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It was only KCR who Ato his proposed Federal promised that a concrete result Front from West Bengal Chief of the deliberations will come Minister Mamata Banerjee out soon. and her Odisha counterpart Sources said while KCR Naveen Patnaik, TRS supremo repeatedly asserted the need for K Chandrasekhar Rao is in all the regional parties to come Delhi hoping that his pro- together and offer an alterna- posed meeting with BSP chief tive to both the Congress and Mayawati and Samajwadi the BJP, the other regional Party president Akhilesh leaders indicated that they Yadav will help his effort to would like to wait and watch till # # $ $ " %% $ ! " prop up non-BJP non- the 2019 polls were over. Congress alliance for the next "Some of the leaders want year's Lok Sabha polls. to keep their options open till Sources said KCR is after the elections and take a expected to meet Mayawati final decision depending on the and Akhilesh on Wednesday, election results," sources said. but so far the meetings are not "At the moment it appears confirmed. While Mayawati is that any third front or Federal in Delhi, SP sources in Front will have to wait till the ! "## Lucknow said Akhilesh has elections are over. At best it not yet planned any visit to would be a post-poll arrange- &$#' $()#*$++$,- has become a truth in the real The bridge will cut down Delhi. It is interesting to watch ment, not any pre-poll alliance," rime Minister Narendra sense," he said in a apparent rail distance (between the moves of KCR as his coun- ing the BSP, SP and TMC, has would join a broad coalition Sarkar' come back to power," he said a TRS leader. PModi on Tuesday said his dig at the previous Congress- Dibrugarh in Assam to terpart in Andhra Pradesh and accused the TRS of being a BJP with the Congress, leaving only alleged. Meanwhile TRS member Government has changed the led UPA Government. If for- Naharlagun in Arunachal TDP supremo N Chandrababu agent and feels that his pro- TRS in the Federal Front. Meanwhile, reports from of Parliament Vinod Kumar "dilly-dallying" work culture mer Prime Minister Atal Pradesh) to below 200 km Naidu is also meeting posed front cannot rescue the "KCR's attempts to rope in Hyderabad said even as KCR's said the idea of Federal Front regarding implementation of Bihari Vajpayee had a second from 700 km now, Modi said. Opposition leaders as part of BJP as the front constituents regional parties and State Chief mission to bring regional par- is not new as KCR had thought development projects. term, Bogibeel bridge would After inaugurating the his effort to form an anti-BJP will State specific anti-BJP Ministers to be part of the ties together to form a Federal about it back in 2006. Addressing a rally here have been ready by 2008-09. bridge, the prime minister grand alliance that will also alliance. Federal Front will only help the Front reached New Delhi after "Both NDA and UPA are after inaugurating the coun- After his Government, no flagged off the Tinsukia- include the Congress. Criticising the TRS chief's BJP," said Congress leader passing through Bhuvaneshwar seeking to rule the country on try's longest rail-cum-road attention was paid to the pro- Naharlagun Intercity Express, KCR is in the national efforts to forge a Federal Front Rajeev Gowda. and Odisha, it was clear that the their own while KCR wants bridge, at Bogibeel in Assam, ject till 2014, the Prime which will run five days a Capital to also call on Prime of regional parties, the Gowda further said the leaders whom he met so far that the power should be in the he said completion of projects Minister said. week and use the 4.9-km bridge Minister Narendra Modi and Congress said it is an attempt Congress would ensure that a have not made any direct com- hands of the regional parties to within a given time frame is no Asserting that the Bogibeel to cut down the train-travel other Union Ministers to talk to help the BJP return to power mahagathbandhan (grand mitment about their future meet the aspirations of the longer confined to paper but bridge will strengthen the time between Tinsukia in about issues related to after the next general elec- alliance) was formed with all course of action. people", he told the media. "If has become a reality. "We have country's defence prowess with Assam to Naharlagun town of Telangana where he retained tions. Claiming that the Chief regional, secular and progres- According to the sources in the regional parties had changed the earlier latkane movement of vehicles and Arunachal Pradesh by more power last week. Ministers of different States, sive parties. "This federal front TRS, both Naveen and Mamata responded positively back in bhatkane (dilly-dallying) work trains, he said, it is not only a than 10 hours. Itanagar, the The Congress which is whom KCR met would not fall idea... The truth behind it is remained non-committal about 2006, Telangana State would culture... Completion of pro- bridge, it is a lifeline for crores capital of Arunachal Pradesh is spearheading an assortment for the idea of a third front, as nothing but an attempt to the stand they would take on have become a reality then jects within a time frame is no of people in Assam and just over 15 km from of Opposition parties, includ- the leaders of regional parties ensure that BJP and 'Modi the formation of a front which only," he said. longer confined to paper but Arunachal Pradesh. Naharlagun. $ ' "& ( ! # )$ New Delhi: Services of State- National Organisation of Bank owned banks are expected to be Workers (NOBW). The UFBU 45-year-old engineer died impacted on Wednesday due to claims membership of 10 lakh ' Aafter being trapped in his a nation-wide strike call given officers and staffers. car when the moving vehicle by unions to protest against the According to AIBEA caught fire in early hours of proposed amalgamation of General Secretary C H Tuesday in Greater Noida. The Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank Vekatachalam, the conciliation incident happened just half with Bank of Baroda. meeting called by Additional kilometre from his home. The This will be the second Chief Labour Commissioner deceased has been identified as bank strike in less than a week. did not lead to any assurance Pavan, a native of Amba in Last Friday (December 21), and so the unions are going fter pollution level in the Himachal Pradesh. an officers' union of State-run ahead with the strike. Anational Capital reached According to a senior banks observed a day-long During the meeting, nei- to severe level for the fourth police official, a passerby strike to protest against the ther the Government nor the consecutive day, Delhi Chief (scheme) is required, we will there are around 20-25 days informed police regarding the tration number of the car. merger and also demanded concerned banks came for- Minister Arvind Kejriwal said definitely implement it," when pollution level increases incident at around 5.30 am on "After initial investigation, immediate settlement of wage ward to assure that they will not on Tuesday the Delhi Kejriwal told reporters here. in Delhi due to stubble burning Tuesday following which a it appeared that the car had negotiations. go ahead with the merger, he Government will implement "We all have to be participants (in neighbouring States). Until team rushed to the spot. caught fire and the man could Most of the banks have added. odd-even scheme to regulate in reducing pollution. The the Centre takes steps, nothing "By the time police reached not eject himself out in time. already informed customers The unions claim that the plying of private vehicles in the Delhi Government is taking cannot be done," Kejriwal said. the spot near the DPS Society, Short-circuit and problems about the strike. Private sector Government wants banks to city, whenever it is required. several steps. We have carried The city is facing its worst under Kasna police station with the blower appear to have banks will continue to function grow in size by such mergers He said the Delhi out large-scale tree plantation pollution crisis since Diwali. limits, the vehicle, a Ford Ikon, triggered the fire but an inves- as usual. but even if all public sector Government was taking sever- drive. The Government will While the Central Pollution was already in flames and the tigation is underway," said The strike is being organ- banks are bundled into one, the al steps for reducing pollution procure 3000 buses soon. Also, Control Board (CPCB) data body was later found inside," Sharma, adding that the body ised by the United Forum of merged entity will not find a levels in the Capital. In view of we sanctioned a large phase of showed the overall air quality said the senior police official. has been sent for post-mortem. Bank Unions (UFBU), an place among the top 10 glob- the city's 'severe' air quality, the Metro... We are making all index (AQI) at 'severe' level of "The man was working in "During probe it was also umbrella organisation of nine ally. Supreme Court-appointed efforts on our part," Kejriwal 416, the Centre-run a private company here.