% . RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015 ./.0*123 /"010/1 2/*) 3 1&'0/14 ,!5 .4'/ (4&4.<"&8=+."4&94( 4& ;+ &C2++ ".$'" ;8,+ 9+:;":8(.4' 0;4,:0;80.+'& 01,2:,&,+(8: "4. &.(;"&",8& (;.9"$&; $&++.58.9 9"+".(;"./ 4::&+(;+7/> 9+;&98. ;?9+&09<"1?'9 ( 456 ..& @ A % + % ! 7 !, !*678989: *8 ;599 ! "# $ " "#! %%# &' - "! 2820" dence of their heinous deed... Specific Intelligence inputs had ormer Mumbai Police been received from Central FCommissioner Rakesh Intelligence agencies that R Maria has dropped a bombshell Pakistan was intent on killing by claiming in his 624-page Kasab and the Dawood gang memoir “Let Me Say It Now” had been entrusted with the released recently that how there task,” Maria wrote. Q" R was a bid to dub 26/11 as “He seriously believed that “Hindu terror”, a phrase coined Muslims were not allowed to by the then Home Minister. offer namaaz in India and .+'9+:;" But it didn’t happen so as mosques were locked up by the Pakistani terrorist Mohammed authorities. He felt that the day after British MP Ajmal Kasab was caught alive. azaan he heard five times a day ADebbie Abrahams was Had Kasab not been caught in the Crime Branch lock-up deported from the Indira alive, his body would have was just a figment of his imag- Gandhi International Airport been found with an I-card ination. When we came to here, Government sources said bearing a fictitious Hindu know of this, I instructed on Tuesday her e-Business visa name, writes Maria about the Mahale to take him to the was revoked as she was investigation helmed by him in mosque near the Metro involved in anti-India activities. was intimated to her on The Labour Party MP had the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. Cinema in a vehicle. When he They also said revoking or February 14,” they said. Sources said despite having a valid visa “If all had gone well, he saw the namaaz in progress grant of visa is the sovereign also asserted the grant, rejec- she was denied entry into India (Kasab) would have been dead would have been on their way not worked that way and here was now my most esteemed with his own eyes, he was right of a country and the tion or revocation of a visa or after she landed at the airport with a red string tied around to Hyderabad to find more he was, Ajmal Amir Kasab of guest. Keeping this enemy bewildered. This was not how cancellation of visa was con- electronic travel authorisation here about 8.50 am from his wrist like a Hindu. We about him. There would have Faridkot in Pakistan, and I was alive was my number one pri- it was supposed to be!” Maria veyed to her on February 14. is the sovereign right of a Dubai. She was among a group would have found an identity been screaming headlines in asking him, Ki karan aya hai? ority. Anger and hostility writes in the book. Congress leader Abhishek country. of British MPs who issued for- card on his person with a fic- newspapers claiming how (What are you here for?),” the towards Kasab were percepti- In one of the most horrif- Manu Singhvi welcomed the Abrahams was not in the mal letters expressing con- titious name: Samir Dinesh Hindu terrorists had attacked former IPS officer wrote. ble. The way the men and offi- ic terrorist attacks in the coun- step even though his party possession of a valid visa at the cerns over the revocation of Chaudhari, student of Mumbai. Over-the-top TV Maria’s book also men- cers were reacting to him, I try’s history, 166 people were colleague Tharoor on Monday time of her arrival at the IGI Jammu & Kashmir’s special Arunodaya Degree and PG journalists would have made a tions that Pakistan’s ISI and the had to personally choose his killed and over 300 injured as had criticised the Government Airport here on Monday and status under Article 370 in College, Vedre Complex, beeline for Bengaluru to inter- Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) were guards for the entire period he 10 heavily-armed terrorists on her deportation. Singhvi she was asked to return, the August last year. Dilkhushnagar, Hyderabad, view his family and neigh- bent upon killing Kasab by would be with us,” Maria from Pakistan created mayhem said the British MP was a sources said. “We are gravely concerned 500060, resident of 254, bours,” he wrote. “hook or by crook” after he writes in the book. in Mumbai on November 26, “Pakistan proxy.” There is no provision of at the announcement by Indian Teachers Colony, Nagarabhavi, Mahale, Marde and Kadam was caught alive by ASI “The ISI and the Lashkar 2008. Justifying the decision to “visa on arrival” for the UK Home Minister, Amit Shah, Bengaluru,” Maria writes. were senior police officers Tukaram Ombale. were bent upon eliminating Kasab, the lone terrorist cancel the visa and deporting nationals at the airport, sources that Article 370 of the Indian “Ramesh Mahale, Prashant involved in the 26/11 attack “As the Joint CP incharge him by hook or by crook to captured alive, was hanged to the MP, sources said Abrahams said, dismissing Abrahams’ Constitution, which grants spe- Marde and Dinesh Kadam investigation. “But alas, it had of the Crime Branch, Kasab obliterate the only living evi- death on November 21, 2012. was issued an e-Business visa contention she should have cial status to Jammu & on October 7 last year for been granted a “visa on arrival”. Kashmir, has been removed by attending business meetings. They said as per the rules Presidential Order,” the The visa was valid till October previously issued e-Business Opposition MP had noted in 5, 2020. visa meant for business meet- her letter to UK Foreign “Her e-Business visa was ings cannot be used for visiting Secretary revoked on February 14, 2020 “family and friends”, as stated Dominic Raab. on account of her indulging in by the British MP. “This is not Abrahams reacted on activities which went against permitted as per the rules and Twitter, “Very disappointing India’s national interest. The a separate visa request has to be that a friend can’t respectfully ! rejection of the e-Business visa made,” a source said. criticise another friend.” " O $ % & :8(.4' ' ,, .+'9+:;" ( ) * o develop Ayodhya as a %&'% Ttourist attraction, the Uttar Delhi court on Tuesday P Pradesh Government in its Asent Sharjeel Imam, named Budget for 2020-21 has made as an “instigator” by the Delhi +% a special provision of 500 Police in its chargesheet for vio- % , crore. The UP Government lent protests against the " ) - will spend 85 crore on the Citizenship Amendment Act . $ O development of a high-class (CAA) at New Friends’ Colony .+'9+:;" / infrastructure in Ayodhya, and here last year, to judicial cus- .+'9+:;" % 10 crore has been kept for the tody till March 3. subgroup of the global ter- % % renovation of Tulsi Smarak It stated that it had attached he Central Government Aror financing watchdog % Bhawan in the pilgrim city. CCTV footage, call detail Thas renamed Institute for Financial Action Task Force 01,* The UP Budget also ear- records and statements of over Defence Studies and Analyses (FATF) on Tuesday recom- marked 200 crore for the 100 witnesses as evidence in the (IDSA), a Government think mended continuation of ! " ! beautification of Varanasi’s chargesheet. Imam was arrest- tank, as Manohar Parrikar Pakistan in the “Grey List” for #$ " Kashi Vishwanath temple. ed on sedition charges last Institute for Defence Studies its failure to check terror fund- #%%& ! The Budget also provides month in a separate case. and Analyses in order to “hon- ing and a final decision will be % % 2,000 crore for the new airport Earlier on Monday, the our the commitment and lega- taken on February 21, sources 2 %1 3 project at Jewar near Delhi with court had sent Imam to one- cy” of the late Defence Minister. said on Tuesday. ! special focus on road and day custody of the Delhi Police The IDSA is a non-partisan, The decision was taken at % /13( metro rail projects. in the case as it wanted to quiz autonomous body dedicated to “enhanced its security capaci- the meeting of the FATF’s +% 4% Finance Minister Suresh him because an accused — objective research and policy- ties, boosted indigenous International Co-operation * Kumar Khanna presented the Furkan — in the December 15, relevant studies on all aspects defence production and bet- Review Group (ICRG), held at Budget in the State Assembly. 2019 violence case has alleged of defence and security. tered the lives of ex-service- the ongoing Paris plenary. " " The Kanpur Metro Rail in his disclosure that he was Parrikar was Defence men”, it said. The FATF meeting is being ! " Project has been granted 358 provoked by Imam’s Minister from November 9, His biggest contribution held a week after an anti-ter- '&( (&,5% crore and 286 crore has been speeches. 2014 to March 14, 2017. He was towards the implementa- rorism court in Pakistan sen- 6 allocated for the metro rail in The police had earlier told died last year due to pancreat- tion of long-standing One tenced Hafiz Saeed, the mas- 2 Agra. The 2020-21 Budget sets the court that Furkan was ic cancer. He steered the Rank One Pension (OROP) termind of the 2008 Mumbai % ( a target for the construction of arrested on the basis of a Defence Ministry “through the demand for the Armed forces, attack and founder of LeT, to 11 / % * four lakh houses for the weak- CCTV footage which showed tough challenges of attacks like the statement said. years in two terror financing er sections within a year and him carrying a container Pathankot and Uri and The renaming of the IDSA cases inside ")*+ " lists schemes to help the youth allegedly containing petrol. responded to these with exem- will align the vision and aspi- Pakistan. , to make a Four people were arrested in plary boldness,” said a ration of the premier defence The Pakistani court’s judg- " ( living. the case on December 16 and Government statement on institute with the contribution ment came ostensibly to please 7 % ' Addressing reporters later, sent to judicial custody. Furkan Tuesday while announcing the of the former Raksha Mantri, the FATF and Western coun- 5! ) % Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was arrested later. decision to rename the IDSA. said the statement. tries so that the country can " % called the Budget — the fourth ! "#"#$"% &' ' Imam, who came into the “An epitome of integrity Goa Chief Minister exit the “Grey List”. (% presented by his Government & * * limelight during the ongoing and dedication in public life, Pramod Sawant said, “I wel- India has been maintaining % ( / — “historic”, “growth-oriented” protests at Shaheen Bagh throughout his career, late come the decision of Defence that Pakistan extends regular % and “people-friendly”. crore. It has provisions for new is expected to begin in the next against the CAA and the NRC, Parrikar showed a tremendous Ministry to rename IDSA as support to terror groups like * (7 $ ! / Opposition parties, how- schemes worth 10,967 crore, few months. was arrested from Bihar’s fighting spirit, taking on the ‘Manohar Parrikar Institute for Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e- ! % ever, termed it “directionless” Khanna said. In addition, the State Jehanabad on January 28 in a odds with fearlessness,” the Defence Studies and Analyses’, Mohammad (JeM) and Hizbul 5 %/% and a “farce”. Among the major alloca- Government will spend Rs 85 separate case for allegedly mak- statement noted. honoring Manohar bhai’s Mujahideen, whose prime tar- % % The 5.12 lakh crore tions is 500 crore for an air- crore for the development of ing inflammatory speeches at When Parrikar was the tremendous contribution as get is India, and has urged ( ! ! % Budget is bigger than the one port at Ayodhya, where the the pilgrim city as a tourist Jamia Millia Islamia here and Defence Minister, India wit- Defence Minister of India.” FATF to take action against " ' * presented last year by 33,159 construction of a Ram temple spot. in Aligarh. nessed a series of decisions that Continued on Page 4 Islamabad. *
" does not make me less pro- spokesperson Praveen Shankar +" gressive. Being progressive Kapoor hit out at the AAP, say- + does not mean you are an ing its attachment towards # .+'9+:;" According to the second (2013-14 to 2017-18) average atheist,” he said. Lord Hanuman was not a mat- advance estimates of food- production of foodgrain. ' ,)& The AAP leader said he ter of religious faith, but a espite flood in 15 States grains production released by As per estimates, the - was “just following his faith” “political melodrama”. Dand loss of crops due to the Agriculture Ministry on cumulative rainfall in the coun- and have been doing it for long. “We expect that the Aam locust attack in Rajasthan, Tuesday, the output projected try during the monsoon season ,, .+'9+:;" “Today there is no election Aadmi Party which used to Punjab and Gujarat, record for 2019-20 is 6.7 MT higher (June to September, 2019) has so it should not be seen as a play politics in favour of a par- output in rice and wheat is like- than the 2018-19 final esti- been 10 per cent higher than am Aadmi Party (AAP) political thing. The controver- ticular religious community ly, pushing up the foodgrains mates of 285.21 MT. The rice Long Period Average (LPA). AMLA from Greater Kailash sy was started after the BJP will now work for all the reli- production in the country to an output during the same period “Accordingly, the production of Saurabh Bhardwaj has said questioned the Chief Minister’s gious communities of the soci- all-time high of around 291.95 is expected to be 117.47 MT most of the crops for the agri- recitation of “Sunder Kaand” (a visit to Hanuman mandir, ety during the next five years,” million tonnes (MT) in the cur- (against 116.48 MT in 2018), cultural year 2019-20 has been chapter in Tulsidas’ although the temple priest said another BJP spokesperson rent year. while wheat is slated to hit a estimated higher than their Ramcharitmanas, which talks came on record to say he Ashok Goel Devraha. best-ever 106.21 MT (103.60 normal production. These esti- about Lord Hanuman’s visit to (Kejriwal) has been visiting Former Delhi Government MT). mates are subject to revision on Lanka) will be held on the first the temple for years,” he media adviser Nagendar Wheat is the main rabi account of more precise infor- Tuesday of every month in dif- said. Sharma also termed Bhardwaj’s (winter) crop, harvesting of mation flowing over the time,” ferent areas of his constituen- Also, Bhardwaj targeted announcement as “disappoint- which will begin from next officials of the Agriculture cy to seek the blessings of the BJP and Congress leaders, ing”. “Disappointed to see a month. However, the pro- Ministry said. Lord Hanuman and Lord Ram. saying they may be fuming but competent legislator with pro- duction during 2019-20 Total production of rice Bhardwaj said advance Speaking to PTI on the Kejriwal is a Hindu. Nobody should be happy to be a part of gressive outlook fall into the is higher by 26.20 mil- during 2019-20 is estimated at bookings have been made and issue, Bhardwaj said he has the can deny this fact. I have reli- “Sunder Kaand Paath” irre- fallacious trap of trying to lion tonnes than the record 117.47 million tonnes. sponsors are ready for the freedom to practise his religion. gious freedom. If I am getting spective of their religion. outdo BJP in its game,” he previous five years’ Continued on Page 4 scheduled programmes. “I am a Hindu. Arvind Sunder Kaand recital done, it Meanwhile, Delhi BJP tweeted. !"#"# 1 " ,,& " added PGDM course under the total of about 350 of them are AICTE officials said the move ..&.< < =4( 0(74 =%&'(=.(4 .+'9+:;" banner of ‘Management "( +/ ;&92 / , $ 9 offering PGDM course with is also aimed at eliminating the 2 % % ! ! /% 04.4 4( 0 .&( == 0( &((=.?4(O.(A Programme’ in contravention most of them having a com- confusion caused by institutes 4(P7'0 . 0?.??0.A4(4?? A-A4((&' he All India Council for of norms. According to the / bined offer for both the cours- running Master’s as well as " " 2 '(AA:'( %0 0.4A%0 (%0(.4/A4(0 TTechnical Education AICTE Regulations, 2020, con- es simultaneously. diploma programmes. & 0(A4 *824? A*6B*(0.A&..0 % (AICTE) — the technical and ducting PGDM and MBA $ % “Conducting PGDM and According to AICTE chair- management education regu- courses in the same institution % MBA courses in the same insti- man Anil Sahasrabuddhe, the .+'9+:;" 4&(A..0 < =4( lator — on Tuesday said the is not permissible,” a senior F/ 20 tution is not permissible… cen- institutes offering a good MBA 0(404&0&'A4 . Government or private univer- AICTE official said. / tral/state/private universities would at times also introduce a n a fresh bid to push the elec- 0%.('(. 4 .?(4% sities will no longer be able to “Central, State and private and institutions deemed to be diploma course in management Itoral reforms pending with A4((4.5 0( <= offer both PGDM and MBA universities and institutions ! F ,$92% universities which are running and that the diploma course was the Centre, the Election 04(& A4 (.4 courses simultaneously and will deemed to be universities, % ! ! PGDM programme concur- often inferior in quality. Commission (EC) on Tuesday A4 .0(0A(A4 have to choose either of the two. which are running PGDM and % rently with MBA under the “In that case students met the Legislative Department A4%%..4 P.' .44(< The AICTE, under the HRD MBA courses under the banner banner of management pro- would sign up under the of Ministry of Law and Justice 4(0.A(4 A7 ( ) Ministry, said Post Graduate of management programme, gramme are requested to con- impression that an institute officials. /.04 = 0?4(= = Diploma in Management are requested to convert all vert PGDM courses as MBA offering a good MBA course In a meeting with O(%4P4 =(=.404%.A (PGDM) courses can be run by courses into MBA completely completely and comply with the would excel at PGDM as well. Legislative Secretary G Narayan %=( 4(<(. standalone institutions, which and comply with the AICTE AICTE norms forthwith,” says A lot of confusion was caused Raju, Chief Election are neither universities nor affil- norms,” he added. MBA courses with respective from misleading claims. the AICTE circular following a by institutes running both pro- Commissioner Sunil Arora and iated to any university, similar to According to the regula- university affiliation or vice- There are a total of 3,000 Council meet last week. grammes simultaneously and Election Commissioners Ashok the Indian Institutes of tions, institutions affiliated to versa and run those under a institutes offering MBA pro- “An institute cannot run thus we are now doing a course Lavasa and Sushil Chandra Management (IIMs). universities have the option of separate standalone institute. grammes through universities, both PGDM & MBA pro- correction which benefits the discussed the pending issues, “Over a period of time, either converting all PGDM The new Government rule is or deemed to universities or grammes simultaneously,” the Business programmes,” including were linking voter ID long and Commission is at pre- deemed to be universities have courses into corresponding aimed at protecting students autonomous institutions and a circular added. As senior Sahasrabuddhe added. with Aadhaar, allowing multi- sent discussing some of these ple registration windows to a proposals. “Commission would new voter and ensuring gender like to have such meetings with neutral rights for ‘service voter’, Legislative Department at regu- ' - paid news and false affidavit as lar intervals to pursue all such electoral offence/corrupt prac- pending proposals” he said. tice; print media and social According to EC, the Legislative ( % 01,$ % % $9, ! / media intermediaries to be Secretary assured that the min- / L % M covered under Section 126 of istry is already examining these $ N % O % %/% / the RP Act 1951. As many as proposals. over 40 recommendations for According to EC, another /% ( electoral reforms are pending pending issue is to amend .+'9+:;" with the Centre. Representation of the People .+'9+:;" Sources said linking voter Act (RPA), 1951.In discussions nother batch of about 100 ID with Aadhaar to weed out held until December 2019, the ccusing the BJP Government in Gujarat Apeople, who were among the duplications and misrepresen- EC had assured that privacy Aof trying to “hide poverty” by con- over 400 quarantined at an Indo tations from the electoral rolls. and data safety-related con- structing a wall in Ahmedabad ahead of US Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Aadhaar linkage and voter cerns will be addressed. It is President Donald Trump’s visit there later facility in Delhi after being evac- authentication are also con- now waiting for the govern- this month, the Congress on Tuesday model are now building walls to hide the uated earlier this month from sidered critical to the com- ment to move the amendment charged the Government with hiding data, poverty there. If a disease is to be treated, coronavirus-hit Wuhan, were dis- mission’s plans to work towards to the Cabinet for approval. including that of “lowest” consumption lev- you have to accept that it is there in the first charged on Tuesday. ' 1''' electronic, internet-based vot- One of these is a proposed els in 40 years, and asked it to make it pub- place. But BJP does not accept its failures,” This comes a day after a batch ' *! ing and for giving ‘remote’ vot- amendment to Section 14(b) of lic in order to find solutions to problems he said while taking a dig at the BJP of about 200 people were dis- 1 '0 ' 0 2'0 ing rights to domestic migrant the RPA, 1951, which looks at plaguing the economy. Government over reports of construction charged from the ITBP facility, * * workers. registration for first-time vot- Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh of a wall in Ahmedabad to allegedly hide which housed a total of 406 peo- Government has sufficient Earlier, in a letter to the Law ers as they turn 18 years of age. said playing ‘hide and seek’ has become the a slum in Ahmedabad. ple, including seven Maldivians. due procedures and protocols. resources and policy tools to cope Ministry, the Commission had Currently, only those who turn favourite game of the BJP Government as The Congress leader said the country So far, 302 people out of total A total of 650 people were with economic fluctuations fol- recently proposed that provi- 18 by January 1of that year are it is concealing data pertaining to GDP has had the lowest growth in last nine years 406, have left the ITBP centre after brought back from Wuhan in lowing the epidemic. At the same sions of the Representation of registered as voters. numbers, inflation, unemployment and and this will definitely reduce savings as being declared free of novel coro- China on February 1 and 2 in two time, he said that virus is a “bor- the People Act be amended to EC had recommended, way “now lowest ever consumption”. well, because inflation is 7.95 per cent. na virus by the doctors. 747 Boeing Air India aircraft after derless and a common threat to allow EC seek Aadhaar num- back in 2013, that to ensure that “Favourite game of the BJP “BJP’s favourite rating agency Moody’s has The rest of the inmates will be the outbreak of the novel coron- everyone in the world” and joint bers of those applying to be vot- no 18-year-old is denied voting Government is hide and seek. Hide farmer projected India’s growth estimate for 2020 released by Wednesday morning, avirus in China. While 406 of these efforts are required to combat it. ers and those who are already rights, registration should be suicide statistics. Hide unemployment fig- to be 5.4 per cent, against the Government’s ITBP spokesperson Vivek Kumar were sent to the ITBP facility, the The envoy also appreciated part of the electoral rolls, permitted any day of the year. ures. Hide the truth of demonetisation. claim of showing 6 to 6.5 per cent growth Pandey said. All those who were rest were quarantined at an Army India for extending solidarity and sources in the poll panel The law ministry had then sug- Hide real GDP figures. Hide poverty in the year,” he said. discharged have been provided centre in Haryana’s Manesar. expressing readiness to assist explained. Accepting the pro- gested only two dates: January behind the ‘wall’. And now hide the low- Vallabh said poverty increases when with conveyance till airport, rail- Meanwhile, Chinese China to deal with the epidemic, posal to give it legal backing to 1and July 1. The poll panel is est consumption in 40 years,” he said, consumption is low and claimed that way stations, or bus stands. Ambassador Sun Weidong on but stressed that there should not collect Aadhaar data, the Law expected to seek multiple reg- adding the Government has “launched a UNDP data for 2005-2015 shows that dur- Among those who will leave Tuesday asserted that China has be any restrictions on trade and Ministry is learnt to have asked istration dates now. war” against all sections of society, includ- ing this period the highest eradication of the facility on Wednesday include put in place multi-level control and movement of people between the the poll panel to ensure that the Another recommendation ing women, students and farmers. poverty (271 million people) has taken a few families. All released persons prevention mechanisms and will two neighbours. data is protected at multiple lev- involves amendments to Vallabh alleged that 16 out of 23 sec- place in the country and the credit for this were advised to remain self iso- win the battle against coronavirus. He said the number of con- els. The EC recently listed out Section 20(6) of the Act to tors in manufacturing are in poor condi- goes to MNREGA. lated for the next 14 days at their He added that the outbreak firmed coronavirus cases outside steps to protect the data from allow the husband of a female tion, but the Government continues to be AICC chief spokesman Randeep respective places, Pandey said. has not been able to impact the Hubei province, the epicentre of possible leaks. officer to be registered as a ser- in a denial mode. “We ask the Government Surjewala said country live in times where They were also advised the dos strong fundamentals of China’s the epidemic, is coming down. After the meeting, CEC vice voter where she holds that data should not be hidden, but made GDP is measured in tons, Citizen rights in and don’ts during the period. A strong economy. “China has full confidence Sunil Arora Arora mentioned office. The EC has also asked public so it can be discussed as India is volts, Nationalism in decibels, Poverty in team of doctors and other staff are The envoy said China has that it will win the battle against that there are more than 40 dif- the Government to make capable of battling all odds,” he said. height and length of the wall. “This is BJP’s taking care of the smooth depar- allocated RMB 80 billion to con- coronavirus epidemic,” he told ferent proposals of electoral bribery during poll period a “Those talking about the Gujarat ‘New India’!,” Surjewala said on Twitter. ture of the remaining people with tain the disease and the reporters. reforms which are pending since cognisable offence. !. ' 5 /' '0 . ' " #! .+'9+:;" has been acting as an effective Nagarhole, it is extremely +0 source sink landscape, increas- diverse. Biologically, it is an New Delhi: The BJP has nce the hideout of notori- ing the density of big cats and important repository for the appointed its national general Oous wildlife smuggler their prey in MM Hills, which future, what with the herbivo- + secretary Saroj Pandey and P Veerappan and seen as an itself has a resident tigers, the rous population increasing. Muralidhar Rao as observers important tiger corridor, the NTCA approval plugs the There is scope for the expan- for selecting the leaders of its Male Mahadeshwara (MM) patch and forms a contiguous sion of tiger population, added * + , - ' legislative party in the Delhi and Hills Wildlife Sanctuary in landscape of 3,000 sq km of forest officials. Besides being Jharkhand Assemblies. The Karnataka’s Chamarajanagara wildlife habitat. home to tigers, leopards, sloth ' appointments were made with district is all set to become the In addition to connecting bears and elephants, the sanc- the approval of the party pres- official home of the royal big BRT, through the Edyaralli- tuary also has dholes, .+'9+:;" instructions within two weeks ident JP Nadda, an official cats. The National Tiger Doddasampige elephant corri- antelopes, grizzled giant squir- and apprise the court about the statement said. Conservation Authority dor, MM Hills also spread over rels and honey badgers. oming to the rescue of manner in which the power The AAP bagged 62 of the (NTCA) has given in-principle 906 sq km area connects the MM Hills will be the sixth Nadu on the southern side. As As per the recent tiger Cendangered birds — the lines could be laid down under- 70 Assembly seats in the just nod for upgrading the sanctu- Bannerghatta National Park. tiger reserve in the state and per the All India Tiger census, Karnataka has 524 big great Indian bustard and the ground. concluded polls in Delhi. In ary to the tiger reserve. This is one of the largest the 51st in the country. Estimation, 2018, this area is cats. Declaring the MM Hills lesser florican, which are dying At the outset, the top court Jharkhand’s 81 seats, JMM who The State Government has landscapes in the country for “Based on spread over 907 sqkm and has as tiger reserve will ensure in large numbers due to colli- said the State Government can is leading the coalition-govern- already given approval for its the conservation of tigers, ele- the confluence 15 tigers,” said a senior NTCA young big cats to have their sions with high-voltage power look into modifying the con- ment in the State won 30 seats, upgradation and now it will phants and other large and of the Eastern official. new territory. lines, the Supreme Court on tract of private companies for Congress-led-UPA 25 and BJP have to notify the area to make wide-ranging mammalian and Western He said that in-principle However, the Government Tuesday asked the Rajasthan laying down the cables under- collected 25 in December 2019 the region inviolate for the species. The move ghats, the approval has been given, Now has tough task ahead given that Government to consider laying ground. poll. Raghubar Das, the ousted endangered big cats. will go a long sanctuary is con- the State Government will have there are about 49 forest villages underground cables. “This is a larger bird which BJP CM who was the first non- As the adjoining tiger habi- way in ensur- tiguous with both to notify the area that will make and 94 revenue villages on the The top court said they are fly in a particular direction. To tribal to head the State, also lost tats — Biligiri Rangaswamy ing protec- BRT Tiger Reserve it official home of the big cats. peripheries of the sanctuary large birds and it is difficult for avoid power lines coming in his Assembly seats. Elections are Temple (BRT) in Karnataka tion to the on the western side Although the number of which will have to be relocat- them to maneuver due to the the direction of flight path of due in Bihar and West Bengal in and Sathyamangalam Tiger endangered and Satyamangalam species present may be less ed by the officials to make the high-tension power lines which the bird, it would be appropri- about year’s time. PNS Reserve (STR) in Tamil Nadu species. Reserve in Tamil compared to Bandipur or area inviolate for the big cats. obstruct their flight paths. ate if they are laid down under- The Ministry of ground. Necessary changes can Environment and Forests be made in the contract with (MoEF) shared the concern of the private companies for lay- the court and said there is no ing down underground cables,” , " other option but to lay power the bench said. " cables underground to protect With regard to LF, the top 5 # .+'9+:;" 2 ! % FG the great Indian bustard (GIB) court said it is not disputed that Celsius or less for Hilly regions. may be clouding in Delhi for by the IMD, heat wave occurs 2 ( and lesser florican (LF). the bird is also endangered and According to IMD, maxi- ( / the next three days. Due to this, mostly over an interior plain 5! %7G>> 2 9 A Bench of Chief Justice disturbed largely by the power et ready for a severe sum- mum temperature in Mumbai is temperature in Hilly areas and area when dry and warmer air 5 SA Bobde and Justices BR generation plants. Gmer this year, indication of expected around 38 or 39 degree plain are expected to lower for is transported in a region with - Gavai and Surya Kant asked The top court said if the which is already being seen in Celsius in the next two days. two-three days. This will also clear skies and hence maxi- ( senior advocate Manish Rajasthan Government faces Mumbai which on Tuesday Besides, Palakkad topped lead to rainfalls in isolated mum isolation during the sum- % % Singhvi, appearing for the any problem, then the court recorded 39 degree Celsius the temperature charts in places in Jammu & Kashmir, mer season. % Rajasthan Government, to take can pass necessary directions. temperature, the third highest Kerala with a maximum of 37.1 Uttrakhand, Eastern UP, “Heatwave impacts rural instructions from the compe- Additional Solicitor in February since 1966. degrees Celsius in February. Eastern Chhattisgarh, Bihar, and urban areas, natural habi- % % tent authority for laying of General ANS Nadkarni, In February 1966, Mumbai Kerala, once known for its Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal tats like forests, water resources, )7@ cables underground. appearing for MoEF said a recorded 39.6 degree C and in moderate and comfortable cli- % % Pradesh and Punjab is expect- poultry and a range of sectors L % “It appears that one of the team of the ministry and other 2012 it was 39.1 degree Celsius. mate where people never had % % / ed to get rainfalls from like agriculture, health, power % -%M % * dangers is the presence of wildlife experts have visited In 2017 and 2015, the highest to bother about the extreme "29 February 20-22. The wind is etc, Though there is no uni- ( %* power lines, which obstruct the Jaisalmer in Rajasthan and it is temperature was 38.8 degree weather conditions occurring / also going to change during this versally acceptable or uniform flight path of the of GIB. It is evident from their findings Celsius in the commercial cap- in other parts of the country, is O period from cool northwester- definition for a heatwave, they well known that the GIB is a that underground cable is the ital of India. now bearing the brunt of cli- %% "29/ ly to warm southwesterly.”At are understood to be periods of " larger bird and it is difficult for only solution. As the temperature started mate change. 2 ! times one does feel the heat as abnormally high temperatures, 8 ; it to maneuver easily in its Advocates Sugandha increasing in coastal areas This temperature rise is in % F FG the day temperature during this more than the normal maxi- 2 flight. One of the solutions Yadav, Shatadru Chakraborty across the country, the India line with a trend emerging over ( period tends to rise by 2-4 mum temperature that occurs % , suggested to avoid and Sonia Dube, appearing Meteorological Department the last few years when the degrees Celsius due to warm during the pre-monsoon (April F@ any collision in for Petitioner MK Ranjitsinh (IMD) on Tuesday issued an south-western-most State, and southwesterly winds taking to June) summer season. In 9 % % its flight path — a retired IAS officer, said advisory on heatwave, sug- the gateway of the monsoon, at many places in coastal areas. over cool Northwesterly winds. India heatwaves typically occur ! 6% is that the that they have prepared terms gesting dos and don’ts. heats up well before others and According to Dr Kuldeep It usually happens when a between March to June, and in *; over-head of reference for the top court Heatwave is considered when even setting up heatwaves. Srivastava, scientist of IMD, a Cyclonic Circulation forms in some rare cases even extend till wires be laid appointed panel, which could maximum temperature of a sta- February has already seen max- fresh Western Disturbance the hot and dry Rajasthan July. Heatwaves are more fre- - down underground”. be looked into for conservation tion is 40 degree Celsius or imum temperatures going well expected in the hills around region,” Srivastava added. quent over the Indo-Gangetic % , %* It asked Singhvi to take for GIB and LF. more for plains and 30 degree past the 30 degrees Celsius mark February 19 due to which there As per the advisory issued plains of India,” the IMD said. chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | WEDNESDAY | FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Branch Manager suspended over CRPF jawan killed Minister warns against any substandard PDS rice RAIPUR: Food and Civil in Naxal attack Supplies department has sus- pended a branch manager of STAFF REPORTER n The exchange of Balrampur district for distrib- SUKMA uting substandard rice, unfit fire took place laxity in paddy procurement for human consumption, ne CRPF commando under Public Distribution Owas killed while around 4 pm in System. Official sources another was injured on the forest near informed that after finding Tuesday in an encounter Tomorrow is the last day for procurement of paddy on support price the complaint in this regard with Naxals in insurgency- Palodi village to be true, Branch Manager of hit Sukma district, police said. under Kistaram STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR of paddy procurement on Chhattisgarh State On Tuesday farmers support price, farmers who Warehousing Corporation, The exchange of fire police station mid mismanagement of villages Hathwa, are yet to sale their produce Wadrafnagar was suspended took place around 4 pm in prevailed due to unavail- the forest near Palodi area when A Dhalo, Nawagarh, are anxious over their turn to with immediate effect. At the ability of gunny bags at some come and are staging protest same time, the District village under Kistaram security forces of the paddy procurement Andirakhor in at certain places in the state. Manager of Nagrik Aapurti police station area when centers in the state, Food The last day of paddy pro- Nigam (NAN), Balrampur security forces were out on were out on a Minister Amarjeet Bhagat on Bemetara and curement is Thursday and was transferred to another a counter-insurgency Tuesday gave strict instruc- Village Bundeli in farmers are still in queue to district while a quality operation, Inspector counter- tions to the Food Secretary sale their products. inspector has been served General of Police (Bastar insurgency that any laxity in procure- Mungeli districts Meanwhile, on Tuesday show-cause notice, they range) Sundarraj P said. ment process would cost dear reportedly staged once again farmers of villages added. The complaint about Two personnel belong- operation to the officials. Hathwa, Dhalo, Nawagarh, supply of insect-infested ing to 208th battalion of He instructed the official protest against the Andirakhor in Bemetara and 16,000 bags of inedible rice CRPF’s elite unit injured and succumbed to to find immediate solution to mismanagement in Village Bundeli in Mungeli was actually found to be true Commando Battalion for injuries later. the problems of farmers and districts reportedly staged and hence the action was Resolute Action (CoBRA) Indrajeet Singh the asked to review the situation the procurement protest against the taken, sources said. It was due sustained injuries in the injured jawan was across the state. centers and resorted mismanagement in the to dampness and moisture in gunfight, he said adding evacuated from the jungles Notable, with only two procurement centers and the storehouse that the rice Kanai Manjhi hailing from and was shifted to a days remain for the last date to ‘chakka jam resorted to ‘chakka jam’. got damaged, sources said. Odisha was seriously hospital, he said. Female wild buffalo dies Food Secy instructs to control inflow at Udanti sanctuary of illegal paddy on closing days Atul Shukla, the buffalo was found dead on Monday late evening. STAFF REPORTER n She was about 17-year old and died of natural cause. The post- RAIPUR mortem of Aasha’s body was per- eeping in view the pos- formed in presence of four veteri- Ksibility of inflow of ille- nary doctors and nothing abnor- gal paddy from the miscre- mal was found, officials claimed. ants, the Food Secretary of Notably, in the month of May the state Dr Kamalpreet last year the last free ranging (born Singh on Tuesday instruct- in jungle) wild buffalo ‘Jugadu’ had died at Udanti. He was injured ed all the district collectors by another wild buffalo. across the state to control Wild buffalo is one of the any mismanagement at the endangered spices that are currently paddy procurement centers found in Chhattisgarh. Udanti sanc- during the last two days. STAFF REPORTER n Aasha the female wild tuary is home to last few remaining Singh later also con- GARIABAND buffalo was kept in the buffalos in Central India. ducted a review meeting of gunny bags where short- Whereas in Kondagaon and managing director of 2019-20 till Wednesday. enclosure constructed by state It may also be mentioned here at Mahanadi Bhawan age was reported. districts gunny bags are Apex Bank to maintain the He also instructed wild buffalo, the Chhattisgarh’s forest department for breeding that Chhattigarh government and collected information The officials informed being arranged from near- normalcy in the procure- nodal officials of districts Astate animal that was kept in purpose, forest officials said. has planned to bring female wild about situation across the that 97,000 new bags were by places, they informed. ment centers in last two to inspect the procurement an enclosure at Udanti wildlife As per information received buffaloes from Assam so that the state. He instructed the sent to Kawardha district, He also wrote a letter to days of procurement. He centers on Thursday and sanctuary was found dead, officials from the office of Principal Chief population of wild buffaloes in concerned officials to 25,000 to Bilaspur and all the divisional commis- instructed to issue tokens do physical verification of informed here on Tuesday. Conservator of Forest (PCCF) Chhattisgarh could be increased. arrange adequate numbers 81,000 in Bemetara. sioners, district collectors for Kharif crop season total procurement done. Paddy procurement process a sham, claims BJP state Chief STAFF REPORTER n Congress leaders should mandate to the Congress to RAIPUR cite a single incident during bring it to power, the BJP the 15 years of the BJP rule leader claimed, adding at hhattisgarh State BJP when farmers came to roads least the Congress should Cpresident Vikram to agitate while trying to sell respect the mandate instead Usendi has termed the their produce, the BJP leader of “insulting” farmers. claims being made by the said. The state government state government and “So, they should refrain has shown total insensitivity Congress leaders on paddy from telling lies before towards farmers and failed procurement at minimum raising any point against BJP on issue of paddy procure- support price as ‘white lies’. on paddy procurement,” he ment, he alleged. Across the state farmers said. With just two days left are getting agitated for BJP leader said party will for procurement, lakhs of failing to sell their paddy and continue to support the fight farmers across the state still against this backdrop against injustice towards have not sold their produce Congress leaders are farmers by backing their agi- as they have been denied mocking them by issuing tations against the govern- token. statements which are against ment. It is most unfortunate ground realities, he said. that it was during the BJP- Farmers’ did not ever that farmers are contemplat- Usendi claimed that led state government, the think that they would get ing to go on hunger-strike or Players of Hockey Haryana in action against SAI, Bhopal at the Mahant Sarveshwar Das Memorial All India Hockey Congress leaders should maximum work for welfare this kind of government commit suicide on the pro- Tournament played at the international hockey stadium, Rajnandgaon on Tuesday. Pioneer Photo understand the basic fact of farmers were undertaken. when they gave massive curement issue, he added. Colleges in C’garh to get C’garh’s favourable environment lauded at UN headquarters STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR states of India, where iron, e-library facilities: Patel coal and bauxite are found. hief Minister Bhupesh Chhattisgarh has a diamond STAFF REPORTER n CBaghel along with mine as well, however mining RAIPUR Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha has not been started. Speaker Dr Charan Das Mahant Baghel said that igher education, sports and other members of his Chhattisgarh is abundant in Hand youth welfare min- entourage on Tuesday visited mineral resources and has a ister Umesh Patel said from United Nations headquarters. number of industries in the next academic session e- Chief Minister attended core sector. Electricity produc- library facilities would be the programme organised by tion has increased from 4 thou- provided to all the colleges in Permanent Mission of India sand MW to 22 thousand MW. the state and for which budg- to the UNHQ, New York. On Chhattisgarh supplies electrici- et provision has been made. the occasion, Indian ty to Goa, Telangana, Delhi, He was addressing the Ambassador and India's per- Gujarat, Maharashtra and other annual function of Durga manent representative in UN implemented in Chhattisgarh interest to invest in various Nearly 40% of the population states of India. Chhattisgarh has College in the capital city. books for studies through enhanced. Raipur Rural Saiyyad Akbaruddin wel- by the state government. sectors in the state. lives below poverty line. He cement plant as well. But so Patel added with e- their mobile phones. This MLA Satyanarayan Sharma comed them and discussed in Chief Minister invited Chief Minister said that further said that former many industries in the core library facilities, the will reduce their time for also addressed the event. detail about the economic- investments in Information when Chhattisgarh was primeminister Jawaharlal sector, there is a major differ- students can access higher withdrawal and submission Different meritorious industrial activities being Technology, Digital formed in 2000 its budget was Nehru had established Bhilai ence in living standards of level, reference and other of books from library. faculties of colleges, conducted in the state. Technology and non-core Rs 6000 crore. Today, the size Steel Plant in year 1955. Later, people living here. Coal block books which will help in Higher education meritorious students, Baghel in his address to sections of Chhattisgarh. of Chhattisgarh's budget is steel plants of private sector situated in Korba district of further studies. Additional minister said based on the cadets of NCC and the programme provided Investors present in the pro- more than Rs 1 lakh crore. But were set up at several places Chhattisgarh has the produc- to the library facilities in feedback and suggestions volunteers of NSS service information about the various gramme appreciated the when per capita income is including Raipur, Raigarh and tion capacity of 10 thousand college, students at their from the students, the were also felicitated for per- public welfare schemes and favourable environment in taken into consideration, a others. Chhattisgarh, Odisha MW. Chhattisgarh also has an residence can also access the e-library facilities would be formance at national level. innovations that are being Chhattisgarh and expressed huge gap can be noticed. and Jharkhand are three such aluminum plant. !"#"#