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Modi talks biz with...forward and clean up the past". The observation comesamid concerns that the ruling could negatively impact in-vestor sentiments and overall business climate. During his meetings with captains of corporate Ameri-ca, the Prime Minister also pitched for big-ticket invest-ments to develop India's infrastructure and create morejobs and enhance the quality of life. Reflecting the bull-ishness about India, US conglomerate General Electric'sCEO Jeff Immelt described the country as a great placeto invest in and said it is looking to make more invest-ments there.After meeting Modi, he said, "GE is a long term investorin India. We look forward to more in the future". De-scribing Modi as a "charismatic leader", Goldman Sachschief Lloyd Blankfein said the financial services majorwas eager to participate in India's growth story. Ameri-can corporates, including technology major IBM, have ex-pressed interest to participate in diverse initiatives of theIndian government including those pertaining to smartcities. Defence major Boeing's CEO James McNerney said thatthe company wants to accelerate its engagement with In-dia.During the meeting with the Prime Minister, technolo-gy major IBM's CEO Virginia Rometty evinced interest toparticipate in the government's new initiatives related tosmart cities and digital India. Reflecting optimism over opportunities in the country,world's largest asset manager Blackrock's CEO LaurenceFlik conveyed to Modi that it would host a global in-vestors meet in India next year. After meeting Modi, India-origin Indra Nooyi, who isPepsiCo's chief, said, "he answers questions brilliantlyand is very focused on improving India. So, we arethrilled to be working with him". Another India-origin CEO Ajay Banga, who is at thehelm of Mastercard, said the Prime Minister was a goodlistener and that he believed that Modi can execute planslike the way he did in Gujarat.Among others, the Prime Minister held meetings withprivate equity giant KKR's CEO Henry Kravis. This is thefirst extensive business engagement in the US of thePrime Minister, who will also attend business meets inWashington tomorrow during his second leg of the 5-dayvisit.

10 Navratri devotees...district hospital, the police officer added. Collector Mahesh Agrawal met the victims at the hos-pital and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh each to thenext of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured.The deceased were identified as Deependra (19), Mangal(20), Vijay (25), Sunil (18), Ravish (20), Ravi (35) andMangilal (17), Rohit (12), Ajay (17), and Govind (15). "Twopersons among the injured are critical and were referredto Indore," the SP said.

Class III govt employees...Hospital employees have been exempted. Class-III Employees president Arun Dwivedi, talking to‘Free Press’ said, “Except hospital employees, the em-ployees of almost all the department nearly 7 lakh em-ployees will be on mass leave on Tuesday for fulfillmentof our 33-point demands including time scale pay, 7 percent DA from July 1,2014 and regularisation of dailywaged employees”.

Diesel decontrol on cards...keen to enter the retail arena.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had envisaged completediesel decontrol in his July budget speech before the nextMarch end as he estimated that the gap between the ad-ministered and market prices would be completely elim-inated. It has, however, happened much earlier in Sep-tember because instead of under-recoveries, the publicsector oil companies are reporting over-recoveries war-ranting an early decontrol, the sources added.

CM’s slogan for GIS…recorded exceptional growth in agri sector in last threeyears. World has also recougnised our agricultural pro-duction. Now, we want to give our focus on manufactur-ing sector, so that more employment generation can bepossible. He expressed hope to bring more and more investmentto the state and all regions of the state would be benefit-ted. Financial condition is sound : In reply to a question re-lated to current financial condition of the State, the CMsaid: “Our financial condition is quite sound. It alsoproved by the fact that the state has got the ‘A’ grade rat-ing, which is earned by only four states in the country. Healso gave examples of payments being made by the StateGovernment to farmers, students and other institutions.

Surendra Singh appointed...retiring on September 30. A science post graduate, Singhhad worked as ADG in charge of Fire Services, Law andOrder, Intelligence, Administration and Prisons. He wasearlier IG of Chambal and Bhopal ranges and SP ofMandla, Morena, Khandwa, Durg and Bhopal. Singh willbe the 27th DGP of MP police and will take charge on Oc-tober 1.

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New Delhi

From neatly-cut and well-fittedbandhgala suits in different shadesto his trademark half-sleeved kurtaand brightly coloured Nehru jack-ets, Prime Minister Narendra Modinot only dressed appro-priate to the occasion,but has also looked"classy" during his on-going US trip, where hewas seen to change hisattire with almost everyevent or meeting. Modi's wardrobe for the five-dayUS trip, which is packed with seriesof bilateral meetings, public ap-pearances and formal dinners, hasbeen prepared under the guidanceof Mumbai-based designer TroyCosta, known for his smart cuts andfine tailoring, reports IANS. Troy's efforts and Modi's sartorialconsciousness have got thumbs upfrom fashionistas who feel he hasinfused "a great sense of colour andenergy for a politician." If band-hgala jackets are important aspectof his dressing, they are favourite

on the ramps too for men. His dressing sense certainlymakes him stand out, says designerKrishna Mehta. "Surely the well-fit-ted bandh collar jackets in sophisti-cated colours, with a bandh collarshirt and cuff links and pocketsquare look very distinguished.

"His haircut, hiswell-trimmedbeard, his over-all dressingright to hisshoes, duringthis US trip,

shows a great deal of elegance, andhe looks very refined too," Mehtatold IANS. Troy has not only ap-plied cultural appropriation to hisclothes, he seems to have empha-sised on finesse of the outfits too.On his arrival at Frankfurt inter-national airport en route to NewYork, Modi looked chic in a greykurta, silk copper shade jacket,white crisp churidars and slip-onbrown shoes, during his break. Hechanged into black trouser andwhite shirt and added a dash ofbrightness by slipping into a bur-gundy-coloured bandhgala jacket

when he arrived in New York. Forhis meeting with New York CityMayor Bill de Blasio, he lookeddapper in his formal attire thatconsisted of black trouser, whiteshirt and bandhgala jacket in lightkhaki shade and a formal blackshoes, but for his speech at the 3rdGlobal Citizen Festival at CentralPark in New York he flaunted histrademark white half sleeve-kurtaand churidars and topped it with astriking cobalt blue jacket andblack sandal. It's a known fact Modi, who hailsfrom Gujarat, has a penchant forbright colours and it was evidentwhen he attended a power dinnerwith Reliance Industries chiefMukesh Ambani and PepsiCo CEOIndra Nooyi in a peach bandhgalacut sleeve jacket worn over acream silk kurta. However, whenhe addressed the UN General As-sembly, he kept his wardrobe ab-solutely formal by dressing in adark coloured bandhgala suit.Modi, known to have very specificfashion likes and dislikes, is seenchanging clothes despite a busyschedule.

Modi’s bandhgala suits a hit with fashionistas!

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Prime Minister Narendra Modiposes for photograph with USCongresswoman Tulsi Gabbard ata reception in New York on Satur-day.

FP NEWS SERVICEThiruvananthapuram

A woman principal of a pri-vate and unaided school herewas arrested on Monday bythe police in connection witha brutal incident of lockingan upper kindergarten(UKG) student inside a dogcage. The incident took placeat Jawaharnagar EnglishMedium School at Kudap-panakkunnu in the city onlast Thursday, when the childwas locked in the kennel as apunishment by a teacheridentified as Deepika fortalking in the class. When the child’s elder sisterstudying in the same schoolcomplained to the principal,she threatened her of direconsequences if she dis-closed it to anyone. The six-year-old child re-vealed the incident when heraunt questioned him after herefused to go to the school.

The agitated parents and lo-cals stormed the school de-manding stern actionagainst the school authori-ties. Activists of variousyouth and students bodiesalso staged protests in frontof the school. The police hada tough time in pacifying thecrowd.The crowd dispersed afterthe police took away theprincipal. Her husband wasalso taken into custody later.The accused teacher was notpresent in the school. Policehave registered a caseagainst her. Parents of other childrenstudying in the school havealso alleged similar inci-dents. One parent said hischild was locked inside a toi-let a couple of years ago afterhe failed to give the tuitionfees. Though a complaintwas lodged then no actionwas taken against the schoolauthorities.

Principal held for lockingUKG student in kennel

Lucknow

Terming the recent LokSabha polls as the first in-nings, Union Home Minis-ter Rajnath Singh on Mon-day said in the secondknock the BJP's target is toform governments in allstates. "Lok Sabha elections werethe first innings in whichwe received astounding suc-cess. Now, in the second in-nings, the target is to formgovernments in all states,"he said at a function here. On rousing welcome ac-

corded to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi by impor-tant countries and the suc-cess of "Mangalyan" mis-sion, Singh said "if BJP getsa chance to remain in powerfor 10 years it will make In-dia a superpower."

BJP’s target is to form govts in states: Rajnath

Kin of freedomfighter BhagatSingh passesaway in CanadaCHANDIGARH: The youngersister of revolutionaryfreedom fighter Bhagat Singhpassed away in Canada at theage of 95, reports PTI. "Parkash Kaur passed away inToronto in Canada on Sundayafter prolonged illness," aPunjab Governmentspokesperson said.

Students no moreneed attestation of documentsNew Delhi

Students applying for cours-es in universities will nolonger require attestation oftheir documents as self-cer-tification will be enough, adevelopment that will comeas a huge relief to them.Following up on the deci-sion taken by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi, the UGChas sent a communication toVice Chancellors of univer-sities across the country ask-ing them to initiate "urgentsteps" for implementing themeasures.