need more Tiger Institute of Medical Sciences In 2018, the number of tig The last tiger census re a third when compared with us. The reduced numbers of and a lot of awareness and followed by Maharashtra, Reserves,” he said. (AIIMS), as Chairman of the National Medical Commission (NMC). His tenure is for three West Bengal’s Weather Watch years. Science Congress takes ‘extra Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday U.P. policemen asked to tableau out of deposit salary as fine SONBHADRA RDay parade Almost six months after 11 tribals were killed in a clash care’ to avoid pseudo science Special Correspondent over a land dispute, the Uttar Kolkata Pradesh police held five th has been the organiser of the For the second time in a policemen responsible for 107 edition to congress since 1914, and is row, the tableau of the laxity and asked them to commence today deposit their 30 days’ salary funded by the Union Depart West Bengal government as a fine. in Bengaluru ment of Science and has not been shortlisted for Technology. the Republic Day Parade in CBI files case against Jacob Koshy Prime Minister Narendra New Delhi, triggering a pol Navin Kumar Tayal NEW DELHI Modi is slated to inaugurate itical slugfest, with the Tri NEW DELHI On the eve of the 107th Indian the congress, which is sche namool Congress accusing The CBI has booked Science Congress (ISC), set duled to take place between the Centre of being “vin businessman Navin Kumar to commence in Bengaluru, January 37, at the Gandhi dictive” towards the State Tayal and directors of his organisers said they had ta Krishi Vignana Kendra (Un for organising protests company Krishna Knitwear ken “special care” to ensure iversity of Agricultural against the Citizenship Technology Limited, in that ‘pseudoscientifi c’ arti Sciences) in Bengaluru on (Amendment) Act. connection with an alleged cles or talks did not creep in. Friday. “Since the West Bengal bank fraud of ₹ 104 crore. The Preparations on: The GKVK campus in Bengaluru, where the agency had registered At last year’s ISC at Lovely The theme for the con government is opposing Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) Indian Science Congress will be held. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT another case against the University, Jalandhar, G. Na gress this year is ‘science the antipeople policies of Forecast for Friday: Cold day conditions likely in isolated pockets company last year for an geswara Rao, the then vice and technology: rural deve the BJP (Bharatiya Janata over Uttarakhand. Thunderstorm accompanied with hail & light The Hindu. alleged fraud involving over chancellor of Andhra Univer from the Vedic age’ — Mr. tion (ISCA), told lopment’. To emphasise it, Party) government, a step ning likely at isolated places over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, ₹ 27 crore of the Canara Bank. sity, asserted that the Kaura- Rao’s remarks stood out, as As part of the standard the function, which draws motherly treatment is met West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Naga vas of the Mahabharata it was the fi rst time a senior process, the ISCA constitutes young scholars in droves, ed out to the State,” said land, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Coastal Andhra Pradesh. 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CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE change for Central Vista revamp Press Trust of India The woman was airlifted Ahmedabad..... 26 .16 37 ..142 .119 ....* Unnao Bengaluru ...... 13 .50 98 ..... — ...87 ....* In observation made at 4.00 to Delhi and admitted to Saf * p.m., Muzaffarpur, Bihar Chennai ...... 7 .36 88 ....54 .....— .... recorded an overall air The Uttar Pradesh police on darjung Hospital with 90% * Reduction in recreational, public spaces and lack of scientifi c study fl agged Delhi ...... 48 .81 76 ..452 .....— .... quality index (AQI) score of Wednesday submitted a burns, where she suc Hyderabad ...... 2 .54 41 ....83 ...77 ....* 450 indicating a severe level Kolkata...... 16 .90 46 ..314 .236 ....* of pollution. In contrast, chargesheet in a court here cumbed to her injuries on Lucknow...... 65 .33 94 ..418 .....— ....* Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh Damini Nath recorded a healthy AQI score ed a campaign to encourage in connection with the December 6, 2019. Mumbai ...... 10 .77 53 ..282 .194 ....* of 24. NEW DELHI people to send in their objec death of the 23yearold Un The woman was set afi re Pune...... 86 .34 76 ..114 ...95 ....* Several architects have tions to the DDA, said Yash nao rape victim, who was al by fi ve men, including two Visakhapatnam 12 .32 57 ....84 ...86 ....* raised concerns over the Marwah, founder of the col legedly set ablaze by fi ve of her alleged rapists, on De Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, Centre’s proposed change of lective. men. cember 5, when she was go making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air landuse of plots in the heart By Thursday evening, ov Additional Superinten ing to Rae Bareli to attend a particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues of Lutyens’ Delhi to make er 115 people, including ar dent of Police Vinod Kumar court hearing in the rape and monuments. NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by way for a new Parliament chitects, designers and citi Pandey, who is heading a case fi led by her. reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. House, residences and offi ce zens, had sent in their Special Investigation Team She had named Harishan CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to buildings, fl agging the po objections, which say: “there in the case, said: “There is kar Trivedi, Ram Kishore critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. tential reduction in land for is a loss of at least 80 acres of ample proof against the fi ve Trivedi, Umesh Bajpai, Shi PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, general public use as well as land currently earmarked accused persons, and the vam Trivedi and Shubham nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced the lack of a scientifi c study Big changes: Over 115 people have sent in their objections to ...directly or indirectly for chargesheet was prepared Trivedi as the persons who lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature death in people with heart or lung disease to justify the amendment of the proposed changes in land use for the project. * FILE PHOTO the general public..” based on those evidences.” set her on fi re. the Master Plan for Del Madhav Raman, one of hi2021 (MPD). use change in the Master 15acre plot near South Block the architects, said the DDA As part of the project, the Plan. A 9.5acreplot oppo to “residential”. Comments was proposing to amend the Delhi Development Authori site the existing Parliament were invited for a period of zonal development plan of ty (DDA) on December 21, House, currently earmarked 30 days. the area without specifying 2019 issued a notifi cation in for recreational use, was Earlier this week, a citi how it would compensate viting suggestions and objec proposed to be changed to zens’ and architects’ collec for the loss of land for public tions to its proposed land “Parliament House”, and a tive, Let India Breathe, start use.
Vacancy date no ground for seniority: SC
Legal Correspondent NEW DELHI Seniority of an employee in public service is not to be calculated from the date when vacancy arose, but from the date of actual ap pointment, the Supreme Court held. A threejudge Bench led by Justice R. Banumathi reiterated the law in a case of interse seniority dis pute in the Manipur police service. “A person is disen titled to claim seniority from a date he was not borne in service,” the court said. “A person cannot be said to have been recruited to the service only on the basis of initiation of the process of recruitment, but he is borne in the post only when formal appointment order is issued,” the court said. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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ability to shape global politics is buys this argument, the question military in NATO, purchased clearly receding. remains: why is Mr. Trump reluc S400 missile defence system from Berth pangs The U.S. went to Afghanistan in tant to launch new wars? The Russia, NATO’s primary enemy October 2001, with a vow to des answer, perhaps, is the wars the and the main geopolitical rival of In Maharashtra, disaff ection within the troy alQaeda and topple the Tali U.S. launched in the new century, the U.S., despite protests from the coalition unduly delayed portfolio allocation ban regime. Seventeen years later, be it Afghanistan, Iraq or Libya, West. The U.S. expelled Turkey Stanly Johny the U.S., desperate to get out of a were not won. Sections in Wash from the F35 stealth fi ghter pro ith its expansion on Monday, the Maharashtra stalemated confl ict, started direct ington don’t want the U.S. to get gramme and has threatened to im Council of Ministers is now 43 strong: the f one looks for an overarching negotiations with the Taliban. The stuck in another longdrawn con pose sanctions for the deal. It says Wthree key partners of the Maharashtra Vikas theme that defi ned global polit talks almost led to a settlement last fl ict in West Asia. Here, the U.S.’s Russia could use the system radars Aghadi (MVA), the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congres s Iics in 2019, one might settle for year, with both sides agreeing to a inability to shape outcomes of the to spy on the F35 jets. Turkey Party (NCP) and the Congress got 15, 16 and 12 berths in protests. Angry crowds, especially draft agreement under which the wars it launches is acting as a de didn’t give in. It now says it could
the Ministry, respectively. Ajit Pawar, the nephew of the youth, revolted against the es U.S. would pull out most of its GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO terrent against its own war buy Su57 jets from Russia if the NCP chief Sharad Pawar who vaulted to the BJP camp to tablishment in several parts of the troops from Afghanistan in return machines. U.S. does not lift the ban on F35 world — from Santiago to Hong for assurances from the Taliban the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear sales. Moreover, in response to briefl y become the Deputy CM, now holds the same Kong, Beirut and New Delhi. But that it would not allow Afghan soil deal in 2018. Mr. Trump’s plan was Cracks in the NATO sanctions threats, Turkey has post in the government, almost as if his act of defi ance the year also saw some defi ning to be used by transnational terro to put “maximum pressure” on The North Atlantic Treaty Organi vowed to shut two U.S. bases in the of the party leadership did not happen at all. The shar trends in geopolitics as well such rists. The agreement, however, Iran through sanctions and force zation (NATO), the Cold War al country, which would mean a split ing of portfolios remains a bone of contention among as China’s growing assertiveness was not signed as President Do Tehran to renegotiate the nuclear liance that was formed as a coun within NATO. partners and within each party. Chief Minister Udhav both in trade and foreign policy, nald Trump cancelled the peace deal. But Iran countered it through terweight to the Soviet Union, These incidents do not mean Thackeray could not meet the deadline he had himself Iran’s dangerously aggressive, yet process in September after an “maximum resistance”, instead of continued to act as a vehicle of that the U.S.’s dominance over glo set for announcing the portfolios, which was a day after calculated, behaviour, and the rise American soldier was killed in a giving in. Western military dominance un bal politics is over. But they do of Turkey as a new power pole in Taliban attack. A few weeks later, The year 2019 saw Iran repeat der the leadership of the U.S. in show that America’s long wars and the expansion. He will be able to arrive at an agreement West Asia. The most important of Mr. Trump resumed the talks. edly provoking the U.S. and its al the postSoviet order. The alliance its inability to shape postwar out with leaders of allies and party colleagues, but that will them all, however, was the relative The whole Afghan experience lies. It shot down an American has come under pressure in recent comes are impacting its stature in not necessarily end bad blood and resentment in the decline in America’s power, which shows how the U.S. botched up drone over the Gulf in June, cap years with the rise of nationalist an international system that camp. The MVA is an unlikely alliance as the Sena does was manifested through a number the war. The U.S. has a superior tured a British tanker in July and is populist leaders, including Mr. centres around it. If one translates not share a common ideological platform with the oth of crises during the year. hand in conventional warfare. But believed to have either carried out Trump, who have a favourable Immanuel Wallerstein’s world sys er two parties. Sena, the oldest ally of the Bharatiya Ja The U.S. is the world’s mightiest winning a war abroad is not just or orchestrated multiple attacks view of Russian President Vladimir tems theory into geopolitics, the nata Party (BJP), turned against the latter not on any military power and arguably the about toppling a hostile regime, on oil tankers that pass through Putin and are critical of NATO. U.S., the core of the strategic centre of the postSoviet world or but also about stabilising the coun the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow wa These contradictions sharpened world system, is facing revolts in question of ideology but on disagreements over power der. In the 1990s, the U.S.’s domi try after the regime is toppled. The terway that connects the oilrich in 2019, suggesting that there are the periphery. If in the 1990s and sharing. The three parties are now bound by a shared nance was at its peak with interna U.S., history shows, is good at the Gulf with the Arabian Sea through growing cracks in the alliance. In early 2000s, the periphery conti rivalry with the BJP, and they also have a limited shared tional and multilateral former but fares poorly in the lat the Gulf of Oman. In September, October, Turkey invaded north nued to be dependent on the core agenda. The endurance of that agenda and their bond organisations getting oversha ter. It is now left with no other op two Saudi oil facilities came under eastern Syria’s Kurdish heldterri and thereby sustained what Wal ing will be constantly tested and the bickering over dowed by its preeminence. In tion but to reach an agreement attack, which temporarily cut the tories, which had housed U.S. lerstein called the “unequal ex portfolio allocation is one such occasion. Home, Rev e 2001, after the September 11 terro with the Taliban for a facesaving kingdom’s oil output by half. Iran troops during the war against the change” between the two, the nue and Finance portfolios lend Ministers considerable rist attacks, it got international exit. That would leave Kabul’s fra was blamed for the attacks. Islamic State. Ankara practically sands are shifting now. And this is support for its war in Afghanistan. gile, factionridden government The attacks on Saudi facilities forced the Trump administration happening at a time when new sway and there are always multiple claimants for them. In 2003, the U.S. went ahead with exposed to the Taliban insurgen challenged the postwar partner to pull back troops from the areas economic powers (China, for ex The MVA consolidated several social and economic the plan to bomb Iraq despite the cy, just like the Mohammed Naji ship between the U.S. and Saudi before it started air strikes. The ample) are on the rise and an old interest groups that perceived a threat from the BJP, UN opposition, reminding the bullah government was left to the Arabia that guaranteed American U.S. was relegated to the role of a military power (Russia) is making and has good reasons to stay together till it gets closer to world of imperial invasions. But Afghan Mujahideen in 1989 after protection to the kingdom. Still, spectator when a determined Tur a comeback. The relative decline the next election. The opportunism in this alliance the global situation is diff erent, the Soviet withdrawal. The Soviet the only countermeasure the U.S. key fi rst captured some towns on in America’s power coupled with apart, the peaceful mobilisation of protesters against and more complex today. Union disintegrated in two years, took in response to Iran’s growing the border and then struck a deal the rise of new and old powers the Citizenship Amendment Act in recent weeks with and Najibullah’s government col provocations was imposing more with Russia to create a buff er bet point to a structural churning in The Afghan experience lapsed after a few months. sanctions. One can argue that the ween Turkey and the Kurdishheld the postCold War order. In the out any hostility from the police was indicative of th e Changes under way over the past U.S.’s subdued response doesn’t territories of Syria, which will be world system, the core has never signifi cance of the MVA as a bulwark against the BJP . decade picked up pace in 2019, The Iran standoff have anything to do with a decline manned by Russian and Turkish been static. Hegemony of a single Hunger for power could be a potent adhesive, but also showing cracks in the postSoviet The latest spell in the U.S.Iran ten in its power but is rather due to the troops. power is temporary. the source of disarray for the alliance. The birth pangs order. At least three developments sions was triggered by President reluctance of the sitting President But the biggest crisis emerged of the Thackeray government, which took oath on No in 2019 suggested that the U.S.’s Trump’s unilateral decision to pull to launch new wars. Even if one when Turkey, the second largest [email protected] vember 28 and took until December 12 for the fi rst round of portfolio allocation, then until December 31 for the expansion of the council, must act as an alert for all leaders. The populous cohort of dynasts in the coun When defection is a mere detour for an MLA cil, which includes the CM and his son, also points to an inherent contradiction of most nonBJP parties. The Congress has eight, the NCP seven and the Sena has It is possible to avoid Karnatakalike incidents if MLAs jumping ship are completely disqualifi ed for six years three members including the CM, in the council, who have acquired power as inheritance at least in part. The Janata Party for two weeks, during wever, it struck down his ban on tors as Ministers until their dis BJP too had its share of dynasts when it was in power . which he switched his loyalty the MLAs from contesting elec qualifi cation period is over or they thrice. The recurrence of this evil tions till 2023, negating the only are reelected, whichever is ear However, in the absence of a strong ideological orienta phenomenon led to the 1985 Anti possible permanent solution to lier. But, obviously, such laws have tion, dynastic politics becomes more jarring in nonBJP Defection Law, which defi ned the problem. The Supreme Court not put to rest the trend of parties even as it remains essential for their sustenance. three grounds of disqualifi cation played the role of a neutral umpire defections. S.Y. Quraishi of MLAs — giving up party mem in this political slugfest. But, the The main issue, as witnessed in bership; going against party whip; spectacle of MLAs hoarded in a Karnataka, is that the defectors A weak test and abstaining from voting. bus, and being sent to a resort, treat disqualifi cation as a mere de hey defected, recontested , openly exposed not just the ab tour, before they return to the Swachh Survekshan should go beyond and became members again, Resignation not a condition sence of ideological ties between a House or government by recon symbolism and adopt sustainability Tall in six months. Some are Resignation as MLA was not one of leader and his party, but also her/ testing. This can only be stopped even likely to become Ministers the conditions. Exploiting this loo his weak moral character. It was by extending the disqualifi cation he NDA government’s Swachh Survekshan, the soon. phole, the 17 rebel MLAs in Karna also upsetting to see public accep period from recontesting and ap ranking system for clean cities, was rolled out The Karnataka byelection re taka resigned, their act aimed at tance of such malpractices as part pointment to Chairmanships/Mi four years ago as the answer to a problem that sults have widely put to display the ending the majority of the ruling of politics, with some even calling nistries to at least six years. The
T GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO municipal law failed to solve. Sanitation and public ineff ectiveness of the AntiDefec coalition and, at the same time, it Chanakya niti! minimum period limit of six years tion Law. Of the 17 defecting Con avoiding disqualifi cation. Howev is needed to ensure that the defec health are responsibilities of State governments, and it gressJanata Dal (Secular) MLAs, 11 er, the Speaker refused to accept Exit, and swift return tors are not allowed to enter the is no secret that they have spectacularly failed at ma were reelected on a Bharatiya Ja the resignations and declared defection law, thereby making The AntiDefection Law provided election fray for least one election naging growing volumes of municipal and hazardous nata Party (BJP) ticket. Not only them disqualifi ed. This was possi her/his decisions subject to judi a safeguard for defections made cycle, which is fi ve years. waste. The problem has only been compounded by the did this set of events lay down a ble as the legislation empowers cial review. This judgment enabled on genuine ideological diff erenc Of course, MLAs can still be absence of plans that take a holistic view of housing, wellstructured framework to sid the presiding offi cer of the House judiciary to become the watchdog es. It accepted “split” within a par bought from the ruling dispensa sanitation, water supply, waste management and tran estep the law, it even set a danger (i.e. the Speaker ) to decide on of the antidefection law, instead ty if at least onethird of the mem tion to bring it to a minority by be sport. Ahead of the launch of Swachh Survekshan 2020, ous precedent for neutralising the complaints of defection under no of the Speaker, who increasingly bers of the legislative party defect, ing paid hefty sums, simply to stay consequences of the law time constraint. had become a political character and allowed the formation of a at home for six years. the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Aff airs is once altogether. The law originally protected the contrary to the expected neutral new party or “merger” with other Almost every political outfi t has again trying to stir up competition among cities, by pre The phenomenon of defections Speaker’s decision from judicial constitutional role. The same political party if not less than two been party to such devious games, ranking them for their performance during 2019 and as is not new to Indian politics. It has review. However, this safeguard could be witnessed in Shrimanth thirds of the party’s members with hardly any political will to signing points to be added this year. As an idea, un been plaguing the political land was struck down in Kihoto Hollo- Balasaheb Patel & Ors vs Speaker commit to it. The 91st Constitu fi nd a solution. leashing the competitive spirit among States may seem scape for over fi ve decades. The han v. Zachillhu and Others (1992). Karnataka Legislative Assembly & tional Amendment introduced in appealing, but in reality, the problems confronting ur most prominent case was that of While the SC upheld the Speaker’s Ors (2019), where the threejudge 2003 deleted the provision allow The writer is former Chief Election ban India require largescale infrastructure creation, Haryana’s Gaya Lal, originally an discretionary power , it under SC bench upheld the then Karna ing split. Commissioner of India and the author of independent MLA who, in 1967, scored that the Speaker func taka Speaker’s decision of disqual The 91st Amendment also ‘An Undocumented Wonder — The Making full adherence to legal requirements on waste manage juggled between the Congress and tioned as a tribunal under the anti ifi cation of the 17 rebel MLAs. Ho barred the appointment of defec of the Great Indian Election’ ment, and transparent technical audits. Many cities re main clueless on handling their waste, one shocking ex ample being the rising mountain of garbage at the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. Ghazipur landfi ll in Delhi. Ironically, Bhopal, which fi
gures among the top fi ve cleanest cities under the just To read more letters released list, continues to live with the eff ects of the gas Lander in a hurry? a trial and error basis and They usually protest against community. Concurrently, they were illtreated. The online, scan the QR code disaster of 1984. Ranks and prizes clearly cannot so lve Chandrayaan2 cost a that the ISRO team had not something they perceive or the BJP government kept media, which has been whopping ₹ 978 crore and, done their homework believe to be harmful to insisting that CAA should be extremely critical of the Act, cannot be ignored. It is really the national waste management crisis. with the crash landing of properly before the launch? them. The ongoing protests linked to NRC. Perhaps, the should recognise that there is intriguing that Mr. Modi, who Looking ahead to the next edition of the Survekshan, Vikram, the entire project While admitting that they against the Citizenship Centre wouldn’t have a huge section of India’s initially invested so much the Urban Aff airs Ministry has identifi ed ambitious tar turned out to be a waste of have learnt their lessons (Amendment) Act seem to anticipated that the protests silent majority getting eff orts in reaching out to gets: “100% processing and safe disposal of waste, com not only the hardearned from the failure, Mr. Sivan be the most signifi cant in would quickly escalate and disappointed by these rallies world leaders, is prepared to plete faecal sludge and septage management, and was money of the taxpayers but has contradicted his own postindependent India. fi re up across India. These and the undue coverage antagonise them all with tewater treatment and reuse.” These are major tasks . also the eff orts of the space statement by denying that They have come as a bolt rallies only underline the given to them. highly regressive laws like The Ministry has also sanctioned funds under the Ata l scientists (“Vikram was not Chandrayaan2 was from the blue to the antiConstitution attitude of V.S. Ganesan, the CAA which his designed to handle large launched without doing government that mistook its the Narendra Modi Bengaluru government later justifi es as Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation spike in speed,” Jan. 02). thorough tests. One also election victories as a government. There is little ‘internal aff airs. (Editorial (AMRUT) to help States set up facilities necessary to Now, when ISRO is wants to know the reasons licence to reshape the doubt that the CAA has been Diplomatic capital page, “The new worry of manage waste. States should ask for extended funding planning another moon why ISRO had to launch country to its will. The intentionally introduced to One of the prime depleting diplomatic under such schemes to create the infrastructure for a mission, it is shocking to such a huge and prestigious rightness of the cause — sidetrack people from real achievements of Indian capital,” Jan. 2). India’s futurefocused cleanup and, simultaneously, institute learn from the lunar mission at an India’s continued existence issues, particularly the democracy is its friendly and earlier policies of measures to reduce waste. The emphasis worldwide is organisation’s chairman K. astronomical cost in such a as a secular and pluralist severe economic slowdown. peaceful relations with other ‘panchsheel’ and non on creating a circular economy centred at the principle Sivan that Vikram lander great hurry, even before democracy — has thwarted The civil society, rightly so, is nations despite the hostility alignment, though framed crashed on the moon conducting thorough tests. the attempts by some to posing fundamental of some of them towards for the Cold War era, are as of material recovery from all kinds of waste, reuse, re because the navigation Shalini Gerald, give the protests a questions about India’s India. In this regard, the important now as before. cycling and reduced pressure on natural resources. A control and guidance Chennai communal colour, political existence as a contributions of fi rst Prime P.J. Thomas, sound ranking of cities and towns would naturally give mechanism in the lamentably with the aid of constitutional democracy. Minister Jawaharlal Nehru Kottayam, Kerala the highest weightage to this dimension of sustainab le penultimate phase was not Right to protest sections of the media. Indeed, this assertion of the management, replacing symbolism with an environ designed to handle the Protests are an ‘essential Humanitarianism underlies civil society is going to corrections & clarifications: >>The report headlined “CBI mentally sound approach. Such rigour in policy formu large spike in speed that dimension’ of mankind. In these animated protests determine the political fate books cases against Rayapati for ‘cheating’ bank” ( Jan. 1, 2020) er lation can make the Centre’s goal of eliminating single developed in the last 35 fact, they are intrinsic to (“An anatomy of antiCAA of India in the near future. roneously said Transstroy India (Ltd.) had been accused of cheat minutes of its descent and human existence. To put it protests,” Jan. 1). R. Sivakumar, ing, criminal breach of trust involving an amount of ₹ 264.31 plus use plastic by 2022 seem more realistic, and industr y that they have now in a familiar idiom, the G. David Milton, Chennai interest. It should have been ₹ 264.31 crore plus interest. would fi nd a compelling reason to switch to alterna corrected this problem in history of mankind is a Maruthancode, Tamil Nadu >>An OPED page article titled “The abiding power of protest” tives. Retooling Swachh Survekshan 2020 to go beyond ( Jan. 2, 2020) made a reference to the Prime Minister Narendra the new modules of history of protests. Humans The CAA was drafted with Modi’s assertion that the economy is poised to attain the $5 billion perception management and adopt sustainability is es Chandrayan3. Does this protest not just as ■ The CAA was introduced as the good intention of helping mark. It should have been $5 trillion. if it wasn’t going to adversely helpless minorities in the sential to make it a genuine contest. mean that the earlier individuals but as groups, The Readers’ Editor’s office can be contacted by Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300; mission was undertaken on communities and nations. aff ect the Muslim neighbouring nations where E-mail:[email protected] CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2020 OPED 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Should the FM tweak direct taxes to spur the economy?
PARLEY A small reduction will not impact slowdown, There are also suggestions that tral government are also, therefore, you need to try and move very limited. I see one method, but may provide some relief to the salaried class towards a more fl at rate on which is also both short term and income taxes. long term, that may deliver the In With the Union Budget due in Fe- huge because of the underperfor dian economy closer to its potential bruary, the focus is on tax measures mance of indirect taxes and because SM: If you look at taxes as a whole, growth, and that is to start looking that the Finance Minister may take of the revenue impact of CIT. As the base is a lot wider than it is for at the structure of government ex to address the slowdown, especially such, the options available for the personal income tax directly. Be penditure. Now, if you look at the in consumption. In a discussion government may be very limited cause a substantial part of our taxes, entire savinginvestment decline, moderated by Suresh Seshadri , and in that sense, whatever income twothirds of our tax revenues — which actually began from 200708, D.K. Srivastava and Surajit Mazum- tax reforms may have to be underta Central and State governments’ — you will fi nd that there are two ma dar look at the possibility of chang- ken will have to be modulated to re come from indirect taxes, which are jor sectors where this has hap es in the income tax framework in cognise the constraints that are op paid by sections of the population pened. One is the household sector the wake of recommendations sub- erating on the Indian economy. which may not be covered under and the other is the public sector or mitted in August by a committee to personal income tax. So, if you have government sector proper. Overall review the direct tax regime. Edited The task force on the direct tax this kind of a structure where you savings rate erosion has been about excerpts: code is reported to have have a fl at rate of personal income six to seven percentage points. Half recommended an increase in tax and a substantial dependence of that is due to the household sec What is the likelihood of the number of income tax slabs on indirect taxes, then that is so tor fall in saving, and the other half changes to the direct taxes including some rationalisation mething that makes the tax struc is in the public sector, particularly regime, including in income in the rates and an increase in ture pretty regressive. And that’s government savings. And within the
tax? And what would the the peak rate for the highest PTI not a desirable result from an equity government, it is erosion in the Cen rationale be? earners. Does this move the perspective or even from a growth tral government saving or increase income tax regime to a more count for less than 2.5% of the GDP. <> To increase both demand perspective. If you look at the trajec in Central government dissaving. D.K. Srivastava: We have to eval progressive one? So even if you make a small reduc and investment, the tory of the Indian economy, even in Now, one way in which we can uate options available to the govern tion in that, it’s really not going to government could reduce periods of relatively better growth, both increase demand and increase ment, in terms of the overall situa Surajit Mazumdar: I think there’s have any signifi cant impact on the its revenue defi cit, reduce the reason you’re not able to sustain investment is for the government to tion of government fi nances as well always a case for changing our slab slowdown. In the longer term, ho that high growth is that the kind of really reduce its revenue defi cit, re its dissaving, but spend on as in terms of the challenges to eco structure to make it a little bit more wever, I think we are in an economy distribution of income resulting duce its dissaving, but spend on nomic growth. So far, no fi scal sti progressive than it actually happens in which we have a tax structure creating assets, particularly from that growth is too skewed in fa creating assets, particularly infras mulus [measures] that have been to be at the moment because there’s that is too heavily weighted in fa infrastructure assets vour of a relatively small section of tructure assets. announced from time to time have a very large range of incomes which vour of indirect taxes as well as a D.K. Srivastava the population. And if that is the delivered any result. The monetary happen to be taxed at the same rate. low taxtoGDP ratio. So, in the lon outcome, you have a dependence In order to reinvigorate social D.K. Srivastava stimulus, which has been going on However, if the idea is to reduce the ger run, we should be moving to itiative some time. Now, having al on a very narrow demand base, sector spending, whether it’s in is chief policy since the beginning of 2019, has also revenues that the state is going to wards a larger proportion of direct ready considered that for CIT rates which is what is leading to the pro skills training, education or advisor of EY not delivered any result. So, the mo get from income taxes because of taxes. And, therefore, a reduction in the norm is going to be 25%, with a blem that you’re facing today. So, if healthcare, what do you think India. He was a mentum of slowdown appears to be concessions, then I think that hard direct taxes is not the way to go eith conditionality for new manufactur you are going to address that pro can be done using the member of the continuing. And the impact of that ly solves the problem that we are er in the short term or in the long ing companies at 15%, we may not blem, then your tax structure has to framework of taxation to move Twelfth Finance is on government revenues, particu facing in the economy today, for sev term. be able to keep, in the long run, our become more progressive rather the needle? Commission larly Central government tax reve eral reasons: First, if you reduce the personal income tax rates, particu than regressive. So, I would not be nues, which will also impact the income tax, and correspondingly There have been attempts in larly the highest slab rate, much out in favour of a fl at income tax struc SM: My view is rather contrary to State governments. cover for the revenue loss by reduc the past as well to usher in of alignment with the CIT rate. ture. I would think that there is the dominant view that governs pol So, in some sense, we now have a ing spending by the government, reforms on the direct taxes So, in some sense what the Minis much greater scope to improve icymaking. I think we need to move confl ict. The confl ict is that if we then it really has no eff ect ultimately front. Now, given the current try of Finance needs to do is at least compliance, not necessarily by a re in the direction of greater govern tend to reduce the income tax rates on the total expenditure in the eco fi scal constraints, again there is indicate to us what is the desired duction in rates or having a fl at rate, ment expenditure on all these sec and bring them, at least the highest nomy because you’re replacing one a problem. But then there longterm framework that the go but by having a proper tax adminis tors and therefore, greater revenue rate, in alignment with the lower expenditure with another — a cer would also be a school of vernment is looking at, even if the tration and improving the effi ciency mobilisation also, which is also con CIT (corporate income tax) rate, tain expenditure with a more uncer opinion which would say: ‘The present constraints may not allow of the tax administration. sistent with the objective of reduc Surajit then there would be a revenue loss. tain expenditure. Second, how ma fi scal pressure can’t get worse us to go all the way towards that fra ing the inequalities that exist in our Mazumdar At the same time, there would be ny people pay income tax in this than this. So probably bite the mework. In my view, the CIT rate With respect to direct taxes, is society. So, to redress that inequali is professor of some additional disposable income country? Roughly about 6 crore pe bullet now’. predetermines, in some sense, the the Budget going to be more ty as well as to allow the govern Economics at the in the hands of middleincome ople fi le income tax returns. Within options that are available for the one of making policy ment to spend more on sectors that Jawaharlal Nehru groups, who may increase their con that 6 crore almost 5 crore pay prac DKS: A good framework would be personal income tax (PIT) rates. statements and less of actual need expenditures, one has to at University, sumption, which would be a bene tically no tax. So it’s a very small to put in perspective what is the We should not actually increase measures that would make a least use fi scal policy. We are not New Delhi fi t. So, lower capacity for the go proportion of your population longterm reform that we want in our exemption limit because of the diff erence to people’s pockets? having any radical programme of as vernment to make direct increases which is going to be aff ected by any the case of direct taxes. Now, as far whole issue of how many people are set redistribution in the economy. in expenditure, but it has an indi reduction in income tax. And the as CIT is concerned, already the ma our tax assessees. If we keep in DKS: Yes, I think in the case of di At least, fi scal policy has to be used rect capacity, which it can put in the problem for the economy today is jor step has been taken. And there creasing the exemption limit, then rect taxes, the Budget will only spell in a redistributive sense: in the hands of the personal income tax that its demand base is too narrow. has been a signifi cant reduction in obviously our tax base would be out incremental changes in the PIT sense of taxing those who are taking assessees. So, we have to now eval So if you try and expand demand the CIT rates in order to attract fo come narrower. So while keeping structure; CIT there may not be a large part of the cake and spend uate this balance. only in that narrow base, that’s not reign investors, foreign companies the exemption limit where it is, much because already most of the ing it on activities which bring bene My assessment is that the impact necessarily a resolution of the pro to set up their operations in India. maybe allow a small infl ation adjust action has taken place. And I think fi ts to others, but more importantly, Scan the QR code to on government revenues, particu blem of the slowdown that you’re So far, there has been a very luke ment. But other than that, I think the constraint on stimulating de create assets and circumstances in listen to the full larly the Central government’s gross facing. warm response. But nevertheless, I the options are going to be very li mand is very, very severe. And the which sustainable longterm growth interview online tax revenues, is going to be very Overall personal income taxes ac think we have to give this entire in mited as far as PIT is concerned. policy options available for the Cen and development can happen.
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Minimising the housing divide CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC India requires an integrated housing FROM THE ARCHIVES development strategy for the rural context FIFTY YEARS AGO JANUARY 3, 1970 ‘Arabs preparing for war with Israel’ M. Mahadeva without household latrines; and over 82% of families without treated water Notwithstanding growing disparities for drinking at household levels. President Nasser said here [Khartoum] yes of material status in India, there is a Thus, the composite deprivation is in terday [January 1] the Arabs were preparing framework to mitigate the country’s the order of over 58%. However, the for a showdown war against Israel, with socioeconomic problems and create regional picture depicts two con 500,000 men already at the front and a a common development platform for trasting scenarios of lower and high force of one million in the making. Address rural and urban areas. This is called er levels, respectively, in 19 and nine ing a wildly cheering rally of 60,000 people the Provision of Urban Amenities to independent States. The lower range in the course of a 36hour visit to the Suda Rural Areas (PURA). The realisation of deprivations is at 20.6852.65% nese capital, he said he was here “almost of PURA’s transformative potential and higher range at 60.1974.81%. three years after the black days of June 1967 depends on public policies that re These results only speak to the prior to tell you that the entire Arab nation is de cognise that its design goes beyond ity in the political agenda, the exhibi termined to launch the struggle until victory the mere creation of economic infras tion of political will, and the econom is achieved.” In the course of his 60minute tructure and employment opportun ics of resource allocation in the speech, Mr. Nasser condemned the U.S. for ities in rural areas. It also aims to de administration of antipoverty poli supporting Israel, but praised both the So velop social infrastructure. cies. In such a scenario there have viet Union and France for their backing. If it been higher rates of internal migra were not for Soviet help, he said, Egypt Market interventions tion both due to dissatisfaction with would have been reduced to nothing. “We To further this paradigm, access to housing arrangements and the pros would have been at the mercy of our ene CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC good housing, including housing pect of better housing elsewhere. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC mies. We thank the Soviet Union for all its amenities, should become a priority. NOTEBOOK support, not only in the form of arms, but al Unfortunately, housing in rural areas The way forward so political support.” Mr. Nasser paid tribute is one sector that has consistently suf If India is to have a real chance to mi to France which, he said, supported the fered from the lack of meaningful nimise the housing development di Piggybacking on open source and open data Arabs by demanding complete withdrawal market interventions, including sup vide, it requires an integrated hous of Israeli forces from Arab lands. ply of developed land and fi nancing ing development strategy for the How the learning curve for political and data journalists got fl attened for housing. This is not to say that In rural context, to be implemented in A HUNDRED YEARS AGO JANUARY 3, 1920. dia never pursued eff ective poverty “mission mode”. Such a mission Srinivasan Ramani agencies, but it is more tho scraping tools. Visualising availability of free tools alleviation measures, but that the in should have, fi rst, a defi nite time rough and accurate. this information in the such as Google Fusion Ta Congress and Conference. terventions it carried out have hardly frame. Second, it requires political Elections and electoral re The print edition is the form of both static and live bles. I also managed to (From an Editorial) worked in minimising urbanrural di will as expressed in party election sults occupy a key slot best place to provide con electoral maps required a write a web scraper for the vides. Due to incompatibilities in manifestos. There must also be ac among the events that ani text and analyses of electo familiarity with web GIS ECI website using my rudi Mr. Bonar Law’s big “meeting”, if the Con supply and demand, millions of In countability in terms of implement mate our regular coverage. ral results. For example, ge tools. There was also the mentary programming gress of inconsiderables, extremists, and dians dwell in unsecured housing. ing such a mission agenda on a con From ground reportage to ographical analyses of the additional and seemingly skills, besides taking re others of that ilk could arrogate to itself that This was largely driven by shortages tinuous basis, with social audits at databased analyses, The recent Jharkhand results insurmountable problem course to the availability of title, has now fi nished. That the occasion in the supply of housing and a lack of multiple levels of governance. Third, Hindu strives to bring to its using Census data showed of having no shapefi les similar code in repositories was a momentous one was emphasised by redevelopment of collapsible or dila a realistic resource allocation is re readers all the features of that it was not just tradi (map contours) for newly such as GitHub. It was a Mr. Bonar Law’s phrase indicative of the ap pidated units. quired given the cost of redevelop what is probably the most tional weakness in rural delimited constituencies. web programmer from Ice prehension of the Government at home. It is Offi cially, the incidence of this ment and new housing units besides vibrant aspect of India’s areas or lack of adequate The EC had provided sha land who helped me refi ne possible that the school of administrators form of housingrelated poverty is in other development costs of drinking electoral democracy. tribal support that put paid pefi les for seats before the the code. whose offi cial life is one longdrawn thrill of the order of 25.85 million (82% in ru water supply, household latrines, Today, thanks to the to the ruling BJP’s hope of delimitation exercise in Today, The Hindu pro panic, who see rebellion in the brawl and re ral areas and 18% in urban). Menial energy, and drainage connectivity. Election Commission’s retaining power, but an ur 2009, but there was no vides live data in maps on volution in a hot word, expected the Con occupation workers and lowincome Fourth, penetration of the market, website, fi nding out the ru ban backlash too. nonproprietary shapefi le the website besides deep gress to add fuel to the fi re, drive to the verge earners have been facing these forms including the cooperative sector for ralurban diff erence in vo The creation of both live available for the post2009 and structured analyses of of exasperation a people who have enjoyed of poverty the most. Thus, develop the supply of critical inputs such as ter choice and the regional and static electoral maps is constituency boundaries. electoral results on printaf the blessings of fi ve years of O’Dwyerism ment interventions must focus on ru land and fi nances, is the need of the breakup of the mandate not an altogether diffi cult However, thanks to an ter every election. Compa with the crowning mercy of a short, if satis ral and urban areas with due consid hour. Publicprivatepartnership pro and obtaining minuteby exercise for a software cod open source data commun risons with past data are al fying, spell of Dyerism. The event has shown eration for new construction and jects should be encouraged on public minute coverage of the er, but it is a steep learning ity, DataMeet, this problem so readily done using EC that even the Punjab authorities can gauge a redevelopment of existing, lifethrea or governmentowned lands, with fi s electoral results is possible curve for a political jour was sorted out. Somewh data that are also in easily situation approximately and the wise cour tening units. cal and other incentives. Land own due to advanced data vi nalist, whose job is to inter ere around 2013, a hackath reusable forms in reposito age of Sir Edward Maclagan in allowing the Dilapidated units have contributed ers should be encouraged to develop sualisation tools . Most TV pret the data and present on involving geocoders and ries such as the Ashoka Un Congress to be held at the Calvary of the towards a high level of housing amen incentivebased aff ordable housing channels depend on third conclusions. When I fi rst GIS specialists managed to iversity’s Trivedi Centre for Punjab was amply justifi ed. Chastened Pun ities deprivation, especially because projects. Last, the people facing party agencies to provide wanted to present electoral recreate Assembly and par Political Data. The pre jab has found its soul. General Dyer with his they cannot safely be connected with housing poverty must be made them regular updates from data in a readable consti liamentary shapefi les that sence and the work of the thousand odd rounds of hall cartridge has electricity or solar energy, latrines, partners. Micro fi nance and selfhelp polling booths for their live tuency map format nearly were released with a crea open source data and cod done more for Indian nationalism than have and drinking water, owing to asso groups could be roped in to this end. coverage of election re eight years ago, there were tive commons licence for ing communities who pro two decades of political propaganda. The ciated structural risks. This scenario sults, but newspaper web many technical hurdles. public use. Once shapefi les vided the stepping stones impartiality with which he shot down men has resulted in multiple deprivations M. Mahadeva was with the Research Faculty sites rely extensively on EC Downloading live electoral were available, the job of for us is the key reason why of all creeds and communities has served in of 45% of rural families without elec of Economics at the Institute for Social and data. This method is slower data from the EC website visualising data became the process is now seam the common suff ering to make them realise tricity, biogas and LPG; over 69% Economic Change, Bengaluru than the updates given by required knowledge of web much easier thanks to the less and relatively easy. their brotherhood as perhaps never before. 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DELHI THE HINDU 12 NEWS FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE Air defence command plan on RSSaffi liated trade union NCLAT decision is a calls for protests Rawat outlines priorities at talks with Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff BMS to fi ght Modi govt. policies recipe for disaster: Tatas Special Correspondent fi rst CDS assuming offi ce”. NEW DELHI The air defence command Varghese K George for a change. The BMS has The CDS directed that a The NCLAT’s conclusions shareholders are subject to In his fi rst meeting with the and common logistics sup New Delhi demanded that the Modi go <> proposal to create Air are based on an error that the minority, capsizing the offi cials of the Headquarters port pools are steps towards The Rashtriya Swayamse vernment must stop “priva the Tata Sons continued to fundamental rule of corpo Integrated Defence Staff , the Defence Command be creating theatre commands vak Sanghaffi liated trade tisation, corporatisation, be a public company. The rate democracy,” the appeal Chief of the Defence Staff , prepared by June 30, 2020. in future, which is also in the union Bharatiya Mazdoor strategic sale and disinvest areas of the tribunal’s enqui said. General Bipin Rawat, out He also set out priorities for mandate of the CDS. Howev Sangh (BMS) has called for ment of public sector ries were clearly beyond its Further, it challenged the lined priorities towards execution of synergy by June er, there is no consensus protests at all district head enterprises”. realm, the appeal said. restraint imposed by NCLAT creating an air defence com 30 and December 31, 2020 among the services on quarters on Friday against A charter of demands re Besides, it said the on Ratan N. Tata and the no mand and common logistics DEFENCE MINISTRY STATEMENT theatre commands and the several policy measures of leased by the BMS said its NCLAT imposed an “unwar minee of the ‘Tata Trusts’ support pools as part of mea Indian Air Force (IAF) has the Narendra Modi concerns included the “pro ranted and unsolicited con “from taking any decision in sures to create jointness and been especially opposed to government. posed corporatisation of sultative process” upon the advance which requires ma synergy among the three the move. On this issue, Gen. “There are many people Railways, Defence and Pos Tata Group by requiring it to jority decision of the Board services. vices have their presence. sources. Eff orts will be made Rawat stated after assuming in the Sangh Parivar and the tal and privatisation of State consult minority stakehol of Directors or in the Annual “The CDS also directed Gen. Rawat directed va to cut out infructuous cere charge on Thursday that “we BJP who think that there transport sector and elec der Shapoorji Pallonji General Meeting”. It said that a proposal to create an rious branch heads to come monial activities, which are are copying western meth must be an alternative ap tricity boards”. Group before appointing such a direction was “whol air defence command be up with recommendations manpower intensive,” it ods and what others have proach to growth and deve The union wants an end anyone as Executive Chair ly nebulous and seeks to sti prepared by June 30, 2020. for interservice synergy and said. done” and “we have to fi nd a lopment. We are trying to to the Foreign Direct Invest man. Mr. Mistry is a scion of fl e the exercise of rights of He also set out priorities for jointness in a time bound system which suits India.” persuade the government ment and has called for the the Shapoorji Pallonji the shareholders and board execution of synergy by June manner. Emphasising colle Broad mandate Defence offi cials said a to see our side,” Saji Naraya removal of provisions of the Group. members, resulting in their 30 and December 31, 2020,” giate system of functioning, The broad mandate of the joint services Act is also be nan, national president of Industrial Relations Code “The judgment has re disenfranchisement which the Defence Ministry said in he directed that all three ser CDS includes bringing about ing worked out which is be the BMS, told The Hindu. and “other codes that dis written the Articles of Tata cripples corporate democ a statement. vices and the Coast Guard jointness in operations, lo ing formulated by the Army “An acute form of capital criminate against the work Sons, where the majority racy”. The areas identifi ed for must be consulted and their gistics, transport, training, AdjutantGeneral’s branch in ism has achieved the status ers in favour of industries”. jointness and synergy in views obtained in a time support services, communi coordination with the Navy of religion and there is no “When work and wages clude creation of common bound manner. “Decisions cations, repairs and mainte and the IAF. The three ser compassion or considera are protected, there will be logistics support pools in sta will, however, be taken to nance of the three services vices are currently guided by tion for the workers in this more demand and growth,” AIADMK suff ers a tions where two or more ser ensure optimisation of re “within three years of the their respective Service Acts. approach,” he said, calling Mr. Narayanan said. setback in rural polls The largest tally for the polls were held. Gehlot asks Harsh Vardhan to visit Kota hospital AIADMK was from Thoothu The DMK also won 15 kudi with 43 seats, Thanja seats for the post of district Death toll of vur (40) and Theni (38). panchayat ward members, Ensure no more infants die, The DMK’s allies, the Con while the AIADMK won 6. infants crosses gress and the CPI, won 39 The BJP, the CPI and the CPI 100 in New Year and 24 seats respectively in (M) won one seat each out of Sonia tells Rajasthan govt. panchayat unions. The the total tally of 24 for which Special Correspondent JAIPUR AIADMK’s allies, the DMDK results were announced. Special Correspondent government and Chief New Delhi and the BJP, won in 33 and There are a total of 515 seats Amid the politics over the Minister [Ashok Gehlot] that 24 seats. in this category. Except a few continuing deaths of infants Congress president Sonia there should not be a single There are a total of 5,090 districts, the two parties at the governmentrun J.K. Gandhi on Thursday infant death in the future seats for the post of pan were neck and neck with the Lon Children’s Hospital in conveyed to the Rajasthan because of medical chayat union ward members counting continuing well Kota, Rajasthan Chief Minis government that no State negligence or lack of across the 27 districts where past midnight. ter Ashok Gehlot on Thurs run hospital should report facilities,” Mr. Pande told day asked Union Health Mi any infant death because of The Hindu. nister Harsh Vardhan to visit poor facilities or negligence, “The BJP is trying to it and to get himself apprised said State party incharge distract the attention of the Saryu to pursue charges of the facts. Avinash Pande after briefi ng people from burning issues The Congress government her on the recent deaths in a like the CAA and the NRC. As has come under attack fol government hospital in Kota. I said we don’t justify a against Raghubar Das lowing the deaths, which “Soniaji is sensitive to single death but the touched the fi gure of 100 in these infant deaths. She has numbers are far lower than Special correspondent his allegation that impor December 2019, while three directed the State during the BJP government.” New Delhi tant government fi les were children died on the fi rst two Ward in focus: Patients at the J.K. Lon hospital in Kota district on Thursday. * PTI CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Former Jharkhand Minister being destroyed by the pre days of the New Year. and Independent lawmaker vious government before Mr. Gehlot said his govern parties not to indulge in pol team of the Centre is wel and if he visits the hospital in send a highlevel team com Saryu Rai, who had defeat the Jharkhand Mukti Mor Leaders questioned ment was sensitive to the sit itics, while pointing out that come to visit and help im Kota, it will also clarify the prising experts from AIIMS, ed former chief minister cha(JMM)led alliance go Bahujan Samaj Party presi uation in Kota, and claimed infant mortality in the hospi prove health services. We are situation for people, who are Jodhpur, and health econo Raghubar Das in the recent vernment took charge. “The dent Mayawati and Uttar Pra that some “mischievous ele tal was steadily declining. ready to consult them and giving [their] reactions mis mists to the hospital to assess Assembly elections, on Chief Secretary assured me desh Chief Minister Aditya ments” were highlighting the “We will try to reduce it work with their coopera chievously, knowingly, un the infrastructure gaps and Thursday said he is going to that an investigation com nath have questioned the issue to divert attention from further. It is our top priority tion,” Mr. Gehlot tweeted. knowingly and also decide on the measures to be follow up with the Hemant mittee has been constitut silence of senior Congress other important subjects. to keep mothers and chil Mr. Gehlot said: “Harsh innocently.” taken to prevent further Sorenled government on ed,” Mr. Rai told The Hindu. leaders over the deaths. He asked the Opposition dren healthy... An expert Vardhanji is himself a doctor The Centre has decided to deaths. Mehbooba’s daughter claims she was detained Giriraj Singh’s remark on ‘sanskriti’ sparks row Iltija Mufti says she was not allowed to leave her Srinagar residence to visit grandfather’s grave special correspondent school,” said the Union Mi Peerzada Ashiq in the Valley for more than a mother to her house and Patna nister for Animal Husban Srinagar week now, said she had not kept her there,” she said. Union Minister Giriraj Singh dry, Dairy and Fisheries. Iltija Mufti, daughter of the been provided with any for “However, the prolonged de stoked a fresh controversy Opposition party leaders former Chief Minister and mal order regarding her de tention of the entire political on Thursday with his state in Bihar were quick to slam Devi Prasad Peoples Democratic Party tention or on the restric leadership in Kashmir is ment that “most of the mis him for “uncalledfor state (PDP) president Mehbooba tions. “I will move the court aimed at breaking them sionary school students ments”. “Mr. Singh is known Tripathi Mufti, on Thursday alleged in case of any formal orders. emotionally,” Ms. Mufti said. qualify for IIT, become engi for giving such controversial that she had been detained So far, I am told that I am SSG Director Muneer neers but eat beef in foreign statements to remain in the passes away in her Srinagar residence supposed to inform the SSG Khan said Ms. Mufti was an countries.” news... I urge media people and barred from visiting the beforehand about the place SSG protectee and did not Opposition parties not to give him space for Special Correspondent graveyard where her grand where I plan to visit and seek follow the protocol. “It’s a lie slammed Mr. Singh for his such uncalledfor state NEW DELHI father Mufti Mohammad permission from the district she was detained,” Mr. Khan “uncalledfor statement”. ments and he will stop Devi Prasad Tripathi, gen Sayeed is buried. The police, magistrate fi rst. This only re said. “Students who go to mis shooting his mouth off ,” eral secretary of the Na however, said she had not On alert: Policemen checking vehicles in Srinagar amid a row fl ects that nothing is normal “At very short notice, sionary schools qualify for Rashtriya Janata Dal leader tionalist Congress Party followed the protocol laid over the detaining of Iltija Mufti on Thursday. * NISSAR AHMAD in Kashmir as is being [she] suggested she was visit IIT and become engineers, and MLA Bhai Virendra said. (NCP), passed away here down for Special Security claimed,” the detained PDP ing Bijbehara. It requires but when they go abroad “I wonder how such a se on Thursday. Widely re Group (SSG) protectees. cannot as the Director, SSG who has been a vocal face for leader’s younger daughter permission from the local most of them start eating nior leader like Giriraj Singh nowned for his erudition “I informed the SSG had passed such orders. I the detained PDP leader said. authorities too. So we decid beef because they do not can say such things... it is a and oratory, Tripathi, 70, around 11.30 a.m. about my was thereafter detained and since the revocation of J&K’s Sources said Ms. Mufti had ed to stop her here,” said the know about our sanskar and ridiculous statement,” said was the party Rajya Sabha intention to visit the gra not allowed to step out of my special status and who also met her incarcerated mother police offi cial, who also sanskriti (traditional values senior State Congress leader member from 2012 to 2016. veyard of my grandfather in home. I off ered to drive in a runs her mother’s Twitter during her latest stay in the serves as the Additional Di and culture),” Mr. Singh said Akhilesh Singh. Tripathi had been ailing south Kahsmir’s Bijbehara,” private vehicle, which was handle, told The Hindu. Valley. “The authorities rectorGeneral of Police at a gathering in Begusarai Rashtriya Lok Samta Par from cancer for the last Ms. Mufti said. “I was told I also declined,” Ms. Mufti, Ms. Mufti, who has been could have easily moved my (ADGP), Law and Order. on Thursday. ty spokesman Anand Mad three years. He is survived “I would say a sloka hav too condemned Mr. by his wife and three sons. (hymn) of the Bhagavad Gita Singh for his “unnecessary “He was a guide and must be taught in every statement”. mentor to all of us. We will Government rejigs team India, Nepal 19 CBI offi cials transferred miss his wise counsel and to hold talks guidance which he had gi or given additional charge In Goa, four proCAA ven us from the day NCP handling Ayodhya issue was established,” said Su on Kalapani Special Correspondent and the related court judg Congress leaders quit priya Sule, Lok Sabha MP New Delhi Abhay Singh moved to Delhi for Baramati. ments will be put up by the Special Correspondent Press Trust of India Former Panaji Congress NEW DELHI Also known as DPT by The Ministry of Home Af Deputy Secretary to the Ad Special Correspondent Vijayendra Bidari, SP in Panaji block committee president NEW DELHI his friends and colleagues, fairs reorganised its depart ditional Secretary (JKL) Nepal and India will re Economic Off encesIII, has Four Goa Congress leaders Prasad Amonkar, former Tripathi was born in Sul ments, delegating the through the Joint Secretary solve the Kalapani border In a reshuffl e, 19 offi cials of been shifted to the Interpol resigned from the party on block committee secretary tanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and charge of the Ayodhya desk (JKL),” the order reads. issue through dialogue, the the CBI have been trans Coordination unit. He has Thursday to protest against Dinesh Kubal, former youth grew up in Howrah and to the JammuKashmir and Joint Secretary (Women Ministry of External Aff airs ferred or given additional also been given the charge its stand on the Citizenship leader Shivraj Tarkar and was educated at the Allaha Ladakh ( JKL) Aff airs Divi Safety) Punya Salila Srivas said on Thursday. charge. of systems wing. Amendment Act (CAA) and north Goa minority cell bad University and the Ja sion, according to an inter tava has been given the ad At the weekly press inte Abhay Singh, DIG, who is three of them later joined chief Javed Sheikh quit the waharlal Nehru University nal order of the Ministry. ditional charge of the raction, the offi cial spokes supervising the investiga Anti-corruption unit the Bharatiya Janata Party party in the morning, saying where he became the pre Earlier, all matters relat merged Internal Security person of the Ministry said tion in the Muzaff arpur shel Kiran S., SP, part of the team (BJP), ahead of the saff ron they were in favour of the sident of the JNU Students ing to the Ayodhya dispute DivisionI. the latest political map of terhome sexual assault cas pursuing the AgustaWes party’s rally here on Friday. amended citizenship law. Union (JNUSU) during the and the litigation in the Su The Ministry is working India refl ects the sovereign es, has been sent to the tland and the Vijay Mallya Emergency. preme Court were handled on the modalities for esta territory of India. Economic Off ences Wing cases, has been posted in Despite his congenital by the Internal Security Di blishing a trust for the con “Our map depicts the so (Delhi) from the Special the AntiCorruptionV unit. nearblind condition, Tri visionII. The order says the struction of a Ram temple vereign territory of India. Crime Branch (Kolkata). Among the others trans pathi overcame his physi Internal Security DivisionII in Ayodhya, as mandated by The new map in no man Nitin Deep Blaggan, DGP, ferred or allocated addition cal limitations and has been merged with the the Supreme Court in its ner revised our boundary who heads the AntiCorrup al charge are Jayadevan A, achieved academic excel Internal Security DivisionI. November 9, 2019 ruling in with Nepal. The boundary tion unit, has been given the Sudhanshu Dhar Mishra, lence. He began his politi The JKL Division is head the Ram JanmabhoomiBa delineation exercise with additional charge of Anti P.K. Manjhi, Jay Narayan Ra cal career as an adviser to ed by Additional Secretary bri Masjid case. Nepal is ongoing under the CorruptionV unit. na, Santanu Kar, P.K. Pan Rajiv Gandhi in 1983. Gyanesh Kumar, who The trust must be set up existing mechanism,” said Assistant InspectorGen dey, Abhishek Dular, Anoop He became a founding played a key role in the deci within three months of the Raveesh Kumar highlight eral (Policy) Vivek Priyadar T. Mathew, Rajpal Meena member of the NCP along sion to withdraw the special order. ing India’s position on the shi has been transferred to and Shiyas A, SPs. side Sharad Pawar and P.A. status of Jammu and Kash The court asked the go Kalapani region of Uttarak Jaipur. Partha Mukherjee, At the Addl. SP level, San Sangma because of diff e mir and split the erstwhile vernment to formulate a hand. The issue was raised SP of the Economic Off enc jay Kumar Sinha, Gajanand rences with the Congress State into two UTs. scheme for setting up a after India published a new esIV unit in Kolkata, will re Bairwa and S.D. Mishra have leadership in 1999. “The Ayodhya matters trust. political map. place him. been transferred. CM A ND-NDE YK