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I n an unprecedented order of its type, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre and the Assam Government to immediately transfer the State’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) Coordinator Prateek Hajela to Madhya Pradesh for the maximum period possible. Hajela has been facing threats and criticism from several quarters for exclusion of names from the updated NRC list. A native of Madhya Pradesh and a 1995 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre with BTech in Electronics from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hajela was appointed the NRC coordina- tor by the top court to oversee the mammoth and sensitive exercise of finalising and pub- lication of Assam NRC data. A special Bench compris- ing Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices SA Bobde and RF Nariman ordered the inter- cadre transfer of Hajela on deputation to his native State for maximum possible period. Attorney General KK Venugopal, appearing for the Centre, sought to know the reason behind the unprece- dented order of the top court, to which the CJI responded, “can any order be passed with- out a cause or reason”. The Bench, however, did not spec- ify the cause or the reason for passing the order, leading to speculation that the officer might be apprehending some kind of threat. Two FIRs were filed last month against Hajela for “dis- crepancies” in the final updat- ed NRC list. A lawyer and indigenous Muslim students’ organisation — All Assam Goriya-Moriya Yuva Chatra Parishad (AAGMYCP) — filed separate FIRs against Hajela in Dibrugarh and Guwahati. Chandan Mazumdar, whose name does not figure in the final NRC list, filed the complaint against Hajela at Dibrugarh police station. Mazumdar alleged that he had submitted all documents, but his name was not included in the updated NRC due to “inef- ficiency and criminal conspir- acy of employees”. The FIR held Hajela responsible for “discrepancies”, as he was tasked with super- vising the NRC updation exer- cise in Assam. Another complaint was lodged against the NRC coor- dinator at Guwahati’s Latasil police station by the AAGMY- CP, claiming “deliberate” anom- alies in the final list. “The names of many indigenous people were excluded from the list, and it was done deliberately by the NRC State Coordinator,” the FIR filed by the students organisation said. Meanwhile, IG (Special Branch) Hiren Nath said no report was sought from Assam police about threat to Hajela. “Reports about threat per- ception to Hajela have not been sought from us. There have been, however, criticism against Hajela in the social media. Various organisations in Assam are vocal on the NRC with many speaking against the NRC and the State Coordinator,” he said. P utting Pakistan on notice, the international terror financing watchdog FATF on Friday warned it will be black- listed if it does not control ter- ror funding by February next, voicing serious concern over that country’s failure to deliv- er on most of its 27 targets. The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) gave the warning to Pakistan at its five-day plenary which con- cluded here on Friday while deciding to again put the coun- try on the “Grey List”. By mak- ing this decision on Pakistan public, the FATF has given notice to the global financial institutions that they need to prepare to red flag the juris- diction and ready their systems in February 2020 if the coun- try falters in meeting the tar- gets. “It was again decided by consensus that FATF would retain Pakistan on the Grey List and warn Pakistan that if it did not complete its full Action Plan and show significant and sustainable progress action will be taken,” said an official privy to the development said. Since Pakistan continues to be in the FATF “Grey List”, it would be very difficult for the country to get financial aid from the IMF, the World Bank, ADB and the European Union. There is also the risk of reduction in rating by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, making Pakistan’s financial condition more precarious. According to a FATF state- ment, the FATF plenary noted that Pakistan addressed only five out of the 27 tasks given to it in controlling funding to terror groups like the Lashkar- e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizbul Mujahideen, responsible for a series of attacks in India. The FATF said it strongly urges Pakistan to swiftly com- plete its full action plan by February 2020. “Otherwise, should sig- nificant and sustainable progress not be made across the full range of its action plan by the next plenary, the FATF will take action, which could include the FATF calling on its members and urging all juris- dictions to advise their Financial Institutions to give special attention to business relations and transactions with Pakistan,” the global body said in the statement. Such action could include calling upon global financial institutions to give special attention to business relations and transactions with Pakistan. This language is the same as used for Iran, which is already in the blacklist cat- egory. I n an embarrassment for the Congress, two days before the crucial Assembly elections in Haryana, party chief Sonia Gandhi cancelled her only poll rally scheduled for Friday in Mahendragarth. Partymen had prepared round the clock to make the rally a huge success and expected that Sonia will use the occasion to counter the high-pitched campaign by BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This was scheduled to be Sonia’s first public appear- ance after taking as interim president from her son Rahul Gandhi post the Lok Sabha debacle. In her place, Rahul Gandhi addressed the rally. “She has a viral infection, so she asked me to meet you and talk to you. I will come even at the last second on your call,” Rahul Gandhi said at the rally. The news of Sonia’s can- celling her programme came through a social media mes- sage from Haryana Congress. “@RahulGandhi ji will be addressing a public meeting at Mahendragarh today, at 2 PM. @INCIndia president Sonia Gandhi ji will not be able to attend the meeting due to unavoidable reasons,” the Haryana Congress said. Rahul Gandhi has already held rallies for the October 21 Assembly polls in Maharashtra and Haryana and it was his second rally in Haryana. I n a major initiative to empower girls, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has given the nod for their admis- sion into Sainik schools all over the country. So far, only boys were allowed to study in these schools. There are 31 such schools. The project to have such schools to serve as nurs- ery for grooming future Service personnel was started in 1961. Giving details of the new endeavour here on Friday, Defence Ministry officials said the Minister approved the admission of girls from acad- emic session 2021-22 in a phased manner. The decision is in line with strengthening the motto of “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” propagated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The decision has been taken following the success of the pilot project started by the Ministry of Defence for admis- sion of girl children in Sainik School Chhingchhip in Mizoram two years ago,” the Ministry said in a statement. Officials also said Singh has directed authorities to ensure availability of necessary infrastructure and sufficient female staff in Sainik schools for smooth implementation of the directive. Moreover, the decision is in line with the objective of the Government towards greater inclusiveness, gender equality and enabling greater participation of women in armed forces. Most of the Sainik schools are residential and run by the Defence Ministry except in Lucknow which is adminis- tered and funded by the UP Government. T he CBI on Friday filed a chargehseet in the INX Media corruption case, naming 14 individuals and entities, including former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, his son Karti, and then additional secretary in Department of Economic Affairs Sindhushree Khullar. They have been charged with committing offences under various IPC sections relating to criminal conspiracy and cheating and also under the Prevention of Corruption Act for causing loss to the exchequer. Then Director in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board Prabodh Saxena, then Joint Secretary and Undersecretary in the Department of Economic Affairs Anup K Pujari and R Prasad respectively have also been chargesheeted, CBI offi- cials said. All the chargesheet- ed persons have been accused of involvement in the criminal conspiracy for irregular clear- ance of FDI to INX to the tune of 307 crore. Two companies allegedly controlled by Karti — Singapore unit Advantage Strategic Consultancy Private Limited and Chess Management Services Private Limited — have also been named in the chargesheet. These companies are alleged to have laundered the bribe money. Then INX promoters Peter Mukherjea and his then wife Indrani allegedly transferred money to these companies for alleged favours in the irregular approval of the FDI. H ours after the Delhi Zoo (National Zoological Park) witnessed a high drama when a man jumped inside the enclo- sure of a lion but was saved unhurt, the Union Environment Ministry removed zoo’s director Renu Singh, an IFS officer, who was holding the post since 2017. Renu Singh, a UP cadre officer, has joined the Ministry as Deputy Inspector General of Forest (DIGF), a post held by Suneesh Buxy, who has been given the additional charge of the National Zoological Park (NZP) till the appointment of the new direc- tor. The NZP has been in the news for quite some time for illegal procurement of ani- mals, mismanagement, and violation of the rights of the zoo inmates. Faced with wide- spread criticism, the Ministry on September 16, 2019 hand- ed over the control of the NZP to the Central Zoo Authority (CZA), a statutory body formed under the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972. Till then, the Ministry had been directly overseeing the zoo’s administration. Justifying the move, a senior Environment Ministry official said transfer was aimed at streamlining the function- ing of the Delhi Zoo. M obile snatchers are hav- ing a field day in Delhi. After mugging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's niece Damayanti Ben Modi in North Delhi's Civil Lines area earli- er this month, bike-borne snatchers targeted Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel’s secretary Ajay Rawal and a senior Indian Air Force official on Thursday. According to police, while Rawal’s i-Phone 6 was wrenched from his grasp by three bike-borne men when he was walking to a market near his home in outer Delhi’s Paschim Vihar in the evening, the IAF senior offi- cial’s mobile was snatched at Connaught Place in highly secured New Delhi district in the morning on the same day. “I left my home around 7 pm to go to GH-13 block market in Paschim Vihar. I was walking near Kendriya Vidyalaya when the three men came on a bike. I was talking to someone on the phone when one of the pillion riders snatched the phone from my hand and fled on bike," Rawal, 42, who lives with his family in Ambika Vihar in Paschim Vihar, said in his complaint. “A case under section 356/379/34 of IPC has been registered at Paschim Vihar police station. Police teams are scanning CCTV footage in the area to identify and nab the snatchers,” said a police offi- cial. In the 51-year-old senior IAF official case, police said they received a complaint from the victim identified as G Thomas, who stated that he was cycling in Connaught Place in the morn- ing when two bike-borne peo- ple, in their 20s, snatched his pouch containing a One Plus 6 phone and 200. F or those of you who have seen the new 100 note, you would have noticed that there is a stepwell featured on it. Stepwells are a common feature across many parts of western India and were commonly used by Rajput kings and their pre- decessors in the earliest exam- ple of rainwater harvesting. Many of them have fallen into disrepair and disuse though they were all ornate at one time. Many, because they were often associated with religion, were destroyed when invading armies came into the region. But not the stepwell we see on the 100 note. The Rani Ki Vav at Patan, Gujarat, survived thanks to it being covered in sand and mud. Whether that was a delib- erate act to protect it from armies that raided the pros- perous traders of Gujarat is unknown, but it survived. It was not affected by the large-scale loot of antiquities by colonial powers thanks to it being lost in time and it was not “discov- ered” until after Independence and excavated in 1958. We might criticise the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) for several things, includ- ing the large-scale “disappear- ance” of historical monuments in a city like New Delhi but it must be complimented for the astounding work it has done in restoring the Rani Ki Vav, which is a major reason that UNESCO made it a world her- itage site. However, if there is any criticism of the ASI, it is that there can be much more information on the impor- tance of the gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon, who have been painstakingly carved in three-dimensional ways into the stone. This site is a tremen- dous validation of the skills of craftsmen from Gujarat. There is also the spectacu- lar Surya Mandir in Modhera an hour from Patan, with its 12 carved “adityas” or manifesta- tions inside, which is a must- visit. Both the well and the tem- ple were built during the rule of Bhima I, the founder of the great Solanki dynasty, the well being built by his consort, Queen Udaymati. These sites, just a couple of hours from Ahmedabad, are a reminder of not only the great wealth of this part of the nation, which is as true now as it was then, but also the skill and patience of the rulers and the people. It is a crying shame that there are fewer and fewer peo- ple taking up some of these intricate crafts. The Patola saris of Patan for example, with geometrical designs inspired by patterns on the vav, and the “double-ikat” method, requiring an under- standing of complex mathe- matics, used to be made by 200 families.

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    In an unprecedented order ofits type, the Supreme Courton Friday directed the Centreand the Assam Government toimmediately transfer the State’sNational Register of Citizens(NRC) Coordinator PrateekHajela to Madhya Pradesh forthe maximum period possible.Hajela has been facing threatsand criticism from severalquarters for exclusion of namesfrom the updated NRC list.

    A native of MadhyaPradesh and a 1995 batch IASofficer of Assam-Meghalayacadre with BTech in Electronicsfrom Indian Institute ofTechnology, Delhi, Hajela wasappointed the NRC coordina-tor by the top court to overseethe mammoth and sensitiveexercise of finalising and pub-lication of Assam NRC data.

    A special Bench compris-ing Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoiand justices SA Bobde and RFNariman ordered the inter-cadre transfer of Hajela ondeputation to his native Statefor maximum possible period.

    Attorney General KKVenugopal, appearing for theCentre, sought to know thereason behind the unprece-dented order of the top court,to which the CJI responded,“can any order be passed with-out a cause or reason”. TheBench, however, did not spec-

    ify the cause or the reason forpassing the order, leading tospeculation that the officermight be apprehending somekind of threat.

    Two FIRs were filed lastmonth against Hajela for “dis-crepancies” in the final updat-ed NRC list. A lawyer andindigenous Muslim students’organisation — All AssamGoriya-Moriya Yuva ChatraParishad (AAGMYCP) — filedseparate FIRs against Hajela inDibrugarh and Guwahati.

    Chandan Mazumdar,whose name does not figure inthe final NRC list, filed thecomplaint against Hajela atDibrugarh police station.Mazumdar alleged that he hadsubmitted all documents, buthis name was not included inthe updated NRC due to “inef-ficiency and criminal conspir-acy of employees”.

    The FIR held Hajelaresponsible for “discrepancies”,as he was tasked with super-vising the NRC updation exer-

    cise in Assam.Another complaint was

    lodged against the NRC coor-dinator at Guwahati’s Latasilpolice station by the AAGMY-CP, claiming “deliberate” anom-alies in the final list. “Thenames of many indigenouspeople were excluded from thelist, and it was done deliberatelyby the NRC State Coordinator,”the FIR filed by the studentsorganisation said.

    Meanwhile, IG (SpecialBranch) Hiren Nath said noreport was sought from Assampolice about threat to Hajela.

    “Reports about threat per-ception to Hajela have notbeen sought from us. Therehave been, however, criticismagainst Hajela in the socialmedia. Various organisations inAssam are vocal on the NRCwith many speaking against theNRC and the StateCoordinator,” he said.

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    Putting Pakistan on notice,the international terrorfinancing watchdog FATF onFriday warned it will be black-listed if it does not control ter-ror funding by February next,voicing serious concern overthat country’s failure to deliv-er on most of its 27 targets.

    The Paris-based FinancialAction Task Force (FATF) gavethe warning to Pakistan at itsfive-day plenary which con-cluded here on Friday whiledeciding to again put the coun-try on the “Grey List”. By mak-ing this decision on Pakistanpublic, the FATF has givennotice to the global financialinstitutions that they need toprepare to red flag the juris-diction and ready their systemsin February 2020 if the coun-try falters in meeting the tar-gets.

    “It was again decided byconsensus that FATF wouldretain Pakistan on the Grey Listand warn Pakistan that if it didnot complete its full ActionPlan and show significant andsustainable progress action will

    be taken,” said an official privyto the development said.

    Since Pakistan continues tobe in the FATF “Grey List”, itwould be very difficult for thecountry to get financial aidfrom the IMF, the WorldBank, ADB and the EuropeanUnion. There is also the risk ofreduction in rating by Moody’s,S&P and Fitch, makingPakistan’s financial conditionmore precarious.

    According to a FATF state-ment, the FATF plenary notedthat Pakistan addressed onlyfive out of the 27 tasks givento it in controlling funding toterror groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammadand Hizbul Mujahideen,responsible for a series ofattacks in India.

    The FATF said it stronglyurges Pakistan to swiftly com-

    plete its full action plan byFebruary 2020.

    “Otherwise, should sig-nif icant and sustainableprogress not be made acrossthe full range of its action planby the next plenary, the FATFwill take action, which couldinclude the FATF calling on itsmembers and urging all juris-dictions to advise theirFinancial Institutions to givespecial attention to businessrelations and transactions withPakistan,” the global body saidin the statement.

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    In an embarrassment for theCongress, two days beforethe crucial Assembly electionsin Haryana, party chief SoniaGandhi cancelled her only pollrally scheduled for Friday inMahendragarth.

    Partymen had preparedround the clock to make therally a huge success andexpected that Sonia will usethe occasion to counter thehigh-pitched campaign by BJPleaders, including PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

    This was scheduled to beSonia’s first public appear-ance after taking as interimpresident from her son RahulGandhi post the Lok Sabhadebacle. In her place, RahulGandhi addressed the rally.

    “She has a viral infection,so she asked me to meet youand talk to you. I will comeeven at the last second on yourcall,” Rahul Gandhi said at therally.

    The news of Sonia’s can-

    celling her programme camethrough a social media mes-sage from Haryana Congress.

    “@RahulGandhi ji will beaddressing a public meeting atMahendragarh today, at 2 PM.@INCIndia president SoniaGandhi ji will not be able toattend the meeting due tounavoidable reasons,” theHaryana Congress said.

    Rahul Gandhi has alreadyheld rallies for the October 21Assembly polls inMaharashtra and Haryana andit was his second rally inHaryana.

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    In a major initiative toempower girls, DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh hasgiven the nod for their admis-sion into Sainik schools all overthe country. So far, only boyswere allowed to study in theseschools. There are 31 suchschools. The project to havesuch schools to serve as nurs-ery for grooming future Servicepersonnel was started in 1961.

    Giving details of the newendeavour here on Friday,Defence Ministry officials saidthe Minister approved theadmission of girls from acad-emic session 2021-22 in aphased manner. The decisionis in line with strengtheningthe motto of “Beti BachaoBeti Padhao” propagated byPrime Minister NarendraModi.

    “The decision has beentaken following the success ofthe pilot project started by theMinistry of Defence for admis-sion of girl children in SainikSchool Chhingchhip inMizoram two years ago,” the

    Ministry said in a statement.Officials also said Singh

    has directed authorities toensure availability of necessaryinfrastructure and sufficientfemale staff in Sainik schoolsfor smooth implementationof the directive. Moreover, thedecision is in line with theobjective of the Governmenttowards greater inclusiveness,gender equality and enablinggreater participation of womenin armed forces.

    Most of the Sainik schoolsare residential and run by theDefence Ministry except inLucknow which is adminis-tered and funded by the UPGovernment.

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    The CBI on Friday filed achargehseet in the INXMedia corruption case, naming14 individuals and entities,including former FinanceMinister P Chidambaram, hisson Karti, and then additionalsecretary in Department ofEconomic Affairs SindhushreeKhullar.

    They have been chargedwith committing offencesunder various IPC sectionsrelating to criminal conspiracyand cheating and also underthe Prevention of CorruptionAct for causing loss to theexchequer.

    Then Director in theForeign Investment PromotionBoard Prabodh Saxena, thenJoint Secretary andUndersecretary in theDepartment of EconomicAffairs Anup K Pujari and RPrasad respectively have alsobeen chargesheeted, CBI offi-cials said. All the chargesheet-ed persons have been accusedof involvement in the criminal

    conspiracy for irregular clear-ance of FDI to INX to the tuneof �307 crore.

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    Hours after the Delhi Zoo(National Zoological Park)witnessed a high drama whena man jumped inside the enclo-sure of a lion but was savedunhurt, the UnionEnvironment Ministryremoved zoo’s director RenuSingh, an IFS officer, who washolding the post since 2017.

    Renu Singh, a UP cadreofficer, has joined the Ministryas Deputy Inspector Generalof Forest (DIGF), a post heldby Suneesh Buxy, who hasbeen given the additionalcharge of the NationalZoological Park (NZP) till theappointment of the new direc-tor.

    The NZP has been in thenews for quite some time forillegal procurement of ani-mals, mismanagement, andviolation of the rights of thezoo inmates. Faced with wide-spread criticism, the Ministryon September 16, 2019 hand-ed over the control of the NZP

    to the Central Zoo Authority(CZA), a statutory bodyformed under the Wildlife(Protection) Act 1972. Tillthen, the Ministry had beendirectly overseeing the zoo’sadministration.

    Justifying the move, asenior Environment Ministryofficial said transfer was aimedat streamlining the function-ing of the Delhi Zoo.

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    Mobile snatchers are hav-ing a field day in Delhi.After mugging Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's niece

    Damayanti Ben Modi in NorthDelhi's Civil Lines area earli-er this month, bike-bornesnatchers targeted DelhiAssembly Speaker Ram NiwasGoel’s secretary Ajay Rawaland a senior Indian Air Forceofficial on Thursday.

    According to police, whileRawal’s i-Phone 6 waswrenched from his grasp bythree bike-borne men when hewas walking to amarket near his home in outerDelhi’s Paschim Vihar in theevening, the IAF senior offi-cial’s mobile was snatched atConnaught Place in highlysecured New Delhi district inthe morning on the same day.

    “I left my home around 7pm to go to GH-13 blockmarket in Paschim Vihar. Iwas walking near KendriyaVidyalaya when the three mencame on a bike. I was talking

    to someone on the phonewhen one of the pillion riderssnatched the phone from myhand and fled on bike," Rawal,42, who lives with his familyin Ambika Vihar in PaschimVihar, said in his complaint.

    “A case under section356/379/34 of IPC has beenregistered at Paschim Viharpolice station. Police teams arescanning CCTV footage in thearea to identify and nab thesnatchers,” said a police offi-cial.

    In the 51-year-old seniorIAF official case, police saidthey received a complaint fromthe victim identified as GThomas, who stated that he was cycling inConnaught Place in the morn-ing when two bike-borne peo-ple, in their 20s, snatched hispouch containing a One Plus6 phone and �200.

    For those of you who haveseen the new �100 note, youwould have noticed that thereis a stepwell featured on it.Stepwells are a common featureacross many parts of westernIndia and were commonly usedby Rajput kings and their pre-decessors in the earliest exam-ple of rainwater harvesting.Many of them have fallen intodisrepair and disuse thoughthey were all ornate at one time.Many, because they were oftenassociated with religion, weredestroyed when invadingarmies came into the region.But not the stepwell we see onthe �100 note. The Rani Ki Vav

    at Patan, Gujarat, survivedthanks to it being covered insand and mud.

    Whether that was a delib-erate act to protect it fromarmies that raided the pros-perous traders of Gujarat isunknown, but it survived. It was

    not affected by the large-scaleloot of antiquities by colonialpowers thanks to it being lostin time and it was not “discov-ered” until after Independenceand excavated in 1958.

    We might criticise theArcheological Survey of India

    (ASI) for several things, includ-ing the large-scale “disappear-ance” of historical monumentsin a city like New Delhi but itmust be complimented for theastounding work it has done inrestoring the Rani Ki Vav,which is a major reason thatUNESCO made it a world her-itage site. However, if there isany criticism of the ASI, it isthat there can be much moreinformation on the impor-tance of the gods and goddessesof the Hindu pantheon, whohave been painstakingly carvedin three-dimensional ways intothe stone. This site is a tremen-dous validation of the skills ofcraftsmen from Gujarat.

    There is also the spectacu-

    lar Surya Mandir in Modheraan hour from Patan, with its 12carved “adityas” or manifesta-tions inside, which is a must-visit. Both the well and the tem-ple were built during the rule ofBhima I, the founder of thegreat Solanki dynasty, the wellbeing built by his consort,Queen Udaymati. These sites,just a couple of hours fromAhmedabad, are a reminder ofnot only the great wealth of thispart of the nation, which is astrue now as it was then, but alsothe skill and patience of therulers and the people.

    It is a crying shame thatthere are fewer and fewer peo-ple taking up some of theseintricate crafts.

    The Patola saris of Patanfor example, with geometricaldesigns inspired by patterns onthe vav, and the “double-ikat”method, requiring an under-standing of complex mathe-matics, used to be made by 200families.

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    The High Court ofUttarakhand has upheldthe death penalty sentenceawarded by a lower court toAkhtar Ali who was convictedof raping and murdering aminor at Kathgodam in 2014.The division bench of justiceAlok Singh and justiceRavindra Maithani viewed thecrime as the most heinous.

    It will be recalled that onNovember 20, 2014, a seven-year-old girl had come alongwith her father fromPithoragarh to attend a mar-riage function in Kathgodam.During the night, she disap-peared from the marriagevenue. The disappearance ofthe girl led to considerablepublic outrage in the regionwith members of the publicalso coming out on the roadsto protest.

    During the police investi-gation, the body of the girl was

    found from the banks of theGaula river about four dayslater. Following investigation,the police arrested the truckdriver Akhtar Ali, a native ofBihar, Prempal Verma, a nativeof Uttar Pradesh and JuniorMasih alias Foxy of Rudrapur.In its investigation, the policealso resorted to DNA analysisreport to strengthen its case.Out of the three accused, theNainital district court hadfound Ali guilty and sentenced

    him to death. While PrempalVerma was sentenced to fiveyears’ rigorous imprisonmentfor being involved in the con-spiracy, the third man-JuniorMasih alias Foxy was not foundguilty.

    The division bench of theHigh Court viewed the rapeand murder of the girl to be themost heinous of crimes andmaintained the death sentenceawarded to Ali by the districtcourt.

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    After implementing theIndian Public HealthStandards (IPHS) norms forthe hospitals and health centresof the State, the health depart-ment of Uttarakhand is nowplanning to get the certificationfor National Quality AssuranceStandards (NQAS) for some ofits big hospitals.

    The NQAS is a nationallevel certification programmeunder the National HealthSystems Resource Centre(NHSRC) of Ministry of Healthand Family Welfare. The NQAScertification paves the way foradditional financial assistancefrom the Centre for a period offive years.

    For certification of NQAS,a team of experts of UnionMinistry of Health and FamilyWelfare visits the hospital andgrades the hospital on variousparameters. A Governmenthospital which bags the cer-tificate is providing a financialassistance of �10,000 per bed

    per year for next five years.The secretary in-charge,

    health, general administrationand protocol, Pankaj KumarPandey told The Pioneer thatinitially, efforts would be madeto get the NQAS certificationfor four major hospitals of theState. He said that the healthdepartment is working in thedirection of providing qualityhealth services to every indi-vidual of the State.

    On the NHM’s recent‘Health system strengtheningconditionality report’ in whichUttarakhand got a dismal rank-ing with 8 points, Pandey saidthat the department is focusingon improvement on the para-meters like Health and wellnesscentres (HWC) , health man-agement system and thestrengthening the PrimaryHealth Centres (PHC). Headded that the department is inprocess of converting sub cen-tre of health services intoHWCs.

    It is worth mentioning herethat the NHM report is based

    on seven parameters likeimproving incremental per-formance based on NITI Aayogreport, operationalising healthand wellness centres, imple-menting human resourceinformation system (HRIS),grading of district hospitals,mental health services in dis-tricts, screening of 30 pluspopulation for non communi-cable diseases and rating ofPrimary Health Centres (PHC)

    on their functionality. Pandey further added that

    the major focus of the depart-ment is to fulfill chief minister’swish to provide health serviceswithin a radius of 10 km ofevery individual ofUttarakhand.

    He claimed that the healthservices of the State have shownimprovement on various para-meters and the process wouldcontinue.

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    Hearing on the petitionchallenging theGovernment ordinance pro-viding relief to ex-ChiefMinisters from paying rent forGovernment bungalows andother expenses following anearlier High Court order direct-ing the ex-CMs to pay thepending expenses, the HighCourt has set the next day forhearing in this case onNovember 18. The High Courtdivision bench of chief justiceRamesh Ranganathan and jus-tice Alok Kumar Verma hasalso directed the StateGovernment to file its counterwithin four weeks.

    It will be recalled thatDehradun-based RuralLitigation and EntitlementKendra (RLEK) had earlierfiled a PIL in which the courthad directed the StateGovernment to collect thepending dues for Governmentbungalows and other facilitiesfrom ex-Chief Ministers.

    The State Government hadthen brought out an ordinanceto exempt the ex-ChiefMinisters from paying thesame.

    The RLEK challenged thispetition in the High Court. Thepetitioner took objection to ser-

    vice affidavit filed by the State. The State had not served

    court notice to the ex CMs butonly to their private secre-taries which is not allowedunder the law. The court alsofound this kind of servicestrange and asked the state asto why the ex CMs have notbeen served personally.

    The division benchobserved that every body isequal before the court of law.Service through private secre-tary is not permissible except inthe case of Governor andPresident of India.

    In this case only BhagatSingh Koshyari- the currentGovernor of Maharashtra,could have been servedthrough private secretary andrest all were required to beserved court notice personal-ly. The court stated thatalthough this is strange man-ner of state but still if state isgiving statement before courtthat all have been served thecourt will proceed on thatbasis and will not wait forthem to come.

    Representing RLEK, advo-cate Kartikey Hari Guptaprayed to the court that despitesufficient knowledge and ser-vice the ex CMs have neitherappeared before the courtthemselves nor sent any coun-

    sel to represent them in courtproceedings hence case may beproceeded ex-parte againstthe former CMs. The Stateprayed for four more weeks forfiling counter.

    The petitioner prayed forurgent hearing hence the courthas fixed November 18 andgiven final opportunity to thestate to file counter till dateand cautioned the State that

    the matter will not beadjourned further. “We willhear it that day whether ex-CMs join the proceedings ornot,” the division benchremarked.

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    The Uttarakhand unit of theCongress party has extend-ed its support to the agitationof the students of privateAyurveda colleges of the State.On Friday, the PradeshCongress Committee (PCC)president, Pritam Singh, wentto the protest site near paradeground where the students arestaging a sit in from last threedays and extended full supportof his party to the cause of thestudents.

    Speaking on the occasion,he said that agitation of the stu-dents against the autocraticbehavior of the privateAyurveda colleges is fully jus-tified. He said that it is unfor-tunate that the orders of theHigh Court (HC) on the fees of

    these colleges are not beingenforced.

    Terming the increase infees of the Ayurveda colleges asarbitrary behaviour of the man-agement and harassment of thestudents, Singh said that thestudents are being pressurisedby these colleges to pay theincreased and illegal fees butinstead of supporting the stu-dents, the State Government isappearing to stand with themanagement of these colleges. He said that in thesecolleges most of the studentsare from poor families residingin the mountainous areas of theState. The PCC presidentthreatened that the Congressparty would hit the streets if thestate government fails to act onthe issue.

    The president ofMahanagar unit of Congressparty, Lal Chand Sharma,spokesperson R P Raturi,Garima Dassauni, state secre-tary Rajesh Pandey and others

    accompanied the PCC presi-dent.

    Meanwhile the members ofthe National Students Union ofIndia (NSUI), the student wingof the Congress party organiseda protest meeting in support ofthe agitating students of private Ayurvedacolleges on the day. The stu-dents also burned an effigy of

    the state administration on theoccasion.

    The NUSI activists underthe leadership of district pres-ident Saurabh Mamgain assem-bled at the Rajiv Bhawan andfrom where they marched tothe Astley Hall.

    Here they consigned aneffigy of state administration toflames to express their protest.

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    After the end of the votingfor the three t ierPanchayati Raj bodies, thefocus now has shifted to thecounting of the votes and thereservation status for the postsof district Panchayat presi-dents. The counting of votesfor the elections of all threephases would be done onOctober 21 and the results ofthe village Panchayat mem-bers, Pradhans, member blockPanchayat and member dis-trict Panchayat are expected tobe declared on the same day.

    The results of the contestson the posts of the memberblock Panchayat and themember district Panchayatwould be most keenlywatched. The position ofBlock Panchayat presidentand coveted position of thedistrict Panchayats presidentwould be elected from amongthe elected members of blockand district Panchayatsrespectively.

    Ending speculations onthe key issue of reservationsfor the posts of districtPanchayat presidents, the stateadministration has made itclear that the declaration ofthe reservations for the postsof district Panchayat presi-dents would be made onOctober 21.

    The secretary, PanchayatiRaj, Ranjit Sinha said that the

    lists of reservationwould be releasedon October 21.After that objec-tions on the reser-vation statuswould be soughtand the final reser-vation statuswould be released on October29.

    Meanwhile prominentleaders and the major politi-cal parties have startedpreparing for the arduous bat-tle which would be fought forthe posts of district Panchayatpresidents. Many prominentleaders are eyeing these cov-eted positions and bothCongress and BJP are gearingthemselves up to ensure thatmaximum number of districtPresidents are from amongtheir party.

    It is pertinent to mentionhere that in the Panchayatelections of 2014, the Congressparty was able to get its mem-bers elected on maximumnumber of positions of districtPanchayat Presidents. At thattime the Congress was inpower in the state and thathelped it in victories on themost positions.

    This time the pressure ison the ruling BJP to reversethe trend of 2014 and snatchmaximum positions from theCongress.

    The Opposition Congressis wary that the BJP would use

    its influence to tweak thereservation status of Presidentof district and blockPanchayats in its favour. It islearnt that the BJP is keen tofield Madhu Chauhan, wife ofsenior BJP leader andVikasnagar MLA, MunnaSingh Chauhan for the post ofPresident District Panchayat ofDehradun in case the post isreserved for women.

    Meanwhile good voterturnout of 69.59 per cent in allthe three phases has shownthat the rural voter has shownenthusiasm to participate inthe festival of democracy inthe State.

    The voters of UdhamSingh Nagar district showedmaximum enthusiasm in theprocess of elections as as avoter turnout of 84.26 percent was reported in all threephases.

    Among the mountainousdistricts, Uttarkashi reporteda very healthy turnout of 78.43per cent. Out of total electorateof 43,20,412, spreading over 89blocks and 7,485 villagePanchayats, 30,06,378 votersexercised their franchise.

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    The Congress party is doingwell in Uttar Pradesh underthe leadership of PriyankaGandhi Vadra. As a result, thepeople in Uttar Pradesh, suf-fering from jungle raj are nowlooking with hope towards theCongress, said former unionminister of state and CongressWorking Committee memberJitin Prasad.

    He also alleged that theUttarakhand Government isfailing to facilitate develop-ment in the state.

    Talking to the media per-sons while in Nainital to attendan event, Prasad said that theBharatiya Janata PartyGovernment in Uttar Pradeshunder Chief Minister YogiAdityanath has failed to main-tain law and order.

    The people are sufferingdue to the governmental failureand the repercussions of thiswill be given by the public aftertwo and a half years in theVidhan Sabha elections.

    Prasad said, “The people ofUttar Pradesh had fallen for thefalse promises of the UnionGovernment. However, thepeople have now understoodthe situation.

    The law and order systemin the state has collapsed andthe poor segment of society issuffering but neither the StateGovernment nor the UnionGovernment are paying anyattention.

    Even in Uttarakhand, the

    people are suffering becausedevelopment is not really visi-ble anywhere. The youth inUttarakhand are suffering dueto unemployment.

    The condition of roads isbad. The Government’s apathytowards tourist city Nainital isvisible as the number of touristarrivals is gradually droppingsince they are not getting prop-er facilities here.

    The road from Haldwanito Nainital is dotted by potholesand parking facility in Nainitalis inadequate.

    Due to the problems here,the tourists are making theirway towards Mussoorie insteadbut the state government hasremained apathetic,” he opined.

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    Chief Minister TrivendraSingh Rawat presided overa meeting regarding construc-tion of an integrated greenbuilding in the UttarakhandTransport Corporation work-shop campus on HaridwarRoad in Dehradun under theSmart City project. UrbanDevelopment Minister MadanKaushik and TransportMinister Yashpal Arya werealso present in this meetingwith the officials concerned.

    The Chief Minister saidthat to enable facilitation of

    Government facilities at oneplace under the Smart City pro-ject, the integrated green build-ing will be built in the work-shop campus of the transportcorporation.

    This will be a district sec-retariat in a way. Offices of 25departments including the col-lectorate, Vikash Bhawan andtransport corporation will beset up at this location.

    Rawat also directed theformation of a committeeunder chief secretary UtpalKumar Singh for compensationto the corporation for thisland. This committee will pre-

    pare a proposal and submit itto the Chief Minister. TheUrban Development secretaryShailesh Bagauli, MussoorieDehradun DevelopmentAuthority vice chairmanAshish Kumar Shrivastava andother departmental officialsconcerned were also present inthe meeting.

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    Making a stinging attack on theCongress, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Friday said noone - neither jawans nor farmers orsportspersons were safe under theCongress misrule, terming abro-gation of Article 370 his real trib-ute to brave soldiers.

    Lashing out at the party for notsupporting it on Balakot or Article370 decisions, Modi asked ‘whatsort of chemistry the Congress haswith Pakistan’. "Pakistan uses theCongress to strengthen its caseglobally on issues against India," hesaid as he slammed the oppositionparty for not supporting its deci-sion taken in the national interest.

    "Whenever we talk of SwachhBharat or surgical strike, theCongress gets stomach ache. Andif by chance anyone says Balakot,then Congress starts jumping withpain. Pakistan uses them tostrengthen their case globally, whatsort of chemistry is this?" he added.

    Confident of his party BJP'sreturn in the state, Modi said theCongress indulged in corruption inagriculture and did scams in sports.

    He was addressing public meet-ings, first in Gohana in Sonipat dis-trict and later in Hisar town, aheadof polling for the 90-memberHaryana Assembly on Monday.

    Modi said the Congress in thestate has already accepted defeat. "It

    was clear in their talks in thevideo that they were saying that itwould be enough if they win 10-15seats. These are their words andmade just before the elections.Those who have already accepted

    their defeat and gave up the groundcan't do anything for Haryana,"Modi said while referring to a pur-ported video which went viral a fewdays back.

    The video showed Congress

    leaders counting seats outsideParliament and arguing about theirdismal prospects across the state. Inhis address both in Gohana andHisar, Modi didn't forget to remindthe public that Monday being a hol-

    iday owing to polling, making it anextended weekend, they shouldnot miss the opportunity to exer-cise their franchise.

    "Since October 21 is Monday,people will get two leaves -- Sunday(October 20) and Monday(October 21), the day polling willtake place. You should remainpresent at their local booth andensure huge turnout."

    On the Centre's decision toabrogate Article 370 in Jammu andKashmir, Modi said: "On August 5,the unexpected happened. Jammuand Kashmir saw a change it need-ed. No one could have imagined.India's Constitution in entiretybecame applicable in Jammu andKashmir." The Prime Minister saidcorruption was rampant in sportsduring Congress' rule. Referringthe number of athletes Sonipat hasproduced, he said: "This region hasmade India proud in every field, beit fighting in the wrestling ring orfighting against terrorism. Sonipatmeans Kisan, Jawan aur Pehlwan."

    "The Congress can blame meas much as they want but peopleof this country are with me. I thankyou all for the support." He alsodismissed the opposition as a"divided lot". "When the BJP gov-ernment in Haryana was takingdecisive steps for development ofstate, what was the oppositiondoing? They couldn't fight with us,so they were busy fighting amongthemselves. They destabilised their

    parties for self-interest, can theygive stability to Haryana?" askedModi.

    Modi also attacked theDushyant Chautala-led JannayakJanta Party, stating that people ofthe state has rejected its politicsand strategy.

    Lauding the five-year term ofthe Khattar-led government in thestate, the PM told people that theywould have to decide betweenthose who delivered and those whoindulged in misdeeds.

    Patt ing Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar's back, Modisaid corruption was rampant dur-ing the Congress' rule. Even insports, there was corruption. "Butit all changed after 2014. Since thenthe government has taken severalsteps in the field of sports."

    “Congress is neither concernedabout unity of India nor theConstitution given by Baba SahebAmbedkar. Those who are notworried about Maa Bharti and thesoil , and dignity of theConstitution, should Haryanashow any concern for them. Shouldthey be punished or not. "In theseelections, you send them backpacking and ask them to relax.They destroyed the country a lot,”he said. Gohana falls in Sonipatdistrict, which is considered as astronghold of former ChiefMinister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

    Out of six assembly segmentsin Sonipat, five are represented by

    Congress MLAs and one BJP. FromBaroda here, the BJP this time hasfielded wrestler-turned-politicianYogeshwar Dutt.

    However, both Hooda and hisson Deepender Singh Hooda lostthe Lok Sabha polls from Sonipatand Rohtak parliamentary con-stituencies, respectively and Moditook a veiled dig at them, tellingpeople "You broke arrogance of bigleaders in Lok Sabha polls”.

    The prime minister alsoreferred to Sonipat as land of"kisan, jawans and pehalwans" ---“trishaktis” which are contributingin nation building.

    In a veiled attack on Hooda, hesaid, “Those who were thinkingthat Sonipat, Rohtak and Jind aretheir bastions, people gave theirverdict (in LS polls). The BJP hadwon all 10 Lok Sabha seats fromHaryana. “For those in public life,people of Haryana gave a lesson.Without people''s blessings noteven a leaf can move, but thosewho think they are ''Shenshah'' andwhen their arrogance reachesCloud 9, then they meet the samefate,” he said.

    Apparently referring to theviolence that broke out during theJat quota reservation stir threeyears ago in Haryana, Modi saidthose who spoiled brotherhoodwere taught a lesson.

    “You showed in democracythat people are supreme and theirwishes are above all,” he said.

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    Hitting out the BJP-led cen-tral Government over theslowdown, Congress leaderRahul Gandhi on Friday saidthat Prime Minister NarendraModi ''does not know anythingabout economics''.

    Addressing his secondrally at Mahendragarh in theAhirwal region of the State,seen as a BJP citadel, ahead ofthe October 21 Assembly elec-tions, the former CongressPresident warned that the eco-nomic situation will becomeworse and ‘'big corporates willrun away like Mehul Choksiand Nirav Modi’.

    As the poll campaign forthe 90-member Haryanaassembly entered the final lap,Gandhi stuck to the issues ofeconomic slowdown, unem-ployment and farm distress toattack the government. Theelections are scheduled to beheld on October 21 and count-ing will take place on October24.

    Addressing a public rallyhere in place of his mother andCongress president SoniaGandhi, who he said was downwith a viral infection, the for-mer party chief also trained his

    guns on media, alleging that itwas scared and not showingthe truth.

    "Our friends from themedia who are under pressure,show PM Modi's speeches24/7. Have you ever seen themedia showing news of ram-pant unemployment andfarmer suicides. Media willonly show Modi ji's face, hisspeeches, talk of Article 370,moon (Chandrayaan), Modi'spicture in Corbett Park," hesaid.

    "Media persons say ''weknow the truth but we can''tshow it because we will loseour jobs''...The media, thechannels and newspapers arein the hands of 5-10 business-men," Gandhi alleged. "Modihas just one job -- to divert" theattention of the country fromthe real issues, he claimed.

    "India is being mocked atby the world. The countrywhich used to show the way tothe world, used to live withlove, used to progressfast...Today one caste is fight-ing the other, one religion isfighting the other and thecountry''s pride -- its economy-- Narendra Modi hasdestroyed it by demonetisation

    and Gabbar Singh Tax,"Gandhi said. He has beenusing ''Gabbar Singh Tax'' torefer to Goods and ServicesTax.

    "What they (the BJP) aredoing, that is the most dan-gerous is wherever they go,they make one Indian fightanother. They make a Hindufight a Muslim, Jat fight anon-Jat, people from northfight south, they will go toMaharashtra and say ''thrashand throw out the people ofUP and Bihar'', and in Biharsay ''we will protect you'',"Gandhi said.

    "The country cannotprogress through division. Thiscountry has progressed byworking together. If the coun-try will be divided, it will notbe able to progress," he assert-ed. Attacking the governmentover the state of the economy,Gandhi said unemployment isthe highest in the last 40 yearsand farmers are committingsuicide. However, he did notcite any any official data to sup-port his claims.

    "Small and medium busi-nesses --the spine of the coun-try-- say demonetisation andGabbar Singh Tax have

    destroyed them," Gandhi said.He also said under the UPArule, then US President BarackObama used to say that Indiaand China are competition forAmerica.

    The Congress leaderasserted that in order to spurgrowth money should be putin the pockets of the poor."When we introduced MNRE-GA, news papers used to sayit is a useless scheme. PMModi said in Parliament thatthere is no scheme worse thanMNREGA. Narendra Modihas no understanding of eco-nomics," Gandhi alleged.

    Slamming the govern-ment''s move to cut corporatetax, Gandhi claimed that afterjust three days "its balloonburst and things becameclear".

    Gandhi claimed that if theCongress would have won inthe Lok Sabha polls and itsminimum income guaranteescheme NYAY implemented,unemployed would have been"wiped out" and the farmerswould not have been facingproblems.

    "But, Modi won the elec-tions, how he won all of yousaw, where he took the atten-

    tion of the people. Don''t makethat mistake in Haryana, makethe Congress win," heappealed to the people.

    Slamming the governmentover privatisation, Gandhi saidModi was privatising PSUssuch as BSNL MTNL, BharatPetroleum and alleged that thiswas "destroying jobs".

    "This country''s strengthcannot be in billionaires. Indiais for the poor," he said, addingthe strength of this country isin its poor -- farmers, labour-ers and unemployed youth.

    He also highlighted theCongress'' promise to give 50per cent reservation in pan-chayats and 33 per cent in jobsto women. He accused thePrime Minister of taking lakhsof crores of rupees from thepeople and giving it to 15 busi-nessmen.

    "He (Modi) keeps givingyour money to those 15 busi-nessmen. It is just the start,look what happens to theeconomy and unemploymentin the next six months.

    These 15 businessmen aretaking the money out --VijayMallya, Nirav Modi, MehulChoksi, Lalit Modi, and morewill go," he alleged.

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    With just a few hours leftfor campaigning to cometo an end in Haryana , ChiefMinister Manohar Lal Khattaris the man to watch out for ashe has set his eye on Mission 75Plus in the state.

    Following a hectic sched-ule, addressing six or sevenpublic meetings a day, mostlyreaching the venues by heli-copter, Khattar is even havinghis lunch often is in the chop-per itself.

    But in the evenings thehelicopter is abandoned as hehits the road, continuing thecampaign to win as many seatsas possible in the 90-memberassembly.

    The 65-year-old leader’sown fight is in Karnal, where 11other candidates are in thefray. They include former stateminorities commission chair-man Tarlochan Singh(Congress) and sacked BSFjawan Tej Bahadur Yadav(Jannayak Janta Party).

    Khattar won the seat by63,000 votes in the 2014 assem-bly elections and was a surpriseBJP choice for the chief minis-ter’s post being a first-timeMLA and also the state’s firstnon-Jat CM in 18 years.

    In his public meetingsahead of the October 21 polls,Khattar admits he was dubbeda newbie.

    “There were people whoused to say I am new and lackexperience. Some even brand-ed me an 'anadi' (novice). Butnow the very same people sayI am not an 'anadi' but a 'khi-ladi' (player) of politics,” hesays.

    The Centre’s decision tonullify Article 370 that gaveJammu and Kashmir a specialstatus figures often in hisspeeches as Khattar challengesCongress leaders to make cleartheir stand on the issue.

    At a meeting in Tohana inFatehabad, from where stateBJP president Subhash Baralais seeking re-election, Khattarattacks “dynastic politics”,

    claiming that the culture of"virasat" (inheritance, entitle-ment) and "riyasat" (bastions)has ended. "There is a differ-ence between the politics of theBJP and other parties thatruled the state earlier. Theypromoted 'parivarvad' (familyrule), we opposedit,” he says.

    “We are livingin a democracynow, but they usedto say it is my'riyasat'.” He playswith words,reminding thatsome leaders arecurrently in“hirasat” (behind the bars), aclear reference to IndianNational Lok Dal presidentand former chief minister OmPrakash Chautala who is serv-ing time for corruption inrecruitment of governmentteachers.

    Khattar speaks in Punjabiat Tohana, asking the gatheringto be wary of “false promises”.Implementing the Congressmanifesto requires an unreal-istic sum of Rs 1.25 lakh crore,he claims.

    While the opposition tar-gets the BJP on unemployment,an alleged mining scam andindifference towards farmers,Khattar claims his governmentgave the state developmentand a clean and transparentadministration.“They always

    filled their coffers, indulged incorruption and favouritism,” hesays, referring to the previousgovernments. He also accusesthem of regional bias.

    “Haryana has emerged as amodel state in the country,” heclaims. He also touches upon

    the ‘Beti BachaoBeti Padhao’ and`Swachhta’ cam-paigns launchedby the NarendraModi governmentat the Centres.

    In a mediai n t e r a c t i o n ,Khattar dismissesthe opposition.

    “The opposition is in disarray.Everyone knows the situationthe Congress is in, it is a divid-ed house. The JJP is a partyformed by the son, the fatherand the mother, and everyoneknows the plight of the INLD.So, on individual seats theremay be a contest, but overallthere is no direct fight,” he says.

    Khattar joined the RSS asa full-time 'pracharak' in 1980and was moved to theBharatiya Janata Party as ageneral secretary in Haryana inmid-1990s.

    From six legislators in2000 to two in 2005 and justfour in 2009, the BJP createdhistory in the 2014 assemblyelections, winning 47 seats andforming its first-everGovernment in the State.

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    Odisha has been ranked12th among 29 States inthe India Innovation Index(III), 2019, a NITI Aayogreport released in New Delhion Thursday.

    Karnataka is the mostinnovative major State as per the list published in partner-ship with the Institute forCompetitiveness. Odisha haspositioned itself above Bihar,Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh,Madhya Pradesh andRajasthan.

    Tamil Nadu,Maharashtra, Telangana,Har yana, Kerala , UttarPradesh, West B engal ,Gujarat, and Andhra Pradeshare the other major 10 Statesposit ioned between

    Karnataka and Odisha.Delhi , Karnataka,

    Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu,Telangana and Uttar Pradeshare the most efficient Statesin translating inputs intooutput.

    NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumarexpressed hope that the IndiaInnovation Index would cre-ate synergies between differ-ent stakeholders in the inno-vation ecosystem and Indiawould shift to competitivegood governance.

    While India has a uniqueopportunity to become theinnovation leader in theworld, cluster-based inno-vation should be leveragedupon as the focal point ofcompetitiveness. The index isa great beginning to improve

    the environment of innova-tion in the country as itfocuses on both the inputand output components ofthe idea, viewed others pre-sent at the releasing ceremo-ny.

    The aim of the InnovativeIndia Index is to create aholistic tool which can beused by policymakers acrossthe country to identify thechallenges to be addressedand strengths to build onwhen designing the eco-nomic growth policies fortheir respective regions.

    The States have beenbifurcated into three cate-gories: major States, north-e a s t ,and hill States, and UnionTerr itor ies/c ity States/small States.

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    With the Government giv-ing a determined push to‘Make in India’ in the defencesector to achieve indigenisa-tion, Army Chief GeneralBipin Rawat on Friday saidattempts are on to further“lower bureaucratic barriers”and simplify procedures topromote domestic defencemanufacturing. He also said theGovernment is reducingprocesses and focusing res-olutely on the outcome of theseprocesses.

    Reiterating what DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh said afew days ago, the Army chiefsaid exports of Indian weaponsystems will touch the �35,000-crore mark by 2024 from the�11,000 crore annually at pre-sent.

    The energy and enterpriseof ‘Make in India’ will bespanned further in defencecorridors being set up with a“bouquet of advantages weoffer in the form of land clear-ances and tax concession. Theinitiative will fundamentallytransform the defence land-scape in our country,” Rawatsaid. He also urged to thedefence industry to providesolutions for the armed forces.

    In the last few years,numerous initiatives have beentaken and various schemeslaunched to energise thedefence sector in India, so weremain deeply committed tothe ethos of indigenisation,Rawat said.

    “We are manufacturingweapons and ammunition notjust to arm our defence forcesbut now we are graduallybecoming an export orientedindustry. Our defence exportscurrently range just about�11,000 crore annually are setto grow to �35,000 crore by2024,” he said while addressingthe 4th Defence Attaches con-clave jointly organised by theDefence Ministry and news

    portal Bharat Shakti. Thetheme of the event was‘Enhancing DefenceCapabilities throughCooperation’.

    Newly-formed IDEEA(Indigenous DefenceEquipment ExportersAssociation) was also launchedon the occasion.

    Talking of Def Expo 2020to be held in Lucknow, Rawatsaid several new technologieswill be on display and added,“We will be coming forward tocertify some of the equipmenton display.”

    Speaking at the conclave,Vice Chief of Army Lt GeneralMM Naravane said Indian offi-cers posted as Defence Attachesabroad “have been tasked tointeract and advertise withhost countries of the Indianequipment available.”

    Addressing the conclave,Navy Chief Admiral KarambirSingh spoke of the foreigncooperation initiatives whichinclude capacity building,training, exchanges and jointexercises. “India is hosting a

    large multilateral exerciseMILAN 2020 atVisakhapatnam and we haveinvited 41 countries,” he stated.

    All patents developed bythe Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation(DRDO) numbering over 1,700are now available for use by theIndian industry, said Dr.Sateesh Reddy, ChairmanDRDO. He added that theDefence Ministry has justunveiled a policy under whichall technologies will be availablefree of cost for use by theIndian industry.

    Rawat also said India iscommitted to peace and stabil-ity in the neighbourhood as alsoin the “wider region” and theArmy will continue to partnerwith friends to “confront anykind of emerging threats.”

    The Navy chief cited mar-itime threats such as piracy,which, he said, has “trans-national” ramifications. Hepitched for having greater mar-itime cooperation and lever-aging “collective military com-petency” of the world.

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    From November 1, next year,import, manufacture andsale of the ultrasound machineswill be allowed only under thelegal ambit of the Drugs andCosmetics Act, 1940.

    The Union HealthMinistry has issued a notifica-tion in this regard on Thursdayaccording to which the deviceintended for external or inter-nal use in human beings hasbeen categorised as drug witheffect from November 1, 2020.

    The step aims to regulatethe import, manufacture andsale of the devices to stem thedrastic decline in India’s sexratio, as per the Ministry. Themove followed recommenda-tion from the Drug TechnicalAdvisory Board (DTAB), theGovernment’s chief advisorybody on drugs.

    According to an officialfrom the Ministry, fromNovember next year, theCentral Drugs Standard

    Control Organization(CDSCO), the nationalregulatory body forIndian pharmaceuticalsand medical devices, willbecome the approvingauthority for import,manufacture and sale ofultrasound machines.The companies will alsohave to apply for per-mission from the DrugController General ofIndia, who is responsiblefor approval of licences,before the scanners aresold in India.

    The health ministryfeels that the move iscrucial to save the girlchild as it will checkmisuse of such tech-niques for sex selectionafter conception.Imported machines haveflooded the market, in theabsence of any regulatorycheck, they cannot be tracked.

    The Pre Conception andPre Natal Diagnostic

    Techniques (PC-PNDT) Act,1994 currently regulates thesale of ultrasound machinesonly to entities registered underthe law. However, the Ministry

    was not finding theexisting rules suffi-cient to deter the med-ical professionals andthe user, to avoidultrasound to deter-mine the sex of thefoetus. Mainly becauseof its easy availabilityon online as well.

    Under theMedical Device Rules(MDR) and the D&CAct the governmentwill regulate addition-ally the quality importand manufacturing ofthe equipment, hesaid.

    While welcomingthe move, Rajiv Nath,Forum Coordinatorof the AiMeD, anumbrella associationof Indian

    Manufacturers of MedicalDevices covering all types ofmedical devices including con-sumables, disposables, how-ever was not happy at the

    Government’s ‘pick and choosepolicy.”

    He said that the manufac-turers have been confused withinformally and arbitrary choos-ing of products and notifyingthem as drugs. “At AiMeD wewelcome regulations but not ofthese kinds . Our membersseek a predictable and com-prehensive regulatory frame-work that allows for adequatetransition and is predictable.Only then will investmentsspeed up as manufacturers getdiscouraged to be regulated asDrugs , item by item and not asa category,” said Rajiv Nath.

    The move is also not inkeeping with the HealthMinistry- DTAB Roadmap thataimed to regulate all devices ina phased manner and assuredan adequate transition periodof nearly four years for highRisk and near High RiskDevices. “The one year transi-tion period is not as per theassurance given of four years,”he added.

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    The Narendra ModiGovernment’s vision to pro-mote Khadi as a global fabrichas received a boost with a pro-posal to set up Khadi India’sfirst international venture inBhutan. Indian Embassy inBhutan, Khadi and Villageindustry Commission (KVIC)and Royal Textile Academy(RTA), Thimpu has organisedan event ‘Khadi-Thago’ , onOctober 16 to jointly celebratethe textile heritage fo Khadi andtraditional Bhutanese fabric onthe 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi. The FashionDesign Council of India (FDCI)curated the fashion show.

    Khadi-Thagzo, organisedat the RTA, which is also one ofthe most prominent touristspots in Thimphu, witnessed

    presence of high-profile audi-ence including Her Majestythe Queen Mother Ashi SangayChoden Wangchuck as theChief Guest, Vinai Saxena,KVIC Chairman as the Guest ofHonour, Prime Minister ofBhutan Dr. Lotay Tshering,Cabinet Ministers,Ambassadors and several otherdistinguished guests, duringthe event.

    The Indian ambassadorRuchika khamboj said that theobjective of this event was topromote environmental friend-ly fabric Khadi of India withBhutanese designers, toenhance the Khadi foot print inthe country. KVIC chairmanVinai Saxena said khadi meansSincerity, purity, honesty andswaraj.

    Indian designers AnamikaKhanna, Rajesh Pratap Singh

    and Samant Chauhan show-cased innovative Khadi-basedgarment lines along with worksof Chadrika Tamang, KenchoWangmo, Tshering Chodenand Sangay Choden of Bhutan.In addition,Anjana Bhargav,Nitin Bal Chauhan, ParasGairoliya, Payal Jain, RahulMishra & Renu Tandon curat-ed special Khadi ensembleswhich were also displayed in theevent followed by BanarasiSatvik Bhojan. Sunil Sethi ofFDCI was also present.

    Interestingly the fourBhutanese textile designers whoshowcased their work at theKhadi-Thagzo, had also visitedIndia on invitation from FDCI .

    A Bhutanese designer,Dorothy Gurung, would beopening the first Indian Khadioutlet in Bhutan towards theend of the year.

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    Maintaining that ruralhousehold consumptionhad slumped to a seven-yearlow, CPI(M) general secretarySitaram Yechury on Fridayalleged the “callous”Government was enthusiasticabout writing off unpaid loansof rich borrowers and tax cutsfor the super-rich but shows nosigns of concern over the slow-down.

    Yechury said the signs ofthe agrarian distress and near-stagnant rural incomes havebeen there for long but theModi government is busy withtrying to “divide and polarise”.

    A media report said in theSeptember quarter, rural India

    grew at five per cent in termsof value, sharply slower than 20per cent reported in the yearearlier. Urban India grew ateight per cent compared with14 per cent in the year-agoperiod, he said. “A callousCentral government shows nosigns of concern over the slow-down tumbling into a muchgraver problem. There is enthu-siasm in Modi govt only for taxcuts for the super-rich andwriting off unpaid loans of richborrowers.

    “The signs of the pro-longed agrarian distress andnear-stagnant rural incomeshave been there for long. Butthis govt is busy with trying todivide and polarise,” Yechurysaid in a tweet.

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    Muslim parties, sans theSunni Waqf Board, madeclear on Friday that they do notaccept the Supreme Court-appointed mediation panel’sproposal on purported settle-ment to resolve the Ayodhyaland dispute and expressedsurprise over reports suggest-ing that the Board was willingto withdraw the claim on thesite of the mosque.

    The mediation panel head-ed by former apex court judgeJustice FMI Kallifulla had fileda report in a sealed cover in theSupreme Court indicating a“sort of a settlement” betweenthe Hindu and the Muslim par-ties in which the Wakf Boardagreed to give up its claim over2.77 acre disputed land at theRam Janmbhoomi-Babrimasjid site if certain conditionsare fulfilled.

    “We are taken aback by themedia reports attributed by

    Shahid Rizvi, advocate onrecord that Uttar Pradesh SunniCentral Waqf Board was willingto withdraw the claim on site ofthe Babri Masjid,” EijazMaqbool, counsel for legal rep-resentatives of key Muslim lit-igants M Siddiq andMisbahuddeen, and four otheradvocates for Muslim partiessaid in a statement.

    The lawyers said the medi-ation panel’s report was leakedto the media and they do notapprove the procedures adopt-

    ed in the processand the suggest-ed compromiseformula of with-drawal of thelawsuit.

    “Accordingly,we must make itabsolutely clearthat we the appel-lants beforeSupreme Courtdo not accept theproposal made

    which has been leaked out tothe Press, nor the procedure bywhich the mediation has takenplace nor the manner in whicha withdrawal of the claim hasbeen suggested as a compro-mise,” the statement reads.

    “This was broadcasted byall Media agencies and news-papers that UP Sunni CentralWaqf Board has agreed toabandon their claim subject tocertain conditions. This newswas obviously leaked out eitherby the Mediation Committee or

    Nirvani Akhara which claimthe right on the Mosque or oth-ers,” it said, adding that the“leak was in total violation ofthe orders of the Supremecourt that had directed thatsuch proceedings shouldremain confidential.”

    The statement said it was“difficult” to accept that anymediation could have beendone especially when the main Hindu parties (deity ‘RamLalla’ through next friend andothers) had clearly stated thatthey were not open to any set-tlement and wanted a judicialdecision.

    “The recent attemptsbefore Mediation Committeewere not representative,” it said.

    On October 16, when afive-judge Constitution benchheaded by Chief Justice ofIndia Ranjan Gogoi reserved itsverdict in the case after 40 daysof hearing, the mediationpanel’s report was also submit-ted to the court.

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    Chief Justice of India RanjanGogoi on Friday sent a let-ter to the Centre recommendingJustice SA Bobde, who is next inseniority, as his successor.

    Official Sources told PTIthat Justice Gogoi wrote a letterto the Ministry of Law andJustice recommending JusticeBobde to be the next chief jus-tice.

    Justice Gogoi, who wassworn in as the 46th ChiefJustice of India on October 3,2018, will demit office onNovember 17.

    Official sources said thechief justice has gone by the con-vention to recommend the nameof the next senior judge afterhim as his successor.

    Justice Gogoi as the ChiefJustice has a tenure of 13 monthsand 15 days while Justice Bobde,who will be sworn in as CJI onNovember 18, will have a tenureof about 18 months.

    According to theMemorandum of Procedure,which governs the appointmentof members of the higher judi-ciary, “appointment to the officeof the Chief Justice of Indiashould be of the senior-mostjudge of the Supreme Court con-sidered fit to hold the office”.

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    The ruling NDA will winbyelections to all fiveAssembly seats and one LokSabha seat in Bihar on October21, claimed BJP ally and UnionMinister Ram Vilas Paswan onFriday.

    He said a “divided anddiscredited” Opposition in theState stands no chance to givean equal fight to the rulingalliance.

    Polls will be held in fiveAssembly seats and the LokSabha constituency ofSamastipur as incumbentMLAs were elected toParliament during the recentgeneral election while MP RamChandra Paswan, brother ofRamvilas Paswan, died of aheart attack.

    All three NDA parties —BJP, JD(U) and LJP — are con-testing elections. While ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar-ledJD(U) is contesting on fourAssembly seats, the BJP and theLJP have put up their candi-dates in an Assembly and theLok Sabha seat respectively.Ram Chandra Paswan’s sonPrince Raj is fighting fromSamastipur.

    “All our candidates willemerge victorious. We have runa united campaign and peoplehave full faith in the leadershipof Prime Minister NarendraModi and Nitish Kumar,” LJPpresident Ram Vilas Paswansaid.

    BJP president this weekgave a boost to the unity of BJP-JDU-LJP alliance in the state bydismissing any change in thealliance pattern in Bihar andsaying unambiguously that thenext assembly elections to thestate would be fought collec-tively under the leadership ofJDU leader Nitish Kumar.

    Paswan said the opposition‘mahagathbandhan’ (grandalliance) is divided and dis-

    credited. With unity eluding the

    grand alliance, some of itspartners have put up their can-didates after its two main part-ners, RJD and the Congress,divided all the seats betweenthem.

    His party, he said, has alsodeployed its workers to cam-paign for the BJP inMaharashtra and HaryanaAssembly polls. He expressedconfidence that the saffronparty will retain power in boththe states.

    BOXLeaders from other parties

    continued to switch over to theBJP. Former MLA Kartar SinghBhadana from poll-boundHaryana quit the BSP to joinBJP on Friday. He said BJP isnot new to him as he was withthe party earlier. Bhadana isbrother of Congress leaderAvtar Singh Bhadana and thefamily has influence, especial-ly in the Gurjar community.Kartar Singh Bhadana has beenan MLA from Haryana twotimes and from Uttar Pradeshonce. Haryana is scheduled tohave assembly election onOctober 21 and the counting ofvotes is due on October 24.

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    Citing unsatisfactory per-formance, the EC onFriday replaced the policeobserver and a returning offi-cer of Nashik in Maharashtra,and the expenditure observerof Ambala in Haryana, aheadof the October 21 Assemblyelections. It also appointed aformer IPS officer as a specialobserver for the Assemblybypolls being held in Sikkim onMonday.

    “The Election Commissionhas replaced police observer ofNashik and one returning offi-cer of Nashik district afterreviewing the electoral pre-paredness of the state ofMaharashtra,” the EC said in astatement. It said the policeobserver was removed for “notperforming the task of obser-vation satisfactorily”.

    On the basis of inputregarding progress of photovoter slip distribution, whichwas very important to informeach and every elector timely,it was found that the perfor-

    mance of an assembly con-stituency in Nashik districtwas “very poor”, it said.

    Reviewing this, the com-mission ordered replacement ofthe returning officer of NashikWest. The new officers will joinon Friday itself.

    The poll panel also orderedreplacement of the expenditureobserver of Ambala for “notsupervising the enforcementactivities in right earnest”. Itsaid his overall performancewas not found satisfactory.

    The EC has appointedretired IPS officer of AndhraPradesh cadre Vivek Dube asspecial observer for the assem-bly bypolls of Sikkim.

    Dube has been deputed tospecifically report to the ECabout the law and order situa-tion and oversee the deploy-ment and other security relat-ed issues there. “The commis-sion has taken the decision inview of inputs and complaintsreceived,” it said. Three seats inSikkim are going for by-elec-tions on Monday.

    Dube was deputed earlieralso as special observer to West Bengal during the LokSabha in April.

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    The Supreme Court onFriday refused toentertain a plea filed onbehalf of scam-hit PMCBank account holdersseeking lifting of restric-tions imposed by theReserve Bank of India oncash withdrawals.

    A bench headed byChief Justice of IndiaRanjan Gogoi said, “We are notinclined to entertain this peti-tion under article 32 (writ juris-diction). Petitioner canapproach the high court con-cerned for appropriate relief ”.

    The Punjab & MaharashtraCo-operative Bank has been putunder restrictions by theReserve Bank of India (RBI) fol-lowing the discovery of a Rs4,355-crore scam.

    Deposit withdrawals havebeen capped at Rs 40,000 overa six-month period, causingpanic and distress amongdepositors.

    During the hearing onFriday, Solicitor General TusharMehta said the government isaware of the seriousness of thesituation and the EnforcementDirectorate is taking appropri-ate action against the culprit.

    Advocate Shashank Sudhi,

    appearing for petitioner BejonKumar Mishra, said he hasfiled the petition on behalf of500 PMC Bank account hold-ers seeking lifting of restrictionsimposed by the RBI on cashwithdrawals.

    On Wednesday, around 50depositories of the PMC Bankstaged a protest outside the RBIdemanding revoking restric-tions on cash withdrawal, cur-rently capped at Rs 40,000 overa six-month period.

    A depositor of PMC Bankallegedly committed suicide inMumbai on Tuesday whileanother died of a heart attack afew hours after taking part in aprotest by bank customers seek-ing their money back.

    The petition filed before thecourt sought a direction forissuance of “exhaustive andcomprehensive guideline” to

    safeguard the banking andcooperative deposits in theeventuality of emergencyfinancial crisis where citi-zens are financially strand-ed by acts of a few“unscrupulous persons”.

    The plea said theCentre and the RBI shouldbe directed to ensure com-plete insulation and insur-ance of the hard-earneddeposited money of people

    in various cooperative banks,including nationalised banks,by enacting an appropriatemeasure of 100 per cent insur-ance coverage towards thedeposited amount.

    It said that a high-poweredcommittee should be consti-tuted to look into completeaffairs of working and theiroperation in all cooperativebanks in order to have a robustand transparent mechanismwhich can inspire confidence ofcommon public in cooperativebanks.

    Real estate firm HDILallegedly accounted for 70 percent of the bank’s Rs 9,000 croreadvances. According to theMumbai Police’s EconomicOffences Wing, HDIL’s loansturned non-performing assets,but the bank management hidthis from the RBI’s scrutiny.

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    The Centre on Friday told theSupreme Court that it waswilling to hand over land mea-suring 200 sq m to devotees forconstruction of Guru Ravidastemple in South Delhi but withcertain conditions.

    A bench of justices ArunMishra and S Ravindra Bhattook on record the offer made byAttorney General KKVenugopal, appearing for theCentre, and asked parties seek-ing construction of the templeto submit objections, if any, byOctober 21. At the outset,Venugopal said he had held con-sultation with all parties includ-ing devotees and governmentofficials and Centre has agreedto give the same piece of landconsidering sensitivity and faith

    of devotees for the site.“That same 200 square

    metre area of the site can behanded over to a committee ofdevotees for construction oftemple but with certain condi-tions,” Venugopal said, addingthat five out of seven petition-ers, who approached courtagainst demolition of templehave agreed to the proposal.

    He said that only two of thepetitioners are not agreeable tothe proposal but “the entirebelief and faith of the devotees ofGuru Ravidas is at the site wherehe stayed and therefore in theinterest of peace and harmonywe want to return the site to thedevotees”. Counsel appearingfor one of the petitioner, whohave objected to the proposalsaid that they need to see theoffer and file their response.

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    The Bengal political parties andcivil society have slammed UnionMinister Piyush Goyal for attackingNobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee forhis alleged Leftist leanings.

    Faulting Goyal for, “unneces-sarily bringing politics to malign aNobel Laureate who has made Indiaproud” Bengal Congress leader andMP Pradip Bhattacharya on Fridaysaid “it is unfortunate that ourMinisters are so uneducated andbiased that they do not even think twice to belittle a NobelLaureate who has made India proudby unnecessarily brining politics tomalign him.”

    Scoffing at Goyal he said, “the lit-eracy level of our Ministers is so highthat they do not even think twice toinvoke Newton’s second law in AlbertEinstein’s name,” and wondered“why a stalwart will have to be belit-tled just because he has Left lean-ings.”

    Earlier while congratulatingAbhijit for his remarkable achieve-ments in the field of economics

    Goyal said, “I congratulate AbhijitBanerjee for winning the NobelPrize … (but) you all know that histhinking is totally Left-leaning.” Hebacked his comments by sayinghow “Banerjee supported Nyay(poverty alleviation scheme of theCongress) but people of India reject-ed that ideology.”

    Questioning Goyal’s “politicalwisdom” the Congress MP said “justbecause a political party got a man-

    date and another party did not get ityou get the license to negate a NobelLaureate’s scholarly findings. It is apolitical party that got the people’smandate and not the theory of‘Nyay’ which was supported byAbhijit Banerjee,” he said.

    “Considering the sliding eco-nomic condition of the countryduring the BJP’s rule the time is com-ing when the people who are attack-ing day will go to him and sit at his

    feet to take lessons on economicdevelopment,” he maintained.

    Bangla poet Subodh Ghosh alsoattacked Goyal for “failing to under-stand Banerjee’s achievements as aneconomist.” He said “it is irrelevantwhether the Nyay found politicalsuccess or not. The question iswhether the prescription of Banerjeewhich has won him the Nobel Prizeis relevant and affective in conquer-ing poverty.”

    Economist and State FinancialAdvisor Abhiroop Sarkar said, “it isunfortunate that someone of AbhijitBanerjee’s strature will get suchreception from the national govern-ment.”

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    Even as the distance between RajBhavan and Nabanna (StateSecretariat) widened, BengalGovernor Jagdeep Dhankhar onceagain lambasted the TrinamoolCongress Ministers for repeatedlymaking adverse comments againsthim.

    Speaking to an audienceDhankar on Friday said “every timeGovernor (Dhankhar) does some-thing sensible you (Ministers)come out with a statement defyingdecorum. I am not a tourist. I amhere to discharge my constitu-tional duties which I will continuedoing.”

    The Governor was particular-ly referring to senior State leaderand Minister Subroto Mukherjee’scomments questioning his initiativeto hold an administrative meetingin North Bengal town of Siliguri.“It is nothing but a gimmick,”Mukherjee had said adding the

    Governor was just a “tourist in theState.”

    He said “some call me a tourist,others called the Siliguri visit a gim-mick” and vowed to “continue dis-charging” his constitutional duties,reminding that he was not the onewho crossed his Laxman Rekhaand adding it was upon ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee to takeaction on her Ministers.

    The distance between theTrinamool Congress andDhankhar had been widening eversince he personally went down toJadavpur University to rescueUnion Minister Babul Supriyo whowas trapped amid agitating stu-dents.

    Subsequently he told the mediaabout his being “humiliated” by theState Government during theDurga Puja carnival which washosted by Chief Minister MamataBanerjee.

    An emotional Governor saidhe “felt insulted at the carnival. I am

    deeply hurt and disturbed. Theinsult was not to me but to everypeople of West Bengal. They willnever digest such as insult. I am aservant of the people of WestBengal. Nothing can deter mefrom performing my constitution-al duties,” with his voice literallytrembling.

    “Speaking out of my injuredheart” the Governor said “for fourhours or more I was there and yourpress coverage was totally blackedout...This is unheard of. You willnever find it anywhere else.Someone told me it was reminis-cent of the Emergency.”

    Meanwhile, SubrotoMukherjee once again attackedthe Centre for breaking all consti-tutional norms and rules of feder-alism by bringing the Governorunder Z category security to beprovided by the central forces.“This is an utter infringement onState’s federal rights,” Mukherjeesaid.

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    The president of a littleknown Hindu Samaj Partywas found murdered at hishome in the congested NakaHindola area of the city here,police said on Friday.

    Kamlesh Tiwari (45) wasearlier associated with a factionof the Hindu Mahasabha, theysaid.

    The Akhil Bharatiya HinduMahasabha in a statement condemned the incident.

    Police said briefs protestswere held in the area by localresidents after the murder.

    “Kamlesh Tiwari wasfound murdered inside hishouse. Two persons had cometo meet him. Both were speak-ing to Tiwari when the lattersent one of his aides to get‘paan’ for them,” Vikas Tripathi,ASP (Lucknow West), told PTI.

    “When his aide returnedfrom the market, he foundTiwari in a pool of blood,”Tripa


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