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It has set Rajnandgaon and his two RAMESH K SINGH n VARANASI the nation that today Varanasi the tone for the Assembly elec- Ministerial colleagues Kedar and the whole country have tions in five States that have Kashyap from Narayanpur and n an oblique attack on pre- become witness to that work of been viewed as a “semi-finals” Mahesh Gagda from Bijapur. Ivious governments for wast- development which was sup- before the country goes for the Rajnandgaon seat where ing thousands of crore of posed to have been done Lok Sabha battle in 2019. Chief Minister Raman Singh is rupees in the name of making decades ago but, sadly, the The phase-1 turnout was locked in a direct fight with Ganga river clean and pollu- same was never done,” Modi estimated to be 70 per cent and Congress candidate Karuna tion-free and neglecting rivers added. significantly the Maoist bas- Shukla, niece of late Prime across the country, Prime Modi received India’s first tions in Chhattisgarh recorded Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Minister Narendra Modi on container vessel that com- the highest-ever voting per- recorded 70 per cent polling. Monday said that during the menced its voyage from centage amid peaceful polling Women voters mainly in last four years the way the Kolkata on inland waterways for which about 1.25 lakh secu- tribal-dominated forested inte- development work was carried on October 30, carrying cargo rity personnel were deployed riors were seen queued up in out showed that the BJP had thus reviving inland water- across eight districts. large numbers even after vot- done politics only for develop- ways for freight movement. Polling officials confirmed ing timing ended. ment and not for vote bank. “It Kolkata to Varanasi route is that restive areas — Bhejji, Chhattisgarh’s Chief is also a historic day when for part of what is called National Chintagufa and Injeram in Electoral Officer Subrat Sahoo the first time since Waterways-1 and it will join Konta seat; Pamed and KBK Infographics said that Khujji Assembly seg- Independence, waterways four states between Varanasi Bhopalpattanam in Bijapur seat ment registered the highest transportation began in the and Haldia. — which had track record of political parties and intellectu- turnout of 72 per cent and the country,” he said, adding that it The PM claimed that it was almost zero polling recorded als described the higher poll percentage figure could go was also the ‘new vision of the sheer determination to realise heavy turnout right from early turnout as an indication of up after final compilation of new India’. dreams within the set deadline CRPF personnel help an elderly voter to reach a polling station for casting her vote during the first phase of Chhattisgarh hours of voting. “Maoists losing influence in voting data. Addressing an impressive that the prestigious project Assembly elections, in Naxal-affected Sukma district, on Monday PTI Government officials, jungle areas where Naxals Continued on Page 7 gathering at Wajidpur near was right on the ground. “The Harahuwa where he inaugu- first multi-modal project, rated projects worth over which is a testimony to a new `2,400 crore on Monday India, will cut travel time and evening, the Prime Minister help businessmen. The roads Ananth Kumar CVC files confidential report on Verma graft said: “Contrary to previous will be less crowded. Fuel costs governments, we are spending will also be lowered and there PNS n NEW DELHI “Report of the Central money in making the Ganga will also be relief from vehic- Vigilance Commission with river clean and, in this direc- ular pollution,” said the PM. he Central Vigilance regard to the preliminary tion, projects worth `23,000 Referring to the waterway passes away TCommission (CVC) on enquiry held in respect of the crore were sanctioned and out facility, he claimed the entire Monday filed its preliminary petitioner — Alok Kumar of the same `5,000 crore are eastern region would become Union Minister dies in Bengaluru after enquiry report in a sealed Verma — in sealed cover has being allocated for Namami an export hub with places like cover before the Supreme been submitted in court by Gange project.” Bhadohi, Mirzapur and battling lung cancer for several months Court against benched CBI Tushar Mehta, Solicitor The Prime Minister start- Varanasi would be able to director Alok Kumar Verma in General,” the Bench said. ed his 35-minute speech in the showcase their products to the KESTUR VASUKI n BENGALURU ANANTH KUMAR view of the allegations of cor- Likewise, the apex court local dialect and greeted the world out there. Taking a vow ruption levelled against him by SC to examine/hear case on Nov 16 noted in its order that the people on the occasion of to make the changing face of enior BJP leader and Union his deputy Rakesh Asthana. report of the orders passed by Chhath festival. He ended his Varanasi more imposing and SParliamentary Affairs Following allegations of investigators of the agency. Verma for which a separate and the acting director was filed in speech with the chant ‘Har Har grand in the days to come, the Minister Ananth Kumar, 59, corruption, Verma and A Bench of Chief Justice further enquiry is required. It sealed cover, in terms of the ear- Mahadev’. PM said it was time that Kashi died at a private hospital here Asthana were divested of their Ranjan Gogoi and Justice implies there is no clean chit to lier order of the court dated Modi unveiled the first- became a hub of adventure, in the early hours of Monday, supervisory authority in the Sanjay Kishan Kaul took both Verma and the CVC preliminary October 26, 2018, by Additional ever multi-model waterway culture and nature. While lay- party spokesman said. He was CBI and sent on leave. the reports on record and fixed report has left it for the apex Solicitor General PS Narasimha. terminal on the Ganga river. He ing the foundation of seven suffering from lung cancer and Acting CBI director M November 16 as the next date court to decide further course of “Both the aforesaid reports emphasised that the BJP-led more projects, the PM claimed had come back from the US in Nageswara Rao too filed in a for hearing in the matter. action, the sources added. are taken on record. All the governments had always been that people only wanted to do October after treatment at the sealed cover the decisions taken Sources privy to the CVC The CVC and Rao placed matters will be considered on striving for the development of politics of development. “Public Memorial Sloan Kettering by him from October 23-26 enquiry said the report has three copies of their reports in Friday next i.e. November 16, the country and its country- chooses governments on the Cancer Centre, New York. He with regard to the transfer of flagged certain questions with compliance with the October 2018,” the Bench said. men. "It is historic for Kashi, basis of development instead of is survived by wife and two investigations and change of regard to the probe against 26 order of the SC. Continued on Page 7 Purvanchal, (East India) and Continued on Page 7 daughters. The Karnataka JULY 1959-NOV 2018 Government has declared a three-day State mourning till death,” he said. November 14 as a mark of Ananth, was widely regard- Abided by DAC to buy respect to Ananth Kumar. His ed as an able political organis- last rites will be performed on er who helped the BJP expand Tuesday with all Government its reach in country’s South. Rafale: Centre to SC honour, an official release said. His organisational skills Ananth had built the BJP and proficiency in Kannada, Govt submits price The SC will take up the in Karnataka and was the Hindi, Marathi and English case on November 14. The sole Member of Parliament caught the attention of the details in sealed cover court on October 31 had asked from the State. party’s top leaders like Atal the Centre to place before it His political journey began Bihari Vajpayee and LK PNS n NEW DELHI within 10 days the pricing from Vidhyarthi Parishat and Advani, who made him a BJP details of 36 Rafale fighter jets. graduated through RSS to the national General Secretary at a mid raging controversy In the last hearing, the Centre national politics. Known for his young age. Aover the `59,000 crore was reluctant to share the price integrity, Kumar had friends in An urban face of the BJP, Rafale fighter jet deal with details and Attorney General the Congress and other parties.