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The bordering areas of the
national Capital looked like
battle grounds on Friday as
clashes broke out at multiple
places between the protesting
farmers and Delhi Police per-
sonnel. The restless crowds of
farmers, mostly from Punjab
and Haryana, milled around
and a sea of police personnel
used force to keep them at bay.
Drones circled the air and
plumes of smoke from teargas
shells could be seen from far.
Carrying flags and shout-
ing slogans, thousands of farm-
ers gathered at various entry
points to the national Capital.
Before the Delhi Police
gave the protesting farmers
permission to march towards
Nirankari Ground in North
Delhi’s Burari area, clashes
broke out between the Delhi
Police and farmers at Singhu
border forcing the police to
resort to tear gas shells, water
cannon and mild lathi charge.
In the 40 minutes clash
with protesting farmers, the
protesters broke barb wires
and barricades erected by the
police and stones were pelted
from both sides. Police said no
severe injury was reported on
either side.
The farmers on Friday
evening refused Union
Government’s proposal to
protest at Nirankari Ground.
They demanded that they be
allowed to hold their protest at
the Ramlila Ground but the
Delhi Police denied the request.
Braving tear gas shells and
water cannons they camped at
the Delhi borders for several
hours, making multiple
attempts to break barricades
and resorting to stone pelting.
“We will not go back till
our demands are met. We will
stage a peaceful protest now at
the designated place. We had to
cross several barricades to
reach the place but we are ready
to face anything,” one of the
protesting farmers said.
Punjab farmers, represent-
ing over 30 farm bodies, had
announced that they will go to
Delhi through several routes —
Lalru, Shambhu, Patiala-
Pehowa, Patran-Khanauri,
Moonak-Tohana, Ratia-
Fatehabad and Talwandi-Sirsa.
Tension was escalating at all the
border points.
Farmers’ protest led to traf-
fic snarls in Delhi as Dhansa
and Jharoda Kalan borders
were closed for traffic move-
ment due to the demonstration
and the commuters were asked
to take an alternative route, the
Delhi Traffic Police said.
Earlier, during the day
AAP-led Delhi Government
denied permission to the Delhi
Police to convert the city’s sta-
diums into temporary jails as
farmers continued to push
towards the national Capital on
their “Delhi Chalo” march
against the Centre’s farm laws.
Delhi Home Minister
Satyendar Jain said Indian cit-
izens have constitutional right
to protest peacefully for which
they cannot be put in jails.
Groups of farmers from
Punjab, which had reached
Delhi by crossing various bar-
ricades installed at several loca-
tions across Haryana, were
joined by farmers of Haryana
at Tikri and Singhu borders. It
is expected that farmers from
neighbouring States Rajasthan
and Uttar Pradesh will join the
protests in Delhi on Saturday.
Near Singhu border, three
petrol pumps were closed as a
precautionary measure.
“They (police) have been
citing Covid-19 guidelines to
stop us from marching ahead
but we will take all precautions.
We will continue with our
fight and go ahead with our
march despite all challenges
ahead,” another farmer
said.
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India’s economy recovered
faster than expected in the
September quarter as a pick-up
in manufacturing helped GDP
clock a lower contraction of 7.5
per cent and held out hopes for
further improvement on con-
sumer demand bouncing back.
The gross domestic prod-
uct (GDP) had contracted by a
record 23.9 per cent in the first
quarter of 2020-21 fiscal (April
2020 to March 2021) as the
coronavirus lockdown pum-
melled economic activity.
The second straight quar-
ter of contraction pushed India
to its first technical recession.
The GDP contraction of
7.5 per cent in July-September
compared with a growth of 4.4
per cent in the same quarter
last year, according to data
released by the statistics min-
istry on Friday.
With the gradual opening
up from June, the economy
picked up momentum.
Manufacturing clocked a
surprise 0.6 per cent growth in
July-September after it had
shrunk by a massive 39 per cent
in the preceding quarter.
Continuing its good show-
ing, the agriculture sector grew
by 3.4 per cent, while electric-
ity and gas expanded 4.4 per
cent. Financial and real estate
services shrank 8.1 per cent in
the second quarter of FY21
from a year ago, while trade,
hotels, transport and commu-
nication declined 15.6 per cent.
The construction sector,
which is the second-largest
employer in the economy, con-
tracted only 8.6 per cent in Q2
versus (-) 50 per cent in Q1.
Public spending was down 12
per cent.
Analysts and economists,
who have projected the econ-
omy shrinking for the full fis-
cal, had expected a wider con-
traction in Q2.
China’s economy grew by
4.9 per cent in July-September
this year, faster than the 3.2 per
cent growth in April-June 2020.
Chief Economic Adviser
Krishnamurthy Subramanian
said the GDP numbers were
“quite encouraging” given the
pandemic and compared with
the previous quarter’s perfor-
mance.
Giving outlook for the near
future, he said, “We should be
cautiously optimistic and the
caution is warranted because
the economic impact is pri-
marily due to the
pandemic.”
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Atwin-seater MiG-29K
fighter jet of the Indian
Navy crashed into the Arabian
Sea off Goa on Thursday
evening during a routine sor-
tie. One pilot was rescued and
efforts were on to trace the sec-
ond pilot. These aircraft oper-
ate from the INS Vikramaditya
aircraft carrier.
This is the third mishap
involving the MiG-29K in the
last one and half years. At
least 45 jets manufactured by
Russia were inducted into the
Navy some years back for fly-
ing from the aircraft carrier.
Giving details of the
mishap, the Navy said a board
of enquiry was ordered to
ascertain the cause of the inci-
dent. “A MiG-29K trainer air-
craft operating at sea met with
an accident on November 26.
One pilot has been recovered
and searches by air and surface
units in progress for the second
pilot. An enquiry has been
ordered to investigate the inci-
dent,” the Navy said on
Friday.
The MiG-29Ks had recent-
ly took part in the prestigious
Malabar series of maritime
exercises with the navies of the
US, Australia and Japan. The
Indian aircraft carrier along
with the US Navy’s aircraft car-
rier Nimitz took part in the sec-
ond phase of the four-nation
drill in the North Arabian Sea
off Goa earlier this month.
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Peoples’ Democratic Party
(PDP) chief and former
JK Chief Minister Mehbooba
Mufti on Friday claimed she
has been illegally detained
inside her own house and the
local administration was not
allowing her to step out to visit
family of a PDP leader Waheed
Ur Rehman Para, arrested by
the National Investigation
Agency (NIA) in New Delhi.
Before any official confir-
mation, Mehbooba posted a
tweet claiming, “I have been
illegally detained yet again.
Since two days, the JK admin
has refused to allow me to visit
the ParaWahid family in
Pulwama. BJP Ministers
their puppets are allowed to
move around in every corner of
Kashmir but security is a prob-
lem only in my case.”
The JK Police, however,
denied these allegations. The
twitter handle of the Kashmir
Zone Police in a tweet clarified,
“PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti
is not under house arrest. She
was requested to postpone her
visit to Pulwama purely due to
security reasons.
Referring to the arrest of a
PDP leader by the NIA two
days ago in New Delhi,
Mehbooba also tweeted, “Their
cruelty knows no
bounds.
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Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Saturday will
embark on a three-city tour to
take stock of the Covid-19
vaccine development work.
Modi will first visit Zydus
Biotech Park on the outskirts of
Ahmedabad around 9 am and
from there he will head towards
Changodar in a helicopter.
Zydus Cadila’s Vaccine
Technology Centre is located at
Changodar Park where the
pharma company is developing
its Covid-19 vaccine candi-
date ZyCoV-D.
From Ahmedabad, Modi is
expected to fly to Pune where
he will review the status of the
vaccine, including its launch,
production and distribution
mechanisms at Serum Institute
of India. From there, the PM
will travel to Hyderabad to visit
Bharat Biotech’s facility where
the indigenous vaccine
Covaxin is being developed.
“As India enters a decisive
phase of the fight against
Covid-19, PM Modi’s visit to
these facilities and discussions
with the scientists will help him
get a first hand perspective of
the preparations, challenges
and roadmap in India’s endeav-
our to vaccinate its citizens,”
said PMO in an
statement.
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In a major blow to the
Trinamool Congress (TMC),
its one of the most powerful
mass leaders Suvendu
Adhikary resigned from the
State Cabinet, apparently mak-
ing his first move before
quitting the party and joining
the BJP.
“I do hereby resign from
my office as Minister … steps
may please be taken for imme-
diate action,” the brief letter —
a copy of which was e-mailed
to Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
— written to the Chief Minister
said.
Hours after his resignation
Bengal BJP president Dilip
Ghosh said, “He is welcome in
our party,” adding “this is the
beginning of the end of the
Trinamool Congress.”
However, BJP’s observer for the
State Kailash Vijayvargiya said
the rebel leader had not yet
contacted the saffron leader-
ship.
Adhikary’s resignation was
promptly accepted by the Chief
Minister who on Thursday
evening called an emergency
meeting of her top Cabinet col-
leagues and trusted confidants
at her Kalighat residence.
Those who were present in the
meeting included Ministers
Partho Chatterjee, Firhad
Hakim and Arup Biswas
besides State party president
Subroto Bakshi and her
nephew Abhishek Banerjee,
sources in the Government
said.
Suvendu, who has been
the party’s charge de affairs for
several districts, including West
Midnapore, Purulia, Bankura,
Malda, Murshidabad, North,
and South Dinajpur, could
influence the outcome on
dozens of seats, party insiders
said, adding it is just a matter
of time before he joins the BJP.
Adhikary’s quitting of the
Cabinet came in tandem with
another TMC MLA, this time
from Coochbehar North Mihir
Goswami joining the BJP in
Delhi on Thursday. “He has
spoken to us and is about to
join us in Delhi,” Coochbehar
BJP MP Nisith Pramanik
said.
Ahmedabad: Five coronavirus
patients died after a fire broke
out in the ICU of a designated
Covid-19 hospital at Rajkot in
Gujarat on Friday, officials said.
The SS took cognizance of the
fire and sought a report from
Gujarat Government. Gujarat
Deputy Chief Minister Nitin
Patel said 26 patients at the hos-
pital were rescued and shifted to
other facilities.
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Union Agriculture Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar
on Friday requested farmers to
end their protest against the
new Central laws, offering
talks next week, even as the
police continued to fire tear
gas and water cannons in a
second day of clashes over the
march to New Delhi.
“The Government has
always been ready to discuss
issues with farmers. We have
invited farmers’ organisations
for another round of talks on
December 3. I appeal to them
to leave agitation in view of
Covid-19 and winter,” Tomar
said. On the other hand, the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh- affiliate Bharatiya
Kisan Sangh (BKS) has urged
the Centre to resolve issues
being raised by farmers regard-
ing the three agriculture laws
through dialogue and also
urged the farmers to not
become victim of ploys by
political parties.
BKS leaders warned the
NDA Government that if the
issues are not addressed at the
earliest, the agitation could be
hijacked by Opposition par-
ties. The leaders said they are
against any use of force or vio-
lence by
police.
Mohini Mohan Mishra,
national secretary of BKS, said
nearly 25,000 farmers had sent
proposals to the Prime
Minister. “The laws have been
made for traders saying they’ll
eventually benefit farmers. If
the Government has brought
laws to support farmers, we
welcome it. However, there are
drawbacks,” said Mishra
adding that they are against
any kind of force or violence
by police.
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The BJP on Friday nominat-
ed former Deputy Chief
Minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar
Modi as its nominee for the
Rajya Sabha bypoll necessitat-
ed by the death of former
Union Cabinet Minister and
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP)
leader Ram Vilas Paswan.
Sushil, who is known to be
close to Bihar Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar as his erstwhile
Deputy, is expected to be
brought to the Centre for his
induction into the Modi-
Cabinet. Polls are scheduled for
December 27 and Modi is like-
ly to win with enough votes.
The BJP is inching forward
for a majority in the RS with
already 92 members. The NDA
is 10 members short in the RS
for a complete majority there.
The RS nomination will
mean the exit of Modi from
State politics after helming the
affairs of the BJP there for a
quarter of a century.
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Delhi Jal Board Vice
Chairman Raghav Chadha
said the DJB has appointed
nodal officers to ensure the
proper supply and arrange-
ment of drinking water for the
peaceful protestors at Nirankari
grounds so that they may not
face any hurdles.
“All possible arrangements
with respect to food and shel-
ter have been made. In addi-
tion, every MLA of the Aam
Aadmi Party will take all steps
to help our farmers. The
Arvind Kejriwal government is
in support of the protesting
farmers and we want to assure
them that all arrangements,
with respect to food, shelter
and drinking water shall be
made for them here at
Nirankari grounds,” he said.
On reviewing the pre-
paredness of the drinking water
tankers at the Nirankari
grounds, Chadha said, “While
on one hand, the BJP govern-
ment is using water cannons on
those who are responsible for
feeding each and every one of
us, the Kejriwal government
has made arrangements of
drinking water tankers for our
farmers. The right to protest is
the hallmark of a free and
democratic society and the
government will take every
possible step to uphold this
right.”
Chadha said, “The farmers
of India are neither criminals
nor are they terrorists, they are
our providers. The BJP gov-
ernment at the centre will have
to face the consequences of
their barbaric behaviour
towards our farmers. Delhi’s
AAP government supports the
peaceful protestors.”
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The Delhi Police on Friday
detained Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP)leaderJarnailSingh,when
he tried to launch a protest in
supportofthefarmers’agitation
againstfarmlawsnearthePrime
Minister’s residence. Police said
the leader was released after
sometime.
The AAP in-charge of
Punjab, Jairnal Singh tried to
protest outside the Prime
Minister's residence on Friday
afternoon with some of his col-
leagues. Reacting on the deten-
tionofSingh,theAAPMLAand
DJB vice-chairman Raghav
Chadha said that the farmers
cannot be treated like criminals
as they have the right to speak
and put forward their issue.
“Why is there so much
atrocity on farmers in a free
country,”saidSaurabhBhadwaj,
the spokesperson of AAP. AAP
MLAAtishihittinghardatDelhi
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masterwillnotbeforgivenbythe
farmersandpeopleofthiscoun-
try for using water cannons in
such a cold and harsh winter.
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The Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation (DMRC)
resumed its services on all
lines on Friday evening after
they were disrupted for a few
hours at multiple places
because of the 'Delhi Chalo'
march by farmers against the
Centre's new farm laws.
In a tweet, DMRC wrote,
“Services normal at all corri-
dors from 5:35 pm onwards.
The services will be regular on
all lines on Saturday.”
However, the DMRC fol-
lowing the protest on Friday
morning announced the clo-
sure of exit and entry gates at
six metro stations on the Green
Line due to security reasons.
“Entry exit gates of
Brigadier Hoshiar Singh,
Bahadurgarh City, Pandit Shree
Ram Sharma, Tikri Border,
Tikri Kalan and Ghevra stations
on Green Line are now closed,”
the DMRC had tweeted.
The Delhi Metro authori-
ties had earlier announced that
services from neighbouring
cities will remain suspended on
Friday.
“As advised by Delhi Police,
Metro services will be available
only from Delhi towards the
NCR sections. However, ser-
vices from the NCR stations
towards Delhi will not be avail-
able due to security reasons till
further notice. However, metro
services will be available from
Delhi towards the NCR sec-
tions,” DMRC had said.
Punjab farmers, represent-
ing over 30 farm bodies, have
announced they will go to
Delhi through several routes -
- Lalru, Shambhu, Patiala-
Pehowa, Patran-Khanauri,
Moonak-Tohana, Ratia-
Fatehabad and Talwandi-Sirsa.
The tension was escalating at all
the border points.
Farmers had assembled
near the borders in tractor-trol-
leys laden with rations and
essentials for their proposed
Delhi march. The farmers'
bodies have said they will hold
a dharna wherever they are
stopped from moving towards
the national capital to demand
the repeal of the new farm laws,
which, they said, should be
replaced with another set of
legislations framed after wider
consultation with the stake-
holders.
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The Delhi Government on
Friday rejected the request
of the Delhi Police to use the
city's nine stadiums as tempo-
rary prisons in view of the
farmers' “Delhi Chalo” protest
march.
Speaking on the matter,
Delhi Home Minister
Satyendar Jain said that the
farmers' demands are legiti-
mate. “Putting farmers behind
the bar is not the solution to the
issue. Their demands must be
accepted. Peaceful protest is the
right of every Indian and they
cannot be jailed for this,” he
said.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led
AAP government in Delhi has
refused to convert Delhi's sta-
diums into jails for the farmers
holding protests in Delhi
against the three contentious
central agriculture laws, the
party said in a statement.
The Delhi Home Minister
Jain has rejected in writing the
Delhi Police's written request,
saying the Delhi government
was against the logic behind
arresting farmers and putting
them into jails, adding that
Delhi stadiums will not be
allowed to be converted into
jails.
Jain in a written reply to the
Delhi police said, The
demands of the farmers are
well justified and the Central
Government should immedi-
ately accede to their genuine
demands. Throwing them into
jails is no solution to the issue.
Jain said, The farmers’
protest was peaceful and non-
violent. It is the constitution-
al right of every law-abiding
Indian citizen of the country.
The farmers who were leading
a peaceful protest should not
be locked in prisons; there-
fore, I have rejected the pro-
posal of the Delhi Police
immediately.
Harpal Singh Cheema
through social media thanked
the Kejriwal government for its
decision. He said, The AAP
under the dynamic leadership
of Delhi CM has been fighting
with the rights of farmers of
Punjab from day one.
Cheema said, Kejriwal was
the only Chief Minister across
the country, who led a ‘dharna’
at Jantar Mantar against the
three anti-farmer agriculture
laws pushed by the Modi gov-
ernment.
Kejriwal had demanded
an immediate repeal of the
laws. He had strongly advo-
cated the procurement of all
crops, including wheat and
paddy, at MSP with a legal
guarantee so that the rights of
the country's ‘annadaata’ could
be protected.
Cheema further said, The
Delhi Police is under the BJP-
ruled Central government,
therefore, the Police were act-
ing at the behest of the Centre
and were putting the farmers
into jails. I thank the Delhi CM
and his government for the
decision.
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Delhi Deputy Chief Minister
and Education Minister
Manish Sisodia felicitated stu-
dents from Delhi Government
schools who excelled in Class
12 boards with vocational sub-
jects, scoring 90 per cent and
above.
The Deputy Chief Minister
said, “It is necessary to change
the attitude of society towards
vocational courses. These
courses provide excellent
employment and business
opportunities yet they are
looked down upon. You should
be proud of your achieve-
ments”
Sisodia said that these
courses will be linked with
degrees in Delhi’s Skills and
Entrepreneurship University.
“Once vocational subjects in
schools open the way to uni-
versity degrees, the impor-
tance of these subjects will
increase significantly. This
change in the perception will
greatly benefit the students,” he
said.
The felicitation took place
at Delhi Secretariat wherein
Kalkaji MLA Atishi, Skills and
Entrepreneurship University
Vice Chancellor Professor
Neharika Vohra and Dr
Pramod Katiyar, Deputy
Director (Vocational) were also
present.
At the meeting, the stu-
dents, parents, and teachers
also shared their views and
feedback on vocational studies;
its future in terms of employ-
ability, skill development and
the way forward.
Sisodia said, “In the com-
ing years, with the Skills and
Entrepreneurship University,
we hope to create an environ-
ment in Delhi where vocational
courses, and studies are not
considered as secondary areas
of study.”
“The objective of the uni-
versity is to make vocational
courses practical, respectable
and employment-oriented. The
suggestions of all the students,
teachers and parents will be
very useful in helping us design
the courses we can offer at the
university,” he said.
SKV student, Ekta Sharma,
who scored 97 per cent in her
class 12 boards studied beauty,
wellness and textile design.
She said, “When I took the
vocational subjects, everyone
used to make fun of me. Now
these same people are con-
gratulating me on my grades
and receiving an invitation
from the deputy CM,” he said.
Tushti Arora, student of
Government Girls Senior
Secondary School (Ashok
Nagar) had Typography and
Computer Applications, and
Office procedures as her voca-
tional subjects. She said, “I took
up office management because
I want to become an entrepre-
neur, and understand how to
run an office. I want to support
my father who runs his hand-
icrafts business, and take it to
the next level. She hopes the
stigma that comes attached
with pursuing vocational sub-
jects, and stream fades away
with time.”
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Amid demonstration of the
farmers against the agri-
culture related bill passed by
the Central Government, the
commuters on the National
Highway-48 also known as
Delhi-Jaipur Expressway faced
a huge traffic snarls throughout
Friday.
According to senior police
officers, none of the farmers
groups crossed or entered
Delhi from this route.
However, commuters trav-
elling on the National
Highway-48 were stuck again
on Friday in a massive traffic
jam. During the rush hours
nearly 2 km long traffic jams
were also witnessed on the
expressway as the Delhi police
had erected barricades to stop
farmers entering in the nation-
al capital.
As serpentine queue of
vehicles kept getting longer,
many people could not reach
their destinations on time.
However, the situation was
much better on Friday than on
Thursday.
Due to congestion on the
stretch, the Gurugram Police
removed barricades during the
peak hours this brings huge
relief to commuters travelling
between Gurugram and Delhi.
From 7:30 am onwards,
Delhi Police had started check-
ing vehicles by erecting barri-
cades on the border and at the
Rajokri check point. As soon as
the pressure of vehicles
increased during morning rush
hours the vehicles lined up till
Ambience mall in Gurugram
and later reached Shankar
Chowk on the carriageway.
In fact, between 8 am and
1.00 pm, most commuters
headed Delhi struck in traffic.
The movement of the traffic
was slow as the Delhi police
was checking mostly commer-
cial vehicles including, buses of
the Haryana
Roadways, buses of the
Delhi Transport service (DTC)
and canter on suspension of
protesters farmers.
“Traffic pressure from
Rajokari checkpoint to Shankar
Chowk in Gurugram remained
for hours due to the strictness
of Delhi Police. The Gurugram
police was on alert throughout
the day and no untoward inci-
dent was reported from any-
where. Special care is being
taken not to increase traffic
pressure anywhere,” Gurugram
Police Commissioner KK Rao
said.
However, across the day, no
tractor trolley or large group of
people had crossed the stretch.
The police were checking sus-
pected vehicles or the vehicles
ferrying more than five people.
Apart from this the
Gurugram had also removed
only barricades on Bilaspur
Chowk, Panchgaon Chowk
and the border area connecting
Rewari and Nuh districts there
were no farmers groups cross-
ing these areas in the city to
reach Delhi.
“The Gurugram police was
still deployed at the location
only barricades had been
removed. We don’t want due to
this protest the commuters on
the stretch face any problem
during travelling. The officials
on the points were only check-
ing suspected vehicles,” Nikita
Gehlaut, the deputy commis-
sioner of police (Manesar),
said.
Moreover, seeing the farm-
ers' Delhi march, the
Gurugram police was also vig-
ilant in all the border areas. The
vehicles were monitored on the
seven key locations identified
by the district police.
My office is located in the
Dhaula Kuan area, and for the
past two days I am not able to
report on time at my office. Due
to massive traffic jams and
police checking at the border. I
was not aware about two issues
otherwise, I left the house at 7
am in the morning,” said Varun
Kumar, a commuter.
D e l h i - G u r u g r a m
Expressway is the lifeline. It
should not be disturbed under
any circumstances. Traffic jams
cause heavy losses. Especially in
the morning, most people are
not able to reach the office on
time due to the blockade,” said
Amit Tyagi, daily commuter.
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The Centre on Friday blamed
the Delhi Government for
rising Covid-19 cases in the
national Capital and said
despite “repeated exhortations”
it did not take steps to enhance
testing capacity, particularly
for RT-PCR, which remained
static at around 20,000 tests for
a long time. Responding to it,
the Delhi Government termed
it very unfortunate. “It is
extremely unfortunate that the
central government has chosen
to play dirty politics in this crit-
ical hour. The affidavit seems
to have been drafted by a BJP
Spokesperson, rather than by
Union Government which is
meant to work in collaboration
with the states at the time of a
pandemic. The affidavit is also
factually incorrect.”
Delhi Government is wor-
ried about the well being of its
peopleandwillcontinuetowork
together with all governments
and all agencies as it has been
doingsofar.WehopetheCentral
government will also refrain
fromplayingdirtypolitics,itsaid.
The government further
said that Amit Shah promised
to provide 750 ICU beds with-
in 72 hours in the meeting held
on 15th Nov. “Till date, only
200 beds have been provided.
We hope the centre will provide
the rest of the beds soon. The
Central government has
deprived Delhi of all funds pro-
vided to other state govern-
ments during this epidemic on
the flimsy premise that Delhi is
a UT. Therefore, we hope that
the central government will do
something concrete for
Delhiites rather than play the
blame game,” he said.
In its affidavit, filed before
the top court, the Ministry of
Homeaffairs(MHA),said“while
there were regular advertise-
mentsonachievementsofDelhi
Government, including on
dengue prevention and control,
no ads on COVID appropriate
behaviour were to be seen. The
people, at large, were also not
apprisedaboutthisthroughreg-
ular outreach measures”.
It said, “That despite
repeated exhortations in the
wake of rising COVID-19
cases, the Delhi Government
did not take steps to enhance
testing capacity, particularly
for RT-PCR, which remained
static at around 20,000 RTPCR
tests for a long time”.
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Three senior IAS officers of
Punjab cadre, who are retir-
ing on November 30, were
given warm send off by the
Punjab IAS Officers
Association here on Friday at
Punjab Civil Secretariat.
During a brief ceremony,
office-bearers of Punjab IAS
Officers Association wished
the Special Chief Secretary
Kalpna Mittal Baruah, IAS of
1985 batch, who was looking
after the Cooperation depart-
ment, Additional Chief
Secretary R.Venkat Ratnam,
IAS of 1990 Batch, was posted
with the Jails department and
2005 Batch officer Jaskiran
Singh, who was working as a
Special Secretary Jails and MD
PRTC, a healthy and prosper-
ous post retirement life.
While remembering mer-
itorious and outstanding ser-
vices rendered by these officers,
Additional Chief Secretary
(Development) Anirudh
Tewari, Additional Chief
Secretary (Power, New
Renewable Energy Sources)
Anurag Agarwal, Principal
Secretary (Water Supply
Sanitation) Jaspreet Talwar,
Principal Secretary (Health
and Family Welfare) Hussan
Lal, Chief Executive Officer,
Punjab State Water Supply and
Sewerage Board Ajoy Sharma
shared their cordial relations
with them and their experi-
ences learned from the friend-
ly working style of these offi-
cers.
They also said that their
vast administrative experience
would always be a guiding
light for them and future gen-
erations of civil servants and
they would always be remem-
bered for their valuable services
in various important positions
in different departments. All
the officers wished them a
bright and healthy future in
their second inning of life.
Special Secretary
Expenditure Abhinav Trikha,
Special Secretary Finance
Gurpreet Kaur Sapra and
Director Water Supply
Sanitation Amit Talwar were
also present on the
occasion.
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Uttarakhand
S p a c e
Ap p l i c a t i o n
Centre (USAC)
director MPS
Bisht assumed
charge as the
director of
Uttarak hand
S c i e n c e
Education and Research Centre
(USERC) on Friday. Chairing
a departmental meeting after
assuming charge, Bisht direct-
ed the scientists and techni-
cians to work towards makig
science education and research
useful to the public and in the
interests of the state.
He said that along with tak-
ing science education and
research related works to the
public, USERC will also take
the benefit of the experiences
of subject experts in various
spheres. Speaking about the
state’s all round development,
Bisht also spoke about conser-
vation of natural resources and
linking the youth to skill devel-
opment.
He also spoke about work-
ing with a scientific perspective
for proper utilisation, conser-
vation and uplift of the state’s
water resources.
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In addi- tion, every MLA of the Aam Aadmi Party will take all steps to help our farmers. The Arvind Kejriwal government is in support of the protesting farmers and we want to assure them that all arrangements, with respect to food, shelter and drinking water shall be made for them here at Nirankari grounds,” he said. On reviewing the pre- paredness of the drinking water tankers at the Nirankari grounds, Chadha said, “While on one hand, the BJP govern- ment is using water cannons on those who are responsible for feeding each and every one of us, the Kejriwal government has made arrangements of drinking water tankers for our farmers. The right to protest is the hallmark of a free and democratic society and the government will take every possible step to uphold this right.” Chadha said, “The farmers of India are neither criminals nor are they terrorists, they are our providers. The BJP gov- ernment at the centre will have to face the consequences of their barbaric behaviour towards our farmers. Delhi’s AAP government supports the peaceful protestors.” BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 The Delhi Police on Friday detained Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)leaderJarnailSingh,when he tried to launch a protest in supportofthefarmers’agitation againstfarmlawsnearthePrime Minister’s residence. Police said the leader was released after sometime. The AAP in-charge of Punjab, Jairnal Singh tried to protest outside the Prime Minister's residence on Friday afternoon with some of his col- leagues. Reacting on the deten- tionofSingh,theAAPMLAand DJB vice-chairman Raghav Chadha said that the farmers cannot be treated like criminals as they have the right to speak and put forward their issue. “Why is there so much atrocity on farmers in a free country,”saidSaurabhBhadwaj, the spokesperson of AAP. AAP MLAAtishihittinghardatDelhi Policesaidthatthepoliceandit’s masterwillnotbeforgivenbythe farmersandpeopleofthiscoun- try for using water cannons in such a cold and harsh winter. BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) resumed its services on all lines on Friday evening after they were disrupted for a few hours at multiple places because of the 'Delhi Chalo' march by farmers against the Centre's new farm laws. In a tweet, DMRC wrote, “Services normal at all corri- dors from 5:35 pm onwards. The services will be regular on all lines on Saturday.” However, the DMRC fol- lowing the protest on Friday morning announced the clo- sure of exit and entry gates at six metro stations on the Green Line due to security reasons. “Entry exit gates of Brigadier Hoshiar Singh, Bahadurgarh City, Pandit Shree Ram Sharma, Tikri Border, Tikri Kalan and Ghevra stations on Green Line are now closed,” the DMRC had tweeted. The Delhi Metro authori- ties had earlier announced that services from neighbouring cities will remain suspended on Friday. “As advised by Delhi Police, Metro services will be available only from Delhi towards the NCR sections. However, ser- vices from the NCR stations towards Delhi will not be avail- able due to security reasons till further notice. However, metro services will be available from Delhi towards the NCR sec- tions,” DMRC had said. Punjab farmers, represent- ing over 30 farm bodies, have announced they will go to Delhi through several routes - - Lalru, Shambhu, Patiala- Pehowa, Patran-Khanauri, Moonak-Tohana, Ratia- Fatehabad and Talwandi-Sirsa. The tension was escalating at all the border points. Farmers had assembled near the borders in tractor-trol- leys laden with rations and essentials for their proposed Delhi march. The farmers' bodies have said they will hold a dharna wherever they are stopped from moving towards the national capital to demand the repeal of the new farm laws, which, they said, should be replaced with another set of legislations framed after wider consultation with the stake- holders. BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 The Delhi Government on Friday rejected the request of the Delhi Police to use the city's nine stadiums as tempo- rary prisons in view of the farmers' “Delhi Chalo” protest march. Speaking on the matter, Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain said that the farmers' demands are legiti- mate. “Putting farmers behind the bar is not the solution to the issue. Their demands must be accepted. Peaceful protest is the right of every Indian and they cannot be jailed for this,” he said. The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government in Delhi has refused to convert Delhi's sta- diums into jails for the farmers holding protests in Delhi against the three contentious central agriculture laws, the party said in a statement. The Delhi Home Minister Jain has rejected in writing the Delhi Police's written request, saying the Delhi government was against the logic behind arresting farmers and putting them into jails, adding that Delhi stadiums will not be allowed to be converted into jails. Jain in a written reply to the Delhi police said, The demands of the farmers are well justified and the Central Government should immedi- ately accede to their genuine demands. Throwing them into jails is no solution to the issue. Jain said, The farmers’ protest was peaceful and non- violent. It is the constitution- al right of every law-abiding Indian citizen of the country. The farmers who were leading a peaceful protest should not be locked in prisons; there- fore, I have rejected the pro- posal of the Delhi Police immediately. Harpal Singh Cheema through social media thanked the Kejriwal government for its decision. He said, The AAP under the dynamic leadership of Delhi CM has been fighting with the rights of farmers of Punjab from day one. Cheema said, Kejriwal was the only Chief Minister across the country, who led a ‘dharna’ at Jantar Mantar against the three anti-farmer agriculture laws pushed by the Modi gov- ernment. Kejriwal had demanded an immediate repeal of the laws. He had strongly advo- cated the procurement of all crops, including wheat and paddy, at MSP with a legal guarantee so that the rights of the country's ‘annadaata’ could be protected. Cheema further said, The Delhi Police is under the BJP- ruled Central government, therefore, the Police were act- ing at the behest of the Centre and were putting the farmers into jails. I thank the Delhi CM and his government for the decision. BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia felicitated stu- dents from Delhi Government schools who excelled in Class 12 boards with vocational sub- jects, scoring 90 per cent and above. The Deputy Chief Minister said, “It is necessary to change the attitude of society towards vocational courses. These courses provide excellent employment and business opportunities yet they are looked down upon. You should be proud of your achieve- ments” Sisodia said that these courses will be linked with degrees in Delhi’s Skills and Entrepreneurship University. “Once vocational subjects in schools open the way to uni- versity degrees, the impor- tance of these subjects will increase significantly. This change in the perception will greatly benefit the students,” he said. The felicitation took place at Delhi Secretariat wherein Kalkaji MLA Atishi, Skills and Entrepreneurship University Vice Chancellor Professor Neharika Vohra and Dr Pramod Katiyar, Deputy Director (Vocational) were also present. At the meeting, the stu- dents, parents, and teachers also shared their views and feedback on vocational studies; its future in terms of employ- ability, skill development and the way forward. Sisodia said, “In the com- ing years, with the Skills and Entrepreneurship University, we hope to create an environ- ment in Delhi where vocational courses, and studies are not considered as secondary areas of study.” “The objective of the uni- versity is to make vocational courses practical, respectable and employment-oriented. The suggestions of all the students, teachers and parents will be very useful in helping us design the courses we can offer at the university,” he said. SKV student, Ekta Sharma, who scored 97 per cent in her class 12 boards studied beauty, wellness and textile design. She said, “When I took the vocational subjects, everyone used to make fun of me. Now these same people are con- gratulating me on my grades and receiving an invitation from the deputy CM,” he said. Tushti Arora, student of Government Girls Senior Secondary School (Ashok Nagar) had Typography and Computer Applications, and Office procedures as her voca- tional subjects. She said, “I took up office management because I want to become an entrepre- neur, and understand how to run an office. I want to support my father who runs his hand- icrafts business, and take it to the next level. She hopes the stigma that comes attached with pursuing vocational sub- jects, and stream fades away with time.” ?0AE4B7B70A0Q 6DAD6A0 Amid demonstration of the farmers against the agri- culture related bill passed by the Central Government, the commuters on the National Highway-48 also known as Delhi-Jaipur Expressway faced a huge traffic snarls throughout Friday. According to senior police officers, none of the farmers groups crossed or entered Delhi from this route. However, commuters trav- elling on the National Highway-48 were stuck again on Friday in a massive traffic jam. During the rush hours nearly 2 km long traffic jams were also witnessed on the expressway as the Delhi police had erected barricades to stop farmers entering in the nation- al capital. As serpentine queue of vehicles kept getting longer, many people could not reach their destinations on time. However, the situation was much better on Friday than on Thursday. Due to congestion on the stretch, the Gurugram Police removed barricades during the peak hours this brings huge relief to commuters travelling between Gurugram and Delhi. From 7:30 am onwards, Delhi Police had started check- ing vehicles by erecting barri- cades on the border and at the Rajokri check point. As soon as the pressure of vehicles increased during morning rush hours the vehicles lined up till Ambience mall in Gurugram and later reached Shankar Chowk on the carriageway. In fact, between 8 am and 1.00 pm, most commuters headed Delhi struck in traffic. The movement of the traffic was slow as the Delhi police was checking mostly commer- cial vehicles including, buses of the Haryana Roadways, buses of the Delhi Transport service (DTC) and canter on suspension of protesters farmers. “Traffic pressure from Rajokari checkpoint to Shankar Chowk in Gurugram remained for hours due to the strictness of Delhi Police. The Gurugram police was on alert throughout the day and no untoward inci- dent was reported from any- where. Special care is being taken not to increase traffic pressure anywhere,” Gurugram Police Commissioner KK Rao said. However, across the day, no tractor trolley or large group of people had crossed the stretch. The police were checking sus- pected vehicles or the vehicles ferrying more than five people. Apart from this the Gurugram had also removed only barricades on Bilaspur Chowk, Panchgaon Chowk and the border area connecting Rewari and Nuh districts there were no farmers groups cross- ing these areas in the city to reach Delhi. “The Gurugram police was still deployed at the location only barricades had been removed. We don’t want due to this protest the commuters on the stretch face any problem during travelling. The officials on the points were only check- ing suspected vehicles,” Nikita Gehlaut, the deputy commis- sioner of police (Manesar), said. Moreover, seeing the farm- ers' Delhi march, the Gurugram police was also vig- ilant in all the border areas. The vehicles were monitored on the seven key locations identified by the district police. My office is located in the Dhaula Kuan area, and for the past two days I am not able to report on time at my office. Due to massive traffic jams and police checking at the border. I was not aware about two issues otherwise, I left the house at 7 am in the morning,” said Varun Kumar, a commuter. D e l h i - G u r u g r a m Expressway is the lifeline. It should not be disturbed under any circumstances. Traffic jams cause heavy losses. Especially in the morning, most people are not able to reach the office on time due to the blockade,” said Amit Tyagi, daily commuter. 5V]YZA`]ZTVcVbfVdee`efc_deRUZf^dZ_e`acZd`_dW`cZdR_cV[VTeVU DbQVVYSSbQgcQd4UXY7µWbQ]R_bTUbTeUd_]QbSX =^SP[^UUXRTabc^`dT]RW _TPRTUd[_a^cTbcTab³cWXabc bPhb391RWPXaP] 6LVRGLD IHOLFLWDWHV WRS VFRULQJ *RYW VFKRRO VWXGHQWV '05 UHVXPHV VHUYLFHV RQ DOO OLQHV 00?[TPSTa9Pa]PX[ caXTbc^_a^cTbc ^dcbXST?b W^dbT*STcPX]TS BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 The Centre on Friday blamed the Delhi Government for rising Covid-19 cases in the national Capital and said despite “repeated exhortations” it did not take steps to enhance testing capacity, particularly for RT-PCR, which remained static at around 20,000 tests for a long time. Responding to it, the Delhi Government termed it very unfortunate. “It is extremely unfortunate that the central government has chosen to play dirty politics in this crit- ical hour. The affidavit seems to have been drafted by a BJP Spokesperson, rather than by Union Government which is meant to work in collaboration with the states at the time of a pandemic. The affidavit is also factually incorrect.” Delhi Government is wor- ried about the well being of its peopleandwillcontinuetowork together with all governments and all agencies as it has been doingsofar.WehopetheCentral government will also refrain fromplayingdirtypolitics,itsaid. The government further said that Amit Shah promised to provide 750 ICU beds with- in 72 hours in the meeting held on 15th Nov. “Till date, only 200 beds have been provided. We hope the centre will provide the rest of the beds soon. The Central government has deprived Delhi of all funds pro- vided to other state govern- ments during this epidemic on the flimsy premise that Delhi is a UT. Therefore, we hope that the central government will do something concrete for Delhiites rather than play the blame game,” he said. In its affidavit, filed before the top court, the Ministry of Homeaffairs(MHA),said“while there were regular advertise- mentsonachievementsofDelhi Government, including on dengue prevention and control, no ads on COVID appropriate behaviour were to be seen. The people, at large, were also not apprisedaboutthisthroughreg- ular outreach measures”. It said, “That despite repeated exhortations in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases, the Delhi Government did not take steps to enhance testing capacity, particularly for RT-PCR, which remained static at around 20,000 RTPCR tests for a long time”. 2T]caTQ[PTb3T[WX6^ecU^aaXbTX]2^eXSRPbTb bPhb]^bcT_bcPZT]STb_XcTTgW^acPcX^]b ?=BQ 270=3860A7 Three senior IAS officers of Punjab cadre, who are retir- ing on November 30, were given warm send off by the Punjab IAS Officers Association here on Friday at Punjab Civil Secretariat. During a brief ceremony, office-bearers of Punjab IAS Officers Association wished the Special Chief Secretary Kalpna Mittal Baruah, IAS of 1985 batch, who was looking after the Cooperation depart- ment, Additional Chief Secretary R.Venkat Ratnam, IAS of 1990 Batch, was posted with the Jails department and 2005 Batch officer Jaskiran Singh, who was working as a Special Secretary Jails and MD PRTC, a healthy and prosper- ous post retirement life. While remembering mer- itorious and outstanding ser- vices rendered by these officers, Additional Chief Secretary (Development) Anirudh Tewari, Additional Chief Secretary (Power, New Renewable Energy Sources) Anurag Agarwal, Principal Secretary (Water Supply Sanitation) Jaspreet Talwar, Principal Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) Hussan Lal, Chief Executive Officer, Punjab State Water Supply and Sewerage Board Ajoy Sharma shared their cordial relations with them and their experi- ences learned from the friend- ly working style of these offi- cers. They also said that their vast administrative experience would always be a guiding light for them and future gen- erations of civil servants and they would always be remem- bered for their valuable services in various important positions in different departments. All the officers wished them a bright and healthy future in their second inning of life. Special Secretary Expenditure Abhinav Trikha, Special Secretary Finance Gurpreet Kaur Sapra and Director Water Supply Sanitation Amit Talwar were also present on the occasion. ?=BQ 347A03D= Th e Uttarakhand S p a c e Ap p l i c a t i o n Centre (USAC) director MPS Bisht assumed charge as the director of Uttarak hand S c i e n c e Education and Research Centre (USERC) on Friday. Chairing a departmental meeting after assuming charge, Bisht direct- ed the scientists and techni- cians to work towards makig science education and research useful to the public and in the interests of the state. He said that along with tak- ing science education and research related works to the public, USERC will also take the benefit of the experiences of subject experts in various spheres. Speaking about the state’s all round development, Bisht also spoke about conser- vation of natural resources and linking the youth to skill devel- opment. He also spoke about work- ing with a scientific perspective for proper utilisation, conser- vation and uplift of the state’s water resources. 1XbWcPbbdTbRWPaVT PbDB4A2SXaTRc^a BT]X^a?d]YPQ80B^UUXRTabVXeT] fPabT]S^UU^]cWTXabd_TaP]]PcX^]
- 3. RP_XcP[347A03D=kB0CDA30H k=E414A!'!! ?=BQ 347A03D= The Union Minister for C o m m u n i c a t i o n s , Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad virtually and chief min- ister Trivedra Singh Rawat unveiled the foundation for Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Dehradun incu- bation centre at ITDA here on Friday. The CM announced that soon a robotics lab will also be established in Dehradun for which land is also available. Rawat along with the Union minister of State for Information Technology, Sanjay Dhotre also inaugurat- ed the e-waste studio on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Prasad said that Uttarakhand is where the Vedas began and now technology is being incu- bated in the State. From values and culture to technology should be the image of Uttarakhand. He said that the state is progressing swiftly under the leadership of CM Rawat. He directed the STPI officials to ensure that the incubation centre in Dehradun is better and modern. Referring to the considerable scope for start-ups in Uttarakhand, the Union minister also said that BPOs had been set up in Dehradun and Haldwani. Informing about Chunauti scheme, he said that this was aimed at developing creativity among children in small cities. He said that a robot- ics centre should be built in Dehradun which should be developed into an important robotics centre of India. He assured that full support will be pro- vided to the state govern- ment for this purpose. Stating that spirituality is a brand of Uttarakhand, Prasad said that robotics should become the second brand of the state. The Union minister further said that 46 hospitals in Uttarakhand had become e-hospitals while AIIMS in Rishikesh is also doing good work. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India pro- gramme is aimed at enabling the common people through technology. The people are deriving various benefits from this. The life of the common man can be hanged through the means of technology. Prasad further said that 1,800 Gram Panchayats of the state have been connected under Bharat Net phase I. The gov- ernment of India will provide full support in phase II also, he added. Speaking on the occasion, Rawat said that ITDA is mak- ing good use of all electronic waste. With team work the commendable task of making the best out of e-waste is being undertaken. He said that dur- ing 2019-20, IT Park did busi- ness worth Rs 150 crore with direct employment having been provided to more than 2,500 people. The establishment of STPI Dehradun incubation centre will provide play and plug facility needed for start- ups which will provide a fillip to start-ups. Rawat further said that the incubation centre will also be helpful in boosting efforts to attract investment to Uttarakhand and developing the state into a prominent IT/ITES destination. Regarding Bharat Net phase II, he said that it will play an important role in stopping migration from the mountainous regions of the state. The phase II worth Rs 2,000 crore will enable facilita- tion of internet in 5,991 Gram Panchayats. Rawat said that good work on drone applica- tion is also being done in the state with many drone pilots being prepared in Uttarakhand. This will benefit the state great- ly in the coming times. He also requested Prasad for assistance in establishing electronic and manufacturing cluster on 100 acre reserved land in Kashipur and to start Bharat Net phase II soon. The ITDA director Amit Sinha, informing about the e- waste studio, said that it had been set up to raise public awareness on e-waste recy- cling and disposal. It has been made completely from recycled e-waste. An internal drone rac- ing track has also been incor- porated in it. By reusing the e- waste collected for making this studio, 25 computers were assembled and presented to 10 primary schools in the district, he added. ?=BQ 347A03D= Levelling allegations against the chief educa- tion officer (CEO) of Dehradun, Asha Rani Painuly that she allegedly ignored the welfare of stu- dents and supported some private schools that pur- portedly exploited parents during the Covid-19 pan- demic, the Uttarakhand Abhibhavak Sangh (UAS) said that they will soon file a court case against her. The members of the association alleged that CEO appeared to be biased towards the management of private schools in Dehradun due to which many students and parents faced and some are still facing several diffi- culties during the pandemic. According to them, when the government officials of the department do not hear the complaints of parents, they have to do whatever the school management states because they want the edu- cation of their children to go smoothly. The president of UAS, Ram Kumar Singhal said that parents are feeling quite helpless now as they have nowhere to go with their issues and complaints but they will fight against the anomalies in the system. As stated earlier by Singhal, he has enough evi- dence to show that the CEO has neglected her duties multiple times and has even favoured a private school too that harassed parents for months and overcharged them during the pandemic crisis. He informed that the procedure of filing the case in court is still under process but within a few weeks, he will file the case against Painuly. D0Bc^UX[TPRPbT PVPX]bc24b^^] F_Z`_Z_4]RjW`f_UReZ`_`WDEA:Z_TfSReZ`_TV_ecV A^Q^cXRb[PQ c^QTQdX[c b^^]X]3^^] P]]^d]RTb2 ?=BQ 347A03D= The woman who had accused Dwarahat MLA Mahesh Negi of sexual exploitation will appear in the office of the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) in Dehradun along with her hus- band on Saturday regarding the purported DNA testing of her daughter without any per- mission of the authorities. The commission had sent her and her husband three summons but she failed to appeared citing various rea- sons. As per the third sum- mon sent by SCPCR, the pur- ported victim was supposed to appear on November 10 but she did not appear that day too stating in her letter to the commission that she had to go to various locations for the verification process with police in MLA Negi case. Subsequently, the commis- sion allotted her the date of November 28 to appear in the commission so that she can make her side clear on the matter. It is pertinent to mention here that the SCPCR sent summons to the woman and her husband on the basis of a Nainital based lawyer's com- plaint who stated in his com- plaint letter that the said woman has stated on several platforms that she had done DNA test of her daughter and her husband but it did not match as the husband is not the biological father of the child. Stating that it is illegal to do DNA testing of a child without the permission of the authorities, the complainant has asked the child commis- sion to take action in this matter. @eb`_bdUTfYSdY]d_ Q``UQbY^C3@3B V_bQUWUT41dUcd ?=BQ 347A03D= The Uttarakhand Congress has demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into the scams in the Uttarakhand Building and other Construction workers welfare Board. The vice presi- dent of Uttarakhand Congress, Surya Kant Dhasmana said that scams worth Crores of Rupees have occurred in works like making of labourer card, distribution of kits, bicycles, sewing machines, ration kits and recruitment of employees. He said that the govern- ment is pretending that the inquiry would be conducted on the irregularities, but the Chief Minister is trying to put pres- sure on the departmental min- ister in the name of investiga- tion. Dhasmana said that a CBI inquiry should be ordered by the zero tolerance government in the scam. The Congress leader also accused the state government for not having any policy on Covid-19. He said that lack of policy in com- bating Corona has resulted in the death of more than 1200 people and spread of infection in the state. Dhasnama said that the Trivendra Singh Rawat adopt- ed a careless attitude in dealing with the disease due to which the eight mountainous dis- tricts which earlier were in the green zone became infested with Covid-19 and the CM who also holds health portfo- lio is directly responsible for it. He added that the state gov- ernment should ensure that when the vaccine of Covid-19 comes, it should be provided free of cost to the people of the state. ?PachP[b^STP]Sb UaTTPSX]XbcaPcX^] ^U2^eXS (ePRRX]T fWT]TeTaXcXb PePX[PQ[T 2UGHU %, SUREH LQWR ODERXUHU ZHOIDUH ERDUG VFDP RQJUHVV ?=BQ 347A03D= Senior Congress leader and the chief spokesperson of the Chinhit Andolankari Sanyukt Samiti , Mahesh Joshi has said that the state govern- ment headed by Trivendra Singh Rawat has proved to be a failure on every front. He said that soon a move- ment would be launched in the state against the anti -people policies of the state government and false promises made by it. He claimed that the move- ment would be launched in a phased manner and the broad outline of it has been pre- pared. Launching an attack on the state government he said that unemployment is at peak in the state and no recruitment in the last four years has been done. He said that the state gov- ernment has failed to stop migration, the government has no policy to combat unem- ployment and the office of migration commission has itself migrated to Dehradun. @XQcUTQWYdQdY_^ _^VQYebU_V7_fd c__^*:_cXY ?=BQ 347A03D= The number of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) patients in Uttarakhand mounted to 73,527 in Uttarakhand on Friday with the state health department report- ing 530 fresh cases of the dis- ease. The department also reported the death of five patients of the disease on the day after which the death toll in the state increased to 12492. The authorities discharged 391 patients of the disease after their recovery from different hospitals of the state on Friday. A total of 66855 patients have so far recovered from the dis- ease. The recovery percentage in the state is now at 90.93 and the sample positivity rate is 5.65 percent. One patient each of the dis- ease was reported dead at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh, Max hospital Dehradun, HNB Base hospital Srinagar, district hospital Pithoragarh and dis- trict hospital Champawat on Friday. The state health depart- ment reported 168 fresh cases of the disease from provision- al state capital, Dehradun, 69 from Nainital, 45 from Champawat, 43 from Haridwar, 40 from Pauri, 38 from Chamoli, 33 from Udham Singh Nagar, 25 from Pithoragarh, 22 from Almora, 20 from Rudraprayag, 11 from Tehri and eight each from Uttarkashi and Bageshwar on Friday. Out of the 391 patients dis- charged on the day, 103 were from Dehradun, 40 from Udham Singh Nagar, 37 from Pithoragarh and 35 from Haridwar. Dehradun district contin- ues to get severely affected by the infection of the Covid-19. The district now has 1498 active cases of the disease out of total 4818 active cases of the state. With 551 active cases, Haridwar is on second posi- tion. Pauri has 445, Nainital 442, Chamoli 357, Pithoragarh 341, Udham Singh Nagar 245, Tehri 225, Almora 172, Rudraprayag 125, Uttarkashi 133 and Champawat 128 active cases of the disease. With 128 active cases of Covid-19, Bageshwar now is at the bottom of the table. 2^eXS ( )LYH GHDWKV IUHVK FDVHV UHSRUWHG RQ )ULGD ?=BQ 347A03D= Recuperating after having diagnosed Covid-19 posi- tive, the Governor of Uttarakhand Baby Rani Maurya is now healthy and could be discharged from the hospital soon. A team of five specialist doctors of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh is continuously mon- itoring the condition of the Governor. The Dean Hospital Administration U B Mishra said, the Governor is now almost fully healthy. All the blood parameters related to their Covid are also normal. she would be discharged within two days after seeing almost complete improvement in her health.’’ 7_fUb^_b=QebiQd_ RUTYcSXQbWUTc__^ ?=BQ 347A03D= The residents of Dehradun can complain to the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) if they see anyone not dumping their domestic garbage in the door to door garbage collection vehicles. In the last few months, the roadside dumping of garbage has become quite common in most of the wards of the city. The Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited (REEL) that man- ages sanitation facilities like the door to door service in 69 wards out of 100 wards has claimed that only households they might be unable to collect waste from are those where the residents are not available to hand over their garbage. However, the officials have stated that those who refrain from disposing of garbage in the door to door service might be responsible for the garbage accumulated on the roadsides and other public areas. Stating that the locals need to be more responsible in the city regard- ing their garbage disposal, the chief municipal health officer Dr Kailash Joshi stated that if anyone observes that their neighbours do not dispose of their garbage through the door to door service, they can com- plain about it in the municipal corporation. If a person is not dumping garbage through the door to door service, it means he or she is probably dumping it some- where else in the city. Such peo- ple are the main reason for the garbage accumulation in the roadside areas of Dehradun, said Joshi. Though the MCD is planning to send notices to such people and even impose a penalty on them, Joshi said that locals can complain about those who evidently refrain from dumping garbage in the door to door service of the cor- poration. 2^_[PX]X]23XU]TXVWQ^dabS^]c SXb_^bTcaPbWX]S^^ac^S^^abTaeXRT ?=BQ 347A03D= The Dehradun district mag- istrate Ashish Kumar Srivastava has banned congre- gation at the river ghats of the Dehradun district on the occa- sion of Kartik Poornima on Monday. Srivastava said that sever- al devotees arrive at the Ganga ghats of Rishikesh and other holy rivers in the district to take a holy dip in the rivers on the occasion of Kartik Poornima every year but considering the risk of Covid-19 contagion here, no one will be allowed to gather near the rivers or take baths there. The authorities will take strict actions against those vio- lating rules by gathering or tak- ing baths in the river under the Epidemic Diseases act 1897 and the Disaster Management Act 2005, informed DM. 3TWaPSd]3 _a^WXQXcbR^]VaTVPcX^] PcSXbcaXRc´bVWPcb^] :PacXZ?^^a]XP ?0A8CB7:8C78 The State’s wildlife board recently recommended denotification of the Shivalik elephant reserve. According to the authorities, the withdraw- al of the elephant reserve noti- fication issued in 2002 will open the doors for increased developmental activities in an area covering about 5,405 square kilometres including the expansion of the Dehradun airport. The denotification will enable acquisition of land for developmental purposes in about a dozen forest divisions in the state. It will be recalled that earlier, many had protest- ed when it became known that about 10,000 trees would be axed in the elephant reserve to facilitate expansion of the air- port. Even the central gov- ernment had suggested that an alternative be con- sidered. The decision to denotify the sole elephant reserve in Uttarakhand has naturally elicited strong objection from many. However, one would dis- agree with the perspective of those who say that this decision will be bad for the environment and wildlife. Firstly we must see what is at stake and com- prehend that this is not just about an elephant reserve or 10,000 trees. The elephant is the national heritage animal and a little more than 2,000 pachy- derms are known to live in the state. Due to factors like habi- tat fragmentation, disruption of their traditional corridors and increasing pressure of human activities, the state has been preparing all the ingredients needed to cook up a serious human-wildlife conflict involv- ing elephants. In the coming years it is going to be much worse than it is now. Needless to state, the elephant reserve supports a whole range of wildlife and flora apart from the elephants. But since this is not about the elephant reserve alone, one will recall one of the favourite statements of most politicians and officials- 70 per cent of the state’s area is under forest cover. The Himalayas, glaciers, origin of the Ganga, Yamuna, their tributaries and the rich forests of the state are either viewed as sources of income or hindrances to what some term as development. It would be interesting to note here how much the forests of the State actually provide in monetary terms. A report on green accounting of forest resources was prepared with the help of Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal and released by the chief minister last year. The report provides eco- nomic estimates for as many as 21 ecosystem services from the forest area of Uttarakhand. The study findings indicate that the monetary value of flow benefits emanating from the forests of Uttarakhand is approximately Rs 95,112 crore (lower bound estimates) annu- ally. This is equivalent to an annual flow value of Rs 3,88,085 per hectare of forest in Uttarakhand. Further, the forests of the state protect and conserve stock comprising the value of land, timber stock and carbon storage valued at Rs 14,13,676 crore. Instead of helping understand the value of forests, such information main- ly becomes the ground for demanding green bonus. Returning to the elephant reserve, it is being denotified mainly to facilitate expansion of the Dehradun airport. The state wants more air traffic to reach Dehradun directly to boost tourism and develop- ment. Honestly, the plans of successive state governments especially when it comes to tourism are akin to a person inviting an endless stream of guests to his or her home with- out knowing or caring about how many people can be accommodated in the home. The authorities continue to work for increasing the tourist flow without calculating the carrying capacity of the state. If the plans envisioned by the establishment actually come true, it might actually become difficult to find peace even in this Himalayan region which would get crowded by noisey tourists and noisier helicopters. The effects will be much worse than disturbance. So, the denotification of Shivalik ele- phant reserve is not bad only for the wildlife and environ- ment but much more bad for the people. The denotification represents skewed priorities and lack of actual innovation to enable development without taking a heavy toll on the basis of life and prosperity not just in Uttarakhand but also beyond. C74C74AB834 /HVVRQV LQ GDPDJLQJ LUUHSODFHDEOH DVVHWV The ecological services pro- vided by the forests of Uttarakhand are enjoyed by people across the nation apart from the rivers which impact a large swathe of the nation. Many downplay the cultural and spiritual importance of environmental jewels like the Ganga but none can deny its environment and economic importance. It would be much better if the State goes beyond simply feeling good about what it already has and starts doing something to actually maintain and nurture it.
- 4. ]PcX^]#347A03D=kB0CDA30H k=E414A!'!! ?=BQ =4F34;78 Amid the ongoing farmers’ agitation against farm laws, which witnessed several clashes between the police and protesters, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi on Friday attacked the Centre and said no Government in the world can stop them from fighting the ‘battle of truth’. “The PM should have remembered that whenever the ego hits the truth, it is defeated. No Government in the world can stop the farmers fighting the battle for truth. The Modi Government has to accept the demands of the farmers and black laws will have to be withdrawn. This is only the beginning”, Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet message. Earlier in the day, his sis- ter and Congress party’s general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also lashed out at the Centre and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should imple- ment “one nation, one behav- iour”, in an apparent jibe at his suggestion for “one nation, one election”. Since Thursday, thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana have been marching towards the national capital as a part of the ‘Dilli Challo’ march to protest against the three farm laws passed by the Central Government in September. Carrying flags and shouting slogans, farmers gath- ered at several entry points to enter into Delhi while police blocked them with barricades, batons and tear gas shells. “To suppress the voice of farmers-they are being drenched in water, roads are being dug up to stop them. But the Government is not ready to show them and tell them where it is written that they have the legal right of MSP. The Prime Minister, who is concerned about one country, one elec- tion, should implement one nation, one behaviour,” Priyanka said. HZeYUcRhWRc^ 3Z]]dCRYf] Rdd`UZ8`ge =^6^ecX]f^a[SRP]_aTeT]cUPaTabUa^ UXVWcX]V²QPcc[T^UcadcW³bPh6P]SWXb A094B7:D0AQ =4F34;78 Despite farmers’ unrest over three agricultural laws, the Centre’s kharif paddy procure- ment jumped 18.78 per cent to 310.61 lakh tonnes so far this year. The purchase from Punjab farmers alone crossed over 65 per cent.. According to the agricul- ture ministry, about C58,644.65 crore worth of paddy has been purchased at the minimum support price (MSP) from about 28.45 lakh farmers so far from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. Besides, planting of winter crops has exceeded last year’s level by 13.46 percent. The data showed that winter crops were sown at 348.24 lakh hectare this year as compared to the 334.78 lakh hectare last year. The agriculture ministry’s data showed that the Government agencies have procured 310.61 lakh metric tons of paddy (till November 26) as against the 261.48 LMT last year, an increase of 18.78 percent this year. “Out of the total purchase of 310.61 lakh tonne, Punjab alone has con- tributed 202.65 lakh tonne, which is 65.24 percent of the total procurement,” the min- istry said. For the current year, the Centre has fixed the MSP of paddy (common grade) at Rs 1,868 per quintal, while that of A-grade variety has been fixed at C1,888 per quintal. This is despite having around 2 lakh hectares (5 lakh acres) less area under paddy (parmal) crop this year as compared to the last year. Paddy procurement com- menced in Punjab and Haryana from September 26 due to early arrival of the crop, while in other states from October 1.More than 80 per- cent of the country’’s paddy crop is grown in the kharif sea- son. The government through Food Corporation of India (FCI) and state agencies under- take procurement of paddy at the minimum support price (MSP). Punjab has brought 27.36 lakh hectares under rice culti- vation this year which includ- ed nearly 20.86 lakh hectares paddy and remaining under Basmati crop while last year the area under rice was 29.20 lakh hectares that included 22.91 lakh hectares paddy and remaining 6.29 lakh hectares under Basmati. The Union government is on course to buying a record quantity of paddy this year also to blunt a politically challeng- ing farmers’ agitation against a set of laws enacted to liberalise the farm sector. Farmers protesting the laws fear the reforms would erode their bargaining power and lead to a collapse of the pro- curement system, which refers to the government’s buying of farm produce at federally fixed assured prices. Besides, the Government agencies have procured 90,815.60 MT of Moong, Urad, Groundnut Pods and Soyabean having MSP value of C489.87 Crores benefitting 52,348 farmers in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana and Rajasthan. Similarly, 5089 MT of copra (the perennial crop) having MSP value of C 52.40 crore has been procured benefitting 3961 farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu as against the last year corresponding pur- chase of 293.34 MT of copra. In respect of Copra and Urad, rates are ruling above MSP in most of the major producing States. The Government has also raised by 27% the number of paddy purchase centres, which now stand at 39,122, up from 30,709 last year, official figures show. Production of kharif or summer crops this year is likely to be a record 144.5 mil- lion tonnes, marginally high- er than the 143.4 million tonnes produced during the kharif season of 2019-20. The ministry’s data on rabi sowing showed that farm- ers have sown Oilseeds on 61.64 lakh hectare area against 58.73 lakh hectare area of last year an area coverage increased by 2.91 lakh ha (Under Rapeseed Mustard area has been covered 57.44 lakh hectare compared to 53.88 lakh hectare last year, an increased by 3.56 lakh hectare). Wheat on 151.58 lakh hectare against 150.49 lakh hectare area of last year i.e. increased in area coverage by 1.09 lakh hectare. Rice 8.18 lakh hectare against 8.84 lakh hectare area of last year i.e. marginally decreased in area coverage by 0.66 lakh hectare. Pulses 99.45 lakh hectare against 87.80 lakh hectare area of last year an increased in area coverage by 11.65 lakh hectare. 3U^dbU[XQbYV`QTTi`b_SebU]U^d Ze]`cd_!)QcVQb]UbcµcdYbbQWUc ?=BQ =4F34;78 The BJP on Friday made a number of organisational appointments in States, main- ly drawing men from the RSS. BJP president J P Nadda announced appointment of Ravindra Raju as general sec- retary (organisation) in Haryana to be operating from Rohtak. Besides, the party president said Ratnakar has been made the joint general secretary (organisation) in Bihar (Muzaffarpur), while Bhawani Singh and Karmveer have been given similar charges in Uttar Pradesh to be functional from Varanasi and Meerut respec- tively. The party has also made Abhay Kumar Giri the general secretary (organisation) of Manipur and Nagaland. In the BJP, general secretaries and joint general secretaries in- charge of organisation are con- sidered key posts, and people holding them are generally drawn from the RSS. Pradumna has been approved as Secretary, Delhi. RSS functionaries are the key go between the BJP and the Nagpur Organisation. One of the most influential appointees from the RSS in the BJP is General Secretary (Organisation) who may even veto decisions on behalf the Sangh. Last year, BJP national joint general secretary (organisa- tion) B.L. Santosh was elevated as national general secretary (organisation), the second-most important post in the party’s national organisation after that of the national president. Santosh, 49, from Udupi district in Karnataka, had replaced veteran RSS func- tionary Ram Lal who served for 13 years in the post having worked with many BJP presi- dents and influenced several key political decisions in the party. 566 IXQFWLRQDULHV ILOO %-3 VORWV LQ PDQ 6WDWHV ?=BQ =4F34;78 The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Friday passed resolutions laud- ing party leaders Ahmed Patel and Tarun Gogoi for their roles in the organisation. The highest decision mak- ing body of the Congress met virtually under the chairman- ship of party chief Sonia Gandhi and condoled the demise of the two leaders. Both Gogoi, a former Assam chief minister, and Patel, who was the party’’s treasurer, were members of the CWC. Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and other party lead- ers lauded the stellar roles played by Patel and Gogoi. While the resolution on Tarun Gogoi was moved by former prime minister Manmohan Singh, the one on Ahmed Patel was moved by Mukul Wasnik. “The Congress Working Committee expresses its pro- found shock and grief at the untimely demise of Shri Ahmed Patel, a long-serving MP and the treasurer of the Congress Party,” the resolution said. The CWC said Patel was an integral part of the organi- sation for nearly four decades, contributing in manifold ways as Youth Congress worker, Gujarat PCC president, AICC member, CWC member, polit- ical secretary to the Congress president, and treasurer. “In each of the responsi- bilities that he assumed, he brought to bear a great sense of dedication, commitment and purpose, always keeping the interests of the Party para- mount. “Such was his selfless ser- vice to the party that he won thousands of friends, admirers and supporters not only with- in the party but across the political spectrum,” the reso- lution said. “Shri Patel’’s signal contri- bution was his unique capac- ity to reconcile competing aspirations and forge unity and comradeship among the leaders and members of the party. He carried this remark- able talent to reconciling the competing aspirations of other political parties as well and to forging coalitions at the Centre and in the states,” the CWC added. The resolution said Patel was a pillar of strength to the two coalition governments that were led by the Congress dur- ing 2004-2014. “Ahmedbhai had no per- sonal ambition. The interest of the Congress was his only interest and the advancement of the Congress’’ agenda was his only agenda. He was deeply religious but secular to the core. Ahmedbhai’’s simplicity, austerity, accessibility and gen- erosity were legendary,” it added. Remembering Gogoi, the CWC resolution said, “The Congress Working Committee deeply mourns the demise of Shri Tarun Gogoi, one of the stalwarts of the Congress party for nearly four decades.” It said Gogoi was the tallest leader of Assam and of the northeastern region. He was, for many years, the authentic voice of the region, its people and their aspirations, the CWC added. “As a Congress worker, MP for six terms, Union min- ister, president of Assam PCC, and chief minister for three consecutive terms (2001-2016), he epitomised the fundamen- tal values of the Congress party and was the party’’s proud standard bearer,” it said. While Gogoi died in Guwahati on November 23, Patel passed away at a Gurgaon hospital on November 25 due to complications arising out of COVID-19. Both had tested positive for the virus some time ago. 2^]VaTbbaTb^[dcX^] [PdSb?PcT[6^V^XU^a bcT[[Paa^[TbX]_Pach 0A270=09HC8Q =4F34;78 It’s not only people living in urban areas, but even their counterparts in rural settings are facing high health risk due to air pollution, according to a study conducted by the researchers from Colorado State University (CSU), USA and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay). The study is pub- lished in journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In fact, rural areas suffer from out-door air pollution as well as indoor air pollution like those emitting from fos- sil fuels. The researchers have pro- posed that the National Clean Air Programme should bring in a “regional” component in addition to its current urban focus. The study used air pollu- tion data measured across North India over four months. “We wished to defini- tively evaluate non-urban ver- sus urban impacts of air pollution through the use of all-India data at high spatial resolution (~4.5 km) for a whole year,” said Prof Chandra Venkataraman from IIT Bombay, about the reason behind conducting the study. The researchers also esti- mated that an excess 10.5 lakh people experience early death owing to heart and lung diseases every year caused by exposure to PM2.5. Out of this, 69% of the deaths are in non-urban areas — that is, an excess 7 lakh people experience early death annually due to air pollution in rural areas. In general, while the sources of air pol- lution vary, with almost sim- ilarly elevated levels of PM2.5 levels in urban and rural regions, both groups of the population face comparable health risks. Prof Venkataraman said, although sources of air pollu- tion such as vehicular emis- sions, industries and stubble burning in farms receive attention in policy recom- mendations, there is a need to monitor and control other sources too. “We find that residential cooking in chulhas with bio- mass fuels (wood, crop residue and dung cakes) is the single largest source impacting out- door air pollution in India,” said Prof Venkataraman. This finding has a far- reaching impact on how pol- lution is viewed in India and other developing countries. It is also very timely given that India, and countries like India, are turn- ing attention to addressing air pollution, and they need to be aware of this vast issue, said the researchers adding that biomass fuels as well as tra- ditional brick production and waste burning, must urgent- ly be brought within the purview of air pollution mit- igation. ?T^_[T[XeX]VX]adaP[ PaTPbc^^_a^]Tc^PXa _^[[dcX^]bPhbbcdSh ?=BQ =4F34;78 Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and the Hyderabad- based Hetero Biopharma, engaged in manufacturing generic medicines have inked a pact to produce more than 100 million doses per year in India of the Sputnik V vaccine. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which has been backing the vaccine and marketing it glob- ally, plans to start production at the beginning of 2021. Sputnik V is based on a well-studied platform of human adenoviral vectors and has demonstrated a 91.4 per- cent efficacy rate, according to the second interim data analy- sis of the largest double-blind, randomised, placebo-con- trolled Phase III clinical trials in Russia involving 40,000 volunteers. The results were announced by Gamaleya Center and RDIF on November 24. Phase 3 clinical trials of the vaccine are approved and ongoing in Belarus, the UAE, Venezuela and other coun- tries, and Phase 2/3 have been approved in India. India, along with Brazil, China, South Korea and others, will provide the vaccine to at least 50 countries that have request- ed over 1.2 billion doses. “An application has been submitted by RDIF to the World Health Organization (WHO) for accelerated regis- tration (Emergency Use Listing, EUL) and prequalifi- cation of Sputnik V,” said Alexander Gintsburg, director general of The Gamaleya Research Institute, Moscow. Evaluation of efficacy was carried out among volunteers 28 days after receiving the first dose (seven days after the second dose) of the vaccine or placebo upon reaching the second control point of the trial in compliance with the clinical trial protocol. The analysis demonstrat- ed a 91.4 percent efficacy rate for the Sputnik V vaccine. The uniqueness of the Russian vaccine lies in the use of two different vectors based on the human adenovirus, which allows for a stronger and longer-term immune response as compared with vaccines using one and the same vector for two doses, according to a statement from the company. Currently, the third and final phase of trials is under- way, with some 40,000 volun- teers involved in blind testing of the vaccine that uses two different human adenovirus vectors, said the statement. Russia also announced the Sputnik V vaccine will be priced at USD10 per dose on international markets. Russia was the first country to announce the registration of a coronavirus vaccine in August – dubbed Sputnik V after the Soviet-era satellite – but did so ahead of large scale clinical trials. 9^TYQBeccYQY^[`QSdV_b`b_TeSdY_^ _V! ]T_cUc_VC`ed^Y[F`UbiUQb ?=BQ =4F34;78 As the drug makers gear up to get their vaccine ready at the earliest, India has almost finalised a blueprint according to which about 30 crore people comprising health care work- ers, police personnel, those above 50 and those younger with underlying illnesses that make them vulnerable, will be given shot on priority basis, Principal Scientific Adviser K. VijayRaghavan has said. He was speaking at a meet- ing organised by the Science Ministry and the Confederation of Indian Industry on Thursday. VijayRaghavan said the nation- al vaccine committee, headed by Dr. V.K. Paul, had finalised a broad blueprint. He said from “March to May” vaccines were likely to be available in significant numbers and would be progressively rolled out over the years using the national immunisation pro- gramme. There are one crore health workers, frontline workers such as State and central police, armed forces, home guards, civil defence about 2 crore; pri- ority groups above the age of 50. Ra^aT_T^_[TX]8]SXPc^VTc ePRRX]PcX^]^]_aX^aXchQPbXb ?=BQ =4F34;78 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested promoter of Gujarat-based Sanket Media Pvt Ltd, PVS Sharma, in a money laundering case. The promoter is accused of cheating and forgery by inflating circula- tion figures of Satyam Times newspapers in English and Gujarati. Theaccusedwasarrestedon Thursday for laundering the proceeds generated out of crim- inaloffencesthroughtheaccused firm Sanket Media Pvt. Ltd. Following the arrest, Sarma was produced beforethe Special Court (PMLA), Ahmedabad, andtheSpecialJudgegrantedhis custodytotheEDtillDecember 2. The ED had initiated inves- tigation under Prevention of MoneyLaunderingAct(PMLA) on the basis of FIR registered by GujaratStatePolice(UmraPolice Station, Surat) under Indian Penal Code Sections relating to cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy pursuant to investi- gationconductedbytheIncome Tax Department against PVS Sarma and his Company. “Investigation revealed that Sanket Media Pvt. Ltd. is involved in printing and pub- lishing the newspaper Satyam Times in both Gujarati and English language. That, though thecirculationofthenewspapers were shown at 23,500 and 6000- 6,300copiesdailyfortheGujarati and English editions respective- ly, actual circulation was only around 300-600 and 0-290 for Gujrati and English respective- ly,” the ED said in a statement. 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- 5. 347A03D=kB0CDA30H k=E414A!'!! ]PcX^]$ ?C8Q 274==08 Alow pressure area over the Bay of Bengal on November 30 could bring more rains to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry from December 1, the regional weather office said on Friday. Deputy Director General of Meteorology, Chennai, S Balachandran, told reporters that the system was likely to intensi- fy into a depression later. “A low pressure area is likely to form over southeast Bay of Bengal during the next 48 hours. It is very likely to intensify into a depression on November 30 and move towards the Tamil Nadu coast,” he told reporters here. As a result, there will be widespread rains in Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Puducherry from December 1-3, he said. Theforecastformore rainsfor the southern state and the union territory comes a day after severe cyclonic storm ‘Nivar’ made land- fall between Tamil Nadu and Puducherry early on Thursday, bringing sharp showers. At least three people were killed in Tamil Nadu in rain- related incidents like wall and tree collapse, while over a thousand trees were uprooted. Balachandran further said that in the last 24 hours, north- western districts in Tamil Nadu received rains, with Sholinghur in Ranipet recording the highest rainfall of 23 cm. He also forecast light to mod- erate rains in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for the next two days in some places. Amaravati: Heavy rainfall over the last two days dumped by cyclone Nivar dealt a blow to farmers in Andhra Pradesh as agricultural and horticultural crops in over 30,000 hectares were damaged, officials said. The toll in rain-related incidents climbed to three on Friday while more than 10,000 people were lodged in relief camps primarily in SPS Nellore and Chittoor districts, that bore the brunt of the nature’s fury, they said. Swarnamukhi, Bhima and Penna rivers were in spate while all medium and minor reservoirs filled to the brim and overflowed, cutting off road communication at many places. Roads in over 180 km were damaged due to the floods while tanks breached at some places, inundating villages and farms. The national and state disaster response forces and police personnel braved sever- al odds and rescued tens of people from marooned vil- lages, overflowing rivulets and streams, thereby preventing loss of lives, officials said. The State Cabinet, at its meeting here on Friday, reviewed the situation and Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy announced an assis- tance of Rs 500 each to those sheltered in relief camps. PTI ?C8Q 274==08 Authorities on Friday dis- charged about 1,000 cusecs of water from the Poondi reser- voir, among the chief sources of drinking water supply to the metro, after its level neared full capacity in the wake of good inflows. The reservoir in neigh- bouring Tiruvallur district has seen good inflows recently due to rains, including during the Nivar cylone that crossed the Tamil Nadu coast on Thursday and from the Krishna river in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. On Friday, following inflows of about 9,722 cusecs, the reservoir level stood at 33 feet against its full level of 35 feet, Water Resouces Department (WRD) officials said. With the water being released into the Kosasthalaiyar river, the district administra- tion asked people living in low lying areas and those on its banks to move to safer places. Earlier, officials had on Wednesday released water from the Chembarambakkam lake,another key drinking water source for the city, after its level reached 22 feet out of the total 24 feet, with the sluice gates being opened for the first time in five years. ?C8Q 908?DA There is no place for disrup- tion, be it Parliament or State Assemblies, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Friday and stressed on debate, discus- sion and dialogue. Efforts are being made to ensure there is minimum dis- ruption and a committee has been formed under the Uttar Pradesh assembly speaker to discuss and submit a report so that a common programme is formed and people’s representa- tive play their role ideally, he said. The Lok Sabha speaker was briefing reporters about the two- day All India Presiding Officers’ Conference held in Gujarat recently. ‘It is right and a matter of concern that bills get passed in Parliament and state assemblies amid disruption. There is no place for disruption,’ Birla said while replying to a question. On the conference, the speaker said that discussions were held on issues related to the anti-defection law and use of information technology in relay- ing proceedings of Parliament and the assemblies. ‘In the last conference held in Uttarakhand, issues related to the anti-defection law were dis- cussed. We had formed a com- mittee under Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha Speaker C P Joshi. If nec- essary, discussion will be done with the government to make changes after analysing the report,’ he said. He said that all presiding officers took a pledge to make legislatures more accountable, while strengthening and empowering them according to constitutional values. 80=B Q 60=378=060A While hearing a suo moto case on the Covid situa- tion in the state, the Gujarat High Court on Friday ordered the state government to act against those violating Covid- 19 guidelines and not wearing masks. The Gujarat govern- ment is expected to come out with a decision on the matter on Tuesday. A bench comprising Chief Justice Vikramnath and Justice J.B. Pardiwala was hearing an PIL filed by one Vishal Avatani, as part of over 50 PILs on which the Gujarat HC has taken suo moto cognisance regarding the Covid pandem- ic and the lockdown situation in Gujarat. The bench said that despite various guidelines and laws issued by the government, peo- ple continue to flout the norms and there is a need to deter them from doing so. Acting on a suggestion given by the petitioner, the high court asked the Gujarat gov- ernment to come up with spe- cific rules for people not wear- ing masks. “Despite the fine of Rs 1,000, people continue to flout the rules and not wear masks. Is the state government mulling over sending such vio- lators to the Covid Care Centres for eight days to perform social service, so that they get serious about the outbreak? The violators should have fear in their minds regarding the pandemic,” the bench said. The high court has given the state government time till Tuesday, by which it is expect- ed to come up with an answer. The state government has assured the court that it will consider the suggestion and come out with an appropriate measure. ?C8Q 7H34A0103 BJP president JP Nadda on Friday hit the campaign trail for the December 1 city civic polls, with a roadshow, saying “it is time for KCR (Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao) and the TRS regime to go.” “You have come in such large numbers in spite of the rain. This is sending out a mes- sage, on its own, to KCR and TRS...that your time to go has come and it is time for the BJP to come,” he told party cadres at Kothapet here. On criticism from some quarters over the BJP president coming to campaign for a Corporation election, Nadda said that he was ready to gowherever required to put an end to corruption, for the sake of development and towards expansion of the party. Several senior BJP leaders are campaigning in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elec- tions. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar had recently released a “chargesheet” against the TRS government, while his minis- terial colleague Smriti Irani had slammed the ruling TRS over the recent floods, asking how 75,000 ‘encroachments’ thrived in the state capital. 80=B Q 14=60;DAD Atelephone call from a pow- erful central BJP leader on Friday morning forced Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa defer his decision on a proposal to recommend inclusion of the Veerashaiva- Lingayat community in the Other Backward Community (OBC) list. Yediyurappa’s daily itiner- ary had put the media on high alert since Thursday night, as it stated that the Chief Minister was himself going to brief the media after the cabinet meeting. The subject of inclusion of Veerashaiva-Lingayat commu- nity in the OBC list was also listed in the cabinet agenda but had to be deferred even before the cabinet meeting began on Friday. Speaking to reporters here, a visibly dejected Yediyurappa said that on the Veerashaiva-Lingayat issue, for various reasons, he would take a decision only after consulting the party high command. “I will soon go to Delhi and come back after consulting them (party high command). It won’t be decided today,” he said in a huff. He quickly added in the same breath that it was also the opinion of his Cabinet col- leagues. “It is a very special deci- sion... after discussing with the high command, we will go ahead,” he reiterated. The 77-year-old Veerashiva-Lingayat strongman is known for taking major deci- sions without consulting with- in the party. He was clearly in shock as his recent decisions such as forming the Maratha Development Board and form- ing the Veerashiva-Lingayat Community Board had already kicked off a row, which the party leaders are fighting hard to convince the other commu- nity voters. These decisions have already opened Pandora’s box with every small and powerful community in the state starting to demand similar bodies. Meanwhile, party sources said that after receiving com- plaints against Yediyurappa’s unilateral decisions, a top cen- tral BJP leader called him up and directed him to defer a decision on the subject, noting that it is an important issue and its implications have not been discussed in the party forum yet. In a departure from normal practice, Yediyurappa, as per his scheduled programme release on Thursday evening, was slat- ed to address a press conference after the Cabinet meeting reportedly on the Veerashaiva- Lingayat issue -- a task gener- ally done either by the Information Minister or the Law Minister. Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J.C. Madhuswamy said that as sub-castes under various other communities had been left out from the OBC list like Kunchatigas from Vokkaligas, it was decided to consider sending a comprehensive rec- ommendation to the Centre about the communities that need to be included in the days to come. “Hence, we had to defer the subject today,” he said in response to a question. He quickly added that the subject had to be deferred as the state government was awaiting for the anthropologists report, certification of the backward- ness and its nature. “Once we compile all data that is needed to convince the backwardness and then we can proceed,” he contended. Rebutting that the subject was mentioned hastily in the cabinet agenda aimed at send- ing a signal to the high com- mand and Yediyurappa’s detrac- tors, Madhuswamy asserted that the proposed recommen- dation had nothing to do with the state government’s reserva- tion policy, and was only for reservation in Central govern- ment services and educational institutions. According to the minister, the contention of Veerashaiva- Lingayats is that at present, only 16 sub-castes of Veerashaiva- Lingayats are considered as OBCs in the central list. “The community should not be seen in parts by break- ing it,” the minister claimed. The inclusion of Veerashaiva-Lingayats in the Central list of the OBCs has been the long-standing demand of the community, and the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha has been pressing for this since 1994. At present in Karnataka, Veerashaiva-Lingayats and their sub-groups are considered a backward class and they come under Category 3B with five per cent reservation. Their inclusion in OBC Central list will mean 27 per cent reservation in Central gov- ernment services and educa- tional institutions under the Centre. This move has come, days after the Yediyurappa govern- ment had announced the estab- lishment of the Veerashaiva- Lingayat Development Corporation, and allocated Rs 500 crore to it. The Veerashaiva-Lingayat community, which owes alle- giance to the 12th century social reform movement initi- ated by poet-saint-social reformer Basaveshwara, has a substantial population across Karnataka and parts of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. Mumbai: The owner of Karachi Bakery in suburban Bandra has said inreplytoa`legalnotice’byanMNS leader that the bakery’s founder was avictimofPartition,anditsnamecan not hurt Indian sentiments. HajiSaifShaikh,alocalleaderof the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, had sent a legal notice to the owner, saying that the word Karachi hurts sentiments of ordinary Indians and the Indian Army because it is a Pakistani city. The bakery should be renamed and the signboard should be in Marathi, he had demanded. Initsresponse,thebakeryowner said it was established by a Sindhi- Hindu family which migrated from Pakistan, and the brand is now rec- ognizedglobally.Theydidnotusethe name Karachi to hurt the feelings of Indians. In fact, bakery founder Khanchand Ramani had experi- enced violence by pro-Pakistan ele- ments during Partition, it said. Being a “victim of violence espoused by Pakistan”, they can nevermakeanystatementordoany- thing that can hurt feelings of fellow Indians, the bakery said. “Itisincorrecttosuggestthatmy client (bakery owner) has disre- spected the sacrifice of our soldiers. The bakery has always been Indian andwillcontinuetodoso.Therefore, every allegations questioning my client’sloyaltytowardsIndiaisincor- rectandunwarranted,”thereplysaid. 78C:0=370A8Q 90D Following fresh flare up of tensions along the Line of Control(LoC) in the Sunderbani sector of frontier Rajouri district two more Indian soldiers attained martyrdom during unprovoked ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army on Friday. More than one dozen sol- diers have attained martyrdom in the line of duty in the last three months. At the same time, Indian Army has also inflicted heavy casualties on the other side of the LoC and flattened several strategic structures of the Pakistan army and launching pads used by the trained group of terrorists to sneak inside the Indian territory in the garb of heavy firing. According to the field reports, several civilian houses suffered damages and local res- idents remained closeted inside theirhomesduringtheperiodof intense mortar shelling. According to the Jammu- based Defence Spokesman, Lt- Col Devender Anand, “The Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked CFV on LoC in Sunderbani Sector of Rajouri on Friday”. He said, in response Indian troops responded immediately to the enemy fire. In the ensu- ing fire, two Jawans of the Indian Army Naik Prem Bahadur Khatri and Rifleman Sukhbir Singh got critically injured and later succumbed to their injuries. Defence PRO said, Naik Prem Bahadur Khatri hailed from Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh and Rifleman Sukhbir Singh from Taran Taran district of Punjab. Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh Friday announced a compensation of Rs 50 lakh and a job to a dependent family member. In a tweet Capt Amarinder Singh said, “Anguished to learn of the tragic demise of Sepoy Sukhbir Singh in Rajouri Sector today. Have announced ex-gratia of Rs. 50 lakh a job to a dependent family member. My condo- lences to the bereaved family. Nation will always remain indebted for his supreme sacrifice”. ?=BQ :;:0C0 Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday roared back at the Central Government for its anti-farmer attitude saying she had all along been with the farmers and would continue to remain by them. Slamming the BJP-led Centre for “vitiating the atmos- phere of the country,” Banerjee said she was ready to join the farmers’ protest in Delhi. Saying that the “brutal sup- pression” of the farmers’ move- ment in Haryana was “very unfortunate,” she said that this was the first Central Government which was “trying to curb all democratic and fundamental rights.” She said, “It has passed a law which is against the inter- ests of the farmers,” reminding that no Government could take away the democratic rights of the farmers. She added India belonged to everyone and not a single outfit or a group of people “What was the role of BJP dur- ing the freedom struggle? The country got freedom long back. Some of your leaders have even betrayed (the freedom struggle),” she told the media. Apart from the farm laws the Centre also passed the “anti-people Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill” which had led to massive rise in the price of onion and potato because the traders were hoarding the veg- etables, she said adding the BJP was “gradually showing its real face.” She attacked the BJP lead- ership for trying to convert Bengal into Gujarat by bring- ing in outsiders who had no idea of the culture and history of the State. “Why do they want to turn our Bengal into a riot-torn place like Gujarat? We don’t want riots. Bengal is a land of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, poet Nazrul Islam, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Swami Vivekananda. The people of the State want to live in harmony and peace… why is the BJP plan- ning to incite communal divide in Bengal,” she asked and said the outsiders who were coming to Bengal would go away after the elections but leave back a divide which the people of the State would not tolerate. C=A067D=0C70Q D108 Slamming the BJP of “mis- using” the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the CBI to mount pressure on the Opposition Governments in the States, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said his party will never be scared of the Central investigating agencies and that his Government enjoyed the blessings of the people across the State. Inaninterviewpublishedin the Shiv Sena’s official mouth- piece“Saamana”ontheoccasion of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)Governmentcompleting one year in office, Uddhav said, “I am quiet and patient. But that does not mean I am impotent. The manner in which our fam- ilies are being attacked is not the cultureofMaharashtra.Ifweare practitioners of Hindutva, if you attack our families and children, you should realise that you also have families and chil- dren. You are not like clean rice. If we decide, we as the follow- ers of Shivaji know how to cook and make ‘khichdi’ out of you.” Handing out an indirect advice to the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre, Uddhav said, “If you are misus- ingpower,rememberthatpower does not last forever. You too have faced cases in the past and Balasaheb had saved you then.” On the BJP’s criticism that he does not do anything beyond advising the people to wash their hands, the chief minister said: “Currently, I am only advising the people to wash hands for now. If they contin- ue to indulge in attacks against us, then I will come after you. Some people have gone mad. They need treatment”. Uddhav said his three- party Government was run- ning smoothly. “I have perfect coordination with the Congress and NCP. I do not have to indulge in acrobatics in run- ning the Government” On the Shiv Sena and Hindutva, Uddhav said, “Hindutva is not a dhoti that we can change. It is in our blood and veins. I believe in my father’s and grandfather’s con- cept of Hindutva. We do not believe in ‘temple bell banging’ Hindutva, we believe in a ‘ter- rorist banging Hindutva’ and my father proved it in 1992-93. When no one was ready to accept responsibility for the demolition of Babri, late Balasaheh and my father owned it up. Ram Mandir is happening because of the court’s decision. No political party should take credit for it” In a sharp attack against the BJP, Uddhav said, “Hindutva is not pooja, banging temple bells or thalis. That does not cure corona. No one should do pol- itics in the guise of Hindutva and teach us what Hindutva is. First saffron swarajya was established by Shivaji Maharaj in Maharashtra, so do not teach us that.” On the “Love Jehad”, Uddhav said, “Instead of indulging in politics of ‘love jehad’, why shouldn’t the con- cept of Love Jehad be practised in politics? They (BJP) are opposed to a Muslim boy mar- rying a Hindu girl. Then how did you (BJP) have an alliance with Mehbooba Mufti or Nitish Kumar or Chandrababu Naidu? Alliance with different political parties with different ideologies works for you, isn’t this ‘love jehad’?” #^`cV[RhR_d ^RcejcVUZ_; :LOO QHYHU EH VFDUHG RI HQWUDO DJHQFLHV 8GGKDY Patna: In a bid to blunt the RJD’s Assertion that the NDA managed to win the Bihar Assembly election by getting only 12,270 votes more than the Grand Alliance led by the party, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that vic- tory by even one vote is ulti- mately a triumph. If anyone thinks that irreg- ularities have been committed in the election, he can move the court for the redressal of griev- ances, Kumar said in the assembly while replying to a debate on the Motion of Thanks to the Governor’s address. “Victory even by one vote is ultimately a victory. We have 125 (seats) and anyone having 122 would form the government. If anyone thinks that something wrong has been done (in the assembly election), he can move the court which will hear the case and give its ruling,” Kumar said. Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav of the RJD, while participating in the debate earlier in the day, said that the NDA emerged victo- rious by getting only 12,270 votes and 16 seats more than what the Grand Alliance secured. PTI HZ_VgV_Sj`_V g`eVZdf]eZ^ReV]j RgZTe`cj+?ZeZdY 0DPDWD RIIHUV WR MRLQ IDUP SURWHVW LQ 'HOKL C=A067D=0C70Q D108 In what came as a clear vin- dication for Kangana Ranaut, the Bombay High Court on Friday quashed the demolition notice issued to the Bollywood actress in September this year, terming both the notice and the sub- sequent demolition of a por- tion of her Bandra Bungalow were “actuated by malafides” and they involved “a clear malice in law” and ordered compensation for her. “As we have come to a clear conclusion that the impugned notice under sec- tion 354A of the Act and the action of demolition follow- ing it, are actuated by malafides, in any event, involve a clear malice in law, causing a substantial injury to the Petitioner,” a HC division bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and RI Chagla ruled. “We would be perfectly justified on the basis of the law stated by the Supreme Court in the case of Sunbeam Hightech Developers (supra), to order compensation against responsible Respondents,” the judges noted, adding that the quantum of compensation would be decided only after the preparation of an estimate by the approved valuer. On the compensation, the judges ruled: “Both par- ties, i.e. the Petitioner and the MCGM (as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is also known) shall be heard by the valuer whilst making his report of valuation. We would reserve our further Orders on such report being submitted by the valuer. We would also pass appropriate Orders on recov- ery of any part of such com- pensation from individual officers of the MCGM when ordering for payment of such compensation”. While quashing and set- ting aside the notice dated September 7 2020 and the subsequent oral demolition order, the HC bench allowed Kangana to take such steps as were required to make the said bungalow “habitable” so that the Petitioner can imme- diately start occupying and using the same. The HC bench said that in the event of Kangana filing an application for regularisa- tion of any unauthorised but demolished portion of her bungalow making an appli- cation to the BMC, the BMC would decide on the applica- tion within four weeks of the receipt of the application/plan. In its ruling on the much-discussed on the Kangana demolition case, the HC bench held the action by the Shiv Sena-ruled BMC as “ex-facie illegal, arbitrary, unjustified and highhanded and malafide” and said that the BMC had “ignored” its statutory provisions and guidelines of the Courts as well as of its own circulars and the said action is an abuse of power and author- ity. “The Petitioner therefore is fully justified in approach- ing this Court for redressal of her grievances and the pro- tection of her rights,” the judges observed. On the issue of allowing Kangana to reconstruct the demolished portion, the HC bench said: “As regards allow- ing the Petitioner to recon- struct demolished portions of the property, we record that though parties have taken contrary positions about the authorized or unauthorized offending portions, we have not been shown any materi- al to justify either of the con- tentions.We have,accordingly no occasion to decide one way or the other” “We must accordingly leave the parties to their posi- tions in law. If, and to the extent the demolished por- tions were originally created / constructed in accordance with law, that is to say, either as tenantable repairs for which no permission of MCGM was required, or simply mat- ters of interior decoration and work for which no plan- ning permission is required, or were authorized having regard to the approved plans, the Petitioner shall be within her rights to reconstruct the same,” the judges said. “In case they (Kangana) require a planning permission and none exists, the Petitioner may apply for such permis- sions and the MCGM shall be bound to deal with such application in accordance with law,” the judges noted. It may be recalled that on September 9, the demolition squad of the BMC pulled down a portion of Kangana Raut’s buingalow at Bandra in north-west Mumbai, which housed the office of her film production company, Manikarnika Films Pvt Ltd. By thetimeBombay High Court stayed the demolition of the process of Kangana’s bungalow, the BMC employ- ees - who had come armed with big drill machines, ham- mers, sledgehammers and crowbars and a JCB machine - pulled down the allegedly illegal portions involving at the bungalow. The BMC, which had served a notice on the actress on September 7 about the alleged “illegal” construc- tions at the bungalow, fol- lowed it up with demolition on September 9 after reject- ing the reply provided by the actress’ lawyers and pasting a response at the door of Kangana’s bungalow. 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