follow us: saturday, october 17, 2020 Delhi City Edition thehindu.com 16 pages ț ₹10.00 facebook.com/thehindu twitter.com/the_hindu Pakistan, Afghanistan Rehabilitation policy Johnson says prepare de Kock, bowlers help handling COVID-19 for terror recruits in the for no-deal Brexit, MI beat KKR and better, says Rahul works: Lt. Gen. B.S. Raju cancels talks regain top spot Page 10 Page 9 Page 13 Page 15 Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Shift case to Delhi, says MSP is key to India’s food security, says PM ‘Govt. is committed to procurement and improving the functioning of APMCs’ Special Correspondent better facilities and scientif­ ing out of government pro­ Hathras victim’s brother NEW DELHI ic management. We are curement at MSP rates while Prime Minister Narendra committed to this,” he said. encouraging corporate He wants govt. to give family protection, help to find jobs Modi reiterated his support With regard to the Agri­ buyers who will purchase Anti­Khalistan activist for minimum support prices cultural Produce Market the produce at lower rates. gunned down in Punjab Special Correspondent and government procure­ Committee (APMC) mandis, Mr. Modi emphasised the CHANDIGARH Ghaziabad ment of crops, at a time he said the system had its government’s view that the Shaurya Chakra awardee The elder brother of the 19­ when farmers are protesting own identity and strength. reforms would increase Balwinder Singh Sandhu, year­old victim of the al­ against agricultural reforms farmers’ income. who had fought against terrorism in Punjab for years, leged gang rape and murder that they say endanger the ‘APMCs modernised’ “Small farmers used to was shot dead on Friday by in Boolgarhi village of Hath­ existing system. “In the last six years, more sell their produce to middle­ unidentified assailants at his ras has demanded that the Speaking at a virtual than ₹2,500 crore has been men earlier due to lack of house in Bhikhiwind village in case and the family be shift­ event to commemorate the invested to build better in­ access to the mandis. Now, Tarn Taran district, police ed to Delhi. 75th anniversary of the frastructure in these APMC Staying firm: Prime Minister the market itself will reach said. Punjab Chief Minister Speaking to reporters in Food and Agriculture Or­ mandis. Hundreds of crores Narendra Modi during the FAO their doorsteps,” he said. Amarinder Singh has ordered the village on Friday, he ganisation, Mr. Modi also have also been spent to pre­ event on Friday. * PTI “Every type of protection the constitution of a Special said, “We demand the case said the government would pare IT infrastructure in to the farmer has been en­ Investigation Team headed be heard in a Delhi court Up in arms: Members of the Valmiki community demanding soon take a decision on re­ these mandis,” Mr. Modi nue their protests and rail sured through these re­ by DIG Ferozepur to and we would like to look for justice for the Hathras victim, in Thane on Friday. * PTI vising the minimum age of said, adding that the recent blockade against the re­ forms. When the Indian investigate the case. employment opportunities marriage for women. reforms aimed to make the forms intoduced by the farmer is empowered, his NEWS Ī PAGE 9 in Delhi. It would be better if claimed that it collected the “MSP and government APMC mandis more Centre. income will increase, and DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD the government could help blood­stained clothes of Luv Minor raped, procurement are an impor­ competitive. They said that the three the campaign against mal­ us in providing protection Kush. On Thursday, the tant part of the country’s Earlier this week, Punjab recent laws passed by Parlia­ nutrition will also gain equal and finding employment in team had visited the resi­ killed in food security. Therefore, it farmer unions walked out of ment last month would wea­ strength.” Delhi,” he said. dence of the other three ac­ is important that it should talks with the Agriculture ken the APMC system and Later, Sub­divisional Ma­ cused in the village. Barabanki continue to function with Ministry, vowing to conti­ ultimately lead to the phas­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 gistrate Anjali Gangwar, who is in­charge of the security Rahul hits out at Yogi special correspondent LUCKNOW and daily needs of the fami­ Meanwhile, Congress leader ly, met the father of the vic­ Rahul Gandhi on Friday The body of a minor girl, Stubble burning: Justice Lokur, students to save NCR tim. “We are providing ra­ lashed out at the Uttar Pra­ who was also raped, was For 4th day, Delhi sees tions to the family and desh government over found in a paddy field at Sa­ over 3,000 new cases fodder to the cattle. Their another case of alleged rape trikh in Barabanki district SC appoints one­man panel to monitor and prevent instances of stubble burning NEW DELHI regular medical checkup is in the State and asked how of Uttar Pradesh late on As many as 3,428 new Krishnadas Rajagopal COVID­19 cases were also being done,” she said. many more incidents like Wednesday, police said on with the committee on issues NEW DELHI reported in Delhi in the past When the victim’s father Hathras would take place. Friday. One person has related to stubble burning. 24 hours, taking the total to asked if they could work in Attacking the Yogi Aditya­ been arrested. Former Supreme Court The court made it clear to 3,24,459, according to a the fields, she said they nath dispensation on Twit­ Additional SP Ram Se­ judge Madan B. Lokur, Additional Solicitor General health bulletin released by could start their normal life ter, Mr. Gandhi also tagged a wak Gautam said the ac­ helped by student volunteer Aishwarya Bhati that the for­ the Delhi government on under police protection. media report which said a cused, Dinesh Gautam, 19, forces deployed from the Na­ mation of the committee was Friday. The death toll has In a related development, Dalit girl in Barabanki was belonged to a hamlet in the tional Cadet Corps, the Na­ not meant as an adverse reached 5,946 with 22 more the CBI team probing the allegedly raped before being same gram sabha as the tional Service Scheme and comment on the functioning fatalities reported in a single case visited the residence of killed and the victim’s family victim. The officer said he the Bharat Scouts and of the EPCA. day. There are now 22,814 Luv Kush, one of the four ac­ members accused the police had confessed to commit­ Guides, will protect Delhi­ The committee will file active cases in the city. cused. Local sources said of trying to coverit up. ting the crime. NCR (National Capital Re­ status reports with the court CITY Ī PAGE 3 the team spent at least two gion) from pollution caused at least every fortnight. The DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD hours at his residence and 13 CRIMES IN A WEEK Ī PAGE 9 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 by stubble burning in the court chose Justice Lokur for neighbouring States of Pun­ Casting a shadow: Haze envelops the skyline on the outskirts of the task as he had headed the jab, Haryana and Uttar Pra­ Delhi on Friday morning. The national capital enjoyed a respite Green Bench that was moni­ desh this winter. from air pollution till September due to the lockdown. * AP toring stubble burning for Delhi, Odisha applicants score 100% in NEET 2020 A Supreme Court Bench two years before his retire­ led by Chief Justice of India fields. facilities to the committee ment. His name was recom­ Special Correspondent older. This is the first time a selling. The highest qualifying (CJI) Sharad A. Bobde on Fri­ When Haryana counsel and provide the student vo­ mended by senior advocate NEW DELHI perfect score has been Cut­offs were higher percentages were in Chan­ day appointed Justice Lokur protested that these were lunteers with adequate tran­ Vikas Singh, who is appear­ Akanksha Singh of Delhi achieved in NEET, accord­ across the board, with 147 digarh and Delhi (both as a one­man committee to just schoolchildren, Chief sportation to aid their vigil. ing for two children appre­ and Soyeb Aftab of Odisha ing to the National Testing for general category stu­ above 75%) and Haryana monitor and prevent instanc­ Justice Bobde reacted, “This Existing mobile teams and hensive of the onslaught of both scored an unprece­ Agency which conducts the dents, as against last year’s (almost 73%). Tamil Nadu es of stubble burning by does not involve a great nodal officers of the States incoming waves of smog dented 100% in the NEET examination. 134. For general category recorded significant im­ farmers in the three States. knowledge of fires... Why will report to the committee. caused by unbridled stubble 2020, with Mr. Aftab snag­ The two topped the list students from economical­ provement, with a qualify­ Student forces will patrol can’t the NCC go and see who The Supreme Court’s own burning in the three States ging the All India number of the more than 7.7 lakh ly weaker sections, the cut­ ing percentage of over 57%. highways and fields in the is lighting the fires?” Environment Pollution (Pre­ this winter. one rank, according to the students who qualified for off is 129, while for all other three States and ensure that The Chief Secretaries of vention and Control) Author­ tie­breaking policy, as he is medical and dental coun­ reserved categories it is 113.