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%+6+7-' is out of two committees — crude oil related issues. appointments, which has tra- Shah will head the Cabinet efence Minister Rajnath ditionally had only PM and Committee on DSingh is back on several Home Minister as members — ' #" ( (0 Accommodation. Road reconstituted key Cabinet com- and accommodation, a rela- : Transport and Highways mittees after his exclusion from tively low-profile panel. ( ) Minister Nitin Gadkari, them raised eyebrows in the Incidentally, the number Sitharaman and Railway and political circles. two Minister in the " 0 ; ) Commerce Minister Piyush In a Thursday morning Government — by conven- " . (( Goyal are its members. notification that gave a clear tion the person who is sworn ) Minister of State in PMO signal of Rajnath Singh’s dimin- in right after the Prime Jitendra Singh and Housing ishing role in decision making, Minister — chairs the Cabinet ( (( ) and Urban Affairs and Civil the Modi Government had and the Political Affairs 0 " Aviation Minister Hardeep restricted him to only two of Committee in the absence of - Puri are special invitees of the the eight key Cabinet commit- the Prime Minister. In the Accommodation Committee. tees. This was seen as a “humil- absence of Rajnath, Shah would 0 "( K The Cabinet Committee iation” to Rajnath, whose suc- have presided over the meet- on Economic Affairs will be cessor in the Home Ministry, ings of these committees. - headed by the PM and will Amit Shah, figured in all the Earlier, Rajnath was includ- K have Rajnath, Shah, Gadkari, committees and Finance ed in the Cabinet Committee .( Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Economic Affairs and # " (0 ( Minister DV Sadananda in all but one of them. Cabinet Committee Security ) Gowda, Sitharaman, But late at night the same but was notably missing from #" ( Agriculture Minister Narendra day, the Government added the Cabinet Committee on Singh Tomar, Communication Rajnath to four more Cabinet Political Affairs, which have Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, committees, including all- Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, .. Minister for Food Processing important Political Affairs Sitharaman, Narendra Tomar, Harsimrat Kaur Badal as its Committee as well as invest- Ravi Shankar Prasad, Harsh ( ( members. ment and growth, employment Vardhan, Piyush Goyal, Amid economic slowdown and skill development, and Prahlad Joshi and allies Ram ly indicates his growing influ- two after Modi. second most powerful person and rising unemployment, the head of Parliamentary Affairs Vilas Paswan, Harsimrat Kaur ence in governance. Shah con- The induction of Shah, in the new order and the scotched by the night. Commerce and Railways PM on Wednesday constituted Committee. Badal and Arvind Sawant as its tinues to hold the post of BJP who is also the BJP president, Thursday morning notifica- Shah had chaired an infor- Minister Piyush Goyal and two new Cabinet committees Rajnath has been included members. president as the party scouts for in the Government had led tion on the restructured mal meeting of several Cabinet Petroleum Minister under his chairmanship to spur in all committees in a designa- All the committees bore his replacement. He has many political observers to Cabinet committees had stoked Ministers, including External Dharmendra Pradhan, besides economic growth, investment tion above Amit Shah. Rajnath the stamp of Shah which clear- emerged the de facto number believe that he would be the the sepculation, only to be Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Sitharaman, on June 4 over and employment. P O !R $ 4' sus even the revised numbers " #" $ presented in February, the he Reserve Bank of India numbers targeted in the inter- T(RBI) on Thursday slashed im Budget are looking truly its benchmark lending rate by daunting. This is especially in % 25 basis points to a nearly nine- context of the ongoing growth year low of 5.75 per cent pro- slowdown. Sitharaman has a % viding relief to industry as tall task to present a credible " ' well as EMI payees in home, Budget while sticking to the ( )* auto and other sectors, but the assumed deficit target. " + (( Central bank’s failure to assuage Das seemed to have a rea- #" $ investors concerns regarding sonably benign view on ! ! )-%' 0- the NBFC sector triggered a Government finances, under- Sidhu now gets the Power massive sell-off in the stock playing the recent stress and he wrangling between and New and Renewable market which suffered biggest instead focused on the consol- TPunjab Chief Minister Capt Energy Sources Ministry. !"# ( one-day fall in 2019. The idation underway over the past Amarinder Singh and his Senior-most Minister Brahm " " reverse repo rate under stands few years. Cabinet colleague Navjot Singh Mohindra, who was earlier " at 5.50 per cent. +* !'', He was not unduly con- Sidhu on Thursday escalated handling Health and Family " The third rate cut this year +*P". cerned about PSU borrowings beyond repair with Captain Welfare, has been given the ( % " brought the interest rates to "# (#* saying that borrowings done by divesting the former cricketer Local Government their lowest level in nine years state-owned firms who have of the Local Bodies Department, while the Tourism " even as the RBI changed its “Growth impulses have own revenue streams should Department, and also the and Cultural Affairs went to - $ stance to “accommodative” weakened significantly as not be looked upon as govern- Tourism and Cultural Affairs Charanjit Singh Channi, who from “neutral”, opening up the reflected in a further widening ment borrowing. Given very Department. also retains the Technical ! ! possibility of another cut in the of the output gap compared to large buffer stocks (3.4 times The action came hours Education, Industrial Training coming months to infuse some the April 2019 policy,” the RBI the norm), there seems to be after Sidhu’s “rebellious” deci- and Employment Generation. life into the economy growing cut and switching of its stance mittee to act decisively and act said in the monetary policy less of a concern from an infla- sion to stay away from the Amarinder, after announc- - ( . at the slowest pace since Modi to “accommodative” from neu- in time (to address the growth statement. tion perspective, in case mon- Cabinet meeting, first after the ing the reshuffling of the port- " (" % came to power in 2014. tral. RBI Governor Shaktikanta concerns).” The reduction in interest soons turn out to be weaker. 2019 general elections, while folios, said, “With the Congress ) ( " The RBI said it has done Das said the shift in the stance In three back-to-back bi- rate will help boost credit While inflation remained holding a simultaneous Press Government in the State near- # ) % " away with charges on fund meant that an increase in inter- monthly monetary policies this growth, helping arrest the slow- below its medium-term target conference to underscore his ing the mid-term mark, the #" transfers through RTGS and est rates is “off the table.” year, the RBI has lowered inter- down in the economy ahead of to give “scope” to the MPC “to achievements as the Local exercise would re-energise the NEFT routes to boost digital He wanted banks to expe- est rates by 75 basis points. new Finance Minister Nirmala accommodate growth concerns Bodies Minister. team and bring freshness into (( " $ transactions and asked banks to dite the transmission of the With India’s GDP growth slip- Sitharaman presenting Modi- by supporting efforts to boost The Chief Minister, after the working of the major pass on the benefits to cus- current reduction in rates as ping to a five-year low of 5.8 2.0 Government’s first Budget aggregate demand”, the RBI the conclusion of Lok Sabha departments.” PO%P tomers. SBI charges between 1 well as similar ones that hap- per cent in the January-March next month that is widely marginally revised upwards its elections, on Thursday reallo- The action against Sidhu &%''( ! and 5 for transactions through pened in February and April. quarter — the first instance of expected to announce mea- retail inflation forecast for the cated portfolios to all, except came just about a fortnight /" . NEFT and between 5 and 50 “Our decision is driven by growth falling below China’s in sures to generate jobs and first of FY2019-20 to 3-3.1 per four Ministers, which he said after Amarinder squarely %)0 for RTGS route. growth concerns and inflation last few quarters — the RBI revive the economy. cent (2.9-3 per cent earlier), but would “help further streamline blamed “the non-performing” " ( L M Significantly, all the six concerns in that order,” Das lowered its growth forecast for Some analysts have stated is a shade lower for the second the Government systems and Local Bodies Minister for the /" 33 members of the Monetary told reporters here. “The unan- the economy to 7 per cent from that given the large under- half at 3.4-3.7 per cent (3.5-3.8 processes, and bring more Congress’ “not-so-good” per- 4+ Policy Committee (MPC) imous vote reflects the resolve the April view of 7.2 per cent shoots in the actual revenue per cent earlier). transparency and efficacy into formance in the urban pockets. 5 $ voted unanimously for a rate of the monetary policy com- for the 2019-20 April-March. collections in FY2018-19 ver- Continued on Page 4 the various departments”. Continued on Page 4 / % & 0 ' Survekshan League 2020. ()(* $ ! Rejecting Puri’s charge, the Delhi Government said there *7# " was a “concrete plan” and funds + for the proposal to provide free aving suffered reverses in " ride to women in public buses Hthe recently concluded $ +& and Metro trains. general elections at the hands , " “The Cabinet note is being of the fast growing BJP in the ' !+& “Neither Ministry of prepared to be put up before State, the Trinamool Congress %+6+7-' Housing and Urban Affairs the Delhi Cabinet as soon as is planning to rope in political -8+09%+6+7-' nor Delhi Metro had received possible. All modes and feasi- strategist Prashant Kishore to fter Metro fares hike con- any proposal till date in this bility are being studied by the help it win the 2021 Assembly he Congress in Telangana Atroversy, the Narendra regard. Kejriwal has a different DMRC and the daily transport elections. Thas been reduced to a non- ! "# $%$& Modi Government at the kind of problem. He announces departments and several meet- TMC sources said the entity in the Legislative # "! ' ( ! ' Centre and the Delhi a scheme first and then pre- ings between the officials are Chief Minister on Thursday Assembly after 12 of its 18 # ! (#* Government are once again at pares a proposal,” Puri said, also taking place. There are a invited Kishore at her State electoral scene comes in the MLAs met the Speaker on loggerheads, this time over adding that Delhi’s problems number of meetings, which Secretariat office at Nabanna. wake of a meteoric rise of the Thursday and sought merger of A bulletin from the has come down to six. Chief Minister Arvind will be fixed in the six months. have taken place between the The duo held a closed door BJP which clinched 18 out of 42 Congress Legislature Party Assembly on Thursday night The development came as Kejriwal’s plan to provide free He was apparently refer- DMRC and Delhi transport meeting for about two hours. seats in the Lok Sabha polls. (CLP) into ruling TRS said seats had been allotted to a deadly blow to the Congress, Metro travel to women in the ring to the upcoming Delhi department, and even at the Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and The TMC won 22 and the Legislature Party (TRSLP). the 12 MLAs along with the which is facing trouble in national Capital. Assembly elections next year moment, a search meeting is MP Abhishek Banerjee too Congress got 2 seats. Speaker P Srinivas Reddy members of the Telangana Rajasthan, Karnataka and Taking a dig at Kejriwal, and implying that the BJP will taking place to finalise the was present in the meeting, In the Lok Sabha polls, the accepted the request of the 12 Rashtra Samithi Legislature Madhya Pradesh, where the Minister of Housing and Urban dethrone the Kejriwal blueprint. The Government sources said. TMC and BJP got 44 and 40 MLAs considering the fact Party in the House. Congress Governments are on Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Government. Puri was speak- has the budget for such Mamata reportedly asked per cent votes respectively they constituted two-thirds of Unless the merger is the verge of collapse, following Thursday said that the Delhi ing after launching the schemes,” said Deputy Chief Kishore to help her party win pushing the Left down to about the Congress Legislature Party, reversed, the Congress is set to the drubbing at the hands of Government had not sent any Ministry’s sanitation ranking Minister Manish Sisodia. the State elections in 2021. 8 per cent. a requirement for merger lose its Opposition Party status BJP in the Lok Sabha polls. proposal related to this scheme. league for cities, Swachchh Continued on Page 4 Kishore’s likely entry in Bengal’s Continued on Page 4 under the anti-defection law. in the Assembly as its strength Continued on Page 4 !"#$ $ $ $$
%+6+7-' in 27 cases of auto-lifting and police team tracked robbery registered in various down the accused he Delhi Police has arrest- police stations of the national Shahrukh along with %+6+7-' injured was taken to Shri Bala Ted a notorious auto-lifter Capital. his woman associate Ji Action Medical Institute for driving a stolen Honda The information that a car from the area of 30 year-old man was Paschim Vihar where he is City through the crowd of tried to plough through the Kashimiri Gate and Aallegedly shot at by three said to be in stable condition people who were celebrating people, spread like a wild fire arrested," said the DCP. bike-borne assailants at outer now," said the DCP. Eid-ul-Fitr in Khureji area of and soon a crowd gathered at "During interroga- Delhi’s Nihal Vihar area on "During investigation it Trans Yamuna area. The car the spot as tempers ran high. It tion, the accused dis- Wednesday night. Police said was revealed that when had brushed past many who soon turned ugly after people closed that he had stolen that the man is in stable con- Narendra, the victim, was ran helter-skelter to save them- started brick batting at Khureji the white Honda City dition and he was shot at due going towards his home on selves as the rashly driven car Chowk and broke windscreen from the area of Madhu to personal enmity with a Wednesday night in his car, passed through those congrat- and glasses of three buses of Vihar. A case under sec- neighbour near his residence in three men riding on bike start- ulating each other on Eid out- Delhi Transport Corporation tion 379 of Indian Penal Nihal Vihar. ed chasing him from Shiv Ram side a mosque. The incident (DTC). Code has been also reg- The injured identified as Park," said the DCP. had created a major law and The situation was brought istered at Madhu Vihar Narendra Sharma, a resident of "When the victim reached order situation in the area, as under control in sometime by police station. The Nihal Vihar and a part time near Hanuman Mandir in agitated crowd indulged in the police after elders of the accused told police that property dealer was hit by two Nihal Vihar, the bike borne stone pelting and damaged society and senior police offi- he used to sleep at night bullets. assailant over took his car and public properties. The rioters cials reached the spot and paci- in this vehicle only and ! 1 " Police has registered a case fired around six rounds of bul- did not spare a Delhi Traffic fied the angry crowd. had parked it in the 2 ( under relevant sections at Nihal lets at him. The victim was hit Police crane that was sent on According to Meghna area of Rani Garden Vihar police station and police by two bullets, one on his the spot to tow other vehicles. Yadav, the Deputy Geeta Colony," said the DCP. Vihar area," said the DCP. have initiated manhunt to nab stomach and one left side of his Man arrested Identified as Commissioner of Police "On the morning of June 5, "On Same day at night he the accused. head," said the DCP. Shahrukh (27), held from (DCP), Shahdara district, see- he noticed heavy police deploy- again came to the area of According to Seju P "In September last year, Kashmere Gate area on ing the gravity of the incident ment in the area due to which Anand Vihar and from here he Kuruvilla, the Deputy Sharma had attacked the main Thursday. A 24 year-old police teams were formed to he got scared and tried to stole a Scooty on which he and Commissioner of police accused following a fight woman who was with him nab the accused. escape from this place. He his woman associate tried to (DCP), Outer district, an infor- between them over some issue, during the time of the incident, "The police teams collect- panicked in the process and escape but were nabbed by a mation was received regarding the officer said, adding that the has also been taken into cus- ed local intelligence, CCTV drove speedily in the streets of police team at Kashmiri gate," firing at around 10:20 PM on recent attack on Sharma tody. footages to identify the driver Khureji. He noticed that police said the DCP adding that fur- Wednesday night in Nihal appears to be a case of person- The accused Shahrukh is a of the car. The accused were personnel and public were fol- ther investigation was going on Vihar police station. al enmity. However, the motive resident of Delhi's Govindpuri identified and numerous raids lowing him in Khureji due to to ascertain the involvement of "Acting on the call, behind attempt will be clear area in East Delhi, is a hard- were conducted at different which he picked up more speed the accused in other cases of Emergency Response Vehicle one the accused are nabbed," ened auto-thief and is involved possible hide-outs. Finally the and escaped towards Anand vehicle theft. ! ' ( (ERV) rushed to the spot. The said the DCP. 6 6 p ( " " " P .*# " %+6+7-' According to BSES official, " O;-*#+;;<,<" in first case, a BSES inspection >""/;-.?+.# are not steal power, as team, accompanied by Delhi %+6+7-' DBSES is keeping eye on vio- Police personnel, in 2011 had ,;-<*?";,@-#,.,< lators. Recently in two separate found electricity theft by-pass- he Waste to Wonder Park +;+>;-A-
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He spoke to the ration area faces problems of water, work of laying sewer line in was sealed after it was found During interaction with beneficiaries who informed sewer and broken by-lanes. I these by-lanes will get com- closed during working hours ration beneficiaries, the min- that the FPS dealer sells have come here with good news pleted, the work of constructing and locals complained that the ister learnt that few beneficia- atta (flour) in place of for you.” “Water pipeline has the by-lanes will start simulta- shop usually opens during ries do not take rice yet the FPS wheat for which he charges already been laid in your area,” neously. Once it is done, you will evenings,” a Government offi- dealer issues receipts and 12/- per kg. adding, now in a week’s time not face problems during the cial said. makes entries in their ration “Some FPSs were Ganga water will start coming monsoon. By the time, rains , / + # ( Hussain also carried out cards showing that the rice was found not displaying to your homes in your tap, start, your lanes would be con- surprise inspections of a few also being sold to them under mandatory information on Kejriwal said. structed,” said Kejriwal. departments during his padya- lines will also be laid soon. We from one lane to another, meet- Fair Price Shops (FPS) in the NFS Act 2013. the display boards at It would be pertinent to “Once the sewer work is tras in the area. will soon have good by-lanes. ing each and every resident and Laxmi Nagar area in East On the directions of the their premises. During mention here that Chief done, your problem of sewage Manoj Sahu, a local resident This will all give us a more discussing their problems. District AC-58 to check the Minister, the F&S team inspection one FPS was Minister Arvind Kejriwal and will be over, he told the resi- said, the CM came between us respectable life. A resident of Kejriwal is the first one to do so. functioning of ration shops. weighed the food articles and reported remaining his Cabinet Ministers are visit- dents.” Kejriwal was accompa- and discussed our problems BIW Camp D Pradhan said, I He came with solutions to our During inspection of one found rice in excess quantities locked most of the times,” ing different areas of the nation- nied by the Badarpur MLA ND with us. Now, we will start get- have seen this for the first time problems of water, sewer and of the Fair Price Shop (FPS), at the FPS premises. quoting Chief Minister Office’s al Capital and asking people Sharma and officers of different ting Ganga water, our sewer that a Chief Minister is going lanes. We are very happy. Hussian found that the FPS Ration beneficiaries com- statement. 4 %56& P # , 4 %+6+7-' strict rules was to create a safe the enforcement team has been travel for the passengers espe- asked to maintain record which 3%777 , n a order to create safety and cially woman during night will be useful for us to check Isecurity of the passengers times. the authentications of TSR and to make all the ‘auto-rick- “It is submitted with the user,” said a transport official %+6+7-' O+,"@,,",-<+A.;"@ certificate. They were told by shaw’ drivers/owners adhere to approval of competent author- requesting anonymity. There ;>*,;-,"<*41348'5-*?;-<,* the officials that an acknowl- the guidelines and permit con- ity ‘that in addition to the ear- are about 1, 13,074 auto-rick- ver 2.38 lakh students have -;@;"A,+<;*;/ edgment receipt from the gov- ditions laid by transport lier prosecution, 2,599 Challans shaws plying in the National Ofilled the online registra- #-,>";463406@;"A ernment authorities would suf- department and Motor Vehicle have been issued against, 1,863 Capital. tions form for the 62,000 Under ",;.-#C-;/#-***4084'38 fice for now. (MV) Act, a Delhi Court has TSRs and out of which 712 “It’s high time for the trans- Graduate (UG) seats in the @;"A#/+/-*,*4'4823 From the day the open asked Delhi Transport and have been impounded from port department to initiate Delhi University (DU) till @;"A#/+/;.*-