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PAGE 3 ...PAGE 8 We begin a new chapter in Women will be exempted from odd-even scheme: Arvind Kejriwal NEW DELHI: Women would be our ties: PM Modi to Xi exempted from the odd-even road rationing scheme which is set to return in the national capi- MAMALLAPURAM, OCTOBER 12 tal for the third time from Novem- Chinese President Xi ber 4-15, Chief Minister Arvind Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Satur- Kejriwal announced on Saturday. day said that their second informal summit Jinping wraps up Unlike previous occasions, pri- here heralds the start of a new era in India- vately-owned CNG vehicles China relations. The ‘Chennai vision’, he meet, leaves for Nepal would not be exempted this time, hoped, would build on the first informal CHENNAI: Chinese President Xi Jinping he said. summit between India and China last year left for Nepal on Saturday by an Air China “Women driving alone, cars hav- in Wuhan that had given fresh stability and aircraft, concluding his second informal ing all women as occupants and momentum in bilateral relations. summit with Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi, women accompanied by children Strategic communication between the which has signalled a recalibration of bilat- aged less than 12 will be ex- two countries has led to increased stability, eral ties. empted,” he said. The decision he underlined in his opening remarks at the Xi wrapped up his about 24-hour stay dur- had been taken keeping in mind ing which he visited Mamallapuram near their safety, Kejriwal added. beginning of delegation-level talks. PM Modi and Xi Jinping have met 17 times at here and held informal talks with the Prime A decision on whether two- Minster. Also, delegation-level talks were wheelers should be exempted structured summits and two informal sum- held. from the scheme or not is yet to mits, including the one in Mamallapuram. Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, be taken and they were consult- He recalled that at the Wuhan meeting, the Chief Minister K Palaniswami, Deputy Chief ing experts, he said. two leaders had decided not to allow dif- Minister O Panneerselvam and Assembly ferences to fester into disputes. Speaker P Dhanapal gave a warm send-off PM Modi began the second day of the to the Chinese premier. Both the Governor ‘Swachh to Swasth’, informal summit by “plogging’’ on the and Chief Minister briefly conversed with beach behind his luxury hotel. He was tel- the visiting dignitary at the airport. RB’s flagship BSI will evised picking up trash from the beach Xi is scheduled to visit Nepal after his India empower people while exercising and taking in the scenery. meet, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesper- With no one present on the entire beach son Hua Chunying had announced on with the choice of and a couple of TV cameras for company, Wednesday. better health the PM was dressed in a black tracksuit and Belying the recent acrimony over the Kash- mir issue, Prime Minister Modi and the Chi- LUDHIANA : Reckitt Benckiser, picked up the trash with bare hands. Later he paced in the foyer of the beach nese President held a two-and-half-hour world’s leading consumer Health “open and cordial” one-on-one discussion and Hygiene Company, with its resort while waiting for Xi to arrive and then sat next to the driver in a battery-op- Nepal after wrapping up talks with PM forward our relations,’’ he observed. overwhelmed’’ and the trip to South India over dinner. The talks continued on Satur- flagship BSI Campaign leading a day as well and the leaders of both the na- successful Swachh message for erated vehicle while XI and the interpreters Modi. He had met Pakistan Prime Minister The leaders then broke for delegation- was a memorable experience for me and us tions vowed to jointly combat terrorism and five years now transitions from sat behind him as they drove down to a re- Imran Khan, invited at China’s request, level talks. Besides PM Modi, the Indian [the delegation].’’ radicalisation, signalling a recalibration of ‘Swachh to Swasth’. Supported treat at the resort for nearly 45 minutes of two days before leaving for India. side included National Security Adviser The two leaders had met on Friday bilateral ties. by Campaign Ambassador, one-to-one talks, picking up the threads Xi, however, was circumspect in his Ajit Doval, External Affairs Minister S. evening and toured the temples of Mamal- Amitabh Bachchan, this year the from Friday’s five hours of discussions be- opening remarks. “I may follow up on the Jaishankar and Foreign Secretary Vijay lapuram that was followed by a cultural campaign embarks on a new tween them, including at a sumptuous din- proposals and issues discussed yesterday. I Gokhale. programme and dinner. In a late night sues and their respective national visions. phase that will focus ondriving at- ner which stretched late into the night. will make some responses. I’m sure that Xi was more forthcoming on the Indi- briefing, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale Today, he said, they will touch on regional tention towards the well-being of The Chinese President will leave for our discussions today will further bring an hospitality, stating that he was “really said the two leaders discussed bilateral is- and international issues. mothers and children.If hygiene and nutrition can begin there, a strong foundation can be laid for the future health of the society.This will be achieved by concerted efforts targeted under- Govt reduced need to file RTIs fourkey pillars of the campaign PM Narendra Modi’s niece falls that include Nutrition – providing through proactive disclosures: Shah a balanced diet to both young mothers and new born children; NEW DELHI: The objective of the Modi government is Breastfeeding –ensuring the im- to proactively put out as much information as possible in prey to snatchers in Delhi portance of breastfeeding is public domain to reduce the need for RTI applications, known to all; Handwash – incul- Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. cating regular hand washing The success of a government did not lie in the high NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 12 Two persons on a scooter tained. Police also said that they are ex- practices andSanitation – reduc- number of Right to Information (RTI) applications, Shah amining CCTV footage of nearby areas. ing instances of diarrhea, espe- said while addressing the 14th annual convention of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's niece snatched her purse "I came to Delhi and reached Gu- cially amongst children. The cam- Central Information Commission (CIC) here. has become the latest victim of snatching containing her phone, jarati Samaj Bhavan on Saturday morn- paign will focus on converging “Low number of RTI applications in spite of conven- in the national capital with her purse and ing. I was scheduled to take a flight for these pillars in order to reduce ient avenues to file them means the government’s work is phone wrenched from her grasp by two some documents and Gujarat in the evening. I was getting off the instances of preventable dis- satisfactory. A large number of RTI applications does not persons when she was alighting from an the auto-rickshaw when the snatchers tar- eased leading to better health for valuables around 7 am mothers and children.Comment- represent the government’s success. auto-rickshaw on Saturday. geted me," the woman said. ing on the development, Laksh- We want to introduce a system where people do not Based on a complaint by Damayanti when the woman got In the past couple of months, several man Narsimhan, CEO, RB said, feel the need to file an RTI application to get information,” Ben Modi, daughter of the prime minis- incidents of snatching have taken report- “It is heartwarming to see the im- the Home Minister, who was the chief guest at the event, ter's brother Prahlad Modi, police regis- down at the Gujrati Samaj ed in the national capital. pact created by BSI in the last said. tered a case. On September 22, a woman journal- five years, and I am extremely The dashboard system introduced by Prime Minister The incident happened soon after Bhawan in North Delhi's ist was injured after she attempted to re- humbled to be a part of this cam- Narendra Modi had ensured that everyone got information about ongoing schemes online Damayanti Ben reached Delhi from Am- Civil Lines area, a senior sist a snatching bid in south Delhi's CR paign. Driving behavior change without filing RTI applications, Shah said. ritsar in the morning. park while she was returning home in an and empowering people with the “Through the use of dashboard, we began a new transparent era. One can go to the dash- Two persons on a scooter snatched police officer said. auto-rickshaw. choice of better health and hy- board and see how many toilets have been built. Using the dashboard, one can check when her purse containing her phone, some Two men on motorcycle snatched her giene outcomes is at the core of one will get electricity connection under the Saubhagya Yojana. Any illiterate woman can documents and valuables around 7 am mobile phone and in the struggle, she fell the program.