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' Kalan, an ancestral village in $ unveiled here on Monday has (& Nawanshahr, the birthplace of done away with the offset (&& Shaheed Bhagat Singh on his Singh (36), Ramandeep Singh clause itself in all future cases birthday anniversary to protest Sindhu (28), Rahul (23), Sahib of Government to Government against the farm laws, while a (28) and Sumit (28), all resi- defence contracts the type of tractor was set on fire at India dents of Punjab — have been which India and France Gate in Delhi on Monday arrested. Governments entered into as a morning by Punjab Congress “Around 15-20 people car- part of the Rafale deal. Youth workers. ried a tractor on a truck to The Congress had Farmers in Punjab Rajpath, Man Singh Crossing. launched a scathing attack on launched “Gherao Corporate They unloaded the tractor the NDA Government last year Businesses” in the State. The from the truck and set it on alleging that an Indian indus- silo run by Adani Agri Logistics fire,” said a senior police offi- trial house was favoured in bag- Group at Village Dagru in cial. “Fire department received ging offset contracts worth the offset contract relating to 36 earnest about fulfilling these nance. Centigrade. On the other Moga was gheraoed by Barnala information regarding the inci- over 30,000 crore in the Rafale Medium Multi Role Combat commitments. Meanwhile, Defence hand, missiles, tanks and MLA Gurmeet Hayer. dent at 7.42 am and two fire deal. Aircraft (MMRCA), the ven- Under the new policy, the Minister Rajnath Singh fter deploying more than frontline fighter jets are also on Farmers’ protests backed tenders were rushed to the Offset clause was brought dors M/s Dassault Aviation offset guidelines have also been unveiled the DAP that features A30,000 additional troops full alert all along the 4,000 km by the Congress and other spot,” said a senior Delhi Fire in to allow the Indian defence and M/s MBDA initially pro- revised to give preference to steps to turn India into a glob- on the Line of Actual Control LAC stretching from Ladakh Opposition parties also spread Service official. industry to acquire world-class posed (September 2015) to defence majors offering to al manufacturing hub of mili- (LAC) in Ladakh, the Indian in the west to Arunachal in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, The Congress in Haryana technology and tie-ups with discharge 30 per cent of their manufacture products in India tary platforms, reduce timelines defence forces have opera- Pradesh in the east. Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha, held a protest outside the foreign vendors. The foreign offset obligation by offering instead of meeting the offset for procurement of defence tionalised an array of missile The missiles were Telangana, Chhattisgarh and party’s HQ in Chandigarh. companies supplying weapon high technology to the Defence obligations through other equipment and allow purchase systems, including the deployed recently to nullify Madhya Pradesh. Congress The Punjab Government is to India are mandatorily oblig- Research and Development means, officials said. of essential items by the three Brahmos, Nirbhay and Akash, any advantage China may have workers also held nationwide also consulting lawyers to move ed to plough back at least 30 Organisation (DRDO). The However, the offset clause services through capital budget to ward off any threat from by bringing forward its missile protests in State’s Capitals. the Supreme Court on the per cent of the total contract DRDO wanted to obtain is not applicable to the under a simplified mechanism. belligerent China. in the Tibet region and Farmers groups observed a issue. value if the tag is over 300 Technical Assistance for the Government to Government The latest DAP also incor- With no letup in tension Xinjiang. The indigenously- Statewide bandh in Karnataka The CM was accompanied crore. In the Rafale deal, the indigenous development of deals and single-vendor con- porates new chapters on infor- on the LAC in Eastern Ladakh designed and manufactured while Dravida Munnetra by his wife and ex-Minister offset cap was raised to 50 per engine (Kaveri) for the Light tracts. mation and communication since the stand-offs began in Brahmos supersonic cruise Kazhagam (DMK) and its allies Preneet Kaur, new Congress in- cent. Combat Aircraft. Till date, the The Rafale deal is one of technologies, post-contract early May, the security estab- missile has a range of more held protests across Tamil charge of Punjab affairs Harish The CAG observed in its vendor has not confirmed the the most prominent such con- management, acquisition of lishment is not taking any than 400 km. It can take out Nadu. Rawat, PPCC chief Sunil report last week that in most of transfer of this technology.” tracts in the recent past. In such systems developed by the state- chances. Ready for a long any targets, including tanks In Delhi, Punjab Youth Jakhar, Vidhan Sabha Speaker the deals critical frontline tech- The CAG report said in deals, the Government, from run defence entities like the haul, the Government has has- and missiles, from far away. Congress activists set ablaze a Rana KP, Cabinet Ministers, nology from abroad did not many cases it was found that which the weapon platform is Defence Research and tened the supply of prefabri- Similarly, the indigenous- tractor at India Gate on around 45 MLAs and six MPs. come in. the foreign vendors made var- procured, stands guarantee for Development Organisation cated tents and other related ly-designed and manufactured Monday morning. The Delhi They all sat in the memorial In the Rafale deal, the ious offset commitments to all issues, including delivery (DRDO) and Defence Public equipment to enable the Akash surface to air missile Police said five people claiming complex right in front of the Government watchdog qualify for the main supply schedule and availability of Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), troops to withstand tempera- has a range of 80 km and can to be members of the Punjab statue and sat on dharna for observed that, “For instance in contract but later were not critical spares besides mainte- they said. tures of minus 20 degrees neutralise any threat from air. Youth C ongress — Manjot over an hour. $ % &'( !" # R !'& * ('(/- Rayagada and Sundargarh 101 Baleswar were a 55-year-old ('(/- infection. He urged all people +%& + each, Baleswar 100, man, a 65-year-old woman n a broad daylight heist, a who have come in contact Jagatsinghpur 86 and Keonjhar and a 63-year-old man. The Imiscreant looted Rs 10 lakh hile the fourth session with him in the last couple of ,% 86 each, Puri 79, Jharsuguda deaths in Bhubaneswar were of at gun point from a bank W(monsoon) of the 16th days to isolate themselves. 71, Dhenkanal 69, Bhadrak a 78-year-old man and a 63- branch here on Monday.At Odisha Legislative Assembly Among Ministers, Tourism Bhubaneswar on Monday, ('(/- 67, Subarnapur 65, Kandhamal year-old woman. around 4:40 pm, a youth wear- (OLA) is set to begin on Minister Jyoti Prakash according to reports. It may be 62, Koraput 59, Nayagarh 43, The casualties in Puri were ing a mask entered the Bank Of Tuesday, a total 43 MLAs, Panigrahi once again tested noted MLAs, Ministers, he Covid-19 curve wit- Boudh and Kalahandi 42 each, of a 65-year-old man and a 79- India’s Barimunda branch on including a half a dozen of positive for the virus. He had Assembly employees and jour- Tnessed a declining trend in Gajapati 31, Ganjam 28, year-old man. The deaths in the city’s outskirts when the Ministers, have tested positive tested positive three weeks ago. nalists underwent Covid tests the State for second day on Malkangiri 21 and Deogarh 12. Mayurbhanj were of a 70-year- bank employees were closing for Covid-19 so far.Angul MLA The other MLAs and for three days from September Monday with 3,235 positive Besides, 148 positive cases old-woman and a 40-year -old by 404, P8uri 298, the transactions for the day. and Deputy Speaker Rajani Ministers include Susant Rout, 26 to 28. Those tested negative cases being registered from were detected from the State man. Jagatsinghpur 212, Jajpur 167, Brandishing a gun, the Kant Singh and Satyabadi BJD Ananta Narayan Jena, Bikram would be allowed entry to the across all 30 districts and the pool. Meanwhile, as many as 16 The other deceased were a Mayurbhanj 159, Sambalpur youth asked 10 employees of MLA Umakanta Samantaray Panda, Byomakesh Ray, Assembly. They would also State pool. patients undergoing treatment 66-year-old man of Balangir, a 157, Angul 143, Baleswar 131, bank to remain silent without tested positive for the virus on Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, undergo another test after five With this, the positive tally succumbed to the virus on 67-year-old man of Cuttack, a Kandhamal 130, Jharsuguda raising an alarm. He then went Monday. Pradeep Maharathy, Shankar days. reached 2,12,609. Of the new Monday. With this, the death 61-year-old man of Dhenkanal, 124, Kendrapada 119, Bargarh to the Cashier’s chamber and With mild favour, Singh Oram, Aditya Madhi, Women According to the schedule, cases 1,915 were detected from toll climbed to 813 in the State.