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If a large number of ‘Jungle Raj’ and ‘development’. for the NDA alliance. vehicles worth crores of rupees He cautioned the people of Tejashawi’s public rallies have arrived, who gets them,” Bihar against going back to the are, however, witnessing huge the PM asked people at the rally. days of being ‘bimar’. public attendance making poll “Today, if every assess- Continued on Page 6 ! ! # ! # ! * # ! , , / 0 / ' 1 / 0 2! ! # 8( Official sources said, “Late ' . " ! ! , Saturday evening the intelli- izbul Mujahideen’s Chief gence network of the Jammu & ,45+46!7 “Voter turnout in phase one “yuvraj of Jungle Raj” and for- HOperational Commander Kashmir police had shared elections on Wednesday proves mer Congress president Rahul Saifullah alias Ghazi Haider information about the presence escribing Rashtriya Janata that the NDA Government Gandhi, another Yuvraj whom (code name) was gunned down of one of the top commanders DDal (RJD)-Congress under Chief Minister Nitish “people have already tested”, by the joint team of security in the Rangreth area. The oper- “Mahagathbandhan” combine Kumar is returning to power,” Modi said the contest is forces in Rangreth of Srinagar ation was launched late Sunday as an “alliance of dynasts”, said Modi in his first rally in between “double Yuvraj versus late Sunday afternoon without afternoon after rushing sepa- Prime Minister Narendra Modi Chapra, the political bastion of double engine” in Bihar. suffering any collateral damage. rate teams in the area.” on Sunday hit out at the Lalu Prasad, the RJD leader The PM addressed four Resident of Malangpora, he Inspector General of Opposition saying they were serving a prison sentence in rallies in Bihar that is the first was one of the most wanted ter- Police, Kashmir range Vijay only concerned about their corruption cases. State voting amidst the coron- rorists in Kashmir Valley and Kumar said, “This is a huge own families. He urged people The turnout was around 54 avirus pandemic. as directly involved in several success for the police and secu- of Bihar not to allow the State per cent on first-phase voting “Bihar will re-elect the attacks on the security forces, rity forces.” go “sick again” and see the “dif- on October 28. In the second “double engine” Government according to the police records. Kumar said, “During the ference” between the “Jungle phase, voting for 94 seats will of Janata Dal United and the He was active since 2014 in search operation, the terrorist Raj and Sushasan”. be held on November 3. In the Bharatiya Janata Party,” said Valley and became operational was given the opportunity to Kicking off the second- third phase, 78 seats will go to Modi alleging the Opposition commander of the pro- surrender, however, he fired phase of his election campaign polls on November 7. Counting will bring back “Jungle Raj”. He ! Pakistan terrorist outfit in indiscriminately upon the joint in Bihar, the PM claimed that will take place on November said the public response dur- " ! #$% &"! ' ()$&&"* Kashmir in May 2020 after the search party, which was retal- the first round of the poll 10. In a stinging jibe at RJD ing the Bihar Assembly elec- +!, " ! #$- ( ,, elimination of Reyaz Naikoo, iated leading to an encounter. “indicates NDA victory”. leader Tejashwi Yadav as tions clearly indicated that the ' . " # , ! , former HM commander. Continued on Page 6 R ! ! ,45+46!7 Nepal said the road was yderabad-based Bharat constructed in its territory HBiotech in all likelihood but New Delhi all along main- will launch its vaccine, tained it was well within its “Covaxin” for Covid-19 in the boundary and some kilome- second quarter next year, the ters away from the Line of pharma manufacturer said on Actual Control (LAC) with Sunday. China there. The company’s vaccine has ,45+46!7 Besides mass protest, been developed in collabora- Nepal also issued a new map tion with the Indian Council of rmy Chief General M M that showed Kalapani, Medical Research (ICMR)- ANaravane’s three-day visit Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura, National Institute of Virology to Nepal starting on Tuesday all controlled by India, as part (NIV) using inactivated Sars- approval from the Drugs and his meeting with Prime of Nepalese territory thereby Cov-2, the virus that causes Controller General of India Minister KP Sharma Oli is heightening tension between Covid-19. The virus was iso- (DCGI) to conduct phase 3 likely to paper over the con- the two countries. lated in an ICMR lab. clinical trial to establish the effi- troversy over road construction In a seminar then, The firm said its immedi- cacy of the vaccine candidate, in Uttrakhand. The road in Naravane said the protests were ate focus is to conduct the it has begun site preparatory Lipulekh in Uttarakhand was being held at the behest of phase 3 trials successfully exercises for phase 3, recruit- inaugurated in May leading to “someone else” in obvious ref- across sites in the country. “If ment and dosage will begin in mass protests in Nepal and erence to China. Taking excep- we get all the approvals after November. cooling down of relations tion to these comments by the establishing strong experi- “The trial to be conducted between two traditional Army Chief, Nepalese Defence mental evidence and data, and in 25 to 30 sites across 13-14 friends. Minister Ishwar Pokhrel had efficacy and safety data in our States, will provide two doses Defence Minister Rajnath said they “hurt the sentiments last stage of trials, we aim to each for the vaccine and place- Singh had inaugurated the of the Nepali Gurkha army per- launch the vaccine in Q2 of bo recipients. About 2,000 sub- road in May. It reduces the trav- sonnel who lay down their 2021,” said the company in a jects could be enrolled per el time to Kailash Mansarovar lives to protect India.” statement. hospital,” it said. pilgrimage by several km. Continued on Page 6 After the company received Continued on Page 6 P &01P O P ! 4567/ ,45+46!7 As per the satellite data highest number of farm fires images, there were 4,853 inci- was 2,926 reported on October he National Aeronautics dents in these States on 28. Tarn Taran and Amritsar Tand Space Administration October 30. are among the top in the list of (NASA) satellite images show The Ministry of Earth farm fires in the state. O P a sudden increase in paddy Sciences said paddy crop The Agriculture Ministry crop residue burning cases in residue burning contribution in said the reason behind increas- !"#$% ! Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and NCR’s pollution is ing incidents of paddy crop " Haryana and Uttar Pradesh around 40 per cent on residue burning is that the L $M&! since October 25. November 1 this year as com- paddy area harvested in '$ & Satellite images show that pared to the 44 per cent last Amritsar district has increased () farm fire incidents have dra- year during the same period. by 35,500 hectare and in Tarn * matically increased in the past Punjab has reported 4,272 Taran by 39,300 hectare in " few days as large parts in these incidents, highest in the season 2020 as compared to 2019. States seem lit with orange on October 30. The previous Continued on Page 6 dots, signifying farm fires. The images show 4,229 & incidents which include 3,616 "#$%& '!!#+ & ,O in Punjab, 404 in Madhya & Pradesh, 162 in Haryana and ,45+46!7 complaining about itching 47 in Uttar Pradesh on eyes, sour throats and )! ./ October 31. he air quality in the breathing problems. 0001 According to the Tnational Capital Following which, Agriculture Ministry, as many remained in the “very poor” pollution monitoring agen- ) as 35,228 farm fire incidents category on Sunday morn- cies have issued alert and were reported in these States ing as the overall air quali- advised people to stay 2 between October 1 and 31 so ty index (AQI) was record- indoors and avoid outdoor 03 far as compared to the 25,778 ed at 384 with residents physical activities. in 2019 and 22,665 in 2018. !"!#!# !## 6()?,25 iving a call to make child Ghealth protection a mass movement, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath '( on Sunday said that the dream of a ‘golden’ Uttar Pradesh could not be realised until A total6()?,25 of 98 lakh beneficia- social participation, availabil- infectious disease caused by childhood was healthy and ries have been identified in the ity of proper health services the bacterium Mycobacterium safe. state andith thegolden aim cardsto combat have and coordination with other tuberculosis.