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Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . . cuttack . patna NEARBY U.K. Parliament votes to force Brexit delay Campaigning ends in Haryana, Maharashtra I will not negotiate a delay with EU, neither does the law compel me to do so, says PM Johnson

Reuters delay beyond Britain’s sche­ the government would not Polling will be held on October 21 LONDON duled departure date of Oc­ hold a vote on its Brexit deal Kejriwal inaugurates A defiant Prime Minister Bo­ tober 31. on Saturday as planned. Mr. 100 mohalla clinics ris Johnson said he would But Mr. Johnson has re­ Johnson said he would put it NEW DELHI not negotiate a further delay peatedly vowed he will not to vote on Tuesday. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to Britain’s departure from do this, and on Saturday, he Mr. Letwin’s amendment on Saturday inaugurated 100 the European Union (EU) af­ stuck to that line. “I will not proposed that a decision on mohalla clinics in Delhi. There ter Parliament voted on Sa­ negotiate a delay with the backing a Brexit deal be de­ are now over 300 such clinics in the city, the government turday to postpone a vote on EU, and neither does the law ferred until all the legislation said. At an event in Timarpur, his Brexit deal. compel me to do so,” he told needed to implement it had the CM said that 100 more Parliament voted 322 to Parliament. “I will tell our been passed through mohalla clinics would be 306 in favour of an amend­ friends and colleagues in the Parliament. opened in November. ment put forward by Oliver EU exactly what I have told Three years after Britain CITY Ī PAGE 2 Letwin, a former Conserva­ everyone else in the last 88 voted 52­48% to leave the EU, DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD tive Cabinet Minister. days: further delay would be Mr. Johnson struck a deal According to legislation bad for this country, bad for with the bloc in Brussels on Hectic day: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking at a rally Dalit youth tortured PM under pressure: Figures depicting Boris Johnson and his passed earlier, the vote the European Union and bad Thursday. in Sirsa district of Haryana on Saturday. * PTI over tractor loan special adviser Dominic Cummings are displayed during a means Mr. Johnson is obliged for democracy.” GHAZIABAD demonstration in London on Saturday. * REUTERS to write to the EU seeking a The vote, however, means DEAL IS NOT DEAD Ī PAGE 12 Press Trust of India “destroying the country” After Pilkhuwa, one more New Delhi case of alleged custodial with wrong policies and torture has come to light Campaigning ended on Sa­ strategies. from western . Let Hajela go only turday for the October 21 As­ The State has 90 Assemb­ A 27­year­old Dalit man was India decides to put off PM Modi’s visit to Turkey sembly elections in Haryana ly seats, with 1,169 candi­ allegedly tortured by on accounting for and Maharashtra, as well as dates, including 105 wo­ policemen when his father the byelections to 51 As­ men, in the fray. failed to pay the instalments Govt. upset at Erdogan’s Kashmir stand; uncertainty over tender to Anadolu Shipyard NRC money: BJP sembly seats and two Lok The main contest is seen of a loan on a tractor in Sabha constituencies spread between the BJP, the Con­ Pahasu area of Bulandshahr. Suhasini Haidar cel the selection of Turkey’s India has to decide but it cer­ When asked, the Turkish Special Correspondent across 18 States. Counting of gress and the Jannayak Jana­ NEW DELHI Guwahati NORTH Ī PAGE 5 Anadolu Shipyard for build­ tainly is being discussed, and Ambassador said he hoped votes will be on October 24. ta Party. The BSP, the AAP, DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD The government has decided ing naval support ships, fol­ we are awaiting dates from the tender is retained. The BJP Assam unit has While the BJP’s high­vol­ the INLD­SAD combine, Centre is creating fear to put off a proposed visit by lowed its “unhappiness” ov­ South Block,” he said. “It is a commercial issue; asked the Sarbananda So­ tage campaign focused on Swaraj India and the Lok­ psychosis: NSCN(IM) Prime Minister Narendra Mo­ er Turkey’s stand on Official sources also con­ so I don’t know what will nowal government to re­ the dilution of Article 370 in tantra Suraksha Party have GUWAHATI di to Ankara as part of a num­ Kashmir. firmed to The Hindu that the happen. Whenever Prime lieve Prateek Hajela from Jammu & Kashmir and na­ also thrown their hats into The Isak­Muivah faction of the ber of measures showing its When asked, officials of $2.3 billion tender granted to Minister Narendra Modi has service in the State only af­ tional security, the Opposi­ the ring, though none of National Socialist Council of displeasure over Turkish the Ministry of External Af­ Turkey’s Anadolu Shipyard spoken to President Erdo­ ter he provided an account tion focused on the econo­ them is contesting in all 90 Nagaland has accused the President Recip Tayyip Erdo­ fairs said no such visit by Mr. earlier this year to help build gan, he has spoken of his of every rupee spent on the my and unemployment, seats. Centre of creating a fear gan’s speech at the United Modi was under discussion. five 45,000­tonne fleet sup­ “Make in India” concept and exercise to update the Na­ with Congress leader Rahul The campaign in Maha­ psychosis in Naga­inhabited Nations General Assembly port ships for the Hindustan his desire to build ‘Smart Ci­ tional Register of Citizens . Gandhi highlighting the eco­ rashtra was again dominat­ areas by deploying “thousands (UNGA) last month, in which ‘Visit was expected’ Shipyard Limited is likely to ties’. So we would like to go The Supreme Court on nomic slowdown, unem­ ed by the aggressive narra­ of armed forces personnel.” he criticised its move on Arti­ However, Turkey’s Ambassa­ cancelled. ahead with the shipyard pro­ Friday ordered the inter­ ployment, the “failure” of tive on Article 370 by the BJP NEWS Ī PAGE 11 cle 370 in Jammu & Kashmir. dor to India ސakir Özkan To­ While the sources noted ject and not put it aside,” Mr. cadre transfer of Mr. Haje­ demonetisation and the GST for a second straight term DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Sources said the visit, runlar told The Hindu that that rules for local procure­ Torunlar stated. la, State NRC Coordinator, rollout. under Chief Minister Deven­ which had been discussed Mr. Modi’s visit was expected ment and security concerns To a query if India­Turkey to his home State of Mad­ dra Fadnavis. From the Op­ when Mr. Modi met Mr. Erdo­ by his government. over Anadolu’s work for the ties had suffered as a result of hya Pradesh. The court Focus on Article 370 position’s perspective, it gan in Osaka in June last, is “It is not just an expecta­ Pakistan navy were reasons the recent developments, he gave no reason for the or­ Campaigning for the Harya­ was lacklustre canvassing, unlikely to take place by the tion [PM’s visit to Turkey]. It for the likely cancellation, di­ said he didn’t think “one ver­ der, but it is believed the of­ na election ended with except a few rallies ad­ year­end, as planned earlier. has been discussed recently, plomatic sources said Tur­ tical”, where there are diffe­ ficial was under pressure Prime Minister Narendra dressed by Mr. Gandhi and Official sources said In­ and we are now awaiting al­ key’s recent statements and rences, should “define the from the BJP and certain or­ Modi addressing two rallies NCP leader Sharad Pawar. dia’s sharp criticism of Anka­ ternative date proposals ac­ its support for Pakistan at the fate” of bilateral relations. ganisations for “failing” to in Rewari and Ellenabad. He ra’s military operations in Sy­ cording to PM Modi’s sche­ Financial Action Task Force provide an error­free NRC. attacked the Congress over CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 MAGAZINE Ī 12 PAGES ria this week, as well as an dule in the next couple of on terror financing were also CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 Article 370 and the Kartar­ WHAT DID CONG. DO FOR SIKH CLASSIFIEDS Ī PAGES 6 & 7 “expected” decision to can­ months. The Government of considered. INDIA SLAMS PAK. Ī PAGE 11 DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 11 pur Corridor, accusing it of CORRIDOR, ASKS PM Ī PAGE 10

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Special Correspondent comments on Prophet Mu­ administration, he added. LUCKNOW hammad in 2015. They were Faizan is accused of pur­ Three persons have been de­ booked for conspiracy, and chasing the box of sweets re­ tained in Surat and two Mus­ being questioned, Mr. Singh covered from the house of lim clerics booked in Bijnor, said. They were named in Tiwari after the murder in Uttar Pradesh, for the mur­ the police complaint filed by the Naka area of Lukcnow. der of Hindu Samaj Party the victim’s wife, Kiran Tiwa­ The two let off in Surat by leader Kamlesh Tiwari, the ri. Mr. Singh said there was the police after questioning police said on Saturday. no terror angle in the case. were Pathan’s brother and The and Uttar Pra­ Gaurav Tiwari who, a few desh police detained five ‘Radical killing’ days ago, called up Tiwari, persons in Surat but let off There were two other per­ offering to join his outfit, the two after an inquiry. sons, including the main ac­ Hindu Samaj Party. The three detained were The three suspects who cused, about whom the pol­ Chief Minister Yogi Adi­

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