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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY No confusion, Restrictions return to Valley Art. 370 had to Prayers unlikely to be allowed at Jamia Masjid; phone, Internet service remain cut go, says Shah Special Correspondent CHENNAI SC rejects farmers’ plea Union Home Minister Amit for higher compensation Shah said on Sunday that NEW DELHI he had no confusion what­ The Supreme Court has soever in his mind on the rejected a plea by farmers for need to remove the special ‘fair compensation’ for land status granted to Jammu acquired from them. It said the villagers came to court 21 and Kashmir under Article years too late. Land was 370 and added that its taken from the villagers of abrogation would end ter­ Gulsitapur and Tilpta, near rorism in the region and the Noida­Dadri Highway in put it on the road to Uttar Pradesh, in the late development. Death toll hits 72 in 1980s under the Land Mr. Shah was speaking Acquisition Act. They were at an event in the city to re­ given ₹20­22 per square yard lease a book Listening, Kerala flood mayhem at the time. Learning & Leading…, pu­ NATION Ī PAGE 9 blished by the Information 2.61 lakh people shifted to relief camps DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD and Broadcasting Ministry, DMRC staffer found chronicling the two­year Special Correspondent With the rain fury abat­ dead in rented house tenure of Vice­President M. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ing, rescue operations res­ NEW DELHI Venkaiah Naidu. The death toll in rain­related umed in the landslip­hit Ka­ A 27­year­old man, working Mr. Shah said he firmly incidents in the State rose to valappara in Malappuram as a maintenance staff with believed that there was no 72 on Sunday, even as most and Meppadi in Wayanad on the DMRC, was found dead at benefit from Article 370 to central and north Kerala dis­ Sunday morning. his rented accommodation in the nation and to Kashmir tricts reported diminished The Army and the Nation­ Shahdara’s Farsh Bazar on Voices of dissent: A day before Id, women shout slogans during a protest in Srinagar on Sunday. * REUTERS and that it should be re­ rainfall after four days of tor­ al Disaster Response Force Sunday morning. moved at once. rential downpour. (NDRF) retrieved three CITY Ī PAGE 3 Peerzada Ashiq define the security situation “As a Home Minister, Till Sunday, 2,61,249 peo­ more bodies from Kavalap­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Vijaita Singh ‘Don’t go back Corbyn backs in the entire State. The entire there was no confusion at ple (75,636 families) have para after an intensive day­ Now and Then Srinagar/New Delhi State is peaceful. Earlier, all in my mind as to what been evacuated to 1,639 re­ long search. With this, the Security was tightened and on Kartarpur’ UN resolutions stone­throwing incidents would happen after the re­ lief camps across the State. death toll in the landslip has Former tennis player restrictions were reimposed Punjab Chief Minister Leader of the U.K.’s were larger in number,” Mr. moval of Article 370. I was Kozhikode, Malappuram, risen to 12. Vishaal Uppal says he has in the Kashmir Valley on the Amarinder Singh on Sunday Opposition Labour Party Singh said. sure that after the removal Thrissur and Wayanad dis­ One more body was reco­ no regrets about what he eve of Id on Sunday, amid re­ expressed concern over Jeremy Corbyn has called A top police source said of Article 370, terrorism tricts account for a majority vered from Meppadi, also did not achieve. He is ports of “street mobilisa­ reports of a “discernible for resolving the Kashmir former Chief Minister Fa­ will end inside Kashmir of the camps; 58 people are on Sunday. Revenue officials now happy to use his ex­ tion.” slowdown” in Pakistan’s issue through UN rooq Abdullah would be al­ and the State would be on still missing: 50 in Malappu­ identified the deceased as perience as a player to re­ All communication lines, activities for the resolutions. “The situation lowed to offer Id prayers at a the path of development,” ram, seven in Wayanad and Rani, 53, wife of Panneersel­ main associated with the including phones and the In­ development of the in Kashmir is deeply shrine on Gupkar Road. A he said. one person in Kottayam, the vam whose body was reco­ game as a coach. Ī PAGE 5 ternet, remained snapped Kartarpur Corridor. He disturbing. Human rights congregation prayer would However, referring to government said in a 9 p.m. vered on Friday. for the seventh day and were urged Pakistan not to abuses taking place are be allowed for other mem­ national badminton coach update. In all, 286 houses So far, 10 bodies have unlikely to be restored on renege on its commitment unacceptable. The rights of bers of political parties such Pullela Gopichand’s have been destroyed and been recovered from the the occasion of the festival, a to the project, which he said the Kashmiri people must as the National Conference speech in which he illus­ 2,966 houses damaged. site. Although Wayanad re­ top security source said. is of supreme religious be respected and UN and the Peoples Democratic trated how people even “Weather forecasts show corded a dip in rainfall on importance to the Sikh resolutions implemented,” Party who were detained at now referred to the (pro­ heavy rain could persist for Sunday, the banks of the Ka­ Meeting with Imams community. Ī PAGE 13 he wrote on Twitter. Ī PAGE 13 the Sher­i­Kashmir Interna­ blematic) bifurcation of two more days in the State. bani river and its tributaries Srinagar District Magistrate DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD tional Convention Centre Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Shah So we need to remain vigi­ remain flooded. Shahid Choudhury told The (SKICC), an official said. said, “I had a slight appre­ lant,” Chief Minister Pina­ In the Upper Kuttanad re­ Hindu that the administra­ tions were reimposed after The Hindu that no decision Information Commission­ hension in my mind that I rayi Vijayan said, after a gion of Pathanamthitta dis­ tion had a meeting with sev­ they were eased on Satur­ was taken on resuming the er M.K. Dwivedi said restric­ should not be a part of high­level meeting at the trict, the situation has eral imams (religious heads) day, Mr. Choudhury said, Internet services in the Val­ tions were reimposed to such visualisa­ State Emergency Opera­ turned grim. Floodwaters to prepare for the festival on “Section 144 of the Cr.PC ley because authorities sus­ avoid any untoward inci­ tion.” tions Centre here. receding from the upper Monday. A senior govern­ that prohibits the assembly pected “mischievous posts” dent. The India Meteorological reaches of Pampa have in­ ment official said prayers of more than four people would be put out by Pakistan Department (IMD) has is­ undated paddy fields and were unlikely to be allowed was never completely lifted on social media to incite pe­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 CONTINUED sued orange alerts indicat­ low­lying regions. at Jamia Masjid, one of the in the city. The restrictions ople. “One odd stone­throw­ INDIA TOO CANCELS SAMJHAUTA ON Ī PAGE 12 ing the likelihood of isolated biggest mosques, at Nowhat­ were always there. Move­ ing incident in Srinagar’s EXPRESS Ī PAGE 13 heavy rainfall in Idukki, Ma­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 ta, to prevent any large ment of traffic was allowed downtown area does not CRPF STARTS HELPLINE Ī PAGE 13 lappuram, Kozhikode, TOURISTS STRANDED Ī PAGE 8 procession. in some areas.” mean the entire Valley is out STUDENTS DECLINE AMU FEAST Wayanad, Kannur and Ka­ RELIEF OPERATIONS CONTINUE EDUCATIONPLUS Ī 4 PAGES Asked why the restric­ DGP Dilbagh Singh told to throw stones. It cannot INVITE Ī PAGE 13 sargod for Monday. IN MAHARASHTRA Ī PAGE 7 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Sonia likely to lead Congress for 6 months Govt. to launch Sobhana K Nair tee (CWC) had requested her Other than the three Gand­ NEW DELHI to lead the party again. his — Sonia, Rahul and Pri­ Sonia Gandhi is expected to Ms. Gandhi, who is also yanka — no other names ‘Uber for tractors’ be the interim president of the chairperson of the Unit­ were discussed by the CWC, the Congress for more than ed Progressive Alliance, is sources said. There have six months, party sources likely to be at the helm till been reports that Mallikar­ app to aid farmers said. After 12 hours of delib­ the next round of Assembly jun Kharge and Mukul Was­ erations on Saturday, the polls, with no election to nik were the front runners. Priscilla Jebaraj Congress Working Commit­ choose the next president. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 NEW DELHI A laser­guided land leveller harnesses technology to accurately flatten a field in a fraction of the time used by a traditional oxen­powered scraper. The result? Farmers save A laser­guided land leveller precious groundwater and helps farmers save increase productivity by 10 groundwater and raise to 15%. productivity.. The hitch? Such hitech * RAVIKUMAR NARABOLI levellers cost at least ₹3 lakh, way beyond the reach “Say, I need a rotovator of the average small farmer.