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Completely Normal New Kashmir' Stand on Sabarimala Spl PUBLISHED FROM Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, www.thesikhtimes.in Punjab, Chandigarh, The Sikh Times Jio Newspaper app Himachal and www.readwhere.com Jammu National Daily www.paperboy.com Vol. 12 No. 103 RNI NO. DELENG/2008/25465 New Delhi, Saturday, 31 August, 2019 [email protected] 9971359517 12 pages. `.2 Sitaram Yechury Says Situation in Valley Congress Accuses BJP of Pushing Country into Contrary to Govt's Claims New Delhi, 30 August : CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury, who returned to Delhi from Srinagar on Friday, contested the government's claims about the 'Financial Emergency', 'Loot and Scoot' in 'New India' situation in the state and claimed that he was not Spl. Correspondent to the rising number of bank frauds. "'Loot & Scoot' in 'New India' allowed to speak to any- ]New Delhi, 30 August : The Congress on as a complicit BJP govt looks the other way and common man is one. "We were not Friday accused the BJP government of forcefully taxed!" he said.According to the RBI annual report, the number of allowed to meet anyone taking Rs 1,76 lakh crore from the RBI to hide a cases of frauds reported by banks saw a jump of 15 per cent year-on- else so there was no way "grave" economic slowdown and claimed that it year basis in 2018-19, with the amount involved increasing by 73.8 to assess the situation. had pushed the country into a "financial emer- per cent to Rs 71,543 crore from Rs 41,167 crore reported in the pre- But from what I could see gency".The Reserve Bank of India had on Monday vious fiscal. on the roads, the situa- approved the transfer of a record Rs 1.76 lakh crore Priyanka Gandhi Hits Out at Centre Over RBI's tion is not what the gov- dividend and surplus reserves to the government, ernment claims," he boosting the BJP-led regime's prospect of stimulat- Annual Report Showing 'Big Bank Frauds' said.Yechury visited ing the slowing economy without widening fiscal New Delhi, 30 August : Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Srinagar on Thursday to deficit."RBI's emergency fund is at a six-year low as attacked the government on Friday over an RBI report showing meet ailing party col- the BJP government has forcefully taken Rs bank frauds have gone up by 15 per cent year-on-year in 2018-19, league Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami after the Supreme 1,76,000 crore from the RBI to hide its failures and asking who is the guarantor allowing such "big bank frauds".The Court rejected the Centre's contention that his visit may grave economic slowdown," Congress chief number of cases of frauds reported by banks saw a jump of 15 per endanger the situation in the state. "We met Tarigami spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted, tagging cent year-on-year basis in 2018-19, with the amount involved twice, on Thursday and Friday morning. Friday's visit a media report on the central bank's emergency increasing by 73.8 per cent in the year, the Reserve Bank of India's was with the doctors," Yechury told News18."The admin- fund."The BJP government has pushed the coun- annual report showed.In FY19, banking sector reported 6,801 istration wanted us to leave on Thursday evening but we try into a financial emergency," he said.In another frauds involving Rs 71,542.93 crore as against 5,916 cases involving stayed back. We were kept in a guest house and not tweet, the Congress spokesperson also pointed out Rs 41,167.04 crore reported in 2017-18. allowed to meet anyone or even leave the premises. BJP Issues Gag Order on Pragya Thakur Panel Rejects Chhattisgarh Ex CM Centre Should have Brought New Delhi, 30 August : Controversial BJP MP Pragya Thakur's repeated Ajit Jogi's Claim of Tribal Status gaffes have forced the saffron party lead- Law Against Lynching : Mamata ership to restrain her from speaking to Raipur, 30 August : An FIR has been regis- lector to carry out necessary proceedings under Kolkata, 30 August : The West Bengal It also proposes action against those the media on any issue. Sources said she tered against former Chhattisgarh chief minister the Chhattisgarh ST/SC/ OBC (Regulation of assembly Friday passed a bill to check involved in perpetrating the crime.The leg- has been asked not to speak even at state Ajit Jogi in Bilaspur district, days after a govern- Social Status Certification) Rules, 2013 in the mat- ment-appointed committee rejected his claim of ter, Agrawal said.Subsequently, the collector incidents of mob assaults and lynching islation also pitches for a jail term, which BJP events or talks for the time being. and criminalised such actions.The West may vary from three years to life for those However, it isn't clear whether the gag being a tribal, police said on Friday.A high-level wrote to the tehsildar to lodge an FIR in this con- caste scrutiny committee set up by the state gov- nection, the SP said. However, Ajit Jogi, a sitting Bengal (Prevention of Lynching) Bill, involved in assaulting and injuring a vic- order extends to her tweets as well.Since 2019 was tabled in the House on Friday tim.In case of death of the victim, persons the time her candidature for the Lok ernment had last week dismissed Ajit Jogi's claim MLA and a former Congressman, is yet to be of belonging to a Scheduled Tribe (ST) and can- arrested as the investigation into the matter is and supported by the opposition Congress responsible for the incident would be pun- Sabha elections was announced early and CPI(M). The BJP, which has emerged ished with rigorous life imprisonment and this year, Thakur's controversial state- celled his caste certificates.Subsequently, Ajit underway, he added.According to police officials, Jogi, who served as the first chief minister of the section 10 (1) is invoked against those who as the main opposition party, neither sup- fine up to Rs 5 lakh, the bill said. ments have repeatedly put the party in a ported nor opposed the bill as it felt that spot. The action, though unofficial, came Chhattisgarh, has been booked for allegedly acquire caste certificate which later turns out to fraudulently obtaining caste certificates, the be invalid during scrutiny.It's a non-bailable sec- the legislation may be used for settling Goa Health Minister Denies after a section of the BJP's Madhya political scores.Chief Minister Mamata police said.The 73-year-old politician's claim of tion, they said.Reacting to the move, Amit Jogi, Pradesh unit complained to the central Banerjee Friday the state government has AAP's Claims of Importing being a tribal has been rejected multiple times in the son of Ajit Jogi, dubbed it as "political vendet- leadership in this regard.Early this brought The West Bengal (Prevention of the past too. The case against Ajit Jogi was filed ta" and targeted Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel Fish Laced with Formalin week, while speaking at a condolence Lynching) Bill, 2019 as the Centre did not on Thursday night under section 10 (1) of the over the issue.Ajit Jogi is chief of the Janata meeting organised by the Madhya introduce any law against it."Lynching is a Panaji, 30 August : The Aam Aadmi Chhattisgarh Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Congress Chhattisgarh (J), a party floated by him Pradesh unit of the BJP for deceased social evil and all of us have to come Party on Thursday claimed that the fish Tribes and Other Backward Classes (Regulation after parting ways with the Congress in party leaders Arun Jaitley, Babulal Gaur together to fight against it. "The central imported in Goa was laced with formalin, and Sushma Swaraj, Thakur accused the of Certification of Socialhttps://t.me/towardstomorrow Status) Rules, 2013, at 2016."The state is being governed by the `rule of government should have brought a law following which state Health Minister Opposition of having used "marak shak- the civil lines police station on the direction of the Bhupesh' not by the rule of law. The government against it. But they are yet to do so. So we Vishwajit Rane said none of the samples ti" to harm them."When I was contesting district administration, Bilaspur SP Prashant is doing vendetta politics against my father, Amit are bringing this law in our state to fight have tested positive.In a statement issued (Lok Sabha) elections, a Maharaj ji told Agrawal told PTI.The FIR was lodged by T R Jogi alleged."We had filed a writ petition against against this social evil," she said tabling late evening on Thursday, Rane said the me that bad times are upon us and the Bhardwaj, tehsildar of Bilaspur, around 120km the order of the high-powered committee in the the bill in the House.Lynching is a social Quality Council of India (QCI) has started Opposition is up to something using from here, on behalf of district collector, he HC on Thursday. Today (Friday) it will be men- evil and the Supreme Court has given testing fish at the two border points since some 'marak shakti' against BJP. I later added.The district administration has pointed out tioned in the HC, he added.Notably, the scrutiny direction to take action against lynching. June 15, this year and till date, 1,800 sam- forgot what he said but now when I see that the scrutiny committee had cancelled Jogis committee that looked into Ajit Jogi's caste status she told the Assembly.The Bill aims to pro- ples have been tested and none have it our top leaders leaving us one by one, I caste certificates in its order dated August 23, he was formed on the order of the Chhattisgarh tect the constitutional rights of vulnerable showed the presence of added formalin in am forced to think, wasn't Maharaj ji said.The panel had authorised the Bilaspur col- High Court in 2018.
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