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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY 7 killed after ‘glacial burst’ in Uttarakhand Modi kicks off poll Over 125 missing as hydel projects under construction on Rishiganga, Dhauliganga rivers are swept away campaign in Bengal SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI ITBP rescues ‘Trinamool has committed many fouls’ Seven persons were killed and over 125 reported mis­ workers stuck Cong. wins 48 local body sing after a “glacial burst” on head posts in Rajasthan Nanda Devi triggered an ava­ in tunnel JAIPUR lanche and caused flash The ruling Congress on Covered in mud, several floods in Rishiganga and Sunday won the posts of men were safely pulled out chairpersons in 48 of the 90 Dhauliganga rivers in Cha­ one after the other from a urban local bodies in 20 moli district of Uttarakhand slush­covered tunnel by districts of Rajasthan. The on Sunday. Indo­Tibetan Border Police Opposition BJP formed the The number of missing (ITBP) personnel in the boards in 37 municipal bodies persons could rise as details Tapovan power project area with its chairpersons declared were still being ascertained, that was swept away by the elected, while Independent Uttarakhand Chief Minister flash floods. Ī Page 9 candidates were elected T.S. Rawat said at a press heads of three local bodies. conference in Dehradun in NORTH & EAST Ī PAGE 4 the evening. Dhauliganga Campaign begins: Prime Minister Narendra Modi waving to DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Videos of gushing waters party workers during a rally in Haldia on Sunday. * PTI HC refuses to recognise and rising dust went viral on flowing at an ‘fake’ marriage of couple social media as flood warn­ Shiv Sahay Singh Kolkata NEW DELHI ings were issued in down­ all­time high Bid to tarnish stream Uttar Pradesh for Prime Minister Narendra The Delhi High Court has Narrow escape: A worker being rescued from a tunnel at the Tapovan hydel project, which was The water level of Dhauli­ image of refused to recognise a what was described as a “gla­ * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Modi on Sunday kicked off washed away after the glacial burst in Uttarakhand on Sunday. ganga river at Joshimath marriage performed in an cial burst” by the Centre’s the BJP’s poll campaign in flowed at a perilously high Arya Samaj Mandir according National Crisis Management cue operations are going on,” Hindu. He added that a time­ the flow of the Alaknanda, of West Bengal, invoking foot­ Indian tea: PM level, breaching all records, to the Hindu Vedic rites and Committee (NCMC), headed he stated. ly warning to residents living which the Dhauliganga is a ball analogy as he launched Central Water Commission Prime Minister Narendra customs between a Muslim by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Mr. Kumar said seven bo­ downstream to evacuate had tributary, had stabilised. a scathing attack on the Tri­ officials said after a part of Modi on Sunday said some man named Akhtar, who Gauba. dies had been recovered so saved many lives. Apart from the local pol­ namool Congress State go­ the Nanda Devi glacier forces abroad were falsely represented himself as far and around 100 people While the Rishiganga hy­ ice and the Indo­Tibetan Bor­ vernment, accusing it of broke off, leading to massive conspiring to tarnish the Shiva, and a Hindu woman. Cause under study were still missing. The mis­ del project had an installed der Police (ITBP), four co­ committing many “fouls”. flash floods. Ī Page 9 image of Indian tea. The The incident of impersonation Mr. Rawat, on his part, was sing persons include two capacity of 13.2 megawatts lumns of the Army were also “Bengal is a State that came to light after the focus of his speech in more circumspect about the policemen and five villagers, (MW), the 520 MW NTPC Ta­ deployed for rescue opera­ loves football. In the lan­ Assam’s Dhekiajuli, a tea­ woman made a complaint at a cause of the flooding in the he said. He said work on the povan­Vishnugad project on tions as some 35 people are guage of football, I want to police station here in Experts point growing area, was eco­sensitive Himalayan re­ 900 m­long Tapovan tunnel the Dhauliganga was much believed to be still trapped say that the Trinamool Con­ December last year. plantation workers. Ī Page 10 gion, where environmental­ of the NTPC had to be halted larger. Both sites have been inside the Tapovan project gress government has com­ CITY Ī PAGE 3 to climate DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ists have warned against the due to a rise in water level. virtually washed away, an tunnel. mitted many fouls. There construction of dams for de­ “We were able to dig 150 eyewitness told this new­ There is no danger of change impact has been the foul of misgo­ The PM also alleged “a cades. “Experts will tell us m of the tunnel but after a spaper. downstream flooding and vernance, the foul of politi­ match­fixing between the about the cause behind the rise in water level we had to Earlier in the day, Mr. Ra­ the rise in water level has Environmental experts have cal violence and the foul of Left and the Trinamool Con­ disaster,” the Chief Minister halt the work. Most missing wat said people along river­ been contained, as per infor­ attributed the Nanda Devi looting the money of the pe­ gress in West Bengal”. told reporters. persons were working at the banks were being evacuated. mation given by the Central glacial melt to global warm­ ople. People are ready and “Any vote for the Left and At least 15 persons had two projects; they came Dams in Shrinagar and Rishi­ Water Commission, the ing. Glacier retreat and will soon show them the Congress will mean that we been rescued till Sunday from across India. We expect kesh were emptied out, Mr. NCMC statement said. permafrost thaw are project­ Ram card,” Mr. Modi said, will fall into the trap of this evening, Uttarakhand Direc­ to get a clear picture on their Rawat said as the raging wa­ ed to decrease the stability addressing a public rally in match­fixing,” he said. tor­General of Police Ashok identities by Monday morn­ ters made their way down­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 of mountain slopes and in­ Haldia in the State’s Purba MORE REPORTS Ī PAGE 9 Page 9 EDUCATION PLUS Ī PAGE 5 Kumar said in a tweet. “Res­ ing,” Mr. Kumar told The stream. By late afternoon, crease glacier lakes. Ī Medinipur district. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 Huge turnout of women farmers at mahapanchayats Internet services back at Singhu border SAURABH TRIVEDI the protesting farmers, said while live­streaming. Now, Prominent farmer leaders address rallies; BKU’s Rakesh Tikait says it’s a mass movement that will not fail NEW DELHI Internet services had been things are back to normal. The protesters camping at restored but due to the high The protesters rejoiced Ashok Kumar Charkhi Dadri, Mr. Tikait gime was pro­businessmen the Singhu border were a density of mobile users, the the restoration of Internet New Delhi said the ongoing agitation and they were in the “busi­ happy lot on Sunday as mo­ speed was slow in the area. services by streaming songs A huge turnout of women was a movement for farmers’ ness of hunger”. “They will bile internet services were Mr. Happy said when In­ on their mobile phones and farmers on Sunday marked freedom and did not belong increase the price of food as restored after several days. ternet services were sus­ dancing to their tunes. the mahapanchayats (gath­ to a particular caste or com­ hunger rises. But food can­ Harinder Happy, a media pended, they switched to erings) against the farm laws munity. not be kept locked inside a coordinator working with Wi­Fi but faced congestion DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 2 in Haryana’s Jat belt and “It is a mass movement. It vault,” he said. among the Meo Muslims of will not fail,” he asserted. Mr. Pal said 500 farmer the Mewat region in Rajas­ Mr. Tikait said the khaps unions had come together to than. Bharatiya Kisan Union had fought against the Mugh­ fight against the farm laws. (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, Up in arms: Women farmers raising slogans during a rally at als and the British, and that Mr. Rajewal said a movement addressing the gathering in Charkhi Dadri in Haryana on Sunday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT they were still relevant and reached its logical conclu­ Haryana, said that the agita­ must stayed united. “They sion when the energy of the tion was a mass movement farmer leaders spearheading apart from Mr. Tikait. tried to divide Punjab and youth and the experience of and would not fail. the agitation, including BKU Representatives of khaps, Haryana. They might try to the elderly came together. The two massive rallies, (Rajewal) president Balbir religious leaders, and politi­ create differences among held simultaneously, were Singh Rajewal and BKU gen­ cal leaders were present. khaps as well,” he said. Mr. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 addressed by prominent eral­secretary Yudhvir Singh, Speaking at Haryana’s Tikait said the present re­ MORE REPORTS ON Ī PAGE 2 Have full faith in judiciary, says Faruqui after release Comedian set free late on Saturday night Press Trust of India Indore Stand­up comedian Muna­ war Faruqui, who was re­ leased from Indore Central Jail late on Saturday night af­ ter spending 35 days in pri­ son, said he has full faith in the judiciary and hopes to get justice.