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   >  S-400 missile defence system. country is taking or will take injuries, when temporary iron them have died, while five oth- threat of US sanction under Ahead of the deal, the US had steps to reduce its inventory of fixtures around an under-con- ers have been hospitalised,” the Countering America’s urged India not to purchase major defense equipment and struction multi-storey private Senior Superintendent of Police, Adversaries Through Sanctions Russian defence systems. “The advanced conventional building on the Noida-Greater Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ajay Pal Act (CAATSA) after India on Administration has indicated weapons produced by the Noida Expressway collapsed on Sharma said. An FIR has been Friday signed a multi-billion- that a focus area for the imple- defence sector of the Russian Sunday. registered under whose juris- dollar deal to procure the S-400 mentation of CAATSA Section Federation as a share of its total The incident occurred at diction the building is located, Triumf air defence system from 231 is new or qualitative inventory of major defence private real estate firm BPTP’s police said. The deceased have Russia. Gen Rawat, who upgrades in capability - includ- equipment and advanced con- 18-storey ‘Capital City’ in been identified as tractor-troller returned on Saturday night ing the S-400 air and missile ventional weapons over a spec- Sector 94 when the shuttering driver Naushad and workers after a six-day visit to Russia, defence system,” the White ified period. (temporary fixtures built of Karan, Vijaypal and Ramvijay, had held talks with military House NSC spokesperson said. In fact, over the last decade, iron) came crashing down in they said. officials of that country to Last month, the US had India the top arms purchaser of the morning, police said. Continued on Page 4 enhance bilateral cooperation. imposed sanctions on China the world, has gradually He said the Russians were very for the purchase of S-400 from reduced its dependence on keen on associating with the Russia. “Our recent action to Russian weapons. It now stands Indian defence forces. Washington has also threat- icy. I told them while we are based systems and technologies sanction a Chinese at about 60 per cent, which is “They (Russians) do ened to impose restrictions on talking sanctions and you are from Moscow to enhance its Government entity for an S- much lower than it was a understand that we are a strong New Delhi for dealing with questioning on sanctions, space capabilities. 400 delivery underscores the decade ago. As part of its diver- Army, capable of standing up Moscow. To this, Rawat President Vladimir Putin and “There is no end in sight to seriousness of our resolve on sification plan, India has for what is right for us, based responded saying, “Yes, we do Mr Narendra Modi, at this the manner in which we can this issue. The waiver author- increased its purchase of arms on our strategic thought appreciate that there could be juncture, are signing the treaty cooperate with your country. I ity is not country-specific. from the US to the tune of $18 process,” he said while deliver- sanctions on us, but we follow on purchase of S-400 weapon think the way forward is to see There are strict criteria for billion. A presidential waiver ing the Gen KV Krishna Rao an independent policy”. system in spite of the fact that what is best for the nation, considering a waiver,” said the can also be given if a country Memorial lecture here. Seeking to assuage Russian we may face challenges from strategically important for us,” spokesperson. is cooperating with the US On his Russian visit, Gen concerns over India’s growing America in the future.” he had said. The State Department, Government on other securi- Rawat recalled a question ties with the US, Rawat said, Disclosing that India was In a guarded reaction to which is tasked with reviewing ty matters critical to US strate- posed to him by a Russian “You (Russia) can be rest looking forward to procuring the Indo-Russian deal, the US the deal and initiating the gic interests. Experts believe naval officer that India seemed assured (that) while we may be Kamov helicopters and other said on Friday that its intent to process of sanctions or waiver that is exactly the case and one to be looking westwards at associating with America in weapon systems and technol- slap sanctions on Russia was under CAATSAA, and make of the main reasons for the US America, which has put sanc- getting some technology, but ogy from Russia, he said New not aimed at causing damage to recommendations to the designating India as a ‘Major                 tions on Russia, and that we follow an independent pol- Delhi was looking to get space- the military capabilities of its President, did not respond to Defence Partner.’ 
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The police enforcement of the drive, the 2003, Delhi Chief Minister iffs would be “unaffordable” have recovered 528 grams of department has procured a (CM) and Aam Aadmi Party after it gets passed. ‘heroin’ from the possession of total of 27 new transport (AAP) supremo Arvind According to Kejriwal, the the accused. enforcement vehicles which Kejriwal has written to them proposed amendment aims at “The accused is identified will mainly target the vehicles and asked them to meet Prime statement, the letter has been phasing out cross subsidy, as Farooq Mohammad who is running without Pollution Minister Narendra Modi and written to the Chief Ministers which will mean that power a resident of Indira Gandhi Explaining modus operan- Under Check (PUC) and visi- ducted as per the order issued with the municipal corpora- apprise him about the “dan- of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, tariffs for the common man Camp in Taimur Nagar. He was di of the accused the DCP said bly polluting vehicles. by the National Green Tribunal tions. “. Even though there is gers” that the proposed amend- Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, will be the same as that for arrested by the team constitut- that the accused had deployed According to the officials, (NGT) on dated 26th acute shortage of staff, two ments poses to the people. Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, commercial and industrial ed to detect and nab the per- unemployed young men to the pollution control drive will November 2014. teams shall be deployed with It is imperative to mention Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, units. He said in Delhi for sons involved in the drugs work for him. “He used to give tentatively start from this week For committing first officials of MCDs to impound that Kejriwal has already writ- Maharashtra, Manipur, power consumption up to 200 peddling in the area of 500 per day to his men to sale and will continue till Diwali. offence, the enforcement team such vehicles if found plying on ten to the CM’s of non-BJP Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, units one is currently charged New Friends Colony,” said heroin packs for him. In order “Transport department starts will issue a challan of 1000 roads and also if found parked States seeking support to stall Uttarakhand, Tripura, Bihar, 1 per unit, while those using Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy to avoid detection from police the biggest drive of this year and 2000 for the second on public street. The action is the proposed amendment. Nagaland and Meghalaya. up to 400 units are charged Commissioner of Police agencies, the accused had against polluting vehicles till offence for PUC. As a part of being taken to sensitize owners Kejriwal had said that he will Delhi CM has planned to 2.50 per unit. (DCP), south east district. deployed young men as Diwali. The main reason the drive, the affluent colonies of such vehicles that the dereg- travel to different States from meet several Chief Ministers, Kejriwal claimed that once “During interrogation, the watchmen in plain clothes in behind pollution is trucks and will be targeted in first instance. istered vehicles should be next week to meet the Chief including Mamata Banerjee the proposed amendment is accused disclosed that he used the nearby areas where he used vehicles which run without The cars seized during this scrapped,” added the official. Ministers and convince them to (West Bengal), N Chandrababu passed, both the categories will to purchase heroin at 12 lakh to sell these packets. These PUC. In this drive, the over- drive, will not be returned to Moreover, the department stand together to stall the Bill. Naidu (Andhra Pradesh), have to pay 7.50 per unit, /kg from drugs suppliers of “watchmen” used to keep watch loaded trucks which causes vehicles owners as per scrap- informed the vehicle owners by Addressing his counter- Pinarayi Vijayan (Kerala) and adding that this would hit hard Bareilly and Hapur. The on any police movement and if pollution will be impound. ping guidelines notified by saying, “Owners of diesel cars parts in BJP and NDA-ruled HD Kumaraswamy around 90 per cent of all con- accused used to prepare small any such movement is detect- Also, the commercial vehicles department last month. The above 15 years beware - States he wrote: “I know you (Karnataka), to build consen- sumers in Delhi. packets from one gram of ed they used to inform Farooq, plying without valid fitness seized vehicles will be handed enforcement teams of transport belong to the BJP/alliance and sus against the proposed Last week, Kejriwal had Heroin and used to sell them at who along with his vendors will also be seized by the over to MSTC for scrapping. and MCDs may knock at your it won’t be easy for you to speak amendments to the Electricity said the proposed amendments 150 each and used to earn used to flee from the spot,” said enforcement teams of trans- The department will also doors to impound and to take against this amendment. But I Act. to the Electricity Act, 2003, are profit of 3 lakhs onsale of 1 Kg the DCP. port,” said a senior ranking offi- request the police is confiscate away your car parked on pub- request you to kindly meet the The AAP national con- “very dangerous” and aimed at of Heroin. The accused used “Further investigation of cial from the transport depart- such vehicles if found plying on lic road.” PM personally and apprise vener’s move comes at a time benefitting “a few power com- to sell these packets to drug the case is still in progress and ment of Delhi. roads. Till now the department him of the dangers of this when the Lok Sabha polls are panies” at the cost of the poor addicts of Delhi-NCR area and the efforts to trace the other The official also added that Witnessing the acute short- has de-registered almost 2 amendment”. scheduled to be held next year. people and farmers of the even in the parties also,” said drug peddlers in the area are the challan rules and enforce- age of staffs, the department of lakhs diesel vehicles above age According to an official It is also seen as an attempt to country. the DCP. on,” the DCP added. ment of the drive will be con- transport will work together of 15 years. 0    0

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Modi on Sunday said India is going strengthened the banking system." country." ruling party. 36 per cent voters preferring The BJP had secured through major social and economic Modi said the Goods and Services Tax Turning his focus to Uttarakhand, the Surveys carried out by (3I9-  him, while the latter is the first power in all the three States in changes and the resultant New India will (GST) had been the "biggest tax reform Prime Minister said the young state was ABP News-CVoter and C fore choice for 27 per cent, accord- 2013 by winning 165, 142 and prove to be a catalyst for global growth. since independence" that had made the a shining example of what the New India have given the Congress #9>(456 ing to the ABP News-CVoter 49 seats in Madhya Pradesh, "India is witnessing rapid economic entire country a single market and represents and there was great potential almost 50 per cent of the vote poll, which says former Chief Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and social changes. The country is going widened the tax base. to be tapped. share and 142 and 124-138 63(,:J,9 Minister and Congress leader respectively as against the 58, through a big transformation. We are He said infrastructure development "Today, Uttarakhand is moving fast on seats respectively in the 200- Ashok Gehlot enjoys the back- 21 and 39 seats of the marching towards a New India," Modi said was taking place at a "record speed" with the economic development path," he said member Rajasthan Assembly, #5#(#9 ing of 24 per cent voters. Congress. at Uttarakhand's maiden Investors Summit more than 10,000 km of national highways and expressed his hope that the agree- with its State president Sachin The C fore poll says Pilot, The C fore survey inter- here. built in just the last one year. ments signed during the two-day event Pilot leading Chief Minister Gehlot and Raje are the first viewed 5,788 voters in "Every major institution in the world "It means over 27 km road built per soon comes on the ground so that the peo- Vasundhara Raje as the most It has predicted 122 seats choice of 32, 27 and 23 per cent Rajasthan, while the ABP is predicting that in the coming decades, day. This rate is double as compared to ple get jobs and other benefits. preferred candidate for the for the Congress in the 230- voters respectively. News-CVoter opinion polls India is going to be the driving engine of road development during previous Modi recalled how as Chief Minister top post. member Madhya Pradesh However, Madhya Pradesh had a sample size of 26,196 world growth," he said, adding that the Governments." of Gujarat he said he wanted to emulate While the C fore survey is Assembly and 47 seats for the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh voters in the three States. country was witnessing the "best con- Modi said the Government had ini- South Korea when people expected him restricted to Rajasthan, the opposition party in the 90- Chouhan and his Chhattisgarh The Election Commission ducive environment" for business and tiated modernisation of 400 railway sta- to mention America or the UK. He said ABP News-CVoter opinion member Chhattisgarh counterpart Raman Singh are (EC) Saturday announced that investment. tions, was building 100 new airports and there were a lot of similarities between poll has also predicted the Assembly. The BJP has been the first choice of the voters for the Assembly polls in Modi said India's economy had sta- helipads and was working on setting up Gujarat and South Korea. outcome of the Assembly elec- projected to bag 108 and 40 the hot seat, despite anti- Chhattisgarh, Madhya bilised over the last few years, fiscal deficit 100 waterways. He also listed down "Our States have more potential than tions in BJP-ruled Madhya seats in these two States respec- incumbency sentiments Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan had come down, inflation was under con- schemes like 'housing for all', 'health for many countries and each State can work Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, giv- tively. against their Governments, and Telangana will be held trol and the middle class was rising. all', 'banking for all' among others. towards it based on its competence," he ing an edge to the Congress in The Bharatiya Janata Party the ABP News-CVoter poll between November 12 and "The scale and speed at which reforms Inviting investors to participate in the said. "Today, fortunately there is a healthy both the States. (BJP) had on Saturday says. December 7. are happening are unprecedented. In the world's largest healthcare scheme, Modi competition among the States and no State The BJP is in power in expressed confidence that it The Congress and the BJP While Chhattisgarh will last two years, the Central and State said the 'Ayushman Bharat' had opened would lag behind if they work on their Madhya Pradesh and would register a "record victo- have been predicted to bag 42.2 go to the polls in two phases on Governments have ushered in more than up huge opportunities in the health sec- respective strengths." Chhattisgarh for 15 years. ry" in the upcoming state and 41.5 per cent votes in November 12 and 20, the elec- 10,000 reforms. Thanks to this, India has tor, mainly in the tier-2 and tier-3 cities, Modi said Uttarakhand nestled among The pre-poll survey has, Assembly elections and retain Madhya Pradesh and 38.9 and tions in Madhya Pradesh and made a significant jump of 42 points in in terms of hospitals, doctors, para- the Himalayas and was blessed with the however, added that a minor power in Madhya Pradesh, 38.2 per cent votes in Mizoram will be held on the global 'ease of doing business index," medics and medicines. Ganga. It also had a special SEZ which was swing in both the States can Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. Chhattisgarh respectively. November 28. the Prime Minister said. "The scheme gives coverage to a pop- different from the usual Special Economic turn the tide in the favour of Senior BJP leader and Law There is, however, a huge Polling in Rajasthan and "As part of these reforms, more than ulation more than America, Canada and Zone. either of the two main parties Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad gap in the projected vote share Telangana will be held on 1,400 laws have been repealed. Major tax Mexico combined. This population is "It is Spiritual Eco-Zone which is due to a very small difference had said the saffron party of the Congress and the BJP in December 7. Counting of votes reforms have been brought in. The more than that of entire Europe. And for many times more powerful than the typ- between their projected vote would secure a record victory Rajasthan, with the Opposition will be taken up in all the five Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) this market, the payment is ready. This ical SEZ." 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BJP, which will contest the preliminary survey conducted Chandrasekhar Rao of he had proposed that the two traditional opponent since the iour on Sunday following the Telangana as the State was head- Rajath Kumar directed the polls alone would decide its can- by the agriculture department. Telangana and N Chandrababu regional parties ruling the two birth of the regional party in violence that rocked Puri on ed for a multi-cornered contest. officials in the districts to didates by October 10 when the Threat of drought looms Naidu of Andhra Pradesh — Telugu state should work 1982. Describing the BJP the October 3 over protests at While the administration ensure that the model code of Parliamentary Committee of large in western Rajasthan with appeared to be heading for a together to prove their strength main enemy Naidu said that Jagannath temple, police said. was gearing up to prepare for conduct was enforced strictly the party will meet in New the region reporting below aver- close tie up and working in tan- in southern India and also joining hands with the A havildar and four con- the polls and the police was with immediate effect. Delhi. Party sources said that age rain fall dampening the dem to increase the clout of the secure the interests of Telugus Congress in Telangana assem- stables were placed under boosting the security in view of The ruling Telangana more than 1,000 aspirants have hopes of farmers. two Telugu States. But today as in Delhi. “Initially he (KCR) bly election was a political suspension for negligence in the threat of the outlawed CPI Rashtra Samiti led by the care- applied for the party tickets "Approximately 70 per cent they are on a collision course responded positively and imperative and a democratic discharging duties during the Maoist to disrupt the election taker Chief Minister K reflecting great enthusiasm in of crops sown in the district in and all set to fight it out in the sought some time to think compulsion. bandh when protesters ran- process, the rival political par- Chandrasekhar Rao has already the ranks. non-irrigated areas have failed" coming elections one question over it. However a week later he “We have two alternatives. sacked the house of Revenue ties were busy in chalking their covered a lot of ground by As far as the campaign was Deputy Director (Agriculture) befuddling the observers was; declined the offer. Then only it One is anti Congress and the Minister Maheswar Mohanty, respective plans of action. releasing the list of its candi- concerned the ruling TRS was B K Dwivedi said. what went wrong to change the became clear that he was play- other is anti-BJP. With the BJP said Puri SP Sarthak Sarangi. Chief Election dates for most of the 119 clearly ahead with its supremo He said the actual loss can equations so drastically? ing in the hands of some oth- going all out against us a com- The police personnel were Commissioner Om Prakash Assembly constituencies, the KCR having addressed at least be asessed after getting detailed For the first time one of ers”. pulsion has arisen that we deployed at Mohanty's resi- Rawat has announced that the Opposition parties were still in four major election rallies in report on crop failure by the rev- them — Andhra Pradesh CM- Naidu also said that KCR need to sail with the parties that dence in Kumutisahi locality polling in Telangana will be the process of negotiations different districts in his typical enue department. As far as the has broken his silence reveal- also put forth one condition are against the BJP”, Naidu said. in the pilgrim town. held in a single phase on among themselves to reach a acerbic style. Jodhpur district is concerned, a ing what transpired between after the other. “Once he said Giving the reasons for This apart, as many as 18 December 7 and the results will seat sharing agreement. Apparently worried over total 13.50 lakh hectares of them during the hey days and that if TDP listens to him in treating BJP as the main oppo- persons were arrested on be declared on December 11. The Grand Alliance or the challenge coming together land is sown in the district dur- what led to breakdown. Telangana he will not enter nent he said that it not only Sunday in connection with the Getting into action within Mahakutatmi of Congress, of the Opposition parties can ing kharif season. Of this, 4.50 Addressing the meeting of Andhra Pradesh”, Naidu told failed to fulfill the promises violent incidents that took hours of the announcement the Telugu Desam, CPI and pose to him, KCR has so far lakh hectares is irrigated land MPs of his party Telugu Desam the MP. “On another occasion made to the state at the time of place during the 12-hour Chief Electoral Officer Rajath Telangana Jana Samiti has held primarily targeted the Telugu while the remaining 9 lakh Party president Naidu revealed he said that if TDP wants to bifurcation but also conspiring shut-down called by socio- Kumar issued orders to remove several rounds of meetings Desam party and its president hectares is non-irrigated. With that KCR wanted TDO to fight contest in Telangana it should to weaken the TDP. “This is not cultural outfit Sri Jagannath the banners, billboards and and agreed to work together to and Andhra Pradesh Chief a good landing of monsoon this the elections in Telangana alone do it alone and not have a tie just the case with the TDP but Sena to protest introduction posters of all the political parties unseat the KCR regime but Minister N Chandrababu year, the farmers proceeded and not to have any alliance up with Congress. Realising other regional parties like Shiv of queue system for devotees and leaders from public places. were yet to get down to the Naidu, projecting him as a with sowing of crops such as with the Congress. “It was that he was dictating terms at Sena and Akali Dal were also at the Jagannath temple, he In Hyderabad and sur- nitty-gritties including the threat to the interest of millet, groundnut, moong, til clear that he had become the the behest of Congress I decid- being targeted by the BJP in a said. PTI rounding areas the personnel of sharing of seats and deciding Telangana. and cotton on a large scale. puppet in the hands of some ed to stay away from him”, similar manner”, Naidu said. !':/(,  <  ( R " R         2      +9

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Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, copter destroyer, and Inazuma, a guided The same attitude of the Rajasthan and Telangana will be missile destroyer, arrived here to mark the Congress made one of its major held between November 12 commencement of JIMEX. UPA constituent, Sharad and December 7 in what may be The Japanese ships would be partici- Pawar's NCP, announce its deci- "Both SP and BSP have body," he said. a virtual semi-final to the 2019 pating in the third edition of JIMEX under sion to go solo in Rajasthan. limited presence in these three After BSP, SP too on Lok Sabha elections. Counting the command of Rear Admiral Tatsuya Pawar has, however, clarified States and could impact the out- Saturday ruled out an alliance of votes will be taken up togeth- Fukada, commander of Escort Flotilla-4 that NCP will contest only on come of only a handful of seats. with the Congress for the er in all the five States on (CCF-4). The Indian Navy would be rep- the seats where the party has They won't be able to win on the Madhya Pradesh and December 11. resented by three indigenously-designed strong base and that it would remaining seats they are Chhattisgarh Assembly elec- The party however is warships and a fleet tanker. The partici- ed by Rear Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, Flag anti-air threat scenarios. not damage the prospect of demanding. This will only help tions. The SP announced that it expected to face a tough chal- pating ships are INS Satpura, a multi-pur- Officer Commanding, Eastern Fleet. The last edition of JIMEX was held in Congress. the BJP," he said. will fight elections in Madhya lenge in Mizoram from the pose stealth frigate, INS Kadmatt, an anti- JIMEX-18 will comprise a harbour December 2013 off the Chennai coast. Congress decided to risk Congress also realises that Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in Mizo National Front in the submarine warfare corvette, missile corvette phase and a sea phase of four days each. The conduct of JIMEX-18 after five going alone as its internal assess- both SP and BSP have their own alliance wuh to Gondwana upcoming Assembly polls. and INS Shakti, the fleet tanker. The harbour phase of the exercise, years is indicative of an upswing in the Indo- ment showed the party will compulsion to stitch together a Gantantra Party (GGP). SP After being in power for two In addition, one submarine, P8I long scheduled from October 7 to 10, would Japanese defence relations and the contin- wrest power in these States grand alliance in Uttar Pradesh chief Akhiesh Yadav also said consecutive terms, internal range maritime patrol aircraft and a num- include professional and social interactions ued efforts of both Governments to work without even an ally. A senior where Congress could be sig- that his party was ready to join squabbles and anti-incumben- ber of integral helicopters would be par- between ships' crews, sports fixtures and closely to enhance safety and security of the leader explained that had the nificant force if the year-end hands wuith the BSP in Madhya cy factor are making the situa- ticipating in the exercise, the Navy said. operational planning for the sea phase. global commons in keeping with 'rule-based Congress ceded to the BSP and Assembly polls go in its favour. Pradesh polls, keeping alive the tion difficult for the Congress to The nine-day event is aimed at enhanc- The sea phase would include anti-sub- order,' the Navy said. SP demand for seats in these "SP and BSP know that BJP prospects of a grand alliance in head on where BJP has already ing inter-operability, improving under- marine warfare exercises, visit, board, The ships of the two Navies have been three States it would have been must be defeated at all cost to UP. put a strong foot hold in the standing and imbibing the best practices of search and seizure (VBSS) drills, gun fir- working in close coordination in anti-pira- forced to part with at least 20 per prevent their own extinction. "State units are better aware north eastern States. Mizoram each other, a Navy release said. ings, cross deck helo operations and coor- cy operations in the Gulf of Aden (GoA) cent seats. The reality will dawn on every of the ground situation than the goes to poll on November 28. The Indian ships would be command- dinated operations in anti-submarine and for the past few years. PTI :  ( 
 
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Pakistan-based terror group Jamat- used to distribute it among the fam- funds from outside the country sent as "electoral lollipop" aimed at the five Narendra Modi will be a new Amongst the new bases is ud-Dawah, by the National ilies of terrorists, "a senior official by FIF operative Mohd Kamran and poll-bound States, and asked the base for the anti-riot and crowd Hajipur which is the Investigation Agency (NIA). The said adding the NIA is suspecting his associates through hawala oper- Narendra Modi Government to bring control Rapid Action Force Parliamentary constituency of probe has also revealed that the out- Srinagar hawala route was also ators. Mohd Salman has connec- petroleum products under the GST (RAF). Union Minister Ram Vilas fit was aiming at recruiting people active for movement of cash by the tions with persons in various coun- regime. The RAF personnel don Paswan. A RAF battalion has a through a new modus operandi by outfit in various States. tries including Pakistan, UAE, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera the specialised blue dungaree strength of about 1,000 per- winning the hearts of the gullible The flow of money started Canada, Sweden, Croatia etc which said that oil prices have begun rising again and the total strength of the sonnel and it is equipped with youth of a particular community. from Pakistan and travelled to prima facie indicates that FIF is try- since the cut was effected on Thursday, Force has been increased from gadgets and non-lethal The Falah-e-Insaniyat is Jamat- Dubai through which it came to ing to attract group of sympathis- adding that it showed the Government's 10 battalions (10,000 person- weapons like pump action ud-Dawah's charity wing head- Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, ers to its cause of creating unrest in duplicity and hypocrisy. He questioned nel) to 15 battalions. The five guns, tear smoke grenade quartered in Lahore but operations Gujarat and Mumbai and the net- India by collecting funds for ter- the Government's claim of oil prices being new battalions of the RAF launchers and others to enforce in India were being managed from work could be present in other rorist activities in India," reads the deregulated, saying they depend upon the were sanctioned by the Central security and law and order in Dubai to evade from the radar of States. FIR. electoral calendar as they remained Government in January this case of protests or riot-like sit- the security agencies here. The The NIA cracked the case after The FIR has named Lashkar-e- unchanged for 17 days during the base. Khera said oil companies have made year and the new bases have uations. Pakistani outfit had spread its ten- the agency put surveillance on the Tayyaba/JuD chief Hafiz Karnataka Assembly polls, and a similar over 13 lakh crore, which is fuelling the now been identified, officials The force is part of the tacles to Jammu & Kashmir, suspects following receipt of action- Mohammad Sayeed, Shahid pattern was seen during the Gujarat polls. Government's coffers. said. Central Reserve Police Force, Gujarat, Mumbai (Maharashtra) able inputs that money was coming Mehmood, Deputy Chief of Falah- "We reiterate our demand to bring in The Government has used money in Apart from the temple the world's largest paramilitary and Rajasthan. into India from Dubai for "charita- I-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) petroleum products under the ambit of event management and publicity, he town of Varanas, the four other force with over three lakh per- The new modus operandi of the ble purposes". Pakistan, Mohammad Kamran, GST so as to completely demolish this alleged, noting that it allocated merely new battalions will be based in sonnel. It was raised and made Falah-e-Insaniyat entailed spon- The original input that NIA Dubai-based Pakistani national sheer hypocrisy of credit seeking just 2,000 crore for the Ayushmaan Bharat Jaipur (Rajasthan), Mangalore fully operational in October sorship of marriages of girl children received was that a Pakistani nation- Mohammad Salman, Indian nation- before the electoral season," he said. This scheme, a health insurance scheme for the (Karnataka), Hajipur (Bihar) 1992 with 10 battalions. and building houses of poor people al based in Dubai was in touch with al Government believes in tokenism for poor. and Nuh (Haryana). Varanasi The RAF battalions are through the local agents with a hid- a person in India who turned out The NIA conducted searches at short term applause, he said. Since coming to power, the govern- will be the fourth base of the based in various parts of the den agenda to develop a cadre of to be one of the accused in the case, the residence of Ajaz Ahmad Hakak After "ghar-ghar Modi" (Modi in ment has increase central excise duty on RAF in Uttar Pradesh — the country in order to cut down motivated youth who would even- Salman, based in Delhi who was in Srinagar's Nowhatta last week in every home) time for "bye-bye Modi" has petrol by 211 per cent and on Diesel by three others being in Meerut, response time and rush the tually be recruited for the insidious directly reviving funds from Dubai. connection with the terror funding come, and the Government can bring a 443 per cent, the Congress leader said. Allahabad and Aligarh. teams in the shortest possible agenda of the outfit. The Pakistani national in Dubai case. smile on people's faces as it departs by When the Congress demitted power the The process for acquiring time to control violent or Top NIA sources said there is a was in direct contact with the Out of the three arrested per- bring petrol and diesel under the GST, he excise duty on petrol was merely 9.23 a land for the five new bases is riotous incidents. direct Pakistan link that has deputy chief of JuD's charity wing. son in Falah-e-insaniyat terror said. litre and has been raised by the Modi underway and the five battal- The 10 old RAF battalions emerged during the probe into the "The Central Government has funding case, one J&k resident Taking a dig at Finance Minister Government to 19.48 a litre. The excise ions, which are already opera- are based in Hyderabad, case. The Falah-e-Insaniyat has received information that a Delhi- Sajad Ahmed Wani has received 80 Arun Jaitley, whom he dubbed as full time duty on diesel has been raised from 3.46 tional, will start functioning Ahmedabad, Allahabad, several centres in Pakistan but based individual Mohd Salman is in lacs from Aizaz Ahmed Hakak blogger and part time Minister, Khera a litre to 15.33 a litre, he said. from their permanent locations Mumbai, Delhi, Aligarh, operations for India were managed regular touch with one Dubai based through hawala channels. The NIA accused him of "lying" in his claim that Even the Value Added Tax (VAT) in sometime, the officials said. Coimbatore, Jamshedpur, from Dubai. The outfit was oper- Pakistani national Mohd Kamran, has arrested three persons in con- the increase in the Government's revenue levied by State Governments is among the Besides Vadodara, Modi Bhopal and Meerut. ating in a clandestine manner in who in turn is connected with nection with the case. is on the account of an increase in tax highest where the BJP is in power, he said. 9:;< 2    :     .*2;   9>, )$
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However he said Raghavendra had vacated it was announced on Sunday. holders of the temple are the ven after the Government According to official around Sunjwan military cal situation in the State. the issue of having pact with the Shikaripura seat for his "Let us hear the final deci- State Government and the TDB Eof India started deporting sources, "the majority popu- station. Kumaraswamy (JD-S) JD(S) for this election has not father in 2018 assembly polls. sion of the State Government and if they do not file a review Rohingyas, illegal immigrants lation of these Rohingyas is She was also informed who took the mantle with just yet been discussed. Congress is expected to filed with regard to the filing of a petition, then there will be no from Myanmar, to their native circling around Sunjwan army that illegal immigrants, settled over 30 seats with the help of Senior BJP leader and for- former minister Kagodu review petition against the locus standi to other review country, a large number of camp, attacked by Pakistan in the close vicinity, continue Congress with 77 seats defeat- mer Minister S Sureshkumar in Thimmappa or Kimmane apex court's verdict. Once that petitions. The need of the hour them staying in Jammu con- based 'fidayeen' squad on to pose a threat as they are ing the BJP with 104 seats in a face book post questioned the Rathnakara. is known, then we will decide is that these two parties should tinue to live 'safely' all along February 10, 2018". vulnerable to black mail by the 2018 Assembly polls has to need for the by elections ahead In Mandya, JD(S) is con- on what needs to be done. To do the needful," said Eashwar. the periphery of Sunjwan Preliminary investigations over ground workers of terror prove his political acumen to of 2019 polls within three or sidering IRS officer Lakshmi deploy female police personnel The decision to boycott Army station and other vital conducted in the case had clear- outfits establishing their keep his relationship with the four months. Ashwin Gowda or in the temple premises is a vio- Monday's meeting was taken security installations in dif- ly suggested role of some over sleeper cells in and Congress, a house terribly After the breakup of BSP Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil lation of the temple practices," after detailed consultations with ferent parts of Jammu. ground workers,possibly sup- around Jammu. divided over the decision of from the Mahaghatbhandhan Gowda. Sabarimala priest Kantararu the powerful Nair Service Society According to the state ported by Rohingyas, behind In the last eight months the high command to align senior Congress leader and The by-elections have Mohanaru told the media. the socio-cultural body of the Home department records sheltering heavily armed terror- even the senior army author- with the JD(S). Dalit leader from Karnataka become family affair and it set The meeting is scheduled Hindu Nair community. made available in the state ists before the attack was ities have failed to convince Bypoll for Ramanagara Mallikharjuna Kharge called the direction and mood of the to be held on Monday. The Pathanamthitta district assembly during the Budget launched from the rear side of the State Government to at and Jamakhandi assembly for "like-minded parties" to people for the 2019 general Following the verdict, (where the temple is located), is session this year, "a total the army camp. least relocate these illegal seats and three Lok Sabha come together to defeat the rul- polls. The elected candidates Vijayan had categorically said observing a shutdown on Sunday number of 6,523 Rohingyas Despite lot of hue and cry immigrants from the close seats of Ballari, Mandya and ing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will have only three to four that no review petition would to protest the use of police force were camping across 39 loca- and fresh security assessment vicinity of strategically impor- Shivamogga will be held on Government in the impending months and parties are ques- be filed and the State against the youth wing of the BJP tions in five districts of these illegal immigrants con- tant defence installations. November 3. Shivamogga Lok elections. tioning the need for the by Government will do all the while they staged a demonstra- the State". tinue to occupy prime land The issue of resettlement Sabha seat had fallen vacant It was just three months elections. things needed to implement it. tion on Saturday. In contrast to this various socio- along the boundary wall of illegal immigrants has due to the resignation of BJP back at the swearing in cere- According to Chief Things went out of control On September 28, in a 4:1 politico organsations allege their of army camp posing a seri- already become bone of con- leader, Yeddyurappa, mony of Kumaraswamy many Electoral Officer (CEO) Sanjiv after the State Government judgment, the apex court said actual numbers could be much ous threat to the security of tention between the different Sriramulu(BJP) had resigned netas showed unity by holding Kumar With the announce- and the Travancore Devasom the ban on women in the more than recorded in the the vital army installation. political parties of the State. his Ballari seat, while Mandya hands which include Mayawati ment of by-elections in three Board (TDB), who is the cus- menstruating age group, record books of the State Home Till date no action has On one hand the main- seat had been vacated by of BSP and others. parliamentary and two todian of the temple, decided whose presence in the Lord Department. been taken by any other State stream political parties from JD(S) leader, CS Puttaraju, But it is politically intrigu- Assembly constituencies, the not to file the petition leading Ayyappa temple was consid- According to the official Government agency to relo- Kashmir valley adopt soft after getting elected to ing that whether Devegowda model code of conduct has to hundreds of devotees taking ered to be "impure", violated sources in the State Home cate them to any other loca- approach towards their con- the assembly. will have a pre poll alliance with come into force with immedi- to the streets in protest. their fundamental rights and Department, the State Police tion to ensure safety of strate- tinuation within the state while The bypoll to assembly the Congress or wil he go ate effect. A. Padmakumar, a senior constitutional guarantee of Department is yet to prepare gically important defence Jammu based political parties seats of Jamakhandi and alone. However many Congress He said Measures are being Communist Party of India- equality. an upgraded list of Rohingyas. installation. and their leaders have been Ramanagara is necessitated leaders within the party are not put in place to ensure it is not Marxist (CPI-M) leader and Until now, girls below 10 Even repeated reminders Ironically, when Defence spearheading a campaign to due to the death of happy to go with the JDs which violated by political parties, TDB President, said the Board years and women over 50 by the Union Home Minister Minister Nirmala Sitharaman relocate them at the earliest Jamakhandi MLA, Siddu is always seen as anti-Congress candidates, bureaucrats and was initially keen to file the years were allowed to visit the Rajnath Singh, directing the had visited the encounter site outside the State Nyam Gowda, and retention party. the media. review petition, but after being hilltop shrine. 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Some of the actress formally lodging a com- against him and clarify his on the set despite his work in The ‘Hear Me. Love Me.’ years, have rallied behind the are against party president unaware of the fomenting leaders have confirmed their plaint against the senior actor stand on the issues raised by the song being over and he host said: ” Women should not actor in his hour of need. Rahul Gandhi and Sonia anger among the grassroots participation too,” the Chief for allegedly subjecting her to Tanushree. was grabbing me by the arms feel weak or they shouldn’t Working under the banner Gandhi joining the united workers in Bengal Congress. Minister recently said. sexual harassment during a Late on Saturday evening, and pushing me around on blame themselves and rather be of the Vidarbha Farm Widows Opposition rally called by “Workers of almost the At a time when the film shoot eight years ago and Tanushree lodged a complaint the pretext of teaching me strong today. ..We don’t know Association, the farmers’ wid- Mamata Banerjee. entire Nadia district have Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav Patekar indicating his plans to with the Oshiwara police sta- how to dance. When he was the nitty-gritties of the incident ows staged a demonstration at Though no PCC leader switched sides to the BJP. are raising doubts over the address a news conference on tion against Patekar under sec- teaching indecently and but it has kick-started a move- Pandharkavada village in would go on record saying, Similar is the condition in Congress’ true intention to Monday to rebut the serious tions 354 (Assault or criminal unnecessarily, then I felt very ment. People have suffered. Yavatmal district on Saturday “any decision would be taken Birbhum, East Midnapore share power and uphold a true charges against him. force to women with intent to uncomfortable because of his It’s time women wake up and demanding an end to "the vic- by the high command” and and other places. If we have to national alliance based on equi- Hours after the Patekar’s outrage her modesty), 354-A behaviour and I felt he has take charge. It shouldn’t be timization of our brother Nana that “the State unit has always save the Congress from fur- ty and equality Banerjee’s biggest return from Jaipur in (Assault or use of criminal outraged my modesty,” hashtag MeToo, it should be Patekar." The demonstrators followed the top leadership’s ther decay we will have to take weapon could be a rally and a Rajasthan where he was shoot- force with intent to disrobe her) Tanushree alleged. #YouToo, for the men. It’s made bonfire of an effigy and decisions,” inside sources said into account the sentiments of photo op for the anti-BJP oppo- ing for his upcoming film and section 509 (word, gesture “He told the choreograph- shouldn’t be the women, cow- photographs of Tanushree. that some senior State leaders the grassroots workers,” said sition leaders that could in the 'Housefull 4', Tanushree took or act intended to insult the er and other junior artists to ing down and saying oh The demonstrators were have virtually extracted words a PCC leader and a final run catapult her to the cen- the battle to the enemy’s camp modesty o a woman) of Indian back away so that he could #MeToo”. led by KBC-fame Aparna from national leader Ranjit former Minister. tre stage, experts feel. by lodging the complaint Penal Code. teach me the dance steps “In any milieu, actors, Malikar and other prominent Surjewala that Akbar Road The Bengal Chief Minister According to sources the against the senior male actor In her complaint, through he was not a choreo- entrepreneurs, the working activists Bharati Pawar, Anju will not circumvent the PCC in has called a rally of all the anti- Chief Minister is also planning who she alleged “was grabbing Tanushreee also named chore- grapher and he was not environment should feel safe. Bhusari, Geeta Rathore, taking any decision regarding BJP parties at Kolkata’s historic to invite Mayawati and me by the arms and pushing ographer Ganesh Acharya, pro- required during the choreog- That should be a prerequisite. Vandara Gavande, Archana Mamata Banerjee. Brigade Parade Ground. Akihilesh Yadav to her rally, me...when he was touching ducer Samee Siddiqui, director raphy as per my previous This entire movement which Raut, Kavita Sidam, Ranjana “We have not only been dec- Among the key political fig- insiders said. indecently...I felt very uncom- Rakesh Sarang and some MNS rehearsals,” the actress added. has been initiated by Tanushree Khadse, Kamal Surpam, Uma imated by the Trinamool ures invitees (including likely On whether the Congress fortable because of his behav- workers who allegedly dam- “After the incident, I was Dutta, my heart goes out to Jiddewar, Sheela Mandavgade, Congress in Bengal — not by invitees) in the January 19 rally wants Banerjee to leave some iour...I felt he has outraged my aged her car and pulled her out under tremendous shock, I her, as a woman and on a Chandrakala Meshram, political means but brute force are National Conference lead- seats (at least four seats) for modesty.” of her car. suffered psychological trauma, human level because some- Poornima Pokulwar, Babita and money power — but also we ers Farooq Adullah, his son the party’s top leadership to Patekar found himself on In her complaint, was unable to take up work, thing like this was brushed Agarkar, Jyoti Jiddewar, Rama are being subjected to humilia- Omar Abdullah, Gujarat lead- join the January rally, a PCC the defensive, when the media Tanushree alleged that the inci- suffered huge monetary losses under the carpet,” Shilpa told Thamke, Vandana Shende, tion every day. How can we take ers Jignesh Mewani and leader who nourishes softer persons buttonholed for his dent took place on March 26, in crores and therefore I decid- a news agency. Ranjana Gurnule and others. this?” asked a senior PCC leader Hardik Patel, Andhra Pradesh view on Banerjee said “we do comment on the raging con- 2008 during the shooting of a ed to take action through film Earlier, a host of film per- The demonstrators raised and an office-bearer adding, “if Chief Minister Chandrababu not want to break a move to troversy on his arrival in the song in the film “Horn Ok industry by lodging a written sonalities including Twinkle slogans in favour of Patekar, we continue to capitulate before Naidu, his Delhi counterpart unite the opposition parties city from Jaipur on Saturday. Pleaseee” . The entire was to be complaint with the Cine and Khanna, Farhan Akhtar, who has been helping the TMC like this then soon there Arvind Kejriwal and but that should not be done by "Jo jhooth hai, woh jhooth hai picturised on the actress, while TV Artistes Association. The Priyanka Chopra, Swara farmers’ widows financially will be no Congress person left Telengana Chief Minister K humiliating the others. The (A lie is a lie)....Dus saal pehle Patekar had only line in the Association decided the matter Bhasker, Sonam Kapoor, through a non-government in Bengal.” Chandrasekhar Rao. Chief Minister has already iska jawaab de chuka hoon (I song. She said that before the and passed the order without Ayushmann Khurrana and organisation. They said Dutta Sources said though the The Trinamool Congress said that the TMC will contest had said this 10 years ago)," shoot, she had made it clear to considering my complaint for Freida Pinto had openly sup- is "unnecessarily defaming high command does not want chief has also said that she all the seats in Bengal alone. Patekar said, as he boarded his the producer and director that ap0logy,” Tanushree stated in ported Tanushree in her fight Patekar - a father-figure -- to ignore Banerjee at a time will invite her Kerala coun- If that be so then how can she car to head to his she would not enact or perform her police complaint. against sexual harassment that who has helped the cause of when both Mayawati and terpart and CPI(M) leader expect the parties like the Lokhandwada residence. any lewd, vulgar or uncom- Actress Shilpa Shetty- she allegedly suffered at the the crisis-hit widows for sev- Akhilesh Yadav have decided Pinarai Vijayan and CPI’s D Congress and even the Left to Sources close to Patekar fortable steps in the particular undra, who was among the first hands of Patekar. eral years" to help them to contest the coming Raja. “We have invited all attend her rally.” said on Sunday that he planned song. of the Bollywood personalities Meanwhile, beleaguered secure justice. *    =B6        "" -27 


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$   Polls-2018 voting will take ly those considered sensitive/ ets in Kashmir Valley to avert in most sensitive areas in They said the operation broadband services remained lowing the killing of three $   place at 820 polling stations hypersensitive. any untoward incident or pos- Kashmir and elsewhere in the was launched on the basis of operational in the region policemen by militants in   across the State. “Besides, the Zonal and sible attacks by the militants. State. presence of armed militants with intermittent disruption. Shopian district last month. “In Kashmir Division 138 Sector Magistrates have been Several check points have been Adequate arrangements for polling stations have been cat- deployed to ensure smooth set up to check private and the security of the candidates, tional salary. deferring the decision for residence in old Srinagar area. Srinagar: Ahead of the munic- egorized as hypersensitive conduct of polls as well as mon- public transport vehicles. their personal security as well There are no prominent sometime, of late announced its Petrol bomb attacks were also ipal polls in the Kashmir Valley, while in Jammu Division 52 itoring the entire process,” CEO Sniffer dogs were also seen as the accommodation arrange- faces who are contesting in the participation in the upcoming carried out by unknown per- authorities placed senior sepa- polling stations have been cat- said and added that the Deputy assisting the checking proce- ments have been made. Area municipal elections though Panchayat and Municipal elec- sons at the residences of two ratist leader Mirwaiz Umer egorised hypersensitive,” he Commissioners are undertak- dures. domination, checking and several women candidates tions. The BJP and other independent candidates for Farooq under house arrest here said and added that for the ing Videography of all critical The first phase of the polls operations have been going belonging to Congress and BJP Jammu based smaller parties ULB elections in the two dif- on Sunday. Phase-I, 78 candidates have events related to the poll is taking place on Monday. The on to ensure general sense of are in the fray. Most of the can- are also participating in the ferent localities of old Srinagar Police said the decision already been elected unop- process. elections to 2 municipal cor- security. Additional 400 com- didates including women in upcoming elections. city last week. was taken as a preventive mea- posed. Kabra said Control Rooms porations, 3 municipal councils panies of central security forces Kashmir region are contesting Pertinently, more than a Separatist grouping, Joint sure to maintain law and order. The CEO said 1204 can- have been established in all the and 72 municipal committees would be deployed in the state as independents. dozen Panchayat Ghars most- Resistance Leadership (JRL) Commenting on his arrest didates are in the fray for 321 Municipal Bodies across the in the state shall be covered in over and above the security The two main regional ly in south Kashmir region comprising Syed Ali Geelani, ahead of the municipal polls Municipal Wards in Phase-I, State to respond promptly to four phases from 8 to 16 forces already stationed. political parties National besides in central and north Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and scheduled on Monday, Mirwaiz including 83 in Kashmir divi- any complaints of violation of October. On Saturday, Governor Conference and Peoples Kashmir areas have come Yasin Malik, has called for Umer said on his Twitter page: sion and 238 in Jammu divi- the Model Code of Conduct The polling will be held on Satya Pal Malik reviewed the Democratic Party have decid- under attack following the election boycott and shutdown "Under House Arrest! Peculiar sion. (MCC) as also to disseminate 08, 10, 13 and 16 October security situation in the state ed to boycott the elections as announcement of Panchayat on the first polling day. The democratic process... huge “The total electorate for information to the public. respectively, while as the date ahead of the first phase of the they have asked the Central elections. Unknown persons militant outfit Hizbul deployment of forces, PSAs, Phase-I is 586064,”he said He said adequate security of counting will be October 20. municipal elections. The meet- Government to clear its stand have set ablaze the Panchayat Mujahideen has also threat- incarceration, house arrests, and added that Basic arrangements have been made The polling hours will be from ing was attended by top offi- on the issue of Article 35-A and Ghars and also attempted to set ened action against the con- raids, curbs, Internet bans gath- Minimum Facilities (BMF) for smooth conduct of polling 7 am to 4 pm and the process cials from Army, Police, CRPF, take steps for its protection. on fire some more Panchayat testants and the participants in er momentum! Not to mention have been ensured in all the across the State. of election will complete on 27 intelligence agencies and civil The Communist Party of India Ghars in these areas. the ULB and Panchayat elec- the unknown contestants and polling stations across the He said the government October. administration. (CPI) also decided against par- On Friday, unidentified tions. Yasin Malik was detained amused public! What mockery State for voting. has also declared holiday on In the first phase, the polls In an unprecedented move, ticipating in the polls keeping militants shot dead two work- and lodged in local jail sever- of democracy at display!" The He said Photo Voter Slips the day of poll in the munic- have been scheduled to be the government employees in view the prevailing situation ers of National Conference al days ago while Geelani and municipal elections will be held have already been distributed ipal areas going to polls so as held in three wards of Srinagar deployed on election duty in the valley. while another activist was also Mirwaiz are held under house- in four phases in Jammu and among the voters to inform to enable the voters to cast Municipal Corporation besides would be paid a month’s addi- The State Congress after injured in the attack at their arrest. Kashmir. IANS them of their polling station. their vote. P     :#7:# 6     

1   6#(9# gathbandhan, has reportedly through Tejahswi Prasad Yadav, sounded that it would field its who went to meet him last     (  he game plan is yet to be candidates from 20 Lok Sabha week, that the parties should Trevealed by either side but seats which meant that it would not insist on more seats with- the leading parties of the two spare 20 seats to other nine out any logic and only the alliances in Bihar are likely to partners including Congress winnable candidates be posi-   +9) play 20:20 in 2019 Lok Sabha and possibly RLSP of Upendra tioned. elections. Kushwaha. If RLSP remains In 2014, the RJD won four, After the much-publicised with NDA, the seats would be Congress two and NCP one Lucknow: Jammu & Kashmir )5  ) yet unconfirmed reports that in distributed among eight allies. while JD(U), which was not an is a part of India and it will  /$ ?    NDA the BJP would contest 20 Apart from RJD, the allies ally of any alliance, won two remain so and "no power in       seats and give the remaining 20 of maha gathbandhan includ- seats. The BJP had won 22, LJP the world can snatch it from seats to its allies, reports come ed Congress, Lok Tantrik six and RLSP three seats. us", Union Home Minister  %    from maha gathbandhan or Janata Dal of Sharad Yadav, Earlier, filtered reports Rajnath Singh said on    - ')  grand alliance side, again uncon- Hindustani Awam Morcha coming from the NDA side Sunday.   ) )5@ firmed, that the RJD would (HAM) of Jitan Ram Manjhi, suggested that the BJP has "Kashmir is ours, it was $  $ ' keep 20 seats and adjust its CPI, CPM, CPI(ML), almost finalised the seat shar- ours and it will be ours. No *  )  alliances in the remaining 20 Samajwadi Party and BSP. ing but was restrained to make power of the world can snatch seats. While one seat could be spared it public in view of the resis- it from us," the Minister said   ' ); )$ The 20:20 formula has put for Katihar MP Tariq Anwar tance from the RLSP which on the occasion of 26th        the allies of the two alliances in who recently resigned from the rejected offer to only two seats anniversary of the Rapid an uncomfortable position but NCP, the RJD is waiting for to it. LJP of Ram Vilas Paswan Action Force (RAF), a spe- people, you handle them prop- they are avoiding making any RLSP. The Left parties, partic- was also unhappy over pro- cialised wing of the Central erly as you feel that they belong public reaction on the plea that ularly CPI(ML), and BSP are posed four seats. Bihar LJP Reserve Police Force (CRPF). to our country. "But if any per- they were still not informed unlikely to accept this formu- chief and a Minister in Nitish The RAF deals with riots, son indulges in any terrorist about such formula. “No for- la. Congress and HAM, which cabinet Pashupati Kumar Paras major law and order issues as activity, no power in the world mal talk has yet been held on are supposed to get eight and said in clear cut terms that his well as relief and rescue oper- can stop you from neutralizing this matter,” said leader of an one seat respectively under the party would not accept less ations. Singh also lauded the the that person," he added. NDA ally who insisted that formula, would also not be sat- than six. “BJP being big broth- CRPF's attempt in maintaining The Minister said militant whatever be the seat sharing isfied as they expect more. er should show big heart,” he a balance while dealing with incidents had decreased in formula it should be discussed RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, said. As RJD is waiting for Kashmiri people and terrorists. Jammu and Kashmir and that and finalised. currently in a hospital in Kushwaha with open arms, "If some Kashmiri youths do security forces had been giving The RJD of Lalu Prasad, Ranchi in judicial custody, has party has also sent out a signal, 2     42%   + ( .  4'     :@  
   4 2  %  things they should not because a befitting reply to the terrorists. which claims to lead the maha reportedly sent a message “Come early and get benefit.” '        they are instigated by some IANS *  COMMENT & ANALYSIS *      ()  * +, -./+    ()  * +, -./+ 

    **5 . ,?* + No place for minorities in Pakistan Peace activism       <        (                      *            A  killed according to doctrinal law. No minor- vision after Prophet Muhammad had seen a Zia-ul-Haq had the Constitution amended to nation having equal right of citizenship of Pakistan’s Constitution to be the creation When parents of these girls have tried to get ity, therefore, has a future in Pakistan. series and, based on them, delivered the final formalise the Bhutto declaration. This partic- regardless of their religion, caste or creed. of an Islamic state. It reached a nadir with the the state through police and law courts to                    If there was any doubt whatsoever on this message of God? Thereafter, there could only ular amendment read, non-Muslim means a In this context, Farahnaz Ispahani ‘Islamisation’ drive under General Zia during return their abducted children, the reply they score, it was removed by the cruel and expe- be khalifas or his representatives or imams. person who is not a Muslim and includes a observes: “This vision outlined by the founder the 1980s. have got is the women embraced Islam vol-   *     7  *     
    ditious manner in which Hindus and Sikhs There cannot be another divine vision. person belonging to the Christian, Hindu, remains unfulfilled. At the time of Partition At the time of Partition, Christians untarily and married Muslims of their own !  "4   9  66    9 were killed or chased out by early 1948. In East Nevertheless, the followers of Ghulam Ahmad Sikh, Buddhist or Parsi community, a person in 1947, almost 23 per cent of Pakistan’s pop- thought that the division of India had taken volition. The suffering of the Shias should not , Pakistan, the process was slower but equally continued to consider themselves Muslim and of the Qadiani group or the Lahori sect, or a ulation, which then included Bangladesh, place on the basis that Muslims could not co- be overlooked. The number of times they have  7  J         ! 
   ,7   >  >  6 #$= callous. This religious cleansing was consis- pressed for the creation of the holy land or Bahá'í, and a person belonging to any of the comprised non-Muslim citizens. The propor- exist with Hindus. Moreover, Christians been bombed while praying in their mosques *73      7    7       :+   tent with what Justice MC Chagla wrote in his Pakistan as vociferously as any other mem- scheduled castes. After the Ahmadis were offi- tion of non-Muslims has since fallen to thought they were ahle kitab (people of the is becoming difficult to keep track of.          "       autobiography entitled, Roses In December: ber of the Muslim League. cially declared non-Muslim in 1947, a new approximately three per cent in the western book), and therefore, would not be harassed Extremists like the Wahabis have expressed   !   !      * 7 !    
  + “To Pakistan everything is communal. She Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, an campaign began to subject the Shias to sim- wing. Furthermore, the distinctions among in Pakistan. Unfortunately, with the demise a desire to expel the Shias from Islam; what oon after his appointment to the cannot understand how Hindus and Muslims eminent lawyer, single-handedly drafted the ilar prescriptions. Muslim denominations have become far of Jinnah, the so-called tolerance for even was earlier done with the Ahmadiyyas.    7 
    !     7      + Economic Advisory Council, Pakistan can live peacefully and have the best of rela- League’s Pakistan resolution of March 23, On August 11, 1947, Quaid-e-Azam MA more accentuated over the years. Groups such Christians vanished. General Zia introduced Serious intra-Islamic ‘cleansing’ efforts began                "4   + Prime Minister Imran Khan Niazi was tions. Pakistan’s philosophy is that in the very 1940. In 1931-32, he had been President of the Jinnah gave his presidential address to the as the Shias, who account for over 20 per cent Islamic laws which were openly against the at the time of Zia. The obvious target of bru-            
    6 induced to remove Dr Atif Mian nature of things Muslims must hate the Muslim League, and from 1935 to 1941 he sat Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. He of the population, are often targeted by vio- minorities. The military rulers of Pakistan did talisation were the Shias. Sunnis were pro- because he is an Ahmadiyya, which Hindus and the Hindus must hate the on the Viceroy’s Executive Council. When observed: “You are free to go to your temples, lent extremists. Ahmadis, barely one per cent nothing to control the violence of the funda- voked to look upon the Shia community as 6             H         isS a Muslim 'sect' considered blasphemous by Muslims. If Hindus and Muslims constitute Partition happened, he was a judge of the you are free to go to your mosques or to any of the population, have been declared non- mentalist outfits. Since then, Christians have ‘a worm in the Muslim apple of Pakistan’. The J 7            !  
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    although Sunni, namely Dr Imran Rasul and must follow that the 50 million Muslims in Delhi). Sir Zafarullah was appointed the Pakistan, you may belong to any religion or as Christians, Hindus and Sikhs have been the of blasphemy. Salman Taseer, a Minister in the madrasahs associated with the Deobandi and Dr Asim Ijaz Khwaja, disapproved of the India are aliens in their own homes.” Foreign Minister of Pakistan. He also repre- caste or creed that has nothing to do with the victims of bomb attacks on their neighbour- Sharif Government in Punjab was assassinat- Ahle-Hadith traditions. As written by the dis-     
                  action and resigned. Ahmadiyyas believe Following the disposal of Hindus and sented the country at the United Nations. This business of the state. Now, I think we should hoods, some of them have been converted to ed. His crime, according to fundamentalists, tinguished Shia scholar Vali Nasr in his book,  !                 !     themselves to be a sect of Islam, but in Sikhs, the next round of minority purging was gentleman is only one example but any num- keep that in front of us as our ideal and you Islam against their will. Houses of worship was that he asked for a fair trial of Christians The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam 
          7          + Pakistan, orthodoxy had them expelled some inaugurated against the Ahmadiyyas or ber of his sect identified themselves in the ser- will find that in course of time, Hindus would have been attacked and bombed while filled charged with blasphemy. Will Shape the Future: “The Pakistan ulema 50 years ago. The concept of a minority does Qadianis. During the late 19th century, a vice of their new holy land. Yet, in 1952, vir- cease to be Hindus and Muslims would with worshippers. Pakistan has descended to Hindus and Sikhs were the first to be dri- began to share Saudi Arabia’s perception of   * "4    - *    7   not sit well in Islam and Pakistan was creat- devout Muslim called Mirza Ghulam Ahmad ulent riots were ignited against the cease to be Muslims, not in the religious sense, its current state of religious intolerance ven out of Pakistan during 1947-48. A very the Iranian and Shia threat.” The extent of the               7    !     
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    "#      * ,7  !  oretically be made to pay jizya and is de facto leadership. The orthodox clergy, especially of Justice at The Hague. In the wake of anoth- of what Jinnah had told a Reuters correspon- Farahnaz Ispahani, published by Harper Many among them are agricultural labourers. alleged to enjoy the covert patronage of the   
    
  
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The silver line was 2 , " $          9   +  -  The century on debut by Prithvi Shaw on the opening According to a report by the National the Centre and States must work together to cial institutions, like Life Insurance its high savings and international-          # $    :;    ( day of the first Test against the West Indies at Rajkot has Sample Survey Office (NSSO), over 80 per address the wide shortage of healthcare man- Corporation (LIC), even in mutu- ly acclaimed secure system.     $  < 1    %  5  +  cent of the Indian households were not cov- power and other necessary infrastructure. al funds, are at risk. It is also a Let the nation not forget that -       #   $  <     (< led to comparisons with Sachin Tendulkar; indeed, seen ered by any health scheme and most of the Above analysis shows that although India has wonder that for 31 years, nobody the country is indeed passing from afar, Shaw’s build and batting style did remind many O             cost was met by OOP in 2015. The report also a public healthcare network ranging from pri- noticed that loans being granted through a dark moment as anoth- (<         .     ) shows that around six million families were mary healthcare centres all the way to to IL&FS were on a mere guaran- er private bank, ICICI, manipulat- of Sachin in his early years. Obviously, one swallow does  8 <   +  -         , " not a summer make and Shaw has to do justice to his pushed into poverty due to high hospitalisa- super-speciality hospitals, basic network is tee on a piece of paper without any ed by its Chief Executive Officer, tion expenditure. The proportion of popula- However, the most critical issue for the poorly equipped, under-staffed and over- security. Chanda Kochar and her family, is      1  , "     ( copious talent over the coming years before any compari- tion reporting any OOP expenditure success of the programme is its limited scope, crowded, forcing the people to look for pri- Even now, but for the sudden facing probe on account of irregu-         %         ( son with the legend. But his journey from the Mumbai increased to 80 per cent in 2011-12 from 60 uneven distribution of manpower and lack vate providers. severe stock market crash and larities in granting loans. Much of       5 + (<        ( maidan to Team India has been the stuff of fairy tales. per cent in 1993-94. In situation like these, of infrastructure to cater to the health ser- Effective implementation of the Small Industries Development that is also not public knowledge.        <" (-      only a universal health insurance programme vice. Around 40 per cent of the sanctioned ‘Ayushman Bharat’ scheme may have a pos- Bank of India’s (SIDBI) approach to More than a Lehman, possibly,    - S            ( or provision for healthcare at subsidised rates posts are lying vacant in some States. Most itive impact on reducing OOP expenditure the insolvency court to recover dues IL&FS is a Satyam moment, where tractors, were to be recovered of market share. Emanuel had said, “Never waste a       <            ( can ensure that people are not pushed into of the primary health care centres and dis- but with a condition that the Government and IL&FS filing of a petition accounts were covered up, if not through tolls. Where has the toll But now, with IL&FS default- crisis”. The IL&FS has exposed ( -  +    +  (    poverty by catastrophic medical expenses. trict hospitals are facing shortage of doctors will ensure the right infrastructure to meet before the National Company Law fudged. collection at super high rates gone? (-I: 99( ing, investors will be reluctant to several fault lines. The 2008            -    , "   Rahul gets it right However, India’s public healthcare bud- and specialists. The country has severe the new infrastructure and manpower Tribunal for protection from cred- The sum is that banks are hav- The NHAI in various statements lend to NBFCs. This will increase Lehman crisis also started with - S     -  S     , " get remained low at just 1.3 per cent of the shortage of registered medical practitioners demand. This can have a cumulative posi- itors, the entire episode could have ing over 12 lakh crore non-per- has averred that not more than one- ##->(#( cost of borrowing and impact their over-leveraging by shadow banks $             GDP, which is far less than the global aver- as per the World Health Organistaion tive effect on increased access to quality remained under garbs. forming assets (NPAs) and a high third of the collections were being profitability. Corporates, too, will like NBFC. This exposes the fault -             -  ( age of six per cent. Also, Government con- (WHO) norms, particularly in rural and health and medication. In addition, unmet No wonder, the company was portfolio of unsecured loans, both paid to it. This raises a serious ques- (>4(+#>9 find it difficult to raise money from lines at the RBI, where the IL&FS               -        tribution to health insurance stands at about remote areas, where they refuse to serve even needs of the population will be catered, which downgraded to a rating of D — private and Government entities. In tion: Who gobbled up the toll ,Q$=$$ > NBFCs. is registered. The nation has to . S -(    ,         32 per cent, compared to 84 per cent in a after several efforts by the Government. remained hidden due to lack of financial deep in ‘junk territory’ from its fact, nomenclature may differ but money which has caused an all- That the entire financial system think twice now before trusting the         -  -    , "      *   3   O!!     *   9    developed nation, such as the UK. According to a recent national health resources. default grade of AAA that indicat- all are dealing with the poor man’s round inflation? >=(I is in a crisis is evident from the way regulator. .              , "     + 456  %201-           !  7!  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    *  strengthen primary healthcare which has per 1,000 population. The situation is worst ‘Ayushman Bharat’ scheme is likely to ben- Are the monitoring systems, It also means that across the paid by even non-highway users? ,-I: 9#93" ing a severe cash crunch. The only the rated. Giving a generous rating #                 , " been lacking in the country. Second, to offer in Bihar, where one doctor serves a popula- efit the private sector more than the public including that of the Reserve Bank political spectrum either nobody The nation was given to understand hope is that they do not go “cash- has incentives for the rating com-     %        #    "#         !   !  7  financial protection from catastrophic expen- tion of 28,391 people, followed by Uttar health services. There will be a huge scope of India, so weak? Or is there a delib- understands the intricacy of secur- that cess would replace the tolls. 9,( #  less” as the West had seen during panies. The reality is: Rating is      !      
  7        * diture, often encountered once a family mem- Pradesh (19,962), Jharkhand (18,518), to generate fake bills, as happened in previ- erate apathy and the system is being ing public deposits or they are a part This means mess is possibly at every the Lehman moment. advertising and people need to -   1         5    , "     ! ",       7    !   ber is sick and needs long-term healthcare. Madhya Pradesh (16,996), Chhattisgarh ous health insurance schemes, where insur- milched by unscrupulous elements of the mess. step — from cess to toll collection 3#9-I$-=# >7 The Government itself has treat these as scraps. Was SEBI not =                 The programme seeks to provide a cov- (15,916) and Karnataka (13,556), while ance companies found this to be a costly who are aware of the loopholes? This Else, how would a 91,000 to high credit being given to infra- hinted at it. It alleged that the debt- aware of it? The company auditors      $  <   (<       !  7    -          erage of five lakh rupees per family, annu- some States have relatively better status, such proposition and most of them refused to pay. means that our experts, like their crore debt pile up with IL&FS in structure companies to their non- #$$3(>4J( laden IL&FS suffered due to “mis- also either were too incompetent  <     233>  23:?        (    6    ! 
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After back-to-back hikes ing to the Ministry of Mines. were cut by a minimum 2.50 Following the twin decision, since June, the Reserve Bank of The Government so far on October 5 when the gov- they fell to 81.50 per litre of India (RBI) kept interest rates has auctioned 50 mines, includ- ernment’s only second cut in petrol in Delhi and 86.97 in unchanged on Friday, surpris- ing 23 limestone, 17 iron ore, excise duty of 1.50 per litre Mumbai. ing markets that had expected toring and INR and crude oil battered in line with general 4 gold, 2 each of manganese and State-owned fuel retailers Diesel rates fell to 72.95 in a rate hike to support the tum- prices could be leading the way markets. and graphite blocks and one providing a 1 per litre subsidy Delhi and 77.45 in Mumbai bling rupee and combat infla- for markets going forward,” “However, the current fall bauxite and diamond block came into effect. In BJP-ruled on October 5. On Sunday, the tionary pressures from high oil said Lakshmi Iyer, CIO (Debt) was in isolation with global each. states, the reduction was high- rates hit a three-week high. prices. and Head of Products, Kotak developed markets which give There are 102 blocks in er as they matched the cut with Private retailers like Nayara “The equity market out- Mahindra Asset Management a ray of hope that soon a pipeline to be auctioned by a similar reduction local sales Energy, formerly known as look has taken a beating given Company. bounce will emerge as valua- March 2019 in Andhra tax or VAT. Essar Oil, too are matching degradation in the quality of Stock markets took a beat- tions have corrected a lot across Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, But the prices were on the PSU rates by subsidising fuel by debt, redemption and height- ing last week over rupee woes the board. We think markets Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya October. The idea is to fast-track rise from the very next day. 1 a litre. ened risk averseness by and crude oil prices. The BSE will calm down once corporate Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Of the two blocks, one is in auctioning and iron out issues Petrol price was hiked by 18 After the Centre cut excise investors. Sensex lost a whopping results start pouring in and Rajasthan, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and the other related to green clearances and paise a litre on October 6 and duty by 1.50 per litre and “Trend is likely to be neg- 1,850.15 points over the week given the oversold state of Assam, as per a report by the is in Gujarat. land rights are addressed 14 paise on Sunday, according asked PSU oil firms to subsidise ative at least in the near-term to close at 34,376.99 on Friday. market, sharp rallies can be Ministry of Mines on progess The Chintalayapalle- upfront. to daily price notification fuel by 1, Maharashtra and till the financial market sta- “On economic data front, expected,” said Jimeet Modi, of block auction. Abdullapuram-Korumanipalli It has given in-principle issued by state-owned oil firms. Gujarat Governments were bilises. Key data like bond this week the International Founder and CEO, SAMCO These include 42 lime- (CAK) limestone block in approval to provide single Petrol, which in Delhi was among the first to announce a yield, INR, oil prices, liquidity Monetary Fund will present its Securities and StockNote. stone, 19 bauxite, 11 man- Andhra Pradesh with reserves clearance for environment and cut to 81.50 on October 5, on matching 2.50 cut. and equity valuation has to latest World Economic The Indian rupee crashed ganese ore, 8 copper, 6 iron ore, of 104.68 million tonnes (MT) forest to the new lease holders Sunday costs 81.82. They were later joined by normalise which may take Outlook as it opens its annual below the 74-level against the 6 graphite, 3 zinc, 2 emerald, 2 will be auctioned on October of the 288 mining leases expir- Similarly, diesel rates are Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, some more time,” said Vinod meeting with the World Bank US dollar for the first time ever gold, 1 iron ore & manganese, 12. ing in two years. hiked by 29 paise a litre each on Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Nair, Head of Research, Geojit in Bali, Indonesia. US on Friday. 1 dolomite/limestone and 1 The Bhatvadiya block in From the 50 mineral blocks October 6 and Sunday. It costs Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Financial Services. September inflation data is “Rupee was caught off copper ore. Gujarat with reserves of 477.2 auctioned so far since 2015, the 73.53 per litre in Delhi, up Pradesh, Haryana Assam, “The lingering concerns due on Thursday. guard and weakened beyond As per the report, MT will go under the hammer government will earn a revenue from 72.95 on October 5, Uttarakhand, Goa and seems to be around crude oil “In India, data like IIP for 74, after RBI surprised markets Jharkhand will auction the on October 17. of 1.81 lakh crore over the according to the oil firms. Arunachal Pradesh with simi- prices, global interest rates and August and CPI for September by keeping rates unchanged. highest 20 blocks followed by The Centre had earlier said lease period. Delhi, which did not cut lar moves. Jammu and the ongoing global develop- month will be announced this Given the rising oil and trade 16 by Rajasthan and 13 each by it was considering granting all To ensure transparency in VAT on fuel, still has the cheap- Kashmir, which is under gov- ments on the trade front. Given Friday,” said VK Sharma, Head tensions, traders will bet on Madhya Pradesh and approvals, including environ- the mineral sector, Mines and est fuel in all metros and bulk ernor’s rule, too reduced tax on the status quo, we expect short PCG and Capital Market exports going up, to curb fur- Maharashtra. mental clearance, to mineral Minerals Development and of state capital as it levies lower the two fuel. term rates to ease while long Strategy, HDFC Securities. ther weakening in the curren- Of these 102, the blocks before putting them up Regulation) Amendment Bill, taxes. Mumbai despite reduc- Maharashtra, however, term yields may trade range “Markets have witnessed cy,” said Anand James, Chief Government plans to auction for sale, a move that may give 2015 was passed by Parliament ing VAT on petrol still has the reduced VAT only on petrol bound. selling across the board. 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Tport prices (MSP) for kharif Monetary Policy Report pub- a Sharjah-based NRI investor meeting held in Bhubaneswar Eon Sunday said it is foray- Flipkart Senior Vice President wedish furniture giant Ikea The central Government crop announced in July by the lished on Friday. on board as it seeks to tap fresh last month, the source added. ing into the insurance seg- and head of Fintech Ravi Son Sunday said it would not had on September 26 hiked Narendra Modi Government The MPR said the hike for capital to fuel its expansion The GSEC Aviation- ment after securing a corporate Garikipati said. raise the prices of low-end customs duties on as many as was “well below” the ones the 14 crops for the kharif plans and the announcement to Monarch Networth Capital had agent license. Tapan Singhel, MD and furniture and furnishing prod- 19 items, including jet fuel, Air effected under the previous 2018-19 season implies a nom- this effect is likely to be made acquired 60 per cent stake in To begin with, Flipkart has CEO of Bajaj Allianz General ucts if the company costs Conditioners and refrigera- UPA Governments in 2008-09 inal MSP increase in the range soon, a source said. the carrier from Pani family in partnered Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co, said the two increase due to Centre's recent tors, with an aim to curb and 2012-13, the Reserve Bank of 3.7 per cent to 52.5 per cent The Bhubaneshwar-based November last year along with Insurance to offer customised companies are starting with the hike in customs duty on some imports of non-essential goods. has said. for different crops as com- airline has also brought in the acquisition of G R insurance solutions to power its complete mobile protection furnishing items to curb Ikea imports most of the The Government had pared to their levels last year. industry veteran Bhupesh Joshi Gopinath-founded Air Deccan. mobile phone protection pro- plan (CMP), adding value for imports of non-essential goods. products it sells, and many are announced the hike in MSPs in The MPR, however, did as its chief executive officer GSEC Aviation is owned by gramme for all leading mobile millions of customers. “For now, we have not covered by the latest customs July for the summer or the not elaborate on the assertion ahead of bringing in the new Rakesh Ramanlal Shah, broth- phone brands that are sold on Estimates suggest about 36 seen any repercussions, but if duty hike which includes table- kharif crop, following a budget beyond a visual chart depicting Sharjahbased partner, the er-in-law of Adani Group its platform, Flipkart said in a per cent of mobile phone users there is continuation of costs ware, kitchenware and house- announcement affirming a 50 the MSP hikes for different source said. chairman Gautam Adani. statement. in India own smartphones. A due to hike in customs duties hold items made of plastic and per cent mark up to farmers commodities for multiple years. Air Odisha is currently 60 Air Odisha managing It added that under the major worry for customers is on furniture and furnishing travel bags, among others. over the cost of produce. MSP It, however, said that the pre- per cent owned by two director Shaishav Shah con- programme, it will offer both damaging their screens or hav- items, then at some point of The total import bill on on common variety of rice sent MSP hike can lead to a 0.29- Ahmedabad-headquartered firmed that the airline was cash payout option or free pick ing their phone stolen - chal- time we would have to pass it account of shipment of such was hiked by 200, along with 0.35 per cent hike in headline firms — GSEC Aviation- getting a new investor in up, service and drop conve- lenges that the offering aims to (burden) on to customers, but items into the country last fis- other crops like cotton, and inflation, the RBI’s core mandate. Monarch Networth Capital-- addition to the existing pro- nience to customers. address. we may do it on higher-end cal was 86,000 crore. pulses like tur and urad. “A first approximation of and the rest 40 per cent stake moters to infuse fresh capital, The insurance offering will The statement said the products, not lower-end, Curbing non-essential It followed it up by declar- the inflationary impact of MSP is with original promoter adding that it had already be available from October 10, insurance will be valid for a Deputy Country Manager imports was part of the five- ing a hike for the winter crop as increase...Yields 29-35 bps Radhakanta Pani family. signed an agreement to clinch the start of Flipkart's The Big year, covering accidental, Patrik Antoni said. pronged steps announced by well last week. This included an increase in headline inflation,” “However, GSEC Aviation- the deal. Billion Days (TBBD). screen, and liquid damage Patrik said Ikea is a global the government to check increase of 105 per quintal for the MPR said, adding that the Monarch Networth have decid- “I can just confirm that we “In line with our cus- along with theft of the pro- company and it would appre- widening current account wheat, and masur by 225 per estimate is based on multiple ed to partially offload their have signed the contract with tomer-first policy and as the tected mobile phones. ciate global trade, but would deficit and capital outflows. quintal, among others. methodologies. stake to the Sharjah-based a Sharjah-based company market leader in this segment, Customers will be able to not be happy with trade barri- Ikea is planning to invest “In a historical perspective, It, however, added that the crude oil firm Ghalia Petrol which is into crude oil trade. insurance felt like the logical purchase the insurance-pow- ers such as customs tariff or nearly 3,000 crore in the next the current increase in MSPs estimates are “highly tentative” in LLP. The two partners have We will very soon be making next step in providing con- ered CMP plan at the same import duties. three years to open three ful- (announced in July) is signifi- the absence of “robust informa- already signed the term-sheet a joint statement on the pro- sumers with excellent after- time as they buy the mobile He also said trade barriers fillment centres (packing ware- cantly higher than the average tion on the actual size and scale and are expected to make an posed deal,” Shah said. sales care for their phones. The phone for 99 onwards. will only affect 'ease of doing houses) in Mumbai, Bengaluru of the last five years but well of procurement operations”. -9 3*!   ! * 8   (!02    %"; 
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  by the People’s Bank of China      Authorities on Sunday did- were running back and forth,” resulted in a vague agreement like to ask you to disclose any- meeting on Saturday in Quetta      (PBOC) this year, came after n’t release names of victims or Bridey Finegan of Schoharie for the North to denuclearise. thing that you can open to the during his first visit to the   7 !   Beijing pledged to speed up Beijing: China and the United other specifics, but state police told WNYT NewsChannel 13 . The top US diplomat public here.” AP province as the Prime Minister.   " plans to invest billions of dol- States are set to hold high-level lars in infrastructure projects as talks here on Monday to reduce the economy shows signs of the spiralling trade and military 4
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Some of the liquidity tional tariffs on billions of dol- ond day on a constitutional cientists have developed a ingly, secondary transfer could husband sent her an image of Sunday sermons in the earth- Nugroho said that efforts unleashed will be used to pay lars of their exports. amendment backed by the Snew test that can reveal the take place, researchers said. a knife before he disappeared quake and tsunami damaged to retrieve decomposed bodies back the 450 billion yuan ($65 Announcing Pompeo’s influential Romanian amount of DNA people shed, This could result in an during a trip to their native Indonesian city of Palu, seek- in deep, soft mud were getting billion) of the medium-term visit, Foreign Ministry Orthodox Church that would a tool that could be used by innocent person’s DNA being China. Making her first public ing answers as the death toll tougher and that some people lending facility that will mature spokesperson Hua Chunying make it harder to legalise same- forensic experts to nab crimi- transferred by an object or comments on the mystery sur- from the twin disasters may have fled or been rescued on October 15, state-run last week said that China and sex marriage. nals using genetic clues left at even a handshake to a place rounding Meng Hongwei’s breached 1,700 and officials and evacuated. More than Xinhua news agency reported. the US would exchange views The conservative Coalition crime scenes. they have never visited. whereabouts, Grace Meng told said they feared more than 8,000 either injured or vulner- In addition, the liquidity of on bilateral ties and regional for Family initiated the refer- A single tap of a finger on Scientists have developed a test reporters in Lyon, France on 5,000 others could be missing. able residents have been flown another 750 billion yuan ($110 and international issues of endum and Orthodox priests items like door handles, glass or that can reveal the amount of Sunday she thinks the knife was Indonesia’s disaster agency or shipped out of Palu, while billion) will be injected into the common concern. during Sunday services encour- even shaking hands can help DNA people shed. This will her husband’s way of trying to said the number of dead had others could have left by land, market for lending, according US Defence Secretary Jim aged the faithful to vote. identify and link potential sus- help determine whether they tell her he was in danger. climbed to 1,763, mostly in he said. Officially, Nugroho to the PBOC statement. Mattis too was due to visit but The proposed amendment pects to a crime. Modern DNA were actually the last person to She says she has had no Palu. Agency spokesman said only 265 people are con- The announcement of the it was cancelled which China would change the definition of forensic science is capable of make contact with an item, further contact with him since Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said firmed missing and 152 others relaxing the RRR requirement said was at the behest of family in Romania’s analysing microscopic genetic researchers said. the message that was sent on many more people could be still buried under mud and for the banks, which are also Washington. The news of can- Constitution to make mar- traces inadvertently left at “We know that some peo- Sept. 25. She says four minutes buried, especially in the Palu rubble, nine days after the saddled with the huge local cellation of his visit came after riage a union between a man crime scenes. ple pass on more of their DNA before Meng shared the image, neighborhoods of Petobo and magnitude 7.5 earthquake and government debt of $2.58 tril- US allegations that Chinese and a woman instead of However, accurate identi- because when they touch he had sent a message saying, Balaroa, where more than 3,000 powerful tsunami hit Palu and lion comes amid deepening naval ship conducted unsafe between “spouses.” Same-sex fication depends on the quali- something more of their cells “Wait for my call.” homes were damaged or surrounding areas. trade war with US and raising manoeuvres near its destroyer marriage is already illegal in ty of DNA sourced at the are left behind,” said Adrian Meanwhile, the discipli- sucked into deep mud when The government targets to of the interest rates by US Decatur when it passed Romania. scene, according to researcher Linacre, Chair of Forensic nary organ of China’s ruling the Sept. 28 quake caused loose end search operations by Federal Reserve, intensifying through the islands off the The Central Electoral at the Flinders University in DNA Technology at Flinders Communist Party says the head soil to liquefy. Thursday, nearly two weeks the pressure on capital out- disputed South China Sea to Bureau said 11.67 percent of Australia. University. “They are called of Interpol, a senior Chinese “Based on reports from after the disaster, at which flows. assert freedom of navigation. voters had cast a ballot by There is always a risk cru- shedders but it’s very difficult official, is under investigation village chiefs in Balaroa and time those unaccounted for will The huge cash outflow China claims almost all of the lunchtime Sunday in the two- cial evidence could be over- at the moment to see who is a on suspicion of unspecified Petobo, some 5,000 people be declared missing and con- from the banks was expected to South China Sea. PTI day referendum. AP looked, smudged fingerprints shedder,” he said. legal violations. AP have not been found. Our sidered dead, Nugroho said. ?  4 Q."R$
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  I9>I9 dog treats — in Parliament Washington: NASA’s Voyager cosmic rays are blocked by the Square. Organisers plan to 2 probe is approaching inter- heliosphere, so mission plan- ith tails wagging and rau- hand in a petition to May’s stellar space and has detected ners expect that Voyager 2 will Wcous barking, hundreds Downing Street office “signed an increase in cosmic rays that measure an increase in the of dogs and their owners rallied by dogs and owners”. originate outside our solar sys- rate of cosmic rays as it in London on Sunday to howl After Brexit, Britain may tem, the US space agency said. approaches and crosses the for a new people’s vote on have to leave the EU’s pet pass- Launched in 1977, Voyager boundary of the heliosphere. Brexit, in what organisers port scheme, which allows reg- 2 is a little less than 17.7 billion In May 2012, Voyager 1 dubbed a “wooferendum out with Billy, a three-year-old istered pets to travel to mem- kilometres from Earth, or more experienced an increase in the march”. The gathering drew beagle draped in an EU flag. ber states freely with their than 118 times the distance rate of cosmic rays similar to EU-flag waving politicians, “I hope people are going to owners. The change will mean from Earth to the Sun. what Voyager 2 is now detect- actors and activists — all see some sense. I don’t know if dog-owners are likely to face Since 2007 the probe has ing. That was about three accompanied by their four- a second referendum is the increased bureaucracy and been travelling through the months before Voyager 1 legged friends and united in best solution but anything’s bet- need more preparation time if outermost layer of the helios- crossed the heliopause and their opposition to Britain’s ter than what’s happening right taking their canine companions phere — the vast bubble entered interstellar space. departure from the EU. now.” Human participants in to the continent. around the Sun and the plan- Cosmic Ray Subsystem instru- However, Voyager team mem- “In a campaign, use what- attracted everything from politicians. the march, many sporting Some at the march ets dominated by solar mater- ment on Voyager 2 has mea- bers note that the increase in ever you can that helps,” Alastair Corgies and beagles to huskies But politicians from all fancy dress and painted dog bemoaned that and other ial and magnetic fields. sured about a five per cent cosmic rays is not a definitive Campbell, a former Labour and a giant Leonberger — took parties have joined a growing faces, assembled with their impacts of Brexit. “It’s just one Voyager scientists have increase in the rate of cosmic sign that the probe is about to Government spokesman, told place two weeks before a larg- movement for Britons to have furry companions displaying of the many aspects that peo- been watching for the space- rays hitting the spacecraft cross the heliopause. Voyager 2 AFP alongside his five-month- er pro-referendum rally, set to the chance to say whether they pro-EU signs on their collars ple have taken for granted... craft to reach the outer bound- compared to early August. is in a different location in the old Cavalier King Charles be attended mostly by humans, have changed their minds. and backs, near Trafalgar And now won’t be there,” said ary of the heliosphere, known The probe’s Low-Energy heliosheath — the outer region Spaniel, Skye. planned for October 20. “It’s nice to highlight a Square. marketing consultant Anthony as the heliopause. Once Voyager Charged Particle instrument of the heliosphere — than “Today’s showing that this British Prime Minister serious point in such a fun way The crowd pawed its way Robinson, 48, of London. 2 exits the heliosphere, it will has detected a similar increase Voyager 1 had been, and pos- country just isn’t uniting Theresa May has ruled out a — everybody loves dogs,” said through the heart of the capi- He attended with Fred, his become the second human- in higher-energy cosmic rays. sible differences in these loca- around any vision for Brexit new Brexit referendum, saying German university lecturer tal’s Government district, two-year-old Corgi — the dog made object, after Voyager 1, to Cosmic rays are fast-moving tions means Voyager 2 may and it’s one way of fighting,” he it would betray the result of the Flora Renz, 30. She has lived in before they were set to gather breed favoured by Queen enter interstellar space. particles that originate outside experience a different exit time- said. The dog parade — which 2016 vote and destroy trust in Britain for a decade and turned for speeches — and likely some Elizabeth II. Since late August, the the solar system. Some of these line than Voyager 1. PTI

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round 28 per cent of India’s popula- tion comprises of youngsters and Aadolescents between the age group of 10-24. Despite such a large section compris- ing of youngsters, there is a complete lack +/55, of focus on their sexual and reproductive health, especially education pertaining to the subject. Despite several well-planned policies like the Adolescence Education Programme (AEP), The Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health F (RMNCH+A) program and the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK), there are gaps in the on-ground implementation. In a session at the capital, gender was The lack of effective financing for the pro- > !  
  !   !   7 discussed which also emphasised that grammes that provide information and “trans women are real women.” While health services to young people, along with        everyone agreed that trans women experi- the political landscape which stands against ence violence within and outside their fam- comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)   "4(# :,:# ilies, the main issue was whether they were often leads to this gap. A limited view of who women or not. One of the girls argued that      adolescents are and what their needs com- trans women are not real women because pise of, adds to it. workers, and government officials. The ses- struation is a taboo which is not to be spo- they do not have experiences similar to hers However, we do not have a policy that sion focussed on young girls’ knowledge, ken about. They said that this was the first while growing up where she faces discrim-   ) makes sex education compulsory in schools awareness and practices around menstrual time that they were discussing and talking ination. She said that it was only when a or outside it. The selective focus on issues health. While programmes have been made to their friends about it. They realised that trans woman started feeling like and iden- in CSE, shows that social conservatism and to promote sex education in schools, yet they could discuss it openly without any tifying herself as a woman would they expe- way of finding solutions for even patriarchal attitudes are prevalent. For menstruation is an overlooked chapter in the need to hide. “We didn’t even know that we rience womanhood. Debating against her I       smaller ones. instance, the curricula designed for adoles- curriculums. It is even more difficult to were allowed to talk about it,” was a com- was another girl who argued that if one can- If we analyse this trend, we will cent health often operates from a heteronor- reach out to rural adolescents and women. mon refrain. not see her struggling with her gender before     
  find that all this is due to the distur- mative lens and only caters to the tradition- It was obvious that the girls got incom- There were hardly any discussions she begins to identify as a woman, does not bance in the human spirit. A restless al gender binary. plete information on menstruation with the about the subject with the male teachers and make her struggle less significant. The  7     spirit is prone to give rise to forces of There are certain questions on sexual- minimum discussion in their home, schools ironically they are the ones who teach sub- nuanced discussion on understanding the de-stabilisation causing distress. ity and human reproductive system that and even in Anganwadis. “We have never jects like biology and science and hesitate invisibility in the struggles of trans women   !   Unless and until man learns to have remain unanswered for many adolescents spoken about menstruation in school. Not to discuss it. was exceptional. Such nuanced arguments inner calm and peace and to solve and even youngsters. with teachers not even with our friends,” The girls, in their feedback, expressed haven’t been heard in a training before. It 
  "4 #5JI-, problems through spiritual knowledge Examples abound on what the lack of shared a school girl. The girls also shared how pleased they were to have a workshop could be considered a success as there was and meditation, the turmoil will con- education and awareness about sexuality can that they knew that every friend of them has that discussed a taboo subject. There is a a space for the girls to think critically and 4 ##H=# 9,H=95 5, tinue and will even escalate to the do which has had drastic results. When a started menstruating but no one talked need for more awareness-building sessions articulate their thoughts on gender and sex- point of a serious human catastrophe. 12-year-old girl in Sugamau, near Lucknow, about it. For many, men- among not only the young women, but also uality. This is one of the examples of the CSE According to the Bhagwad Gita, who was a rape survivor, became pregnant, among those who engage with these issues, programme resulting in critical thinking for hose who proudly flaunt India’s lust, anger and greed are the three it was decided that once the culprit was including administrative officers, education- young people.With more such examples of Tvibrant democracy were ashamed gates of hell and hence it urges a being released from jail they would be married. al institutions, parents and frontline health evolution as well as a lack of a proper sex- by the unruly scenes witnessed on to abandon them. One who is liber- The incident came to Yeh Ek Soch (YES) workers, who must be sensitised on engag- ual knowledge, the policymakers and gov- their television screens during the last ated from these three vices is on the Foundation’s notice when a participant of ing with young people. ernment officials need to be sensitised on few days. The recent political drama path to salvation. It is obvious from the group of the youth leaders shared the Another issue that was flagged was that issues of sexual reproductive health and that unfolded made political pundits the above that true Ram Rajya can news during a session on ‘Access to Safe since 2016, Jharkhand has funded 25 crore rights in order to have a comprehensive look at the future of politics with con- exist only when those living in that Abortion’ in the community. The need for to promote menstrual hygiene among understanding of young people’s issues cern. The current scenario clearly Rajya have divine qualities. So, how urgent action to help the girl with medical school girls, by distributing free sanitary and be equipped to address them. indicates signals of strong separatist does one get liberated from these vices assistance was pressed upon, going against napkins. But till July 2018, the adolescents This will lead them to be aware of what forces at work in almost every polit- and imbibe divine virtues? The only the girl’s family, as they wanted her to steer from the Litipara school had received the young people want from them as they are ical party. This dangerous trend of dis- way souls can become pure in this clear of the matter. However, the girl gave sanitary pads only once. They even shared also equal stakeholders in policies that are integration has affected not only the present iron age is by linking up with birth to a baby boy later in that they didn’t like the quali- designed for them. By working in an all- parties but has also invaded families the source of all virtues, who is December. ty of the pads. Thus a need for inclusive manner, we will be able to create and the entire nation as well. However, known as “Supreme Soul.” Through But not just cases of sex- checking the quality of the safe spaces for young people irrespective of one finds that adequate attention this link they can draw power and ual harassment and intim- pads and the mechanism to their caste, class, religion, gender or sexu- has not been paid to its origin and to virtues that will enrich and strength- idation, even basic con- evaluate the process of their al identity. By strengthening our approach the enormity of harm that it causes to en them to take them beyond nega- cerns about menstrual distribution needs to be checked. towards adolescent and youth health, we will the society at every level. tive influences. This simple process of health and hygiene On the other other, girls who did be able to cater to their needs. After all, every The tendency of separation is in remain unaddressed. not go to school shared that they young person has the right to be informed fact a combination of psychological During a two-day work- had no media to receive the and have access to health services. symptoms, behavioural trends and shop on menstrual hygiene pads. Apart from the lack of However, with NGOs taking up health thinking patterns and is therefore, a and sanitation in Littipara sexual hygiene and men- initiatives and sexual and reproductive kind of a syndrome. Thus, before the High School in Pakur, struation awareness, there rights, there has been an increase in the actual split finally occurs, there is an Jharkhand. , which was attend- is yet another stigma awareness of CSE and its need to be inclu- upsurge in one’s conscious, subcon- ed by more than 50 adoles- which has now been sive of all gender identities. Limited gender scious or unconscious mind, of the cents (15-17 years of age), worked on to a great diversity leads to young people having inad- forces of mutual dissatisfaction, dis- few school dropout adoles- extent — transgender equate information and impacts their per- trust, disgust, hatred, intolerance and cent girls, the ASHA people. spective. alienation. This starts when some ambitious or self-centred people, in order to fulfil their strong desire for power, position, name and fame, money or material possessions and so on begin to find fault in others and the *  (    (  latter act with the spirit of rejection, resentment, protests and abhorrence or contempt. The two sides thus dis- turb and disown each other by begin-  != -  7   #9H,(#- ##  H# #9 #(I-,7 *         ning to assert their dissidence against       !  "4>,:J# I>, each other with greater vigour. Then the blame game begins and each side linking self with the Supreme is paints its adversary black. Each crit- called “Rajyoga.” Practicing it regular- What caught the attention of ed. A mission began on the Ganga Bachelors from Delhi University icises the other openly. As a result, ly will bring the soul peace, love, puri- Ridhima Modi was not the quali- ghats in Kanpur which gave birth and Masters from Warwick they get estranged and become inim- ty and bliss. Such qualities are reflect- fications of her to-be-husband or to what is called HelpUsGreen Business School, UK, comes from ical to the interests of the other. Thus, ed in a person’s words and actions. that he had a patent in his name, today. Started in May 2015 by two a joint family and said that his par- utter selfishness, unrestrained ambi- And when a critical number of indi- but his innovative thought-process. friends, Ankit Agrawal (29) and ents were not keen on him taking tion, strong lust, stark greed, narrow viduals transform themselves in this Ridhima, a post graduate in Karan Rastogi (29), HelpUsGreen this up as they felt that “this is no interests, social cut-off and individ- way, social transformation takes place finance from the Xavier Institute based in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is work to do.” ualism, self-centredness, jealousy, making way for Ram Rajya. of Social Service, Ranchi, got a pro- a mission to clean the Ganga His partner too faced opposi- rivalry and hatred that are born as a When this happens, that day is posal from Ankit Agrawal, who which employs the local women tion. When Ankit, who has 17 result of these create disgruntledness not far when we would see a world of had started a new venture and was particularly from the marginalised research papers and a patent in his and create fissiparous tendencies purity of character and values, where also contributing towards the section of the society and provides name, told his parents that he which lead to a split in a party, a every one would be divine and co- mammoth task of cleaning the them with livelihood. HelpUsGreen wanted to quit his job and start nation or a family. exist in harmony with nature. There gigantic river Ganga. has pioneered the technology of HelpUsGreen, his mother said, In such situations, one is caught will be no form of violence — phys- To understand the impor- recycling these flowers. “Ab tum job chodke mandiron ka up in the whirl of levelling charges and ical, mental or emotional. Pure love tance of what Agrawal was doing, However, it was not an easy kachra saaf karoge (now you will counter-charges against the other and respect will form the basis of rela- a look at the most sacred river of road that the duo traversed. leave your job and clean the and is unable to get out of it even if tionships. They will be completely free India which is also a lifeline of the Convincing the temple authorities garbage in temples).” his/her well-wishers try to help. One from and ignorant of evil, vices and millions living along its course, is to hand over their floral waste was Three years down the line, is so much under the pressure of dis- suffering. Materially, they will be liv- essential. The 2,525 km long river, the first hurdles that they faced. their parents are very proud of turbed emotions that one refuses to ing in opulence and abundance. despite being holy has become Recalling a visit to a temple, Karan and garland threads. The flower we needed a business-to-business them and also ask their friends and listen to the voice of reason which can Science will be used appropriately to highly polluted over the years. One said, “People go to a temple for heaps are then sprayed with a bio- product for mass volume. The rad- neighbourers to send the flowers lead to well-being. The person’s mind create technology and comforts which such factor adding to the mulch peace of mind but seeing a heap of logical culture which removes ical idea of making thermacol- to the organisation rather than to is so closed that s/he stops caring are necessary, eco-friendly and safe. are the flowers offered on its sacred flowers collected as garbage insecticides and pesticides. packaging material gave us the disposing them in the water. about any attempts from the well- People will enjoy perfect health, nat- banks at different places of worship on the temple premises is hardly Cleaned and washed, these flow- mass volume as we expanded HelpUsGreen recently won wishers to reconciliation and is not in ural beauty, and a long life-span free which get immersed in the water. conducive to that. Since I was reg- ers are then hand-crafted into pan-India,” said Ankit. the United Nation young leader for a mood to settle the matter even by from sickness and untimely death. The flowers come in contact with ular at this temple, it was difficult charcoal free incense sticks, cones, The duo is not just set out to SDG 2018, Bill and Melinda Gates adopting the ‘give-and-take’ attitude. There will be happiness and content- the water, release toxic com- but not impossible to convince plant fertilizer and florafoam. bring about an environmental Goalkeeper award and the United On the other hand, one’s stand ment, lightness, innocence, purity and pounds, reduce the oxygen level them. Incidentally, that was the Launched under the FMCG brand change but is also making a huge Nation Momentum of Change becomes too stiff and inflexible. As a joy in every action. and eventually threaten human biggest temple in Kanpur.” ‘Phool’, these products are social impact by employing 79 Award 2018. They were also list- result the emotional-mental distur- So when would this happen? It is and marine life. Starting with one temple, the absolutely organic and chemical- women, who earlier worked as ed in Forbes 30 under 30 class of bance starts to increase and the forces actually ‘now’ that we get an oppor- Flowers are a symbol of devo- initiative now collects flowers free. It has incense sticks, cones manual scavengers. They now 2018. “We never thought we could of negativity totally vitiate the atmos- tunity to create our best destiny. tion and reverence. When used for from 23 places of worship in the and vermicompost. Another prod- have full-time employment and get achieve this. In the coming years, phere. These could be catastrophic. Once we conquer the vices such as religious purposes, they become city on a regular basis. The quan- uct called ‘Florafoam’ is a 100 per fair wages, insurance, provident I hope we will be able to impact Unitedly, humankind can face even lust, ego and attachment, we would sacred and cannot be dumped in tity of flowers has increased man- cent bio-degradable alternative to fund and a bus service to com- more cities and change the lives of natural calamities and meet other dif- regain our original divine nature the bin and are eventually ifold from 1.5 to two tons to thermacol. Made from flowers, flo- mute. Ranjana who has been not less than 500 women”, Rastogi ficult and great challenges, but disuni- transforming the entire world into a immersed in the Ganga. So a seven to eight tons of flowers rafoam is customisable to any working with them for a year now said. Ridhima who manages their ty, disintegration, divisionism, sepa- new world. Don’t ever think that Ram need was felt to recycle these everyday. Once collected, these shape and size and is a much said, “My life has changed a lot for finances said, “Five years from now ratism or ‘each-for-himself’ attitude Rajya is a myth. No! It’s indeed a real- flowers to solve the problem of flowers are sorted to remove cheaper alternative to thermacol. the better.” I want to see us listed on the NSE does not only leave gigantic problems ity that’s as close as tomorrow if we monumental waste being generat- unwanted products like plastic “To make the model really scalable, Karan, who completed his as a public company.” unsolved but also puts obstacles in the start practicing from today.      ) $  )    )$
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