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Modi to hit the...combine, the PM’s campaign is also aimed at boosting thesagging morale of the BJP cadres and giving a leg-up tothe alliance partners offended by the Haryana incidents.The BJP had initially indicated thatModiwould address

13 rallies spread over the third, fourth and fifth phase con-stituencies. However, the revised schedule of at least twodozen rallies shows that the PMand the BJP are not readyto leave anything to chance in the do-or-die battle forBihar.Modi remains the party’s best bet in an electionwhere theBJP is being predicted to be lagging behind the Grand Al-liance of Lalu-Nitish.While the partywas already in a dis-advantageous position due to a smaller caste bracket, theprovocative statements by theHindutva fringe and the cas-es of atrocities on Dalits have further diminished itsprospects.When asked what was the party’s biggest strategic

strength in Bihar, BJP chief Amit Shah had candidly said‘the leadership of Narendra Modi’.

Vice President held...it said, without saying whether the vice president hadbeen formally charged.Home Minister Umar Naseer earlier posted on Twitter

thatAdeebwas in detention onDhoonidhoo prison island."Charges: high treason," he tweeted. Adeeb, 33, was ar-rested at around noon local time (1230 IST) today as he re-turned home from Singapore, where he had stopped overafter attending an investment forum in China.Maldivian police confirmed his detention was linked to

an investigation into the September 28 blast aboardYameen's speedboat, which left the leader unhurt but hiswife and two others slightly injured.Adeeb was unceremoniously escorted away by police as

he disembarked from a Singapore Airlines flight, with acoastguard boat taking him to the nearby prison island ofDhoonidhoo. Dozens of Adeeb's supporterswho hadarrived at the official jetty in Male to greet him wereturned back by police in the tiny one-square-mile (2.5square-kilometre) capital island.

Tribal farmer commits...a tribal community and had been allotted around 5 acresof government land for farming years ago.According to information, due to severe damage to his

crop, the family of the deceased was in dire straits. Thisled to arguments between him and his son, followingwhich he left his home on Thursday and took the extremestep.TI Ratibad Purnendra Singh said that the deceased was

identified as Nan Singh Bhilala, 65, son of Bhalu Bhilala,resident of Kekaria village within the limits of Ratibadpolice station. He said that the deceased had left home fol-lowing a dispute with his son Majhaar on October 22. OnSaturdaymorning around 7 am the body of NanSinghwasspotted by villagers aroundhalf-a-kilometre away from thevillage hanging by a Mahua tree. They immediately in-formed the kin of the deceased following which his sonMajhaar reached the spot and with the help of peoplebrought down his body.Majhaar informed the police around 9 am following

which a casewas registered and the bodywas sent for post-mortem examinations.TI Singh denied the chances of any foul play and said

that by the condition of the body it seems that the farmercommitted suicide onFridaynight. Police however deniedthe claims that the farmer committed suicide due to croploss.

Ground to Sky...commissioned in the fighter stream in June 2016. There-after, they would undergo advanced training for one yearand would enter a fighter cockpit by June 2017.At present, the IndianArmy is inductingwomen into the

Signals, Engineers, Army Aviation (Air Traffic Control),Army Air Defence, Electronics and Mechanical Engi-neers, Army Service Corps, Army Ordinance Corps, In-telligence Corps, Army Education Corps and Judge Advo-cate Generals Branches/Cadres.The Indian Navy is inducting women in the Judge Advo-

cate Generals, Logistics, Observer, Air Traffic Controller,Naval Constructor and Education branches/cadres. How-ever, it hasmoved a proposal to induct women as pilots forits fleet of surveillance aircraft.With this decision to open up induction of women in the

fighter stream, women have become eligible for inductionin all branches and streams of the IAF.The IAF is at present inducting women in the Transport

and Helicopter stream of the flying branch, Navigation,Aeronautical Engineering, Administration, Logistics, Ac-counts, Education andMeteorology branches.The Ministry of Defence has also taken up a compre-

hensive review pertaining to induction of women inArmed Forces, both in short service commission and per-manent commission, and once finalised, more brancheswould be opened up for induction of women to give themthe space which they deserve in the Armed Forces of thecountry, the statement said.The air force currently has about 1,500womenon its rolls

of which 94 are pilots and 14 navigators.Themove is in sync with global trends andwill help IAF

overcome shortage of officers in the fighter aircraftstream. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had beenbatting for increased role of women in the armed forcesbut had said that it will take some time."It has to be done in a phase-wisemanner. Itwon't happen

immediately," Parrikar had said onOctober 12, adding thatthe final notification on inducting women as fighter air-craft pilots would also take sometime.He also cited that the United Arab Emirates Air Force

has women fighter-plane pilots who had carried outstrikes on ISIS targets.

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Gulzar justifies returning awardsLaments rising intolerancewhere a person’s religion is asked before his or her namePatna

Noted lyricist Gulzar hascome out in support of au-thors returning theirSahitya Akademi awardsin protest of the growingreligious intolerance inthe country, saying this isthe only way a writer canregister protest.Many writers have re-

turned their Akademiawards to protest thekilling of Kannada writerMM Kalburgi and othergrowing instances of at-tacks on intellectuals.Gulzar, 81, said while the

killing was not Akademi'sfault, the authors wantedthe institution to recog-nize and protest against

the incident."The murder

that has hurtus all is some-where the faultof the sys-tem/govern-ment ... Re-turning theaward was anact of protest.Writers don'thave any otherway to registertheir protest. We have nev-er witnessed this kind ofreligious intolerance. Atleast, we were fearless inexpressing ourselves,"Gulzar said.Expressing concern over

the growing instances ofcommunal intolerance, he

rubbishedclaims thatthe writersdecision toreturn theaward waspoliticallymotivated."The mur-

der that hashurt us all issomewherethe fault ofthe sys-

tem/government ... Re-turning the award was anact of protest. Writersdon't have any other wayto register their protest.We have never witnessedthis kind of religious in-tolerance. At least, wewere fearless in express-

ing ourselves," Gulzarsaid.Expressing concern over

the growing instances ofcommunal intolerance, herubbished claims that thewriters decision to returnthe award was politicallymotivated."Never thought that a sit-

uation like this wouldcome where a person's reli-gion is asked before hisname. It was never likethis ... What politics can awriter do?A writer just speaks from

his heart, mind and soul.They are the consciencekeepers of the society.They are the keepers ofthe soul of the society," hesaid.

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Nagpur

Amid raging rowover cow slaughterin India, RSS chiefMohan Bhagwat onSaturday said inKenya, people some-times drink blood ofcows to survive, butthey don't kill them or eattheir meat, reports PTI.In certain situations like

famine, people in Kenyadrink blood of cows to sur-vive but they don't killthem or eat their flesh, hesaid while speaking at afunction here. They inserta tube made of bamboo inthe jugular vein of cowsand suck blood. But in no

way the animal iskilled for consump-tion since there is aban on cow killingin the African na-tion, said Bhagwat,a veterinary doctorby training.They also ensure

that while blood issucked, the cow does notdie due to it, Bhagwatadded.His remarks came in the

wake of controversy overban on beef consumptionin some States, includingMaharashtra, and the re-cent lynching of a man inDadri, Uttar Pradesh, afterrumours that he and hisfamily ate beef.

People in Kenya drink cowblood but don't kill it: Bhagwat

Bikaner

Members of two communi-ties clashed during a reli-gious procession in Sridun-gargarh here, promptingauthorities to clamp indefi-nite curfew in the area.Three persons, including

two policemen, were in-jured as the two sides in-dulged in stone pelting lastevening, District CollectorPoonam told PTI on Satur-day. The trouble startedwhen a religious processionwas crossing a shrine be-longing another communityin village Gusaisar. The peo-ple in the shrine asked theother group to stop the mu-sic, but the latter did not re-lent which led to a con-frontation, according to po-

lice and administration offi-cials. As violence broke out,additional security person-nel were rushed to the area,police said, adding thatchedroof portions of two shopswere torched today by mis-creants. PTI

Tension in Bikaner town

Riots case: Bailable warrant againstUnion Minister, BJP leadersMuzaffarnagar

A bailable warrant has been issued against Muzaffarna-gar riot accused including Union Minister SanjeevBaliyan, BJP MP Bhartendu Singh, party MLA SureshRana and Sadhvi Prachi by a local court for not appear-ing before it in a case of violating prohibitory orders andinciting communal tension by making speeches.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sitaram yester-

day issued bailable warrant against Minister of State forAgriculture Baliyan, Singh, Rana, Prachi, BJP localleader Umesh Malik, ex-Block Head Virendra Singh,Chairman of a local cooperative society Shyampal amogothers and asked them to appear in court on November 2.Hearing is getting delayed due to the non-appearance of

the accused, the ACJM said.According to prosecution, these accused are facing

charges under IPC sections 188 (violating prohibitoryorders), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter publicservant from discharging his duty) and 341 (wrongfulrestraint). It is alleged that they participated in NadalaMador panchayat meeting and violated prohibitory or-ders and incited violence through their speeches on Au-gust 30, 2013.

Anantapur

JC Prabhakar Reddy, a legislator ofthe ruling Telugu Desam party inAndhra Pradesh, on Saturday saidthat he will start "accepting bribes"and "use the money for welfare ac-tivities" in his constituency as thestate treasury was "cash-strapped",reports PTI."Iwill takebribes fromcontractors.

But I will take them by demanddrafts. I will display the names ofthose who have givenme themoney.I will take the money for my con-stituency," Reddy, who representsTadipatri constituency in Ananta-

pur district, said while speaking toreporters. "Financial situationof thestate prompted me to take this deci-sion.... Iwill takewhitemoney.And Iwill showwhat Ihavedone(withthatmoney). "There is no money inAndhra Pradesh. How will we com-plete development works?Why can'twe do this?" he asked.He claimed that several contrac-

tors who were executing govern-ment works in his constituency hadoffered him money though he hadnever accepted it until now. Reddy'sbrother JC Diwakar Reddy is a sen-ior TDP leader and a Lok Sabhamember.

MLA to take bribes for welfare activities

Lucknow

Communal tension was re-ported in Kanpur in UttarPradesh when some Hindugroups took to the streets onSaturday after some postersand banners of BhagwatiJagran were found rippedoff the walls in a locality.Police said some posters of

a Jagran were found torn inBabupurwa locality late Fri-day night, triggeringprotests in many parts ofthe city on Saturday. The ag-itated groups demanded theguilty should be booked.Agitated people jammed

the road where Muslims'Tazia procession was to betaken out. "Some peoplewere injured when stoneswere pelted and angrygroups vandalised property.

Following this, district ad-ministration clamped pro-hibitory orders across thecity and security wasstepped up," a police officialsaid.A home department of-ficial said the situation wastense but under control.The BJP state unit ac-

cused the Samajwadi Party-led Uttar Pradesh govern-ment of failing to maintaincommunal harmony."This type of callousness

has been the hallmark ofthe Akhilesh Yadav govern-ment over the past threeyears. They have not onlypublicly sided with onecommunity but have also al-lowed small issues to spiralout of control into majorflash points," BJP statespokesman Vijay BahadurPathak said.

Communal tension in Kanpurover Jagran posters

Sedition FIR againstHardik to crush quotastir: CongressAHMEDABAD: Gujarat Congress on Satur-day came out in support of the Patel quota ag-itation leader Hardik Patel by saying that reg-istration of sedition cases against him was anattempt to crush the reservation stir.With the elections to the local bodies an-

nounced, Congress also said the BJP govern-ment should have provided reservation to theeconomically backward sections (EBCs) amongthe upper castes. "By slapping sedition chargesagainst Hardik Patel, the BJP government hasshamed the democracy. The way the charges ofsedition are being filed ... it is evident that gov-ernment is trying to crush the agitation," Con-gress leader Shankarsinh Vaghela said.