Imphal4 Times Supplementary issue issue ary Supplement Imphal imes T Times42 Imphal Top Indian medal contenders at Condition of former PM Vajpayee upcoming Asian Games continues to be critical Agency good condition because of there. Agency had said in the statement last health of Vajpayee. Vardhan and Shahnawaz New Delhi, Aug 16 pneumonia on both sides After Modi, Railway New Delhi, Aug 16 night. BJP chief Amit Shah, Union Hussain visited the hospital. and kidneys are also weak. Minister Piyush Goyal and “Both his lungs are not in Health Minister J P Nadda, Earlier, Union Textiles Minister The condition of former He is critical,” a source said BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi The condition of former prime good condition because of were also at AIIMS, while Smriti Irani had visited the prime minister Atal Bihari today. also paid a visit. Later in the minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee pneumonia on both sides and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind hospital to check on Vajpayee. Vajpayee remains critical Vice President M Venkaiah night, several leaders and remains critical and he kidneys are also weak. He is Kejriwal, and Union A large crowd of and he continues to be on Naidu visited AIIMS this ministers including Suresh continues to be on advanced critical,” a source said today. ministers Prakash Javadekar mediapersons and others has advanced life-support morning to enquire about Prabhu, Jitendra Singh, life-support system, sources Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to visit the gathered outside the hospital system, AIIMS said in a the condition of the former Harsh Vardhan and said. visited the AIIMS yesterday premier medical institute to get updates on Vajpayee’s statement today. prime minister. BJP veteran Shahnawaz Hussain visited The 93-year-old BJP veteran evening to enquire about the soon. heath, affecting movement of The 93-year-old BJP L K Advani was also at the the hospital. was admitted to the All India condition of Vajpayee. After Modi, Railway traffic on the road. veteran was admitted to the hospital to enquire about Earlier, Union Textiles Institute of Medical Sciences Modi reached the hospital at Minister Piyush Goyal and Policemen have been All India Institute of the health of Vajpayee. Minister Smriti Irani had (AIIMS) here on June 11 with around 7.15 pm and spent BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi deployed to manage the Medical Sciences (AIIMS) BJP chief Amit Shah, Union visited the hospital to a kidney tract infection, about 50 minutes there. also paid a visit. Delhi BJP crowd and traffic outside the here on June 11 with a Health Minister J P Nadda, check on Vajpayee. urinary tract infection, low Vice President M Venkaiah President Manoj Tiwari was hospital. kidney tract infection, were also at AIIMS, while A large crowd of urine output and chest Naidu visited AIIMS this among those who visited the Vajpayee, a diabetic, has only urinary tract infection, low Delhi Chief Minister Arvind mediapersons and others congestion. morning to enquire about the hospital. one functional kidney. He had urine output and chest Kejriwal and Union has gathered outside the “Unfortunately, his condition condition of the former prime Later in the night, several suffered a stroke in 2009 that congestion. ministers Prakash hospital to get updates on has worsened. His condition minister. BJP veteran L K leaders and ministers weakened his cognitive A health bulletin issued by Javadekar are expected to Vajpayee’s heath, affecting is critical and he is on life- Advani was also at the including Suresh Prabhu, abilities. Subsequently, he the hospital today stated, visit the premier medical movement of traffic on the support system,” the AIIMS hospital to enquire about the Jitendra Singh, Harsh developed dementia. “Former prime minister Atal institute. road today. Policemen have Bihari Vajpayee’s condition Delhi BJP President Manoj been deployed to manage continues to be the same. Tiwari was among those the crowd and traffic He is critical and on life- who visited the hospital. outside the hospital. Can’t deny quota benefits to ‘creamy layer’ SC/ST support system.” Prime Minister Narendra Vajpayee, a diabetic, has Last night, it had said that Modi visited the AIIMS only one functional kidney. employees in promotions in govt jobs: Centre to SC Vajpayee’s condition has yesterday evening to He had suffered a stroke in Agency and not allowed to marry representation of Scheduled applied to the Scheduled worsened, it was critical enquire about the condition 2009 that weakened his New Delhi, Aug.16 higher caste people and ride Castes and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and he was on life-support of Vajpayee. He reached the cognitive abilities. horses,” the AG said. Tribes in government for promotions in system. hospital at around 7.15 pm Subsequently, he The Centre on Thursday The AG also said that the services even 12 years after government jobs, like two “Both his lungs are not in and spent about 50 minutes developed dementia. told the Supreme Court that concept of creamy layer is its verdict on the ‘creamy earlier verdicts of 1992 Indra SC/ST employees from not applicable for SC/ST layer’. Sawhney and others versus affluent background cannot and is not open for judicial The five-judge Constitution Union of India (popularly be denied reservation in review. He said that the bench is examining whether called Mandal Commission 45 people stranded at waterfall in promotions in government question of excluding its 12-year-old verdict that verdict) and 2005 E V jobs. The apex court had a certain class of SC/ST has had dealt with the issue of Chinnaiah versus State of MP rescued, 8 missing asked the Centre if those to be decided by the ‘creamy layer’ for Andhra Pradesh which had Agency picnic on the occasion of rescuers, including three belonging to ‘creamy layer’ President and Parliament reservations to SC and ST dealt with creamy layer in Shivpuri (MP), Aug 16 Independence Day villagers - Ramsevak among SC/ST should be and this exercise. categories in government job Other Backward Classes yesterday, were yet to be Prajapati, Nizam and Ballu, given quota benefits in The five-judge Constitution promotions needs to be re- category. All 45 people stranded at the found. for their help. promotion. bench headed by Chief visited by a seven-judge It had reiterated that the Sultangarh waterfall in A search operation was on to The waterfall is located While advocating for the Justice Dipak Misra also bench. The apex court had on ceiling-limit of 50 per cent, Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri trace the missing persons, near Mohana village, 55 km reservation in promotions, comprises justices Kurian July 11 refused to pass any the concept of the creamy Attorney General KK Joseph, RF Nariman, Sanjay interim order against its 2006 layer and the compelling district were rescued early the SP said. from the district Venugopal said that the Kishan Kaul and Indu verdict and said that a five- reasons like backwardness, this morning, an official said. Eyewitnesses had earlier headquarters, in an area stigma and imprint of Malhotra. judge bench would first see inadequacy of representation Five of them, who were claimed that more than 10 bordering Gwalior district. stranded on a rock people, bathing in the Tourists had thronged the backwardness and caste Earlier on August 3, the apex whether it needs to be and overall administrative downstream, were rescued by waterfall, were swept away. place yesterday to remains with SC/ST court had asked the Centre examined by a seven-judge efficiency were all a helicopter, Superintendent Early today, Madhya celebrate Independence community for centuries as to why states have not bench or not. constitutional requirements, of Police (SP) Rajesh Pradesh Chief Minister Day holiday. even if some of them have come forward with any The M Nagaraj verdict of 2006 without which the structure Hingankar said. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in There was a sudden surge come up. “Even today SC/ST quantifiable data to decide had held that the ‘creamy of equality of opportunity in At least eight people were a tweet, said those stranded in water around 4.30 pm, people are socially backward the inadequacy of layer’ concept cannot be Article 16 would collapse. swept away yesterday while in the waterfall were possibly due to heavy rain bathing in the waterfall and rescued with the help of the upstream, catching those 45 others stranded following Border Security Force, State bathing in the waterfall Thousands marooned across Kerala, Kochi airport drowns a sudden surge in water due Disaster Response Force, unawares, police said to heavy rain upstream, he Home Guards, and the local quoting the locals. Agency handles 25,000 passengers concern about the water level that 24 deaths were reported said. police and residents. Union Minister and Gwalior Thiruvananthapuram, Aug.16 and manages 1,650 flights in a at the Mullaperiyar dam will since Tuesday night, taking The waterfall is connected to Chouhan thanked Home MP Narendra Singh Tomar week. “We are trying to drain be over,’’ he said. the death toll to 67 in the last the Parvati river. Minister Rajnath Singh and reached the spot last As heavy rain continues the flooded area by removing In a letter to his TN week. In Malappuram district, “Police teams, with the help Defence Minister Nirmala evening and supervised the unabated across Kerala, a portion of the compound counterpart Edappadi K nine persons were buried alive of locals, rescued all the 45 Sitharaman for extending rescue operation till late where flooding, landslides and wall. But the situation has not Palaniswami, Vijayan said: after a chunk of land collapsed people,” Hingankar told support to deal with the night.