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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Assam gets 45 Lalu faces tough test 80 Indians evacuated; 150 miss days to finish detention as sons feud over RJD flight as Taliban intercept them camp work Tej Pratap and Tejashwi are both MLAs Punjab police seize 41 kg IAF aircraft shifts evacuees to Dushanbe; likely to bring them to Delhi today SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Amarnath Tewary of heroin on border Guwahati Patna CHANDIGARH Suhasini Haidar The Gauhati High Court For Rashtriya Janata Dal The Punjab police on Saturday NEW DELHI has given the Assam go­ (RJD) patriarch Lalu Prasad, said they had foiled a major At least 80 Indian nationals vernment 45 days to com­ who has been recuperating bid to smuggle drugs from were airlifted from Afghanis­ plete the construction of a from multiple health issues Pakistan and recovered 40.81 standalone detention kg of of heroin, estimated at tan capital Kabul to Dush­ at the residence of his about ₹200 crore in the anbe in neighbouring Taji­ centre for declared fo­ daughter in Delhi, the tussle international market, in the kistan on Saturday aboard reigners at Matia in Goal­ between his two sons is pos­ Panjgraian border outpost an Indian Air Force C­130J para district. ing new challenges to his area of Amritsar. aircraft. However, more than The court also sought health, family and the party. A file photo of Tej Pratap NEWS Ī PAGE 6 150 others failed to get past the shifting of 177 inmates The siblings — Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejashwi, in white. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD the Taliban guards blocking from the existing deten­ Yadav and younger brother access to the Hamid Karzai tion centres, now called Tejashwi, whom Mr. Prasad brother who is also the Lead­ Arunachal Inheritance International Airport in time transit camps. has already declared as his er of the Opposition in the Bill faces stiff opposition for the flight. Hearing a petition, Jus­ heir apparent — are currently State Assembly, Mr. Tej Pra­ GUWAHATI tice Kalyan Rai Surana di­ The draft Arunachal Pradesh The airlift was part of the locked in a fierce fight for tap is often in the news for Marriage and Inheritance of ongoing efforts of the go­ rected the State’s Secre­ control of the party and have his caustic remarks and rus­ Property Bill, 2021, envisaging vernment to bring back hun­ tary of Home and Political thrown the ball in their fath­ tic mannerisms, causing ma­ land rights for girls, has met dreds of Indian doctors, Department to file the up­ er’s court to resolve the dis­ jor embarrassment to the with stiff opposition. Various teachers, engineers and oth­ dated status report after 45 content between them. RJD and its leaders. student organisations said ers who have been unable to days from August 11. Mr. Tej Pratap, MLA from Matters seem to have they would not allow the Bill leave the country since the Hasanpur in Samastipur dis­ come to a head after a face­ to be passed in the Assembly. Taliban took over more than ‘In a month’ trict, has religious leanings to­face confrontation bet­ NEWS Ī PAGE 6 a week ago. Tense moments: Afghans waiting to get evacuated at the airport in Kabul. * AP “…The State envisaged that and is considered to have a ween the brothers earlier DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD the construction of deten­ colourful and happy­go­ this week in Patna. On Au­ Dropped in Doha eral entry points due to the convoy spent the entire day tion centre at Matia, Goal­ lucky personality. gust 20, Mr. Tej Pratap visit­ The group of 80 Indians, large rush of people cla­ trying to enter the airport, 14 arrested para, would be completed ed 10 Circular Road, the offi­ who managed to enter the mouring to get in, and had to and some of them were by September 2021. In this SPECIAL cial residence of Rabri Devi, airport perimeter on Thurs­ fire several rounds in the air briefly detained by the Tali­ for pro­Taliban regard, the learned Advo­ where Mr. Tejashwi also day, boarded the special to stem the crowds. ban forces outside the air­ cate General has submit­ Sporting a chandan tikka lives, to discuss the differen­ plane late on Friday night, Visuals on international port to have their docu­ posts in Assam ted although he has re­ (sandal dot on his forehead) ces between him and State and are due to return to Del­ channels showed an uncon­ ments checked. ceived specific instruction and different coloured RJD chief Jagdanand Singh. hi by Sunday morning. A firmed number of bodies of Despite being released The police in Assam have from the concerned auth­ robes, he is a frequent visitor “While, we started talking third, smaller group of In­ Afghans who died in stam­ and allowed to proceed sub­ arrested 14 people, includ­ orities of the Home De­ to the holy city of Mathura in with each other Sanjay Ya­ dians was able to board a NA­ pedes and from severe dehy­ sequently, the group had ing a medical student, for partment that expeditious Uttar Pradesh. He calls him­ dav (close aide of Mr. Tejash­ TO­operated charter which dration. Others reportedly been unable to reach the air­ “objectionable” pro­Tali­ steps are being taken to self a devotee of Krishna and wi) intervened and took Te­ dropped them in Doha. They died in the violence and fir­ port gates, at the time of go­ ban posts on social media complete the construction Shiva, and is said to be close jashwi away. He did not are expected to return to In­ ing by the armed militia on ing to press. platforms. They have been work of the detention to his mother and former allow me to talk to my broth­ dia by commercial flights. crowds outside the airport. booked under Sections of centre within a period of Chief Minister Rabri Devi. er,” Mr. Tej Pratap alleged On Saturday, the U.S.­led Officials coordinating the CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 6 the Unlawful Activities one month...” Mr. Tejashwi, MLA from while leaving the meeting. MAGAZINE Ī 8 PAGES NATO forces guarding the movement of the second INFILTRATION BIDS Ī PAGE 7 (Prevention) Act, the IT Act Raghopur, is seen as close to CLASSIFIEDS Ī PAGE 4 airport in Kabul sealed sev­ group of 150 Indians said the BARADAR IN KABUL Ī PAGE 9 and the CrPC. Ī page 7 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 6 his father. Unlike his younger CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 6 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Waterway Markets, malls to stay open War of words over silence on Article 370 Peerzada Ashiq position parties, chaired by “How can J&K leaders justify after 8 p.m. from tomorrow Srinagar Congress president Sonia their presence in the meeting A war of words erupted bet­ Gandhi, stayed silent on the if they could not convince the City reports 19 cases, lowest in 16 months ween Sajad Lone’s People’s issue of the reading down of leaders to talk about Article Conference and Dr. Farooq Article 370. 370.What is the national Op­ Staff Reporter es, this time limit is being Abdullah’s National Confe­ Taking on the NC and Meh­ position’s stance?” New Delhi done away with from Mon­ rence on Saturday, a day after booba Mufti’s Peoples Demo­ Markets, malls, restaurants day. The markets can stay the virtual meeting of 19 Op­ cratic Party, Mr. Lone said, DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 7 and bars in the Capital can open according to their nor­ stay open beyond 8 p.m. mal timings,” Mr. Kejriwal from August 23 with the Del­ said in a tweet. hi government announcing Delhi reported only 19 on Saturday that restrictions new COVID­19 cases over 24 are being lifted following the hours, the lowest since April decline in the number of 15 last year, taking the tally COVID­19 cases. to 14,37,293, said a bulletin “In view of the coronavi­ released by the govern­ rus situation, the markets ment. No new COVID­19­re­ No entry: A waterlogged Minto Bridge remained closed to traffic till noon following heavy were presently allowed to lated death was reported rain in New Delhi on Saturday. * R.V. MOORTHY (REPORT ON PAGE 2) stay open till 8 p.m. With and the toll stood at 25,079. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC the decline in COVID­19 cas­ (With inputs from PTI) Plea to be filed against ex­DGP Saini’s release Vigilance Bureau to move recall petitions Special Correspondent Chandigarh Punjab’s Vigilance Bureau has decided to file a recall petition in the High Court against the August 19 release orders of Sumedh Saini in a land fraud case. It will also petition against the court’s Sumedh Saini interim bail order of August 12 in the disproportionate as­ regard to the documentary sets case against the former evidence or banking transac­ Director General of Police. tions, this court is of the opi­ The Bureau will soon be nion that custodial interroga­ moving the recall petitions tion of the petitioner is not in the two cases filed against required.