Begusarai: BharatiyaJanata Party presidentAmit Shah today attackedBihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar, accusinghim of backstabbing theNDA by snapping ties andsaid it was in line with hishabit of "deceit" to grabpower.

"Nitish Kumar betrayedGeorge Fernandes, whogave him (Kumar) anational identity, andmore recently, Jitan RamManjhi. Where is GeorgeFernandes today? He hasbeen forced to spend'gumnaami ki zindagi' (alife of obscurity)?" hesaid.

Mr Shah said the saf-fron party had given aleadership role to MrKumar in the NDA andassisted him throughout"even at the cost of insultto the BJP workers" toprevent return of 'jungleraj' in Bihar.

"But, in tune with hisbehaviour he stabbed BJPin the back and joinedhands with Lalu Prasadfor the sake of power," hesaid. He told BJP workersto spread the truth amongvoters.

Amit Shah also targetedRashtriya Janata Dalsupremo Lalu Prasad for

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PM Modi to Launch Mudra Schemes inJharkhand on October 2

KN Tripathi Swears in as NewTripura Governor

Sushma Swaraj, British Foreign SecretaryDiscuss PM Modi's Visit to Britain P8

Mumbai, Maharashtra:Pointing to "discrepancies" inthe 2002 hit-and-run caseinvolving Bollywood superstarSalman Khan, his lawyer todayraised a question in the BombayHigh Court as to why police

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Salman Khan Hit-and-RunCase: Lawyer QuestionsBlood Test Done by Police

New Delhi: A plea was todayfiled in Delhi High Court seek-ing direction to conduct imme-diate nationwide investigationon catering firms running con-tracts in Indian Railways, alleg-ing they were over-chargingpassengers and flouting direc-tions of the Ministry. A doctor in

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Corruption in Railway Catering:Public Interest Litigation toProbe Companies

New Delhi: The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) has registereda money laundering case againstcontroversial Delhi-based meatexporter Moin Qureshi, who isunder the scanner of probe agen-cies for alleged tax evasion andhawala-like dealings.

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Enforcement Directorate RegistersMoney Laundering Case AgainstMeat Exporter Moin Qureshi

Mumbai/Chandigarh: No 'legalmanipulation' will be allowed inthe case of a bureaucrat's carallegedly knocking down a 90-year-old war veteran inChandigarh five days ago, saidDefence Minister ManoharParrikar, who has assured all nec-essary help to injured Captain Paramjit Kaur Dhanoa(Retired). "We will give whatever help is required. I

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Defence Minister Assures All Help toWar Veteran hit by Bureaucrat's Car

Chandigarh, Haryana: TheIndian National Lok Dal (INLD)party today opposed the decisionof Akal Takht, the highest tem-poral seat for Sikhs, to pardonDera Sacha Sauda head GurmeetRam Rahim Singh of blasphemycharges, saying the Dera chiefdoes not deserve exoneration.

"We strongly oppose it... There is no room for anypardon for a man who is booked under section 302

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Indian National Lok Dal Opposes AkalTakht's Decision to Pardon Dera Chief

Amravati, Maharashtra:Maharashtra Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis will inaugu-rate 'National Agriculture andOrange festival' in the districttomorrow.

The four-day long festival to beheld at Warud is being jointly

organised by Maharashtra government and'Krishimitra Events', an official release said.

State Agriculture Minister Eknath Khadse, UnionMinisters Nitin Gadkari and Hansraj Ahir and otherswill be present on the occasion.

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Devendra Fadnavis to Inaugurate'National Agri and Orange Festival'

Ahmedabad, Gujarat: A con-sultation seminar on the coun-try's new education policy wasorganised by the Gujarat gov-ernment, where suggestions ofmany academicians were taken.The Human and ResourcesDevelopment ministry is in the

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Consultation Seminar onCountry's New EducationPolicy Held in Gujarat

New Delhi: Patidar AnamatAndolan Samiti leader HardikPatel on Wednesday announcedthe formation of a new group,Akhil Bhartiya PatelNavnirman Sena, with the aimto unite the Kurmi, Gujjar,Maratha and Patel communi-ties.

Mr Patel, who has beenspearheading protests in

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Hardik Patel AnnouncesFormation of New Group

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New Delhi: Seeking toturn tables on Congressover the call drops issue,Telecom Minister RaviShankar Prasad todaysaid this problem is alegacy of the last govern-ment and he is clearingthew "mess" left bythem.

He also said thatCongress must be askedwhy state-owned BSNLand MTNL turned loss-making entities duringthe UPA regime.

Addressing a pressconference here on thecall drop menace, MrPrasad said he is clearingthe mess left by theCongress-led UPA

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Call Drops a Legacy of PreviousGovernment: Telecom Minister

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New Delhi: Alleging bias,Nestle India Limited today toldthe apex consumer commissionthat it was being "singled out"by the government in theMaggi noodles ban case as noaction was being taken againstother manufacturers of similar

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Maggi Ban: NestleClaims It is Being'Singled Out'

NEWS IN BRIEF

Mumbai: TheMaharashtra governmenttoday welcomed thecourt verdict in the 7/11Mumbai serial trainblasts case, saying that itwas committed tostrengthen the justicedelivery system in thestate.

Expressing satisfactionon the judgement,Finance Minister SudhirMungantiwar said in thelast one year the convic-tion rate has gone upfrom 9 percent to 35 percent.

"In the last one year,Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis has worked on

improving loopholes inthe judicial delivery sys-tem," he said.

NCP spokesmanNawab Malik said prop-er judicial process hasbeen followed and the

order is final."We have to honour

the judgement."A special MCOCA

court in Mumbai todaysentenced five of the 12

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Nitish Kumar Backstabbed BJP,Says BJP President Amit Shah

Maharashtra Government Welcomes7/11 Mumbai Serial Train Blasts Verdict

Dalai Lama to Returnto Dharamsala onOctober 3 After USCheckup

Dharamsala: The DalaiLama, who is in the UnitedStates for medical evalua-tion, will be back home atMcleodganj in Dharamsalacity on October 3, officialsconfirmed today.

The 80-year-old Tibetanleader cancelled hisplanned October USappearances after doctorsadvised him to take rest.

Desang Tsering,Secretary to Dalai Lama,said, "He (Dalai Lama) hasno health problems and heis doing well. He will bearriving in Dharamsala onOctober 3." A statement

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Lucknow: AfterJammu and Kashmir, ademand has been madein Uttar Pradesh forbanning liquor, with aMuslim organisationsaying there should beprohibition in the statewhich is a "land of faithfor both Hindus andMuslims".

The Ittehad-e-MillatCouncil plans to launcha state-wide campaignfor its demand.

The Council alsovoiced concern over

slaughter of cows on amass scale withoutproper arrangements forcattle breeding likepoultry, saying if the sit-uation continues, a timewill come when "ourchildren will not getmilk" to drink.

"Consumption ofliquor is considered badin all religions and UttarPradesh is a land of faithfor both Hindus andMuslims," its PresidentMaulana Tauqeer Raza

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After Jammu and Kashmir, Demandfor Liquor Ban in Uttar Pradesh

Dadri, Uttar Pradesh:Commenting on the mobkilling of a Muslim manover rumours that he hadeaten beef, a BJP leadertoday controversially saidit was "excitement" thatled to the incident.

Nawab Singh Nagar, aformer lawmaker fromDadri in Uttar Pradesh,where the killing tookplace on Monday night,also appeared to justifythe killing and described

as "innocent children" theyoung men arrested after

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ISTANBUL: As duskfell on Aksaray square inthe heart of Istanbul, therefugees began to gatherwith their luggage. Somewere women with chil-dren; others, young men insmall groups or alone bystreet carts. The place soonresembled a train station,filled with expectation andthe promise of a journey.Except, the people weren'twaiting for a train but tomake contact with passportforgers.

For the hundreds ofmigrants - many of themSyrian - that have escapedwars, often without docu-ments, the forgery networkholds out the possibility ofreaching the West and abetter life.

According to an esti-mate, nearly 70 per cent ofSyrians have fled withoutpassports.

All Syrians we spoke toin Aksaray were too afraidto talk, fearing identifica-tion by the Bashar al-Assad regime back home.

But with the help of afacilitator, we were led to acafe just a stone's throwaway, to meet a prominentmember of the forgeryracket.

The tall, lean young manasked that we called himOday, and that we mosaichis face once the TV cam-eras are on. He was morethan willing to share indetail the workings of thisbooming illegal trade.

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New Delhi: Two chiefministers attended, threesent letters of support. Onejust sent regrets. In the end,only West Bengal'sMamata Banerjee sharedstage with Arvind Kejriwalat his conclave of chiefministers in the nationalcapital today.

Manik Sarkar, TripuraChief Minister sat throughdiscussions but did not stayfor the speeches.

Mr Kejriwal, in the mid-dle of a protracted turf bat-tle with LieutenantGovernor Najeeb Jung,accused the BJP-led NDAgovernment of not allocat-ing funds to states and of

"arm-twisting" them by"misusing" agencies likethe Central Bureau ofinvestigation or CBI.

He alleged Lt GovernorJung is acting like "anagent" of the Centre by"declaring 30 orders of the

Aam Admi Party govern-ment null and void".

Ms Banerjee concurredand offered support. "Theysend the CBI to chief min-isters' homes to arrestthem, can the chief

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At Conclave of Chief Ministers, OnlyMamata Shares Stage With Kejriwal

On Mob Killing Over Beef Rumours,Ex-BJP Lawmaker's Shocker

The Indian Connection to Turkey'sBooming Fake Passport Mafia

W A S H I N G T O N :Impressed by Google'sflagship Project Loon -that takes internet to theremote and inaccessibleareas - Prime MinisterNarendra Modi believesthis has multiple uses likelong distance education,rural schools and telemedi-cine, officials said.

He was given a briefingabout Loon during his tourto the Google headquartersin the Silicon Valley over

the weekend.Google officials told PM

Modi that they werealready doing a pilot proj-ect in Andhra Pradesh andthe idea is to target ruralareas which still do nothave internet penetration.

"So, the Prime Ministerfelt that this could be avery very significant inno-vation to help us with ruralconnectivity," Ministry ofExternal Affairs

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Google's FlagshipProject LoonImpresses PM Modi

New Delhi: Assertingthat the problem of calldrops has begun toimprove, TelecomMinister Ravi ShankarPrasad today said mobileoperators on their own

are showing the short-comings but appeared torule out any penalty as ofnow.

While naming telecomoperators like Airtel,

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Call Drops Problem is Improving:Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Patna: RJD chief LaluPrasad today said theBJP-led NationalDemocractic Alliance(NDA) is contestingBihar assembly polls likehosting a wedding with-out bridegroom, whichthe grand alliance has inNitish Kumar.

Taking a swipe at theBharatiya Janata Party(BJP)-led NDA alliancefor not declaring any chiefministerial candidateahead of the state assem-bly polls, Lalu Prasad at arally in Jamui districtsaid: "We, the grandalliance, have dulha

(bridegroom) NitishKumar. But BJP-led NDAhas no dulha."

The former Bihar chiefminister, who has a waywith words, said peoplewould reject such a mar-riage party which lacksthe bridegroom.

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Lalu Prasad: Nitish Kumar is our 'Dulha', BJP has None

2 NEW DELHI | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 01, 2015Fight for right

Nitish Kumar...trying to create a controversy over reserva-

tions for backward castes and dalits andasserted BJP was not against quotas for them.

"Lalu Prasad is nowadays talking aboutreservation for backwards and dalits andaccusing the BJP of intending to end reserva-tion which is not true. BJP has been in favourof reservation for backwards and dalits sincethe promulgation of Constitution and is not infavour of any review," he said.

The BJP chief accused Prasad of harping onthe issue to "divert the attention of votersfrom the issue of jungle raj."

Addressing a BJP workers' conference atBegusarai, about 100 km from the state capi-tal, the BJP chief said the Modi governmentattached great importance to national securi-ty, which will never be compromised.

The BJP president mocked Lalu Prasad'sclaims of being a Socialist, saying the RJDleader's entire politics nowadays was focusedon promoting the interest of his family.

"While Prime Minister Narendra Modi willstart his campaign for Bihar election fromBanka on October 2, (Lalu) Prasad started hiscampaign from Raghopur (last Sunday) fromwhere his son (Tejaswi Yadav) is contestingand which will see voting in the third phase,"Mr Shah pointed out.

Defending Prime Minister Narendra Modi'sforeign trips, the BJP chief said, "Earliernobody took notice of visit of 'Mauni Baba'(Manmohan Singh) to foreign land, but todaypeople in large numbers welcome NarendraModi."

He promised if the NDA was voted topower in the state, its government wouldensure 24-hour electricity and huge invest-ment in Bihar so youth do not have to go toother in search of livelihood.

BJP workers from 11 districts participatedin the conference which was also attended byUnion Minister Ananth Kumar, who is alsoin-charge of party's Bihar affairs.

Lalu Prasad..The grand alliance of the Rashtriya Janata

Dal (RJD), Janata Dal-United (JD-U), andCongress has declared present Bihar ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar as its chief ministerialcandidate for the upcoming state assemblypolls.

BJP leaders have repeatedly said the nameof the chief ministerial candidate would bedecided after the polls if the NDA wins two-thirds majority.

Lalu Prasad, however, also sought to cau-tion the voters, saying that BJP workers fromGujarat and Madhya Pradesh are visitingrural Bihar in large numbers to spread hatredand create communal tension for the party toadvantage from it politically.

"Till Lalu is alive, reservation for Dalitsand OBCs cannot end. RSS and BJP are keento end reservation," he said, obliquely refer-ring to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's suggestion toreview the country's reservation policy.

Google's Flagship ...spokesman Vikas Swarup said.The Google officials said their research

tells them that 160 million people can be lift-ed out of poverty if given internet access.

"So, the Prime Minister immediately feltapplications of Project Loon in areas such aslong distance education, rural schools andtelemedicine etc. And they said that the tech-nology exists to scale up," Mr Swarup said.

"As of now, it simply a means to deliverinternet to places where no internet exists, butdepending on what the requirements are, thiscould be scaled up," he added.

In his interaction with Google officials, thePrime Minister talked about his favouriteconcept called 'JAM' where the 'J' stands forthe Jan Dhan Yojana, the 'A' stands for theAadhaar platform and the 'M' stands formobile governance.

PM Modi told them that the Jan DhanYojana is more or less done, 180 million peo-ple who were outside the banking sector havenow been covered by bank accounts.

The Aadhaar project is about 90 per centdone. "But mobile governance is where hewanted to move on next and that is where hesought inputs from Google, how that could bemade possible," Mr Swarup said.

Specifically, there was a discussion on thepossibilities of Google technologies for theagricultural sector in terms of if they coulddevelop algorithm etc. to predict rainfall or tosay what is going to happen next in terms ofcrop patterns etc. which could really be oftransformative use in agriculture, he added.

Dalai Lama to...issued on the Tibetan leader's website on

September 25 stated that "His Holiness theDalai Lama is in the United States for a med-ical checkup. The doctors have advised HisHoliness to rest for the next several weeks. Asa result, His Holiness' planned October USvisit has been cancelled."

The official from Dalai Lama's office inDharamsala confirmed today that no pro-grams are scheduled during his stay inDharamsala as he is advised complete rest bythe doctors, who attended upon him at Mayo

Clinic in the US.The Tibetan leader will be meeting the

Tibetan Community of Minnesota today, afterwhich he will rest and not attend any publicevent scheduled, the official said.

He had been scheduled to speak at events inColorado, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania andUtah from October 17 to October 26, and wasto receive an award from the NationalConstitution Center in Philadelphia on theconcluding day.

Maharashtra Government...convicted in the case to death while the

remaining were awarded life imprisonment.Seven RDX bombs exploded in the first-

class coaches in as many suburban trains,killing 189 people and injuring 829 others onJuly 11, 2006.

At Conclave...minister order a raid at the Prime Minister's

house?" she said.The Bengal CM also said, "Declaring

orders null and void is not good... What ishappening in Delhi and other states is not co-operative federalism. It is a danger." TheCentre, she said, was running a parallel gov-ernment through Governors.

Together they pitched for the supremacy ofelected governments, demanding completede-centralisation. "States will have to begiven more power, rising above party poli-tics," said Mr Kejriwal.

The conclave was to have served as a com-ing together of chief ministers of states notruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party or itsallies against the Centre. Mr Kejriwal hadalso invited Congress CMs, but none attend-ed.

The chief ministers of Mizoram andPudducherry sent letters of support. So didBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who hasin recent days shared a relationship of mutualadmiration and support with Mr Kejriwal.Mr Kumar is busy campaigning for electionsin Bihar next month.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister AkhileshYadav sent word he would not attend the con-clave.

Mr Kejriwal admitted he should havechecked on the availability of the chief min-isters before deciding on the date of the con-clave.

Call Drops a...government and during their tenure the

Sanchar Bhawan - the seat of TelecomMinistry - was known for all the wrong rea-sons including "corruption, loot and impro-priety".

The Congress had yesterday demandedsacking of Telecom Minister for his "incom-petence" in resolving the issue of frequentcall drops experienced by consumers.

Congress General Secretary ShakeelAhmed had said it was becoming difficult totalk on mobile "for even five seconds" andthe problem was more in the networks ofstate-owned MTNL and BSNL.

Responding to the Congress' charge, MrPrasad said, "Call drop is also a legacy of pre-vious government. We inherited it. The weak-ness in telecom sector that came due to lackof monitoring...call drop came from otherfactors... lack of network improvement, opti-misation of network equipment."

The Minister added that BSNL and MTNLwere making profit in 2004 till the time thethen NDA government was in power, but thetwo firms became loss-making in 10 years ofthe Congress rule.

"BSNL's profit was Rs. 10,183 crore in2004 and after ten years, when we came back,BSNL was suffering a loss of Rs. 8,234 crore.Who is responsible for this. Will theCongress party government give answer tothis? MTNL in 2004 was in profit of Rs. 938crore and in 2014, it was suffering a loss ofRs. 2,843 crore," Mr Prasad said.

Call Drops Problem...Aircel, Idea, Vodafone and Tata Tele among

those having contained the problem, he saidnearly half of the defective mobile sites havebeen fixed to address the menace.

Addressing a press conference on the issueof call drops, the Minister said a total of34,460 mobile sites were found to be defec-tive, out of which 16,962 were fixed in thethird week of September.

As per the data shared by the Minister,17,498 sites still needed to be repaired acrosscountry.

As per the data, Aircel's network accountedfor the maximum number of sites found to bedefective, with 5,741 cells, about one-third ofthe total, that needed to be fixed.

Idea Cellular is required to fix 3,468 cells,Vodafone 3,344, Bharti Airtel 2,159, TataTeleservices 1,881, Telenor 530, RelianceCommunications 33, VideoconTelecommunications 46, Quadrant 81 andSistema Shyam Teleservices 65.

The operators have said they would try tofix these defective cells by next month, theMinister said, while adding that the compa-nies feel they must resolve the problem as itwas a matter of credibility for them.

Without giving any direct answer on penal-ising the erring telecom operators, Mr Prasadsaid that the regulator TRAI was working ona framework about incentives and disincen-tives linked to call drops and the government

would consider it as and when the recommen-dations come in.

TRAI has said that the recommendationscan come in by mid-October, although opera-tors have been opposing any move to com-pensate the consumers on the basis of calldrops.

The Indian Connection...Oday, who says he is from the Golan

Heights, says that once contact is made, allrefugees need to give him their basic detailsand photographs. In two days he says, thepassport is ready.

"Faster than the embassies," said Oday,According to an estimate, nearly 70 per

cent of Syrians have fled without passports.But the price is heavy: 700 to 1,000 Euros

for a fake passport for any country in Europe.The price barrier explains why only a tinyfraction of refugees - about 10 per cent - canactually afford to attempt to make the trip toEurope, compared to those who remain in theMiddle East, close to Syria's borders.

"Passports for France or Germany are moreexpensive. Also, some passports are not fakebut genuine, just sold after changing thenames and photos," he said.

The smugglers don't guarantee success. Butthe money is deposited with a third party, tobe handed over when the refugee reaches hisor her final destination. "They only need toget out of Turkey. Once they get to Europe,they declare themselves refugees and have tobe taken in," he said, adding, "We don't takethe money upfront. A third person gives it tous once the passport holder is out of Turkey."

Oday wasn't bragging. Sefik Dinc, anIstanbul-based journalist with the paperHaberturk pretended to be a Syrian refugeeand bought a forged Finnish passport in twodays, exposing the rot in the system.

A charitable explanation for why forgeryoperates so freely is so Syrians get a free pas-sage. According to an official Turkish report,nearly 70% of the refugees left behind theirpassports in Syria and have no chance of get-ting them back.

After Jammu...Khan told PTI. "If liquor is sold in UP, then

it means that it is sold in a place of pilgrim-age," said Mr Khan who claimed to havealready talked to Chief Minister AkhileshYadav in this regard. Bareilly in the state, heparticularly noted, is the centre of faith forSunni sect and Deobandis.

The demand for liquor ban comes close onthe heels of a similar one in Jammu andKashmir where a religious organisationKarwan-e-Islami has moved the High Courtto seek prohibition in the state. The HighCourt yesterday asked government to give itsview by October 6 on the plea.

The Maulana said availability of liquor inUP has been made so easy that even minorscan access it. "I have seen minors havingdrinks at juice stalls. I have told the govern-ment that if liquor is banned in UP, bothHindus and Muslims would appreciate," hesaid. Contending that in Islam, liquor hasbeen termed as mother of all evils, theMaulana said henious crimes like murder,rape and dacoities could be checked if it isbanned. He refused to accept the argumentthat ban on liquor would result in loss of rev-enue and cited the case of Gujarat.

"The revenue loss can be compensated byother means, but loss of religion cannot becompensated. For example, liquor is bannedin Gujarat, but there is no impact on rev-enue," he said, adding "When there is a banon liquor in birth place of Mahatma Gandhi,then why is it allowed in the land of Ram andKrishna?"

On Mob ...Mohammad Ikhlaq, 52, was lynched by

some 100 men, allegedly over a rumourthat he had slaughtered a calf and had beefin his house in a village around 35 km fromDelhi. Mr Nagar, who visited Ikhlaq's fam-ily, described what happened as sad butsaid: "If anybody was consuming cow meatthen that is wrong." Six of the attackerswere arrested the same night. They are"innocent kids" and "children barely 10-15years old," the BJP leader said.

The state's Samajwadi Party government,after an initial inquiry, has said that therumours that allegedly drove the mobkilling were false.

Ikhlaq and his 22-year-old son weredragged from their house, and kicked andbeaten. Ikhlaq died on the spot while hisson is critical. Half an hour before theattack, an announcement was allegedlymade at a temple nearby that a calf hadbeen slaughtered and its carcass had beenfound near a transformer. The police areinvestigating who started the rumours in apart of western Uttar Pradesh that is proneto communal flare-ups.

Defence Minister...can ask my people in Chandigarh to moni-

tor and see that legal manipulation does nottake place because of the influential personinvolved," the minister told reporters today inMumbai on board the warship, INS Kochi.

The car belonging to Secretary, IndustrialTraining in Haryana, Anil Kumar hadallegedly knocked down Ms Dhanoa, a for-mer army doctor, on September 25 when she

was entering the Tagore theatre to watch aplay along with her family members.

The veteran has alleged that the officer nei-ther provided any help nor did he apologise toher as she lay on the road bleeding andbruised. Ms Dhanoa received injuries on herface and her head and also suffered brokenrib. She was admitted to Command Hospital,Chandimandir and her condition was nowstable, her family said.

Her grandson, Gobind Singh Dhanoa tookto Facebbook to express his "disgust" overwhat is being described on social media asVVIP racism. Social media users expressedoutrage at the incident.

The Chandigarh Police has booked an"unknown person" under Sections 279 (rashdriving) and 337 (endangering life and per-sonal safety of others) of Indian Penal Code.

Devendra Fadnavis...Nagpur-based orange grower Dhiraj

Junghare and scientist SAMH Naqvi will beawarded Mohanrao Totey Santra Bhushanaward for their remarkable achievements inorange production and orange pest controlresearch respectively, it said.

Indian National...(murder) and 376 (rape) of IPC and who

has also hurt the sentiments of Sikhs bydressing himself up as Guru Gobind Singh,the 10th Sikh Guru," said Leader ofOpposition in Haryana assembly and INLDlawmaker, Abhay Chautala.

Last week, the Akal Takht had pardoned thechief of the Sirsa-headquartered sect follow-ing a letter of apology from him, to putbehind a bitter row between them. There hasbeen criticism of the pardon by some Sikhorganisations, some of them today observed aPunjab shutdown in protest against the deci-sion of Akal Takht.

The opposition leader also lashed out at theHaryana government alleging that it hasfailed in ensuring purchase of paddy in thestate for the Kharif season, as a result ofwhich growers are upset who are unable tosell their produce. He also hit out at the gov-ernment for higher electricity bills beingreceived by consumers. "The state govern-ment has raised energy by 43 per cent in clan-destine manner," he alleged.

Mr Chautala also said that INLD wasorganising 'Samman Diwas' on November 1marking the birth anniversary of party'sfounder leader Chaudhary Devi Lal inRohtak, and has invited Punjab ChiefMinister Parkash Singh Badal and SamajwadiParty leader Mulayam Singh Yadav for theevent. Earlier, the party had planned to organ-ise the event at Ram Leela Maidan in Delhi,but it could not get the space on that day forholding the progamme.

Salman Khan...had gone for a blood test when no witness

or First Information Report (FIR) had eversuggested that the actor was drunk or wassmelling of liquor.

Corruption in ...his petition before a bench of Chief Justice G

Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath alleged that thecatering companies were charging arbitrarilyand not complying with the rates prescribed inthe circular issued by the Ministry ofRailways, to the prejudice of the common pas-sengers who were being over charged.

The court has fixed hearing on the publicinterest litigation (PIL) on November 18.

Doctor Sanjay Gupta, in his PIL, said exor-bitant rates were being charged for food andbeverage items on trains by the caterers.

"The money involved could be in thousandsof crores, once the matter is investigated. Sincethe catering companies are not issuing bills tothe buyers, there is bound to be tax evasion bythe companies, depriving the exchequer ofvaluable tax.

"The receipts issued by the caterers in differ-ent trains are in similar layout and printing,indicating that most caterers are common orhave formed a cartel," the PIL said.

The petitioner said that in 2012, Railwayshad released an elaborate circular pertaining tocatering services and prices. "The circular alsostated categorically that under no circum-stances, the railway should charge differentrates as rates of these items are determined atthe Railway Board level," he said.

The petitioner also urged the court to seewhether the caterers were complying with thecircular, whether they issued bills of fooditems sold by them to on-board passengers andwere paying all applicable taxes on the entiresales made by them on the trains.

He said that while undertaking railway jour-neys, he found that caterers were not charginguniform rates prescribed by the railways,which was "totally arbitrary and in flagrantviolation of the said circular".

While seeking action against officials andthe catering companies, the plea said that therailways have "not bothered to rectify the pro-cedure resulting in routine loss to the citizenand to the exchequer".

The plea also sought direction to theMinistry to "initiate awareness programme forthe passengers".

Enforcement Directorate...fresh case under the Prevention of Money

Laundering Act (PMLA), proceedings againstthe businessman will now be carried out undercriminal laws as against the current ones beingconducted under the Foreign ExchangeManagement Act (FEMA) and Income TaxAct which are civil in nature.

Officials said the agency slapped the freshcharges after taking cognisance of the I-Tdepartment's charge sheet (also called prosecu-tion complaint) against Qureshi in theiralleged tax evasion case in a local court heresometime back.

"The new rules notified by the agency statethat in any case if the prosecuting agency (taxdepartment here) has filed a complaint in acompetent court and the court has admitted it,such a case can be taken up for probe underPMLA," they said.

The ED has taken over this case underFEMA early this year after the I-T departmentshared documents indicating hawala andalleged contravention of forex laws by thebusinessman and his business entities basedhere.

The ED had alleged that Qureshi has sent"huge amount of funds" through the hawalaroute to Dubai, London and few other overseasdestinations in Europe.

The agency early this year had also conduct-ed searches on Qureshi's premises and had alsoquestioned him. It is expected that he may besummoned again for questioning and his assetsmay be attached as part of the fresh proceed-ings under money laundering laws.

The I-T department, during its probe, hadfound Qureshi had 11 bank lockers whichwere in the names of his employees and asso-ciates but the articles belonged to the business-man. The lockers were operated by theemployees of AMQ Group of Qureshi claim-ing that over Rs. 11.26 crore in cash and jew-ellery worth over Rs. 8.35 crore were found inthese lockers.

Consultation Seminar...process of drafting a policy after 29 years."No country in the world had done such a

long process or it had shared experience fromall the quarters to draft an education policy, butwe will do it and Gujarat has already taken thelead in this (in form of consultation),"Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, state educationminister, said in the event held at theKnowledge Consortium of Gujarat (KCG)campus here.

According to the minister, the consultationprocess on primary education has been con-ducted in around 12,304 out of 14,049 villagesin the state. In the higher and technical educa-tion segment, the process has been conductedin 188 out of 224 blocks, and in 19 out of 26districts have been completed.

Mr Chudasama also spoke about how thecountry and the state are far behind in GrossEnrollment Ratio (GER) in comparison withthe developed countries. He said, "Gujarat hasGER of 21 per cent, while the country hasGER of 20 per cent, but if you compare it withthe developed countries, then we are farbehind. The GER in those developed countrieswould be more than 50 per cent. We need tothink on this as well."

The minister also said the government mustreconsider its proposed 'No Detention Policy'.

"I insist to reconsider this act. This isGujarat's message to the Union government.Because, if you do not fix the accountability ofthe teacher, then I think he will not teach prop-erly. There must be changes in the NoDetention policy," Mr Chudasama said.

In an appeal to academicians Mr Chudasamaalso said the new education policy should besuch which made countrymen reliable, disci-plined, patriotic and honest.

Representative of Union Human Resourceand Development (HRD) Ministry, ShakilaShamsu said the new education policy is beingdrafted and it is likely to be introduced byDecember this year.

Hardik Patel ...Gujarat to demand reservations for the

Patel community, said at a press conferencein New Delhi that the new organisationwould try to mobilise support of these com-munities on the issue of reservation.

"The Akhil Bhartiya Patel Navnirman Senawill fight for the cause of farmers, labourersand youth of the country," he said.

Mr Patel said he would also fight for reser-vation in government jobs on the basis ofcastes.

Earlier, he had said that he would fight forreservation in jobs according to the economiccondition of the candidate.

Mr Patel also plans to organise aMahasabha in the national capital next monthto further his cause.

Maggi Ban...products.Citing Bombay High Court order which

had set aside the countrywide ban on Maggi,the company also sought to recall an earlierorder of the National Consumer DisputesRedressal Commission (NCDRC) by which ithad admitted government's Rs. 640 crore suitagainst the noodles manufacturer for allegedunfair trade practices and other charges.

A bench, headed by Justice V K Jain, issuednotice to the government on the company'splea and sought response by October 8. It alsoissued notice to Nestle on a separate pleafiled by the government seeking further test-ing of Maggi noodles.

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