VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"#'$"#)T utqVQWBuxy( 104"$1#56(/ (& )% ++ .& /# +0 ,) *) +- #F#+?&>#$,757&6=92 $=7#&9#,&NI%=&J >7#67#9 6%#7 ! " # :=99=8>#9#%7&677 %97#0? &0972&#% =& ,##57 " "# !#$ $# $# $ # %#$$# 9 % 2"'AD113 A@' . 7. &7 %89 (& G#& 7# !"#$%&'( ') %*+& ",( % ' ' % 782796 ! " > 2 ith over a month to go for # $ ? WDiwali, the Supreme @(( & '&()!*%) Court on Tuesday revived the The Bench in its directions permanent licences for sale of also issued an advisory to the A()* B*C firecrackers in Delhi and 8 Centre and concerned agencies -' National Capital Region to encourage display of fire- A' (,*#-. (NCR). The order is an inter- works through community 2 L M &* *** im arrangement as the Bench participation rather than indi- &% ?%,E# set up a Committee headed by : - vidual indulgence. The Bench - .# Central Pollution Control L M was even critical of Board (CPCB) chairman to )(( States adjoining Delhi for %7= 5 study the harmful effects of failing to provide data on pol- - # /" E 7 firecrackers on human health lution levels around Diwali 2 and submit a report by and Dussehra. # December 31. The court granted the facture of trict administration to ensure The court, by an interim CPCB time till September 30 to fireworks firecrackers are not burst in . %7= order of November 11, 2016, come out with definite as it is “silence zones”, an area cover- 9%$=8 had suspended all permanent standards regarding the known to ing 100 metres around hospi- licences for sale of firecrackers use of metals or cause harm to tals, educational institutions, here is some good news for in Delhi-NCR. Lifting this ban, other ingredients human body. courts and religious places. Tthousands of homebuyers the Bench of Justices Madan B of fireworks and The court also The Education Depart- who have waited endlessly for L# - Lokur and Deepak Gupta felt made “absolute” its prohibited ments of Delhi and States in delivery of their flats. The that with the festive season July 31 order prohibiting use of transport of NCR have been asked to frame Uttar Pradesh Government has 5 ! around, a complete ban in the 500 temporary licences this “compounds of antimony, lithi- fireworks into Delhi an action plan within 15 days directed real estate companies &)1: absence of any study would be year. In 2016, a total of um, mercury, arsenic and lead and the NCR from outside the to make children aware and builders — including those an “extreme step”. 968 temporary licences were in manufacture of fireworks”. region till further orders. of the health hazards and ill- of Noida and Greater Noida — M 2, The Bench directed the issued for a period of 24 days It even banned the use of The Bench further effects of firecrackers on to ensure that homebuyers get & $ Delhi Police to allow only up to in Delhi. strontium chromate in manu- instructed the police and dis- environment. possession of 50,000 flats in the 7 next three months. @( ((( If the real estate companies failed to meet the deadline, they would face tough punitive $" action as per provisions of %, P Real Estate Regulatory $ %$& ' ( : Authority (RERA) and Indian ; Penal Code (IPC). to homebuyers complete in all Minister. )*$+ ),& ; Chief Minister Yogi respect in the next three Earlier on July 23, while ; ; Adityanath on Tuesday held a months come what may. addressing a conclave of 782796 ; ; - meeting with promoters of Khanna said the CEOs of Confederation of Real Estate 0 real estate companies, Chief the three authorities have been Developers Association of here has been an alarming L M ! Executive Officers (CEOs) directed to appoint an expert India (CREDAI) in Lucknow, T16-fold rise in the number 6 L of Noida, Greater Noida, agency for resolution of dispute the Chief Minister had of swine flu cases and five-fold - and Yamuna Expressway by next month. He said that dis- expressed disappointment increase in deaths due to the " Development authorities to pute resolution will take two over irregularities in the real H1N1 virus infection in India review progress made towards months and the authorities will estate sector. this year. According to the 001 11 0#1 completion of flats. take follow-up action. He said He had said data available from the Union Briefing mediapersons, the Chief Minister would him- the rift between Health Ministry, a total of , ' D(B @(' Urban Development and self review the situation after homebuyers 29,076 cases have been regis- and Manipur have reported no ) AA1 )(( M# $% !& '( ((( Parliamentary Affairs Minister three months. and realtors was tered so far in nine months in cases, Arunanchal Pradesh has 5 @ @@D 1*D Suresh Khanna quoted the CM “All options to take action widening and to 2017 across the country against registered five cases 1 (D1 )@ as saying that real estate com- against real estate companies bridge the gap, the just 1,786 cases in 2016. and one death during the peri- )* ((( panies must deliver 50,000 flats are open for the Government. Government Compared to 265 deaths od. Tripura has reported 35 ) *B) )D So far 13 FIRs have been needed to take reported last year, the casualty cases for the first time in last so 2 A 'AC * ! lodged against real estate devel- stern steps. figure stands at 1,415 so far many years. $- 1 (*( )@ opers and Continued on in 2017. Maharashtra tops According to Director builders,’’ Page 4 the list with 504 deaths fol- General of Health Services $ ) 1C' D@ said the lowed by Gujarat with 367 (DGHS) Jagdish Prasad, more ? A B@D *D deaths. (See Box) deaths have been reported "#$+, )!(*- However, while many because people delay visit to " States are under the grip of the hospital after being exposed to Clinicians suspect the In 2009, when India was mosquito-borne diseases, the the infection. If patients are put H1N1 virus, which causes part of the global H1N1 pan- data reveal that the virus seems on Tamiflu, the drug approved swine flu, may have mutated. demic, it registered 27,236 to have spared the North- for treating swine flu, as soon as The disease initially spread cases and 981 deaths in eight - ! % Eastern region so far. While clinical symptoms appear, many through pigs but now transmits months (May-December). Meghalaya, Sikkim, Mizoram lives can be saved, he added. from human to human. Continued on Page 4 &'&() "#$+O # 0 R ) 1!1* ! % * the post of party deputy general %67# secretary. *P )+ “The appointments made ithin nine months of her by TTV Dinakaran, whose "#$+ % Wappointment as general activities have brought a bad " A doctor, who conducted secretary of the party, VK name to Jayalalithaa’s legacy the post-mortem, said the boy Sasikala was removed from and to the AIADMK have been was not sexually assaulted but 2 # the post unanimously by the annulled,” said one of the res- died of excessive bleeding. The 32#4 % 5 AIADMK General Council olutions passed by the General killing of seven-year-old which met in Chennai Council. The bylaws of the # R Pradyuman on his school ! , on Tuesday. party have also been suitably premises has left several The General Council amended to legalise the unsolved questions before his (- . unanimously decided to abol- removal of Sasikala and parents and the SIT. ish the post of general secretary Dinakaran from party posts. escaped from one of the broken Also, the report of a fact- "#$ # 0 as it felt that nobody in the Hereafter, the party would 55#, windows of the school toilet. finding committee constituted 6 party had the stature and be guided by a high-power The SIT told the Sohna by the Gurugram district - P & % charisma of party founder " # # committee led by a coordinator he Special Investigation court on Tuesday that evi- administration has found sev- MGR or former Chief Minister and deputy coordinator and TTeam (SIT) of the dences were tampered with in eral lapses in the school, includ- Jayalalithaa. In a special reso- none will be elected or appoint- the appointment of Sasikala or assisted by a group of senior Gurugram Police investigating the case. Following which, the ing no police verification of bus lution, the General Council ed to the post. chinamma as she is called, as leaders. O Panneerselvam the gruesome murder and failed Gurugram Police is likely to drivers, conductors and other made a slew of changes in the More than 2,100 out of the general secretary, all appoint- and E Palaniswami were sodomy bid on Pradyuman interrogate the gardener of the staff, and broken boundary ! party bylaws, including the 2,300 General Council mem- ments made by her in that appointed as the party coordi- Thakur — Class II student of school whose movements have wall, widening the spectrum of O one suggesting that Jayalalithaa bers of the AIADMK attended capacity have become null and nator and deputy coordinator Ryan International School — been found to be mysterious on investigation. would remain as the perma- the meeting. void. It was also decided to respectively. suspects the involvement of the fateful day as he could be Continued on Page 4 L nent general secretary and With the decision to revoke remove TTV Dinakaran from Continued on Page 4 another person who may have an accomplice in the crime. Related reports on P2 M! / R !
782796 Parivar does not believe in discrimination. New Delhi/Muscat: Father gainst the backdrop of “No discrimination and Tom Uzhunnalil, a Catholic Aaccusations that Sangh oneness of our nation and one- priest from Kerala, has been Parivar supporters often went ness of the world is our goal,” rescued in Yemen, 18 months out of the way to target their said another tweet by Surya after he was abducted by ISIS critics on social media plat- Prakash quoting Bhagwat. terrorists from a care home in forms, Rashtriya Swayamsevak He told the diplomats that the port city of Aden in the Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan the RSS runs 1.70 lakh service war-ravaged country. Bhagwat on Tuesday made it projects in various fields, “I am happy to clear that his organisation does- including health, education, inform that Father Tom n’t support online trolling. rural development. He invited Uzhunnalil has been rescued,” parties” have managed to find “We don’t support trolling !"#$%& them to attend the organisa- External Affairs Minister Father Tom and that he has and aggressive behaviour on tion’s shakhas or camps and Sushma Swaraj tweeted. been moved to Muscat from the internet,” Bhagwat said '(#)#*+ “experience the Sangh culture. functioning,” said BJP nation- Father Tom was abducted where he will return to Kerala. while addressing over 50 diplo- On the RSS’ relationship al general secretary Ram in March last year by ISIS ter- It said Father Tom thanked mats in Delhi at the seventh with the BJP, the parivar Madhav in a tweet quoting the rorists after they attacked the God and appreciated Oman’s Breakfast Briefing organised by chief reiterated that the RSS chief. care home run by Mother Sultan Qaboos bin Said. He India Foundation. Sangh does not interfere in the Madhav, who was in- Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity. also thanked his brothers, sis- “Trolling amounts to hit- party’s affairs. charge of media and public At least 15 people at the old-age ters, relatives and friends, ting below the belt. We do not Chairman A Surya Prakash, “The Sangh does not run relations of the RSS for a num- home were killed in the attack. who prayed for his safety support those who display such who was present at the event. and All India Radio. ised by the India Foundation, the BJP. The BJP does not run ber of years before moving to Oman’s official news agency and release. aggressive nature,” Bhagwat Prasar Bharati is a broad- Besides addressing the a right-leaning think tank. the Sangh. As Swayamsevaks the BJP, is a director of the ONA reported that Oman in Continued on Page 4 was quoted in a series of tweets casting agency which runs the diplomats, Bhagwat answered The RSS chief was also we consult and exchange notes India Foundation along with coordination with the “Yemeni Related report on P7 posted by Prasar Bharati public broadcaster Doordarshan questions at the event organ- quoted as saying that the Sangh but we are independent in Surya Prakash. !! #) *+"$,-./0,1
% ) & / $'&&/ (* #) $) 1 ( ) ? # - " +2 Ashok told us at the time of International School in police were satisfied with the 782796 55#, crime his mind was not work- 55#, Bhondsi area on Sohna Road questioning of accused bus- ing. Everything has occurred on September 8. His father, conductor and his police ournalists on Tuesday he Gurugram Police has within a second and he killed he main accused in the however, knocked the door of remand has ended. Police are Jdemonstrated to protest the Tconducted potency test on the boy," said the officer. TPradyuman Thakur murder the Supreme Court seeking a interrogating two persons to brutal killing of Pradyuman the main accused Ashok However, Ashok's parents, case, Ashok Kumar, has been CBI probe into the matter on determine the sequence of Thakur, a student of Ryan Kumar in the murder of relatives and his fellow villagers sent to judicial custody. He will Monday. event that led to the murder of International School Gurugram Pradyuman Thakur, a student do not believe that he has be produced in a Gurugram Subhash Garg, father of the boy in school’s washroom. and demanded that the of Ryan International School committed such a sordid crime. special court on September 18. another school student, said he "Ashok has already con- Government frame 'Pradyuman horrific incidents are not repeat- here. The result of the test is Pradyuman's parents also Earlier, Kumar was in police was present at the reception on fessed to his crime that he had Guidelines' on the lines of ed, the Government should awaited but police said that the sense something fishy in the remand for three days for the school campus when the murdered the boy because he Vishakha guidelines for work- immediately come out with strin- reason for conducting the test police theory and have told allegedly murdering the Class II crime took place. He also rushed raised an alarm. He stabbed the ing women to ensure safety and gent guidelines that every school was to ensure that accused did police that someone else had student of Ryan International along with others to the incident child twice and washed the security of schoolchildren. should follow thereby ensuring not get away using any legal or committed the crime. School's Bhondsi branch. spot after hearing the screams of knife in the washroom and Journalists gathered under that each and every student going medical reason to escape pun- A senior police officer said, "The accused will be put in the staff and students. threw the same at the site of the the banner of Maithil Journalists to any school is fully safe and ishment. "Assistant Director of Haryana a separate cell for a few days so "We found the boy in a crime," he said. Group at Press Club of India secure. We also demand a reg- Highly-placed sources with Police (Law and order), that no other inmates can pool of blood and Ashok him- Meanwhile, former Bihar and held a protest marched to ulatory authority to monitor the police department said Mohammad Akil has also harm him. Also, some extra self carried the child to a vehi- Chief Minister Jitan Ram Shastri Bhawan that houses the functioning of schools.We also during the remand period talked to the school gardener police personnel will be cle. Blood was spread in the Manjhi met the victim’s fami- HRD Ministry. Journalists will demand an immediate safety police have sent Ashok's under- together sequence of the crime who also informed the school deployed to keep a vigil on washroom and nearby corridor. ly on Tuesday. He said he had meet HRD Minister Prakash audit of all schools. If we are able garments and the knife alleged- with the evidence so that the teacher about the incident. him," Jail Superintendent, Blood stains were also available talked to the State Government Javadekar on Wednesday and to achieve it, it will be our true ly used in the murder along accused could not take any The ADGP had also visited the Ratan Singh said. on the wall of the toilet and the for speedy justice into the mat- present their charter of demands tribute to Pradhyuman. with blood samples of the benefit of a doubt," a senior crime spot on Monday." On Tuesday, two senior corridor. After the incident, ter. "It was a clear case of neg- for formation of 'Pradyuman Maithil Journalists accused and the victim for police officer, said. "The investigation into the officials of the Ryan some guards were deployed ligence by the school adminis- Guidelines'. They have also Association other offices bear- forensic testing. The accused was con- horrendous killing is underway International School, who were near the corridor. Later, the tration. The State Government demanded a CBI enquiry into ers, including Nadeem and Ajay Ashok's sperm has also fronted in the light of the evi- and the investigation team is arrested in connection with the school sweeper cleaned the should take strict actions the entire incident. Jha, said entire school admin- been sent for a DNA test, dences gathered so far. He was gathering all possible evidence murder of the seven-year-old corridor area, Garg, said. against such type of irrespon- According to Maithil istration should be held police also have done potency repeatedly asked disclose the and facts to prove their case Pradyuman in the school "The bus conductor had sible schools. The victim’s fam- Journalists Group General accountable for any incident test of the accused and reports sequence of events. During his before the court. During the premises, were produced in also washed his blood-stained ily reached the top court for Secretary Santosh Thakur, the related to safety of students are awaited. custodial interrogation, Ashok, remand period, there was no Sohna court and remanded to clothes and went somewhere and justice and the State brutal murder of Pradyuman studying in their institutions. "The murder is being the accused, maintained that he pressure on the accused. He has police custody. after some time a police team Government should take a has once again proven that the Entire school premises should investigating from different committed murder, said a confessed his crime before the Pradyuman was found reached the school," he said. matter on a serious note and schools are not at all serious be covered with CCTV, police angles. Also, police would like police officer involved in the court as well," Ravinder Kumar, dead with his throat slit in the Meanwhile, an investiga- put the accused persons behind about safety and security of verification of all staff mem- to produce a strong case before probe. spokesperson of Gurugram washroom of Ryan tion officer in the case said, the bar," Manjhi, said. children. If we want that such bers should be mandatory. the court also we are piecing "During the investigation, police, said. 001 - / /0 22"-' # //0 -/ / # 3 56#K#>#2 # ' he Ghaziabad district admin- Tistration on Tuesday issued 782796 782796 many schools, the school sup- security guidelines to the schools port staff like cleaners, drivers, for maintaining safety and secu- he Delhi Government has he recent news of crimes conductors and messengers rity of the schoolchildren. Tasked schools in the nation- Tagainst children in schools don't have separate toilets. District officials held a meeting al Capital to submit a list of have sent chills down the When asked if it should be with the school owners in the liquor shops near their premis- spines of numerous parents mandatory for schools to have backdrop of the brutal murder of es and assured of action if the and in recent surveys they children's toilets separate from Pradyuman Thakur, a Class II the bus prominently. visitors and the ancillary staff. schools have objection to the have said that school authori- staff toilets, 89 per cent student of Ryan International Each school will have to The schools will also have to operation of the booze shops in ties should be charged for responded in positive while 9 School in Gurugram. appoint a Transport Manager obtain no objection certificate the vicinity. two tweets posted in Hindi. crimes on the premises. per cent responded in negative. District Magistrate (DM) who will be solely responsible (NOC) for the safety norms The development comes A senior Directorate of A 7-year-old was mur- Only 2 per cent were unsure Ritu Maheswari, who chaired for the security of children. The from power corporation to amid increased concerns over Education official said that dered at Ryan International in about it. the meeting, issued guidelines buses are to be equipped with avoid any electric fault. the safety of students on school according to rules, there should Gurugram on Friday and a 5- People suggested that and asked for strict adherence CCTV cameras and GPS sys- The schools will have to premises after the murder of a be no liquor shop within the year-old student was alleged- schools should have strong by the schools. tem. Each bus should be seek NOC from the Municipal seven-year-old student in radius of 100 metres of schools. ly raped in the premises of CCTV surveillance, emer- The guidelines, circulated accompanied by a school Corporation for providing Gurugram's Ryan International Action will be taken against Tagore Public School in gency buzzers in toilets and to the participants stated that teacher, who will ensure chil- clean drinking water to stu- School and rape of a five-year- liquor shops running in the Shahdara's Gandhinagar area where possible, attendants schools will have to follow the dren's safety till his or her des- dents. Each school will have to old girl at Tagore Public School vicinity of schools in violation by one of the peons on should be placed outside wash- norms laid by the Supreme tination. Each bus has to be maintain hygiene in its canteen. in Shahdara. of the rule, he said. Saturday. Many more scary rooms. Court (SC) in its order dated equipped with first aid and Also the boundary walls of the "Have asked schools to fur- "If a school has any objection incidents involving children People said that the 16/12/1997. The SC order medical kit. The schools will schools should be secured and nish information about liquor with a liquor shop which is locat- are being reported from dif- schools should immediately states that all the school buses have to ensure that drivers do should be made beyond reach shops polluting the atmosphere ed beyond 100 metres from it, ferent parts of the country. respond to any complaint by are to be painted in yellow. The not use mobile phones while of the intruders inside the in their (schools') vicinity. Such government will shift such shops Many parents in various children or parents against driver's name, his license num- driving the bus. The fitness cer- school premises. shops will be shut, even if they to other place," the official said. circles on citizen engagement any staff member. They said ber, address, owners name and tificate from the transport Schools having swimming are in compliance with the A liquor shop was found oper- platform LocalCircles have that the school buses should address, their mobile num- department has to be obtained pool facilities, will have employ rules, if they are polluting the ating near the Gurugram school said that they are concerned have female helpers too. bers, transport department's for the buses without fail. a coach and life guard in its facil- atmosphere near schools," where the brutal killing of the about the safety and security According to citizens, helpline number are to be The schools have to con- ity state the guidelines issued by Deputy CM and Education student took place on situation in their children's apart from school authorities, painted and displayed outside struct separate toilets for the the district administration. Minister Manish Sisodia said in September 8. schools and that there is vir- district administration via the tually no security check for the district education officer, support staff. should ensure compliances like A set of polls conducted by no liquor or gutkha shop is $ % " &' ' LocalCircles revealed that 88 operating in at least 100 yards per cent citizens feel that for radius and no weapons are crimes against children in carried to school. # Alisha and mislead the police years-ago and had a son form school premises, school man- Citizens have also suggest- 45 # team to conduct raids at differ- her, but later Muskaan married agement and promoters should ed that no staff, permanent or ent places," said the DCP some other person and after be charged for criminal negli- temporary, be hired without adding, "But when the team they filed a divorce, Shahid gence. police verification. 782796 of the child had lodged a com- raised some suspicion over wanted to keep the child, which Out of the 8,208 citizens They said that the parents' plaint at Jamia Nagar Police Shahid, he disappeared from the Muskaan refused to allow. So, who responded, only 7 per cent body of every school must elhi Police arrested two Station regarding the kidnap- picture and hid from the police." he hatched a conspiracy with said it should not happen and become more active and raise Dpersons, a woman and a ping of her daughter Muskaan's With the help of technical Alisha to kidnap the child and 5 per cent chose not to share red flags with local adminis- Bhojpuri actor who kidnapped two-year-old son. surveillance and a tip-off, on take revenge from Muskaan," their opinion. tration if a school fails to com- his own two-year-old son to get A team was immediately September 11, Shahid was said Baaniya. People pointed out that in ply within a defined time frame. revenge on his ex-wife. constituted and raids were con- found hiding somewhere in the Shahid is a resident of Deputy Commissioner of ducted at different areas of area of West Vinod Nagar and Muzafarpur in Bihar and he is Police, South East district, Romil Delhi and Bareilly. Information he was arrested along with a regional actor-cum-dancer Baaniya, said the accused has with regard to the kidnapped Alisha. Subsequently, on their and also worked in some been identified as Mohammed child was also given to all con- instance the kidnapped child regional music albums and Shahid (23), the biological father cerned agencies and a reward was also recovered and acted in Bhojpuri films, said the of the kidnapped boy and his of 20,000 was declared. returned back to his mother. police officer. live-in partner Kashish (22) "Initially the biological "During interrogation, "He had starred in a film alias Alisha. father Shahid diverted the inves- accused Shahid disclosed that called 'from Allahabad to The DCP said that on June tigation of the case to raise sus- he was married to Muskaan Islamabad', said the police 26, Mumtaz the grandmother picion over his live-in partner (the biologiocal mother) two- officer.
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Crime Branch for across Delhi as part of the Tribunal (NGT) had directed for The Minister directed the Development Minister impersonating as an ongoing operations to effec- complete ban on use of Plastic officers for strictly implement- Gopal Rai on Tuesday held a underworld don and tively implement the plastic ban Carry bags made of plastic less ing the directions of NGT with * + ", - meeting, attended by several extorting money from in the national Capital. than 50 microns and non-com- respect to sale, storage and use * - . # / % MLAs and officers concerned, to businessmen across the “As per the reports sub- postable in entire Delhi. It also of less than 50 micron plastic review preparations of Chhat national Capital. Calling mitted by various departments, directed that anyone found pos- carry bags at the shops, markets New Delhi: The election to “We received calls from Puja ghats. In the meeting, Rai himself Rizwan Khan, a total of 20,008 kg of plastic sessing or using plastic bags and other establishments and Delhi University Students various colleges about a good directed the Irrigation and Flood the accused, Pranay carry bags (less than 50 would be liable to pay compen- send regular action taken report. Union (DUSU) was underway number of students turning out Control department to finish the Tiwari confessed that microns) have been seized, sation of 5,000/- per default. He directed that concerted on Tuesday with a “good” to vote,” said Chief Election work of setting up all temporary he gathered the infor- 1,108 challans have been issued Delhi Pollution Control and coordinated efforts are turnout in the morning col- Officer SB Babbar. ghats in the city by October 20. mation of the rich busi- and a total of 17,30,000 Committee has constituted dif- required to be taken on regu- leges. According to DUSU elec- The election committee An official said the depart- nessmen through forms amount has been realised as ferent teams to ensure the lar basis by the various agencies tion committee, a large number has deployed a total of 248 ment was also directed to start left behind at shops in environment compensation,” compliance of the directions charged with this responsibil- of students turned out to vote EVMs in all 40 morning col- the work of constructing Ambience Mall. came to Delhi in 2010. Working said a Government official. regarding prohibition on the ity viz. Municipal since 10 am in the 40 morning leges. Voting at Shaheed Bhagat around 50 permanent Chhath Rajesh Deo, Deputy in small shops across malls like This information was pro- use of above kind of plastic Corporations/Local bodies, colleges. Polling ended at 2 pm Singh College started half an ghats by September 25. Commissioner of Police Subhash Nagar and Saket, vided in a meeting convened by carry bags in Delhi. Revenue Department, Delhi in these colleges. hour late in the morning due to “It was decided that depart- (Crime) said that accused Tiwari came across a unique Environment Minister Imran “Public notices were issued Cantonment Board and Delhi Voting in evening colleges some technical glitch in the ments concerned will prepare a Pranay Tiwari has been arrest- idea to earn quick money. Hussain on Tuesday, with by the Department of Pollution Control Committee commenced at 3 pm and will EVMs. combined list of Chhat Puja ed. We have recovered one Senior officers of the Inter senior officers from Environment in newspapers (DPCC). continue till 7.30 pm. The RSS’ student wing ghats, consisting of ghats where Mobile phone and SIM Card State Cell, Crime Branch said Environment Department and thereby asking the general pub- The Minister also reviewed The exact turnout was ABVP, the Congress’ NSUI and the puja was offered last year and used for making extortion calls that while working in a choco- Delhi Pollution Control lic, vendors, shop-keepers, the status of strengthening of expected late evening while the left wing outfits were seen mak- the additional sites proposed by from his possession.” late shop at Ambience Mall in Committee to review the whole sellers to abide by the Ambient Air Monitoring counting would take place on ing last minute efforts to garner the MLAs, by September 15,” the Coming from a poor fam- Vasant Kunj some time back, progress on various environ- aforesaid directions of this Network. Wednesday morning. votes for their candidates. official said. ily in Madhya Pradesh, Tiwari he took the feedback and reg- istration form by the customer. Thinking that they will get dis- counts on birthdays and 2 00/ # ! # . anniversaries, the customers filled out information. ! In a bid to garner trust of 0 +/ 0 /0 ))5 5 ' these people, the accused #$% flaunted that he knows their 782796 this was a “different” case. was received at the Samaypur personal details in extortion “The suite is sealed for last Badli Police Station about a New Delhi: The Delhi High the authorities of the blind messages. The main idea was to Delhi court on Tuesday about 3.5 years and already headless body lying in a field Court on Tuesday directed that school that no person other instill fear in the victims,” said Aordered the de-sealing of a huge financial loss has been near the Metro Station. no one, other than the concerned than them should be allowed to a senior investigator. five-star hotel suite where caused to the applicant (hotel). Several raids were conduct- authorities, shall be allowed to meet or enter the premises. It was only last month, on Congress It is rele- ed to apprehend the accused. meet the visually impaired kids “The authorised represen- August 28 that the Crime leader * # 7*'4 (* #) $) vant to 782796 and sister of the accused. Fed The team apprehended Ranjeet, who were allegedly sexually tatives of the Delhi State Legal Branch received a complaint Shashi mention up of warning him to stay away, Gulab Singh and Rahul. Later, at assaulted by a British national at Services Authority, the from a West Delhi based busi- Tharoor’s wife Sunanda here that generally after inspec- elhi Police arrested three they all called the deceased to the instance of the accused, the National Association for the Department of Social Welfare nessman who stated that one Pushkar was found dead in tion of the crime spot by the Dpeople in connection with come for drinks. head of the deceased Javed was Blind (NAB) here. shall be permitted to interact person who claimed to be 2014, noting that a huge finan- Forensic Sciences Laboratory the murder of a 22-year-old Inebriated, the accused recovered, and mobile phone of A Bench of Acting Chief with the children,” the Bench Rizwan Khan, an underworld cial loss was already caused to (FSL) team or investigating youth whose headless body thrashed the youth and later on deceased was also recovered Justice Gita Mittal and Justice said. don, was demanding 1 crore. the hotel. agency, the said spot is not was found near the Samaypur severed his head and threw it from their possession. “During C Hari Shankar issued the It said that unauthorised Threatening to harm the com- Metropolitan Magistrate sealed or closed till arrival of Badli Metro Station on Monday. away from his body. The the course of interrogation, the direction after it was informed interaction “Would not only be plainant and his family, the Dharmender Singh asked FSL result,” the court said. On the same night of mur- deceased, Javed was identified accused revealed that Javed had by the Delhi Police that the prejudicial to the interest of the complainant approached police. police to file a compliance It also rejected the con- der, accused Ranjeet visited the from his clothes and chappals. illicit relation with the sister of blind home was facing difficulty victims but may also jeopardise Investigation into the com- report by September 26 while tention by Deputy spot and was showing his sym- Rishi Pal, Deputy Ranjeet and also with the wife of on due to “aggressive efforts” for and adversely affect the fate of the plaint, cops found that several allowing it to take all required Commissioner of Police (DCP) pathy with the family members Commissioner of Police (Rohini) one accused — Darshay. Despite intervention by NGOs and the investigation and the ultimate businessmen across Delhi and articles from the room for its South district that only after the of deceased Javed. said the arrested accused have repeatedly warning Javed to stay media personnel seeking to trial of the case. No statements other States of the country probe. During the hearing, forensic report, the room The accused informed that been identified as Ranjeet (18), away from the sister and wife of interview the victims. shall be recorded other than have been receiving extortion however, the city police should be de-sealed and said they killed the youth as he had Gulab Singh (21) and Rahul (20). the accused, Javed did not pay Raising serious concern, those who are permitted under calls from the same number opposed the de-sealing, saying the reason was not justified. illicit relations with the wife On Monday, a PCR call heed,” said the DCP. the bench issued a direction to the CrPC,” it added. used by the don Khan. !! #) *+"$,-./0,1 &
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" ' 782796 "#$+, $ 5- ndia and Belarus on Tuesday ! 8 Iinked 10 pacts to expand 782796 chances of alternative rehabil- ing off period was to safeguard cooperation in a range of areas itation," a bench comprising against a "hurried decision" if and decided to explore joint he Supreme Court on Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit there was otherwise a possibil- development and manufacture of & TTuesday held that the min- said. ity of differences being recon- 9#6=7 reopening of the case of Singh. military platforms, giving a fresh ! 8 imum cooling-off period of six The apex court said the ciled."Though every effort has In the petition, Qureshi momentum in bilateral ties. , 0 months for granting the decree minimum period of six months to be made to save a marriage, fresh petition has been had said Singh was a freedom Prime Minister Narendra - of divorce under the Hindu law can be relaxed by the trial if there are no chances of Afiled in the Lahore High fighter and fought for inde- Modi and Belarus President A !# )(( can be waived by a trial court court in certain situations and reunion and there are chances Court for the early hearing of pendence of undivided India. G Lukashenko, during their 0 if there was no possibility of the estranged couple, who are of fresh rehabilitation, the court a case to prove the innocence Singh was hanged by extensive talks, also agreed to Modi said in a media statement. ! , cohabitation between an seeking divorce with mutual should not be powerless in of legendary freedom fighter British rulers on March 23, focus on ramping up econom- The Prime Minister said he - estranged couple. consent, can file waiver appli- enabling the parties to have a Bhagat Singh in the murder 1931 at the age of 23, after ic engagement between the and Lukashenko reviewed the % % The 1955 Hindu Marriage cation after a week of filing the better option," it said. case of a British police officer, being tried under charges for two countries, holding that “architecture” of India-Belarus ? Act provides for a statutory first motion. "In determining the ques- seven months after the court hatching a conspiracy against there was a huge scope for partnership and exchanged ! cooling period of six months The top court also said that tion whether the provision is sought a larger Bench to hear the colonial government. The boosting trade and investment. ideas to expand it.The pacts between the first and the last in conducting such proceed- mandatory or directory, lan- the plea. case was filed against Singh, “We will encourage joint inked provided for enhancing motion for seeking divorce by ings, the trial court "can also guage alone is not always deci- The court has yet to form Sukhdev and Rajguru for development and manufactur- bilateral cooperation in a vari- * mutual consent to explore the use the medium of video con- sive. The court has to have the the larger bench. allegedly killing British police ing in defence sector under the ety of areas, including oil and "#$+- possibility of settlement and ferencing and permit genuine regard to the context, the sub- Advocate Imtiaz Rashid officer John P Saunders. ‘Make in India’ programme,” gas, education and sports. cohabitation. "We are of representation of the parties ject matter and the object of the Qureshi of Bhagat Singh Taking plea in his petition the view that the period men- through close relations, such as provision," it said. T h e Memorial Foundation yester- Advocate Qureshi said Singh % & - tioned in section 13B(2) is not parents or siblings, where the bench was dealing with a plea day filed an application for was initially jailed for life but 5 mandatory but directory; it parties are unable to appear in filed by an estranged couple early hearing of its petition. later awarded death sentence in 1 * ) - - will be open to the court to person for any just and valid which had sought waiver of the "I have filed the petition in the another "fabricated case". !L2 exercise its discretion in the reason as may satisfy the court, six month period on the LCH for early hearing of the He further said Singh is facts and circumstances of each to advance the interest of jus- ground that they have been liv- Bhagat Singh case. Today I respected even today in the , , case where there is no possi- tice". ing separately for the past eight requested the registrar to get subcontinent not only by Sikhs bility of parties resuming The court noted in its ver- years and there was no possi- a date fixed for hearing of the but also Muslims as the M, cohabitation and there are dict that the object of the cool- bility of their re-union. case and hopefully the case founder of Pakistan , " will be heard this month," Muhammad Ali Jinnah twice % M% % Queshi told PTI today.He said paid tribute to him. L % #J ,0DDD he has also written to the fed- "It is a matter of national 782796 Development Minister & . + eral government for making importance." (Independent charge) Hardeep statue of Bhagat Singh at He prayed the court set efence Minister Nirmala Puri, has been included as a % 5 Shadman Chowk (central part aside the sentence of Singh by DSitharaman and Railway special invitee to the Cabinet -! of Lahore) where he was exercising principles of review Minister Piyush Goyal have Committee on / hanged along with his two and order the government to become members of key cabi- Accommodation. comrades. honour him with state award. net committees like Cabinet Social Justice Minister TC ?- "I have written to the gov- In 2014, Lahore police pro- Committee on Security (CCS) Gehlot has for the first time "#$+ 7 " .5 , ernment for building a statue of vided the copy of the original and Cabinet Committee on been included in the Cabinet % 782796 Singh but has not yet got any FIR of the killing of Saunders Political Affairs (CCPA) recon- Committee on Parliamentary response from it in this regard," in 1928 to the petitioner on the stituted after the September 3 Affairs. The two new Ministers 5 ? ,,># institution's premises in he Army's new long-range he added. court's order. Singh's name reshuffle when the two were of State for Parliamentary ? I # Gurugram. Tultra- light (ULH) how- A division bench of the was not mentioned in the First promoted to the Cabinet ranks. Affairs, Vijay Goel and Arjun = wo officers from the However, no member of itzer M-777 was damaged Lahore High Court in February Information Report of the mur- Sitharaman and Goyal, Ram Meghwal, have been ))! 5 THaryana Police today ques- the Pinto family, which runs the during a field trial in Pokhran had requested the chief justice der of Saunders for which he along with Petroleum Minister included as special invitees to tioned the staff of Ryan chain of schools, was quizzed firing range and a probe has to constitute a larger bench to was handed down death sen- Dharmendra Pradhan, have the panel, in place of their pre- >F?,? International School in subur- on Tuesday by the sleuths from been ordered into the hear the petition seeking tence. also been included as perma- decessors MA Naqvi and SS I$ I ban Kandivali in connection Haryana, police said. incident, Army sources said nent members of the Cabinet Ahluwalia. ?$ with the killing of a boy on the The two policemen, one of here. Committee on Economic Uma Bharti, who was $ - ,9# whom is an inspector-level offi- The sources said the barrel Affairs (CCEA). The erstwhile divested of her Water 9- cer, and some officials from the of the US-manufactured gun ) Railway Minster Suresh Resources Ministry portfolio, is &! city police, arrived at the school exploded when it was firing Prabhu was not a part of not a member of any of the = )@ in Kandivali that serves as the Indian ammunition on CCPA. In December 2014, Cabinet committees. headquarters of the Ryan September 2. ( "' Health Minister JP Nadda was After her elevation as & )@! International Group of India had received two M- included in the CCPA though Defence Minister, Sitharaman & Institutions around 12.30 777 ultra-light howitzers in his predecessor Harsh Vardhan has already become a member AA pm.The questioning continued May, each worth around " was not part of CCPA. of the Cabinet committee on A@! till 7.30 pm, a senior police offi- 35 crore, after a gap of 30 BJP allies Harsimrat Kaur security headed by the Prime cial said. years since the Bofors scandal 782796 Class II student inside Ryan Badal, Anant Geete, Ram Vilas Minister. The other mem- * The city police was not part broke out, and the International School in Paswan and Ashok Gajapati bers are Home Minister of the investigation, he said. accident took place in one of nion Ministers Maneka Gurgaon for allegedly resisting Raju continue in CCPA. Rajnath Singh, Finance "#$+ %> - "The Haryana police officers them. UGandhi and Prakash sexual assault and the rape of Six Cabinet committees Minister Arun Jaitley and 5& questioned the school staff in The field trials of the 155 Javadekar will hold a high-level a five- year-old girl in a private were reconstituted on External Affairs Minister connection with the murder of mm, 39-calibre guns manu- meeting on Wednesday to devel- school in Shahdara. September 11 and all except the Sushma Swaraj. a boy in Gurugram. The factured by BAE systems were op a protocol for educational The two Ministries will Appointments Committee of Vijay Goel, who has been Mumbai Police was not part of being carried out at Pokhran institutions to ensure safety of develop a set of guidelines and Cabinet (ACC) have seen made the Minister of State for the investigation...As per our in Rajasthan with an aim to students following incidents of protocols for schools to ensure changes after the September 3 Parliamentary Affairs, is part of ! information, no member of the collate and determine various child sexual abuse in schools, a that children are protected Ministry reshuffle. the reconstituted Parliamentary - Pinto family was questioned critical data like trajectory, Government official said. from any kind of abuse. Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry. , today," Vinaykumar Rathod, speed and frequency. Officials of the Ministries DCP Zone XII, told PTI. "During the firing, the pro- of Women and Child 5& Meanwhile, the Bombay jectile which was fifth of the Development and Human & )!6 High Court today granted inter- series, exited the barrel in mul- Resource Development as well % "888 : im protection from arrest to the tiple pieces, causing the acci- as representative of the group's founding chairman, dent," an army source said. National Commission of From Page 1 tial buyers was a big challenge for fallen on the Government. 5& Augustine Pinto, and the mang- There was no injury to any- Protection of Child Rights “Despite making full pay- real estate industry and business Hearing the petition of # ing director, Grace Pinto, till one. (NCPCR), CBSE, NCERT, ments, homebuyers were being could run profitable only if there investors and homebuyers, the tomorrow in connection with "The barrel of the gun has Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan harassed and not getting timely was trust among the consumer Supreme Court has already ! the killing of the boy.They had been damaged, extent of which will be a part of this meeting. possession of homes. This has and the builders. directed a major real estate yesterday approached the high is being assessed by Joint The conference comes in resulted in loss of confidence The CM had urged the company to deposit Rs 2,000 court seeking anticipatory bail Investigation Team," the source backdrop of the murder of a among buyers. To bridge the gap builders not to leave any project crore with the court by October apprehending arrest in the case. said. amicably, the Government will incomplete. He reminded that in 27. The court has also prohib- "#$+ # have to take strong steps,” the Noida, there have been several ited promoter and directors of , CM had said.Yogi had also said cases where builders ran away the company from going that gaining confidence of poten- with money and the burden fell abroad. & - 0 From Page 1 They should also not ignore diabetes are monitored well, 8 > In the following year, it was symptoms such as difficulty in they stand the risk of develop- :& 20,604 cases and 1,763 deaths. breathing, doctors say. ing serious complications.” , 3:&,4! However, the experts at Dr Sanjay Kalra, consultant A senior official from the From Page 1 # 2 - )15 the National Institute of endocrinologist of Bharti Health Ministry said all states $ % , ?I % 3:&,4 Virology (NIV) blame an “anti- Hospital Karnal and vice-pres- have been asked to ensure N O! ! L # , genic drift” a sort of an alter- ident of South Asian Federation that private labs testing swine L = 7 - ,&! ation in the virus making it of Endocrine Societies, said flu do not overcharge. The M : - ! !! deadlier. However, they refute swine flu can be deadly for dia- States have also been asked to # $ !M % the chances of any mutational betic people. “In people with analyse mortality data to find ! F &- # 3%#4 changes. an underlying disorder such as out the age and health profiles %> % ? O 2 ? , 0 Maintaining that hygiene is diabetes, mosquito-borne and of people most affected by the ,# &,- > E " most important, doctor says other diseases such as swine flu virus. All the States have been %% % > ! people should wash hands at cause fever and increase the asked to tell Schedule-X licence , %>%& 5 9 & ? , $ I$ regular intervals with disinfec- metabolic rate. This can lead to holder pharmacies to stock 5 , - 3$I$ 4! tants, and if there is prolonged a fluctuation in blood sugar lev- and sell H1N1 drug Tamiflu, - ! ! ? fever, they must see a doctor. els. Provided people living with he added. R 666 From Page 1 heading there, the source said. knife, which was allegedly used the directorate of Hayana Pradyuman’s father Varun Such circumstances, the in the crime, was part of tool kit Education Department to take From Page 1 there was only one AIADMK Madras High Court itself has Thakur flagged concerns over source said, indicate that the and kept in the bus. Raghav action against the school. The General Council’s and that was the one led by ruled that the decisions taken the timings of the events on the boy entered the toilet first and alleged he was beaten up and The Education decisions taken on Tuesday Panneerselvam and by the meeting are not binding fateful morning of September the possibility of Ashok already tortured in police custody to Department has three options were silent about the status of Palaniswamy. on the party,” said Dinakaran. 8. According to Thakur, he had being there was less. give the statement. to take over the management of Sasikala and Dinakaran in the Speaking to journalists in He also reiterated his deci- dropped his son and daughter Since Pradyuman’s school The Supreme Court on school, cancellation of licence party. Madurai, Dinakaran scoffed sion to oust the Palaniswamy at the Ryan International bag was found inside the toilet, Tuesday issued a notice to the or impose fine of Rs 25,000 for The other resolutions at the decisions of the General Government from power in the School at 7:55 am and he it indicates that he went there Centre, the CBI and the each lapse. Official sources adopted in the meeting include Council. “It was not a General trust vote that will be held claimed to have received a call straight from the gate and was Haryana Government on a said the Education Department the decision to fight for the Council meeting. It was just a sooner than later. from the school management at attacked by someone who used plea by Thakur. is planning to takeover of man- retrieval of the Two Leaves gathering of some people and This prompted Leader of 8.10 am informing him about those windows as escape route, The fact-finding three agement to give strong message party symbol. It also said that was an illegal conclave. The the Opposition MK Stalin to his son being found bleeding the source said. member sub-enquiry commit- to other schools. approach the Madras High inside the washroom. Thakur has approached tee, which was constituted by Ryan murder sequence was Court with a plea to order a floor Saurabh Raghav, a driver of the Supreme Court seeking a Gurugram district adminis- recreated on Tuesday on the test in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. the school bus in which CBI investigation into the mat- tration, on Tuesday submitted school premises. The court has decided to hear accused Ashok worked as con- ter. Thakur said he feels there its report to Vinay Pratap Commissioner of Police his petition on October ductor, entered the school at is “something fishy” and “miss- Singh, District Commissioner Gurugram Sandeep Khirwar, 10.Though the Dinakaran camp the same time when Ashok was ing points” in police theory. of Gurugram. along with the officers of the used all legal means to prevent helping to de-board the stu- Police have already arrest- “The committee has SIT and forensic experts, the General Council from tak- dents and helped him to park ed Ashok and said he was detected five lapses in the scanned the crime spot. ing place, the Madras High the bus outside at the parking inside the toilet when school such as broken window, Sources said police chief and Court in a late night order on lot, which often takes five min- Pradyuman entered and ill-equipped fire extinguish- his team of investigators want- Monday ruled that he meeting utes. grabbed him with the intention ers, common toilets, no police ed to recreate the sequence of could not be stopped. The crime took place with- to sodomise him and when he verification of conductors and events that led to the murder of If the declaration by in 10 minutes, between 8 am failed to do so he slit the child’s drivers and other ground staff, the child inside the washroom Dinakaran, who claims the and 8.10 am. It would take throat. broken boundary wall and low of Ryan International School. support of 25 MLAs, is any Pradyuman at least 2-3 minutes Amid the ongoing probe, quality CCTV without having Police tooth combed the crime indication, things have reached to reach the main building bus driver Raghav, however, wide-angle facilities, irregu- spot to lift chance prints, blood a point of no return in the straight away covering around has claimed that police and the larities in students’ toilets with- stains and other evidence to AIADMK and the next weeks 400 meters from the gate, while school management forced him out guard,” Singh told PTI. nail the accused Ashok Kumar, are going to be crucial for the Ashok would spend at least 5- to give a wrong statement The Deputy Commissioner the conductor of the school Palaniswamy Government. 7 minutes in the bus before against the conductor that the said he has recommended to bus. !! #) *+"$,-./0,1 (
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Right?” $ $ has been billed as a major he commented. // outreach to the Indian In his address, Gandhi Diaspora, Congress vice- came down hard on Modi’s 782796 782796 tracked. president Rahul Gandhi on “politics of hate” and “reckless The Bench felt that the Tuesday courted a fresh controversy by and dangerous” economic policy deci- he BJP on Tuesday dubbed Rahul he Supreme Court on Parliament had the compe- virtually defending India’s bane of sions such as demonetization and the TGandhi a “failed dynast” who “failed TTuesday advised the Centre tence to enact a law to create dynastic politics, asserting it was some- “hastily-applied” Goods and Services in his political journey” hours after the to set up special fast track necessary infrastructure for thing fairly common to the country’s Tax (GST). Congress vice-president defended the courts to exclusively deal with setting up of such courts for political or corporate landscape. “Millions of people feel that they dynasty culture and cited examples of cases of corruption and dis- speedy disposal of cases against “That’s how India runs,” he have no future in their own country,” he SP’s Akhilesh Yadav or Bollywood proportionate assets against lawmakers. Attorney General remarked during a Q&A at the said as he dwelt on the “politics of polar- superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s son members of legislative bodies. KK Venugopal told the Court University of California, Berkeley, after isation which has raised its ugly head in Abhishek. The observation came as that the recommendation could delivering a lecture on “India at 70: India today”. He spoke of “liberal jour- “The people of the country where the Bench reserved orders on be made by the Court to the Reflections on the Path Forward” that nalists being shot, people being lynched he leads a political party no longer sup- a PIL which demanded action executive rather than the leg- hit out at Prime Minister Narendra because they are Dalits and Muslims port him so he is expressing his pain should visit Amethi, his Parliamentary against MPs and MLAs whose islature. However, he batted for Modi’s “divisive politics” and “reckless” killed on suspicion of eating beef”. abroad,” BJP leader and I&B Minister constituency, to see how much devel- income grows five to ten folds, a timely follow-up in cases of economic policies. Questioning the Modi govern- Smriti Irani told mediapersons. opment he had done. without any mechanism to MPs and MLAs found to dis- Gandhi, who slammed the BJP for ment’s record on job creation, Gandhi The Congress jumped to Rahul’s Lashing out at him for his remarks punish them under law for close substantial assets and projecting him as a “reluctant” and “stu- said a mere 500 jobs were being creat- defence saying criticising even the on dynasties, Irani cited the examples amassing such huge wealth income in their election affi- mental right, the returns filed pid” politician, also declared that he was ed a day whereas 30,000 youngsters are Prime Minster is acceptable in a of President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice beyond their known sources of davit which is found to be by individual candidates is part “absolutely ready” to take up an exec- joining the job market every single day. democracy . The Congress said Rahul, President Venkaiah Naidu and Prime income. beyond their known sources of of his/her privacy that needs to utive role in the Congress Party, before As he put it, “The decline in econom- in fact, “raised respect for India Minister Narendra Modi to argue that The court was confronted income. be protected. The Bench said it quickly adding that it was a decision for ic growth today is worrying and it’s lead- abroad” unlike “PM Narendra Modi’s the top three constitutional positions with the names of 7 Lok Sabha In such cases, Venugopal will have to be balanced against his party to take. ing to an upsurge of anger in the coun- speeches abroad in the early days when were held by people with humble back- MPs and 98 MLAs against said, the Director General the citizen’s right to know “Actually most parties in India try.” He attacked the Prime Minister for he was guilty of insulting India”. grounds.This was evidence that merit, whom the Income Tax author- Income Tax (Investigations) under Article 19(1)(a) for have that (dynastic) problem. So don’t not listening to experts on important Irani blasted Rahul at a Press con- not dynasty, drove India’s robust democ- ities found proof that the verifies and forwards those determining which interest is give us stick,” he said, when the mod- decisions such as demonetization of ference, saying his admission that the racy, the Information and Broadcasting income declared by them in cases where investigation is superior. erator at Berkeley asked him pointed- high-value currency notes undertaken Congress had turned arrogant since Minister said. election affidavits was beyond required to the Assessing Although Centre refused to ly about his party’s long association with last November. The DeMo decision was 2012 was a “big political confession” and She claimed that Rahul had little their known sources of income. Officer. The petitioner NGO disclose details claiming immu- dynastic politics. “carried out unilaterally without asking a reflection on Sonia Gandhi, who was awareness about the lack of propriety in The Bench of Justices J Lok Prahari represented by nity available to DGIT investi- Listing a host of political leaders, the Chief Economic Advisor, the and remains its president. “It must be criticising his country on foreign soil as Chelameswar and S Abdul former bureaucrat SN Shukla gation under Right to Gandhi said: “Mr Akhilesh Yadav Cabinet or even Parliament”, he alleged, the first time that a Congress vice-pres- he was driven by “boosting his own image Nazeer examined the sealed demanded that such investiga- Information Act, the bench (Samajwadi Party) is a dynast. Mr adding: “Ignoring India’s tremendous ident chose to taunt his party president not patriotism”. In an apparent reference cover containing the names of tion must be time-bound and wondered whether such immu- Stalin (of DMK) is a dynast. Mr Dumal’s institutional knowledge and taking ad and it is for the party to introspect on to Rahul’s meeting with the Chinese MPs and MLAs under probe by the names be revealed in pub- nity can exist for lawmakers son (apparent reference to BJP’s Anurag hoc decisions is reckless and dangerous.” this,” she said. envoy in India during the Dokalam the Income Tax authorities lic interest. when people have a Thakur) is a dynast….Even (actor) While calling demonetization “a “A failed dynast today chose to stand-off, she said he had not spoken to and told the Centre that a Attorney General pointed Constitutional right to know Ahishek Bachchan is a dynast.” completely self-inflicted wound” that speak about his failed political journey the Indian diaspora or officials but cho- mechanism must be there to out that with the right to pri- details of their elected repre- “So don’t get after me because that’s caused 2% loss in India’s GDP, Gandhi in the US... The country (India) is not sen “to converse with a foreign power”. ensure such cases are fast- vacy now declared a funda- sentatives. how the entire country is running,” he went on to say: “India cannot afford to listening so he is speaking somewhere To his criticism of the Modi grow and create jobs at the current rate. else,” Irani said .On Rahul’s criticism of Government’s handling of Kashmir, she If we continue at the current rate, if Modi’s “reckless and dangerous” deci- accused him of indulging in politics and India cannot give the millions of peo- sions like demonetisation and GST, said it was the Nehru-Gandhi family 2#- )N @(95 ple entering the job market employ- Irani said the criticism reflected the which had passed on a “legacy of chal- ment, anger will increase and it has the failed strategy of the Congress leader. lenges” to the country. potential to derail what is being built so “The fact that Rahul Gandhi chose In its riposte, Congress spokesperson 782796 exchequer on account of both DA Rules, at par with Central tuity should be revised for far. That will be catastrophic for India to belittle the Prime Minister is not a Anand Sharma said BJP leaders’ com- and DR would be 3,068.26 crore Government employees, which is employees who are covered under and the world beyond it.” surprise but expected... It is an indica- ments “betray their streak of intolerance nion Cabinet on Tuesday per annum and 2,045.50 crore in 20 lakh. The current upper ceil- the Payment of Gratuity Act, Quizzed about the Modi decisions tion of his failed strategy. The people of towards criticism”, which he added is Uincreased the Dearness the financial year 2017-18 (for a ing on gratuity under the Act is 1972. Accordingly, the that he would approve of, Gandhi the country where he leads a political reflected in the climate in the country Allowance (DA) and Dearness period of 8 months from July 2017 10 lakh. The provisions for cen- Government initiated the process cited the “Make in India” and “Swachh party no longer support him so he is today.”Rahul Gandhi spoke about the Relief (DR) by 1 per cent to to February 2018). This move will tral government employees under for amendment to the Payment of Bharat” programmes. “I like the concept expressing his pain abroad,” she said.She proud achievements of India since inde- 5%, benefiting 50 lakh employees benefit about 49.26 lakh Central Central Civil Services (Pension) Gratuity Act, 1972, which applies of Make in India,” he said, but quickly also challenged him to a public debate pendence. Thanks to Nehru’s vision and and 61 lakh pensioners. The Government employees and 61.17 Rules, 1972, with regard to gratu- to establishments employing 10 added that his orientation would be dif- “without a handwritten script” over his successive administrations, institutions of Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime lakh pensioners, it said. ity are also similar. or more persons. ferent, namely small and medium criticism of the Modi government. the modern state and educational insti- Minister Narendra Modi also Detailing the Cabinet deci- Before implementation of the The main purpose for enact- industry and not big business. Irani, who had lost to Rahul in tutions of excellence have been set up, we approved an amendment bill that sions, Union Law Minister Ravi 7th Central Pay Commission, the ing this Act is to provide social On Swachchh Bharat, he com- Amethi in the last Lok Sabha poll and became a nuclear power,” said Sharma seeks to double tax-free gratuity Shankar Prasad said the Payment ceiling under CCS (Pension) security to workmen after retire- mented, “The idea of hygiene I think is is seen as the BJP’s nominee in the next recounting Rahul’s speech in for formal sector employees to of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, Rules, 1972, was 10 lakh. ment, whether it is because of rules a good one. And I think I think the sort election as well, described the US col- Berkeley.Because he spoke of these 20 lakh. 2017 will be introduced in next However, post rollout, in the case of superannuation, or physical dis- of stuff that they are doing on open lege as a “platform of convenience” for things, Sharma said, Rahul “increased “Release of additional install- session of Parliament. The amend- of Government servants, the ceil- ablement or impairment of vital defecation is not a bad thing.” the Congress leader. She said people respect for India” abroad. ment of DA is an increase of 1 per ment will put the maximum limit ing stands at 20 lakh, effective parts of the body. cent over the existing rate of 4% of gratuity of employees of the pri- January 1, 2016. Therefore, the of the basic pay/pension, to com- vate sector as well as public under- Considering inflation and Gratuity Act serves as a pensate for price rise,” said the offi- takings and autonomous organi- wage increase even in the case of key social security legis- cial statement. The new rate will sations under the Government employees engaged in the private lation to wage earners in be applicable from July 1. who are not covered under sector, the Government is of the industries, factories and The combined impact on the Central Civil Services (Pension) view that the entitlement of gra- establishments. $$) ; 1
782796 fic on Daund-Manmad route, new line on the Lonand- Committee on Economic thereby increasing the rev- Phaltan-Baramati route in Affairs has given its approval he Cabinet on Tuesday enue of Railways,” said Maharashtra is also in progress. for development of six-laning Tapproved the doubling of Railway Minister Piyush “Once these works are of Narasannapeta-Ranastalam Daund-Manmad railway line Goyal detailing the Cabinet completed, there will be section of National Highway to ease movement of passen- decisions. tremendous increase in traffic (NH)-16 (old NH-5) in gers and goods across Pune, “Besides passengers, indus- over the Daund-Manmad sec- Andhra Pradesh,” an official Ahmednagar and Nashik in tries in and around Daund- tion and existing single line will statement said. Maharashtra. The Cabinet Manmad route will have addi- not be in a position to deal with The cost of the 54-km Committee on Economic tional transport capacity to the increased traffic,” said the project, to be executed under Affairs gave the approval at an meet their requirements. The statement issued by Rail the National Highways estimated cost of 2,081.27 districts of Pune, Ahmednagar Ministry, emphasising the need Development Project crore and expected comple- and Nashik in Maharashtra for doubling. (NHDP) phase V, has been tion cost of 2330.51 crore. will be benefited by this pro- Union Cabinet chaired by estimated at Rs 1,423 crore, “The 247.5 km long rail- ject,” he said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi including cost of land acqui- way line is expected to be At present the Railways is also approved the 1,423-crore sition, resettlement and reha- completed in five years. working on the Mumbai- highway project in Andhra bilitation, besides other pre- Doubling of the line will Chennai route by doubling the Pradesh, part of the high den- construction activities. The greatly ease the ever increas- Bhigwan-Mohol and Hotgi- sity Kolkata-Chennai traffic job will be done in hybrid ing passenger and freight traf- Gulbarga sections. Work on a corridor. “The Cabinet annuity mode. , 23
782796 installation of electronic milk this investment, 95 lakh farm- State Dairy Federations, Multi- adulteration testing equipment, ers in about 50,000 villages will state Milk Cooperatives, Milk he Union Cabinet on creation/modernization/expan- be benefited”, said the Producer Companies and TTuesday approved a sion of processing infrastruc- Government through an offi- NDDB subsidiaries. The pro- 10,881-crore fund to give a ture and manufacturing facul- cial statement after the Union ject activities under the scheme boost to the country’s dairy sec- ties for value added products Cabinet. will include setting up of 28,000 tor. Projects under the corpus for milk unions and milk pro- The project will be imple- Bulk Milk Coolers (BMCs) at called Dairy Processing & ducer companies. mented by the National Dairy village level. Under the scheme, Infrastructure Development The fund will be spent on Development Board (NDDB) additional milk processing Fund (DIDF) will focus on creating necessary infrastruc- and National Dairy capacity of 126 lakh litre per building an efficient milk pro- ture and supporting dairy Development Cooperation day and milk chilling capacity curement system by setting up farmers over a period of 12 (NCDC) directly through end of 140 lakh litre per day will of chilling infrastructure & years during 2017-29. “With borrowers such as Milk Unions, also be created. 94 #:/; #
782796 ing that he represented the and attended an opposition (15) of the Symbols Order,” the “real” party, and that a majori- rally in Patna, the JD(U) had Commission’s order states. rouble mounted for rebel ty of its national council mem- urged Rajya Sabha Chairman Further, the application filed by TJanata Dal (United) leader bers were with him. Yadav was Venkaiah Naidu to disqualify Javed Raza, on behalf of the Sharad Yadav as the Election said to be unhappy with Chief him and Ansari, who too had Sharad faction, was not signed Commission on Tuesday Minister Nitish Kumar’s decision joined Yadav. Yadav was first by Raza. EC sources said the rejected his claims made on the to dissolve the Grand Alliance removed as the party’s leader in Yadav faction is free to file JD(U) poll symbol (Arrow) Government and join ranks the Upper House. After he another application with doc- and the offices allotted to the with the BJP to form new attended a Lalu Prasad-led uments to effectively buttress its party for lack of supportive evi- Government. RJD rally in Patna, the JD(U) claim, a task that would be dif- dence. This even as he faces the In a related development, moved to get him disqualified. ficult for the veteran leader prospect of disqualification the Rajya Sabha secretariat has Earlier in its communica- given the kind of support from the Rajya Sabha for anti- asked the JD(U)’s rebel MPs, tion to the Sharad Yadav’s Kumar enjoys in the party. On party activities. Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar, to camp, the Commission said, the other hand, Nitish Kumar According to sources, the respond within a week to their “Your plea was not backed by camp had submitted all docu- Commission has refused to take party’s petition that they be any evidence or affidavits of mentary proof related to party congnisance on Sharad Yadav disqualified from the House for support from party office bear- — affidavits of 71 of our MLAs, faction’s claims citing lack of evi- their “anti-party” activities. ers, MPs and MLAs”. 30 members of Legislative dence. Yadav, the former pres- After Yadav turned against “Therefore the Commission Council in Bihar, two Lok ident and co-founder of JDU, party president Nitish Kumar’s has not taken any cognisance of Sabha members and seven had approached the EC, claim- decision to ally with the BJP the said application under Para Rajya Sabha members. !! #) *+"$,-./0,1 - ! # 1 Q=
$=9$# # goons. But I must remind that how they were brought to R olitical violence and syndi- power because of the violence Pcatisation were the two high of the CPI(M). If they contin- spots of Mamata Banerjee ue to do so they will also be : ?# # Government, BJP president thrown out of power in which Amit Shah said on Tuesday. BJP will take the lead.” JD supremo Lalu Prasad Launching a scathing No amount of violence Rand his son and Leader of attack on the Trinamool could stop his party from pro- Opposition in Bihar Assembly Congress Government, Shah gressing in Bengal he said ask- Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on told a gathering of intellectuals ing the “pioneers of human Tuesday hurled serious allega- in Kolkata that a large share of rights” who were confined to tions on Chief Minister Nitish Central funds sent to the State Delhi to “come out and see for Kumar and accused him of for its development had ended yourself what is happening in breaking the Mahaga- up in the hands of syndicates. this State.” thbandhan under tremendous “Thousands of crores have State Education Minister pressure of the BJP. been sent to the State but Partho Chatterjee however refut- “He had only two options; most of this money has gone ed Shah’s charge saying “he either to break the alliance into the hands of the syndi- should first explain why the and join NDA or go to jail in /( 6 ) " $ # % 7) cates. Chief Minister Mamata Centre has stopped sending the multi crore Srijan scandal. # # Banerjee will have to account funds to Bengal and why polit- Nitish is deep involved in this for the lost funds” Shah said ical violence were taking place in scam because the loot of the % . / difficult to escape and then he wondering “did you bring the UP and Gujarat.” public money was held with his 2 made a deal with the BJP to ‘Blue (Trinamool Congress) $( * , , " Bengal, Shah said had been full knowledge,” said Tejashwi, break alliance because he was * ) " " # # ! 3 Government’ by throwing out transformed into a State of who escaped the CBI ques- 4 certain to go to jail. Why Nitish the Red Government to see political appeasement where tioning in New Delhi and held ) 54 is not putting all facts in pub- this day.” to raise their voices.” Shah was Here the people who nourish Earlier he met a group of “you have to go to the court to a press conference to level alle- lic domain which he had been A time had come when the speaking at a gathering of intel- rival views were attacked by the BJP workers who were victims seek permission for the immer- gations against the CM. CBI asking Tejashwi to do?” The intellectuals — who led the lectuals on the last day of his ruling party cadres “their hous- of the Trinamool attacks. “I met sion of Durga idols,” adding BJP had summoned him on 4 RJD chief also alleged that all struggle against the Left three-day visit to Bengal. es are set on fire, shops are loot- the family members of the vic- strived for “politics of perfor- September 12 and his father on /(**-/9666-/* the allegations leveled on his Government to bring Subsequently he accused ed limbs broken because they tims of political violence in mance and not appeasement.” September 11 for questioning family by Sushil Modi were in Trinamool to power — should the State Government for support a different political Bengal in the last six months. Listing the performance of the but both did not go pleading Pitamah of corruption”, the fact sponsored by Nitish. take the lead again and “ques- unleashing a reign of terror in ideology,” Shah said wondering They revealed the tale of polit- BJP he said there were at least 50 political pre occupation. former Deputy CM said every- “Nitish is giving us lesson of tion the Government because the State. “Bengal is perhaps the “whether this is the State ical vengeance they suffered in instances showcasing the BJP’s Lalu and his sons had held thing happening in the NGO morality as if he is our head- the poor people are too afraid most violent State in the world.” Tagore and Vivekanand.” the hands of the Trinamool achievements. a meeting in Bhagalpur on Srijan was in the knowledge of master. I have studied political Sunday to “expose the real cul- CM and his Deputy Sushil science and he engineering. I prits of the Sirjan scam” but Kumar Modi. He also cited the know the political nuances and Nitish termed their meeting as report of CAG of 2008 which he is doing only engineering. He ', <" =1 “nukkar natak” saying it might mentioned this scandal and is accusing us of abusive language prove suicidal for them. The recommended for recovery of but ordering his spokesmen to father son duo said they were not entire amount transferred in abuse us. We will continue scared of such threats and alleged the bank accounts of Srijan. He exposing him,” said Lalu and P 8 that when Nitish realized in the also claimed that the Bhagalpur Tejashwi added that all docu- last fortnight of July that he could DM in 2006 had also ordered ments related to the scam would be caught for this scam he start- for closure of transfer of funds be handed over to the CBI. But $=%6 BJP leaders in Kerala are admit- $ ed rushing to Delhi and made a to the NGO still the practice he added that CBI was under ting that the relations between deal with the BJP under which continued till July 2017. pressure of the Centre as a result he induction of former them have been strained. There 5#26#5# 67%=57&&&#E& he broke away of the alliance else Lalu said, “When cheques most of the culprits of the scam Tbureaucrat Alphons are also reports that Vellappally 6# 8997O 72# he would have ended in jail. started bouncing between July were given opportunity to escape Kannanthanam into the Union is keeping his options open for ujarat Pradesh Congress ,= 69E& ?72=: Calling Nitish “Bhishma 10 and 29, 2017, Nitish find it and some were murdered. Ministry, which is being inter- the next Lok Sabha election. GCommittee (GPCC) pres- preted generally as a BJP strat- “If the BDJS, which has no ident Bharatsinh Solanki 1 ((( =7#%6 egy to make inroads into existence without SNDP Yogam’s announced on Tuesday that the E=5& 786=6#& A Kerala’s Christian community, support, decides to sever ties with Congress would give unem- %=,?97 72)A 6 , , seems to have antagonised the averse to this idea, especially the NDA, the BJP will have to ployment allowance to young- State’s biggest Catholic Church- after his party’s departure from find support from elsewhere to sters if the oldest political out- 1 @((:= - backed political party, the the UDF. Just before the recent achieve the Mission 350-Plus fit would come into power 5#2# 7 Kerala Congress (M). Cabinet reshuffle, many with- goal party president Amit Shah post assembly elections. ' (((:=?=& " % In a clear indication of in the KC(M) and outside had has set for the next Lok Sabha Addressing a Press confer- 2 this, former State Minister KM expected Mani’s son Jose K polls. The new development is to ence, Solanki claimed that even 5#2# 7& Mani, chairman of the Kerala Mani, Lok Sabha member from be seen in this context,” says after 22 years of power, the BJP $=9$# # 9%$=8 or did should be corrected. We Congress (M), has expressed Kottayam, to be invited to join senior journalist BS Panicker. couldn’t offer adequate jobs to expect that the Chief Minister the displeasure of his party at the Union Government though “We have never said that we the youth. The BJP had The move wouldn’t give t the second round of talks llahabad is set to get a new will issue orders towards Kannanthanam’s appointment Jose himself had claimed this will cooperate with the BJP or promised 50 lakh jobs, but the much financial burden on the Aon the vexed Darjeeling Aname with Chief Minister changing the name of by saying that the BJP will not would not happen. join the NDA. But we have fact is more than 30 lakh young- State as it would cost hardly issue, Bengal Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath accepting the Allahabad to Prayagraj,” Giri be able to derive any advantage According to State BJP always maintained that we don’t sters are unemployed, he added. 8,000 crore per year, said Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday demand of Akhil Bharatiya said. from this and nobody can sources, the national leadership view any party or front as “The economy is in dol- Solanki, adding that the managed to purchase more Akhara Parishad to rechristen In 2001, then Chief agree with that party’s policies. also was in favour of the idea of untouchable,” said a senior leader drums and business in dumps. amount is much lesser than time to solve the ongoing cri- the city as Prayagraj. Yogi also Minister Rajnath Singh and Prime Minister Narendra bringing Mani’s party into the of the Kerala Congress (M). “I The agriculture growth has that of BJP-ruled Government’s sis while expelled Gorkha assured saints to take action then Governor Vishnu Kant Modi inducted Kannanthanam NDA, especially after uncer- don’t think the BJP will be able slackened and the youth are in expenses on fairs and festivals. Janmukti Morcha leader Benay against fake godmen. Shastri were also in favour of at a time when the State BJP lead- tainties began to crop up in it to win the hearts of the Church disgust. The agitations in the “We will strictly adhere to Tamang tended to grow taller The CM had an hour- renaming Allahabad as ership had been toying with the in the State following the con- and the Catholics here by pro- State are symbolic of this dis- the policy of giving 80 per cent in stature at the cost of party long meeting with members Prayagraj but the promise idea of roping Mani’s party, tinuous attacks against the BJP moting Kannanthanam,” he said. satisfaction,” said Solanki. jobs to local people. Gujarat chief Bimal Gurung, who was of Akhara Parishad in remained unfulfilled. which has six legislators in the from Vellappally Natesan, gen- The KC(M) leader said According to him, Gujarat was a textiles hub, an oil engine currently at large following a Lucknow on Tuesday. Around Though Yogi’s meeting Kerala Assembly, into the NDA. eral secretary of SNDP Yogam, that “any particular communi- witnessed imposition of section hub, pharma hub, diamond plethora of cases under the 26 saints representing 13 with the Akhara Parishad on The KC(M) legislators are sitting the force behind the BDJS, the ty need not support any par- 144 for 200 days in a year. He hub, chemicals hub and ceram- UAPA slapped against him. akharas of the country were Tuesday was held in view of as a separate bloc since the BJP’s biggest ally in Kerala. ticular party” just because a stated this in response to the BJP ic hub before 1995 when BJP After the meeting, the CM present during the meeting. preparation for the coming party severed its alliance of over Though Natesan’s son leader belonging to that com- president Amit Shah’s remark came to power. Since then said most of the demands, save The meeting assumes impor- Ardh Kumbh Mela in three decades with the Congress- Thushar Vellappally, president munity had been given a high that under Congress rule they talked of making Gujarat the one for a separate Gorkha- tance as it came at the back- Allahabad in early 2019, the led Opposition UDF a year ago. of the BDJS, keeps saying that position. “Everybody knows Gujarat witnessed curfew for an I-T hub, knowledge hub, land State, had been accepted by drop of Akhil Bharatiya Parishad members also raised Observers say that Mani his father’s opinions have noth- the case of PC Thomas who 200 days in a year before 1995. auto hub but nothing. The the Government. Tamang said Akhara Parishad releasing a the issue of fake godmen who himself has not been very ing to do with his party, even was made a Minister in the for- The GPCC president said State has not added even 1 MW he would appeal to the people list of fake sadhus. were giving a bad name to mer AB Vajpayee Government. the Congress would provide of public sector power, nor has to lift the bandh to facilitate the President of Akhara Hindu religion. “The CM What advantage had the BJP jobs to every youngster in five one university been opened by peace talks further. The next Parishad Mahant Narendra assured us that he would take made out of it?” he asked. years and as per party’s com- Government. All that capital- round of talks was scheduled Giri told reporters that Yogi stern steps against these fake Though Mar Mathew mitment, unemployed young- ist BJP has done is open up the for October 16 when “scopes accepted their proposal to ‘babas’ and promised that no Arakkal, Bishop of the Catholic sters would get allowance till sectors for private sector,” said for a tripartite dialogue involv- rename Allahabad as Prayagraj. facility will be provided to Diocese of Kanjirappally, home- they get jobs. The Congress former Gujarat Congress pres- ing Hill parties, the State and Allahabad was renamed in them during the next Ardh town of Kannanthanam, has said that it will extend a month- ident Siddhartha Patel in con- the Centre could be discussed.” 1580 by Mughal emperor Kumbh Mela at Allahabad,” said that the Church does not ly stipend of 3,000 to each text to Amit Shah’s data on pre Meanwhile, Gurung got a Akbar from Prayag as he main- Mahant Giri said. The Akhara have anything against BJP or any youngster who has completed and post 1995 developments big jolt when two of his party tained that it was a place of Parishad announced that they other party, senior clergy has 12th, 3,500 for graduates and which Shah divulged during his MLAs joined the talks drop- Allah (God) and hence it be would boycott 14 fake saints made it clear that the welcome 4,000 for post graduates. It interaction with youngsters on ping from their agenda a known as Allah-bad. “The and appealed to the masses not the Church had accorded to him also announced that soft loan Sunday. demand for a separate State. wrong that the Mughal emper- to get attached with them. as Minister should not be seen will be extended to those seek- as a sign of its political leaning. ing to go entrepreneurial way. !! #) *+"$,-./0,1 6 1 P ;# @ # =6=,7,& 7 Union Minister was briefed by 6=87I7 &672#8#E different delegations on secu- $ " :=,9& 5 67 rity threat posed by the illegal # 7=:#% = immigrants from Myanmar and need to recall Article 35A. * * >75#9 writer and activist soldier of Indian democracy A# B 5=I7,7 =:2# Winding up his four-day Chandrashekar Patil, who is and idea of India. It isn’t &%= 7,?9# 5 = visit to the State, the Union assive rally and a meeting also called Champa, read out a abstract. It’s concrete and alive. * F#,, 7&=9I7 67&&7 Home Minister also claimed Mwas held in Bengaluru on poem as a tribute to Gauri. “A It can coexist only if there is the manner in which Pakistan Tuesday to condemn the mur- few years ago, I was opportunity to discuss and nion Home Minister is repeatedly violating ceasefire der of activist and journalist Dabholkar... then, Pansare. debate without bullets to kill. URajnath Singh on Tuesday This is for the first time agreement with India it is evi- Gauri Lankesh. Thousands of And, two years ago, when my That’s the spirit to kill caste, sent out a ‘firm’ message to that Union Home Minister has dent Islamabad is not keen on people coming across the classmate, colleague and com- religious minorities. The battle illegal immigrants from dif- shared his views on threat improving ‘bilateral ties’. country representing many rade MM Kalburgi was assas- of ideas is the idea of India. My ferent neighbouring countries posed by illegal immigrants He said since 2014 Pakistan organisation and Left parties sinated, I became Kalburgi. India doesn’t remain if it is saying the Union Government from Myanmar ahead of cru- has violated ceasefire agree- gathered in Bengaluru to Now, I’m Gauri,” he said. killed through bullets.” He is going to adopt ‘tough’ mea- . /% * ") , * 9( * " (: cial hearing in the apex court ment on more than 400 occa- protest against the brutal mur- P Sainath, a veteran jour- added that the country had lost sures against them. 1 * ") ( # # on September 18, 2017. sions every year. der of Gauri Lankesh by an nalist, said that in the midst of a person who disagreed ver- He, however, shied away Singh’s statement comes a He said, “If Pakistan will not unknown assailant recently. such a demoralising period, the bally, who was an active par- from listing the nature of action Security threat posed by them Government of India had day after UN human rights mend its ways our brave soldiers Progressive thinkers, activists, presence of thousands of sup- ticipant and who never elimi- Government of India is con- can’t be ruled out,” said Rajnath adopted a “humane” approach chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein are capable of giving them a writers, students have gathered porters was a mark of the fight nated ideas. templating to resolve the issue. when he was repeatedly towards immigrants and dis- flayed any attempts by India to befitting reply to silence their at central college grounds in against a culture of intolerance Acclaimed Kannada writer Before heading to New quizzed by reporters on what placed people from different deport Rohingyas to Myanmar guns and forcing them to adhere the heart of the city to mourn and hatred. and Dalit rights activist Delhi, Rajnath, in a Press con- action Govt of India is going to neighbouring countries like when the ethnic minority to the ceasefire agreement of the death of Gauri. “This is the largest machine Devanur Mahadeva said when ference, said,“Rohingyas are take to address the contentious Afghanistan, Pakistan, community is facing violence November 2003.” Pakistan will It was a scene of emotion of hate since the partition and India got Independence, there illegal immigrants”. issue. Bangladesh but it was strong- in their country. have to stop these violations and anger run down in the it has spread across various were dreams of an ideal Indian “We will take some action. Rajnath maintained the ly against illegal immigration. During his stay in Jammu, sooner or later, he asserted. march which condemn cold- States. Senior leaders gloat society, of how it should be in blooded murder of Gauri. over the murder of someone. the future. “What has happened The symbolic spirit of This culture of intolerance is at now? Our mentality is going camaraderie with the message, the highest level of backwards. The dream has 0- > ' 7 “I am Gauri”, was everywhere Government. They have a become a nightmare. Now, the — from arm bands and head thought out plan, a coherent majority is ‘Indianness’. And bands to the slogans that those strategy,” he said. “The nature Kalburgi, Gauri are being killed - # gathered were chanting. of Gauri Lankesh’s murder was as the majority marches on.” Sporting black badges that read a message to all of us - yes it is Narmada Bachao Andolan #/? R - #IAmGauri — the protesters us, we will do whatever we leader Medha Patkar said that took out a rally from the want,” he added. the coming together of so N O+, Kochi: Kerala expressed pro- Fr Uzhunnalil’s release a reali- We had spent the past one-and- Sangolli Rayanna Railway CPI(M) leader Sitaram many voices on one stage was found gratitude to all those ty. I thank the Indian and a-half years in tension. We Station to the Central College Yechury said, “I’m here as a foot reason for optimism. who worked for the rescue and Oman governments. We also thank all the parties and people grounds, where a protest meet- release on Tuesday of Catholic thank External Affairs Minister who had worked for the father’s ing was held. priest Fr Tom Uzhunnalil from Sushma Swaraj and the Yemen release. External Affairs Speaking at the rally, the captivity of the Islamic authorities,” said Archbishop M Minister Sushma had assured us Gauri’s mother Indira Lankesh, State (ISIS) which had abduct- Soosapakyam. that top priority would be given said, “Gauri fought with every ed him on March 4, 2016 in Expressing joy over the to this case,” said Mathew fibre of her body. For me all of war-torn Yemen. priest’s release, Chief Minister Uzhunnalil, the priest’s brother. you are Gauris and I want her The Syro-Malabar Catholic Pinarayi Vijayan said, “Every Union Minister of State spirit to live on”. Church celebrated Fr Uzhun- help would be extended for Alphonse Kannanthanam, who Another social activist and nalil’s rescue from Yemen with bringing him back to Kerala also hails from Kottayam, told close associate of Gauri , Teesta special thanks-giving prayers at and for providing necessary fol- the media that Prime Minister Setalvad recalled her associa- its churches. The priest belongs low-up treatment.” The Kerala Narendra Modi and Sushma tion with her and said to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Assembly had passed a resolu- Swaraj had been interacting “Though we are of the same Church’s Pala Diocese in tion in May to put pressure on with all the concerned for mak- age, she called me her little sis- * “Andhra Pradesh is also facing Kottayam district and hails the Centre to enhance efforts ing the priest’s release possible. ter as I had a lot to learn from #,##I# the same situation. In Godavari from Ramapuram in the same for the priest’s release. “Entire Kerala has been her. The only thing bearable in river, hundreds of TMC of district. Relief and joy filled the waiting for this happy news the death is the support that has iming to transform water is going into sea during “The Catholic Church con- atmosphere in Ramapuram, the for the past 18 months,” said come now. We can’t let cohe- AAndhra Pradesh into a flood times. But in the other veys its gratitude to all those priest’s native village. “We are former Chief Minister sion resistance go in vain.” < ) 6 " " ‘drought proof state with water parts of the State, especially in who had taken pains to make immensely happy and relieved. Oommen Chandy. PNS Well-known Kannada % 6 " " $ " # # security’, the State Government Rayalaseema districts, people is planning intra-linkage of are facing severe water crisis”. rivers apart from completing all Elaborating the woes of the = $ "" pending projects in a time farmers of water deficient areas 74 3 ! bound manner, State’s Water of Andhra Pradesh, he added, Lucknow: The Gorakhpur police on Tuesday managed to lay its Resources Minister Devineni “Chief Minister Chandrababu hands on sixth accused of the BRD Medical College tragedy and Uma Maheswara Rao said. Naidu has linked Godavari 5#26#5# a closed door meeting at a her- arrested clerk Sanjay Tripathi from Canmtonment Police Circle. “Interlinking of rivers is and Krishna rivers in 2015 itage hotel in the proximity of He was wanted in connection with the death of 70 kids on August very appropriate and is need of itself through Pattiseema Lift ujarat’s capital Sidi Saiyad Mosque. 10 and 11. Tripathi was later produced in the court and sent to the time. Because, some parts Irrigation Scheme in a record GGandhinagar and com- On Thursday morning both jail. On Monday, former head of anaesthesia department of the in the country are facing deficit time of less than one year”. mercial capital Ahmedabad Prime Ministers will lay a foun- hospital Dr Satish surrendered before a court. PNS or drought conditions where- Expalining the benefits of have been decked up to offer dation stone for the PM Modi’s as other parts are either surplus river-linking, he said, “Just grand hospitality to Prime dream project 1.08 lakh-crore or facing flood conditions”, the because of diversion of Minister Narendra Modi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet Minister said in the 31st Godavari surplus waters to his Japanese counterpart train at Sabarmati Raliway Annual General Body Meeting Krishna Delta during the last Shinzo Abe who are visiting the Station. Japan International of the National Water two kharif seasons, the State State for couple of days from Cooperation Agency (JICA) Development Agency in New Government was able to save Wednesday afternoon. and India’s Railway Ministry has Delhi on Tuesday. crops worth of 8,000 crore”. Visit of both the Prime already inked an MoU for the Union Minister for Water “Naidu is also planning to Ministers will began with a 508-km corridor, with Japan to Resources Nitin Gadkari chaired link other rivers in the State,” joint road-show right from partially fund the entire project. the meeting attended by Union he added. Devineni explained Sardar Patel International The much talked about Ministers of States Arjunram the steps taken by the State Airport to Sabarmati Ashram. bullet train connecting Meghwal and Satyapal Singh Government in measuring The 8 km route for the road- 1 ( * Ahmedabad with Mumbai will and Water Resource Ministers of groundwater. “Our State is show has been decorated with , , # have capacity to carry 750 pas- all the States. the first one in the Country in hoardings and colourful lights. sengers and complete the dis- While presenting the case of monitoring the groundwater Both Modi and Abe will also to heavy rains have also been Ashram, the top political lead- tance between to cities in three Andhra Pradesh, Devineni said, in real time. hold 12th India-Japan annual resurfaced on war footing. Series ers would also visit to 16th cen- hours. The project will be com- summit in the State. of performances would also be tury mosque in the old city – pleted by 2022. The bullet train Roads in Ahmedabad where held along the route to showcase Sidi Saiyad Mosque. It is known will pass through 21-km-long convoy of both the leaders are cultural diversity of the country for iconic window filigree work tunnel between Boisar and expected to pass have been for the Japanese PM to see. on the first day. They would Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) decked up. Roads damaged due Apart from Sabarmati end the day with a dinner and of which 7 km will be under sea. !! #) *+"$,-./0,1 8 R # = ( R # # " ' ) " '1 )1 QC9 R ' , , )9 ) " O F ! F 55 - 0 )BC(O ! - & - - !& 6 0 0 - !6 F O 0 #&6=$$ ()' F 7 # !F - he pomp and pageantry of 2 -0 F Rashtrapati Bhavan accorded, % # 3F%#4 0 pleasantries exchanged, and ! F%# all good things said, made , 0# 0 four-time Prime Minister Sher BahadurT Deuba’s visit to India last month ? , # ,! @((0- ‘successful’ at a time when there is stiff - F !F competition in Nepal between India 0 and China: That installed in Kathmandu, is a Government of its choice. Beijing, a ! 2 new entrant in this game, is holding its cards close to its chest. Old hand India , # F F brags about ‘special relations’ and ‘roti- - !F 0 beti rishta’ while China bags all the good- O N, O will and developmental contracts. - At the Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, on a disingenuous ! contraption raised four feet above the tar- - mac, Indian security officials conduct % ladder-point frisking of passengers to , $O 0 uphold Nepal’s sovereignty as it is not on its soil. This love-hate relationship is the epitome of post-andolan Nepal-India ties. 0 For a Nepali potential and incumbent ! Prime Minister, it is essential that he gets 0 invited to India on a visit and much is F ! made of him. Many feign maladies to 8? , # , consult Indian leaders ostensibly on a medical check up. The Chinese do it more brashly, inviting their favourites like Prithvinarayan Shah, that Nepal, being a and emerge as the single largest party in Prime Minister Modi performed a minor O 0 star performer, former Prime Minister yam between two boulders, must national elections. miracle, erasing all the ills Nepalese held 8 6 KP Oli of the Unified Marxist-Leninist remain equidistant. The Nepali electorate is very sharp and India responsible for, thanks to his speech 0&0F - O , (UML). But Deuba, being a dyed in the When Deuba returned to his seat after discerning. After the andolan for new writers and his oratory. 3 F N 0 wool, pro-India, pro-West, Nepali reading out his speech, Maoist party coali- Nepal, Maoists were overwhelming win- The India-China contest will be long Congress leader, has never been invited tion partner and Foreign Minister KB ners in the first Constituent Assembly. In and protracted but given the open borders, O4 = ! to China in the post-andolan period. Mahara apparently commended him on the the second Constituent Assembly, they geography, Gorkha soldiers in the Indian 6 ! The Chinese are furious that last year, pithy China interjection. Or so it seemed. dropped to third position with Nepali Army and upto 10 mn Nepalis working in > O 0 at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-lean- Later, in an interview with Business Standard Congress resorting to the top position. India, the match eventually will go India’s ! > > & %> ing India Foundation conclave at Goa, on Deuba’s visit and the triangular India- UML is backed not just by China’s deep way. During Doklam, Nepal studiously Deuba shared the dais with Lobsang China-Nepal relations, he said it was not pockets but also by goodwill earned at adopted a neutral position though given >? Sangay, Prime Minister of the Tibetan appropriate to discuss affairs of third coun- India’s cost — for seen to be supporting the there are Gorkha soldiers in the Indian ! >? Government in exile. Former Prime tries during a bilateral visit. Another Nepali game-changing Madhesi blockade of 2015. Army, that’s a stance hard to sustain when F Minister Sushil Koirala was the only commentator remarked, “Deuba should In his interview to Business Standard, things get hot. The sudden and surprise res- ! F ? 8% Prime Minister from the Nepali Congress have ignored Paswan’s comment”. Mahara said, “The next Government olution of Doklam may prove a turning F O & 0 who was not invited on a state visit to India. India’s core concerns in Nepal remain (without naming any party) will last five point for improved India-China relations He died disappointed but was seen by New its security, anti-India sentiment and ultra- years and provide stability for economic after a sustained tension of over two years. F !6 F 0 Delhi to be doing Beijing’s bidding. natioalism, stability of the Nepali Congress- growth”. India would hope the Nepali Beijing had promised to punish 0 Last month, India Foundation Maoist coalition and constitutional amend- Congress and Maoists improve their India for allowing the Dalai Lama to - organised its usual civic reception for ment relating to Madhesi rights. At least tally of seats and along with the United revisit Tawang escorted by a Minister. & )A((0 F ! Deuba at the Delhi’s grand Imperial two Prime Ministers — Oli and Deuba — Madhesi Front, come close to a two-thirds That threat of retribution, many thought, >? -0F Hotel, festooned with portraits of undertook their pilgrimage to India after majority for passage of the 2nd was delivered when in 2015-16 Beijing British and Indian royalty and the tabling the Constitutional Amendment Bill. Amendment. This will be difficult though. helped the Oli Government in breaking ! Charge of the Light Brigade, similar to While Oli facilitated the passage of the first Deuba didn’t take a hell of a lot back India’s political hegemony. China is now the Ranas’ splendour and memorabilia amendment, his party blocked the second to Kathmandu except mostly repackaged using the One Belt One Road as a com- seen at Kathmandu’s Yak and Yeti hotel. amendment tabled by Deuba. Despite old projects and goodwill. His is consid- mercial enterprise to penetrate not just While welcoming Deuba, Food and this, Madhesis are finally participating in ered a holding Government. New Delhi Nepal but all of South Asia. ; R Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas the postponed local elections to the Terai- must address Kathmandu’s concerns — its The post-andolan political scene Paswan from Bihar waxed eloquent on based number 2 province next week. sovereignty, perceptions of micro-man- requires careful jugglery of balls, especial- roti-beti but also inadvertently touched The task of the Deuba-led agement, and suspicion of restoration of ly catering for the new electoral system. a raw nerve, mentioning China’s high- Government is to conduct two elections monarchy and a Hindu state and other Though post-Doklam, China has said it -' # R 5 handedness in Tibet. This prompted an before 21 January 2018 when the life of outstanding issues. Soon, Nepal will be welcomes strong India-Nepal relations, impromptu comment by Deuba in his the second Constituent Assembly turned engulfed in Dasain and Tihar festivities, New Delhi has to keep its one time blue 5 5 address. He said, “We have excellent rela- legislature expires. On November 26, the just prior to two most crucial elections. eyed boy, Oli, on the right side. tions with China and don’t face problems Election Commission of Nepal will con- In the brief interregnum, India must try (The writer is a retired Major General ! from them”. This is straight out of Nepal’s duct provincial and parliamentary elec- to regain the hearts and minds of the of the Indian Army and founder member history books, an 18h century epistle on tions together. Present trends favour Oli’s Nepalese lost in inelegantly promoting the of the Defence Planning Staff, currently the diplomacy from Nepal’s founder, King UML to win most provincial elections cause of Nepal’s Madhesis. In 2014, revamped Integrated Defence Staff) 0 O ! 9 - 5 )#' = 6772 = ,? 0 and unable to absorb and accommo- - !, 0 5 0/0 00 5 date all the Rohingyas coming in. It 00 0 0) 0 is the responsibility of India to 3 / 00 / / Sir — This refers to the editorial, deport them immediately from the 0 /55// 0 “Rising for safety first” (September point of larger national interest. 4 ) 0/ 00 5 12). It is not only about the nature " India has learnt nothing from of the crime but also about the fre- the exodus of large number of I? 0 55// 0 0 quency which should force our L% M Bangladeshi Muslims which became !? 2 5 %# administration and Government 3& ))4- 5 ! the insurmountable crisis for the to act fast. In crimes like the Ryan ! country. Inspite of the apex court’s L M %(( International school incident, both ? % & = # direction to detect and deport these M* 50 the parents and school administra- !> " illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, the *( ! / 0 tion became very critical. As a par- system has not fully complied. -0 ent, we need to teach our child the ! Nimai Charan Swain - 5/ 0 5 difference between ‘good touch’ Bhubaneswar " 0 5/ 5/0/ and ‘bad touch’ and regularly inter- - ! 0 /0 ) 0 act with them to understand what 8 /0 / 0 0/+ is going on in their lives by trying M - -! !& 0 / 5 // to develop a close bond with them. 8 - / Schools need to teach self- Sir — The recent Central Bureau of defence as a compulsory measure to ! Investigation (CBI) raid at the res- " 0 their students. The editorial has idence of Jayanthi Natarajan, who 0 rightly suggested that reforming !? 0 quit the Manmohan Singh M:* police and having a well-meaning !& O - 0 Government from the post of !# police-public engagement can go a R Minister of Environment, Forest and * - 0 long way in reducing crime rates. $25 $$0 Climate Change, and blamed !> / 0 /00/ We, as responsible citizens of the Congress vice president Rahul / 0 0 0 society need to change our thought Gandhi of interference in her !# 0/ / 0 process as we are also key stakehold- Ministry, has engulfed her in ers of the society. a fresh controversy. /- 0 / Bal Govind What is significant is that the // Noida permission for diversion of forest 0 land had been rejected by Natrajan’s !8 - = predecessor Jairam Ramesh but ! M 0( when she took the post, she alleged- ly cleared it even though there was 0 /0 /5 Sir — The presence of about 25,000 no change in the circumstances. She O ! / 0 50 / Rohingya immigrants from Rakhine claimed that she followed Rahul - - 0 0 / / province of Myanmar, who took Gandhi’s directions on the issue. !: M 0/9 /0 / shelter in Jammu & Kashmir and Interestingly, every time the CBI acts O - 0 0/ 5 0/0 Ladakh region is a burning problem. against a former UPA Minister, the These Muslim immigrants infiltrat- Opposition calls it political vendet- !# ! O 5 0 / 0 ed into India to save their lives from ta, but this time, there seems to be K " 0 scourge of sectarian violence and a studied silence in the party. ! - -- threat. It is no moral responsibility KS Jayatheertha 0 & :: of India to rehabilitate the unwant- Bengaluru ed citizens of Myanmar since they ! * /0 * , ; M%< 0( 5 are not of Indian origin. ! O Q India is already overpopulated "00;102<$2;=>?$"'@2? !! #) *+"$,-./0,1 A
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0 = - ) ! #I77 2 0 # 2 ( 6 # (5 # # ' 4 ' ! !6 0 !9- -0 !> - 0 3-4 K ! ! #># # 0 - ! ! ) <)) ! he Japanese Prime # % ? 3#%?4 L? O 0 Minister Shinzo Abe will M visit Ahmedabad today to perform the bhoomi pujan ! (ground breaking cere- O !7 mony)T for the highspeed railway net- work corridor being built between !> Mumbai and Ahmedabad. - He, along with Prime Minister ? & -0 Narendra Modi will also lay the K ! foundation for two Japanese indus- - #&- O trial park at Sanand, Gujarat, which # -TI 3# 4 ? will attract 20,000 crore invest- ? : ?: -" ments. The park will have a Japanese ! 0 residential colony, the first of its kind - 0 in India. 0 Besides, Japan is also developing - !9 ?& % an industrial corridor that spans ?: ?- & across the States of Rajasthan, 0 Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and K 0 Maharashtra and is also bringing !8 investment and jobs. Seen in a historical context, the ! India-Japan relationship goes back ? ?: to more than a century. Okakura K AA& K Kakuzo (1862-1913), a contempo- , 6 # rary of Rabindranath Tagore and & 5 & , Swami Vivekananda, visited India in 8 T%2 ! 0 - 0 1901-02. Famous revolutionary Rash : 0 Behari Bose (1885-1945) spent half ,A()C!& 0 of his life in Japan. Tagore visited maritime exercise ever conducted in Japanese investment has played sig- largest democracy of Asia — India. 0 Japan (1915) and later introduced the Indian Ocean, as President of the nificant role in India’s growth story. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Judo (1924), the martial art of Japan, United States, Donald Trump, said Japan invested more than $25 billion resounding victory and re-election in !? into India through the Visva during the Modi-Trump summit in in different sectors across India dur- 2016 provided him with opportuni- 2 5 ? & -& Bharati curriculum. June 2017. The historic joint Naval =I7 67?#& ing the period from 2000 to 2017. ties to rejuvenate the Japanese econ- - 0 Of late, the Indo-Japanese rela- exercise saw the debut of JS Izumo Currently, Japan is the third biggest omy, revising the post-war !6 0 tionship has assumed dimensions of in an exercise with the US and 27%#27#2#6#9: investor in India, and investment Constitution and to allow more K 00 K 0 strategic partnership under Japanese Indian navies. F#?#7&7 from Japan increased substantially conventional military in sync with ! Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, after the This year’s Malabar exercise is during 2016-17. the contemporary security needs # , # 2 05 ? Liberal Democratic Party won the notable on several fronts — it’s the I7& ,7 6#& Japanese investments in India, in Asia. ? = % & December 2012 election in Japan. first Naval exercise between three during this period reached $4.7 bil- The revival of ‘Shintoism’ has O The historic visit of Japan’s countries to involve aircraft carriers ?9#E72&5:%# lion, an 80 per cent increase over the played a pivotal role in reinvigorat- !L K Emperor Akihito and Empress from each side. =972#J& $2.6 billion of 2015-16. ing the Japanese approach to emerg- - K 0 Michiko, in November 2013 to India The Indian Navy has deployed Most importantly, Japan pledged ing strategic geo-political needs. was a watershed moment in the INS Vikramaditya whereas, the US 5=8 6& =E! investments of around $35 billion for Japan is all set to play a more mean- ! ?: Indo-Japanese relationship. has sent the USS Nimitz —the the period of 2014-19 to boost ingful role in the Asia-Pacific region ? The six-day tour resulted from super carrier to the exercises. Sixteen F#?#I7& 72 India’s manufacturing and infra- for maintaining peace and order !M the recommendations made by the ships, two submarines and more than ,=7 6#SA@ structure sectors. in Asia. Japanese Cabinet led by nationalist 95 aircrafts were part of the exercise India and Japan are also working Japan is a technological power 2 % , ? 2 &! Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In 2014, in the Bay of Bengal. >99=2::77 on Asia-Africa Growth Corridor and can play a key role in transform- % -- " 0 with the victory of nationalist leader India-Japan defence and securi- (AAGC), which was unveiled on ing rising Asian powers like India. & 5 Narandra Modi, India and Japan are ty cooperation now needs to be exalt- &7% =&#%=&& May 23 this year, during the 52nd Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe is deter- !# " all set to make history. India is the ed to the next level. 2#25 67 Annual Meetings of the African mined to lead Japan back to its glory. O ! only non-signatory of the Non- In a joint statement with Development Bank (AfDB) held in Prime Minister Abe, along with 9 - K Proliferation Treaty with which Japanese Defence Minister, General ?7=2:=,A((( Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Indian Prime Minister Narandra Japan and India signed a nuclear deal Nakatani, Japan and India =A()D!%7 9E Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is the Modi, and US President Donald ! in 2016 when Prime Minister Modi have pledged to deepen bilateral son of Foreign Minister of Japan, Trump, represent two of the - visited Japan. defence ties along with the establish- F#?#& 67 62 Shintaro Abe and grandson of a world’s oldest, largest, and most O ! The deal enables Japan to supply ment of a Joint Working Group on Prime Minister, Kan Abe. responsible democracies. nuclear reactors, fuel and technolo- Defence Equipment and >557& I7& = According to Shinzo, he learnt Together, they represent 25 per gy to India. Looking at the future, it Technology Cooperation. 2# #2 from his father, Shintaro, one of most cent of world’s population, 35 per is the defence cooperation that is The $1.3 billion defence deal of accomplished diplomats in the post- cent of global gross domestic prod- expected to significantly contribute procurement of 12 Japan-made I7& ,7 :=, war Japan, the importance and sac- uct and will play a critical role in the to the emerging relationship. ShinMaywa US-2 amphibious rifices that need to be made to lead preservation of democracy and peace There is already cooperation search-and-rescue aircraft, for the F#?#%7#&72 a public life. in Asia in days to come. The Indo- between the Naval forces of both Indian Navy, needs to be expedited. &>& # #99E Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe’s Japan relation is among the strongest the countries and now, the focus is It will also be a landmark in Tokyo’s plan to ‘restore Japan’ is unfolding as relationships shared by two Asian on bringing the two Air Forces efforts to shed its post-war ban on 25A()*0)D the story of the re-emergence of one nations that need to be advanced to closer. The India-Japan-US trilater- weapons trade and get the ball of the greatest nations of the next level. al Malabar Naval exercise is paving rolling for a new chapter in strate- the world. (The writer is an expert on the ground for greater military gic military cooperation between the Japan is the oldest democracy of Learning and Development and orga- cooperation. two nations. Asia and post 2012, the journey of nizational Leadership Development, The ‘Malabar 2017’ is the largest Over the past decade and a half, Japan has many lessons for the based in Ahmedabad) 2 # =2 Xxuuqy xyruuuxu@HT qtyqyuxq ruu x @yv u rqsxu@HT qtyquxquxqt # , ; O q us quuqy xy @yxxu$"#1wuuquusy uqyw RB9 qyuyuutxu@HT qt 5,= ; the BJP has not done much to which defeated the BJP in 2015 BJP wanted to prove its acceptabil- support in the Rajya Sabha where Second, the allies want the BJP !5 9 assuage their feelings. At various Assembly poll, is a disappointed ity in a coalition politics. the NDA is in minority. The to have more interaction with them, times, Telugu Desam Party presi- man as he was hoping for some Vajpayee was able to lead a 24- Congress-led Opposition has been both for floor coordination as well 3 ; dent Chandrababu Naidu, and power sharing at the Centre. partner coalition, although blocking several important Bills and as other policy issues. They have ; Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir The JD(U) reaction was muted. AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa Prime Minister Modi needs the sup- expressed their discontent on this 5 , $#9E# Singh Badal, have expressed their “Nobody is interested in talking to brought down his Government port of the allies in getting legisla- quite often. unhappiness openly. us about such crucial issues within 13 months. However, the tions passed in the upper House. Third, they fear the speed with 9# ' 4 The Shiv Sena, the oldest ally of anymore. There was absolutely no coalition continued with political Moreover, the BJP also needed which the BJP is spreading. The BJP 9 the BJP, has had a running battle discussion or exchange of ideas realignment and Vajpayee came the allies in the recent presidential has set its eyes on about 115 seats , > hile much has been said of with the BJP on various issues both about the issue within the NDA. It back to power. Though the NDA and vice presidential elections with- across the country where it has a woman becoming the in Maharashtra and New Delhi. is for the BJP to decide if they want lost power from 2004 to 2014, the out whose support, the party would never won in the past, as part of its >9 Wfirst full-time Defence Vibes from the Shiv Sena have been to consult old alliance partners on front continued as some of them like not have been able to get its strategy for 2019 Lok Sabha poll. !5 Minister in the Modi Cabinet, there cold ever since the BJP won most crucial issues or not. The BJP has the the Telugu Desam Party, the Shiv nominees elected. Things were They fear that the expansion plan 5 9 has not been much debate about the seats in the 2014 Assembly election majority and may be they don’t want Sena, the Shiromani Akali Dal and smoothened in its second NDA of the BJP in the south, and also the disappointment of the 32 allies, who in Maharashtra. Shiv Sena to discuss important issues with us,” other anti-Congress parties had meeting, in July last, ahead of the east, might be at their expense and = have been left out of power-sharing. spokesman, Sanjay Raut said, “It is said JD (U) leader KC Tyagi. nowhere to go and they found it polls, when the allies endorsed they would like to protect their 9'= There is nothing wrong. After all, possible that the BJP is arrogant The united All India Anna convenient to remain together. Prime Minister Modi’s policies as interests. The growing popularity of it is the Bharatiya Janata Party about its majority in the Lok Sabha Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam When Prime Minister Narendra well as promised their support to the Prime Minister also makes (BJP) which has the control of the because of which it has stopped con- (AIADMK), which is waiting to join Modi led the NDA in 2014, it had the BJP. them apprehensive whether their ; National Democratic Alliance sultations. We don’t pay attention to the NDA, was also hoping for two 29 partners, some of them small and The NDA allies have been voters would shift to the BJP. 9= (NDA). But, expectations of the such issues. It is the BJP’s majority Cabinet berths so that internal he was graceful in accommodating demanding the revival of the con- It is likely that nearer the 2019 ; allies were really high. so the party should run the power sharing problem within the parties like the Shiromani Akali Dal, vener post. Earlier, former Defence poll, the BJP would try to mollify It is known that the relationship Government the way it wants.” party could be resolved, but is the Shiv Sena and the Telugu Desam Minister George Fernandes, held it them at the time of seat sharing in 9 between the BJP and its allies has The latest to join this club was now disappointed. Party by giving them representation during the Vajpayee days, which was some of the States where the BJP is L? not been very smooth. While some the Janata Dal (United) which If one looks back, the BJP and in his Cabinet. However, since then, later given to Sharad Yadav of the a junior partner. For, most of the of the long-term allies, like the Shiv returned to the NDA fold recently. its partners have had a roller-coast- the allies have been waiting patient- JD(U). At present, there are some NDA allies need the BJP and the @ Sena, the Shiromani Akali Dal and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, er relationship all along. The NDA ly for more representation. leaders like Chandrababu Naidu and BJP needs them. the Telugu Desam Party, have been who has severed connections with came into being in 1998 during the It is not as if the BJP can total- Nitish Kumar who are aspiring for (The writer is a senior political com- complaining about their treatment, other partners of the grand alliance time of Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the ly ignore the allies as it needs their the post, but the BJP is mum on this. mentator and syndicated columnist) ! ! #) *+"$,-./0,1 B
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Mining output, too, Daily consumables like industrial output during July Union Minister Piyush Goyal expanded by 4.8 per cent, as fruits and vegetables turned he Cabinet on Tuesday slipped to 1.2 per cent due said. against 0.9 per cent in the year- costlier during the month, with Tapproved hiving off about poor manufacturing figures, Factory output, measured ago month. inflation print coming in at 5.29 66,500 mobile towers of state- according to data released by the in terms of IIP, had declined by In terms of use-based clas- per cent and 6.16 per cent, run BSNL into a separate com- Central Statistics Office (CSO) 0.2 per cent in June. During sification, growth rates in July respectively, as against 2.83 per pany with a view to monetising NEW DELHI: The Union on Tuesday. April-July, IIP grew by 1.7 per 2017 over the same month last cent and (-)3.57 per cent in July, them by either listing the new Cabinet today approved a 3,000 The muted industrial out- cent, down from 6.5 per cent in year stood at 2.3 per cent for the data showed. entity or leasing the masts to pri- crore project to acquire seismic put numbers in July and rise in the same period last year. primary goods, (-)1.8 per cent Likewise, prepared meals, vate firms. BSNL owns 15 per data for prospecting of oil and nat- the August retail inflation have Growth of the manufactur- for intermediate goods and 3.7 snacks and sweets as a catego- cent of the 4,42,000 mobile tow- ural gas reserves. The Cabinet prompted the Reserve Bank of ing sector, which makes up per cent for infrastructure and ry turned pricier, with the rate ers in the country. Committee on Economic Affairs India (RBI) for further rate 77.6 per cent of the index, construction goods. of price rise at 1.96 per cent, up “Private telecom service chaired by PM Narendra Modi cuts in its next monetary poli- decelerated sharply to 0.1 per cially at the state level and also For the output of capital Consumer non-durables from 0.43 per cent in July. operator have created a separate approved a project to acquire cy review. Last month, the RBI cent in July compared to 5.3 per by bringing down interest rates,” goods, it contracted 1 per cent have recorded a growth of 3.4 Also, transport and communi- tower subsidiary and have been 48,243 line kilometer (LKM) 2D had cut its key lending rate by cent in the same period of FICCI Secretary General in July as against a growth of 8.8 per cent. A total of eight out of cation means became costlier offering their services. Today seismic data for appraisal of 25 basis points to 6 per cent in 2016. However, India Inc feels Sanjaya Baru said in a statement. per cent in the year-ago period. 23 industry groups in the man- during the month, with infla- Cabinet has granted approval to Indian sedimentary basins where view of softening inflation. The that the slowdown in manufac- “As the consumption Consumer durable goods met ufacturing sector grew in July tion rising to 3.71 per cent from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited limited data is available, an official next monetary policy review is turing sector reflects depressing demand would increase in the with similar fate, with produc- 2017 compared to the corre- 1.76 per cent in July. also to harness full potential of statement said. due on October 4. investment outlook. festive season and investment tion declining 1.3 per cent as sponding month last year. However, items such as its mobile towers by creating a National oil companies Oil “Not at all, in fact, the fact “As the slowdown is more too due to the Government against a nominal growth of 0.2 According to consumer price cereals and products, meat and separate completely owned sub- and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) that the prices have gone down pervasive this time in terms of measures taken in the last few per cent a year earlier. index (CPI) data, retail inflation fish, oils and fats became cheap- sidiary,” Telecom Minister and Oil India Ltd will implement to 2.36 per cent from last year number of sectors, it calls for months, we can expect growth However, electricity gener- stood at 2.36 per cent in July. er at inflation readings of 3.87 Manoj Sinha told reporters after the project. “The project will help was itself a situation that hap- urgent need to revive invest- to pick up in coming months,” ation stood out as it posted a The August inflation num- per cent, 2.94 per cent and 1.03 the Cabinet meet. in increasing the investments in pens often all. The RBI has 4-6 ments through reforms espe- he added. growth of 6.5 per cent in July, ber is the highest since March per cent, respectively. The Government allows domestic production of oil and telecom operators and mobile gas,” it said, adding OIL will con- tower companies to mutually duct survey in N-E states while share towers for lowering capi- the remaining areas would be (* 0 - *0 & -+5 " )9 tal and operational expenses. covered by ONGC. “BSNL has 15 per cent towers 0 05 0/ NEW DELHI: More than 1.06 lakh directors F; sional institutes such as ICAI, ICSI and ICoAI out of all mobile towers in the company owns the passive infra- will be disqualified for their association with B-&; ! is also being monitored’. “The fight against black country. We have 66,457 mobile structure and leases it to telecom shell companies, according to the govern- ;9@ money shall be incomplete without breaking towers. Tenancy ratio was 1.14 service providers enabling them ment, as it steps up the fight against black ;5 ;5 the network of shell companies. Possibility of was in the past. Average tenan- to minimise duplication of 5-(+'0 money. The latest move comes close on the ; using the shell companies for laundering the cy ratio of other service provider investments and economise on heels of the corporate affairs ministry can- 9+;; black money cannot be undermined,” Minister is 1.9. This (separate company) costs of operation and mainte- 782796 celling the registration of 2.09 lakh compa- ! ; of State for Corporate Affairs P P Chaudhary will lead to increase in our ten- nance, leading to improvement nies that have not been carrying out business , ! said. According to the release, there are about ancy ratio as well. Other service in profitability. ihar Deputy Chief Minister activities for a long period. Besides, banks ; 11 lakh companies with active status after provider will be able to use our The Minister said that ten- BSushil Kumar Modi will have been asked to restrict operations of these ;5 ; deregistration of over 2.09 lakh firms. tower,” Sinha said. ancy ratio on BSNL towers has head a five-member grouping companies' bank accounts by their directors , + ; ; The Minister is also monitoring the sit- Tenancy ratio is derived by improved from 1.14 to 1.32 of state ministers to look into or their authorised representatives. ;; uation emerging out of cancellation of reg- dividing number of base stations since the time the proposal to technical challenges being The ministry has “identified 1,06,578 istration of the companies and is holding reg- or antenna installed at mobile create a separate mobile tower faced by the GST registration directors for disqualification under Section tors such as their background, antecedents and ular meetings with officials of the ministry towers with total number of tow- company was floated. “When we and tax filing portal. The GST 164(2)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 as on their role in the operations/functioning of these and various related organisations. These ers. Sinha said the mobile tower will execute it, then we will also Council, the highest decision- September 12, 2017,” an official release said. companies are also being compiled in collab- include Serious Fraud Investigation Office company will be completely reach the same level as of other making body of the new Goods 675& 67:=,# = Under Section 164, a director in a company oration with the enforcement agencies,” the (SFIO), ROCs, Department of Financial owned by BSNL and the process service providers,” Sinha said. and Services Tax (GST) regime, that has not filed financial statements or annu- release said. Further, money laundering activ- Services, Indian Banks Association and of creating the new subsidiary Indus Towers, a joint ven- had on Saturday decided to 7%6=9=5E3 4>#%$>=7 al returns for three financial years continuously ities performed under the aegis of these com- other departments involved in the crackdown will be completed in two years. ture between Bharti Airtel, form a five-member panel to #2?= #9:=7#90 ,7 would not be eligible for re- appointment in panies are also under the scanner, it said. against defaulting companies. “The dis- “1,614 people will go on Vodafone and Idea Cellular, is look into the technical glitch- #O?#E775& # = that company or any other firm for five years. The ministry, which is implementing the qualification under Section 164 of the Act deputation from BSNL and the the biggest telecom tower com- es facing GST-Network ,5# = #2 #O7 Signalling that more regulatory action is companies law, has also identified profession- is by operation of law. We are identifying the Department of Telecom. In pany in the world with 1,22,920 (GSTN). :9527 675& 6#2 expected, the ministry is further analysing the als, chartered accountants, company secretaries defaulting directors of these shell companies. coming days, when business mobile towers with over The GSTN, the informa- :#%722=8 ,7867 67 data of the 2.09 lakh firms available with the and cost accountants associated with the My officers have assured me that by the end will increase, new employment 2,97,867 tenancies. Bharti tion technology (IT) backbone :& 27#297:=:95 Registrar of Companies (RoCs) to identify the defaulting companies. Besides, such people of this month, we would be ready with the opportunities will be created. Infratel claims the second spot and portal for real-time tax- =:7 &#??=#%672 directors and the significant beneficial inter- ‘involved in illegal activities have been identi- relevant details of all defaulting directors of This work will be completed in in mobile tower segment with payer registration, migration, :=%5 675=I = ests behind these entities. “Profiles of direc- fied in certain cases and the action by profes- these shell firms,” the Minister said. PTI two years,” he said. A tower 90,646 mobile towers. and tax return filing under the 7O 72 679#& 2# 7 GST, had faced downtime when the first deadline for fil- Network (GSTN) and the Chief &>9 ?= > $*5 ' & - - 5>9 % ) '@C ing of returns approached, Executive Officer, GSTN,” it & A(; forcing the Government to said. Also, a Committee on D "5 E 782796 restructuring of its invest- 25 per cent of 179.99 per extend the last date. Exports has been constituted *C@0D(( ment portfolio, TGBL said in share. At the indicated price, The Group of Ministers under Revenue Secretary MUMBAI: Niti Aayog chief financial inclusion agenda, the ata Sons will hike its a regulatory filing. As on the transaction is estimated to (GoM) headed by Modi will Hasmukh Adhia to look at the NEW DELHI: SBI Life Insurance, executive Amitabh Kant on RBI had allowed for the one time Tholding in Tata Global quarter ended June 2017, Tata be around 777.10 crore. ‘monitor and resolve the IT issues of export sector and to a arm of SBI, will hit the capital Tuesday said the Reserve Bank password (OTP) based elec- Beverages and Tata Chemicals held 7.10 per cent Similarly, Tata Chemicals also challenges faced in the imple- recommend to the GST Council market on September 20 to raise should go for a ten-fold increase tronic know your customer (e- Chemicals by buying shares stake in TGBL. said the acquisition price mentation of GST,’ an official suitable strategy for helping the up to 8,400 crore. The initial in the deposit and advances KYC) of accounts, but set certain held by the two companies in During the period, Tata would not be more than 25 statement said. Kerala Finance export sector in the post-GST share sale offer will open on caps on accounts opened caps on the transactions which each other, entailing an esti- Sons had 23.5 per cent stake per cent of 609.23 per share. Minister Thomas Isaac is also scenario. September 20 and close on through OTP-based eKYC. Such go through such accounts. mated investment of 1,458 in TGBL and 19.35 per cent in At the indicated price, the a member of the group. This Committee consists of September 22, SBI said in a reg- a liberalisation in the caps will Identifying this as an impedi- crore, as part of its efforts to Tata Chemicals. In a separate transaction is estimated to be The other members are the Chairperson, CBEC; ulatory filing to the stock help deepen the cashless or dig- ment in the growth of the cash- reduce cross-holdings in filing, Tata Chemicals said around 681.45 crore. Amar Agarwal, Minister for Member (Customs), CBEC; exchanges. This would be the 2nd ital journey, he said. less agenda, Kant said more group firms. Tata Sons will acquire up to In June this year, Tata Commercial Taxes, Director General, DGFT; listing of a life insurer after ICICI “To my mind the proposal reforms are needed on this with The promoter of major 1.11 crore shares or the entire Sons had acquired an addi- Chhattisgarh; Krishna Additional Secretary, GST Prudential Life Insurance, which to push OTP-based ekyc is high priority. Tata group companies has 4.39 per cent stake in the tional 2.89 per cent stake in Byregowda, Minister for Council; Director General, DG went public last year. “Price band (priority). For deposit accounts, “There is a need to allow been on a drive to reduce company held by TGBL. Tata Motors for a little over Agriculture, Karnataka; and Export Promotion from the for the offer as decided by SBI Life the present limit is 1 lakh. I the OTP-based eKYC for cred- cross-holdings by different Both the companies said 3,782 crore from Tata Steel Etela Rajendar, Finance Minister, Central Government and and the selling shareholders, in think we should increase it to it cards as well,” he said. He firms of the over $100 billion the proposed date of acquisi- through open market trans- Telangana. Commissioners of Commercial consultation with the lead man- about 10 lakh. For loan asked the RBI to also allow for conglomerate under its new tion is on or after September actions. Shares of TGBL “The GoM will be assisted Taxes from the States of Gujarat, agers, has been fixed between accounts, the existing limit is digital signatures on loan doc- Chairman N Chandrasekaran. 18 and the shares are pro- ended the day at 211.95 in its work by the Chairman, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar 685 to 700 per share of 10 60,000, my view is that it should uments, saying the central bank Tata Sons will acquire up to posed to be acquired at the apiece, up 1.39 per cent from Goods and Services Tax Pradesh and West Bengal. each,” a separate filing said. PTI be raised to 6 lakh,” Kant said is yet to come up with an 4.31 crore shares or 6.84 per prevailing price on the date of the previous close on BSE. addressing a Bankbazaar event express notification on it despite cent stake in Tata Global acquisition. Likewise, Tata Chemicals here. In order to bring customers the Government of India tak- Beverages Ltd (TGBL) from TGBL said the acquisition shares closed at 634.05 on board faster as part of the ing a decision to allow it. PTI Tata Chemicals, as a part of price would not be more than apiece, up 2.58 per cent. ( ' )2# NEW DELHI: India’s second with the remainder to be hired in largest software services firm the state by 2021, it added. Infosys on Tuesday said it will set Towards its plan of hiring 10,000 up a technology and innovation people over two years, the com- hub in Raleigh in North Carolina, pany has already hired close to where it is expected to hire 2,000 1,200 American workers, Infosys American workers by 2021. In said. July, Infosys had announced it “The North Carolina will set up a centre in North Technology and Innovation Hub. Carolina as part of its plan to hire Will focus on delivering cutting- a total of 10,000 locals for its US edge solutions in artificial intel- operations in the next two years. ligence (AI), machine learning, The move was also seen as a data and advanced analytics, bid to woo the Trump adminis- cloud and big data,” Infosys tration that has been critical of President and Deputy COO outsourcing firms for "unfairly" Ravi Kumar said. He added that taking jobs away from the US the centre will help to serve workers. The first of the four cen- clients in IT, life sciences, clean tres -- located in Indiana -- was technology and advanced man- announced in May this year. ufacturing sectors in a better Infosys, in a statement today, said manner. Infosys, which employs the new hub in Raleigh will open about 2 lakh people globally, will in early 2018 and occupy 60,000 expand its local hiring in the US sq ft. The company plans to hire as it battles visa-related chal- the first 500 workers in Raleigh lenges that often make sending innovation hub within two years, engineers to the US costly. PTI !! #) *+"$,-./0,1 BB
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NEW DELHI: ITC has said to other forms of consump- ';3 ;5 ;! without warning and they are ; *, tobacco regulation should not tions, he added. “Legal indus- ' , 5 getting it (in India) because be discriminatory to the cig- try has lost volumes to illicit 5 9! smuggled packs are coming.” arette industry, while asserting trade... I think that's the con- He further said: “China, 782796 @ , ability of consumers is high, the that the FMCG major has no cern we have and we really say 9 5 Japan and US which account 5 cess has been increased. plans to exit the segment that regulation should not be 999'3= for more than 50 per cent of he Government has notified “The pre-GST rate has not despite its ongoing diversifi- discriminatory to the ciga- cigarette consumption in the Tlevy of increased GST cess of B been restored. Even though we cation. The Kolkata-based rette industry,” Puri said. 5 ! world do not have pictorial up to 7 per cent on mid-size, BG , had a headspace of hiking cess by firm said taxes on cigarettes When asked if ITC, which 5 , warnings.” In 2016-17, ITC's large and SUV cars. The GST 5 10 per cent, it has been hiked by have ‘increased by more than is on a diversification drive total consolidated income was ' C )4 Council on September 9 had ; up to 7 per cent,” Jaitley had said. 200 per cent in last few years’ into new areas, could exit the 60,493.05 crore, out of which decided to hike cess on mid-size B( G The highest pre-GST tax inci- which has resulted in smug- cigarettes segment considering the cigarettes business had cars by 2 per cent, on large cars dence on motor vehicles worked gling of cigarettes and other the overall challenges in terms a big menace in the country,” the legal industry to cede contributed 35,877.66 crore. by 5 per cent and on SUVs by 7 ,; 8G out to about 52-54.72 per cent, to forms of tobacco in India. of regulations and health Puri said. Presently, the ciga- ground to illicit trade’. In the April-June quarter per cent to bring tax rates on 7 9 which 2.5 per cent was added on “If you look at the figures issues, he replied in the nega- rette industry is 11 per cent of “So, at the end what hap- this fiscal, ITC's revenue from these cars at pre-GST levels. ! , 5 account of Central Sales Tax, of tobacco consumption in tive. the total tobacco consumption pens is that Indian farmers cigarettes increased 6.60 per The Finance Ministry late , 5 E , octroi etc. Against this, post-GST India, over a long period it has “We have, for sure taken and accounts for 87 per cent of lose, government lose revenue cent to 8,774.16 crore, from last night notified the hike in ! the total tax incidence came to 43 not gone down. Tobacco con- the path of diversification over revenues, he added. and Indian manufactures 8,230.60 crore in the year- quantum of cess to be levied on B(G,3 per cent. With the revision in cess sumption has only increased,” a period of time but we believe Stressing that the current lose...,” Puri said. Commenting ago period despite high taxa- cars, following which the new ; quantum with Monday's notifi- ITC CEO & Executive it is neither in our stakehold- policy is hitting the legal cig- on the government's direction tion. The company, as part of rates came into effect. The ; cation, now the anomalies have Director Sanjiv Puri said in a ers' interest nor in the interest arettes industry hard and in over 85 per cent pictorial diversification, is moving effective GST rate on mid-size B 5 been removed to a greater extent. media interaction. of the nation, for us to cede turn affecting tobacco farmers warnings, he said: “Now ahead in non-cigarette seg- cars will be 45 per cent, and on With this, small petrol cars with From cigarettes, it has ground to the illicit trade, to associated with it, he said ‘it research has recently shown ment which contribute 58 per large cars it would be 48 per brought in the changes in the rate engine capacity less than 1200cc shifted to illegal cigarettes or smuggling, which has become does not serve any purpose for that consumers prefer packs cent of its total revenue. PTI cent. The rate will be 50 per of cess to be levied. However, cess will attract only 1 per cent cess, cent on sports utility vehicles on small petrol and diesel cars, while diesel cars with engine (SUVs), which include cars hybrid cars and those carrying up capacity of les than 1500cc will & - 1A- with length exceeding to 13 passengers has not been attract 3 per cent cess, on top of %< 3 (& 5/ 4,000mm and having a ground raised. Under the GST regime, the 28 per cent GST rate. Cess on clearance of 170mm and above. cars attract the highest tax slab of hybrid cars, including mid, large Car prices had dropped by 28 per cent and on top of that a and SUVs, have been retained at - up to 3 lakh as the tax rates fixed cess is levied. An ordinance was 15 per cent, likewise those vehi- /0 + under the Goods and Services promulgated last week to hike the cles used for transport of not ,,># Tax (GST) that came into effect cess from 15 per cent to up to 25 more than 13 passengers. NEW DELHI: Mergers of PSU 8=92&#E7& =7 67>#$& = occupies enormous amount of from July 1, was lower than the per cent. Automakers such as arket brimmed with confi- banks should be done only after the management's time,” the combined central and state taxes The Council then on Mahindra and Mahindra, Mdence on Tuesday as the balancesheets are cleaned up and 67#9 6 57 #% I7>=#2%=,?=&72=: ex-governor pointed out. in the pre-GST days. To fix this September 9 decided on the Toyota Kirloskar Motor, Audi, Sensex breached the 32,000 mark these are nursed back to health ?=:7&&=#9&! 6776#&>77# Talking about Asset Quality anomaly, the council raised the quantum of hike in cess in var- Mercedes-Benz and JLR India again by climbing 276 points to with adequate capitalisation, & 7#2E# 7,? =?=:7&&=#9&7 Review (AQR) initiated during cess. The Finance Ministry now ious segments. After the GST have already said that they are bring up a nearly one-month clos- said former RBI governor >#$,=I7?=9 %#96#%$&! his regime to clean up banking, has amended the notification council meet, Finance Minister planning to pass on the ing high, with the focus clearly on Raghuram Rajan. “I would say =%7876#I72=7 6# 6$ 677 Rajan said what was unique 'Compensation Cess (Rate)', Arun Jaitley had said that in increased cess to consumers in key macroeconomic data. The restore the banks to health, get about the exercise was that for dated the June 28, 2017, and large vehicles where afford- form of hike in car prices. broader NSE Nifty scaled a high of active board composed of pro- 899>7#27#9& # =:=,757 the first time, the regulator went 10,097.55 before closing up 87 fessionals. There has been a 7O0>5=I7=#56#,#F# across the banks to see if they points -- or 0.87 per cent -- at steady attempt to professionalise were classifying the same pro- 10,093.05, the highest closing since banks and remove political position to do it. We need to Rajan said ‘you would be merg- moter and the loan the same August 1 when it settled at hacks. Once we have done that, actually achieve it and put the ing banks with fairly different way. 10,114.65. I think there will be an ideal sit- capital that is necessary to recap- culture, fairly different orienta- The RBI had embarked on With this, both benchmarks uation for merger,” he said in an italise the banks where it is need- tion, system and region’. “To that the AQR journey from extended the gains for the fourth interview to PTI. He was ed and after it seems that some extent, you have to be careful December 2015 and asked day in a row. Risk aversion was responding to a question on the of the (merger) decisions can be about time it will take and what banks to recognise some top 7 * .* clearly relegated to the background Government's push for consol- made,” he added. the merger would add in terms defaulting accounts as NPAs , 6 >-8 after a rally in global markets as the idating public sector banks with The statement assumes sig- of value. Merger requires a fair and make provisions for them. , ,- , US stocks hit a fresh record high an aim to create fewer and larg- nificance as the Government amount of cultural focus because This has had a debilitating $F % % Monday on fading worries about er banks. recently initiated the process of you are merging banks which impact on banks' numbers. !% , $ North Korea and impact of Rajan also suggested that second round of consolidation- have different cultures,” he said. Almost all lenders in the system ))0 Hurricane Irma on the US. The BSE decisions need to be made by in public sector banks by con- “There are personnel prob- have reported a sharp increase ? & Sensex stayed above the base line those who understand the bank- stituting an Alternative lems like who becomes the in asset quality stress and % ?!L: > throughout the session before set- ing system rather than neces- Mechanism to oversee propos- boss, who becomes the subor- heightened provisioning as a tling higher by 276.50 points, or 0.87 sarily by bureaucrats. “It seems als of amalgamation. Pointing dinates. For example, if you are result of the AQR, under which M != per cent, at 32,158.66 on continu- to me that cleaning up has been out that going forward, the merging two forex units, then banks have been reportedly & ous inflow of funds by domestic postponed for one reason or the merger would not be as easy as who becomes the boss? So, all asked to recognise stressed $I % 3$I%4 institutional investors (DIIs). other. We are in a reasonable SBI that had few teething issues, these issues come to the fore. It accounts by March 2017. PTI %I$ & % %- AB/00/500 0// 3* /0 P .,) !6#% : J $ - +LO - $!# NEW DELHI: The Government has extended tax and of this 67 received the benefit. The Minister MUMBAI: India Inc’s for- the form of guarantees issued, 0 0$I% benefits to 67 startups so far with a view to pro- also assured full support and facilitation from eign direct investment (FDI) $184.44 million and loan and $!M>- 0)1 $-I - moting budding entrepreneurs in the country, both the centre and state governments. fell by about 15 per cent to $210.68 million as equity #? B!@ !6 $- !8 Minister of State for Commerce & Industry CR “We are here to support you. Whenever you $1.34 billion in last month, infusion. $- ,$ #? ! Chaudhary said on Tuesday. In January 2016, need any assistance or help, we are there for that,” according to the Reserve Bank Among major investors, 80)A ,- >- , Prime Minister Narendra Modi had unveiled a he added. The Minister asked young entrepreneurs data. The overseas invest- Wipro Ltd invested $500 mil- !&- % , - C!@ !$-J & slew of incentives to boost start-up ecosystem, to work in areas like agriculture, health, biotech- ment by Indian companies in lion in a wholly owned unit in C!@ &- ! offering them a tax holiday and inspector raj-free nology and animal husbandry. Speaking at the August last year ago stood at the US and Sintex-BAPL Ltd, regime for three years, capital gains tax exemp- conference, DIPP Secretary Ramesh Abhishek said $1.57 billion. $102.50 million in a joint B C . . tion and 10,000 crore corpus to fund them. 15 states have formulated their startup policies and The foreign investments venture in Netherlands. Tata > & 3>&4 “3,576 startups have been recognised as on through that they are facilitating the young busi- were also down sequentially Communications invested J September 7 and tax benefits have been given nesses. “States are important partners in this exer- when compared with $1.77 $78.75 million in a wholly 2 to 67 innovative startups,” Chaudhary said here cise,” he said adding startups needs support in areas billion July this year, showed owned subsidiary in while addressing the startup India states con- like infrastructure, funding and marketing. He the Outward Foreign Direct Singapore and ONGC Videsh 2 !F ference. The Department of Industrial Policy informed that 1,587 crore funds were given to Investment (OFDI) data of Ltd, $55.54 million in various - and Promotion (DIPP), under the ministry, con- startups so far besides intellectual property relat- RBI. The investment break-up joint ventures in Myanmar, - ! sidered 671 startups for income tax exemption ed benefits were extended to 639. PTI included $944.14 million in Russia and Vietnam. PTI >& Q9 ?8 8 # # R %& A -! & 779%=&,? =%#5=8=9E >& NEW DELHI: Steel Minister Chaudhary cent steel and 30 per cent rest of the items...,” ! Birender Singh on Tuesday said India 86787899,?=I7= he said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has 62:%>- - ! needs to raise per capita consumption of the 9:7& E97 9I5& #2#2! taken it as a challenge that everyone has a commodity, while asking the industry to play 7I7E>=2E8# &#>7 79:7 roof, he said. Singh further said that there NEW DELHI: Overtaking HDFC # - ethical by differentiating between 'ease of 6=&7#2 7O?7% D(?7%7 was a 'socio-economic caste census' survey, Bank, Tata Consultancy Services doing business' and 'ease of making money'. & 779#21(?7%7 7& =: 67 showing there is a requirement of 5 crore (TCS) on Tuesday regained its sta- * ( It is not just the duty of the government or 7,& &#E&& 779,& 7 houses. The Government has a mission to tus as the country's second most the steel ministry in specific, each one has %6#26#E>727&56 complete it by 2022, he said. “We also want valued firm in terms of market cap- a role to play, he said at KATM conference round the clock electricity, clean drinking italisation. Earlier in the day, HDFC )# on raw materials for steel & power here. has the potential to equal the world aver- water, best education for children and Bank had surpassed TCS to He was speaking on the key role soci- age per capita steel consumption. At pre- health-care for everyone.” become the country's second most " ety has to play with regard to various sent, the world per capita steel con- “I do agree that if this kind of infra- valued firm. However, it slipped to " issues be it increasing steel consumption sumption is 208 kg and that can be structure is made available...Then of course third position in the ranking chart or protecting the domestic steel industry. achieved in India, Singh said. The National the consumption would be on the same level at close of trade. B Singh said: "When there was dumping in Steel Policy aims more than doubling the which one can think in any of the developed In the afternoon trade, mar- our country, many of the producers of per capita steel consumption to 158 Kg by country,” he said. Talking about the approach ket capitalisation (m-cap) of * ' of the common man, the minister said he &32CB) 1 steel became traders. Is it fair on the part 2030-31, from 61 kg at present. HDFC Bank reached 4,73,530.72 of a man who...Has the responsibility to The steel consumption in the country thinks that these things will be created or crore, crossing that of TCS was # ? produce... Why? because there is a pos- will increase with the improvement in made available by the government may be 4,72,733.32 crore. However, at sibility that without doing anything you lifestyle and development of infrastructure the state government or the Centre. He fur- the close of trade, TCS' market can make easy money." in housing, he said. “Steel consumption can ther asked the industry to make full use if valuation stood at 4,76,045.04 # 'Ease of doing business' is very dif- grow only when we will improve our the resources available in the country. India crore, which was 2,578.86 crore * ) ferent from 'ease of making money'. lifestyle, living standard. Everybody wants has surplus power, iron ore reserve which will more than HDFC Bank’s *) Each one has a role to play, he said. India a better life, house and in it I expect 70 per last for at least next 30 years. PTI 4,73,466.18 crore valuation. PTI " " OE " P 1 *'*#. , 782796 ensure that strict privacy rights of ability, data utility, data anonymi- 86972=5&=7I7E%#78=92>7 #$7 = individuals are protected. 7&7 6# & % ?I#%E56 &=: ty, data privacy -- on these four 1 aw and IT minister Ravi However, unauthorised use of data principle if we proceed then sure- , 2I2#9?= 7% 72!6=87I7 LShankar Prasad on Tuesday would be dealt with iron-hand to # 6=&72&7=:2# #8=92>727#9 8 6 ly India will emerge as a very warned companies of conse- ensure that nothing comes in the important place as a democracy quences if they release data or way of making data-analytics a =06#2 =7&7 6# = 65%=,7& 678#E ruled by law, as a beacon for the information about an individual national movement,” he said. The =:,#$52# #0##9E %&## =#9,=I7,7 !:# world as to how India has set up ) 1 with name and without his or her Government has launched open 2I2#92# #86%6&?I# 7&2&%9=&728 6= a robust regime which set out consent. “Some things are com- data platform in 2012 for public 6&%=&7 &79E%=&7U7%7&899:=99=8#2 benchmark for data utilisation # ? pletely private, should not come use. Later, it issued an open &6=92:=99=8!8# =#&&7 6# & % ?I#%E maturity,” Prasad said. in public. Today, I would like to licence for people. The Minister 56 &=:#2I2#9,& >7?= 7% 72!87 67 Ministry of Electronics and gently remind, all the companies said the government has opened 5=I7,7 8997&7 6# &?= 7% 72 IT Secretary Ajay Prakash dealing with data, that if any data up many data sets for developing &#E&#I&6#$#?# Sawhney said that the open data . . '/( D/( of an individual is released by innovating solutions but the data platform is a huge opportunity for * -: + name you will suffer consequence has anonymity. ital empowerment with financial ensure that it is protected,” Prasad the country and a brilliant foun- 6'%E' %89 unless there is specific consent of “Please don’t confuse. inclusion. The Minister said that said. He said the Government will dation in place to have so much : person whose data you are seek- Government data is anonymous. the apex court has said that right be very tough in any unauthorised of data already being made avail- !)'*)AM)'*))&,I 2 $05 % F ing to make public,” Prasad said It does have an identity. If data is to privacy is not absolute. use of data in the interest of India’s able.“However, there is big gap AC!(B!A()D )'*))& 0 +0 while launching a nation-wide anonymous. 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Gauri Lankesh, saying it was ! 16,000 of them have received of his organisations - JuD and on Disarmament in the first Korea said was a hydrogen bomb ‘perplexed’ at the remarks. # 1(( ((( refugee documentation, the Falah-i-Insaniat - the depart- &J North Korean reaction to small enough to fit onto a mis- UN Human Rights chief , UN estimates. ment said: “The act on the part J?- Monday’s unanimous vote. sile. * Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, in his > India’s Minister of State for of Hafiz Saeed reaffirms the - “My delegation condemns in The United States and its >#55 "6 comments at the 36th Session -, Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, on apprehension of the law the strongest terms and cate- allies argue that tougher sanc- of the UN Human Rights - September 5 had said Rohingyas enforcement and intelligence ! gorically rejects the latest illegal tions will pile pressure on Kim’s $ Council yesterday, had criti- were illegal immigrants and agencies that if he is released his ... UN Security Council resolu- regime to come to the negotia- ! cised India on the issue of # A@! stand to be deported. activities will create law and Branch, Home Secretary MaJ tion,” ambassador Han Tae Song tion table to discuss an end to its deportation of Rohingyas as “It is also surprising that order situation.” (R) Azam Suleiman ‘finds no told the gathering. nuclear and missile tests. * 6% well as on religious intolerance been built under challenging individual incidents are being It has been recommended merits in the representation of “The forthcoming measures “My hope is that the regime and threat to rights activists. conditions,” Ambassador Rajiv extrapolated to suggest a broad- to keep the detenue (Saeed) Saeed hence it is rejected’. by DPRK (the Democratic will hear the message loud and >#55" In a strong reaction, India K Chander said. er societal situation. India is under detention ‘in larger pub- Lahore High Court Justice Republic of Korea) will make the clear and it will choose a differ- ,- C( said it was surprised that indi- Chander, India’s proud of its independent judi- lic interest’. Mazahir Ali Naqvi adjourned US suffer the greatest pain it has ent path,” US ambassador Robert & 3&&4 vidual incidents are being Permanent Representative to ciary, freedom of press, vibrant The department further the hearing till September 15. ever experienced in its history,” Wood told the Conference on ‘extrapolated’ to suggest a the UN, Geneva, made the civil society and respect for rule said that the activities of Saeed Mumbai attack master- he said. Disarmament. # broader societal situation. statement in response to of law and human rights,” will “pose grave threat to the mind Saeed and his four aides The move by the Security Pyongyang meanwhile " ! “We are perplexed at some Hussein’s comments. Chander said. public safety and cause the - Abdullah Ubaid, Malik Zafar Council slaps a ban on textile appeared to draw a different les- of the observations made by the Rejecting the observations He said a more informed breach of public order.” Iqbal, Abdul Rehman Abid exports and restricts shipments son from the Security Council High Commissioner in his oral by Hussein, Chander said, view would have not only It said that after hearing the and Qazi Kashif Hussain - had of oil products to punish vote. “Instead of making (the) . * update. There appears to be “Tendentious judgements recognised this aspect but also counsel for Saeed and repre- challenged the extension of Pyongyang for its sixth and right choice with rational analy- $;27 O 2 , inadequate appreciation of the made on the basis of selective noted that Prime Minister sentatives of the Counter their house arrest for another largest nuclear test. sis, ... The Washington regime & freedoms and rights that are and even inaccurate reports do Narendra Modi himself pub- Terrorism Department, Special 60 days under section 1 of sec- The US-drafted sanctions (has opted) for political, eco- guaranteed and practised daily not further the understanding licly condemned violence in the Branch, Lahore police chief, tion 3 of Maintenance of Public resolution passed just one month nomic, and military confronta- $ in a vibrant democracy that has of human rights in any society.” name of cow protection. DIG Operations and Security Order, 1960. after the Security Council decid- tion,” Han said. ! + 3 3 6 ? +B- , 5 / #0 ;! $H , > /00 5 76# Khamenei said. 2 0 // '( The United Nations $? 0 yanmar’s crack- says 370,000 Rohingya ?9#= Ankara: Turkish President Gaza City: Hamas says it is Mdown on Muslims have fled 9=2= Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ready to talk reconciliation 6$ Rohingya Muslims Buddhist-majority Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime ine people, including a sus- refuted reports claiming that he with the rival Government of marks the ‘death of the Myanmar since the Minister Sheikh Hasina today Npect who was fatally shot by ritish MPs on Tuesday held a secret meeting with Palestinian President Hong Kong: Activists gathered Nobel Peace Prize’, army launched a huge accused Buddhist-majority an officer, have died after a man Bvoted in favour of a bill to Syrian President Bashar Assad, Mahmoud Abbas without pre- in central Hong Kong on Iran’s supreme leader said today security operation in response Myanmar of committing atroc- opened fire during a gathering end the UK’s membership to a media report said on Tuesday. conditions. Tuesday to protest the visit of US in a sharp attack on Burmese to attacks by militants late last ities on Rohingya Muslims, to watch football at a suburban the European Union, a reprieve “I did not meet Assad, and Hamas had previously President Donald Trump’s for- laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. month. saying Dhaka will not tolerate Dallas home, police says. for Prime Minister Theresa I have no intention of meeting demanded that Abbas halt a mer top strategist Steve Bannon, “A cruel Government, at UN human rights chief any kind of injustice and its Plano police Chief Gregory May who hailed the “historic him,” Erdogan said, comment- series of measures taken against chanting ‘Nazis are not wel- the top of which sits a cruel Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein protest will continue. W Rushin said at a last after- decision”. ing on social media reports the Islamic movement before come here!’ as they donned car- woman who was awarded a described the operation as a She also asked Myanmar to noon news conference that Lawmakers voted by 326 to about holding secret talks at sitting down to discuss a rec- toon Trump masks. Nobel prize, kills innocent ‘textbook example of ethnic ‘take steps’ to take back its one of two people hospitalised 290 in favour of backing the EU Russian President Vladimir onciliation deal. The protesters stood outside the people, sets fire to them, cleansing’. nationals who have fled to after the Sunday night shooting Withdrawal Bill, which will Putin’s request, Hurriyet Daily Abbas cut electricity in harbourfront Grand Hyatt hotel destroys their houses and dis- Khamenei said the prob- Bangladesh following the vio- had died. now go forward for further News reported. Gaza and slashed the salaries of in Hong Kong where the 63- places them and no tangible lem was not about Buddhists lence. An officer responding to a scrutiny by MPs. On a new military opera- tens of thousands of public ser- year-old was due to speak at a reaction is seen,” Ayatollah and Muslims. “We want peace and a report of shots fired at about 8 The bill is aimed at over- tion to expel Al Qaeda-linked vants in a bid to compel Hamas closed-door investors’ forum, Syed Ali Khamenei said in a “Maybe a few religious friendly relation with neigh- PM confronted the suspected turning the 1972 European terrorists from Idlib of north- to dissolve a contentious com- holding a rooster-shaped card- speech in Tehran. fanatics play a role, but a gov- bouring countries...(but) we shooter and opened fire, killing Communities Act, which took ern Syria, Erdogan said the sit- mittee it formed to run the ter- board cut-out capped with Once lauded by the inter- ernment is doing this. This is cannot allow and accept any the suspect. Police then found the UK into the then European uation in Idlib was developing ritory in defiance of Abbas’ Trump’s hairstyle and labelled national community for stand- a political issue,” he said. kind of unjust and our protest the nine gunshot victims seven Economic Community (EEC). positively. IANS government. AP ‘toxic nationalist’. AFP ing up to the Myanmar mili- “The solution is for will continue to this end,” were dead and two were taken It will convert all existing tary, Suu Kyi has been sharply Muslim Governments to act. Hasina said after visiting a to the hospital. EU laws into UK law to ensure criticised around the world for We are not saying they should Rohingya refugee camp near there are no gaps in legislation 7 - her failure to condemn brutal send troops there, but impose the border town of Ukhiya in on Brexit day, scheduled for * * 8(G; $ attacks on her country’s political and economic pres- Cox’s Bazar district. March, 2019. Muslim minority now she is the sure,” Khamenei said. She assured the refugees May averted a rebellion . effective leader. He called on the that Bangladesh would con- within her own Conservative Cairo: An international rights “Yes, they condemn it, Organisation of Islamic tinue to provide humanitarian 2?# party during the post-midnight Hemeimeem Air Base: group says the Saudi-led coali- issue statements, but what good Cooperation (OIC) to convene assistance to them. vote on the EU Withdrawal Bill, Russia’s military says Syrian tion waging an air campaign 8#&65 = does it do? They should take “for this specific purpose and to “As long as they don’t return 9 which resulted in her govern- troops have liberated about 85 against Yemen’s Houthi rebels action. This marks the death of discuss what measures can be to their country we will remain - ment securing a victory at the percent of the war-torn coun- in the north are killing children && the Nobel Peace Prize,” taken for these Muslims.” beside them,” she said. PTI ! end of the bill’s second reading try’ territory from militants. in what amounts to war crimes. *D0 0 debate in the Commons. Lt Gen Alexander Lapin Human Rights Watch “Although there is more to told reporters today at released a study today docu- ? 2 & do, this decision means we can Hemeimeem air base near menting the deaths of 26 chil- - 1'0 0 move on with negotiations with the Syrian coastal city of dren killed in five airstrikes ! solid foundations and we con- Latakia that Syrian govern- since June. ! tinue to encourage MPs from all ment forces have yet to clear The group said that despite - 6 parts of the UK to work togeth- the remaining 15 percent, promises by the coalition to , & er in support of this vital piece approximately 27,000 square abide by international law, the ! & 9 of legislation,” May said at the kilometers from the extrem- airstrikes have failed to do that ! end of the tough vote. ists. AP and urged the United Nations -@D to again place the coalition on & ,9 , its “list of shame.” AP ,% ! 456554 7 58 59:5; B
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Central Government have recently launched a training programme in the field of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and to train around two lakh people in six months to handle tax compliance issues relating to invoice. This will help businesses areas such The direct-to-desktop as registration and calculation ‘live-online’ classroom ses- of tax liability. sions with NUS Business There have been 100 cen- School faculty members will tres inaugurated digitally. The provide flexibility to partici- Ministry also launched pants to learn from anywhere. national portal for assessors The last date to apply is and trainers besides 51 new October 6. Interested appli- Pradhan Mantri Kaushal cants can find details of the $.6#./1 / Vikas Yojana centres. program at http://pearson- Anyone who want to professional.com/career-pro- upgrade their skills can grams/nus/. undergo this training pro- one are the days when a doctor had to 5 he achieves. gramme. Candidates includ- manage the hospital and Out Patient % +5 Entrepreneurial skills: The ability to take ini- ing chartered accountants, The Institute of GDepartment (OPD). Now, is the era of tiatives, grab new opportunities, risk taking abil- company secretaries, gradu- Management Technology multispecialty hospitals where doctors are busy 55; ities and decision-making in the uncertain situ- ates and post-graduates in (IMT), invites admissions to with treating patients rather than spend time in 55 ations are the key skills for a successful managers. commerce, banking, statis- its two-year Post Graduate administrative work of the hospital. With the rise In the current scenario, the scope of health- tics, financial markets and Diploma in Management > in the number of multispecialty hospitals, doc- ! ; C 9 care industry is tremendously widening, bring- business administration can (PGDM) and MBA pro- tors need to concentrate on their core skills and ; 5 ing in a large pool of opportunities in terms of get the GST training certifi- grammes for June 2018-19 the management should be taken care of by hos- M 3 5 employment. Besides the doctors and other para- cate after successfully under- batch. The curriculum is pital managers. 5 5 5 medical staff, the healthcare industry today, looks going the GST training course. geared to embed innovation, Hospital managers go through complexities forward to qualified and specialised healthcare The interested candidates can execution and social respon- of day-to-day working and strategic decision- 5 ; management professionals who can handle the enroll themselves for GST sibility as the key values in the - making in the hospital. The demand for profes- administrative and the management needs well. training course by calling at young managers’ mind. This sional managers is high in the other healthcare 088000-55555. is being done through core " institutions. They can take care of management courses on sustainability and aspects that will help doctors focus in clinical work The job profiles offered to healthcare man- + social responsibility, design and create conducive environment for them. * agement professionals involve management of the Pearson and National thinking and organisation There is a dire need to train the managers Some of the skills that are in focus in the internal affairs of the hospital or medical insti- University of Singapore based projects. with appropriate skills. There are diploma cours- preparation of healthcare managers are: tution. Being a professional in health care man- (NUS) Business School have After successful comple- es available which is accredited by National Board Interpersonal skills: The ability to interact well agement, you also have to deal with critical man- launched the Emerging tion of the course, the students of Accreditation that makes it equivalent to MBA. with the staff and clients is very important for a agement problems encountered by hospitals and Leaders Management would also have an opportu- The post graduate courses in Healthcare professional, and healthcare professionals are not other healthcare agencies and respond favorably Acceleration Programme nity to be a part of entrepre- Management are nowadays gaining a lot of recog- exception of it. This is the prerequisite of success to such adverse situations. Usually, these candi- (ELMAP), a blended executive neurial/social/ rural/ inter- nition among students owing to its many bene- of any professionals. Some people believe that dates are placed in community hospitals, reha- programme for young busi- national immersion, basis fits and the widening scope. Some of the major these skills are innate, but the reality is that with bilitation facilities, outpatient clinics, and hospices ness professionals. their areas of interest. The benefits that these programmes bring in for the proper training and practice, these skills can also with flexible work timings. Commencing on October aspirants should have taken students are: be developed. Some of the other job roles that a person can 14, this programme brings the CAT 2017/XAT 2018 or Training and certification open up career Leadership skills: These skills include the abil- get placed on, upon pursuing post graduation in together business skills and GMAT. The final selections opportunities in diverse healthcare segments such ity to delegate authority, motivate others and com- Healthcare Management are as a hospital admin- superior content from NUS to process for ‘IMT-FIT’ candi- as bio-pharmaceutical organisations, health municate effectively. It helps the managers to take istrator, healthcare finance manager, medical offer in-depth understanding dates will be done through insurance organisations, clinical research organ- thoughtful decisions and in meeting the deadlines. director, HR recruiter, blood bank administrator, of various functional areas of thinking test, group exercise isations, Government sectors, financial organi- Analytical skills: These skills enable a professional pharmaceutical project manager, etc. Management and Leadership. and personal interview (CT- * sations, NGOs, and many others. to collect, scrutinise and analyse the information Today, the healthcare industry has identified Working professionals GE-PI). Work experience There is a high level of work satisfaction and effectively. These skills are required in efficient and realised the importance of management pro- with two to 10 years of work candidates will be additional- remuneration in this industry. Also, you have the decision-making. Students are engaged in research fessionals and specialised administration staff for experience, who are keen to ly evaluated on the relevance flexibility to work at varying locations, either in projects and given research-based assignments improving medical infrastructure and healthcare work in cross-functional of their work experience in the non-urban communities or metropolitan and dissertation. facilities. The trained professional develops teams or need to coordinate relation to the PGDM pro- cities. Goal setting skills: Appropriate goal setting is diverse knowledge and understanding to holis- with multiple business func- gramme. Students gain practical knowledge about the very important for a professional. Prior to goal tic management of health/ hospital services. They tions, would benefit most Candidates can apply for nuances of what all is required to administer the setting, all the resources must be analysed and are sought after by Government as well as the pri- from the six-month part-time the globally accredited resi- healthcare facilities from a domestic as well as then goals should be set accordingly. The success vate/ corporate sector. weekend course. dential programmes at global perspective. of the manager also depends on the extent of goals # )./ ? The programme will Ghaziabad, Nagpur, Dubai equip participants with the and Hyderabad campus. They fundamental concepts of lead- can fill in the common appli- ership, business strategy, mar- cation form at ' ) keting and sales management, www.imt.edu/admissions2018. big data, service operations, The application fee is 2000 supply chain management, plus taxes. The last date to igital Media spend in languages. he Vijanan Bharati (VIBHA), a 78 nunciation, grammar and business innovation and apply is November 24, 2017. DAsia has been growing The course is spread movement to promote Science 2796 vocabulary. finance analytics. It will Critical thinking test, group he Indian Institute of over 25 per cent annually. over 10 weeks and covers Tamongst children, is organising This flexible online include four to six webinars exercise and personal inter- TManagement Ahmedabad There is an increasing theoretical as well as practi- Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM) — he British Council has course consists of numerous with industry leaders. view process will be held in (IIMA) in partnership with demand for skilled profes- cal and working aspects of the national science talent search on Tlaunched myEnglish module developed by the Candidates will be awarded February 2018, post shortlist- Hughes Education India sional who can conceptualise the module as well. Right November 26, 2017. The aim is to select course, an online interactive highly qualified British with a certificate from NUS ing the candidate on the basis Limited has kickstarted the and execute campaigns from creating websites to students with scientific temperament courses to improve English Council teachers. MyEnglish Business School upon suc- of CAT/XAT/GMAT. For first batch of Electronic Mode- across search, social, email outreach marketing plans from Class VI to XI across the country. speaking and writing skills classes are delivered over cessful completion of the pro- more details, visit Post Graduate Diploma and mobile marketing. The for products and services to Vigyan Prasar (VP), an autonomous for adult learners. The pro- Zoom, a low bandwidth con- gramme. www.imt.edu. Programme (ePGP) 2017-19. top 10 jobs highlighted by data analytics of the cam- organisation under Department of gramme offers total nine suming video-conferencing The programme was inaugu- Linkedin for the coming paign, the curriculum covers Science and Technology and NCERT courses at three levels — pre- platform which is easily rated by Prof Ashish Nanda, year are centered around it all. ICDL online test is have joined hands in organising this intermediate, intermediate accessible from desktop, lap- ) ( / 00 / director IIMA, from the technology and marketing. mandatory for all enroll- competition. and upper- intermediate. top, smartphone or tablet. Hughes Interactive Onsite This creates a need gap for ments. Any graduate with The competition will be held on a The applicants are first The interactive format fulfills Studio located at IIMA new our youth to be equipped to good communication skills digital platform. It will be multi-level required to take a short the need for real time feed- he Team India gears up to have undergone extensive campus. ePGP is a two-year ride the wave,” Shailendra can enroll at one of the cen- competition and the students can regis- online test followed by a back from the teacher while Tparticipate at the biggest training with industry part- programme with an added Dixit, founder, AcademySid, ters of South Delhi, North ter with their respective schools. The consultation with one of the practicing pronunciation and exhibition —WorldSkills ners, which has helped them flexibility of completion in said. Campus, Noida or schools will have to sign up for the reg- teachers to identify the right understanding concepts, Competition which will be improve their skills before three years. This programme is As an accredited test Gurugram. The academy, istration by assigning a person-in-charge course before registration. critical for learning a lan- organised in Abu Dhabi from the competition. NSDC for working professionals and centre and education facili- however, does not offer any to coordinate the examination. The The course will be starting guage. October 14 to 19, 2017. organised a three-day training entrepreneurs having a mini- ty, AcademySid is tutoring online courses. The Faculty school login ID will be created and from September 23, 2017 The course was launched Around 1,200 competitors and team building workshop mum full-time work experi- students on a curriculum comprises of some of the schools can register as many students still across India, fee is 8,800 as a pilot programme in from 70-plus countries will recently that aimed at equip- ence of three years. which has been endorsed not leading digital marketing September 20, 2017. The syllabus for this with a class size of 20. Mumbai and Bengaluru to compete across 50 skills. ping the candidates with soft- The campus module of only by Google, Microsoft, experts who have worked on competition includes NCERT books of The course is designed know the response of the WorldSkills India has select- er skill such as time manage- the ePGP 2017-19 batch is Facebook, LinkedIn and affiliate marketing and online Science and Maths of respective classes, for the period of six weeks learners. ed a team of 28 competitors ment, coping with pressure scheduled to begin on October other leaders of the Digital campaigns across industries articles published by VIBHA, biographies (50 hours) to improve one’s Pradeep Kumar, working who will compete in 26 skills and other pre-event prepara- 2. The first batch of ePGP has Spectrum, but also by and not just people with of Dr Vikram Sarabhai and Dr Homi fluency, writing skills and to professional says: “The ranging from car painting, tion required to participate at 53 participants who will pursue Governments and public theoretical know how and Jahangir Bhabha, general knowledge, have proper command over course helped me in improv- brick laying, hair styling, the competition. The work- this course from 13 cities across sector team across more certifications. logic and reasoning. English as a language. It will ing in English writing and beauty therapy, proto-type shop was conducted by the country. The candidates than 120 countries. AcademySID also hosts The study material will be made help developing workspace speaking skills. I improved modeling, auto body repair, renowned soft skills training have been selected from a vast It is backed by the cur- an alumni programme for all available at www.vvm.org.in from skills like interpersonal com- on my fluency with the help mobile robotics, welding etc. organisation, Tata Strive. pool of applicants through rig- riculum from ICDL — the passouts that will allow October 1. The exam will be conducted munication, time manage- of Zoom tool through which The National Skill Leading sports personalities orous selection criteria. International Computers them login to the alumni for two sections: Junior Classes (VI-VIII) ment, interviews and digital we can zoom in and see the Development Corporation like Sachin Tendulkar, Deepa For the next batch of ePGP Drivers License based at page to keep them connect- and senior Classes IX-XI. The students skills. teacher’s lip movement close- India (NSDC) had identified Malik, Devendra Jhajharia starting from May 2018, IIMA Ireland. ICDL has a formi- ed and help explore career from respective classes will be compared Students will be able to ly to understand how to all the competitors through a and Rehan Poncha interacted will be considering dable standing having given opportunities over the years. separately for the purpose of evaluation. access online lectures and pronounce a particular word. series of competitions organ- with the contestants to share CAT/GMAT scores, so all inter- more than 15 million certi- For more information, Registered students can also appear in study materials, reading and The course has helped me ised at regional and national their experiences and gave ested participants are advised to fications and having devel- log on to http://www.acade- series of mock exam from October 1 to writing tasks that will help gain confidence. I can now levels over the past two years. valuable input on coping with register for CAT 2017. oped course material in 40 mysid.com/. November 20, 2017. them to improve in pro- speak English fluently.” Post which all the candidates the pressure.
782796 “The margin lies in after sales service and * " support and not only in the implemen- & 7 llaying fears that Artificial tation. Don’t make a product, make it an AIntelligence (AI) would replace experience.” humans in jobs, Vikram Jeet Singh, VP, many choices is a good thing. The sum- at Times of India, was all praise towards Pankaj Sharma, president and chief he WWF-India, in partnership with tainable practices by experts at WWF-India as a KPMG, said: “Robotic Process mit was attended by dignitaries from var- this development. “The Press might risk officer at Religare, stressing the Capgemini, has launched One Planet part of this initiative. Automation (RPA) is happening, there is ious industry sectors as well as the have physical limitations; social media is importance of learning in Risk TAcademy (OPA), an environment education While environment education forms an inte- no denying that. However, the robots can media. now bringing to light the happenings Management, said: “Learn from your portal for students and teachers in India. The web- gral part of the school syllabi, there exists a gap only do the recreative jobs without tir- Speaking on the revolution brought even from the obscure places on the plan- own mistakes as well from others’ mis- site is designed to be a one-stop destination for in the education system and the populace in the ing. That will allow humans to focus about by Reliance Jio in the telecom et,” he said. When asked about the takes. Ask questions that can be answered educational information and interactive and realm of education for the environment and sus- more on value creation. Artificial industry, Sanjay Maan, president, North increasing space devoted to advertorials, in a binary form. There’s never only a sin- engaging content on the environment and sus- tainability. The OPA, launched as a middle Intelligence, for sure, is not going to take and East region for Enterprise Business Doval quipped, “I guess people love gos- gle way to look at things.” tainable practices. It encourages schools to adopt school programme in its first phase, will address away all jobs”. at Reliance Communications Ltd, said: sips”. The summit was also attended by green practices, offers project and activity ideas these issues and make it a more hands-on and Singh was addressing the students of “Till 2008, only four companies were Himanshu Shekhar Mishra, editor, Rajat Mathur, director of strategy and for the teachers, along with online training action oriented experience, inspiring children to IIM Rohtak at a management summit operating in the telecom industry when NDTV, Government Affairs, spoke about operations at Deloitte; Vivek Ohri, senior courses, and houses games, comics, interactive think about issues around them and make organised by the institute at Chelmsford the Government issued licenses to eight the challenges journalists face. “This is an principal with Accenture Consulting maps etc, for the students. responsible choices in their daily lives. Club, Delhi. “Managers should focus on more companies. A price war ensued and age in which a journalist has to be cor- and Fela Chawngthu, sales and market- The website will also provide short-term WWF-India works with school in more than the core business and build the services by the time the market stabilised, Jio hap- rect every single time he chooses to cover ing leader at Adobe. online training courses for teachers. For students, 20 States across the country through initiatives like around them. Uber’s core business is not pened, resulting in a negative bottom line news. 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They want to give them a chance touched its lowest ebb leading upto changes. And once we had planned against a formidable batting line-up the 2007 World Cup before recov- what we had to achieve as a team, we of Australia," Laxman he told ering to move in a new direction. were committed to it and the results reporters on Tuesday during a panel "I think 2006-07 we were possi- followed. We had to change a lot of discussion ahead of Australia's tour bly (at) lowest (phase)," the legendary things. Whether they were right or of India. batsman recalled at a programme wrong we didn't know. The change "So it doesn't mean that Ashwin here. "We didn't qualify for the did not happen overnight. We had is dropped or Jadeja is dropped - it's Super 8 stage of the 2007 World Cup. to wait for results. In fact it took me an opportunity for the youngsters." But we got back from there and start- 21 years of my career to lift that beau- On the reserve strength, he ed fresh thinking, we started mov- tiful World Cup trophy," he added. added: "The bench strength is so ing in a new direction." Tendulkar was part of the Indian strong. The stronger the bench side, E GG*6 " " ' * 1 # It was the phase during which squad which lifted the 2011 World the better the opportunity if you have Greg Chappell was at the helm as Cup under the captaincy of to be a champion side." India coach, perhaps the most tur- Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and O , * B squad," he explained. Axar Patel impressed during the The owner of 17 Test hundreds, Lankan tour. 782796 their captaincy career. Virat is Laxman, had special praise reserved Chahal bagged eight wickets in learning with each and every in his locker for all-rounder Hardik , < J,&3 the four ODIs and one T20 he ndia's batting sensation Virat match. He also has a very big % 3 Pandya. played, while Patel took six wickets IKohli is a better limited-over advantage of having someone like "One player who impressed me 9#6=7 from his four ODI matches. player than his counterpart Steve MS Dhoni on the field, probably the most was Hardik Pandya. There Laxman felt the case was same Smith, feels former Australian one of the most successful captains. 5 was a lot of burden on Yuvraj Singh, n a historic day for Pakistan crick- with senior Indian batsman Yuvraj skipper Michael Clarke. Also with the way he managed the MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina to fin- Oet, the hosts beat World XI by 20 Singh. On who is a better player, young bowlers and senior bowlers ish the games, but the way he runs on Tuesday. "They want to try with youngsters Clarke replied: "Virat is a better at the same time in Sri Lanka was (Pandya) finishes the innings is very Put into bat, one-drop batsman like Manish Pandey, KL Rahul and limited overs batsman, but only impressive," he said. crucial. It's a very important role — Babar Azam top-scored with a 52-ball Kedar Jadhav to see what they can do just. However in Test cricket, The team which once domi- 59 a tough role. 86 studded with 10 boundaries and two against a good bowling opposition," Smith is better than Kohli." nated the world cricket is endur- '; “Hardik is a player who is very sixes, adding 122 for the second wick- explained the stylish right-handed When it came to captaincy, he ing a little bit of struggle of late. exciting and with each and every et with Ahmed Shehzad who made 39. batsman. felt both are on even keel. The Kangaroos managed to only ! match he is improving. If at all he can However, World XI struggled to stay The 42-year-old former star reck- "They both are very even. draw the series against Bangladesh, be more consistent with bowling, in in hunt from the start. At one point they oned the great form of openers They are two very young captains, despite traveling to the sub-conti- which he is showing positive signs, he were 101/2 in 13th over, but quick fall Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma two very good players and they nent as heavy-favourites. !5, will be my MVP (most valuable play- of wickets after that proved fatal for them is the reason why Ajinkya Rahane, both continue to improve. But But, Clarke believes the current er)," he added. in their run chase as they ended with who played all three Tests, but only Kohli's team is winning and Smith side has the potential to do well, but Despite being the heavy 177/7. World XI skipper Faf du Plessis the one ODI in the Sri Lankan tour, needs to find a way to grab that he wants more consistency from 5 favourites, he issued a warning to the top scored with 29, while Sohail Khan is struggling to find a spot in the team. momentum," he added. Smith's boys. 5 , ! Indian side, reminding them about impressed with the ball with his 2/28. Hence, he doesn't believe Rahane's However, VVS Laxman, who "I think this Australian team Australia's batting strength. Pakistan were the real winners not $, " future in limited overs is in doubt. was also present here on Tuesday has huge potential. It's time to turn +E . "Their batting department is only on the field, but of it too after suc- "Ajinkya is one of the leaders during a panel discussion organ- that potential into consistent per- very strong. They got match-winners cessfully managing to host a match of this magnitude. within the team. Rahane, more often ised by broadcasters Star Sports, formance. I think they have to play ! / right from the top with David Since 2009 Pakistan has played most of its home matches in the United than not in the ODI or T20 format, had no doubt in his mind who was at their best to beat India. They will L EE Warner. They have Maxwell and Arab Emirates and also staged two editions of its premier domestic T20 is an opener but right now Dhawan- the better among the two when it miss Mitchell Starc and Josh Faulkner, who is a good finisher. tournament — the Pakistan Super League — in the UAE. It is only the sec- Rohit are doing really well and have came to leading their team. Hazlewood, but there are enough Whereas, their bowling department ond time Pakistan has hosted an international match since a 2009 terror a solid right-left combination. But "I think Kohli is a better cap- talented players in the squad to beat is weak because they are inexperi- attack on the Sri Lankan team bus, also in Lahore. Only Zimbabwe has players like Rahane will add value to tain — both of them are young in any team in the world," he added. enced, it doesn't mean they don't have toured Pakistan — for a short limited-overs series two years ago. the team and that's why he is in the experience," he concluded.