FRONTLINE Rotary’s Federer overjoyed to LS seating plan to PRINTERS Statue Takes guard gesture to VHS be in home final again be finalised soon for Vijay PRIVATE LTD 376 8anohar Lal Khattar, a low-profi le organisation man Mwith active RSS background, was today sworn in Complete Printing as Chief Minister of Haryana, where BJP has formed Facilities under government for the fi rst time on its own. One Roof 60-year-old Khattar, a fi rst-time MLA from Karnal and M-7, Thiru-Vi-Ka a non-Jat leader known to be close to Prime Minister Industrial Estate, Narendra Modi, was administered the oath along with Guindy, nine ministers by Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki at a Chennai - 600 032. function here attended by a galaxy of BJP leaders in- & 2250 0111, 4202 1111 cluding the PM, party chief Amit Shah, Union ministers, Chief Ministers of BJP ruled states and veterans L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi. Chennai’s No 1 English evening daily since 1982 www.newstodaynet.com Meanwhile, hopes for the release of four fi shermen from this coastal town and one from Kerala detained in Iran have brightened with the intervention of Indian embassy offi cials and support of the fi shing fi rm that employed them. “The senior offi cials in Indian embassies in Qatar and Iran have made good efforts for the release of Indian fi shermen,’ president, Tamilnadu Fishermen Develop- ment Trust, P Justin Antony said. Food, clothes and medicine have been provided to the fi shermen, he added. At least 20 militants were killed and several others NATIONAL DAILY FOUNDER EDITOR: T.R.R injured early today when Pakistan’s fi ghter jets pounded VOL. XXXII NO. 318 H CHENNAI H SUNDAY 26.10.2014 (EVENING) H OTHER STATIONS MONDAY 27.10.2014 (MORNING) H 8 PAGES Rs. 4.00 H Regd. No., TN/CC(S) Dn. / 223 / 12-14, RNI No: 33810 / 82 their positions in the country’s tribal region. AIADMK to Nine killed in pay tributes road accident to Thevar Khattar takes oath Nagaon, Oct 26 (PTI): NT Bureau At least nine persons, includ- Chennai, Oct 26: ing five women, were killed and Leaders and cadres of the AI- 24 injured when a bus in which ADMK will pay fl oral tributes to the they were travelling fell into a statue of Pasumpon Muthuramal- as Haryana CM roadside ditch at Uluani in Na- inga Thevar on Anna Salai here on gaon district today. 30 October as part of 107th Jayanthi The incident occurred when the festival of the leader. q Modi attends swearing in ceremony bus ferrying passengers from A press release from the AIADMK, Lakhimpur district to Guwahati said, ‘the party’s presidium chairman Chandigarh, Oct 26: Massive arrangements Those who known him describe for a train journey to Delhi hit E Madhusoodhanan will garland the Manohar Lal Khattar took oath as him as a no-nonsense man and a the railing of a small bridge be- statue. It will be attended by MPs, the fi rst BJP Chief Minister of Haryana were made at the Sector tough task master. fore rolling down into a ditch at MLAs, members of MGR Manram, today. 5 HUDA ground in A former Rashtriya Swayamsewak around 1.30 AM, Superintendent Jayalalithaa Peravai, trade bodies The occasion was historic for the Sangh (RSS) pracharak, Khattar of Police Arabinda Kalita said. and various units/wings of the party. BJP as it is for the fi rst time that the Panchkula for the contested and won his fi rst election Eight persons, including the party has come to power in Haryana from the Karnal Assembly seat. He swearing-in ceremony. bus driver, died on the spot, since the state’s inception in 1966. was chosen as leader of the BJP Coal Ministry while a woman succumbed to her Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP Tight security measures legislative party on Tuesday. wounds in hospital, he said. The gears up for president Amit Shah, Chief Ministers had been put in place, BJP created history by coming to injured passengers were admitted of BJP ruled States, Punjab Chief with over 3,000 cops being power on its own for the fi rst time in e-auction Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Union Haryana, since its inception in 1966. to hospital. Five critically injured Kolkata, Oct 26 (PTI): Cabinet Ministers and other senior deployed In the 90-member Haryana As- persons were referred to the The Coal Ministry is gearing up to BJP leaders attended the ceremony. sembly, BJP bagged 47 seats, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, prepare the modalities of the pro- Outgoing Chief Minister Bhupinder a Chief Minister was being sworn-in tered the oath of offi ce to Khattar. Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) won Kalita said. posed e-auction of coal blocks that Singh Hooda was also invited. at a public ceremony instead of the Tight security measures had been put 19 seats and its ally Shiromani Akali The surviving passengers said may take place in January next year. In a departure from the past, the event being held at the Haryana Raj in place, with over 3,000 cops being Dal (SAD) got 1, Congress won 15 the chartered bus was carrying The coal ministry recently held a de- venue for the oath-taking function Bhavan deployed. seats, Haryana Janhit Congress 35 people from Lakhimpur dis- tailed discussion about it with mjunc- had been kept at Panchkula, which Massive arrangements were made at 60-year-old Khattar is known as (HJC BL) won 2 seats, Bahujan trict to Guwahati so that they tion Services Ltd, an e-commerce earlier used to be Chandigarh, the the Sector 5 HUDA ground in Panchkula as low-profi le, ‘behind-the-scenes’ Samaj Party (BSP) managed 1 seat could board a train this morn- company promoted by Tata Steel and common capital of both Haryana and for the swearing-in ceremony. Haryana organisational man of the RSS and and fi ve seats went to independent ing for their onward journey to Steel Authority of India. Punjab. Also, this is the fi rst time that Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki adminis- BJP. candidates. Delhi. CIC makes RTI Mishap at FATAL JOURNEY midnight: One norms tougher dies, 21 injured New Delhi, Oct 26 (PTI): NT Bureau Records cannot be de- stroyed even under weed- Villupuram. Oct 26: ing-out policy if a citizen A eight-year-old boy was killed has sought information when a State Transport Corporation related to them through bus hit a private bus near Ulundur- the RTI route as doing pet. Twenty-one persons who were it would be a violation of travelling in both the buses sustained the transparency law, the injuries and were rushed to hospitals Central Information Commission has held. nearby. The transparency panel passed this stricture while hearing A private bus was proceeding from the plea of Ashok Dixit who sought some information from Delhi Madurai from Madurai to Chennai Technological University here but was denied on the pretext yesterday. When the vehicle reached that records carrying the information have been weeded out. Ulundurpet, one of the the tyres got Taking a stern view of the varsity’s explanation, Information punctured. Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu issued a show cause notice Meanwhile, another private bus to the university asking why a maximum penalty of Rs 25,000 which was proceeding in the same not be slapped on it for not providing information. direction stopped to help the driver The Commission does not accept the claim of the respond- and conductor of the bus that was ents that the record is weeded out without showing how and strandd on the road. Unfortunately when they followed weeding out policy, especially when an RTI a State Transport Corporation bus application is pending in respect of the record, Acharyulu said. which was coming behind rammed He said the public authority has to explain the Commission into the bus. whether they are following the provisions of the Public Records In the melee, a boy was killed on the Act 1993 in destroying old records, made any rules for their spot. The government bus suffered offi ce, who is in-charge of implementation of those rules, maximum damage. On hearing cries when the particular information sought by the appellant was of the injured passengers, local resi- destroyed and what is the fi le noting about that fi le before it dents rushed to their rescue. Those was weeded out. who sustained injuries were rushed Record cannot be destroyed after RTI application is fi led, to nearby government hospitals. even if it outlived the time prescribed under weeding out policy Traffic came to a standstill on the and if destroyed like that, it would invite the penalty under road following the mishap. The skeletal remains of the bus that was involved in the mishap. Section 20 of the RTI Act, he said. EC for proxy voting, e-ballots for NRIs New Delhi, Oct 26 (PTI): proxy voting, he said let the facility fi rst Representation of the Peoples (RP) Act The Election Commission favours proxy ‘After enrolment, an overseas elector begin for NRIs. which insists on the physical presence voting and e-ballot for NRIs but not voting will be able to cast his or her vote in an The committee is of the view that e-postal of an NRI in his local constituency at the in Indian embassies abroad. ballot, where blank postal ballot is trans- time of voting. It says the Ministry of External Affairs election in the constituency, in person, ferred electronically to NRIs and returned According to EC website, after enrolment, (MEA) does not favour voting in missions by post, can be employed after validation an overseas elector will be able to cast his or abroad.