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The Special Cell of the Delhi
Police arrested five sus-
pected terrorists after an
encounter with the police in
East Delhi’s Shakarpur area
on Monday. Initial probe sug-
gests that the five, two from
Punjab and three from Jammu
Kashmir, have links to
Khalistan and Islamic terror
organisations.
Police said the suspects
were arrested on Monday
morning after getting specific
intelligence input. Police said,
preliminary investigation has
revealed that Pakistani spy
agency Inter Service
Intelligence (ISI) is attempting
to link up terror outfits in
Kashmir with Khalistan oper-
atives and two of them are also
allegedly involved in the mur-
der of Shaurya Chakra winner
Balwinder Singh in Punjab.
The terrorists have been
identified as Gurjit Singh and
Sukhdeep Singh, both sharp-
shooters of most wanted gang-
ster Sukhmeet Pal Singh, alias
Sukh Bhikhariwal, and resi-
dents of Punjab while others
have been identified as Shabir
Ahmad Gojree, Mohammad
Ayub Pathan and Riyaz Rather,
residents of Jammu Kashmir.
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The Indian Navy has recov-
ered the body of the miss-
ing naval pilot Commander
Nishant Singh off Goa coast.
His MIG-29K had crashed into
the Arabian Sea 11 days back.
The second pilot of the twin-
seater was rescued the same
day. Both the pilots had man-
aged to eject from the jet before
it went down.
The missing commander’s
body was located on the seabed
70 metres below water. The
body was found 30 miles off
Goa coast. The jet had taken off
for a routine sortie on
November 26 after taking off
from the INS Vikramaditya air-
craft carrier.
Giving details of the
mishap, the Navy had said that
day a board of enquiry was
ordered to ascertain the cause
of the incident.
“A MiG-29K trainer air-
craft operating at sea met
with an accident at about
1700 hrs on 26 November.
One pilot has been recovered
and search by air and surface
units in progress for the sec-
ond pilot. An enquiry has
been ordered to investigate the
incident,” the Navy said.
The official said intensive
aerial, coastal and surface
search by the Indian Navy
ships and aircraft was in
progress to locate the pilot.
Underwater search by divers
and seabed mapping using
specialised equipment in
vicinity of primary wreckage
of MiG-29K was on.
The search teams had
managed to locate the debris
of the ill-fated jet after a few
days. It included landing gear,
turbo charger, fuel tank engine
and wing engine.
Sources said mortal
remains of a human body
were found in the vicinity of
the wreckage site. The samples
are being sent for DNA test-
ing for confirmation of iden-
tity.
They also said all sec-
tions of the aircraft wreckage
including ejection seats have
been accounted for using side
scan sonar and high definition
cameras.
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After US-based drug maker
Pfizer applied for the
approval of its coronavirus
vaccine in India, the Serum
Institute of India (SII) and
Bharat Biotech too have sought
from the Central Drugs
Standards Control
Organisation emergency use
authorisation for their Covid-
19 vaccines.
Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin is
being indigenously developed
by the Hyderabad-based com-
pany in collaboration with the
Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR). While SII’s
Covid-19 vaccine is developed
by AstraZeneca-Oxford
University.
Sources in the Government
said that the top drug regula-
tor, DCGI, has started review-
ing their applications on grant-
ing of authorisation, which
will be made on the basis of
three parameters — safety,
quality and efficacy.
“As promised, before the
end of 2020, @SerumInstIndia
has applied for emergency use
authorisation for the first
made-in-India vaccine, COV-
ISHIELD,” tweeted SII CEO
Adar Poonawala on Monday.
“This will save countless
lives, and I thank the
Government of India and Sri
@narendramodi ji for their
invaluable support,” he wrote.
Government officials said
that the vaccine, developed
from adenovirus which is a
common cold virus, will be the
first preventive option against
Covid-19 available in India
and it could be administered to
the first priority group com-
prising healthcare workers
beginning the next month.
The Government has already
geared up for immunising the
identified population.
Though the company has
not revealed the details of the
application sent to the regula-
tor, sources said that it will sub-
mit the full analysis released by
AstraZeneca-Oxford last
month. The analysis showed
that their vaccine candidate was
70 per cent effective on average
in a late-stage trial in the UK
and Brazil.
In India, a phase 2/3 trial
being conducted on 1,600 indi-
viduals is aimed at looking for
only immunogenicity and not
for actual protection against
Covid-19 as per the vaccine’s
trial design.
Also, as the trial in India
involves the dosing regimen
with two full doses. The regu-
lator can accept just the 62 per
cent efficacy and the bridging
immunogenicity from SII and
grant the approval for restrict-
ed use, officials said.
According to the ICMR,
the SII has already manufac-
tured 40 million doses of the
vaccine under the at-risk man-
ufacturing and stockpiling
license it obtained from the
DCGI.
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Monday allowed the
Centre to go ahead with the
proposed foundation stone-
laying ceremony for the Central
Vista project after the
Government assured it that
no construction or demolition
work would commence till the
apex court decides the pending
pleas on the issue.
Solicitor General Tushar
Mehta told a bench headed by
Justice AM Khanwilkar that
there would be only foundation
stone-laying ceremony, and no
construction, demolition or
felling of trees would be done
for the project as of now.
The revamp, which was
announced in September last
year, envisages a new triangu-
lar Parliament building, with
seating capacity for 900 to
1,200 MPs, that is targeted to
be constructed by August,
2022 when the country will be
celebrating its 75th
Independence Day. The com-
mon Central Secretariat is
likely to be built by 2024.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will lay the foundation
stone on December 10 for the
new Parliament building and
the construction is expected to
be completed by 2022 at an
estimated cost of C971 crore,
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
had said on December 5.
The SC is seized of pleas
which have raised questions
over several aspects, including
the environmental clearance
granted to the project.
During the hearing con-
ducted on Monday through
video-conferencing, the bench
asked Mehta to apprise it with-
in five minutes about the
Government’s view on the
issue of construction work for
the project. The bench
observed that it would not
allow construction or demoli-
tion till its decision on the
pending pleas opposing the
project.
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Ahead of Tuesday’s Bharat
Bandh call given by farm-
ers unions and supported by 22
political parties, the Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA) has
asked all States and Union
Territories to tighten security
while asserting that peace and
tranquility must be maintained.
While the Centre is firm on
its stance on the reform laws,
farmers want them rolled back
as they fear they will be at the
mercy of corporates to sell
their produce.
In a countrywide advisory,
the MHA also said the State
Governments and UT admin-
istrations must ensure that the
Covid-19 guidelines issued
with regard to health and social
distancing are strictly followed.
The States and UTs were told
that peace and tranquility must
be maintained during the
Bharat Bandh and precaution-
ary measures taken so that no
untoward incident takes place
anywhere in the country.
The Centre’s attempts to
resolve the farmers’ agitation
through dialogue is making lit-
tle headway with a few of the
farmer unions remaining
adamant on their demand to
repeal the new agriculture laws.
The Bharat Bandh, called
by the farmers’ unions who
have been protesting against
the three farm laws, got support
from trade unions, trans-
porters, bank unions and polit-
ical parties including the
Congress, NCP, DMK, SP, TRS
and Left.
In a statement of support
for the strike on Sunday, the
Opposition parties said, “These
new farm laws passed in
Parliament in a brazen (and)
anti-democratic manner (by)
preventing a structured dis-
cussion and voting, threaten
India’s food security, destroy
Indian agriculture and our
farmers, lay the basis for the
abolishment of MSP and mort-
gage Indian agriculture and our
markets to the caprices of
multi-national agri-business
corporates.”
Meanwhile, traders’ body
CAIT and the All India
Transporters Welfare
Association on Monday said
markets across the country
including in Delhi will remain
open on Tuesday and transport
services will also remain oper-
ative, notwithstanding the
Bharat Bandh call given by
protesting farmers. In Mumbai,
BEST buses, taxis, auto will
continue to ply on the road on
Tuesday.
Ahead of Bharat Bandh call
on Tuesday, the Gujarat
Government imposed Section
144 of CrPC in the State. The
police would not allow any out-
fit or any group to forcefully
impose bandh in the State. UP
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
accused that some political
parties are trying to spoil the
atmosphere in the country,
“especially the present stand
taken by them on model
APMC Act shows their double
standards”. Attacking the
Opposition parts at a hurried-
ly convened Press conference at
his official residence in
Lucknow he said that the par-
ties which have backed the
Bharat Bandh call on Tuesday
“should apologise before the
nation”.
After five rounds of talks
between the Centre and the
farmers’ unions failed to end
the impasse, the two sides are
again set to meet on December
9, a day after the countrywide
strike. Talks between the
Government and protesting
farmers remained inconclu-
sive on Saturday even after five
rounds of discussions as union
leaders stuck to their demand
for the repeal of the new farm
laws and went on a “maun vrat”
seeking a clear “yes or no” reply,
forcing the Centre to call for
another meeting on December
9 to resolve the deadlock.
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As the Modi Government
braced up to deal with the
Bharat Bandh call on Tuesday,
the BJP has slammed the
Opposition parties for fanning
the farmer’s stir by stoking
their fear. Senior BJP leader and
Union Law Minister
Ravishankar Prasad on
Monday described the
Opposition parties as “double-
faced” and called its stand
“utter political opportunism”.
Prasad said a majority of
Opposition parties, including
the Congress, the NCP and the
Samajwadi Party (SP) — now
backing the farmers — had in
the past approved the market-
ing reforms in the agriculture
sector.
Referring to what he said
“sudden” support of non-BJP
parties to the farmers stir as
“shudh rajnetic swarth ki rajni-
ti”, Prasad said these are “dou-
ble-standards” adopted by the
Opposition to save their declin-
ing political base.
The BJP leader skirted
questions on the ongoing talks
between the farmers and the
Government (with the next
round scheduled on December
9) but stressed that new laws
which “set free restrictions”
were good of the farming com-
munity.
The Minister said under
new farm laws the farmland
“will not be sold, leased or
mortgaged.”
Giving the latest figures of
“ higher procurement and pay-
ment on MSP”, he said, “we
have no intention to end the
mandi system” in the country.
Prasad quoted 2019
Congress manifesto (page 17,
part 2) saying that the party
“will repeal APMC Act and
make the trade, including
export-import, free from
restrictions”.
In the same vein, the
Union Minister pointed out
that the Hindi manifesto of the
Congress spoke about “amend-
ments”!
He quoted Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi’s statement in
CMs’ conference in 2013 that
“farmers can sell directly in the
Congress-ruled States” and that
the farmers will be “given free
choice”.
Prasad said NCP leader
Sharad Pawar, “now opposing
farm reforms” had as Union
Agriculture and Consumer
Affairs Minister written to a
letter on August 11, 2010, to all
CMs that “agriculture needs
huge investments and private
sector investment is essential
and so a change in the mandi
system”.
The BJP leader further
said that in an interview in
2005, Pawar had said that six-
month time was maximum
that was needed to abolish
APMC Act.
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Protesting against the three
recently enacted agricul-
ture-related laws by the Centre,
farmers, who have been camp-
ing in Delhi for the last many
days vehemently demanding
scrapping of the Bills, said on
Monday that emergency ser-
vices will be allowed during
Bharat Bandh on December 8.
Also, they appealed to their
affiliates to not force anyone to
observe the shutdown.
Farmers sitting across the
borders in the national Capital
have called Bharat bandh and
Chakka Jam on December 8
and threatened to intensify
their agitation and block more
roads leading to the national
Capital if the Government does
not accept their demands.
Addressing a Press confer-
ence on Monday, the farmers’
unions appealed to farmers to
maintain peace and not to
enter into any scuffle to enforce
the bandh.
“Bandh will be across the
country and the Central
Government will have to accept
our demands to scrap the new
farms law,” said Jagjit Singh
Dallewala, the president of
Bhartiya Kisan Ekta Sangathan.
“Why the Government
was agreeing to make changes
in the legislations now after
initially claiming they will
benefit the peasantry. We want
the Government to reinstate
the old farm laws even if the
Government thinks it is not
good for farmers,” said
Darshan Pal, farmer union
leader.
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After various unions and
associations of cab dri-
vers and mandi traders decid-
ed to join the Bharat Bandh
strike called by farmers’ unions
demanding the repeal of
Centre’s three farm laws, there
are fears that transport facili-
ties and supplies of essentials
like vegetables and fruits are
likely to be hit in Delhi on
Tuesday.
Some of the taxi and cab
unions, including those asso-
ciated with app-based aggre-
gators, have decided to join the
one-day strike.
The work at major whole-
sale vegetable and fruit markets
is likely to be hampered with
a section of traders favouring
the farmers’ demands.
“I have received calls from
several traders’ associations
for strike on Tuesday. I believe
the mandis at Ghazipur, Okhla
and Narela will also be closed
due to Bharat Bandh called by
farmers,” Adil Khan, chair-
man of Azadapur Mandi, said.
He said he personally has
appealed to people from all
walks of life to support the
farmers who feed the country.
The chairman of Ghazipur
wholesale mandi for vegeta-
bles, fruits and poultry and
meat said many traders’ asso-
ciation in the market has said
they will join the strike.
Kamaljeet Gill, president of
Sarvodaya Driver Association
of Delhi, comprising drivers
working with cab aggregators,
said drivers will not run their
cabs associated with Ola, Uber
and other app-based aggrega-
tors on the day.
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The support for the Bharat
Bandh call by the protest-
ing farmers appears to be
grown with not just the
employees’ organisations but
even school and university
teachers and students lending
weight to the nationwide
protest on Tuesday.
Extending support to the
farmers’ call for December 8
Bharat Bandh, Punjab
Government employees in var-
ious districts have decided to
proceed on one-day mass leave.
Punjabi University, Patiala, pro-
fessors and non-teaching staff
have also announced to proceed
on mass leave on Tuesday.
Punjab Government
Teachers’ Union has also
announcedthattheGovernment
school teachers support the
ongoingfarmers’protestagainst
the new farm laws.
“Punjab’s school teachers
have decided to support the
farmers’ struggle after an online
meeting of Government
Teachers’ Union, Punjab, was
held under the chairmanship of
state president Sukhwinder
Singh Chahal,” said Punjab
Government Teachers’ Union
in a statement.
The teachers’ union said
the farmers’ struggle was “just
and peaceful” yet they are
being ignored by the Central
Government which is “not
serious about resolving the
peasant struggle”.
The employees of Punjab
Government in various dis-
tricts across the state have
decided to proceed on one-day
mass leave in support of the
‘Bharat Bandh’ call given by the
farmers’ unions for December
8, said Punjab DC offices
employees’ union state presi-
dent Om Parkash.
“The employees of all the
Government offices of
Mansa have sought mass casu-
al leave for December 8 to sup-
port Bharat Bandh. They have
also sent a memorandum to the
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
through Mansa Deputy
Commissioner in support of
farmers,” said a Government
official.
Announcing its support
to the farmers against the
three farm laws, the Punjabi
University Teachers’
Association (PUTA) has
announced support to the agi-
tating farmers against the three
farm laws while announcing to
stage protest on Tuesday. The
teachers’ union has decided to
shut the university gates early
morning on December 8 and
hold a protest.
The professors and the
non-teaching staff of Punjabi
University, Patiala, have also
joined the cause and
announced to go on a mass
leave in support of the com-
plete bandh call.
In a separate call, the stu-
dents, associated with four stu-
dent political parties - PSU
(Lalkar), AISF, PSU and SFI -
have also decided to shut the
university gates and hold a
protest.
Ludhiana stock exchange
has also pasted a notice at the
entry gates announcing that
the exchange would stay closed
on account of Bharat Bandh on
Tuesday.
The agitating farmers have
called for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ on
December 8 after several
rounds of talks with the Central
Government over the new farm
laws failed to yield any result.
Farmers from across the coun-
try, mainly from Punjab and
Haryana, have been agitating on
the outskirts of Delhi against
the three new farm laws.
As the logjam continues,
the Centre has called for
another meet with farmers on
December 9.
A farmers’ leader Dr
Darshan Pal said that the bandh
will be observed the whole day
on Tuesday. “Chakka jam till 3
pm. It will be a peaceful bandh.
We are firm on not allowing any
political leaders on our stage,”
said Pal camping at Delhi-
Haryana Singhu border.
AGRI OFFICERS COME
IN FARMERS’ SUPPORT
The Agriculture Officers’
Association of Punjab’s
Agriculture and Farmers’
Welfare Department has
announced to assure the sup-
ply of urea fertiliser
to the fields of all the farmers
protesting in Delhi against
three agri Bills.
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Mocking him for calling
himself a “sevadar” of the
farmers, Punjab Chief Minister
Capt Amarinder Singh on
Monday asked his Delhi coun-
terpart Arvind Kejriwal if he
even knew the difference
between wheat and paddy.
“For a man who has wast-
ed no time in notifying one of
the three central farm laws and
publicly declared himself to be
helpless in the matter, Kejriwal’s
claim of being a sevadar of the
farmers is simply ludicrous,”
said Capt Amarinder, ridicul-
ing the Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) leader’s “latest stunt” of
going to the Singhu border to
meet the protesting farmers.
The Chief Minister chal-
lenged Kejriwal to cite once
instance of anything his
Government had done for
farmers in Delhi. “You did not
even bother to convene a ses-
sion of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha
on the issue,” quipped Capt
Amarinder, in a scathing attack
on the Delhi Chief Minister,
whom he dubbed nothing
more than a master-twister
who could stoop to any level to
further his political interests.
If Kejriwal thought all the
demands of the farmers to be
valid, why did he not get state
amendment laws passed in
Delhi,onthelinesofPunjaband
some other states, to negate the
devastating effects of the central
laws, asked the Chief Minister.
He dared Kejriwal to back
his claims of supporting the
farmers’ demands by opposing
the farm laws openly and con-
stitutionally, as the Punjab
Government was doing,
instead of indulging in politi-
cal drama for public con-
sumption. “This political spec-
tacle is not going to help the
farmers,” quipped Capt
Amarinder.
“The farmers have seen
through your sneaky little ways
and your theatrics will not help
you change their opinion,” the
Chief Minister said, comment-
ing on Kejriwal’s dramatic visit
to the Singhu border, from
where farmers had earlier sent
away several AAP leaders.
A few hours of media lime-
light is all that AAP national
convenor managed to get from
this drama, quipped Capt
Amarinder, adding that, in any
case, the farmers don’t need the
support of AAP workers to
make their bandh a success.
Kejriwal and his AAP did
not even have the courage to
question the Centre’s haste in
bringing the farm laws amid the
COVID-19 pandemic, Captain
Amarinder pointed out, adding
that the whole drama of sup-
porting the Bharat Bandh and
standing with the farmers was
being enacted by the party with
an eye on Punjab Assembly
elections due in early 2022.
“You and your party mem-
bers in Punjab had exposed
your deceit and double stan-
dards back in 2017, and your
wishy-washy stand on the farm-
ers’ issue now has again nailed
your lies,” he told Kejriwal.
After failing to take a stand
for the farmers on the farm
laws’ issue, Kejriwal was now
desperately looking for an
opportunity to salvage his
party’s lost ground among the
farmer community, said Capt
Amarinder, adding that the
Delhi Chief Minister had seen
an opportunity in the Bharat
Bandh call to woo
the farmers, who had totally
and categorically rejected AAP
in Punjab.
?=BQ 270=3860A7
Keeping the future of chil-
dren studying in various
unrecognized private
schools across the state,
Haryana Government has
given temporary recogni-
tion for the year 2020-21
from Board of School
Education Haryana, to all
such private schools.
This recognition has
been extended for one year
on the basis that the man-
agement of the said schools
can meet the standards set
by the Haryana
Government, said an official
spokesman.
He said a delegation of
private schools had recent-
ly met Education Minister
Kanwar Pal and requested to
extend temporary recogni-
tion of their schools’ with
the Board of Education for
another year that is for 2020-
21. The schools while mak-
ing the affiliation request
had given the reference of
examinations taken by the
Board of School Education,
Bhiwani were cited.
Therefore considering
this, the State Government
has decided to give the said
relief for one more year to all
such schools, he said.
The spokesman said that
there are 639 such schools in
Haryana that are still await-
ing permanent recognition,
while 699 schools are still
running despite cancella-
tion of their
recognition. These schools
were granted temporary
recognition for one year that
is for the year 2019-20, with
the condition that tempo-
rary recognition will not be
granted from the following
year.
0=9:D0AQ 270=3860A7
Haryana Health
Department has organ-
ised medical camps for the
farmers protesting at various
State border points of Delhi
against the Centre’s three farm
laws, besides providing them
with the required medication.
Sharing the information,
Haryana Director General of
Health Services Dr Suraj Bhan
KambojonMondaysaidthaton
the direction of the state Health
MinisterAnilVij,theconcerned
Chief Medical Officers have
organisedmedicalcampsforthe
farmers protesting at various
inter-state borders with Delhi.
“The health team members
distributed about 5,000 masks,
8,000 medicines for common
use. About 8,000 Ayush immu-
nity boosting dosages were also
distributed. Thermal scanning
of a large number of persons
was also done to scan them
with fever and those found
with symptoms of fever, med-
icines were distributed to
them,” said Dr Kamboj while
adding that none of the protest-
ing farmers want to undergo
Covid-19 test.
Notably, over the past few
days, thousands of farmers
have marched towards Delhi
to protest against the Central
agri laws. As many as seven
borders connecting Delhi with
Haryana remained complete-
ly closed on Monday due to
the ongoing farmers’ protest.
The borders that are com-
pletely shut are Singhu, Tikri,
Auchandi, Piao Maniyari,
Mangesh, Jharoda and Chilla.
Dr Kamboj, while talking
to The Pioneer over phone, said
that to prevent the spread of
infections, especially Covid-
19 and waterborne disease dur-
ing the protest of farmers, ade-
quate number of ambulances
along with the team of doctors
including Ayush doctors, phar-
macists were deployed at var-
ious State border points of
Delhi.
“At medical camps, most
people are coming with com-
plaints of hypertension, joint
pain among elderly ones, diar-
rhoea, and constipation
among others.
?=BQ 270=3860A7
Punjab Congress president
Sunil Jakhar on Monday
announced that the party will
support the Bharat Bandh call
given by farmers’ organiza-
tions against the Union
Government
“To get these new farm
laws repealed, which intend to
hand over farming that ensures
our nation’s food security, to the
corporates, the Congress will
support the Bharat Bandh,” he
said, adding that district level
protests would be held by the
party across the state on
December 8.
Jakhar, terming that the
issue of national food security
was integral to national secu-
rity, said that neither national
security nor food security for
135 crore Indians could be
handed over to the corporate
sector.
“Today, farmers of the
country are sitting at Delhi bor-
ders for safeguarding their
farm lands and their way of liv-
ing from these draconian farm
laws whereas their sons are
safeguarding the borders of
country from any external
aggression,” he said while
lamenting that the Centre was
acting in an illegal manner and
blatantly lobbying for the cor-
porate houses instead of
addressing farmers’ concerns.
Jakhar declared that the
commercialization of agricul-
ture was totally unwarranted
and intolerable.
Exhorting all the party
workers and leaders to whole-
heartedly support the Bharat
Bandh in their respective dis-
tricts, he urged the Punjabis to
maintain peace and communal
harmony during the democra-
tic protest.
?=BQ 270=3860A7
Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP)
Punjab State president
Bhagwant Mann on Monday
appealed to the leaders and
workers of Bharatiya Janata
Party’s (BJP) State
unit to quit their party and
come in an open support of
the farmers.
Accusing the Congress and
the Shiromani Akali Dal
(Badal) of sabotaging the farm-
ers movement, Mann said that
honest Akali or Congress
workers should get rid of these
corruption-ridden and dou-
ble-faced traditional parties
and come in open support of
the struggling farmers.
Mann alleged that the
Congress and the SAD, along
with the ruling BJP, had been
working on an agenda to derail
the farmers’ movement from
the very beginning in order to
facilitate the corporate houses
to have their way.
“The farmer is fighting for
his survival in the cold nights
of December, while the Central
Government is being adamant.
At such a critical juncture, we
must all rise above petty poli-
tics and come in open support
of the ‘annadaata’, listening to
the voice of our conscience,” he
said.
Mann said AAP had been
vehemently opposing the
black laws on agriculture from
day one and stood shoulder to
shoulder with the farmers.
“BJP, Badal and the Captain
are spreading false propagan-
da against AAP, which is noth-
ing but a vilification campaign
by them,” he alleged.
Reacting to the Union
Minister of State for
Agriculture Kailash
Chaudhary’s statement, Mann
said that on one hand, the
Government was talking to
the farmers; and on
the other, the Ministers of the
Modi Government were mak-
ing arrogant remarks against
them.
“The Minister’s statement
ahead of the sixth round of
meeting between the farmers
and the Union Government
shows that the Modi
Government is still taking
the farmers’ issues very light-
ly. The Government needs to
shun ego and take an urgent
call on their demands, soon-
er than later,” he added.
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In a statement of support for the strike on Sunday, the Opposition parties said, “These new farm laws passed in Parliament in a brazen (and) anti-democratic manner (by) preventing a structured dis- cussion and voting, threaten India’s food security, destroy Indian agriculture and our farmers, lay the basis for the abolishment of MSP and mort- gage Indian agriculture and our markets to the caprices of multi-national agri-business corporates.” Meanwhile, traders’ body CAIT and the All India Transporters Welfare Association on Monday said markets across the country including in Delhi will remain open on Tuesday and transport services will also remain oper- ative, notwithstanding the Bharat Bandh call given by protesting farmers. In Mumbai, BEST buses, taxis, auto will continue to ply on the road on Tuesday. Ahead of Bharat Bandh call on Tuesday, the Gujarat Government imposed Section 144 of CrPC in the State. The police would not allow any out- fit or any group to forcefully impose bandh in the State. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath accused that some political parties are trying to spoil the atmosphere in the country, “especially the present stand taken by them on model APMC Act shows their double standards”. Attacking the Opposition parts at a hurried- ly convened Press conference at his official residence in Lucknow he said that the par- ties which have backed the Bharat Bandh call on Tuesday “should apologise before the nation”. After five rounds of talks between the Centre and the farmers’ unions failed to end the impasse, the two sides are again set to meet on December 9, a day after the countrywide strike. Talks between the Government and protesting farmers remained inconclu- sive on Saturday even after five rounds of discussions as union leaders stuck to their demand for the repeal of the new farm laws and went on a “maun vrat” seeking a clear “yes or no” reply, forcing the Centre to call for another meeting on December 9 to resolve the deadlock. ?=BQ =4F34;78 As the Modi Government braced up to deal with the Bharat Bandh call on Tuesday, the BJP has slammed the Opposition parties for fanning the farmer’s stir by stoking their fear. Senior BJP leader and Union Law Minister Ravishankar Prasad on Monday described the Opposition parties as “double- faced” and called its stand “utter political opportunism”. Prasad said a majority of Opposition parties, including the Congress, the NCP and the Samajwadi Party (SP) — now backing the farmers — had in the past approved the market- ing reforms in the agriculture sector. Referring to what he said “sudden” support of non-BJP parties to the farmers stir as “shudh rajnetic swarth ki rajni- ti”, Prasad said these are “dou- ble-standards” adopted by the Opposition to save their declin- ing political base. The BJP leader skirted questions on the ongoing talks between the farmers and the Government (with the next round scheduled on December 9) but stressed that new laws which “set free restrictions” were good of the farming com- munity. The Minister said under new farm laws the farmland “will not be sold, leased or mortgaged.” Giving the latest figures of “ higher procurement and pay- ment on MSP”, he said, “we have no intention to end the mandi system” in the country. Prasad quoted 2019 Congress manifesto (page 17, part 2) saying that the party “will repeal APMC Act and make the trade, including export-import, free from restrictions”. In the same vein, the Union Minister pointed out that the Hindi manifesto of the Congress spoke about “amend- ments”! He quoted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s statement in CMs’ conference in 2013 that “farmers can sell directly in the Congress-ruled States” and that the farmers will be “given free choice”. Prasad said NCP leader Sharad Pawar, “now opposing farm reforms” had as Union Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Minister written to a letter on August 11, 2010, to all CMs that “agriculture needs huge investments and private sector investment is essential and so a change in the mandi system”. The BJP leader further said that in an interview in 2005, Pawar had said that six- month time was maximum that was needed to abolish APMC Act. 6_dfcV3YRcRe3R_UYZdaVRTVWf]+ 92e`DeReVd BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 Protesting against the three recently enacted agricul- ture-related laws by the Centre, farmers, who have been camp- ing in Delhi for the last many days vehemently demanding scrapping of the Bills, said on Monday that emergency ser- vices will be allowed during Bharat Bandh on December 8. Also, they appealed to their affiliates to not force anyone to observe the shutdown. Farmers sitting across the borders in the national Capital have called Bharat bandh and Chakka Jam on December 8 and threatened to intensify their agitation and block more roads leading to the national Capital if the Government does not accept their demands. Addressing a Press confer- ence on Monday, the farmers’ unions appealed to farmers to maintain peace and not to enter into any scuffle to enforce the bandh. “Bandh will be across the country and the Central Government will have to accept our demands to scrap the new farms law,” said Jagjit Singh Dallewala, the president of Bhartiya Kisan Ekta Sangathan. “Why the Government was agreeing to make changes in the legislations now after initially claiming they will benefit the peasantry. We want the Government to reinstate the old farm laws even if the Government thinks it is not good for farmers,” said Darshan Pal, farmer union leader. BC055A4?AC4AQ =4F34;78 After various unions and associations of cab dri- vers and mandi traders decid- ed to join the Bharat Bandh strike called by farmers’ unions demanding the repeal of Centre’s three farm laws, there are fears that transport facili- ties and supplies of essentials like vegetables and fruits are likely to be hit in Delhi on Tuesday. Some of the taxi and cab unions, including those asso- ciated with app-based aggre- gators, have decided to join the one-day strike. The work at major whole- sale vegetable and fruit markets is likely to be hampered with a section of traders favouring the farmers’ demands. “I have received calls from several traders’ associations for strike on Tuesday. I believe the mandis at Ghazipur, Okhla and Narela will also be closed due to Bharat Bandh called by farmers,” Adil Khan, chair- man of Azadapur Mandi, said. He said he personally has appealed to people from all walks of life to support the farmers who feed the country. 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- 2. ]PcX^]!347A03D=kCD4B30H k342414A'!! =8:00;8:Q 270=3860A7 The support for the Bharat Bandh call by the protest- ing farmers appears to be grown with not just the employees’ organisations but even school and university teachers and students lending weight to the nationwide protest on Tuesday. Extending support to the farmers’ call for December 8 Bharat Bandh, Punjab Government employees in var- ious districts have decided to proceed on one-day mass leave. Punjabi University, Patiala, pro- fessors and non-teaching staff have also announced to proceed on mass leave on Tuesday. Punjab Government Teachers’ Union has also announcedthattheGovernment school teachers support the ongoingfarmers’protestagainst the new farm laws. “Punjab’s school teachers have decided to support the farmers’ struggle after an online meeting of Government Teachers’ Union, Punjab, was held under the chairmanship of state president Sukhwinder Singh Chahal,” said Punjab Government Teachers’ Union in a statement. The teachers’ union said the farmers’ struggle was “just and peaceful” yet they are being ignored by the Central Government which is “not serious about resolving the peasant struggle”. The employees of Punjab Government in various dis- tricts across the state have decided to proceed on one-day mass leave in support of the ‘Bharat Bandh’ call given by the farmers’ unions for December 8, said Punjab DC offices employees’ union state presi- dent Om Parkash. “The employees of all the Government offices of Mansa have sought mass casu- al leave for December 8 to sup- port Bharat Bandh. They have also sent a memorandum to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi through Mansa Deputy Commissioner in support of farmers,” said a Government official. Announcing its support to the farmers against the three farm laws, the Punjabi University Teachers’ Association (PUTA) has announced support to the agi- tating farmers against the three farm laws while announcing to stage protest on Tuesday. The teachers’ union has decided to shut the university gates early morning on December 8 and hold a protest. The professors and the non-teaching staff of Punjabi University, Patiala, have also joined the cause and announced to go on a mass leave in support of the com- plete bandh call. In a separate call, the stu- dents, associated with four stu- dent political parties - PSU (Lalkar), AISF, PSU and SFI - have also decided to shut the university gates and hold a protest. Ludhiana stock exchange has also pasted a notice at the entry gates announcing that the exchange would stay closed on account of Bharat Bandh on Tuesday. The agitating farmers have called for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ on December 8 after several rounds of talks with the Central Government over the new farm laws failed to yield any result. Farmers from across the coun- try, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, have been agitating on the outskirts of Delhi against the three new farm laws. As the logjam continues, the Centre has called for another meet with farmers on December 9. A farmers’ leader Dr Darshan Pal said that the bandh will be observed the whole day on Tuesday. “Chakka jam till 3 pm. It will be a peaceful bandh. We are firm on not allowing any political leaders on our stage,” said Pal camping at Delhi- Haryana Singhu border. AGRI OFFICERS COME IN FARMERS’ SUPPORT The Agriculture Officers’ Association of Punjab’s Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department has announced to assure the sup- ply of urea fertiliser to the fields of all the farmers protesting in Delhi against three agri Bills. ?=BQ 270=3860A7 Mocking him for calling himself a “sevadar” of the farmers, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday asked his Delhi coun- terpart Arvind Kejriwal if he even knew the difference between wheat and paddy. “For a man who has wast- ed no time in notifying one of the three central farm laws and publicly declared himself to be helpless in the matter, Kejriwal’s claim of being a sevadar of the farmers is simply ludicrous,” said Capt Amarinder, ridicul- ing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader’s “latest stunt” of going to the Singhu border to meet the protesting farmers. The Chief Minister chal- lenged Kejriwal to cite once instance of anything his Government had done for farmers in Delhi. “You did not even bother to convene a ses- sion of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha on the issue,” quipped Capt Amarinder, in a scathing attack on the Delhi Chief Minister, whom he dubbed nothing more than a master-twister who could stoop to any level to further his political interests. If Kejriwal thought all the demands of the farmers to be valid, why did he not get state amendment laws passed in Delhi,onthelinesofPunjaband some other states, to negate the devastating effects of the central laws, asked the Chief Minister. He dared Kejriwal to back his claims of supporting the farmers’ demands by opposing the farm laws openly and con- stitutionally, as the Punjab Government was doing, instead of indulging in politi- cal drama for public con- sumption. “This political spec- tacle is not going to help the farmers,” quipped Capt Amarinder. “The farmers have seen through your sneaky little ways and your theatrics will not help you change their opinion,” the Chief Minister said, comment- ing on Kejriwal’s dramatic visit to the Singhu border, from where farmers had earlier sent away several AAP leaders. A few hours of media lime- light is all that AAP national convenor managed to get from this drama, quipped Capt Amarinder, adding that, in any case, the farmers don’t need the support of AAP workers to make their bandh a success. Kejriwal and his AAP did not even have the courage to question the Centre’s haste in bringing the farm laws amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Captain Amarinder pointed out, adding that the whole drama of sup- porting the Bharat Bandh and standing with the farmers was being enacted by the party with an eye on Punjab Assembly elections due in early 2022. “You and your party mem- bers in Punjab had exposed your deceit and double stan- dards back in 2017, and your wishy-washy stand on the farm- ers’ issue now has again nailed your lies,” he told Kejriwal. After failing to take a stand for the farmers on the farm laws’ issue, Kejriwal was now desperately looking for an opportunity to salvage his party’s lost ground among the farmer community, said Capt Amarinder, adding that the Delhi Chief Minister had seen an opportunity in the Bharat Bandh call to woo the farmers, who had totally and categorically rejected AAP in Punjab. ?=BQ 270=3860A7 Keeping the future of chil- dren studying in various unrecognized private schools across the state, Haryana Government has given temporary recogni- tion for the year 2020-21 from Board of School Education Haryana, to all such private schools. This recognition has been extended for one year on the basis that the man- agement of the said schools can meet the standards set by the Haryana Government, said an official spokesman. He said a delegation of private schools had recent- ly met Education Minister Kanwar Pal and requested to extend temporary recogni- tion of their schools’ with the Board of Education for another year that is for 2020- 21. The schools while mak- ing the affiliation request had given the reference of examinations taken by the Board of School Education, Bhiwani were cited. Therefore considering this, the State Government has decided to give the said relief for one more year to all such schools, he said. The spokesman said that there are 639 such schools in Haryana that are still await- ing permanent recognition, while 699 schools are still running despite cancella- tion of their recognition. These schools were granted temporary recognition for one year that is for the year 2019-20, with the condition that tempo- rary recognition will not be granted from the following year. 0=9:D0AQ 270=3860A7 Haryana Health Department has organ- ised medical camps for the farmers protesting at various State border points of Delhi against the Centre’s three farm laws, besides providing them with the required medication. Sharing the information, Haryana Director General of Health Services Dr Suraj Bhan KambojonMondaysaidthaton the direction of the state Health MinisterAnilVij,theconcerned Chief Medical Officers have organisedmedicalcampsforthe farmers protesting at various inter-state borders with Delhi. “The health team members distributed about 5,000 masks, 8,000 medicines for common use. About 8,000 Ayush immu- nity boosting dosages were also distributed. Thermal scanning of a large number of persons was also done to scan them with fever and those found with symptoms of fever, med- icines were distributed to them,” said Dr Kamboj while adding that none of the protest- ing farmers want to undergo Covid-19 test. Notably, over the past few days, thousands of farmers have marched towards Delhi to protest against the Central agri laws. As many as seven borders connecting Delhi with Haryana remained complete- ly closed on Monday due to the ongoing farmers’ protest. The borders that are com- pletely shut are Singhu, Tikri, Auchandi, Piao Maniyari, Mangesh, Jharoda and Chilla. Dr Kamboj, while talking to The Pioneer over phone, said that to prevent the spread of infections, especially Covid- 19 and waterborne disease dur- ing the protest of farmers, ade- quate number of ambulances along with the team of doctors including Ayush doctors, phar- macists were deployed at var- ious State border points of Delhi. “At medical camps, most people are coming with com- plaints of hypertension, joint pain among elderly ones, diar- rhoea, and constipation among others. ?=BQ 270=3860A7 Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Monday announced that the party will support the Bharat Bandh call given by farmers’ organiza- tions against the Union Government “To get these new farm laws repealed, which intend to hand over farming that ensures our nation’s food security, to the corporates, the Congress will support the Bharat Bandh,” he said, adding that district level protests would be held by the party across the state on December 8. Jakhar, terming that the issue of national food security was integral to national secu- rity, said that neither national security nor food security for 135 crore Indians could be handed over to the corporate sector. “Today, farmers of the country are sitting at Delhi bor- ders for safeguarding their farm lands and their way of liv- ing from these draconian farm laws whereas their sons are safeguarding the borders of country from any external aggression,” he said while lamenting that the Centre was acting in an illegal manner and blatantly lobbying for the cor- porate houses instead of addressing farmers’ concerns. Jakhar declared that the commercialization of agricul- ture was totally unwarranted and intolerable. Exhorting all the party workers and leaders to whole- heartedly support the Bharat Bandh in their respective dis- tricts, he urged the Punjabis to maintain peace and communal harmony during the democra- tic protest. ?=BQ 270=3860A7 Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Punjab State president Bhagwant Mann on Monday appealed to the leaders and workers of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) State unit to quit their party and come in an open support of the farmers. Accusing the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) of sabotaging the farm- ers movement, Mann said that honest Akali or Congress workers should get rid of these corruption-ridden and dou- ble-faced traditional parties and come in open support of the struggling farmers. Mann alleged that the Congress and the SAD, along with the ruling BJP, had been working on an agenda to derail the farmers’ movement from the very beginning in order to facilitate the corporate houses to have their way. “The farmer is fighting for his survival in the cold nights of December, while the Central Government is being adamant. At such a critical juncture, we must all rise above petty poli- tics and come in open support of the ‘annadaata’, listening to the voice of our conscience,” he said. Mann said AAP had been vehemently opposing the black laws on agriculture from day one and stood shoulder to shoulder with the farmers. “BJP, Badal and the Captain are spreading false propagan- da against AAP, which is noth- ing but a vilification campaign by them,” he alleged. Reacting to the Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Chaudhary’s statement, Mann said that on one hand, the Government was talking to the farmers; and on the other, the Ministers of the Modi Government were mak- ing arrogant remarks against them. “The Minister’s statement ahead of the sixth round of meeting between the farmers and the Union Government shows that the Modi Government is still taking the farmers’ issues very light- ly. The Government needs to shun ego and take an urgent call on their demands, soon- er than later,” he added. 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- 3. 347A03D=kCD4B30H k342414A'!! dccPaPZWP]S ?=BQ 347A03D= The district administration is not imposing the weekly closure in marketplaces due to Covid-19 but ensuring its prop- er implementation only. This was stated by Dehradun district magistrate Ashish Kumar Srivastava on being asked about the increasing crowd in mar- ketplaces on Saturdays in the Dehradun city due to closure on Sundays. For the last two weeks, the district administra- tion has been more stringent about the weekly closure in which the administration had provided some relaxation dur- ing the festive season in early November. While the local businessmen of Dehradun applaud this decision of week- ly closure, they assert that since most of the working peo- ple get to shop on weekends only, the footfall is increasing more on Saturdays due to the closed Sundays which some- what diminishes the purpose of weekly closure. All the shop- keepers really appreciate the idea of weekly closure as the administration sanitises the public places on Sundays due to little presence of people on main roads during that day. However, it would be great if the administration would announce the weekly closure on a working day like Wednesday so that the rush of the closed Sundays would not shift to Saturdays and the sani- tisation would also not be hin- dered. It would be a wiser decision both for customers as well as the shopkeepers, said the pres- ident of Doon Valley Mahanagar Udyog Vyapar Mandal (DVMUVM) Pankaj Mason. Responding to this, DM Srivastava pointed out that the weekly closure is not something initiated by the administration just to curb Covid-19. He reminded that the day for the weekly closure has always been decided by the businessmen themselves and not by the administration. He said that it has always been the rule of weekly closure of mar- kets in the district and the busi- nessmen of the concerned mar- ket areas decide these days. Citing an example, he said markets in Vikasnagar remain closed on Saturdays while it is the same on Thursdays in Rishikesh while Dehradun city observes weekly closure on Sundays. Local shopkeepers here have been neglecting weekly closure for long with some opening their shops but now the administration has become strict and made it clear that weekly closure is compulsory and no further relaxation will be approved to anyone, said Srivastava. We do not choose the day for weekly closure of markets, the businessmen do. If they prefer to close their shops on any other day than Sunday for weekly closure, we have no issue with it. It is for them to decide. We are only ensuring the implementation of the weekly closure and not imposing it, said Srivastava. He added that if the local businessmen want to change the day of the weekly closure, they can come up with a pro- posal unanimously and pre- sent it to the administration. They can send the proposal and the labour department will make a decision about it, said Srivastava. Meanwhile, Mason said that more than 90 percent of local businessmen want week- ly closure on Wednesday but after getting the feedback of all the businessmen, the asso- ciation will send a proposal for the same to the DM this week. ?=BQ 347A03D= On the concluding day of his four-day tour of Uttarakhand, the Bharatiya Janata Party national presi- dent JP Nadda asked the min- isters to tour the districts they are in-charge of. The ministers in coordination with party office bearers will raise aware- ness on various important gov- ernment schemes, interact with locals and party workers, dine with them and also spend a night in the district. After a period of 20 days, they will pro- vide their feedback which will be discussed in the meeting of the party’s core committee to be held on December 26. The feedback will be sent to Nadda. On Monday, the BJP national president held meet- ings with the ministers and the core committee of the party in Uttarakhand. Speaking about the meetings, the BJP state president Banshidhar Bhagat said that Nadda has asked the ministers in-charge of districts to undertake tours of their respective districts. “In the core committee meeting, the ministers were asked to tour the district they are in-charge of. They will interact with party workers and locals rais- ing awareness on important schemes of the Central and State Governments. They will also show a film made on the important Government schemes. Further, they will dine with party workers and spend the night in the district. The ministers will be accompa- nied by office bearers of the party during their district tour. I myself will accompany the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on his tour. After the touring, the feedback will be discussed in the next core committee meeting which will be held on December 26,” said Bhagat. On whether the issue of cabinet expansion was dis- cussed in the meeting of the core committee, he said that no discussion was held on the subject of cabinet expansion though the possibility of the cabinet expansion cannot be negated. He reiterated that this is a matter depending on the discretion of the chief minister. Speaking about the impact of Nadda’s tour of Uttarakhand, the BJP state president said that the four- day Uttarakhand tour was very successful. He said, “The party workers were enthused that the national president began his nation-wide tour with Uttarakhand. During his four-day tour, he held meet- ings in about 13 sessions. A historic aspect of his visit was that he also attended a booth committee meeting. During the core committee meeting, various works were divided among members and it was decided that a roadmap of activities till September will also be prepared. Our nation- al president’s visit has acted like a Sanjeevani for the 2022 elections,” said Bhagat. Z_ZdeVcde`e`fcUZdecZTed WVVUSRTe`SVdV_ee`?RUUR ?=BQ 347A03D= Stating that farmers are being misled about the farm laws, chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat reiterated that the Bharatiya Janata Party was and willalwaysremaincommittedto thewelfareoffarmersasisreflect- edintheactionsoftheCentreand State government. He said that attemptsarebeingmadetodivert the farmers’ movement in the wrong direction which is not in the interests of the farmers. Addressing the media here on Monday, the chief minister said that the demand to imple- ment recommendations of the Swaminathan committee report was being raised for a long time. The farm laws have been drafted on the basis of that report and are in the interests of farmers. While earlier the farm- ers’ produce was bought only in the Mandis, now the laws pro- vide them various options including the open market. Rawat said, “Attempts are being made to spread confusion regarding the Minimum Support Price (MSP) among the farmers whereas MSP is not being discontinued anywhere. The MSP system is very much ineffect,infactriceisbeingpur- chased from the farmers at MSP despitewhichattemptsarebeing made to confuse them. Both the Central and State governments have accorded priority to the welfare of farmers.” Referring to measures taken by the State Government he said that sugar cane farmers have been paid 100 per cent value of their produce. Farmers are being paid by RTGS within 24 hours of bill receipt for their paddy produce. On the subject of political influence in the farmers’ move- ment, Rawat said that the Congress is misguiding the farmers. “The Congress party which is today strongly oppos- ing the farm laws and mislead- ing the farmers had in its 2019 manifesto promised to repeal the APMC Act. Today, the Congress and its chief ministers are linked to the opposition of the farm laws. A person like Narendra Modi who has acted in the interests of the farmers is the Prime Minister and he can- not be against the welfare of farmers. We are committed to the welfare of farmers, they should not have any doubts regarding this.” Regarding the nation-wide bandh called on Tuesday, the chief minister said that though he is not against democratic protest, such attempts should not affect the peace and har- mony. The director general of police has been directed to ensure that the law and order is maintained in Uttarakhand, he added. Xb[TPSX]VUPaTab´^eTT]cX] fa^]VSXaTRcX^]QPSU^acWT)2 19?]PcX^]P[ _aTbXST]cW^[Sb TTcX]VbfXcW X]XbcTabR^aT R^XccTT^] [PbcSPh^UBcPcT c^da 2T]caTP]SBcPcT R^XccTSc^ T]bdaX]VfT[UPaT^U UPaTabbcaTbbTb APfPc ?=BQ 347A03D= The Pradesh Congress Committee (PPC) presi- dent Pritam Singh has claimed that the internal divisions and discontent in the party forced the National President of BJP, J P Nadda to visit the State for four days. He said that many BJP leaders have made allega- tions of corruption on the incumbent Government which has unnerved the party. Addressing the media per- sons at Rajiv Bhawan here on Monday, Singh said that Union education minister Ramesh Pokhariyal ‘Nishank’ had recently talked about corrup- tion in Kumbh works, similar- ly the irrigation minister in Uttarakhand has said about corruption in the Suryadhar lake project. “One of the BJP MLA had brought adjourn- ment motion in assembly alleg- ing corruption in construc- tion of a major road in the state. Nadda ji it is not we who are talking about corruption but it is the leaders of your own party who are raising the issue of corruption ! Large scale irregularities are reported in the setting up of the labour welfare board but the government is maintaining a stoic silence on the issue. The Chief Minister in his first press conference had talked about ‘zero tolerance on corruption' and had assured that Lokayukt would be brought within 100 days. Almost four years of this gov- ernment have been completed but Lokayukt is nowhere to be seen. The land, mining and liquor mafia are ruling the roost and the State Government is neck deep in corruption. Situation is so bad that the High Court had asked the CBI to investigate charges of corruption on CM,’’ he said. The PCC president added that during the assembly elec- tions of 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised employment to the youth and despite claims of CM, no recruitment advertisement were released by the Government and gross irregu- larities occurred in the exam- inations of forest guard. He said that a recent report by CMIE suggests that Uttarakhand has the highest unemployment rate in the country. He said that the BJP in the elections of 2017 had promised to waive off the loans of the farmers but the promise has remained unfulfilled. Singh claimed the 17 farmers have committed suicide in the state in last four years. “To rub salts on wounds of farmers, the union government has passed three draconian laws against whom farmers are on the path of agitation. They are on roads for the last 11 days but the PM has not said even a single word on the issue. The Congress party is standing firmly with the farmers and we would sup- port the Bharat Bandh call,’’ he said. The PCC president also asked questions from Nadda on the unfulfilled promise of ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP), increasing prices and mis- management in dealing with the pandemic of Covid-19. The Vice President of Uttarakhand Congress, Suryakant Dhasmana, the pres- ident of SC wing of party Rajkumar and others were pre- sent on the occasion. ?=BQ 347A03D= The Uttarakhand Congress has demanded that the State Government should bring out a white paper on the status of Chief Minister’s Covid-19 fund. The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Pritam Singh said that the state has failed miser- ably in dealing with the pan- demic of Covid-19 and the State Government should inform about the money received in the Covid- 19 fund. =PSSP´eXbXcPUXaTUXVWcX]V XbbX^]X]D´ZWP]S19?) ?22?aTbXST]c 2^]VSTP]Sb fWXcT_P_Ta^] 2³b2^eXSUd]S 0[[cWTbW^_ZTT_Tab aTP[[hP__aTRXPcTcWT XSTP^UfTTZ[h R[^bdaTPbcWT PSX]XbcaPcX^] bP]XcXbTbcWT_dQ[XR _[PRTb^]Bd]SPhb SdTc^[Xcc[T_aTbT]RT ^U_T^_[T^]PX] a^PSbSdaX]VcWPcSPh ;^RP[QdbX]TbbT]STRXSTcWTSPh^UfTTZ[hR[^bdaT]^cSXbcaXRcPSX]XbcaPcX^])3 ?=BQ 347A03D= Due to the recently found Covid-19 positive case in the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD), the date of board meeting might get deferred. The Dehradun mayor Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' was planning to conduct a board meeting in MCD on December 10 as according to him, there has been no board meeting this year since January due to Covid-19 pan- demic. He said that the cor- poration was planning to hold a meeting on Thursday but it has not been confirmed yet due to the revealing of covid 19 case in the corporation. We are planning to conduct the board meeting before December 15 but nothing is fixed yet. The corporation has restricted public entry in premises and we cannot allow the entry of councillors and other members in premises if the positive cases keep recur- ring. We are considering dates for the meeting for now as it is quite crucial and we will make the decision soon, said 'Gama'. Meanwhile, the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) has restricted public entry in its premises from Tuesday onwards after an employee was tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. The Dehradun mayor Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' informed that the test result of an employee was found positive for Covid-19 on Monday morning after which the corporation restrained the entry of public in MCD as per the Covid guidelines to pre- vent the spread of infection among locals and MCD employees. It is noteworthy to mention here that several Covid-19 positive cases were found in MCD premises from August 5 to October 6 but the positive case found in the cor- poration on Monday is the first case after two months. Moreover, the officials also informed that the employees of the corporation will con- tinue to do their work on Tuesday besides restraining public entry and if anyone has any issues, they can contact the officials through phone calls. 4]cahaTbcaXRcTS X]bXST23 _aTXbTb 231^PaSTTcX]VXVWc VTcSTUTaaTSSdTc^2^eXS ?=BQ 347A03D= The number of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Uttarakhand increased to 78,509 on Monday with the state health department report- ing 512 cases of the disease. The death toll from the disease also mounted to 1265 on the day as the death of ten patients from Covid-19 was reported. The department discharged 471 patients of the disease after their recovery on the day. A total of 71,105 patients have so far recovered from the disease. The recovery percentage from the disease now stands at 90.57 and the sample positivity rate is 5.46 percent. Six patients of the disease were reported dead at Mahant Indiresh hospital Dehradun Monday. Two Covid-19 patients succumbed to the disease at Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital Dehradun while one patient each was reported dead from Sushila Tiwari government hos- pital Haldwani and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh on the day. The contagion of the dis- ease is showing no signs of slowing down in the provisional state capital Dehradun. The authorities reported 229 fresh cases of the disease here on Monday. Haridwar reported 60, Nainital 53, Chamoli 37, Pauri 25, Tehri 20, Udham Singh Nagar and Uttarkashi 19 each, Almora 18, Pithoragarh 15, Rudraprayag four and Bageshwar one case of Covid- 19 on Monday. The State now has 5,234 active cases of the disease. Dehradun is maintaining its top position in the table of active cases with 1738 cases while with 505 active cases, Haridwar is at second spot. Nainital is at third position with 486 active cases, Pauri has 393, Chamoli 370, Pithoragarh 340, Almora 289, Tehri 278, Udham Singh Nagar 257, Uttarkashi 176, Champawat 165 and Bageshwar 152 active cases of the disease. With only 85 active cases of Covid-19, Rudraprayag now is at the bottom of the table. STPcWb# ]Tf RPbTb^UcWTSXbTPbT aT_^acTS^]^]SPh 3_fYTS_e^d]_e^dc d_'(% )Y^Eµ[XQ^T ?=BQ 347A03D= Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya today resumed her duties at Raj Bhawan, Dehradun after com- pleting her quarantine period. While expressing grati- tude to all those, who wished and prayer for her better health, Baby Rani Maurya yet again appealed the people to strictly follow Government guidelines and norms as part of safeguard against Covid 19. “One must observe social dis- tancing, wear mask and follow hand hygiene”, she said adding that in case of getting covid infected, one must not hide and take prompt doctor’s advice. Governor Maurya also pointed out that Yoga and Ayurveda is greatly beneficial in case of Covid 19 infection and asserted that she herself had taken food and other liq- uids as per Ayush protocols. eTaR^X]V 2^eXS (6de aTbdTbSdcXTb ?=BQ 347A03D= The Central Academy for State Forest Service, Dehradun six days training for in- Service Assistant Conservator of Forests, newly promoted SFS Officers and Senior Forest Range Officers’on the topic ‘Human Resource Management’ started today. The Course aims to orient the Forest Officers to the human resource issues in the Forest Departments. Seventy nine forest officers from Andaman Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Naidu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are partici- pating in this course. Welcoming the partici- pants, Course Director Sarita Kumari exhorted the partici- pants to take full benefit of the training programme. Principal and other faculty members, Kunal Satyarthi, Dr. C. Ramesh and Abhilash Damodaran were prominent present on the occa- sion. CWT2^dabTPXbc^ ^aXT]ccWT5^aTbc UUXRTabc^cWT WdP]aTb^daRT XbbdTbX]cWT5^aTbc 3T_PacT]cb CaPX]X]V^] WdP]aTb^daRT U^aU^aTbc^UUXRTab?=BQ 347A03D= Keeping up with its reputa- tion, schools of Dehradun have yet again excelled in the 14th Annual EducationWorld India School Rankings (EWISR) 2020-21. Boarding schools of Dehradun and Mussoorie find place in top 10 india rankings. Education World in associ- ation with the Delhi-based mar- ket research and opinion polls company C fore has released Part II of its 14th annual Education World India School Rankings survey. A sample respondents database of 11,368 SEC (socio-economic category) ‘A’ parents, educationists, prin- cipals, teachers and senior school students in 28 cities and education hubs across India were interviewed to rate the country's top 500 schools on 14 parameters of education excel- lence. In the Girls school catego- ry, Welham Girls School, Dehradun stands at number 2 position nationwide. Similarly Union World School Dehradun and Ecole Globale International Girls School Dehradun both jointly stood at number 3. Mussoorie International School at number 4 position whereas Hopetown Girls School, Dehradun is at number 5 posi- tion. Convent of Jesus and Mary Waverley Mussoorie and Vantage Hall Girls Residential School, Dehradun got 8 and 9 positions respectively Similarly, in boys school category, The Doon School, Dehradun stood at 2 position nationwide. Similarly, Welham Boys School, Dehradun and St. George’s College, Mussoorie stood at number 3 and 4th posi- tions respectively. Further, Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun stood at number 9 position. In Co-ed school category, SelaQui International School, Dehradun and Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie got number 7 and 10 positions respectively. Woodstock school Mussoorie was number I nationwide in the international resident schools category. 3TWaPSd]bRW^^[bTgRT[X]4SdRPcX^] F^a[S8]SXPBRW^^[AP]ZX]Vb ?=BQ 347A03D= The Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat would hold online interactions with the students, village Pradhans and selected women self help groups on the occasion of National Energy Conservation Day on December 14. The CM would hold interaction with them on the issue of energy conserva- tion. The Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Authority (UREDA) would organise a programme at CM residence on December 14. Secretary power Radhika Jha said that the CM would release a calendar and an ener- gy conservation booklet on the occasion. 2c^X]cTaPRcfXcWbcdST]cb ?aPSWP]bf^T]B76b =PcX^]P[4]TaVh2^]bTaePcX^]3Ph
- 4. ]PcX^]#347A03D=kCD4B30H k342414A'!! ?=BQ =4F34;78 The Confederation of Ex Paramilitary Force Welfare Association has opposed the proposed change in Khaki uni- form of the CRPF and demanded that Military Service Pay be accorded besides pen- sion restoration for the para- military personnel. General Secretary of the Confederation Ranbir Singh asserted that the combat dress of the jawans is already there for those deployed in the Naxal-hit States, Jammu and Kashmir, the Northeast and the men even use such uniform in the national Capital. Even the CRPF DG is often seen in com- bat uniform, Singh stressed. The khaki has given an identi- ty to the paramilitary person- nel on par with the military and there is no point in abandon- ing it, he said. “Instead of changing the dress code, the CRPF DG being the chairman of Welfare and Rehabilitation Board (WARB) should push for restoration of pension for the paramilitary personnel, send a proposal for relaxation in GST for Central Police Canteen (CPC) and paramilitary service pay on the lines of military service pay,” he said. Singh recalled that it was the Khaki uniform which saved Parliament from the terror attack on December 13 in 2001 but as a reward the Government withdrew the pension of the paramilitary forces in 2004. “Despite being chairman of WARB, DG, CRPF has not held any meeting with the ex para- military personnel. In this sce- nario, shouldn’t WARB be dis- banded as if is only proving to be a white elephant,” he stressed, adding that the Confederation representatives met the CRPF DG twice but no action has been taken on the issues flagged by it. The Confederation has also planned a seminar here on December 13 to canvass sup- port for these issues. µ?`_VVUe`TYR_XV 4CA7YRZf_ZW`c^¶ 0A270=09HC8Q =4F34;78 In case you are suffering from a single or all of Covid-19 symptoms as specified by the Government, don’t panic. For, you might not be infected with virus despite showing Covid-19 symptoms—fever, general weakness, cough, sore throat, breathlessness, headache and loss of smell and taste—as a team of doctors from Safdarjung Hospital VMMC in Delhi has found after con- ducting a study on such patients. They, however, said that those who are old aged, hav- ing work profile like health care workers and having history of contact with positive patients were more likely to be infect- ed with the virulent virus. In their study, the health experts observed that there is no significant difference in symptoms of Covid-19 positive patients when compared with those who reported negative results after RT PCR test was conducted on them. “Our study has revealed that Covid-19 symptoms do not indicate that the person is suffering with the disease. Its only after the RTPCR test, that one can conclude about the dis- ease,” said lead author of the study, Dr Jugal Kishore, Director Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital. He, however, said that only at an older age, work profile like health care workers and histo- ry of contact with positive patients were significantly more associated with RT PCR posi- tive patients. The study published in the Epidemiology International journal found that majority of symptoms were not predic- tors of Covid-19 and only occupations and history of contact remained significant risk factors of the disease in multivariate analysis. The study also underlines the need for conducting test even in long run and that public should not on their own start taking med- icines. The study was conducted among the patients admitted in Covid-19 wards or visiting the hospital for testing of SARS CoV-2 infection. Contact data of test results was collected from the medical record and detailed information was col- lected through telephone calls. 103 cases were selected who were found test positive by RT PCR and 103 negatives were selected as controls. However, various comor- bidities were identified among cases and controls with two of the cases reported to be suf- fering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and 2 controls had malignancies. “On analysing various underlying medical conditions against controls and cases, it was found that there was a sig- nificant difference among cases and controls who had Diabetes and Hypertension. Around 43 per cent of the patients who visited the hos- pital for getting tested had a history of contact with a COVID-19 case or suspect. Among the cases, 35.9 per cent of the patients reported to have a contact, and among the controls, around 50.5 per cent reported to have a contact with Covid-19 positive cases.” The others who were involved in the study were Aakanksha Bharti (senior res- ident), Heena (Statistical assis- tant)Geeta Yadav, Professor, all from Department of Community Medicine, Nitesh Gupta, (Assistant Professor) Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care Sleep Medicine, and Ramesh Meena, (Assistant Professor), Department of Medicine, all from VMMC Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi. ?=BQ =4F34;78 Cashing in on the growing global interest in AYUSH- based solutions for disease resistance and treatment dur- ing the difficult times of the Covid pandemic, the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of AYUSH have decided to set up an Export Promotion Council to boost AYUSH exports. A decision in this regard was taken recently in a joint review of AYUSH trade and Industry held online by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Shripad Naik, Minister of AYUSH. “It was also decided in the review that the entire AYUSH sector will work together to achieve price and quality com- petitiveness to boost AYUSH exports,” said an official from the Ayush Ministry. Highlighting the growing global interest in AYUSH- based solutions for disease resistance and treatment dur- ing the difficult times of the Covid -19 pandemic, Naik said that trade and commerce in the alternate traditional medicine Sector needed to upscale quickly in order to meet the growing demands from India and abroad, and to serve the larger number of people who are now looking up to these systems for main- taining their health. He shared with the partic- ipants that the AYUSH immu- nity protocols and the National Clinical Management Protocol for Covid 19 for Ayurveda and Yoga were timely interven- tions which provided relief to large sections of the popula- tion. “The emerging evidence of a correlation between the low Covid -19 mortality rates and large-scale adoption of AYUSH prophylactic solutions by the population is significant for the public health practice in the country,” he added. Goyal, while praising the frontline role played by the AYUSH Sector in the fight against Covid -19 said that the protection offered by the AYUSH systems to the com- mon people during the pan- demic time neutralised the skepticism that many people had about the efficacy of the medicines and products offered by these systems. “The spurt in exports of AYUSH products in the recent months is a direct reflection of their growing popularity in many countries. The stan- dardisation of the HS codes related to export will be con- sidered on priority as a step to promote exports,” he said while batting for the need of setting up the AYUSH Export Promotion Council. 4g_^ac?a^^cX^]2^d]RX[c^ QTbTcd_U^a0HDB7_a^SdRcb 3^]´c_P]XRXUh^dWPeT2^eXS[XZTbh_c^b)BcdSh % _T^_[TZ]^f^]T^a^aT _T^_[TfW^WPeTbdRRdQTSc^ 2^eXSX]UTRcX^]UX]SbbdaeTh ?=BQ =4F34;78 There is some positive news for those air travellers who had booked flight tickets to travel via low-cost carrier Indigo during the lockdown period. Since the resumption of operations in May, the low cost carrier IndiGo on Monday said that it has already paid out 90 percent refunds amounting to approx- imately C1,000 crore. According to IndiGo, the air- line will disburse customer credit shells and refunds by January 31, 2021. IndiGo chief executive officer Ronojoy Dutta said the sudden outbreak of COVID- 19 and the resulting lockdown brought the airline’’s opera- tions to a complete halt by the end of March. “As our incom- ing cash flow dried up, we were unable to immediately process refunds for cancelled flights and had to create cred- it shells for the refunds that were due to our customers,” he noted. However, with the resumption of operations and a steady increase in demand for air travel, the airline’’s priority has been to refund the credit shell amounts in an expedited manner, Dutta said. “We are pleased to com- mit that we will disburse the full 100 per cent credit shell payments latest by January 31, 2021,” he said. India resumed scheduled domestic passenger flights on May 25 after a gap of two months due to the coron- avirus lockdown. Scheduled international passenger flights continue to remain suspend- ed in the country since March 23 due to the pandemic. However, airlines have been permitted to operate special international flights under the Vande Bharat Mission since May and under the bilateral air bubble pacts since July. 6^^S]TfbU^aPXacaPeT[[Tab) 8]SX6^_Phb^dc(aTUd]Sb ?C8Q =4F34;78 APIL was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking direction to the CBI to submit a status report in Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case. The plea, filed by advocate Puneet Dhanda, said the apex court passed an order for the CBI enquiry on August 19 and despite lapse of almost four months the probe agency is yet to conclude its investigation. “The CBI is not acting responsible in the present case and there is a delay in the con- clusion of the investigation of the case,” it said. “Even in serious offences like murder, the law stipulates filing of charge sheet in 90 days but in the present case the pre- mium investigating agency has failed miserably in their role and the unnecessary delay in the present case is bringing bad name to the administration of justice not only in our country but across the globe,” the plea said. It sought direction to the CBI to complete its probe with- in two months and submit a final report in the concerned court. It said Rajput was found dead in mysterious circum- stances and the probe was ini- tially conducted by Mumbai Police. “On dissatisfaction being shown by the family of the late actor this Court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct an enquiry in the mysterious death of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput,” the plea said. The PIL said that a fair, competent, impartial and speedy investigation is the need of the hour. @9Y^C3V_b329cdQdec bU`_bdY^CCBTUQdXSQcU ?C8Q =4F34;78 The Supreme Court on Monday refused to quash FIRs against News 18 TV anchor Amish Devgan for his alleged defamatory remark against Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti during a show on June 15 but said he will get protection from any coercive action if he continues to cooperate with the probe. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna also transferred all FIRs filed against Amish Devgan in dif- ferent states, including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and Telangana, to Ajmer in Rajasthan. The top court had earlier granted Amish Devgan pro- tection from any coercive action in connection with the FIRs. Several FIRs were lodged against Amish Devgan for using a derogatory term for the Sufi saint in the news debate show called “Aar Paar” on his channel on June 15. Amish Devgan later tweeted an apol- ogy saying he was actually referring to Muslim ruler Alauddin Khilji and inadver- tently ended up naming Chisti. Amish Devgan through his lawyer Mrinal Bharti had moved the top court seeking quashing of the FIRs saying it was a slip of the tongue and he had already expressed regret for the ‘’inadvertent” error. He had told the top court that “none of the FIRs said that public order was being dis- turbed”. Senior advocate Manish Singhvi, appearing for Rajasthan, had opposed Amish Devgan’s plea for quashing of the FIRs saying the investiga- tion is the right of the police. The top court, while grant- ing interim relief to Amish Devgan, had also stayed the probe in the cases related to the telecast against the journalist. The journalist has said the plea concerned his life and lib- erty. 0XbW3TeVP] cWa^dVWWXb [PfhTaaX]P[ 1WPacXWPS^eTS cWTc^_R^dac bTTZX]V`dPbWX]V ^UcWT58Ab bPhX]VXcfPbP b[X_^UcWTc^]VdT P]SWTWPS P[aTPSh Tg_aTbbTSaTVaTc U^acWT ³´X]PSeTacT]c² Taa^a 3TUPPc^ahaTPaZPVPX]bc:WfPYP ^X]dSSX]2WXbcX)B2aTUdbTbc^ `dPbW58AbPVPX]bc0XbW3TeVP] ?C8Q =4F34;78 TheCentrehasrushedathree- member team of medical experts to Eluru in Andhra Pradesh after Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu spoke on Monday to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan after manychildrenwerehospitalised with an undiagnosed illness in the past few days, the VP’s Secretariat said. The three-member team of medicalexpertstoEluruincludes Dr Jamshed Nayar, Associate Professor(EmergencyMedicine) from AIIMS, Dr Avinash Deoshtawar, Virologist, NIV PUNE and Dr Sanket Kulkarni, Dy Director, PH Expert from NCDC, Delhi. The unknown disease has claimed one life and affected around 350 people so far. A majorityofthevictimsareinthe 20-30agegroup.Around45chil- dren below the age of 12 years have been admitted. According to the district commissioner’s report, the sickness is not con- tagious.Peoplefromareaswhere Eluru municipal’s water distrib- utionisnotavailablealsofellsick. Eventhosewhodrinkonlymin- eral water daily also fell sick, the DC said in its report. TheAndhraPradeshhealth officialsaretryinghardtoascer- tain the cause of the mysterious illness,saidastatementfromthe Government. 2T]caTadbWTbTS Tg_Tacbc^4[dadPUcTa RWX[SaT]W^b_XcP[XbTS fXcWd]Z]^f]X[[]Tbb ?C8Q =4F34;78 The Supreme Court Monday said it would hear next week a plea filed by a 94-year-old woman seeking to declare as “wholly uncon- stitutional” the proclamation of emergency in 1975. The plea, which has also sought compensation of Rs 25 crores from the authorities who had actively participated in the “unconstitutional acts”, came up for hearing before a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul. The bench, also compris- ing Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy, posted the matter for hearing on December 14. The petitioner, Veera Sarin, has claimed in her plea that she and her husband were “victims of the atrocities inflicted by the then govern- ment authorities and others” during the period of emer- gency which was proclaimed minutes before the midnight of June 25, 1975. The proclamation was revoked in March 1977. “The petitioner, in a gen- uine desire to bring about an end to the undemocratic nightmare, infamously known as ‘the emergency' seeks a peaceful closure, that can be brought only by an acknowl- edgment and declaration by the highest court of justice of the country in which citizens repose the highest level of confidence and faith, that the said incident was unconstitu- tional,” the plea said. Sarin said that she and her husband, who had a flourish- ing business of Gold Arts in Delhi at that time, were com- pelled to leave the country during emergency for fear of being thrown into jail for no justifiable reason, on the “whims and wishes of gov- ernment authority in a state where civil rights and liberties stood curbed.” The plea said later the petitioner's husband died and she had to face the legal pro- ceedings initiated against him during the emergency. “The ordeals of the emer- gency and destruction caused during the said period are being suffered till date by the petitioner. The petitioner and her family were made to run from pillar to post for the past 35 years to vindicate their rights and restore their prop- erties,” the plea said. The petition said that during that time, the peti- tioner was “shunned by her relatives and friends” because of the illegal proceedings ini- tiated against her husband and now she is seeking “clo- sure to the trauma of her life- time, which still resonates in her mind”. It alleged that even now, the movable properties including jewellery, artefacts, paintings, sculptures and other valuables have not been reinstituted to her family and she is entitled to be compensated for the acts done by the concerned authorities. The plea referred to a December 2014 order passed by the Delhi High Court which had held that proceed- ings initiated under one of the legislations against the peti- tioner's husband were bereft of any jurisdiction. CWT_[TPbPXS[PcTa cWT_TcXcX^]Tab WdbQP]SSXTSP]S bWTWPSc^UPRT cWT[TVP[ _a^RTTSX]Vb X]XcXPcTSPVPX]bc WXSdaX]VcWT TTaVT]Rh B2c^WTPa]TgcfTTZ_[TP^U(#ha^[Sf^P]bTTZX]V c^STR[PaT ($4TaVT]RhPbd]R^]bcXcdcX^]P[ ?=BQ =4F34;78 With Covid 19 death tally in Indiacrossing1.41lakhso far, a new survey found that 61 per cent people know of one or more people who have suc- cumbed to the infection. Similarly, 44 per cent people know of one or more individu- als who are likely to have died due to coronavirus but their deaths were not labelled as Covid deaths. The survey was conducted via LocalCircles platform, a community social media plat- form.Thesurveyalsofoundthat only 26 per cent of respondents said no one known to them or in their social network - family, extended family, friends, col- leagues, neighbours, business associates, etc. - has died due to COVID-19 in the last eight months. Thefirstquestioninthesur- vey asked citizens, “How many in your own social network (family,extendedfamily,friends, colleagues, neighbours, busi- ness associates, etc.) have lost their life due to COVID-19 in the last 8 months?” According to the survey, responses from 9,524 citizens were received. Notably, 61 per- cent of the respondents have 1 or more individuals in their social network who died of COVID-19. Further 26 percent voted, “No one lost their life and thankfully all recovered”. More than 16,000 respons- es were received from citizens across 208 districts of India. Of them, 69 percent respondents were men while 31 percent respondents were women. According to LocalCircles, 51 percent respondents were from tier 1, 24 percent from tier 2 and 25 percent were from tier 3, 4 and rural districts. To gauge the extent of such cases, the survey asked people, “How many individuals in your ownsocialnetworklosttheirlife in the last 8 months, which was not declared COVID-19 deaths but it was likely related to COVID or accelerated by COVID?” Responses from 6,392 citi- zens were received. Per the result, 44 percent people now have one or more individuals in their social network who likely lost their life due to COVID-19 but were not COVID-19 but were not declared as COVID-19 deaths.Thisassumesalotof sig- nificance if the numbers are extrapolated. Now the seventh- most-affected country by active cases, third by fatalities, and sec- ond by total cases, India has added 2,45,512 cases in the past seven days.
- 5. ]PcX^]$347A03D=kCD4B30H k342414A'!! 80=B Q 908?DA Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to listen to the leaders of farmers unions and resolve the impasse by rolling back the “black” farm laws. “It is most worrying to see that our farmers are spending nights in cold weather on roads, while the government continues to ignore their genuine demands. PM Modi must intervene directly, listen to leaders of farmer unions and resolve the impasse,” the senior Congress leader said. “As more and more farmers are joining the agitation from across the country and gathering at Delhi border at great inconvenience to the women and children, who are part of agitation too, the government must not delay paying heed to the welfare issues of the farmers,” he added. Gelhot said “the NDA government must shun its arrogance, insensitivity, adamant attitude and roll back the 'black' farm laws”. “The Congress party stands with our famers in ensuring the Mandi system, MSP continue, and farmers as well as farm lands are saved from big corporates,” he added. `UZdY`f]Uc`]]SRT S]RTWRc^]Rhd+8VY]`e Thiruvananthapuram: Toeing the line of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who as soon as parliament passed the controversial Farm Bills announced mulling legal steps, Agriculture Minister V. S. Sunil Kumar on Monday said the Kerala government is all set to approach the apex court against the laws. Kumar told the media that these Bills are against the interests of the farmers and the Kerala government would not implement them at any cost. “We will approach the Supreme Court and are prepared to face the con- sequences arising out of it. The Centre has no business intruding in the matters which comes under the state's jurisdic- tions,” said Kumar. The Bills -- the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 -- were passed by both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The state Advocate General is now busy preparing to file a petition before the apex court this week. The lone Kerala leader from the BJP in the Union Cabinet -- Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan opined that the move is nothing but one with political overtures. He said the Bill is not “anti-farmers” but against the mid- dlemen. Incidentally in January this year, Kerala became the first state in the coun- try to file a legal suit in the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 ,follow- ing which other states also followed suit. IANS :TaP[Pc^P__a^PRWB2PVPX]bcXc Lucknow: Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav was put under undeclared house arrest on Monday morning and by afternoon he was arrested andtaken away by Uttar Pradesh Police. The arrest came as the numbers of party workers and supporters swelled outside his house and the former Chief Minister came out and sat on dharna outside the gates of his res- idence. “The government cannot muzzle the voice of farmers. If the police want to arrest me, I am ready to go to jail. “My party will continue to fight with the farmers for their welfare. The police have arrest- ed and detained SP workers across the state. “We are fighting to double the income of farmers, as earlier promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he told reporters. Minutes later, he was taken into custody by the police and taken to an undisclosed destination. Just ahead of this development, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) also extended support to the call for Bharat Bandh, given by agitating farm- ers, who fear harm to their livelihood ever since the new agriculture laws were enacted by the Centre. The Congress, Samajwadi Party, Aam Aadmi Party have already announced their sup- port to the Bharat Bandh call. BSP supremo Mayawati earlier tweeted that her party was supporting the Bharat Bandh call and urged the Centre to be sympathetic towards the farmers and consider their demands. IANS 1[XYUcXS_ebdcQbbUcdcQic SQ^d]ejjUVQb]Ubcf_YSU ?=B Q :;:0C0 Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the BJP, CPI(M) and the Congress for teaming up to bring down her Trinamool Congress Government. Calling the BJP a party of “Bhakshak” (predator) CPI(M) a “Rakshak” (facilitator of BJP) and Congress a “Takshak” (snake) she said that she would never let these parties to con- spire and let the saffron outfit capture Bengal and make it an anarchic state like Gujarat. “Remember we will not let BJP make Bengal a Gujarat. We will not let you give rise to riots here,” she said. Stopping short of asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resign his post the Chief Minister said the BJP Government was tormenting the people from all sides and all walks of life adding the farm laws were the last in the line of its oppressive legislation. She said BJP Government “should immediately repeal the triple laws or resign from power,” adding “it had no right to remain in power after sacrific- ing the rights of the farmers.” Reminding the people of her struggle at Singur and Nadigram and her 26-day hunger strike Banerjee said, “I have not forgotten Singur, I have not forgotten Nandigram. I have full support to farmers,” adding she had full support for the farmers’ “causes.” Asking the people of Bengal not to fall in the trap of the “out- siders” (read the national lead- ers whom the BJP was bringing to Bengal) Banerjee called the BJP a “party of outsiders” adding she would “never allow the saffron camp of outsiders to take control of Bengal” and urged the people to resist any such attempt by the outsiders. Taking a jibe at the leaders of her party who were in touch with the BJP she said BJP was a “big identity card” showing which it was “breaking other parties.” There were people who were black-mailing her ahead of the elections but she would never succumb to such black- mailing, she said in an apparent reference to recent alienation of powerful party satrap Suvendu Adhikari. Incidentally neither Adhikari who recently resigned from his Cabinet post, his father and former Union Minister Sisir Adhikari and younger brother Dibyendu both TMC MPs too were not to be seen in the Chief Minister’s function. 50A;0FB 0DPDWD DVNV %-3 *RYW WR UHSHDO ODZV RU UHVLJQ KOCHI: The research article “Love Jehad: Loving for Religion” authored by S Gurumurthy in which he proved that love marriages are being used for Islamization of non-Islamic nations has given rise to a call by a senior RSS ideologue in Kerala for close cooperation between Hindus and Christians. “While Love Jehad is a reality and is an ingre- dient for Islamization of non-Islamic countries, the same could not be said about Christianity which has been always in synchronization with civil rights, democracy and personal freedom. It is time for the spiritual leaders of Hinduism and Christianity to work together for minimizing the impact of Love Jehad, so as to bring down the intensity of religious fanaticism,” said K R Umakanthan, managing editor, Janmabhumi, the RSS mouthpiece. Umakanthan’s take has been widely wel- comed by the Christian Church which itself is at the receiving end of Love Jihad in the state of Kerala. Christian Association for Social Action, un umbrella organization of major Church sects have been alerting the Centre as well as State Governments that Christian girls are being sub- jected to Love Jehad as well as sending them away to fight as jihadis in Islamic State. “Situation is really grave and beyond all expectations,” said K T Thomas, former Supreme Court judge. He said he was all praise for the leg- islation enacted by the Uttar Pradesh Government banning Love Jihad as well as Love Marriage for Islamization. “There are certain formalities to be observed when a Muslim man marries a non-Muslim woman. The same is the case with all kinds of inter-religious marriages. Provisions of the Special Marriage Act should be observed and fol- lowed diligently and no compromise should be made on this issue,” said Justice Thomas, known for his uncompromising stance on laws and Constitution. Gurumurthy in his research paper, with input collected from Kerala, Tamil Nadu and even from studies held by Harvard University has warned of the dangerous trend of communal polarization as a result of Love Jehad. “There are hundreds of instances of families getting destroyed and com- munities getting polarized. The situation is deadly and explosive,” writes Gurumurthy. PNS 6daddacWh´bQ^^ZV^TbSTT_X]c^[^eTYTWPS 78C:0=370A8 Q 90D Two minor girls hailing from Pakistan occupied Kashmir, who had inadvertently crossed LoC and sneaked inside the Indian territory on Sunday,were repatriated at Chakan-da-bagh in Poonch on Monday. According to a Jammu based Defence spokesman Lt- Col Devender Anand, “Two girls from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Laiba Zabair aged 17 yrs and Sana Zabair aged 13 yrs of village Abbasspur, Tehsil Forward Kahuta who had inad- vertently crossed into Indian side in Poonch in the morning hours of 06 Dec 20 have been repatriated from Chakan Da Bagh crossing point on Monday”. Before returning home Laiba Zubair in a video messagesaid,“afterIndianarmy jawans spotted them crossing the LoC they escorted them to safety and treated them well. They offered us food, warm clothes and comfortably accom- modated us. We are thankful to them and appreciate their con- duct”. The custody of both the minor girls was handed over to Jammu and Kashmir police in Poonch. During preliminary inquiry the minor girls had revealed they were in a group of eightgirlsandlosttheirwayafter they took a break. According to official sources, “Both the girls belong to a poor family and have been stayinginAbbaspurtownforthe past 10 years. Her grandfather namely Abdul Halaq was orig- inally a resident of Srinagar and had exfiltrated in late 1980s. Laiba Zubair claimed, “her mother and elder brother iden- tifiedasHamzawereforcingher to marry another local boy, Babar, againstherwishes.Babar was receiving training before getting recruited in the Pak army. Babar's family had given an assurance to Hamza that he too would be inducted in the army only after his sister would marry Babar. However, Laiba wanted to marry anotyer locsl boy identified Tariq r/o Peshawar. According to Laiba Tariq is currently serving in te Pak Army and presently deployed at a forward post in Kahuta. Laiba also claimed she along with a group of her close friends had decided to run away from their native village and resettle in Tattapani to escape exploitation. Official sources said, “ On 05 Dec 20 at around 6.30p.m,thetwogirlsalongwith 06 other girls left their house (as allofthemweretorturedbytheir parents and forced to marry against their choice) and decid- ed to go to Tattapani via Ranger Nala. B0D60AB4=6D?C0Q :;:0C0 ABJP supporter was killed and many others were injured on Monday when the saffron workers clashed with the police during a rally at Bengal’s northern city of Siliguri. While the senior BJP lead- ership blamed the police for its worker’s death the police denied charges saying the cause of the deceased BJP worker Ulen Roy would be known only after postmortem as the cops did not resort to firing or lathi charge as was alleged by the opposition party. As a mark of protest the BJP has called North Bengal bandh on Tuesday which inci- dentally coincides with the Bharat Bandh called by the opposition parties showing sol- idarity with the farmers’ protest against the farm laws brought by the Centre. Cut to Siliguri: All hell broke loose after the police stopped hundreds of charging BJP workers who hurled brick- bats at the cops, pulled down barricades and set fire to them, sources said adding the police fired tear gas shells and water cannons before baton-charging the protesters in a bid to chase them away. The BJP had earlier orga- nized s march to Uttarkanya the second secretariat of the State Government situated in Siliguri. “The police indiscriminately lathi-charged and tear-gassed our men who were organizing a peaceful rally to raise popu- lar demands,” said Bengal BJP Dilip Ghosh alleging the Trinamool Congress Government carried out the assault on peaceful protesters “much in Nandigram style as the police teamed up with the TMC goons who hurled coun- try bombs from hidden places… The CPI(M) did this in Nandigram and other places before being thrown away by the people. “Now the Trinamool has become so overconfident that they too are resorting to state repression which will not be tolerated by the people at large. People are watching all these and will give a befitting reply in the coming elections.” Intermittent violence took place as the two sides clashed with each other at various places from Teenbatti More to Phulbari during which the vic- tim sustained injuries, sources said. Doctors at the private hospital said that he was brought in a gasping condition with a number of small holes in his body that resembled pellet injuries. He succumbed to his injuries soon after. More people were injured and had been admitted to var- ious hospitals, BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijaybargiya said adding how “I was saved by a whisker when a bomb dropped in the vicinity along with tear gas shells … many of our workers were injured from lathi-blows and bomb splinters… it is a com- plete lawlessness here deserving a central rule,” he alleged. Darjeeling BJP MP Raju Bishta too said Bengal merited President’s Rule alleging how the “Mamata Banerjee Government has taken away the minimum right to protest from the people. There is no law and order in the State … the way the police and TMC goons teamed up to attack the protest- ing BJP workers leaves no other alternative … but President’s Rule and we will take this issue up with the President of India.” Jammu: The fourth phase of District Development Council elections has been conducted successfully in the Union Territory of Jammu Kashmir registering 50.08 per cent voter turnout, state election com- missioner KK Sharma said on Monday. Addressing a press confer- ence at the end of the polling State Election Commissioner KK Sharma said that Jammu division recorded an average voter turnout of 69.31% with Poonch District recording the highest percentage of 75.42% followed by Doda district with 75.03%. The lowest turnout in Jammu division was in Udhampur district which recorded 59.90%. The Kashmir Division recorded 31.95 % average voter turnout with Ganderbal district recording the highest polling at 56.28 % followed by Baramulla District at 47.43% and Bandipora with around 45.22% polling. He said a large number of people came out to cast their votes during fourth phase of District Development Council Elections 2020. Long queues were seen right from morning despite severe cold conditions in Kashmir Division and hilly areas of Jammu Division, he added. He said the polling passed off peacefully across 34 con- stituencies of DDC including 17 in Kashmir division and 17 in Jammu division. A total of 364527 voters (including 195206 males and 169321 females) voted to choose their representatives in their respective councils, the SEC said. PNS Cf^X]^aVXa[bfW^Ra^bbTS;^2aT_PcaXPcTSc^?:%-3 PDQ NLOOHG DV ZRUNHUV FODVK ZLWK FRSV LQ 6LOLJXUL $'e^cTa cda]^dcX] ?WPbT8E^U 9:332?^[[b C=A067D=0C70Q D108 The NCP on Monday hit out at the BJP for “misquoting spreading fake information” about Shri Sharad Pawar Saheb on letter by its party chief and then Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to then Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on the need to amend the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act to encourage private sector to provide alternative mar- keting channels . Slamming the BJP for its “question- able” effort to portray on social media that its chief wanted to promote privatisation when the fact remained that the latter tried to build a broad consensus APMCs invit- ing suggestions for the implementation of the enacted legislation. In a statement issued here, NCP’s chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said: “The model APMC act 2003 was introduced by the Vajpayee Govt. However many state governments were reluctant to implement it at that point of time. Shri Sharad Pawar Saheb after assuming charge as the Union Agriculture Minister tried to form a broader consensus amongst State Agriculture Marketing Boards by inviting suggestions for the implementation of the said act. “The benefit of farmers as per the model APMC act was explained to vari- ous state governments and many state governments came forward to implement the same,” Tapse said. “Till date the farmers across the country are benefitting from the imple- mentation of the said act which was fine tuned by Shri Sharad Pawar Saheb to pro- tect the interest of the farmers of the coun- try,” the NCP spokesperson said. The NCP spokesperson charged that the new farm bill introduced by the Modi government during the previous session of the Parliament had raised several “doubts and insecurity” in the minds of the farmers regarding MSP and other issues “which the incumbent government has failed to address thereby leading to large scale protests agitation by the farmers of the country”. “The Modi government could not form a broader consensus and has failed to satisfy legitimate apprehensions of the farmers and the entire Opposition,” Tapase said. =2?b[Pb19? U^aXb`d^cX]V?PfPa´b[TccTa^]0?2aTU^ab