polling booths. He also informed the com- he Election Commission mission about the facilities T(EC) may announce the being created at all polling sta- schedule for the Delhi tions; like provision of crèche Assembly polls after the final facility, ramp, water facility, publication of electoral roll on mobile locker, selfie point, January 6. The polls will be cru- waiting area and wheel chairs. cial for both the Aam Aadmi Sources said the full com- Party (AAP) and the BJP. After mission comprising Chief losing Jharkhand, the BJP is Election Commissioner Sunil desperate to capture power in Arora, Election Commissioners the national Capital, whereas Ashok Lavasa and Sushil rmy Chief General Bipin for the AAP it will be a test to Chandra reviewed poll pre- ARawat on Thursday found see if a string of welfare mea- paredness for Delhi Assembly himself in the thick of a major sures initiated by the Kejriwal elections. The meeting was controversy after his remark on Government is suffice to buck attended by District Election the violent protest against anti- the anti-incumbency factor officers, Deputy Commissioner Citizenship Amendment Act The EC has begun a series of Police, Joint Commissioners (CAA) invited backlash from of meetings in preparation for of Police, chairman of New political parties, veterans of the the polls scheduled early next Delhi Municipal Council, services and others. year. The first meeting of EC Commissioners of three Speaking at an event here, officials took place on Municipal Corporations, Chief Rawat said, “Leaders do not the Army Chief said, “A leader December 24 and the second Executive Officer of Delhi lead masses in inappropriate is the one who leads you in the one on Thursday. The third one Cantonment and other stake- directions as we are witnessing correct direction, gives you by the Chief Secretary of Delhi holders. The commission also in a large number of universi- the right advice, and then is expected on Monday. held a separate meeting with ty and college students, the way ensures that you care for the During the review meeting, Chief Secretary Vijay Dev and they are leading masses of people you lead.” Rawat added Delhi Chief Electoral Officer the Delhi Police Commissioner. crowds to carry out arson and the leadership is conveyed Ranbir Singh and Special During the meeting, Delhi violence in our cities and through personal example. Commissioner of Police Pravir CEO Singh presented pre- towns. This is not leadership.” “That is what we in the armed Ranjan, who is State Police the CEO of Delhi, there are ber Assembly expires on power due to weak Opposition meetings with party’s Delhi paredness with regard to elec- Rawat was addressing a health forces are proud of,” he said. Nodal Officer, made a presen- 1.45 crore electors in the February 22, 2020. parties — both the BJP and the unit leaders. The party will toral rolls, manpower avail- leadership summit here. Incidentally, Rawat’s state- tation about the general law national Capital as on Banking on a string of Congress. organise a social media work- ability, EVMs/VVPATs, train- The Congress, the CPI(M) ment comes a day after Prime and order situation prevailing December 18. Of them, 79.98 freebies, including free water The BJP is banking on shop on December 26 which ing of all election officials, and and the AIMIM among others Minister Narendra Modi had in Delhi and action being lakh are men and 65.73 lakh and power, the ruling AAP is granting ownership right to will be attended by a represen- SVEEP activities focusing and slammed the Army Chief for denounced the destruction of planned by the Delhi Police to women. The number of trans- confident of repeating its per- people of unauthorised tative from every Assembly targeting low turnout areas for “breaching his institutional public property during the enforce all the measures as gender voters is 707. formance. Last week, the AAP colonies and Prime Minister constituency. From January 2 to increasing the number of voter limit” and “speaking against protests, saying rights go along mandated by the commission. The 2015 elections were released its five years report Narendra Modi’s image. Ahead January 15, the leaders will turnout. constitutional democracy.” The with duty. “I want to ask peo- Officials privy to the delibera- announced on January 12 and card. The AAP Government of the Delhi Assembly polls, the address people through video “The EC also reviewed the CPI(M) demanded an apology ple who resorted to violence in tions said the Delhi Police top the voting was held on has listed quality education, BJP has directed its party lead- broadcast rallies. status of preparation at the level from him for his “indiscretion”, UP to sit at home and ask brass is of the view that law and February 7. The AAP had won free health facility, good gov- ers to hold public outreach pro- The Delhi CEO informed of Districts. All district election claiming his remarks have themselves whether what they order situation in the national 67 out of 70 seats. The BJP had ernance, and subsidised elec- grammes in Assembly con- the EC regarding special mea- officers along with their respec- adverse ramifications for the did is good or not. They Capital is well under control managed to secure just three tricity as its main achieve- stituencies across Delhi. sures taken for facilitating per- tive DCPs gave detailed pre- constitutional arrangement. destroyed buses and public and that the force was prepared seats in 2015 while the ments. Party’s national general sons with disabilities and senior sentations of their district to the Citing the example of property that belongs to the for the elections. Congress had drawn a blank. There is possibility that secretary BL Santosh discussed citizens, including pick and Election Commission,” said protests by a large number of future generation,” he said. As per the presentation by The tenure of the 70-mem- the ruling AAP may return to the programmes during the drop facility from home to officials. university and college students, Continued on Page 4 residential purposes, 20 per cent for commercial purposes and 10 per cent land for pub- lic facilities. He said the scheme described the Congress leader would include housing for as “joothon ka sardar” (master Economically Weaker Sections rime Minister Narendra of lies) and asserted that deten- (EWS) as well as stations for PModi’s assertion that there tion camps in Assam were set pink and violet Metro lines. He was no detention centre in the up when the Congress was in ccusing the Congress of said 4,526 units will be for mid- country led to a bitter war of power both at the Centre and Asupporting violence during said creation of riverfronts on dle class and 288 for EWS. words between the Congress in the State. the protests against Citizen both banks of the Yamuna and Continued on Page 4 and the BJP on Thursday amid The BJP spokesperson Amendment Act (CAA) in the its beautification, a dedicated disclosure about existence of alleged after apologising to the national Capital, Union cycle track in Delhi to promote such camps in Assam and Supreme Court on the Rafale Minister of Home Affairs Amit green transportation and Karnataka. issue, Rahul is now spreading Shah said it is time to punish reduce road accidents, devel- The Congress has also lies on the detention centres. the tukde-tukde gang which opment of JJ clusters are some attacked the Government over He asserted that the Prime was responsible for the violence of the works to be taken on pri- National Population Register Minister had only said there is in the streets of Delhi with the ority basis. (NPR) and said that there was no such detention camp in help of the Congress party. Shah said 116 kilometre of a design to bring in NRC in the which Muslims of India will be “There were discussions new Metro lines out of which garb of NPR. placed after NRC. held in Parliament on CAA and work on 70 kilometre route has Taking to Twitter, Congress Addressing a Press confer- then no one said anything but already started. Moreover, 18 leader Rahul Gandhi attached ence, Patra showed the official when the Bill came out, mis- projects worth 802 crore had n UP Minister on a visit a video clip showing a deten- statement issued by the information was spread and been completed under the Ahere on Thursday refused tion centre being constructed Congress-led UPA peace was disrupted in the AMRUT scheme in the city. to meet the families of the two in Assam. While accusing the Government in 2011 and national Capital,” said Shah at Also, he said the Regional Muslim men who died in the Congress, its allies and “Urban ‘White Paper’ on the issue of a rally in city on Thursday. Rail Transport System between recent protests against the new Naxals” of spreading the foreigners published by the With the Assembly elec- Delhi and Meerut, Panipat and citizenship law, terming them rumour that Muslims will be party-led Government in tions round the corner in Delhi, Alwar was being developed by “upadravi” (vandals). sent to detention centres, the Assam in 2012, and claimed the Union Government on the Union Government on a “Why should I go to van- PM had denied presence of any that as per these documents, Thursday announced a slew of fast-track basis. dals’ place? How can those who such centre in the country. detention camps were estab- developmental projects for the Shah said 1,400 crore and are involved in vandalism and “RSS’ Prime Minister lies to lished in the State. overall development of Delhi 30 hectares have been dedicat- put the entire country and Bharat Mata,” Rahul said in the “Rahul Gandhi is joothon and welfare of its people. ed for this scheme, and assured state in arson be social,” tweet in Hindi with the hash- ka sardar. The three detention Speaking on the occasion that the scheme would be com- Minister Kapil Dev Agarwal tag ‘jhoot jhoot jhoot (lies, centres were set up in Assam at of foundation stone laying cer- pleted well in time. defended his decision to not lies, lies). the time when his party was in emony of Integrated He noted that this would visit the homes of the two Reacting to Rahul’s liar power both at the Centre and Development of East Delhi be a mixed use scheme, with 70 Muslim families. jibe at the Prime Minister, BJP the State,” Patra said. he Moon on Thursday Hub city, the Union Minister per cent land earmarked for Continued on Page 4 spokesperson Sambit Patra Continued on Page 4 Tslowly masked the Sun to leave just a burning ring of fire in what was the last solar eclipse of the decade, an astro- nomical phenomenon wit- nessed by thousands of scien- tists and spiritualists across will take all necessary steps, Government, in Banaskantha, India. including spraying of pesti- crops over 8,000-10,000 As the Moon came in uge swarms of Pakistani cides, to contain the attack. The hectares have been damaged. between the Earth and the Hlocusts have descended teams will remain in the State Locusts were first seen in Sun and the three celestial on agricultural fields in Gujarat until the problem is solved,” Suigam, Danta, Deesa, bodies aligned, people gathered and Rajasthan and inflicted officials said. The Ministry is Palanpur and Lakhni tehsils of on rooftops, beaches and other major damage on crops of exploring the possibility of Banaskantha last week. From open spaces as well as plane- mustard, castor, fennel, cumin, using drones to spray insecti- there they moved to Satlasana tariums to watch the flaming cotton, potato, wheat and cides. tehsil in Mehsana district. A solar disc. But overcast skies jatropha. Officials said that a team of few days ago a huge swarm, and fog played spoilsport in eter of the Moon falls short of Silchar, the MoES said in a The Gujarat Government experts will conduct survey on spread across 30 to 35 square many parts, particularly north the Sun so it cannot cover the statement last week. on Thursday promised com- the Locust Warning kilometres, descended in India, leaving those in towns latter completely. As a result, The rigours of space sci- pensation for farmers in Oganisation’s report and spray Tharad tehsil and devoured such as Kozhikode in Kerala to the Sun is visible only as a “ring ence and the arcane world of Banaskantha district and other pesticides. Farmers have been mustard, castor, funnel and watch the eclipse unfold in of fire” around the Moon. religion and myths merged as areas of north Gujarat which teams to Gujarat while the Banaskantha, Mehsana, Kutch, directed to deploy various mea- wheat crops, he said, adding clear skies. The obscuration of the Sun they do with every eclipse. has been facing the massive State Government has set up 16 Patan and Sabarkantha dis- sures to deal with the situation, that locusts are still present in The partial phase of the by the Moon at the time of Various temples, including locust attack over the last two teams to keep a watch the tricts in the last few days in including burning tyres in neighbouring areas of Jalore eclipse began at 8 am and the greatest phase of partial eclipse the famous Lord Ayyappa weeks. movement of swarms and to Gujarat, and Jaisalmer, Barmer, fields, playing drums and district in Rajasthan and in the annular phase at 9.06 am. The was around 90 per cent in Temple in Sabarimala, Worried over huge loss of spray pesticide. Jalore, Jodhpur of Rajasthan. clanging utensils, switching on Tharparkar desert of Pakistan. annular phase ended 12.29 Bengaluru, 85 per cent in Padmanabha Swamy temple crops, 27 teams have been Top officials of the “They entered Gujarat table fans near crops and even In Rajasthan, as many as pm, while the partial phase Chennai, 79 per cent in at Thiruvananthapuram and formed to tackle the problem Agriculture Ministry said mas- from the desert areas of blaring out music from a mini 128 places have been identified ended at 13.36 pm, the Mumbai, 45 per cent in Lord Krishna temple at of locusts entering various dis- sive swarms of locusts — which Pakistan. This is the second truck-mounted console, an in Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jalore, Ministry of Earth Sciences Kolkata, 45 per cent in Delhi, Guruvayur were closed during tricts of the State and damag- are mainly tropical grasshop- time in a month that locusts agriculture department offi- Jodhpur under the spell of the (MoES) said. 42 per cent in Patna, 33 per the solar eclipse, believed to be ing crops. The Ministry of pers with strong powers of have invaded the fields in north cial said. locust attack. An annular solar eclipse cent in Guwahati, 70 per cent inauspicious by some. Agriculture has despatched 11 flight — descended on Gujarat and Rajasthan. 27 team According to the Gujarat Continued on Page 4 occurs when the angular diam- in Port Blair, 35 per cent in Continued on Page 4 oped for people coming under for the general category and received from the general pub- Economically Weaker Section 2,088 for the EWS. Phase-I of lic for inclusion in the TOD pol- he much-awaited and (EWS),” said an official. the project will be developed by icy are being scrutinised by the Tdelayed project of Delhi “Similarly, the total floor the NBCC, including about competent authority after which Development Authority (DDA) area (FAR) of residential, com- 1,108 for the general category it will be notified in gazette,” the — “Integrated Development mercial, civic amenities and and 522 residential units, for officials said. of East Delhi Hub” — is final- EWS will be 3.87 lakh sqm, 1.10 the EWS along with civic The main idea behind the ly going to start soon as the lakh sqm, 0.55 lakh sqm and 0.83 amenities and infrastructure. TOD is to develop an urban grid civic authority has assigned the lakh sqm respectively. The plot, The project will accommo- in and around metro stations massive fire broke out at a project to National Building marked for the project, is locat- date two multi-story iconic tow- providing the people better Aresidential-cum-commer- Construction Corporation ed in a prominent place quite ers with a height of 155 metres transportation to home and cial building at east Delhi’s (NBCC) on Thursday. close to Anand Vihar ISBT and (approx.) of 47 floors. Phase-I of office. Besides, green lounge Krishna Nagar area in early The much-awaited East railway station. Additionally, the the project will be developed located in the centre, the Metro’s hours of Thursday. A major Delhi Hub will be created on 30 Pink and Violet lines of the Delhi within a period of 42 months concourse level connectivity tragedy was averted after 40 hectares of land in Karkardooma Metro pass through the plot and and the development of the with commercial buildings, and people were rescued from the for which NBCC and DDA had two metro stations are located external site and the infrastruc- skywalk connectivity to the cul- four-storey building safely also signed a Memorandum of within the plot, making this ture of the entire campus will be tural center, vehicle-free green which had plastic material Understanding (MoU) on layout easily accessible from completed in a time period of 60 public area, basement car park- stored on its ground floor, February 27. various parts of Delhi. The area months. The approved TOD ing, schools, dispensaries, while people lived on “The Transit Oriented available for development of the nodes of the project are being library, cultural center, com- the upper floors and the build- Development (TOD) plan was project is about 25.47 hectares,” included in the revised list. munity hall, multipurpose hall ing had only a single staircase actually planned and is said to they added. “The draft TOD policy has with indoor sport facilities, for ‘exit’. be a brain child of former and Further, according to the been circulated among the gen- convenient shopping stores, According to Atul Garg, the late Chief Minister of Delhi officials, the project will have eral public for comments/obser- community place, reading Chief Fire Officer, Delhi Fire Sheila Dixit. Due to various around 4,526 residential units vations and the comments room, creche are in the plan. Services (DFS), five fire tenders reasons the project was were rushed to the spot after delayed,” Congress leader receiving a call at 2.10 am on Arvinder Singh Lovely said. Thursday about the blaze. The estimated cost of “All the residents in the development of Phase-I of this building went to the terrace as project is Rs 1,393 crore. This the fire broke out and, there- will be the first project to be fore, the rescue operation was developed in India on the basis easy as compared to other such of TOD norms, which are incidents,” Garg said, adding 40 expected to be notified in the people were rescued from the Gazette soon, an official said. building and the fire was This TOD project is a doused by 4 am. mixed-use development in Explaining the entire res- which the proportion of resi- cue operation, Santosh Kumar, dential, commercial, civic Station Officer of DFS amenities will be approximately Mandwali unit, said after dividend on 70 percentages, 20 reaching the spot, the fire- percentages and 10 percent- fighters noticed that the ages. “While 15 per cent of the ground floor was completely additional area will be devel- filled with scraps. “While some of them were packed in gunny bags, other plastic waste materials occu- pied the rest of the space. There was only one staircase for entry and exit,” Kumar said. “We heard people scream- ing for help from the terrace. New Delhi: The Central We immediately split our per- Industrial Security Force sonnel into two teams. While (CISF) has nabbed a Bangkok- one team was trying to control bound passenger at Indira the fire, the other team rushed Gandhi International (IGI) air- to the upper floors to rescue port, who allegedly hid foreign workers. is the largest party at the booth- those trapped inside the build- currency worth Rs 30 lakh in “This meet is very crucial level in the whole country and ing,” Kumar added. soya chunks boxes. ith Election Commission as it is aimed at galvanising with the help of these strong “The fire started from the rushed to the terrace while oth- locked, we managed to quick- According to a senior CISF Whinting at announcing booth workers for the task booths the BJP will form scrap situated on the ground ers were rescued from the first ly rush to the upper floors and official, the traveler identified dates for the Delhi Assembly ahead. “Time is not much and Government in Delhi,” he said. floor of the building while the and second floors of the build- rescue 40 people, including as Rohit Agarwal was caught at elections, the Bharatiya Janata party workers will have to Convener of booth work- smoke engulfed to the upper ing,” he said. women and children, the IGI airport on Wednesday Party (BJP) national president work hard to convey of work ers conference, Dharmveer floors. On sensing smoke, those “Since none of the doors of trapped inside the building,” after he and his hand baggage Amit Shah has set the ball done by the Union Singh said the BJP is the largest sleeping on the upper floors the rooms or the terrace were Santosh added. was frisked thoroughly. SR rolling for the BJP. Shah is Government. We will discuss political organisation in the expected to address and inter- strategy and plan to contest and world, which is known for act with party booth workers win election against AAP in doing the best with its active on January 5, 2020. Delhi,” a senior BP leader said. participation. Delhi BJP unit president Lauding the role of BJP - “The organisational work Manoj Tiwari said booth work- booth-level workers, Tiwari, of BJP is always ongoing ers play an important role in said no election can be won process throughout the year, strengthening the party. without the strengthening the but the booth workers confer- “Our national president booth. ence to be held at the Indira Amit Shah will interact with “Booth-level workers are Gandhi Stadium is very impor- booth workers”. Other senior the link who binds the organ- tant in view of Delhi Assembly BJP leaders will also join booth isation in one thread. The BJP elections,” he added. Diwas’ on the day of their martyrdom will be a source of elhi BJP president Manoj inspiration for children across DTiwari on Monday urged the country,” Tiwari wrote in Prime Minister Narendra Modi the letter. to declare martyrdom day of Former Prime Minister 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Jawahar Lal Nehru’s birth Singh’s minor sons (Chhote anniversary November 14 is Sahibzade) as Bal Diwas in celebrated as ‘Bal Diwas’ olr place of the birth anniversary Children’s Day since 1956 on of Jawaharlal Nehru. the notion that Nehru was In a letter to Modi, Tiwari very popular among children, said ‘Chhote Sahibzade’ Tiwari said. Jorawar Singh and Fateh Singh “I request you to declare were martyred in Sirhind martyrdom day of (Punjab) while safeguarding these brave children (Chhote the religion in 1705. Sahibzade) as Bal Diwas keep- “In my opinion, remem- ing in view their courage and bering sacrifices of these brave sacrifice,” Tiwari said in children by observing ‘Bal his letter. Malik (28), a resident of New 4 cartridges were also recovered Mustafabad, Delhi and Unwan from the house of accused ith the arrest of five per- Ansari (40), a resident of Darya Unwan,” the DCP added. New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Wsons, the sleuths of Delhi Ganj in Delhi. “The accused Danish used Thursday detained 213 people Police Special Cell have busted According to Pramod Singh to design the FICN while protesting outside the Uttar a network of ‘Fake Indian Kushwaha, the Deputy Unwan, a commerce graduate, Pradesh Bhawan in Delhi against Currency Notes’ (FICN) active Commissioner of Police (DCP), used his academic skills in cheat- the alleged police atrocities in the in the national Capital and Special Cell, on December 20 ing people by showing FICN in State during protests against the several other parts of the coun- specific inputs were received large amount, since he had bit- amended Citizenship Act. try. Police said that they have that a delivery of FICN would coin wallet and dupe people on Police said those detained also recovered fake currency take place at a location in Laxmi the pretext of en-cashing Bitcoin were taken to the Mandir Marg amounting to more than one Nagar following which a trap money. Tabrez is the main con- and Connaught Place police sta- crore in denomination of Rs was late and three persons were spirator and planner of this tions. The protesters were later 2,000, 500, 100 and 50 notes apprehended. FICN Network,” said the DCP. released. Scores of people from and apart from this, 1,675 notes “A total FICN of around Rs “The accused used to take all walks of life had gathered of US dollar in the denomina- 3 lakh was recovered from the high resolution colour print out outside UP Bhawan to protest tion of 100 were also recovered arrested accused persons. these accused persons was Danish, whereas a total FICN of on specially procured papers, against the alleged undemocra- from their possession. During investigation, it was taken in order to unearth the Rs 51,76,500/- was recovered at using high quality designing. tic onslaught on organisations The accused have been further revealed that they were entire module,” said the DCP. the instance of accused Unwan Soon after the colour print out, and activists in UP. “The pro- identified as Tabrez Ahmed exchanging FICN with original “On instance of Shoaib, from his house,” the DCP said. they used to screen print and testers who came from Jamia (38), a resident of Delhi’s Laxmi Indian Currency Notes at the two more accused, Danish and “Apart from this, 1,675 leaf print on paper, so as to give Nagar, Nangaloi and Seelampur Nagar area, Shoaib Malik (28), rate of Rs 20/- for Rs 100/- Unwan were arrested on notes of US dollar in the authenticated look to FICN. were detained and taken to a resident of New Seelampur in FICN. In this raid, the accused December 23. One printer, one denomination of 100 were also Shoaib used to manage logistics Mandhir Marg and Connaught Delhi, Raghuraj Singh (52), a persons arrested were Tabrez, butter-paper and a total FICN recovered. Moreover, two and arrange place for designing Place police stations.” senior resident of district Bulandshahar Shoaib and Raghuraj Singh. of Rs 10,000 were recovered country-made pistols of .32 and printing of the FICN,” the police officer said. SR in Uttar Pradesh (UP), Danish Police custody remand of all from the house of accused bore with magazine along with DCP said.
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