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We thousands of civilians are des- * 0)3)%$ Reconciliation chief Abdullah Vladimir Putin on the rapid agreed to continue close con- perate to flee for their safety. Abdullah and Taliban co- developments in India’s neigh- sultations on important issues,” The repatriation of he Government ambitious founder Abdul Ghani Baradar borhood where a throwback Modi tweeted. stranded people from Tplan to raise 6 lakh crore in its 12-member council regime of the Taliban has cre- News agency ANI cited Afghanistan figured in the by monetising public sector which will govern the war-torn ated strategic instability and Russian Government officials discussions. India has itself assets across several key sectors country, according to a source. security scare in the South to report that Modi and Putin sought help of Western coun- over the next four years has Out of 12 members, seven Asian region consequent to expressed their intention to tries to evacuate its nationals raised a major controversy. candidates have been already the president and the emirate. group) Khalil-ur-Rehman the ongoing withdrawal of the enhance cooperation on coun- from the turbulent Opposition parties, including agreed upon, a source close to So far, the council Haqqani, Dr Abdullah American forces. tering the spread of terrorist Afghanistan. Besides, China the Congress, on Tuesday ques- senior Taliban circles told has agreed on Abdul Ghani Abdullah, Hamid Karzai, (ex- The exchange of views is ideology and drug racket from and Pakistan, Russia has some tioned the Government’s move Sputnik. Baradar, (son of Taliban Afghan Interior Minister) considered important in shap- the territory of Afghanistan. handle over the new dispen- and said it would help in cre- “Afghanistan would be founder) Mullah Yaqub, (high- Hanif Atmar and (the leader of ing up the agenda of group of The two leaders reportedly sation in Afghanistan and ating monopoly of some busi- $% $ governed by a 12-member ranking member of the the Party of Islam) Gulbuddin seven meet on Afghanistan. agreed to form a permanent may play significant role in the ness tycoons over several sec- $$' " council, with the exception of Haqqani network terrorist Hekmatyar,” the source said. “Had a detailed and useful bilateral channel for consul- emerging situation there. tors. # $ ' Addressing a Press confer- ence, Congress leader Rahul ous bid” by the “bankrupt” Gandhi came down hard on Modi Government to raise ! the Centre’s National money by gradually handing Monetisation Pipeline over sectors like rail, road, air- announced a day earlier. He port, mining to the corpo- * 0)3)%$ 44 Afghan Sikhs who reached said the move was aimed at rates. India from Kabul on a special helping “2-3 private players” TMC deputy leader in ith evacuation from Air India flight after a and also countered the BJP’s the Rajya Sabha Sukhendu WAfghanistan in full stopover in Tajikistan’s capi- favoured allegation that there Sekhar Roy told a Press meet swing, India on Tuesday tal city of Dushanbe. had been no development in at Kolkatta that the National brought back home 78 of its cit- “Blessed to receive & pay India under the Congress. Monetisation Pipeline is an izens, besides some Afghan obeisance to three holy The Trinamool Congress “unprecedented anti-people Sikhs and Hindus. Union Swaroop of Sri Guru Granth and the Left parties and trade move” which did not figure in "#$ Minister Hardeep Puri received Sahib Ji from Kabul to Delhi unions too urged the the BJP election manifesto for them here besides copies of a short while ago,” Puri tweet- Government to stop selling the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. $ three holy Guru Granth Sahibs. ed along with a video show- public assets at a song to crony There had neither been The rescue missions ing him carrying a copy of capitalists and said National any discussion in Parliament $ #$ which commenced more than the holy book. Puri on Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) about the move, alleged Roy, a week ago has been named Monday had shared photos of is nothing but a loot and sale who is also TMC chief whip # 0)3)%$ “Operation Dev Shakti”, three copies in three suitcas- of India by the Modi in the Rajya Sabha. revealed External Affairs ! " es being carried at the Kabul Government. Attacking Prime Minister ven as the Taliban is yet to not be immediately ascer- Minister S Jaishankar. # $ % # ' airport. The CPI(M) polit bureau Narendra Modi’s Government Eput in place a governance tained. “Op Devi Shakti contin- Visuals shared by Puri urged people to protest and over the monetisation plan, structure in Afghanistan post Earlier, the Northern ues. 78 evacuees from Kabul untiring efforts. #DeviShakti,” along with Minister of State show the trio bearing the resist the “loot of national Rahul said only a few busi- takeover of the country amid Alliance had sought help from arrive via Dushanbe. Salute Jaishankar tweeted. for External Affairs V packed boxes atop their head assets”. The TMC lashed out nesses will be left” as a result US troops’ withdrawal, the India during the Hamid Karzai @IAF_MCC, @AirIndiain Giving due honour to the Muraleedharan received the and walking through the air- at the National Monetisation of it and that employment rebel Northern Alliance on regime there. However, India and #TeamMEA for their holy Sikh scriptures, Puri copies. They also welcomed port. Pipeline calling it a “danger- opportunities would decline. Tuesday formed an outfit in had denied any assistance to Germany styled as Afghan the grouping as Republican Salvation Front for New Delhi was comfortable lobbying against the Taliban with the elected Government regime and garner support for there for reconstruction pro- # $ ($ %&' () $ the alliance from the interna- jects and other facilitation for tional community. the uplift of the Afghan people, * ( $ 0.50 decade war. This forced Afghan The front will seek help sources said. President Ashraf Ghani to flee from the international com- The Taliban swiftly took merica’s top spy held a the country to the UAE. ' $ munity in whatever form the over the war-ravaged country, Asecret meeting with the CIA Director William J countries can chip in for including capital Kabul earlier Taliban’s de facto leader Abdul Burns held a secret meeting in strengthening the Northern this month amid the ongoing Ghani Baradar in Kabul on Kabul on Monday with Baradar $(03 .($ Alliance, experts tracking the withdrawal of foreign troops. Monday in the highest-level in the highest-level face-to-face development said. The unprecedented Taliban face-to-face encounter between encounter between the Taliban he murmurs within the The front came into being “success” came with sharp mil- the two sides since the militant and the Biden administration TCongress party’s Punjab after a meeting of exiled itary planning by Pakistan’s group seized the Afghan since the militants seized the unit on replacing the Chief Afghan leaders residing in ISI and provision of over 10,000 capital, a media report said Afghan capital, the Minister on Tuesday became Europe following a meeting jehadis through its terror affil- on Tuesday. Washington Post reported, cit- loud and clear with no less than during the day. The leadership iates like the Jaish-e- The Taliban seized power ing unnamed US officials who 31 Congress MLAs raising a of the front and the contours of Mohammad and Lashkar-e- in Afghanistan on August 15, set to complete its troop with- spoke on the condition of banner of revolt against Capt the detailed objectives could Tayabba. two weeks before the US was drawal after a costly two- anonymity. Amarinder Singh’s leadership. Expressing loss of faith in Capt Amarinder, the “rebel” legislators have announced to meet party supremo Sonia (" % (# Gandhi to seek the Chief
Minister’s replacement, with the crucial 2022 Assembly ' $ $ $ P polls just about six months $ $ $ ' $$ away. * 0)3)%$ sent leadership of the State. Soon, a five-member Sources said Rahul cautioned panel, comprising Ministers Minister Tript Rajinder Singh attended the closed-door meet- L ormer Congress President Baghel over the complaints and MLAs, would be meeting Bajwa in Sector 39. ing along with Punjab " ( '( FRahul Gandhi on Tuesday raised by TS Singh Deo Sonia and also State party Notably, all the leaders, Congress’ newly-appointed $ met Chhattisgarh Chief and AICC general affairs’ in-charge Harish Rawat who participated in the meet- general secretary and MLA " Minister Bhupesh Baghel and secretary (Organisation) KC to convey their “sentiments”. ing, were those who strongly Pargat Singh, besides other % State Health Minister T S Singh Venugopal. The decision to seek Capt backed Sidhu in the recent sitting and former MLAs. M Deo in an effort to resolve the They, along with State unit Amarinder’s replacement after game of one-upmanship Later, Tript Bajwa called up power tussle between the two in-charge P L Punia, were pre- meeting Sonia, came after a against Capt Amarinder. Punjab Congress president senior leaders in the State. sent in the meeting held at meeting attended by 46 Besides Tript Bajwa, Navjot Singh Sidhu seeking # 4'42( Party sources said that dur- Rahul Gandhi’s Congress leaders, including Cooperation Minister time for an “emergent meet- ing the three-hour long meet- residence. Rahul asked Bhagel four Cabinet Ministers, more Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, ing”. Sidhu, after meeting the '() n a high-voltage drama that ing with the warring leaders, to address grievances raised by than two dozen legislators, Water Resources Minister rebel Ministers and MLAs, Iset the ruling Maha Vikas Rahul is believed to have con- Deo. and former MLAs, was held at Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, maintained that he would " Aghadi (MVA) and the vinced Deo to allow the Rahul first met the leaders the residence of Rural and Tourism Minister “apprise the high command of Opposition BJP in Maharashtra smooth functioning of the pre- separately and then together. Development and Panchayat Charanjit Singh Channi, the situation”. " on a collision course, Union ' ' * Micro, Small and Medium ) ' Enterprises Minister Narayan Rane was on Tuesday arrested !" # by the Ratnagiri police over his # “tight-slap-slur” remarks #$%&'(' &'%(+, against Maharashtra Chief , Minister and Shiv Sena presi- * 0)3)%$ been pushed into poverty with reported between 1985 and ,, dent Uddhav Thackeray. a loss of jobs and pay cuts 2018 - 82 per cent of these O Amid reports of clashes * " % he economic downturn across different economic stra- births, the study found, were " " between the Shiv Sena and BJP % Tcaused by Covid-19 may ta nationwide. in low and lower-middle- $O workers at some places in the $ $ ' have led to 267,000 excess Such economic shocks income countries. . " State, 69-year-old BJP leader infant deaths in 2020 in low lead to an increase in deaths " Rane — who was inducted and middle-income countries, among vulnerable groups, into the Narendra Modi relief. However, the High with India registering 99,642 such as young children and the *$ ) # Cabinet last month — was Court rejected Rane’s request deaths, said a study by elderly in low-income coun- #* + arrested by police at for an urgent hearing on his researchers from the World tries. ## &%' Sangameshwar in Ratnagiri petition for protection from Bank. For the study, the team district in coastal Konkan the arrest. In fact, Rane’s arrest They said the highest num- looked at the impact of the - region during his ongoing came soon after the high court bers of estimated excess infant “income shock” represented by " " “Jan Aashirwad Yatra” in con- declined to hear him without deaths in the world were in the projected fall in Gross New Delhi: Union Health / " nection with the four FIRs following due procedure. South Asia - a total of 113,141 Domestic Product (GDP) - the Minister Mansukh Mandaviya filed against for his remarks Later in night, he was to be - with more than a third of the the deaths vis-a-vis birth fig- minus 17.3 per cent for 2020. total value of a country’s annu- on Tuesday said that Covid-19 * * made against the Chief produced before a court at excess projected to be in India. ures during the economic According to World Bank al goods and services - on the vaccine slots can now be booked # Minister at public meeting on Mahad where he was taken The study, published in downturn aggravated by the researchers, the global econo- survival of one-year-old and via WhatsApp. Elaborating on ' . Monday. from Sangameshwar. If he the online journal BMJ Open pandemic. While India has the my is expected to have shrunk less in low- and middle- the process, he said one needs 0 With the local court hav- does not get post-arrest relief suggests that this toll is 7 per highest number of annual by almost 5 per cent in 2020, income countries. to send ‘Book Slot’ to ing rejected his anticipatory at Mahad court, Rane will cent higher than what was births - over 24,238,000 - it also the first year of the pandemic. The researchers also tried MyGovIndia Corona Helpdesk bail, Rane had approached have to spend the night in expected for the year. has a significantly large pro- As a result, as many as 120 mil- to assess how the GDP was on WhatsApp, verify and then the Bombay High Court for police custody. The study also compares jected economic shortfall of lion more people may have linked to 5.2 million births follow the requisite steps. ! " #!$ %&%'%( Chief Minister said that the vene any provision of the Act, * "" +(,- government should take the * he shall be punished with issue of paper leak seriously as - imprisonment up to two years D E " O the future of the youth is being #7 * * and fine of up to Rs 5,000, ruined due to such incidents. To prevent leaks of ques- according to the Bill. Khattar informed the tion papers and the use of Earlier, the Chief Minister 2 / House that the Commission unfair means in public exam- said that it is a good thing that will ensure that the candidates inations, the Haryana the Haryana Public of cancelled examinations do Assembly on Tuesday passed Examination (Prevention of 6 incidents of exam leak in not suffer and they are allowed Haryana Public Examination Unfair Means) Bill, 2021 has $(03 .($ Haryana, he said. to participate in the re-adver- (Prevention of Unfair Means), been welcomed by all legisla- During the concluding day tised examination process with- Bill, 2021. tors. aryana Chief Minister of the monsoon session of out charging the fees. A person found to be While allaying the appre- HManohar Lal Khattar on Haryana Assembly, the Rejecting Congress’ indulged in an organised hensions of the opposition on Tuesday assured the State Congress lambasted the BJP- demand for a CBI investiga- crime in conspiracy with the the loopholes in the legislation, Assembly that the accused in JJP Government on the issue of tion, the Chief Minister said examination authority or oth- he said that if required, the police constable recruit- police constable examination that the government is satisfied erwise indulges or attempts to amendments will be brought ment paper leak case will not leak. Right through the begin- with the ongoing inquiry by indulge in unfair means in in the next session of Haryana be spared. ning of the debate during call- Haryana Police. If an inquiry is Haryana will now be liable to Assembly. The Bill brought in “If the person sitting in ing attention motion, war of marked to the CBI into the be punished with imprison- the House will apply to those Haryana Staff Selection words, allegations and counter- matter, they will close down the ment for a term which shall who encourage cheating dur- Commission or in the govern- allegations raged between the HSSC for the investigation not be less than seven years ing examinations and act as a ment is responsible then he too treasury benches and the oppo- didates had downloaded admit and 14 cases are still pending the recruitments done by the which will impact the recruit- and may extend up to 10 years deterrent to stop such inci- will not be spared. The State sition in the House over the cards for the written exam; adjudication in the Courts, he previous regime were cancelled ment process. and with a fine which shall not dents, he said. Police has unfolded the links issue. however the exam was can- said. by the Court. These recruit- “I have already talked to be less than Rs 10 lakh. On concerns raised by connected with this case and Earlier, former Chief celled on August 7 after it The Chief Minister ments were done by setting the Home Minister Anil Vij on In case of the involve- LoP Bhupinder Singh Hooda would continue the investiga- Minister and Leader of oppo- came to the notice of the informed the State Assembly aside the rules and regula- the issue. If the investigation by ment of the government staff over inclusion of Universities tion,” the Chief Minister said sition, Bhupinder Singh Hooda Commission that the paper that a total of seven criminal tions. On the other hand, our state police fails to reach any in the leakage of papers, they in the Bill, Khattar said that while responding to a calling while demanding CBI inquiry had been leaked. cases were registered in respect government has cancelled four conclusion or they fail to nab would be liable for imprison- this law will not affect the attention motion over the can- into the paper leak incident Responding to the allega- of leak of question paper recruitments after finding the culprits, the government ment up to seven years and a autonomy of the university. cellation of exam of police pointed out that the Home tions of opposition that over a including two cases lodged in errors so that no question is will constitute a high-level fine ranging from Rs 1-3 lakh. He said that this law would constable conducted by HSSC Minister Anil Vij has also dozen of exams have been can- Kaithal, one case each in raised later, he said. committee under a sitting or Similarly, the persons work to check cheating during on August 7 due to leak of raised the same demand. celled due to various reasons Fatehabad and Hisar and three Continuing his tirade retired Judge,” Khattar assured obstructing or threatening the the examination for any question paper and answer Congress legislators Kiran during the current regime, the cases in Karnal. The Police has against the Congress, the Chief the House. members of the inspection recruitment in the university. key. Chaudhary, BB Batra, Jagbir Education Minister Kanwar arrested around 35 persons in Minister further said that after In protest of the decision, team, supervisory staff, exam- Those guilty of encouraging Khattar also rejected the Singh Malik, Geeta Bhukkal Pal informed the House that this regard and a person from the formation of the present the Congress legislators then ination authority will face a jail the use of unfair means at any Congress’ demand for an among others also pushed for since 2015, the HSSC has suc- Jammu has also been arrested. State Government in 2014 and staged a symbolic walkout from term of up to two years and stage from the time of setting inquiry by the Central Bureau a CBI inquiry and dismissal of cessfully selected 78701 candi- The State Police has unfolded at the time of restructuring of the House. fine of Rs 5,000. the paper to the examination of Investigation into the case HSSC till the investigation is dates fairly to various posts of the links connected with this HSSC, the old records were If any examinee contra- will be under the purview of following which the opposition completed. Group C & D and it is only in case like the place of paper checked and it was found that * #-2 venes or attempts to contra- this law, he added. party staged a walkout from the Initiating the debate, inde- five instances that the exami- printing and from where the only those records which are in House. pendent MLA Balraj Kundu nations had to be cancelled. paper was leaked. There is a big the possession of the court are The Chief Minister, how- alleged that the exam cannot be He further elaborated that syndicate working for paper safe. The rest of the data was ever, maintained that if the leaked without the involve- since 2011 during the previous leak and the matter is being not found anywhere. The pre- State police fails to nab the cul- ment of people in HSSC and Congress regime, 30 criminal thoroughly investigated by vious records of HSSC were prits or get to the root of the the role of Commission should cases pertaining to written Haryana Police, he said. either burnt or thrown in matter, then the investigation be looked into. examinations had been insti- This exam was sold at an rivers, he added. can be done by a higher author- For the posts of 5500 male tuted. Of these 30 cases, four amount of rupees one crore in At this point, verbal duels ity. A law has been brought by constables, the Commission were cancelled, accused were Haryana, he further said. were exchanged between the the State Government which had received 8.25 lakh appli- acquitted in two cases, investi- In a scathing attack on Chief Minister and his prede- will act as a deterrent to stop cations. About 6.83 lakh can- gation is going on in ten cases Congress, Khattar said that cessor Hooda. The former * $(03 .($ expedite the land acquisition families in the state have been process for various key pro- registered in the PPP so far. he Manohar Lal Khattar jects. Anyone who wants to take = 7E4 4%( TGovernment in Haryana He said that to protect the advantage of government ser- $ , $. on Tuesday got the con- overall public interest, it is vice should have some docu- tentious The Right to Fair proposed to amend certain ment of being a resident of " O Compensation and provisions of the Act of 2013 Haryana. The citizens of Transparency in Land considering the state specific Haryana have the first right to , ,7" $ / Acquisition, Rehabilitation circumstances of the state of the facilities provided by the and Resettlement (Haryana Haryana. The amendments Haryana government, he said. * $(03 .($ across party lines. Amendment) Bill, 2021 passed would strike a balance The Chief Minister Sidhu’s omission in this * $(03 .($ House during the monsoon feet in the State Assembly, amid between the needs of acquir- informed the House that a aking strong exception to the regard had given ammunition to session. Reacting to the objections protest and walkout by the ing land and providing fair petition was filed in this Tpatently anti-national and the Opposition parties, which mid the controversy over “Though the opposition raised by opposition on the Congress. compensation to the landown- regard in the High Court, to pro-Pak comments of two of were quick to recall the Punjab Athe amendment made by tried to create a ruckus by passing of the Haryana Parivar The amendment, which ers, he added. which the Court said that Punjab Congress president Congress president’s own bon- Haryana Government in land demanding that some of the Pehchan Bill, 2021, Khattar essentially allows to speed up Dushyant further said that there is no objection to the Navjot Singh Sidhu’s aides, a homie with the Pakistan Prime acquisition Act 2013, the Bills should be referred to the said that the government the land acquisition process the amendments will ensure collection of data for PPP group of Punjab Congress Minister and Army chief, they Chief Minister Manohar Lal Committee but each Bill was wants to make the poor and for development projects, was that the existing infrastruc- scheme. Ministers and MLA on Tuesday pointed out, warning against Khattar on Tuesday said that passed after making the needy competent enough to passed after the State tural projects do not suffer and He also said that birth, called for strong action under the the massive damage this could the Right to Fair required rectification and clar- live a prosperous life, instead Government rejected the are completed on time. death and marriage registra- law against Malwinder Mali and cause to the Congress in the run- Compensation and ifying the doubts raised by the of attracting them with free- demand of Congress to send The State Government tion would also be linked Dr Payre Lal Garg. up to the 2022 Punjab Assembly Transparency in Land opposition. We have given a bies. The Bill aims for the it to the Select Committee of intends to amend the with PPP. With this, real time The statements of both these polls, which are due in less than Acquisition, Rehabilitation chance to the opposition to identification of beneficiaries the House for greater scruti- Principal Act of 2013 to data will be available with us, newly-appointed advisors of six months. and Resettlement (Haryana point out fundamental errors and recipients for delivery of ny. exempt certain development which will make planning Punjab Congress president were Punjab Congress leaders Amendment) Bill has been but going by their old habit of benefits, subsidies, schemes It was among the six Bills projects, including rural infra- and implementation easier. clearly against India’s interests, termed Mali’s statement on passed to ensure smooth com- criticizing and questioning and services as ineligible ben- passed by the State Assembly, structure, affordable housing, He said that out of 3.3 lakh and detrimental to national Kashmir a dangerous and unac- mencement and completion of every public welfare work eficiaries are often recipients on the last day of the monsoon industrial corridors, health, government employees of security, said Cabinet Ministers ceptable deviation from India’s linear development, essential being done by the State of Government support tar- session of Haryana Vidhan education and urban metro Haryana, 2,98,274 employees — Brahm Mohindra, Vijay Inder stated position on Jammu and and emergency projects in Government, this time too the geted at various segments of Sabha. Terming the bill as rail projects, from the preview have got their PPP made. Singla, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Kashmir (J&K). “By questioning the state. opposition criticized for the society while otherwise eligi- anti-farmers, former Chief Act pertaining to conducting Balbir Singh Sidhu, and Sadhu the unanimous 1994 resolution “The Bill has been passed sake of criticism,” he said. ble beneficiaries are over- Minister and Leader of Social Impact Assessment 8 * Singh Dharamsot, along with of the Parliament of India declar- by the State Assembly in order On the issue of police looked. Opposition Bhupinder Singh Study, he said. * senior MLA Raj Kumar Verka. ing J&K as an integral of India to strike a balance between the constable recruitment paper He also accused the Hooda said that with the The Bill was then passed The Panchkula Besides stringent legal action (which was reiterated in 2012), needs of acquiring land and leak, Khattar said that no Congress of indulging in pol- amendment, the government via voice vote in the State Metropolitan Development against Mali and Dr Garg, they Mali had blatantly toed the line providing fair compensation stone will be left unturned in itics over COVID-19 pan- has removed the clause of the Assembly amid the walkout by Authority, Bill, 2021 was also urged the Congress nation- of Pakistan, which had been try- to the landowners. In the said the investigation. Within just demic and said that the State prior consent of at least sev- Congress. passed to develop a vision for al leadership to direct Sidhu to ing to stake claim to the region Act now a new system of 18 to 20 days of the paper leak Government has ensured ade- enty per cent of those affect- the continued, sustained and immediately rein in his aides in and was in illegal occupation of land acquisition would be fol- case, the State Police unrav- quate oxygen supply in the ed families for public private 2 * balanced growth of the the interest of the party, as well certain areas, such as PoK,” they lowed excluding social impact, eled the case and soon more state during the Covid partnership projects. * 8 "P3-* Panchkula Metropolitan Area. as the country. “The Congress added. while the compensation clause arrests would be done. Pandemic. Congress legislators Kiran The State Assembly A Panchkula Metropolitan has made many sacrifices for the Even Dr Garg’s statement in the Bill is unchanged,” While disclosing the con- The Chief Minister Chaudhary, BB Batra, Jagbir passed Haryana Parivar Development Authority will protection of the nation’s secu- countering the Chief Minister Khattar said while talking to nection of the constable informed that for regularizing Singh Malik raised objection Pehchan Bill, 2021 on Tuesday be constituted to develop a rity and peace, as have our sol- Capt Amarinder Singh’s criticism the mediapersons after the recruitment paper leak case to unauthorized colonies of to the new clause of award of even as the Congress strong- vision for the sustained and diers at the borders. Nobody can of Pakistan reflected strong pro- conclusion of the monsoon Jammu, one of the states Urban Local Bodies a Bill collector without further ly objected to the need of balanced growth of the or should be allowed to under- Pak leanings, they said, adding session of Haryana Assembly. where the paper was printed, had been passed. Around enquiry in certain cases, will bringing a legislation to pro- Panchkula Metropolitan Area mine these sacrifices and jeop- that anyone not He said that the State the Chief Minister said that 1200 colonies had registered affect the farmers, as their land vide the Parivar Pehchan through quality of life and rea- ardise the safety of our country condemning the continuous Government has already made the main accused who had themselves and those who will be forcefully acquired by number as a unique identifi- sonable standard of living to and its people,” they emphasised, efforts from across the border to a system where the purchase leaked the paper from there fulfill the criteria would be the government. er number to each family in residents, to provide for inte- citing, in particular, the grave destabilise Punjab and India of landholdings from farmers through a pen drive has been regularized, he said. Responding to the allega- Haryana. Chief Minister grated and coordinated plan- implications such statements was playing into the hands of the is being done with their con- arrested in this case. The On a question related to tions of the opposition, Manohar Lal Khattar said that ning, infrastructure develop- could have for the border state enemy. sent through the e-Bhoomi accused had sold the said pen the demand of banning the Deputy Chief Minister Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) ment and provision of urban of Punjab. “Drones from Pakistan are portal. Even the land being drive in R. 5 lakh which later use of the word “refugee” Dushyant Chautala said that Scheme has been formulated amenities, mobility manage- The Congress leaders also dumping arms and drugs into brought for the construction was sold at an amount of word, Khattar said that an amendments to the land to deliver the benefits of the ment, sustainable manage- questioned Sidhu’s failure to put Punjab almost every day. Our of AIIMS in Rewari is being rupees one crore in Haryana, MLA had raised the issue acquisition Act has been made schemes till the last person. ment of the urban environ- his foot down on such anti- soldiers are dying at the border. done through e-Bhoomi, he he said. that people living for decades by several State Governments He said that work is being ment and social, economic national and pro-Pak diatribe by How can any patriotic Indian not added. Instead of offering free- in the state are still being since 2013. The objective of done on this scheme for the and industrial development, his close aides, despite the justi- condemn Pak actions in the cir- Khattar said that a total of bies, we are making people called refugees. We will con- Haryana Government is to last three years and 64 lakh the Bill stated. fied uproar it has triggered cumstances?” they asked. 11 Bills were passed in the competent to stand on their sider the demand, he said.
* $(03 .($ ing fiscal losses to them. Singh Rajewal, also offered The Chief Minister said him sweets. unjab’s sugarcane farmers on that the farmers were not to Besides Rajewal, Manjit PTuesday withdrew their agi- blame for the problem, which Singh Rai, the Morcha repre- tation in response to the Chief was caused by Punjab’s poor sentatives at the meeting Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s finances. While he was always included Kulwant Singh announcement of Rs 35 per with the farmers and wanted to Sandhu, Harmeet Singh quintal hike in the State Agreed do his best for their welfare, the Kadia, Jangvir Singh Price (SAP) for cane crushing state’s fiscal crisis had prevent- Chauhan, Harinder Singh season 2021-22, taking the SAP ed him for increasing SAP Lakhowal, Mukesh Chander, in the state to Rs 360 per quin- earlier, he said, adding that bal- Kuldeep Wajidpur, Baldev tal, which is Rs two higher than ancing the needs of the farm- Singh Sirsa, Baldev Singh in neighbouring Haryana. ers with those of the coopera- Dupper, and Balwinder The matter was resolved tive and private sugar mill Aulakh. during a meeting of farmer owners was tough, given the The Chief Minister was union leaders with the Chief prevailing fiscal situation. joined by Cooperation Minister this afternoon, during Senior Congress leader Minister Sukhjinder Singh which Capt Amarinder Singh, Rana Gurjit Singh, who is Randhawa, Health Minister while agreeing to the SAP hike, himself a sugar mill owner Balbir Singh Sidhu, along with said that the state’s fiscal situation besides being Kapurthala MPs Preneet Kaur and Partap had prevented adequate increase MLA, supported the farmers’ Singh Bajwa, MLAs Rana in SAP for the past three to four demand for increase in SAP. Gurjit Singh, Dr Raj Kumar years. The farmer union leaders, Verka, Fatehjang Singh Bajwa, The farmer union leaders representing the Sanjha Kisan Minister for addressing their lakh compensation and jobs to at the Delhi border. Navtej Singh Cheema and had earlier pointed out that Morcha which has been spear- problem and announcing the one family member each of Elated with the Chief Sushil Kumar Rinku, as well as Punjab had failed to hike sug- heading the sugarcane farm- SAP hike. the Punjab farmers who have Minister’s response to their Chairman Punjab Mandi arcane SAP in proportion to ers’ agitation for the past sev- They also expressed their lost their lives in the ongoing demand, the Morcha repre- Board Lal Singh, Chairman Haryana over this period, caus- eral days, thanked the Chief appreciation for the Rs five protest against the farm laws sentatives, including Balbir Sugarfed Amrik Singh Aliwal. chhattisgarh 03
RAIPUR | WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 25, 2021 Singh Deo sidelined at Rahul’s C’garh govt commited on total prohibition: Lakhma meet, Bhupesh Baghel to continue STAFF REPORTER n mon people, he said. RAIPUR He reiterated that before enforcing prohibition, an IANS n NEW DELHI/ RAIPUR xcise Minister Kawasi extensive campaign will be ELakhma on Tuesday said launched to make people mid rift in Chhattisgarh Congress, former the Chhattisgarh government aware about the social evil. ACongress President Rahul Gandhi on was serious on enforcing pro- “Study teams will be sent Tuesday met Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and hibition in the state. to states where prohibition is Health Minister T.S. Singh Deo, but no discussion Lakhma said in a state- being enforced," he said. took place on change of leadership in the state. ment that the state govern- “Though we included The meeting lasted for over two and a half ment was contemplating all prohibition in our election hours at the residence of Rahul Gandhi here. pros and cons before banning manifesto, we are not in a After the meeting, Chhattisgarh Congress in- liquor. The government is haste to enforce it. A proper charge P.L. Punia speaking to the media said, also studying the effect of study will be done on its "There was no discussion on change of leadership prohibition on tribals, farm- effect on the society before in Chhattisgarh." ers, labourers and other com- we go it," he said. Punia also attended the meeting along with the state Chief Minister and the health minister. The meeting of these two leaders with Rahul Four SAS Gandhi came amid Deo's reported claims for the Chhattisgarh govt not top post in the state, demanding rotational chief ministership. officials get Both Baghel and Deo met with Rahul Gandhi serious in enforcing as the infighting in Chhattisgarh Congress threat- new postings ens to boil over. The Congress had earlier faced similar situa- STAFF REPORTER n prohibition: Kaushik tion in Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, RAIPUR Karnataka, and some northeastern states. STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR There were several reports of differences our State Administrative between Baghel and Deo, with the latter lobbying FService officers of eader of Opposition hard for months to replace Chief Minister Baghel. Chhattisgarh were given LDharamlal Kaushik on On July 27, Deo walked out of the Assembly say- new postings on Tuesday. Tuesday said the Chhattisgarh ing, "it is too much" after the opposition created According to the government was not serious an uproar demanding a House panel probe into General Administration about enforcing prohibition Congress MLA Brihaspat Singh's charge that the Department (GAD), and so it was giving excuses to Minister was behind an attack on him. Saumil Ranjan Chaubey prolong the state of affairs. Deo and Baghel have been making several (SAS-2010) has been given In a statement, Kaushik trips to the national capital. Deo, for the record, additional charge as said that instead of taking a maintains that "Sonia Gandhiji and Rahul Deputy Secretary, Public decision, the government was Gandhiji will decide." Following his visit, Baghel Relations Department, and sending study teams to states also rushed to the national capital in July this Additional Chief Executive where prohibition has been year. Officer, Chhattisgarh enforced. During his Delhi visit, Baghel said he would File photo Samvad. It was also not correct for abide by the decision of the leadership and His retains the posts of the government to say that taken into confidence. returned to Raipur in the same plane with Deo. Tamradhwaj Sahu were doing the rounds for the al meetings with the Congress top leadership. Chief Executive Office liquor consumption in tribal If their intentions were After the 2018 Assembly elections, names of post of the chief minister in the state. However, The Congress has completed two and half SUDA and Additional areas is a part of their culture clear, they would have fulfilled Baghel emerged as the winner after having sever- years in the state in June this year. Baghel, Deo, Charan Das Mahant and Director Urban and hence they have to be their election promise, he said. Administration and Development. Choubey hits out at NRANVP sanctions 2nd Yogita Dewangan (SAS-2014) has been post- ed as Joint Collector Baloda Raman over CM row phase of Christel School Bazar-Bhatapara. Astha Rajput (SAS- STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR 2015), Joint Collector STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR Dantewada district, has he Nava Raipur Atal Nagar Vikas Pradhikaran been transferred as hhattisgarh Agriculture Minister Ravindra T(NRANVP) has approved Phase 2 of Christel House Municipal Corporation CChoubey on Tuesday denounced former India, a school for children of economically weaker sec- Chirmiri (Korea district). Chief Minister and BJP leader Raman Singh's tions from villages affected under the Nava Raipur proj- Dr Vibhor Agrawal comments over infighting in the Congress. ect area. A total of 43 villages come in the project area. (SAS-2015) has been post- Singh said in a statement stated that he was Jaison C. Mathew, CEO of Christel House India, told ed as Joint Collector, watching from the public gallery the goings on in the media on Tuesday: “We recognize that to build a Dhamtari. He was earlier the Congress. strong nation, the education of our children, especially posted as Upper Secretary, “There is certainly a fire within and that is from the underprivileged communities, cannot be com- Public Relations depart- why smoke is coming out,” he said amid reports promised." ment, with the additional that the issue of being Chief Minister by rotation He said that under the project, the children will charge of Upper Secretary, in Chhattisgarh had cropped up again. receive high quality education, healthcare, life skills, GAD. Choubey said Singh will not be able to watch character and employment skills. "It is all free." from even the public gallery in the near future as Speculation is rife that Gandhi was to dis- The work is expected to start by October 1 and the the voters had rejected him for his 15 years of cuss a transfer of power from Baghel to Singh school is set to reopen next year. misrule. Deo. In the existing school, 20 villages have been covered. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel AICC Chhattisgarh in-charge P.L. Punia, Now all 43 villages will be covered. Once admitted, the and senior Minister T.S. Singh Deo met who attended the meeting, told the media that school provides financial and academic support till the Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi in the discussions covered development issues and students graduate and one year after finding a job, New Delhi on Tuesday. a change of guard did not figure. Mathew said. Engineer, two others die in road accident STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR
he son of the Congress MLA from TMarwahi and two others accom- panying him were killed on Tuesday when their car collided with a private bus in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district, police said. The accident took place on National Highway-130 on the Katghora-Ambikapur road, about 200 km from Raipur, Katghora officiating Station House Officer Naveen Dewangan told The Pioneer. The victims were employees of the Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Co Ltd. Assistant Engineer Praveen Kumar Dhruv (32), the MLA's son, was driving the car. The other two were Kushal Kumar Kanwar (32) and All three died instantly after the from Ambikapur, the police said. incident. Chief Minister Bhupesh Shankar Singh Porte (28). head-on collision with the bus coming The bus driver escaped after the Baghel expressed grief over the deaths. Online application process begins for bus permit
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hhattisgarh's Transport Department Con Tuesday began the process of accepting online application seeking per- mits for buses. The applications will be accepted online and no one should visit the Regional Transport Authority in this connection, an official communication said. All documents which are submitted have to be self-certified by the applicant. Tribals in the Ambagarh-Chowki block of Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district have taken to hi-tech farming The fee can be paid through internet bank- with help from the Agriculture Department. They use drone technique to spray pesticides in their farms. ing, debit or credit card and Unified Pioneer Photo Payments Interface (UPI) gateway. ! " #!$ %&%'%( * 0)3)%$ nion Road Transport and * 0)3)%$ UHighways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday chaired a JP president JP meeting of the Ninth Group of BNadda on Tuesday Infrastructure Committee to tore into the Congress address existing inter-ministe- over the controversial rial issues for the implementa- comments by its tion of Infrastructure projects. Punjab leaders on Civil Aviation Minister Kashmir and Pakistan Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, and alleged that it Railway Minister Ashwini reflected the opposi- Vaishnaw and Environment tion party’s divisive Minister Bhupender Yadav and anti-India approach. Pakistan made by Congress were present. ! " (NHIDCL) and representa- In a series of tweets, Nadda leaders in Punjab? Silence on Sources said a major issue $ $ " tives from the States of asked the Congress national the matter will be seen as raised in the meeting was about % Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar leadership to state clearly its implicit support to such objec- the outstanding forest clear- Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, stand on the issue as silence will tionable remarks.” ances regarding highway and " $ Kerala and Himachal Pradesh be seen as “implicit support” to Later addressing a press other infrastructure projects. $ attended the meeting. * 0)3)%$ “please keep an eye on https: countries. However, all flyers them. conference at the BJP head- The officers were directed P “Several issues had been //bit.ly/TravelGuideEN for lat- were asked to undergo a “Recent comments by quarters, party spokesperson to expedite the process for the placed on the agenda for delib- he United Arab Emirates est regulations”. Polymerase Chain Reaction Punjab Congress leaders, who Sambit Patra said such same immediately. Land/ROW eration for expediting the T(UAE) has temporarily sus- It did not provide any rea- test on the day of arrival and enjoy the patronage of the remarks could not have been policies of Railways & MoRTH " $ progress of on-going infra- pended visa on arrival facility son or further details for the on the ninth day after arrival topmost state leadership as made by the Congress leaders and making comprehensive $ ( structure projects by resolving for Indian nationals who have decision, but said that the in the UAE. Last week, the well as the High Command in without the approval of Rahul guidelines for Environment the issues related to NOCs, visa or residence permit issued details will be updated on the United States eased the travel Delhi, are reprehensible. They Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. and Forest clearance were also facilitating working permis- by the United States, the United airline’s website. Last week, restrictions for India as the are repeatedly making irre- “The remarks made by discussed at length. ") * sions/approvals, ensuring land Kingdom or a European Union Etihad had announced that Centers for Disease Control sponsible statements that have advisors of Punjab Congress Vaishnaw underlined the allocation/transfer and release member state. Papua New Indian nationals with a visa or and Prevention (CDC) lowered grave implications on nation- chief clearly show that the importance of new technolo- of funds. The issues also Guinea also banned flights residence permit issued by the India to “Level 2: Moderate,” al security,” Nadda tweeted. party has divisive and anti- gies and financial models for included, pending forest and from India indefinitely on US, UK or an EU member while the US State Department Two advisors of Punjab India approach towards Railways’ infrastructure Others present in the meeting environment clearances with Tuesday and accused the South state are eligible for UAE visa. eased the rating to “Level 2: Congress president Navjot Kashmir,” Patra said. enhancement and offered to were MoS V. K. Singh, MoS MoEF&CC, pending DPR Asian country’s diplomats of “If you’re an Indian citizen, Exercise Increased Caution.” Singh Sidhu have sparked a Taking on the Congress work in close association with Ajay Bhatt. approvals, issues of Logistic “deception” over apparent you are now eligible to apply Meanwhile a repatriation massive row with their over Garg’s remark that MoRTH on similar lines. He Senior Officers from the parks/Inter-modal station & breaches to Covid-19 travel for a visa when you arrive in charter flight from India comments. Malvinder Singh Pakistan should not be criti- further added that he would MoRTH, Ministry of Defence, ROB/RUB construction with rules. the UAE, including arrived in Papua New Mali had claimed that cised, Patra said that “these like to examine the feasibility of Ministry of Port, Shipping and Railways, issue of alignment of “The UAE authorities have Abu Dhabi. To qualify, you Guinea via Indonesia early on “Kashmir is a country of people earn their livelihood in working out a plan to lay the Waterways (MoPSW), Right of Way (RoW) policy, decided to temporarily sus- must have a US Visitor Visa or Tuesday with 111 people on Kashmiri people” while India but sing Pakistan’s tune”. railway lines along the Ministry of Environment, issue of common ducts for pend the Visa-on-arrival facil- Green Card, or holding a UK board, 30 more than the orig- another advisor, Pyare Lal Patra also asked why Highways in the already Forests and Climate Change fiber on highways with DoT, ity for passengers who are or EU residence valid for at inal number approved, accord- Garg, had taken a swipe at Sidhu, who hugged the acquired land in order to make (MoEFCC), Ministry of pending working permissions arriving from or been in India least 6 months ,and your pass- ing to officials. Punjab Chief Minister Pakistan Army Chief, had been the projects viable. Gadkari Railways, Ministry of with MoD among others. The in the past 14 days,” Etihad said port must have at least six The flight had been the Amarinder Singh for criticis- made Congress’ Punjab unit gave the suggestion of starting Electronics and Information Ministers agreed to look into on Twitter in response to a months validity,” the airline’s subject of intense negotiations ing Pakistan, saying it is not chief and “on whose behest”. the Tree Bank like the concept Technology (MeitY), Ministry the matters raised by various user’s query whether an Indian website had said. between officials in both coun- in Punjab’s interest. The comments by Mali of Carbon Credit. of Power (MoP), Ministry of agencies and resolve the same citizen holding a US visa can Earlier this month, the tries and was rejected four Nadda said, “I would urge and Garg have drawn angry Gadkari reiterated com- Civil Aviation (MoCA), in order to expedite infra- fly to Abu Dhabi and get visa- UAE eased Covid-19 restric- times by Papua New Guinea the topmost national leader- reactions from some Congress mitment to Infrastructure National Highways Authority structure projects which con- on-arrival and travel to Dubai tions by issuing new travel pro- over virus fears before an ship of the Congress to state leaders, including Chief development giving due impor- of India (NHAI), National tribute to Nation building,” without quarantine. The airline tocol that allowed passengers agreement was reached to clearly whether they support Minister Amarinder Singh, as tance to protection of Highways and Infrastructure said a senior government offi- also advised passengers to from India and five other allow 81 passengers to enter. the remarks on Kashmir and well. Environment and ecology. Development Corporation Ltd. cial.
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While the Singhu border virus overwhelms a population. will be the central point of the be provided accommodation at On clearance to Covaxin, she national convention, gatherings the Singhu border itself. said she is fairly confident that uation may continue like this paediatric admissions, paedi- will be organised in different One of the major issues the WHO’s technical group with ups and downs in differ- atric intensive care is going to parts of the country parallely. that will be up for discussion at will be satisfied to give Covaxin ent parts of the country, par- serve our health system in “Unlike our other events, the convention will be the clearance to be one of its autho- ticularly where there are more many ways for other illnesses the national convention is not farmers’ upcoming ‘mahapan- rised vaccines and that could susceptible population, so those children have but we should * 0)3)%$ + $ Squads (ATS) and create going to be a mass gathering or chayat’ in Uttar Pradesh’s happen by mid-September. groups who were perhaps less not panic about thousands of awareness among the general a rally. Instead, 1,500 repre- Muzaffarnagar on September 5. In an interview to journal- affected by first and second children crowding into ICUs,” he National Security Guard . public. Exercise will be wit- sentatives of farmer unions “Our next strategy is the ist Karan Thapar for news waves or those areas with low she said. T(NSG), the federal contin- nessed by officials of the min- from across the country will Muzaffarnagar ‘mahapanchay- website The Wire, levels of vaccine coverage we On use of drugs like gency ‘Zero Error’ Force man- istries of home and external come together for two days at at’ on September 5, which will Swaminathan said given the could see peaks and troughs for Remdesivir, HCQ or dated to neutralise terrorism % ( affairs as also Central para- the Singhu border to discuss also be discussed at the con- size of India and heterogeneity the next several months,” she Ivermectin for treatment, she and hijacking threats in all its + military forces, State agencies strategies to sharpen and inten- vention. Preparations for the of population and immunity said. She said she hopes that by said as of now, there is no evi- manifestations at the pan India $ and foreign delegates. sify our protests,” farmer leader ‘mahapanchayat’ are in full status in different parts of the the end of 2022 “we would be dence that HCQ or Ivermectin level, has launched a weeklong “This exercise assists in Abhimanyu Kohar said. swing. I know that at least 5,000 country, it is “very very feasi- in that position that we have have any role to play in reduc- exercise ‘Gandiv’ to validate % validating the drills and pro- He added that the conven- vehicles will be travelling to ble” that the situation may achieved vaccine coverage, say ing mortality or morbidity in planning parameters. % cedures of all personnel, district tion was aimed at bringing Muzaffarnagar,” Kohar said. continue like this with ups 70 per cent, and then countries people infected with the virus Gandiv is a national-level and state agencies and National together farmers from across On August 26, the farmers’ and downs in various parts of can get back to normal”. or actually preventing people annual crisis response mock Security Guard towards further the country, so that everybody protest against the three con- the nation. “We may be enter- On prevalence of Covid from getting infection, so exercise of NSG to validate its ment and recommendations of enhancing their Response could be part of the decision tentious laws will complete ing some kind of stage of among children, Swaminathan therefore there are no grounds planning parameters. The third the State Government. A total Mechanism when employed making on how the protest was nine months since they first endemicity where there is low said parents need not panic. on which recommendations edition of Gandiv is being con- of 26 important buildings in such a scenario,” it said. to be taken forward. “We arrived at the Delhi borders. level transmission or moderate “We can take from the sero can be made in use of either of ducted from August 22 to 28. which include educational As part of preparedness to have been protesting for nine The farmers have been level transmission going on survey and what we learnt these drugs for treatment or The exercise will cover poten- institutions, hotels, govern- neutralise terrorism and hijack- months. It is not a short span demanding the repeal of the but we are not seeing the kinds from other countries also that prevention. “Solidarity trial tial targets in Uttar Pradesh, ment offices and commercial ing threats, the NSG maintains of time. We want to include three laws, which they are of exponential growth and while it is possible that children showed Remdesivir does not NCR, Gujarat and Madhya areas were recceed in detail by multiple Task Forces in a state everybody, and representatives afraid will do away with the peaks that we saw a few months could get infected and trans- reduce mortality, it may have Pradesh, depicting Multiple NSG officials and eight loca- of readiness to mobilise in 30 of farmer organisations from MSP system leaving them at ago,” Swaminathan said. mit, children luckily have very a marginal benefit in sub- Cities Multiple-Targets sce- tions have been selected to con- minutes. The Force carries out east, west, south and north… the mercy of big corporations. “As far as India is con- mild illness most of the time group of patients who are ill nario cumulatively covering duct the exercise. recce of sensitive targets and all everybody will be here,” Kohar In Chandigarh, farmer cerned that seems to be what is and there is a small percentage enough to need oxygen but not approximately 30-35 targets, During the exercise, NSG, the airports in the country. In added. leader Paramjit Singh said happening and because of size that gets sick and get inflam- ill enough to be on ventilation the NSG said in a statement. apart from validating its own addition, the Force also under- According to the farmers about 2,000-2,5000 people are of India and heterogeneity of matory complications and few so there may be a marginal In the Gujarat chapter of drills, procedures and SOPs will takes Sky Marshal Operations leaders, the visiting represen- expected to come together to population and immunity sta- will die but much much less benefit but certainly the exercise, Ahmedabad and also assist to hone the counter on international and domestic tatives from different states, discuss the “issues that have tus in different parts of coun- than the adult population...But Remdesivir does not do much Gandhinagar cities have been terror skills of State adminis- aircraft and also provides secu- including Kerala, Karnataka, been impacting the farmers as try in different pockets, it is it is good to prepare... in stage of moderately or selected based on threat assess- tration, police, Anti-Terror rity cover. Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu, will well as the common man”. very very feasible that the sit- Preparing hospitals for severely ill patients. ! " #!$ %&%'%( 4 )* + $ 4 560 7 8 9 7 @(44' 35-A. The PAGD Spokesperson R - On Tuesday when PAGD further said, “Today we (PAGD ith an eye on the forth- formally adopted a resolution in leaders) met after a long time. # #* *5%*(( 2 * Wcoming elections in the the presence of party workers The government is trying to Union Territory of Jammu and they dropped clear hints that hamper our efforts but we he Trinamool Congress on Kashmir, the top brass of the they were ready to make it an managed to meet. The agenda TTuesday launched a blistering Peoples Alliance for Gupkar election plank and may 'unit- of the meeting was the restora- attack on the BJP Government Declaration (PAGD) for the edly' contest the maiden tion of the special status of for “leaving no stone unturned to first time convened a meeting Assembly polls after the Jammu and Kashmir. We sell out India’s assets,” in the name of second rung leaders and Abrogation of Article 370 and formed the PAGD after August of “National Monetisation workers of different con- 35-A. 5, after the abrogation of Article Pipeline” and promised a coun- stituents at the residence of its Addressing a press confer- 370 and we are fighting for it.” trywide agitation to thwart what Chairman Dr Farooq Abdullah, ence after a meeting of PAGD “Due to the Domicile law, its leaders called “an attempt to where they 'unanimously' leaders, PAGD spokesperson investment and developments auction India.” adopted a resolution to restore Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami are getting affected in the union Union Minister Nirmala the constitutional position of said, “Silence in Jammu territory. The people of Jammu Sitharaman had on Monday issue … there was no mention of concentrated in select hands.” Jammu and Kashmir and Kashmir is depicted as nor- are facing problems in business * @(44' during 2021. announced the Centre’s ambi- this massive economic overhaul Saying that the transferring Ladakh under Article 370 and malcy. We appeal to the people and jobs as they are not getting According to the police tious policy of collecting 6 lakh in their election manifesto of the assets on lease for 25 years 35A on Tuesday. of India that we want our jobs as per the new laws which hree more terrorists the slain terrorists have been crore by leasing out national 2014 and 2019… had they men- “means perpetual alienation of PDP Chief Mehbooba rights. do not allow giving jobs to stone Tbelonging to Pakistan identified as Faisal Fayaz son of assets to the private companies. tioned it in the manifesto and the property,” the TMC leader- Mufti, CPI(M) leader MY Today we have gathered pelters. Also, we demand the based Lashkar-e- Taiba (LeT) Fayaz Ah Thokar resident of Accusing the Centre of hid- won the election, then it could ship said “on what will the Tarigami, Awami National here to send out a message release of political prisoners. terror outfit were gunned down Kapren Shopian, Gh Mustafa ing the matter in Parliament, have been said that it is people’s Government fall back on during Conference leader Muzaffar throughout the country, we are The government harasses peo- by the joint team of security Sheikh son of Abdul Ahad senior party MP Sukhendu mandate… But as they are tak- economic crisis…” and added, Hussain Shah and Javaid committed to seek our consti- ple through the Crime forces in the Pethseer area of Sheikh resident of Tekipura Shekhar Roy said, “the issue was ing such a big decision --- where “our party will stage a country- Mustafa Mir along with sever- tutional rights. We demand Information Bureau (CIB), Sopore on Tuesday. Kupwara and Rameez Ah discussed neither in Parliament the future of the entire nation is wide agitation against this anti- al senior National Conference article 370, 35A and statehood National Investigation Agency Meanwhile, security forces Ghanie son of Ab Majeed nor in any Parliamentary at stake --- without people’s per- people stance of the leaders attended the meeting at must be restored fully. This is (NIA) and other agencies. We also arrested six terrorist asso- Ghanie resident of Zipor Committee or the Consultative mission we have every right to Government.” the Gupkar residence of our constitutional right. We condemn these things,” said ciates of the LeT outfit in Dharamati, Shopian, affiliated Committee of the Finance protest … we can say that peo- Alleging that the BJP National Conference President have adopted a resolution to Tarigami Pethkote Bandipora. The police with proscribed terror outfit Ministry. There was just a pass- ple do not want the National Government had during the Dr Abdullah. restore the constitutional posi- Earlier on June 24, several teams recovered arms and LeT (TRF). ing reference about it in the Monetisation Pipeline (NMP).” Monsoon Session brought a Ever since its inception the tion of Jammu & Kashmir and members of PAGD had attend- ammunition including 2 live As per police records, the Finance Minister’s Budget Saying that decisions to hand “black law” banning strikes constituents of the PAGD are Ladakh under Article 370 and ed the meeting convened by hand grenades, 2 detonators, 15 killed terrorists were part of speech. In fact this decision was over such huge number of pub- against unjust policies of the harping on the slogan of restor- 35A.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi AK series rounds, 2 matrix groups involved in several ter- taken by the NITI Aayog, which lic assets to the private players in employers the TMC leadership ing the special status of the erst- He further stated that gov- with political leaders of Jammu sheets and other materials from ror crime cases including is not a constitutional body, but a large country like India should said the “black law” must not be while state of Jammu and ernment orders for stone pelters and Kashmir. During the meet- the site. attacks on security establish- a mere Government institu- not be taken without taking the seen separately from the new Kashmir and full Statehood. and others in the union terri- ing several leaders had cate- According to the Jammu ments and civilian atrocities. tion…” people or Parliament into confi- monetization scheme where the Previously, the PAGD leaders tory of Jammu and Kashmir are gorically conveyed to the Prime and Kashmir police five ter- The security forces also He said “who gave this dence Roy said that “Public leasing companies would get a restricted themselves to issuing ‘harsh’. “You cannot deprive Minister that if assembly polls rorists stand neutralised in the recovered arms and ammuni- Government the power to take Private Partnership (PPP) is an free hand to mercilessly pursue Press statements while reiter- people of their rights until are to be held, then statehood last 24 hours and 10 in the last tion including 01 AK-47 rifle & such a big decision … did they acceptable model but not this one hire and fire policy creating a ating their stand on the issue of proven guilty in the court of should be restored first to six days. A total nomber of 107 02 pistols from the site of the get a popular mandate on this where the entire wealth will get massive job crisis. abrogation of Article 370 and law,” he added. Jammu and Kashmir. terrorists have been neutralised encounter (4#$ $ =8 0 !R 0 567 * %'*05 $ 1 333 2$'2(0) ( argeting Bharatiya Janata Party % $ '?(0(0$(7'(4 day after Bihar Chief Minister TGovernment in Utter Pradesh ANitish Kumar demanded a cast- and referring to the Comptroller 2)0.(%'' fter a lull in daily testing, based census, Odisha's ruling Biju and Auditor General report, UP AKerala again saw daily Janata Dal (BJD) demanded Central Legislative Council, Deepak Singh, Bengaluru man, who allegedly hit Covid case numbers rise high, law to remove 50 per cent cap on while addressing media persons Aand killed his wife for not cook- with 24,296 people testing reservation. here on Tuesday evening, said ing tasty fried chicken, has been Covid positive after 1,34,706 Senior BJD leaders and State there was a huge scam of 2,743.60 arrested, police said on Tuesday. samples were tested. Ministers Ranendra Pratap Swain crore in Kumbh Mela and it was The arrested person was identi- The State leads the country and Arun Kumar Sahoo held a joint bigger even than the infamous fied as Mubarak, 32, a resident of in new daily cases, the number press conference here on Tuesday, on caste census are two sides of a coin, fodder scam of Bihar,saying the Tarabanahalli in the outskirts of of active cases, and the number this issue. Sahoo said, "Due to the capping by embezzlement in Prayagraj Kumbh Bengaluru. The deceased was identi- of daily Covid deaths. Swain demanded legislation of a courts, OBC population of Odisha Mela is one of the biggest scam fied as Shirin Banu, 28. The daily test positivity Central law to remove the 50 per cent are deprived from getting the reser- committed by the present regime in Mubarak had assaulted his wife rate has reached 18.04 per cap on reservation and conducting of vation benefits and facing difficul- Uttar Pradesh. Adityanath for giving patronage to tin shades, tents, pandals and bar- with a wooden log for not cooking cent, Chief Minister Pinarayi caste-based Census for other back- ties." Earlier Aam Aadmi Party Rajya the accused. ricading, the Mela officer showed Rs tasty chicken fry for him, and she had Vijayan said in a statement. ward castes (OBC) or socially and Various political parties with alle- Sabha MP and UP in-charge Sanjay Referring to the CAG report, he 143.13 crores spent without any succumbed to injuries on August 6. For the past three days, the educationally backward classes giance to the BJP have raised their Singh has also levelled serious cor- said, “The 32 tractors purchased in one's consent. Heavy budgets have Fearing his arrest, Mubarak had daily positive cases had fallen (SEBCs). voice in support of repealing the 50 ruption charges on the Yogi the name of Kumbh are actually the also been siphoned in the name of transported her body in a gunny bag after the state was celebrating "More than 50 per cent of Odisha's per cent cap on the reservation. The Government. numbers of mopeds and scooters. construction or repair of roads, he from the house and had thrown it into Onam and fewer tests were population belongs to OBC and silence of BJP leaders on this issue Deepak Singh alleged that what This means that during the Kumbh, said and adding that one temporary Chikkabanawara lake. being conducted. SEBC. However, reservation at the rate shows its apathy towards other back- was more serious was that the Chief the officials got the garbage trans- toilet was built at a cost of Rs 42,000 He had told her parents that The day's figures were of half of their population, cannot be ward classes, he said. Minister, instead of cracking the ported by a car, moped and scoot- while tents were shown erected at Shirin had left him. However, her par- released shortly after a high provided to them because the ceiling However, the Odisha chief min- whip on the accused under his self- ers and spent 33.50 lakh on it.” Rs 231.45 crore. ents were worried about their daugh- level meeting of Vijayan and fixed by the Supreme Court," Swain ister is committed to give justice to proclaimed zero-tolerance policy Singh further said, “It has also The audit report of the CAG ter going missing all of a sudden, grew others to assess the situation said. OBCs in the State, he added. towards corruption, had given come to the fore in the CAG report regarding the infrastructure pre- suspicious of Mubarak, and lodged a decided that existing Covid To remove the cap set by court, Reacting to this, State BJP OBC them full shelter and had tried to that out of the amount of State pared for organising the Kumbh complaint against him. protocols would not be tin- conduct of caste-based census is Morcha president Surath Biswal said hush up the matter by pushing it Disaster Relief Fund for equipment Mela exposed various irregulari- Soladevanahalli police questioned kered with now, and that the needed, he said. his party is not silent on this issue. The under the carpet, claiming it as for Kumbh Mela, 65.87 crore was ties and lapses. The audit report him, and he broke down and con- already announced Sunday "Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik State has set up a Commission to iden- attack on `Hindutva’. paid to the Home department when for the year ended March 31, fessed to the crime. total lockdown in the state had earlier raised the issue and tify the OBC/SEBC people, following He said that the matter was also this fund is used only for disaster 2019, was presented in the Vidhan The police are still searching for will continue. today, we are reiterating the same. the intervention of Union Minister raised on the floor of the House but victims. It has been said in the Sabha from where it has been sent the body of the victim. Vijayan's statement also NDA's allies also have raised this Dharmendra Pradhan. the Government took no cognisance. report that this amount was used for to the Public Accounts Mubarak, who was in the bed- said that 19,349 people turned issue. It will help to ascertain the Instead, the BJD government has “This allegation is not made by other items without approval. We Committee of the Legislative making business, hailed from negative, taking the total active actual population of backward class- failed to protect the rights of the OBC. me or my party but it is mentioned demand strict action against the Assembly. As per tradition, the Davanagere district. He reportedly cases to 1,59,335. es and subsequently, their develop- While Centre has implemented 27 per in the government audit report,” culprits after conducting an inquiry principal accountant general fought with his wife over trivial mat- The day also saw a high of ment can be initiated," the BJD cent reservation, the State's existing Singh said while demanding stern into the entire matter.” informs the media about this ters, and also used to beat her up. 173 Covid deaths, taking the leader demanded. OBC quota is 11.25 per cent, Biswal action against all the officials con- Similarly, he said, against the report after the audit report is laid Shirin had complained to her parents total death toll to 19,757. Stating hike in reservation and said. cerned besides resignation of Yogi allocated budget of 105 crores for on the table of the House. and they had also spoken to him. O(4'% &