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Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . . cuttack . patna NEARBY 312 Indian­origin Sikhs removed Odd­even scheme back in from post­militancy ‘adverse list’ Delhi from November 4­15 Part of a seven­point action plan to combat air pollution Home Ministry’s list had debarred them, kin from applying for Indian visa Chinmayanand quizzed Special Correspondent for seven hours Vijaita Singh “Every Sikh has the right New Delhi SHAHJAHANPUR (U.P.) Vikas Vasudeva to visit Punjab and Darbar The odd­even vehicle ration­ The Special Investigation New Delhi/ Chandigarh Sahib, including those who ing scheme will return to the Team (SIT) probing a At least 312 Indian­origin had gone astray in the sur­ Capital for the third time in student’s rape allegation against BJP leader Swami Sikhs living in foreign coun­ charged atmosphere of the November, Chief Minister Ar­ Chinmayanand questioned tries have been removed 1980s and 1990s, particular­ vind Kejriwal said here on him for seven hours and from a Ministry of Home Af­ ly in the wake of the Opera­ Friday. sealed the bedroom at his fairs “adverse list”, enabling tion Bluestar and the anti­ The scheme, Mr. Kejriwal home here, sources said on them to apply for an Indian Sikh riots,” he said. announced at a press confe­ Friday. The SIT also brought visa and visit the country, a “Conceding the demand rence, will be enforced from the college student to the senior Ministry official said and argument of the State November 4 to 15 as part of a former Union Minister’s home on Friday. Only two persons government, the Centre has seven­point action plan The vehicle rationing scheme will return to the Capital for the and continued the search for still remain on the list. virtually done away with mainly aimed at combating third time. * FILE PHOTO: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA evidence in her presence. The official said that in the list that comprised 314 the detrimental effect that NORTH Ī PAGE 6 future, Sikhs mentioned in Sikh foreign nationals, with stubble and residual crop tion BJP, with its Delhi unit ter sprinkling on roads, tree DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD the list could eventually ap­ only two names of men not burning in neighbouring chief Manoj Tiwari accusing plantation, and special mea­ Govt. has failed to bring ply for registration as Over­ connected with Punjab now States such as Punjab and Ha­ Mr. Kejriwal of “harassing” sures to be put in place at 12 in Uniform Civil Code: SC seas Citizens of India (OCI) left on it. The Central go­ ryana has on the Capital's the people of Delhi through pollution hotspots in Delhi. NEW DELHI after they have applied for “Some Sikhs fled India to derivative asylees (family vernment has also disconti­ ambient air quality in winter the implementation of the Mr. Kejriwal also appealed The Supreme Court said the and held normal visa for a escape the authorities, ac­ members) whose names do nued the practice of mainte­ months. scheme. Union Transport Mi­ to Delhiites to avoid bursting nation has still not period of two years. quired foreign nationality not figure in the Central Ad­ nance of local adverse lists The scheme entails allow­ nister Nitin Gadkari also crackers on Diwali in late Oc­ endeavoured to secure for its The Congress­led govern­ and took asylum outside the verse List, in line with the by the respective Indian ing private vehicles whose re­ reacted from Nagpur stating tober, and urged them to citizens a Uniform Civil Code. ment in Punjab and the op­ country. They were placed procedure followed for oth­ missions in various coun­ gistration number ends in that there was “no such make more use of public The government has till date position Shiromani Akali in the adverse list till 2016, er categories of applicants tries,” Capt. Singh said. even digits to ply on even need” for the move. transport. taken no action, a Bench of Dal (SAD) both claimed cre­ making them ineligible to of that nationality,” said the Appreciating the Centre’s dates and those with odd last The Delhi government, he Justices Deepak Gupta and dit for the Centre’s move. avail visa services to visit In­ official. decision, the Shiromani digits to ply only on odd Other measures said, will also hold a mega Aniruddha Bose observed in a “The Government of In­ dia,” said the official. “This review is a continu­ Akali Dal said the efforts of dates, with violators drawing The Chief Minister also an­ laser show on the eve of Di­ judgment delivered on Friday. dia has reviewed the ‘ad­ ous and dynamic process the party and its president a ₹2,000 fine. Women driv­ nounced other measures of wali. While the burning of NATION Ī PAGE 9 verse list’ containing 314 fo­ Missions informed and part of a regular exer­ Sukhbir Singh Badal had ers and two­wheeler riders the ‘Parali Pradushan’ plan waste and garbage will be DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD reign nationals belonging to The list prepared by the in­ cise. Such a review will af­ yielded positive results. were exempted from the such as the distribution of checked by deploying two Sonia reviews performance the Sikh community and telligence agencies was ford an opportunity to such “We welcome the deci­ scheme on both the previous free anti­pollution masks to ‘environmental marshals’ in of Congress-ruled States brought it down to just available with all Indian Sikh foreign nationals to vi­ sion. Our party president occasions. citizens. each municipal ward, the NEW DELHI two,” the Home Ministry of­ missions and was a major sit India, meet their family had taken up the issue with “Studies conducted on the “The Delhi government Delhi government, will also Congress president Sonia ficial said. The two cases roadblock for persons seek­ members and reconnect to the Centre and we are hap­ effect of the scheme say that will make large­scale pro­ set up a dedicated control Gandhi on Friday chaired a where individuals are still ing visas even for their fami­ their roots,” said the official. py that the demand has when it is enforced, air pollu­ curement of around 50­60 room to monitor complaints meeting of Chief Ministers of on the adverse list pertain ly members who were not been accepted,” said Daljeet tion in Delhi is reduced by lakh of the best quality N­95 related to air pollution. Congress­ruled Madhya to overstaying of visa. on the list. Amarinder’s welcome Singh Cheema, former Mi­ 10%­13%,” the Chief Minister anti­pollution masks which The announcement comes Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, An official explained that “This practice has also Responding to the Centre’s nister and Akali Dal spokes­ said. will be distributed among the a day after the Chief Minister Rajasthan, Punjab and in the 1980s, when Sikh mil­ been discontinued,” the of­ decision, Punjab Chief Mi­ person. “We request that people in October, before the met environment experts for Puducherry to review the itancy was at its peak, many ficial said. nister Capt. Amarinder the names of the remaining Oppn. flays move spike in air pollution the next suggestions on combating functioning of the State members of the community “Consequently, all Indian Singh said his government two should also be dropped The announcement triggered month,” he said. the air pollution spike the governments in fulfilling in India and abroad were in­ missions have been advised had worked actively with from the list,” he added. an immediate attack on the Other components of the Capital faces in winter. promises made by the party. fluenced by anti­India pro­ to grant appropriate visa to the Centre for scrapping the Aam Aadmi Party Delhi go­ seven­point plan include me­ NEWS Ī PAGE 12 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 SEE ALSO Ī PAGE 5 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD paganda. all categories of asylees and list. vernment from the Opposi­ chanised sweeping and wa­

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House sought SP moves plea under anti­defection law HC withdraws protection from arrest PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Special Correspondent Lucknow Kolkata The has The Calcutta High Court on moved an application seek­ Friday vacated the interim ing the disqualification of order providing protection Shivpal Singh from from arrest to IPS officer the Assembly and former Kolkata Police under the anti­defection Commissioner Rajeev Ku­ law. mar by the CBI in the Sarad­ Mr. Shivpal, the estranged ha scam. uncle of SP president Akhi­ Within hours of the or­ Rajeev Kumar lesh Yadav, was elected from der, a team of CBI officers the Assembly Shivpal Yadav arrived at Mr. Kumar’s resi­ The court observed that constituency in the 2017 dence at 34 Park Street and counsel for the petitioner State elections. Speaker Hriday Narain issued summons asking him had failed to substantiate Dixit will take a decision on to appear before the investi­ that the investigating agency New party the matter after receiving gating agency on Saturday. [CBI in this case] was harass­ He then floated a new party, Mr. Shivpal’s reply, they According to sources, Mr. ing him or trying to injure Pragatisheel Samajwadi Par­ said. Kumar, who is serving as Ad­ his reputation. ty (Lohia), and had contest­ PSP(L) spokesman C.P. ditional Director General, Justice Mitra said the alle­ ed the recent Lok Sabha Rai said before contesting CID, is on leave. gation that Mr. Kumar had elections on its symbol. the Lok Sabha elections, Mr. Delivering the order, Jus­ been singled out cannot be The application from the Shivpal had informed the tice Madhumati Mitra said a admitted before the court, leader of the SP in the As­ Speaker about his new par­ “blanket protection of not since officers superior in sembly, Ram Govind Chaud­ ty, and he will reiterate the arresting is not available in rank to him had been inter­ hary, has been received and same in his reply. law and would amount to rogated by the CBI. a letter seeking Mr. Shivpal’s Mr. Shivpal had contested unnecessary interference Aspirants undergo a physical test on the last day of an Army recruitment drive in Patna, Bihar, on Friday. * RANJEET KUMAR reply has been issued, sourc­ the 2019 Lok Sabha polls with the investigation”. 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Tragedy strikes Ganesh idol immersions DUSU polls: Rajasthan launches information portal 33, including two minors, drown in M.P., Maharashtra and Delhi ABVP wins 3 In a first for a State, citizens can access details pertaining to 13 departments staff reporter posts, NSUI 1 Bhopal Special Correspondent ensure compliance with Sec­ Thirty­three people, most of Sidharth Ravi JAIPUR tion 4(2) of the RTI Act man­ them in their 20s, drowned New Delhi In a pioneering step, the dating the public authorities during the immersion of Ga­ In a repeat of last year’s re­ first­ever public information to disclose information in nesh idols in Madhya Pra­ sults, the RSS­backed Akhil portal was launched in Ra­ the public domain, so that desh, Maharashtra and Del­ Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parish­ jasthan on Friday promising the people need not file ap­ hi, officials said on Friday. ad won three seats in the to provide information plications under the law to Some of the dead were mi­ Delhi University Students’ about government authori­ obtain information. “I have a nors, they said. Union elections, while the ties and departments suo sentimental attachment In Madhya Pradesh’s capi­ Rescue workers search the Lower Lake in Bhopal where two Congress­backed National motu to the public in the with the RTI Act... I attended tal Bhopal, 11 people died overcrowded boats capsized on Friday. * A.M.FARUQUI Students’ Union of India true spirit of the Right To In­ the first dharna seeking this when two overcrowded won one seat. formation Act. The portal right 20 years ago,” he said. country boats carrying a 20­ Amravati, three in Ratnagiri, ₹11 lakh each for the families ABVP’s Akshit Dahiya has brought yet another dis­ Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, second from left, In a veiled reference to ft. tall idol for immersion in two each in Nashik, Sindhu­ of the victims. won the post of DUSU presi­ tinction to Rajasthan, where inaugurating the portal on Friday. * PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT the RTI Amendment Bill Lower Lake in Khatlapura durg and Satara, one each in Prime Minister Narendra dent, trouncing NSUI’s the RTI movement had start­ passed by the Parliament re­ capsized. Eight were res­ Thane, Dhule, Buldhana, Modi tweeted: “The capsiz­ Chetna Tyagi by a margin of ed in 1990s. chairman Justice A.P. Shah the country, initially giving cently, Mr. Gehlot said at­ cued. Seventeen people Akola and Bhandara. ing of a boat at Khatlapura 19,039 votes. Chief Minister Ashok Geh­ and a galaxy of RTI activists, information pertaining to 13 tempts to weaken the statute were on the boats when the Two men and two women Ghat in Bhopal is saddening. The ABVP winners took lot inaugurated the portal at including Magsaysay Award departments on a single would only erode the re­ incident took place around drowned in the Yamuna in In this hour of grief, our out a victory procession to B.M. Birla Auditorium here winner Aruna Roy. platform. solve to bring transparency 4.30 a.m., Bhopal Collector Delhi during Ganesh idol im­ thoughts are with the fami­ the university’s Arts Facul­ in the presence of former The State government col­ In his inaugural address, and accountability in admi­ Tharun Kumar Pithode said. mersion, officials said. lies of those who lost their ty, where they shouted slo­ Chief Information Commis­ laborated with the civil so­ Mr. Gehlot said the new web nistration. In Maharashtra, at least 18 Madhya Pradesh Chief Mi­ lives.” gans near the bust of Swami sioner Wajahat Habibullah, ciety groups to develop the portal, named the Jan people drowned during the nister Kamal Nath ordered a Vivekananda. CONTINUED ON former Law Commission portal, the first of its kind in Soochna Portal­2019, would Ī PAGE 12 immersion of Ganesh idols. magisterial inquiry and an­ SEE ALSO Ī PAGE 3 Four people drowned in nounced a compensation of LIVED TO TELL THE TALE Ī PAGE 9 DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 3 CM A ND-NDE YK