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T he much awaited “semi- finals” in the run up to the Parliamentary elections next year is all set to begin on Monday when Chhattisgarh goes for the first phase of Assembly elections as part of the simultaneous polls in fours other crucial States — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Telangana. The polls, however, begins with a Naxal attack where a BSF jawan was martyred when Maoists detonated an IED a day before the polls in Kanker. In another incident, a Maoist was gunned down in an encounter with police. Security has been tightened in the eight districts going to polls in the first phase on Monday. Around one lakh security personnel have been deployed to ensure smooth conduct of elections. Naxals have called for the boycott of polls in the State and have executed half a dozen attacks in the last 15 days, three of them major ones which left 13 people dead, including a cameraperson of national broadcaster Doordarshan. The elections in this Hindi heartland is being touted as a Narendra Modi-Rahul Gandhi face-off as Modi exudes confi- dence of retaining power for second term in 2019 while Rahul looks to stop the Modi juggernaut by uniting Opposition parties. If the Congress manages to upset its dominant rival in these Assembly polls, then it will be a big boost to the Opposition for the Lok Sabha polls, while a good show by the BJP will energise its cadre and give a fillip to its hopes of retaining the power at the Centre in 2019. In 2013, the BJP had won 165, 163 and 49 seats in the Hindi heartland States of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh respectively, with the Congress securing 58, 21 and 39 seats. In Mizoram, the Congress has been in power since 2008, while in Chhattisgarh and MP, the BJP has been ruling for the last 15 years. In 2013 Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, there was a dif- ference of 10 seats between the BJP and the Congress, the dif- ference between their vote share was just 0.75 per cent. The BJP is facing anti-incum- bency, while the Congress is up against the challenge of the Ajit Jogi-Mayawati tie-up. Jogi-Mayawati’s support base comprises mostly mem- bers of the SC community and if they get a few seats, it will be at the expense of the BJP. The BSP had won just one seat in the State last time, but had gar- nered a 4.27 per cent vote, which if it sticks to this time it could prove to be the decisive factor. Smaller regional coali- tions — such as the one between the Gondwana Gantantra Party and the Samajwadi Party which had secured 1.5 7 per cent and 0.29 per cent votes in the last polls — are another key factors. The Congress-BJP battle has become more bitter in the State after Congress’ working president Ramdayal Uikey switched sides to the BJP. In MP, the contest is even as the anti-incumbency is a big factor in the State with the Congress consistently doing well in the by-elections held in the last year-and-a half. Continued on Page 4 W ith highly educated young men, including postgraduates and PhD schol- ars, picking up the gun in Jammu & Kashmir, the securi- ty establishment has decided to intensify its efforts to reach out to the parents to counsel their wards before it’s too late. More so, since the casualties among terrorist ranks indicate that the survival tenure of newly- recruited ill-trained youths is just six months from the time they jump the fence. Security forces have so far neutralised 200 terrorists this year and at least 60 per cent of them were in the age group of 18-20 and all of them were local Kashmiris who got swayed by the so-called cause. Besides urging parents to caution their children about the conse- quences of resorting to vio- lence, the Army has also announced that during an encounter if a trapped local ultra wants to surrender he will be allowed to do so. Elaborating upon this mea- sure, officials said here on Sunday security forces realise that gullible youths fell for the lure of the gun and allowing them to surrender is a goodwill gesture. However, they admitted notwithstanding the high casu- alty rate, nearly 165 young men have picked up the gun for the cause as compared to 127 for the entire last year thereby ringing alarm bells in the secu- rity establishment over the spike. It means that reverses faced by terrorist organisa- tions in terms of ultras killed have failed to deter the impres- sionable minds from fighting for the cause, officials said. Anticipating that the num- ber of youths joining the terror groups may go up before the year ends, the operational com- manders are also worried that it may give a boost to the ter- rorists’ organisations with more than 250 trained ultras already active in the Kashmir Valley and 300 plus waiting to infil- trate into the State from across the Line of Control (LoC) in the coming weeks. In fact, the security forces are bracing themselves for a determined bid by Pakistan- backed terrorists to sneak into the State from the launch pads in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) in the next few days before snow blocks ingress routes in the upper reaches. The main objective of these ter- rorists is to increase levels of violence even during the win- ter months when generally ter- rorism comes down due to harsh weather conditions. The security forces will maintain the tempo of opera- tions even during the winter months to deny ultras freedom of space and movement. Continued on Page 4 F ormer Karnataka Minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy was on Sunday arrested by the Central Crime Branch in connection with 600 crore fraud related to the Ambidant Marketing Pvt Ltd “bribery” case. He was produced before the 6th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court, which remanded him in judicial custody till November 24. Janardhan Reddy is accused of taking a 20- crore bribe to bail Syed Ahmed Fareed, an accused in a ponzi scheme case, out from the Enforcement Directorate investigation. The investigating agency said they have also arrested Reddy’s aide Mehfuz Ali Khan, who had allegedly struck a 20-crore deal with Syed Ahmed Fareed of Ambidant Marketing Pvt Ltd to bail him out from the ED investigation. Detailed report on P7 T he Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), it seems, is fast disintegrating. Two of its senior and renowned leaders - Ranjit Singh Brahmpura and Dr Ratan Singh Ajnala - who raised a banner of revolt against party president Sukhbir Badal and MLA Bikram Majithia, were expelled on Sunday from the party along with their sons, taking the total number of expelled leaders to five. It may ostensibly be Sukhbir’s victo- ry and an indication of his “might” in the party, but political pundits are viewing it as an indication of political crisis for the State’s “biggest” party, particularly in view of the changing scenario with the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) expelled leaders out and out to woo them. Earlier, the party had shown the door to its former Minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan dubbing him as “a traitor”, and a “rank opportunist”. The damage the grand old dads of the political party may cause to SAD may actually remain unknown till the nation goes to the poll next year. The trio of Sekhwan, Ajnala and Brahmpura — SAD’s powerhouse in Majha region — have been vocal about their stand against Sukhbir and Majithia questioning their working style while accusing them of “destroying” the reputation of SAD, Akal Takht and the SGPC. They, revolting against the party a day after veteran leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa had resigned on September 30, declared that “all was not well within the party”. The coming months may see them toughening their stands against the two and attacking the party and its leadership with a force the Badals may find tough to deal with. Brahmpura, who is party’s sitting MP from Khadoor Sahib, had resigned from the party posts of senior vice-president and core committee member in October citing “age and deteriorating health”. He had also confessed that he was unhappy with the pardon to controversial Dera sect head in a blasphemy case and the Bargari sacrilege incidents. Continued on Page 4 T he decision to expel Brahmpura and Ajnala along with their sons — Ravinder Pal Singh Brahmpura, and Amarpal Singh Boni, respectively — from the primary membership of the party was taken by the party’s core com- mittee unanimously for “indulging in anti-party activities”. “The party regretted that Brahampura and Dr Ajnala and their sons who are also members of the party have recently been acting in a manner which showed utter insensitivity and disregard for the immense respect and the liberal and mag- nanimous treatment extended to them by the party leaders, Parkash Singh Badal and the party president Sukhbir Badal,” said party spokesperson Harcharan Bains. Continued on Page 4

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    The much awaited “semi-finals” in the run up to theParliamentary elections nextyear is all set to begin onMonday when Chhattisgarhgoes for the first phase ofAssembly elections as part ofthe simultaneous polls in foursother crucial States — MadhyaPradesh, Rajasthan, Mizoramand Telangana.

    The polls, however, beginswith a Naxal attack where aBSF jawan was martyred whenMaoists detonated an IED a daybefore the polls in Kanker. Inanother incident, a Maoist wasgunned down in an encounterwith police.

    Security has been tightenedin the eight districts going topolls in the first phase onMonday. Around one lakhsecurity personnel have beendeployed to ensure smoothconduct of elections.

    Naxals have called for theboycott of polls in the State andhave executed half a dozenattacks in the last 15 days, threeof them major ones which left13 people dead, including acameraperson of nationalbroadcaster Doordarshan.

    The elections in this Hindiheartland is being touted as aNarendra Modi-Rahul Gandhiface-off as Modi exudes confi-dence of retaining power forsecond term in 2019 whileRahul looks to stop the Modi

    juggernaut by unitingOpposition parties.

    If the Congress manages toupset its dominant rival inthese Assembly polls, then itwill be a big boost to theOpposition for the Lok Sabhapolls, while a good show by theBJP will energise its cadre andgive a fillip to its hopes ofretaining the power at theCentre in 2019.

    In 2013, the BJP had won165, 163 and 49 seats in the

    Hindi heartland States ofMadhya Pradesh, Rajasthanand Chhattisgarh respectively,with the Congress securing58, 21 and 39 seats. InMizoram, the Congress hasbeen in power since 2008,while in Chhattisgarh and MP,the BJP has been ruling for thelast 15 years.

    In 2013 ChhattisgarhAssembly polls, there was a dif-ference of 10 seats between theBJP and the Congress, the dif-

    ference between their voteshare was just 0.75 per cent.The BJP is facing anti-incum-bency, while the Congress is upagainst the challenge of the AjitJogi-Mayawati tie-up.

    Jogi-Mayawati’s supportbase comprises mostly mem-bers of the SC community andif they get a few seats, it will beat the expense of the BJP. TheBSP had won just one seat inthe State last time, but had gar-nered a 4.27 per cent vote,

    which if it sticks to this time itcould prove to be the decisivefactor. Smaller regional coali-tions — such as the onebetween the GondwanaGantantra Party and theSamajwadi Party which hadsecured 1.5 7 per cent and 0.29per cent votes in the last polls— are another key factors.

    The Congress-BJP battlehas become more bitter in theState after Congress’ workingpresident Ramdayal Uikeyswitched sides to the BJP.

    In MP, the contest is evenas the anti-incumbency is a bigfactor in the State with theCongress consistently doingwell in the by-elections held inthe last year-and-a half.

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    With highly educatedyoung men, includingpostgraduates and PhD schol-ars, picking up the gun inJammu & Kashmir, the securi-ty establishment has decided tointensify its efforts to reach outto the parents to counsel theirwards before it’s too late. Moreso, since the casualties amongterrorist ranks indicate thatthe survival tenure of newly-recruited ill-trained youths isjust six months from the timethey jump the fence.

    Security forces have so farneutralised 200 terrorists thisyear and at least 60 per cent ofthem were in the age group of18-20 and all of them were localKashmiris who got swayed bythe so-called cause. Besidesurging parents to caution theirchildren about the conse-quences of resorting to vio-lence, the Army has alsoannounced that during an

    encounter if a trapped localultra wants to surrender he willbe allowed to do so.

    Elaborating upon this mea-sure, officials said here onSunday security forces realisethat gullible youths fell for the lure of the gun andallowing them to surrender isa goodwill gesture.

    However, they admittednotwithstanding the high casu-alty rate, nearly 165 youngmen have picked up the gun forthe cause as compared to 127for the entire last year therebyringing alarm bells in the secu-rity establishment over thespike. It means that reversesfaced by terrorist organisa-tions in terms of ultras killedhave failed to deter the impres-sionable minds from fightingfor the cause, officials said.

    Anticipating that the num-ber of youths joining the terrorgroups may go up before theyear ends, the operational com-manders are also worried that

    it may give a boost to the ter-rorists’ organisations with morethan 250 trained ultras alreadyactive in the Kashmir Valleyand 300 plus waiting to infil-trate into the State from acrossthe Line of Control (LoC) inthe coming weeks.

    In fact, the security forcesare bracing themselves for adetermined bid by Pakistan-backed terrorists to sneak intothe State from the launch padsin Pakistan Occupied Kashmir(POK) in the next few daysbefore snow blocks ingressroutes in the upper reaches.The main objective of these ter-rorists is to increase levels ofviolence even during the win-ter months when generally ter-rorism comes down due toharsh weather conditions.

    The security forces willmaintain the tempo of opera-tions even during the wintermonths to deny ultras freedomof space and movement.

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    Former Karnataka Minister and mining baron GaliJanardhan Reddy was on Sunday arrested by theCentral Crime Branch in connection with �600 crorefraud related to the Ambidant Marketing Pvt Ltd“bribery” case. He was produced before the 6thAdditional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court, whichremanded him in judicial custody till November 24.

    Janardhan Reddy is accused of taking a �20-crore bribe to bail Syed Ahmed Fareed, an accusedin a ponzi scheme case, out from the EnforcementDirectorate investigation.

    The investigating agency said they have alsoarrested Reddy’s aide Mehfuz Ali Khan, who hadallegedly struck a �20-crore deal with Syed AhmedFareed of Ambidant Marketing Pvt Ltd to bail himout from the ED investigation.

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    The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), itseems, is fast disintegrating. Two ofits senior and renowned leaders - RanjitSingh Brahmpura and Dr Ratan SinghAjnala - who raised a banner of revoltagainst party president Sukhbir Badal andMLA Bikram Majithia, were expelled onSunday from the party along with theirsons, taking the total number of expelledleaders to five.

    It may ostensibly be Sukhbir’s victo-ry and an indication of his “might” in theparty, but political pundits are viewing itas an indication of political crisis for theState’s “biggest” party, particularly in viewof the changing scenario with the AamAadmi Party’s (AAP) expelled leaders outand out to woo them.

    Earlier, the party had shown the doorto its former Minister Sewa SinghSekhwan dubbing him as “a traitor”, anda “rank opportunist”.

    The damage the grand old dads of thepolitical party may cause to SAD mayactually remain unknown till the nationgoes to the poll next year.

    The trio of Sekhwan, Ajnala andBrahmpura — SAD’s powerhouse inMajha region — have been vocal abouttheir stand against Sukhbir and Majithia questioning their working stylewhile accusing them of “destroying” the reputation of SAD, Akal Takht and the SGPC.

    They, revolting against the party a dayafter veteran leader and Rajya Sabha MPSukhdev Singh Dhindsa had resigned onSeptember 30, declared that “all was notwell within the party”.

    The coming months may see themtoughening their stands against the two

    and attacking the party and its leadershipwith a force the Badals may find toughto deal with.

    Brahmpura, who is party’s sitting MPfrom Khadoor Sahib, had resigned fromthe party posts of senior vice-presidentand core committee member in Octoberciting “age and deteriorating health”. Hehad also confessed that he was unhappywith the pardon to controversial Dera secthead in a blasphemy case and the Bargarisacrilege incidents.

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    The decision to expel Brahmpura andAjnala along with their sons —Ravinder Pal Singh Brahmpura, andAmarpal Singh Boni, respectively —from the primary membership of theparty was taken by the party’s core com-mittee unanimously for “indulging inanti-party activities”.

    “The party regretted that Brahampuraand Dr Ajnala and their sons who are alsomembers of the party have recently beenacting in a manner which showed utterinsensitivity and disregard for theimmense respect and the liberal and mag-nanimous treatment extended to them by the party leaders, Parkash SinghBadal and the party president SukhbirBadal,” said party spokespersonHarcharan Bains.

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    Himachal Pradesh GovernorAcharya Devvrat onSunday said the State is called asDev Bhoomi and increase ofdrugs in Dev Bhoomi is a mat-ter of great concern.

    “It is necessary for all of usto work together to makeHimachal a drug-free State,” theGovernor said while speakingat the inauguration ceremonyof the four-days Lavi Mela in Rampur. Acharya Devvratsaid drug addiction is spread-ing in the Dev Bhoomi and theyounger generation is comingin its grip, which is a matter ofgreat concern for all of us.

    Effective steps have been

    taken in this direction with thehelp of the Government andpolice administration, but weall need to work together in thisdirection. Drug addiction is nota problem confined to a fami-ly, but it is a social evil whichis ruining the future generationof the country, he said.

    He said illegal activitiessuch as drug abuse and gam-bling takes place under theguise of festivals and fairswhich should be stopped sothat the significance and relevance of these festivals canbe maintained.

    The Governor said anInternational Lavi Mela isimportant from historical pointof view, which is not only

    known for business activitiesbut also mythological tradi-tions. This festival plays an

    important role in preserving itsrich cultural heritage of State aswell as country, he added.

    On this occasion, theGovernor called upon the peo-ple to move forward in thedirection of natural farming.

    He said the StateGovernment has made a pro-vision of �25 crore for pro-moting natural farming, whichis a positive initiative towardspoison-free farming.

    He also apprised the peo-ple of the consequences ofchemical farming and said byusing excessive chemicals, wehave made our land barren andthe foodgrains and fruits whichare being produced by usingthese chemicals are adverselyaffecting our health.

    This is the reason thatmany incurable diseases have

    arisen today, he said.The Governor added nat-

    ural farming is based on Indianbreed cows and by adoptingthis farming, we can also pro-tect the cows of local breed.

    He urged the people tounderstand the usefulness oflocal breed cows and thereforenot to leave them on roads butinstead work for the improve-ment of their breed.

    The Governor congratu-lated the people for theInternational Lavi Fair andappreciated the comprehen-sive arrangements of the dis-trict administration.

    Earlier, the Governor inau-gurated exhibitions of variousdepartments at Lavi Fair.

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    Punjab’s farmer organisa-tions on Sunday demandeda high level probe of largescale paddy purchase “only onpapers and not in stocks” forwhich payment was also madeby the State Food and SupplyDepartment to the farmersthrough the commission agent.

    Bharti Kisan Union (EktaUgrahan) president JoginderSingh Ugrahan and generalsecretary Sukhdev Singh Kokridemanded that a high levelprobe of the scam be conduct-ed with immediate registrationof cases against the inspectors

    of procurement agencies, Foodand Supply Department andalso against the commissionagents on alleged charge ofcheating and fraud with theState Government and alsowith the Centre and also cheat-ing the farmers.

    “Rice millers and PunjabMandi Board officers andinspectors were also involved inthis scam,” they alleged.

    Farmer leaders, referring toa news report, stated that thescam was uncovered onNovember 6, when the Foodand Civil Supply Minister

    Bharat Bhushan Ashus receiveda complaint of large scale bogusbilling.

    The Department, whenvisited Tarn Taran, found fakepurchase of 92,000 bags ofpaddy by the commissionagents in connivance with oneof the Government procure-

    ment agency, and another78,000 bags involving Markfedofficials was also found.

    They pointed that the com-mission agents, mandi boardofficers and inspectors wereuploading entries on theDepartment’s official portal,showing paddy purchase, whenno actual purchase is beingmade.

    And when an entry forpaddy purchase by the com-mission agent was made, thepayment is released to themelectronically, while no physi-cal verification of paddy pur-chase was undertaken, theyadded.

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    The country’s leading pro-fessional cyclists partici-pated in the 6th Chandigarhcyclothon held here on Sunday.

    These pros showed theircycling and physical prowess inthe cyclothon which was thebiggest attraction on the wideJan Marg, on Sunday morning.

    Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal,Punjab & Haryana High Courtand Sanjay Tandon,Chandigarh BJP chief flagged off the race from nearthe Sector-16-17 dividinglights, opposite the MC office.Chandigarh Tourism in asso-ciation with Avon cycles host-ed the mega cycling eventwhile Sports 13 was the company which conceptualisedthe event.

    In the pro race, a total of 45kms were covered by thecyclists. This distance includ-ed 15 laps of the garland routebetween Matka Chowk and theSector 16 cricket stadiumrotary. Manjit Singh of IndianAir Force won with 26 points,second was B Mugesh with 16points and third position wentto Anil Manglaw from Haryanawho scored 14 points.

    Mandeep Pahwa ,Executive Director Avon cyclessaid, “The event showed theenthusiasm among participants

    for cycling. The cyclists alsowanted to give a message ofhealth and safeguarding thefragile environment by cyclingand not using fossil fuel basedtransport. Students participat-ed in large numbers.”

    Onkar Singh, GeneralSecretary, Cycling Federation ofIndia (CFI) was present withhis team. The event saw a keencollaboration of organisers withCFI. Yadvinder Singh,CEO,Sports 13, the company which

    organised the Cyclothon said,“The registrations made forChandigarh cyclothon is apointer that cycling is quitepopular amongst all age groupsand should be promoted par-ticularly among the youth."

    An amateur race too wasorganised. This covered 21kms, which included 7 laps ofthe same garland route taken bythe pro race. Vishal Tomar wasfirst, Gaurav Sagar second andJaskirat Singh was adjudgedthird in the amateur race.

    In the ladies section of theamateur race, Sadhulika wasfirst, Manju Bhaskar secondand Sajiny Roshan came third.A fun — maza ride for schoolchildren too was held in whichschool children and othercycling enthusiasts took partwith great fervour. The ridecovered one lap of the route.

    Chandigarh: HaryanaAgriculture and Farmers’Welfare Minister, OP Dhankaron Sunday said that givingdue honour to the sports andsportspersons is the priority ofthe State Government.

    Haryana is the land ofsportspersons and thesportspersons from the Stateare leading in the country in

    terms on winning medals,Dhankar said while speakingafter inaugurating a marathonorganised at Jhajjar.

    He said that the sportsper-sons of district Jhajjar has beenleading in terms of winningmedals. He said that youthshould follow sportspersonssuch as Bajrang Punia, ManuBhaker, Dushyant Chauhan

    and Sombir. All of them belongto Jhajjar, he added.

    The Minister congratulatedwrestler Bajrang Punia for bagging number one posi-tion in the world.

    He said that Bajrang Puniahas brought laurels to his nativevillage Khuddan, BadliAssembly Constituency, districtJhajjar and the country. PNS

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    Continuing its protest overthe Punjab Government’s“indifferent” attitude for notbringing price equality in fuelprices with bordering states byreducing VAT to comparablelevels, the State’s Petrol PumpDealers’ Association (PPDAP)has launched consumer aware-ness programme.

    Under programme, theposters showing the plights ofpetrol pump dealers, especial-ly in border areas, have beenput up at the petrol pumps.“We will continue our protesttill our demands are not ful-filled,” said PPDAP presidentParamjit Singh Doaba onSunday.

    He said that due to wrongpolicies, Punjab Government islosing revenue to the neigh-bouring States. Petrol pumps inPunjab are operating on just 40per cent of their volumetriccapabilities whereas pumps inthe border districts are sellingjust 10 per cent of their totalpotential, he said.

    PPDAP spokespersonMonty Sehgal said that thepetrol pumps, located in dis-tricts bordering neighbouringstates of Punjab and on high-ways leading to or originatingfrom neighbouring states, arethe worst affected.

    “Petrol in Punjab is nowexpensive than all neighbour-ing States and farmers, theindustry and trade are increas-ingly burdened with higherprices. It is not long beforebusinesses like majority oftransporters shift out to neigh-bouring States for their fuelneeds.

    It is notable that trafficpassing through and originating from Punjab, for both petrol and diesel is giving Punjab a miss, there-by also taking related businessand trade across borders,” said

    Sehgal adding that it is also per-tinent to note that farmersand small consumers or thepoor mostly own two-wheelerwhich are petrol driven andthey are the most taxed as high-er VAT on petrol, results inhigher taxes for the poor or thecommon man.

    The growing price differ-ence with neighbouring states,especially Chandigarh overmore than a decade, has beenhurting our petrol pumps andthe recent decrease in VAT byall neighbouring States hassealed our fate, pointed outPPDAP general secretaryManjit Singh.

    He said that the not-so-understanding attitude of thePunjab Government would result in further loss ofsales to our petrol pumps forcing some to close down and it would also hurt the business sentiment in Punjaband would lead to furtherreduction of revenue for theGovernment.

    “It is no surprise thatChandigarh UT, which hasover the years reduced VAT onboth petrol and diesel anddespite having a small econo-my has poached on HSD andMS sales from bordering State, majority of it from Punjab. Chandigarh hasshown a phenomenal growth of78.1 per cent (80,444 MT) indiesel and 19 per cent (45,157MT) in petrol in the first half of this financial year (from April 1, 2018, toSeptember 30, 2018) and thefigures are likely to rise forChandigarh as more peoplefrom Punjab turn for theirfuel needs to neighbouringStates,” he said.

    “It is not only Chandigarhbut also Jammu and Kashmir,Himachal Pradesh andHaryana that has started gain-ing at Punjab’s expense,” ruedSingh.

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    Announcing 10 points pro-gramme for the welfare ofpoor and Scheduled Castes(SC) in Haryana, seniorCongress leader and core com-mittee member of IndianNational Congress (INC),Randeep Singh Surjewala onSunday said if the Congresscome to power in the state, theparty will launch “Atta-DalAur Chini scheme” for SCfamilies and provide monthlyscholarship to all SC students.

    Surjewala, while addressinga “Garib Adhikar Rally” at Jindalso announced that Congressparty on forming the StateGovernment in Haryana wouldprovide 20 kg flour at the rateof �2 per kg, 2 kg pulses at therate of �20 per kg, 1 kilogramsugar at the rate of �12 per kgto all 15 lakh dalit families.

    The Congress Governmentwould waive-off all pendingwater bills of Indira GandhiDrinking Water Scheme,appoint one SC member inHPSC and HSSC, fill up 60,000State Government backlogposts in one year, ensure abro-gation of contract practice for‘Safai Karmcharis’, constitute

    SC Commission with onemember each from Dhanak &Oadh communities, conductsurvey of all SC localities forensuring one toilet for each SChousehold and repair of all SCChaupals in the State, he said.

    Making a strong pitch foreducating poor and SCs,Surjewala announced that

    Congress party would provide�1500 monthly scholarship toall SC students studying ingraduation/post graduationcourses, �2500 monthly schol-arship to all SC engineeringstudents and �5,000 monthlyscholarship to all SC studentsdoing MBBS and studying inIITs and IIMs.

    The Congress leader alsosaid that it was always theCongress Government whichhas served and cared for poorand scheduled castes.

    He also referred to a num-ber of incidents when SC lead-ers and officers were humiliat-ed by BJP Government inHaryana. He also criticised theUnion Government forincreased crimes against SCs.

    Referring to the ongoingfeud in INLD, Surjewala saidthat the fight was only forshare of property and ‘loot ka

    maal’. Both the children and theuncle are playing into BJPhands, it is a matter of fact that’Na Chacha BJP Ke Khilaaf Hai,Na hi Bhatija Hai’; How can weforget that Dushyant Chautala,INLD MPs and MLAs votedfor BJP candidate in President’selection against Meera Kumar,the daughter of Babu JagjivanRam, he added.

    Criticising BJP for makingfalse poll promises, Surjewalasaid that big promises weremade by BJP before the elec-tions but none of them havebeen fulfilled. He charged theBJP Governments for betrayingand duping the poor, the sched-uled castes and people longingto other deprived sections.

    The Congress leader alsocriticised the BJP led Central andHaryana Governments for theiranti-people policies affectingthe poor and downtrodden.

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    The Special InvestigationTeam (SIT) probing thepolice firing incidents in thewake of the Bargari sacrilegecase has summoned the Badalfather-son duo and actorAkshay Kumar for questioningin connection with the inves-tigation next week.

    While former ChiefMinister Parkash Singh Badalhas been asked to appear beforethe SIT on November 16, former Deputy Chief Ministerand SAD president Sukhbir Badal has been sum-moned on November 19 andactor Akshay Kumar has been asked to come onNovember 21 at the CircuitHouse in Amritsar.

    The summon orders havebeen issued separately for thethree, on behalf of SIT, by itsmember, IPG (OrganisedCrime Control Unit) KunwarVijay Pratap Singh.

    Singh said the summonsrelate to “investigation of casesoriginating from various inci-dents of sacrilege in the year2015 (FIR No. 129, datedAugust 7, 2018, under

    Sections 307, 323, 341, 148, 149of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)and section 27 of the Arms Actat Police Station CityKotkapura in FaridkotDistrict)”.

    The summons have beenissued under Section 160 ofCode of the CriminalProcedure (CrPC), requiringattendance at investigation,relating to the Bargari sacrilegecase and the Behbal Kalan andKotkapura police firing inci-dents, he added.

    The summons stated thatthe “presence of the aforesaid person is necessary

    for the purpose of inquiry into the above-mentioned offence”and the person summonedneeded “to give such informa-tion relating to the said allegedoffence as he may possess”.

    The SIT had earlier exam-ined the then IG BathindaADGP Jitendra Jain, the thenLudhiana Police CommissionerIGP Paramraj SinghUmaranangal, the then DIGFerozepur Range IGP AmarSingh Chahal, the thenFaridkot DeputyCommissioner MS Jaggi, thethen Faridkot SSP SS Mann, the then FaridkotSDM VK Syal, besides the thenKotkapura MLA and SADleader Mantar Singh Brar.

    In addition, 50 private per-sons and more than 30 policeofficials of junior rank have alsobeen examined.

    The five-member SIT wasset up by the Capt AmarinderSingh Government inSeptember this year, soon afterissuance of the notification towithdraw investigation of sac-rilege incidents of Guru GranthSahib from the CBI.

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    Haryana Chief Secretary DSDhesi on Sunday said theseriousness of administrativeofficers and representatives ofPanchayati Raj Institutionswould be evaluated on thebasis of their contribution incurbing burning of cropresidue in the State.

    He said it will be added tothe ACRs of the sub division-al officers that the concernedofficer has shown this muchseriousness in curbing suchincidents.

    Apart from this, he direct-ed to suspend Sarpanches ofvillage Hizrawan Kalan andHizrawan Khurd andNambardar of village Kasimpurof district Fatehabad for notcooperating with the districtadministration in putting acheck on crop residue burningincidents.

    Dhesi, who was presidingover a meeting of administra-tive officers of districtsFatehabad, Sirsa and Jind, atFatehabad, said that the periodtill November 25 is very crucialbecause this is the period whenmaximum cases of crop residueburning are reported.

    In view of this, the ChiefSecretary constituted twocommittees. A committee com-prising of members of Revenue,

    Agriculture and DistrictDevelopment and PanchayatDepartments would monitorthe sensitive villages all the timewhereas the committee of subdivisional officer and Tehsildarwould visit different villages ofthe district from time to time.

    The Chief Secretary wasinformed that geo taggingwould soon be done of agri-cultural implements beinggiven on subsidy at custom hir-ing centres or individually.This would help in assessingwhether the implements havebeen actually used or not.

    It was also directed to holda meeting with scientists ofChaudhary Charan SinghHaryana AgriculturalUniversity to suggest new vari-

    ety instead of PUSA 1401 vari-ety of paddy, which causesmore pollution on burning.

    In the meeting, sarpanch-es, panches, nambardars, gramsachivs, patwaris, chaukidarsand government employeeswere strictly cautioned that ifthey or their relatives are foundburning crop residue thenaction would be initiatedagainst them.

    The Chief Secretary alsodirected the DeputyCommissioners of district Sirsaand Jind to adopt the decisiontaken by the DeputyCommissioner Fatehabad ofnot issuing arms licences orrenew old licences of those per-sons who are found guilty ofburning crop residue.

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    Haryana Chief Secretary DSDhesi on Sunday said thatcrop residue based CompressedBio Gas (CBG) plants would beestablished in three districts ofthe State namely Kurukshetra,Kaithal and Jind.

    Apart from this, a MoUhad been signed betweenIndian Oil Corporation andRenewable Energy Departmentunder which crop residuewould be purchased from farm-ers for these plants and energywould be generated out of it, theChief Secretary said at Hisar.

    He said the building con-struction material was being prepared from cropresidue in a factory at Haridwarwhere farmers fromKurukshetra have also beensending their crop residue.

    Dhesi added the role ofHaryana is being adverselypublicised for increasing envi-ronment pollution and mis-leading publicity is being car-ried out in this direction. But

    actually, crop residue wasburned on only 2 per cent areaof total sown area of paddy inHaryana during last yearwhereas this year, the cropresidue was burned on only 1per cent area, he claimed.

    The Chief Secretary furthersaid that the role of Haryanaand its farmers in the pollutionof Delhi is negligible, butrumours are being spread inthis direction.

    Such images are being pre-sented that farmers of Haryana are burning cropresidue in each and every agri-cultural field.

    In Haryana, paddy crop ismainly sown on 13 lakh hectares area in ten dis-tricts, he said.

    As per the data receivedfrom HARSAC, crop residueburning cases were reported on 12,473 places in the State in 2017.

    Similarly, this year suchcases were reported on 7,273places which is only 1 per centof the total area, Dhesi added.

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    The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) on Sunday urgedPunjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh to ensurethe safety and security of stu-dents from other States study-ing in the universities and col-leges of the State.

    “At present, the studentsfrom across the country andfrom other countries are study-ing in the universities of Statethat is benefitting the Statefinancially and also establish-ing the profile of State. In suchcondition, discriminating withthem on the basis of religion,caste or language is con-demnable,” said AAP’s Punjabyouth wing in-charge and MLA

    Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayerand party’s chief spokespersonand MLA Prof Baljinder Kaur.

    AAP MLAs said thatPunjab is being established as‘education hub’ in the region,and due to the apathy of theState and Central Governments,the condition of Government’suniversities and other institu-tions is pitiable, and that waswhy the private universitiesare offering higher educationcourses to the students.

    They said that due to delayin releasing post-matric schol-arship funds to the students,the universities and colleges arealready having tough time, andin this situation, the insecuri-ty among students is addingfuel to the fire.

    “The people in countryare being divided on the linesof caste, colour and religion andPunjab must set an example insuch conditions. Punjab isknown for its secular approachand the people from differentwalks are living peacefully foryears. The Sikh religion andphilosophy of Sufi saints teachus to respect each individual,”said the AAP leaders.

    AAP leaders said policeharassing students from north-eastern States, Bihar, Jammu &Kashmir etc is wrong. “AAPbelieves in the integrity andunity of India and anyone whois working against it should notbe spared but the interrogationof students and victimisingthem is inhuman,” they added.

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    Taking strong exception tothe SGPC’s decision toremove noted Sikh scholar andeminent historian Dr KirpalSingh from his post as chair-man of the Sikh HistoryResource Editing Project in themidst of the controversy overalleged distortion of Sikh his-tory in Class XII school books,Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on Sundayflayed the decision saying thatit was clearly taken at thebehest of their Akali masters.

    The Chief Minister point-ed to the decision’s timing,which he termed as patentlypolitically motivated, to lam-bast the Akalis, who were con-trolling the SGPC, forindulging in cheap politicalgimmickry to divert publicattention from their internalcrisis and from the more seri-ous issue of the sacrilege cases,in which the Justice (Retd)Ranjit Singh Commission hadfound them to be involved.

    “Had the SGPC been evenremotely concerned about dis-tortion of history syllabus of thePunjab School EducationBoard (PSEB), their two mem-bers, who were part of the over-sight committee set up toreview the syllabus, would haveattended the meetings of thepanel,” said Capt Amarinder.

    Notably, a syllabus over-sight committee comprisingeminent Sikh scholars underthe chairmanship of Dr KirpalSingh was constituted by theGovernment to look into thematter.

    The Chief Minister flayedthe Badals for indulging inpolitical witch-hunt to createcommunal unrest in the stateto further their political agen-da, which had hit a nadir, aswas evident from their rejec-tion not just by the people ofthe state but also by their ownsenior party leaders.

    On the issue of the histo-ry syllabus, the Chief Minister

    said that it was the Akalis whowere solely responsible for dis-tortions and mistakes in schoolhistory books during theirregime in 2014, when theHuman Resources Ministry ofBJP led NDA Governmenttook the first step to ‘rationalise’the syllabus of social sciencessubjects in the name of ‘nation-alistic’ approach.

    Subsequently, the HRDMinistry gave directions to thestates to include a representa-tive of NCERT in the syllabuscommittee to be constituted forthis purpose.

    Further, the Chief Ministerpointed out that the SAD-BJPgovernment in the state hadconstituted a 14-member com-mittee, mostly from amongstthe teaching staff of PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh, andno one was taken from PunjabiUniversity, Patiala, or GNDUAmritsar. One junior lecturerfrom Sri Guru Teg BahadurKhalsa College, Delhi, wasincluded in the committee.

    In the name of rationalisa-tion, the history syllabus was for-mulated in such a way that his-tory of Punjab was introducedin four Classes from IX to XII inan incoherent design, said CaptAmarinder, adding that only twotopics of Sikh history were pro-vided for in Class XII.

    The study of Guru NanakDev was included in Bhaktimovement chapter, therebydemeaning his status asfounder of Sikhism, he added.

    The Akalis then quietlyagreed to the fate accompli butcreated hue and cry after theywere shunted out of office,said the Chief Minister, addingthat Dr Kirpal Singh’s removalas chairman of the Sikh HistoryResource Editing Project atthis critical juncture, when thesyllabus was being reviewed ina rational and apolitical man-ner, indicated a clear attempt bySAD to sabotage the efforts ofthe Congress Government toresolve the issue in the largerinterests of the students.

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    Condemning the act of van-dalism at UK’s newly-inau-gurated Indian war memorial,Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on Sundaycalled for strict action againstthe culprits of the apparentlyracial attack on the occasion ofthe World War I centenary.

    The vandalism of the 10-foot high statue, depicting aSikh soldier of the 15th Sikhsymbolic of the contribution ofSouth Asian soldiers to WorldWar I, was outrageous, said theChief Minister, expressing seri-ous concern and distress overthe incident, which comes inthe backdrop of a series ofracial attacks against Sikhs inUK and other Western nationsin recent months.

    The statue was unveiled theprevious Sunday and was dam-aged hours before a planned

    remembrance event to honourthe Sikhs soldiers who laiddown their lives during theGreat War.

    Over 74,000 soldiers fromIndia sacrificed themselvesduring World War I and severalevents were being organized invarious countries to com-memorate the sacrifices of sol-diers from around the worldwho participated in the wareffort between 1914 and 1918,as part of the centenary of theGreat War.

    Capt Amarinder said thatthe shocking and horrific actwas a clear attempt by racist elements to underminethe contribution of Sikhs soldiers to the War, and to create an environment ofhatred and enmity against thecommunity.

    The anguish of the Sikhcommunity over the incidentwas understandable, he said,

    urging the UK authorities to goall out to identify and bring theculprits to book.

    Notably, Guru NanakGurdwara, Smethwick, haddonated around 20,000 poundsfor the bronze sculpture, whilethe local Sandwell Council hadinvested in creating the publicspace with seating and lightingto house the new monument.The inaugural event wasattended by hundreds, includ-ing Labour Party MP PreetKaur Gill, the UK’s first femaleSikh MP.

    More than the financialloss, however, it was the paincaused to the sentiments of theSikh community, which hadlost thousands of men to thewar, in distant lands, far fromtheir homes, said CaptAmarinder adding that there isno village in the erstwhileundivided Punjab that hasn’tlost a person in the war.

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    Punjab Education MinisterOm Parkash Soni onSunday said that Governmentschools in the State will beequipped with computers andwill be brought at par with theprivate ones.

    He said that the StateGovernment has removed theshortage of teachers in borderareas and hoped the results ofschools in these areas will bebetter this year.

    “Government schools willbe equipped with computersand smart classrooms and willbe brought at par with the bestprivate schools,” he said whilepresiding over a function to paytributes to country’s first PrimeMinister Jawahar Lal Nehru inAmritsar.

    He also said teachers

    should become ideal teachersas country’s future is in theirhands.

    Soni said the country’s firstPrime Minister had shown anew path to the nation. Weshould all strive hard to walkon the path shown by him, hesaid. Soni, who is also theEnvironment Minister, said “Itis our duty to save the envi-ronment”.

    With the cooperation offarmers, stubble burning inci-dents have been less this yearand air quality index hasimproved a lot in Punjab, headded.

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    Aam Aadmi Party onSunday criticized theCongress-led PunjabGovernment’s “anti-teacher”policy to forcefully transferthe agitating teachers to theState’s border areas.

    “The State Government’smove is inhuman and anattempt to silence the voice ofpeacefully agitating teachers,”said AAP’s core committeechairman Principal Budhram,adding that it has exposed theanti-employee face of CaptAmarinder Singh Government.

    The Government wantedthat even if it harassed theteachers, they should not evenutter a word against it, he added.

    Principal Budhram saidthat the Government, in an

    autocratic way, reduced thepay of teachers from �45,000per month to �10,500 and isnow harassing them mentallyif they raise their voice.

    He also condemned thedecision to transfer the teach-ers without any policy. “Amongthe agitating teachers, 26 fromBathinda, five from Moga, 14from Mansa, 16 fromHoshiarpur, six from Patiala,five from Amritsar, among oth-ers, were transferred to hun-dreds of kilometres away fromtheir native areas,” he pointed.

    Condemning theGovernment’s attitude,Principal Budhram warnedthat in case the Governmentdid not stop its autocratic poli-cies against the teachers, AAPwould soon start an agitationagainst it.

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    Aday after Hisar MPDushyant Chautala andhis brother Digvijay Chautalarefused to accept their expul-sions from the INLD amid afamily feud, their mother andDabwali MLA Naina Chautalaon Sunday attacked theirdetractors.

    “Tau Devi Lal planted thetree which became INLD, henurtured it all his life, butsome 15-odd people haveinfested it like termites and areeating it,” she said whileaddressing a gathering ofwomen supporters.

    “I was shocked and hurtthat accusations of indisciplinewere levelled against my chil-dren. They were victimisedbecause some supporters raisedslogans in their favour (in anINLD rally). If someone raisesslogans in your favour, I don't

    think that amounts to indisci-pline. Do you think Dushyantand Digvijay are undisci-plined?,” asked Naina.

    She said her husband AjayChatuala had given 40 years tothe Indian National Lok Dal.

    Naina Chautala appealedto workers to realise the dreamsof former Deputy PrimeMinister Devi Lal and INLDpresident and former ChiefMinister Om PrakashChautala.

    Meanwhile, Ajay Chautalaand Dushyant Chautala metparty workers in Rewari andDelhi respectively whileDigvijay met supporters inBhiwani on Sunday.

    Talking to reporters inBhiwani, Digvijay Chautalaruled out the possibility of anymediation by Akali Dal patri-arch and former Punjab ChiefMinister Parkash Singh Badalto arrest the feud within the

    INLD and Chautala family.Digvijay made the remarks,

    when asked if Ajay Chautalawas likely to meet Badal incoming days to seek his medi-ation to bridge the widening riftwithin the Chautala family.

    A day before, DushyantChautala had refused to accepthis expulsion and that of hisbrother Digvijay Chautala fromthe INLD, claiming that theparty's national executive hadnot met and the sack order wasnot issued by party presidentOm Prakash Chautala.

    On November 2, an INLDpress release, quoting theirgrandfather Om PrakashChautala had announced theirexpulsion following an inquirywhich found them guilty of“indiscipline”. Both are thesons of Ajay Chautala, who ispitted against his youngerbrother Abhay Chautala in thepower struggle.

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    Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)core committee on Sundayformed a nine-member com-mittee to assist the ShiromaniGurdwara Parbandhak Com-mittee (SGPC) in celebrating the550th birth anniversary of Sikhs’first master, Guru Nanak Dev, ina befitting manner.

    At the same time, the partydemanded to immediately sackthe Punjab Education MinisterOP Soni “for forcefully distrib-uting distorted history books toschool children”.

    The Core Committee,which met under the chair-manship of party presidentSukhbir Badal, also condemnedthe Congress-led PunjabGovernment for passing dictatesordering farmers to delay trans-plantation of paddy by 10 dayssaying that “this had resulted inhigher moisture content andnow farmers are suffering inmandis and even being exploit-ed by unscrupulous elements”.

    The Core Committeedemanded that the farmers becompensated at the rate of�15,000 per acre for the drop inyield due to the faulty decisionof the Government to delaytransplantation and resultantproblems including late sowingof the wheat crop.

    It also condemned the gov-ernment for not announcing anenhanced SAP (State AdvisedPrice) for sugarcane saying thatit was hell bent on drivingfarmers to suicide by refusing tocome to their aid in their timeof dire crisis.

    Asking the CongressGovernment to increase theSAP by �50 on the pattern of the SAD-BJP Government, itsaid that SAP of �360 per quintal should be announcedimmediately.

    The Committee also askedthe Government to expeditepayment of sugarcane dues tofarmers and announced that itwould hold two dharnas at Gu-rdaspur on November 26 andMorinda on November 28.

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    Brahmpura had also accusedthe duo of running mafia andmanaging pardon for Derachief and Bargari killings. Onlyrecently, Brahmpura had amassive show of strength whileattacking Sukhbir-Majithiafrom left, right and centre for“ruining the party” while turn-ing it into a business company.

    Once known as ‘Majhe DaJarnail’ in the party, Brahmpurahad given a call to his sup-porters and party workers dur-ing a rally at historic ChohlaSahib village in Tarn Taran dis-trict to free SAD from Sukhbir-Majithia control.

    From Page 1Bains said that the core

    committee felt that Badal and Sukhbir displayed “extraordinary patience, humil-ity and tolerance even in the face of utterly unwarrant-ed personal attacks against them and against theparty by these leaders whohad benefited immensely bythe large-heartedness of thetwo leaders”.

    It was pointed thatBrahampura was alwaysextended “preferential treat-ment over every other leader ofthe State”, especially of his ownregion. “He twice remainedMinister in the AkaliGovernments, a legislator forfour times apart from holdingthe most senior posts in theparty next only to ParkashSingh Badal and the partypresident,” the committeenoted.

    The party pointed that asSAD’s senior leaders, bothBrahampura and Ajnala wereprivy to and part of everydecision that the party took inthe past, including while theparty was in government in

    Punjab. “Brahmpura has beenissuing statements against theparty on the issue of sacrilege,forgetting that he had himselfforced the party leadership toallot a ticket to his sonRavinder Singh Brahmpura tocontest as legislative assemblycandidate on the Akali ticketwhen the Congress leaderRamanjit Singh Sikki hadresigned and vacated his seaton the issue of sacrilege,” thecommittee added.

    It was added thatBrahmpura got his nephew,Alwinder Pal Singh Pakhoke,elevated as commissioner in thePunjab InformationCommission by the sameGovernment which he is crit-

    icising today.Core Committee further

    added that Dr Ajnala alwaysremained Badals’ personalfavourite, and not only got theparty ticket repeatedly for theVidhan Sabha but was even ele-vated to the prestigious posi-tion as MP.

    “Both these leaders utterly disregarded the humil-ity, patience and large-heart-edness showed by the party patriarch and formerChief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and by SAD pres-ident Sukhbir Badal,” noted the core panel adding thatindiscipline against the party could not be tolerated atany cost.

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    Punjab Government onSunday placed under sus-pension two inspectors of theState procurement agencies —Markfed and Pungrain — afterthe issue of alleged bogusbilling of paddy procurementin Patti grain market of TarnTaran district came into light.

    Several irregularities werefound in the investigation con-ducted by the team of theState’s Food and Civil SuppliesDepartment. The purchase ofMarkfed and Pungrain in PattiMandi has been stopped, andnow, Punjab Agro and PUN-SUP will procure paddy in themandi.

    Notably, complaintsregarding irregularities in pro-curement in Patti grain marketwere received by the Food andCivil Supplies Minister BharatBhushan Ashu, who ordered toconduct an inquiry.

    After that a team of depart-ment officials was constitutedand sent for the inspection,which found several irregular-ities in the purchase, such as thePungrain inspector purchasedmore than the limit of 25 per-cent of the purchase.

    “There was no division ofcommission agent's shopsamong different agencies in thegrain market. The purchase reg-ister was also not maintained,”the probe report pointed.

    Besides, in Patti grain mar-ket, the said Inspector did notmake any purchase fromOctober 22 to 31, 2018, where-as the lifting of 28,653 bags hadbeen shown, which was latershown collectively as purchaseof November 1 and 2, thereport added.

    The Department has start-ed a campaign against suchmalpractices since September

    to stop the bogus billing, inwhich two lakh bags of paddywere seized from variousshellers of Ferozepur in the lastweek of September.

    Meanwhile, 25,000 bags ofrice were seized in Jalandharand Moga districts. In October,15,000 bags of paddy wereseized in Sangrur. As many14,000 bags of paddy wereseized from trucks on theShambhu Barrier, which werefrom other States.

    In Khanna, 5000 bags ofpaddy were also seized, whichwere purchased from Bihar atlower price and supposed to besold in Punjab with the con-nivance of arhtiyas and shellerowners.

    Ashu said that the farmerswill not face any problem inPatti grain market as now only2,000 MT of paddy arrival isexpected.

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    Over 54,000 students andfaculty belonging to theKalinga Institute of IndustrialTechnology (KIIT) Universityand the Kalinga Institute ofSocial Sciences (KISS) stand to benefit from a range ofopportunities that would beavailable as the result of a part-nership with the British Council.

    In this connection, two

    MoUs were signed between theBritish Council India and theKIIT-KISS on November 10. Onbehalf of the British Council,Alan Gemmell OBE, DirectorBritish Council India and ProfSasmita Samanta, Registrar,KIIT along with Dr PrashantRoutray, CEO, KISS signed theMoUs for KIIT and KISS,respectively.

    They would work on devel-oping initiatives to improvecapacity and motivation ofEnglish language teachers and

    faculty in the KIIT InternationalSchool, Schools of Technology,School of Management andSchool of Medicine at KIIT.

    They would develop theEnglish language proficiency ofstudents across schools toimprove employability and softskills.

    Also, they would promotefaculty mobility to provide inter-national exposure through exchange programmesbetween KIIT and the UK uni-versities.

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    Even as a controversy hasemerged over the holding ofrarest of the rare attire of theLord Jagannath and His sib-lings, the Raghunath Besha,outside the Shreemanditpremises at a function inBhubaneswar, the ShreeJagannath TempleAdministration (SJTA) hasinformed that the same eventwill be held in the Puri in 2020after a gap of 115 years.

    Lord Jagannath along withsiblings Lord Balabhadra andGoddess Subhadra will beadorned with precious jew-elleries. Millions of devoteeswill witness the rare attire of thedeities on the Ratna Singhasan(bejewelled throne), informed

    SJTA chief administratorPradipta Kumar Mohapatrawho attended a programme inBhubaneswar on Saturday.

    In this regard, a discussionwill be held at Niti sub-com-mittee meeting within three tofour months, he said.

    The Raghunath Besha hasbeen conducted nine times inthe last 500 years. It was lastheld in 1905 when a largenumber of devotees hadflocked the pilgrim city to seethe rare sight of the Lords.

    He assured that all sorts of

    initiatives will be taken by thetemple administration forsmooth conduct of the event atthe shrine.

    According to SrimandirRecord of Rights, Madala Panjiand other sources, theRaghunath Besha was first heldin the year 1577. Later, it wasconducted in 1739, 1809, 1833,1842, 1893, 1896 and 1905.

    It will be for the tenthtime Lord Jagannath willappear in Raghunath Besha inthe year 2020.

    Earlier, saint BabaJagadananda Das had appealedto the Government for con-ducting the Besha in 1969.

    However, he failed in hismission. In 1983, a meetingchaired by the then Collectorwas held with the administrators and servitorsto discuss the smooth conductof the event. However, theirefforts went in vain.

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    The Central VigilanceCommission is slated tosubmit a report on its enquiryagainst benched CBI DirectorAlok Verma on Monday. TheCVC was tasked by theSupreme Court on October 26to probe within two weeks theallegations of bribery and med-dling in high profile cases byVerma as alleged by CBISpecial Director RakeshAsthana through a complaintto the Cabinet Secretary onAugust 24.

    The apex court is sched-uled to hear the matter relatingto allegations against Verma onMonday. After going throughthe CVC’s report, it may take acall if further probe is requiredagainst Verma.

    The SC had appointed for-mer apex court judge AKPatnaik to supervise the CVCenquiry against Verma.

    Amid continuing publicfeud between Verma and hisdeputy through allegations andcounter allegations, the duowas sent on leave by the

    Government on October 23and both were divested of theirsupervisory functions of theCBI till the CVC probe wasover.

    All eyes will be set on thehearing as Verma had appearedthrice before the vigilancewatchdog as part of the enquiryagainst him. While Verma haddenied the allegations levelledby Asthana against him, hecould not explain his failure insubmitting the case files despiterepeated reminders by theCVC.

    Verma’s plea challengingthe Government’s move againsthim was heard by a three-judgeBench headed by Chief Justice

    Ranjan Gogoi on October 26.The matter will now be heardon November 12 before a two-judge Bench comprising theCJI and Justice SK Kaul.

    During the hearing onVerma’s plea on October 26, theSC had issued notices to theCentre and the CVC whilesetting a deadline of two weeksfor the CVC to complete thepreliminary enquiry againstthe CBI Director.

    The court had alsorestrained CBI Joint Directorand IPS officer M NageswaraRao, who has been given inter-im charge of the agency, fromtaking any major policy deci-sion.

    On Monday, the top courtwould also peruse the decisionstaken by Rao from October 23,including transfer of investi-gations and change of investi-gating officers and is expectedto pass appropriate order onsuch decisions.

    During the last hearing, thecourt had said a list of all thedecisions taken by Rao between“October 23, 2018 and up tothis hour including decisions

    with regard to transfer of inves-tigations, change of investi-gating officer(s) etc will be fur-nished to the court in a sealedcover on or before November12, 2018 where after orders aswould be appropriate will bepassed by the court.”

    Solicitor General TusharMehta, appearing for the CVCbefore the SC, had said theCVC has been conducting anenquiry into the allegationsmade in the August 24 note/let-ter of the Cabinet Secretarywith regard to Verma.

    “We want to see prelimi-nary probe report in 10 days todecide whether it requires fur-ther probe,” the Bench had saidand later extended the deadlineto 14 days when the SG arguedfor more time to complete theenquiry by the CVC.

    Asthana has also movedthe SC with a separate petitionin the matter challenging theGovernment decision to divesthim of his powers and sendhim on leave. In his plea,Asthana had also soughtremoval of Verma from thepost of CBI Director.

    From Page 1The aim is to deter the ter-

    rorists, especially the foreignultras, from gaining upper handin the fight against terrorism,they said. There are at least 70to 80 foreign ultras now hidingin north Kashmir.

    Attributing the high num-ber of terrorists killed this yearas compared to 217 for theentire last year to improvedintelligence inflow from thelocal police, they said it has comeabout despite several police-men targeted by the terrorists asa warning two months back.Officials said the real time intel-ligence has helped the securityforces, including the Army and

    paramilitary, to launch opera-tions sometimes within seven to10 minutes after getting thevital clue about the whereaboutsof the terrorists.

    As regard the overall situa-tion in terms of terrorism relat-ed violence, 14 incidents ofattacks on Army camps tookplace this year but the Armyfoiled most of them. However,two incidents saw casualtiesincluding six soldiers killedwhen ultras managed to get intoan Army camp in Sunjwan nearJammu this year. One soldierwas killed on Thursday whenterrorists fired from a distanceat sentry on guard duty of 42Rashtriya Rifles camp in Tral.

    From Page 1The BJP had in 2013

    secured a 44.88 per cent voteshare to Congress’s 36.38. A keystatistic again here is that theBSP had bagged 6.29 per centvote share.

    The BSP could prove to bea game-changer if it holds ontoits clout.

    Madhya Pradesh has alsohad its share of twists with sev-eral switching of camps byvarious leaders. Among thenotable switches, Sanjay SinghMasani, the brother-in-law ofMadhya Pradesh ChiefMinister Shivraj SinghChouhan and senior BJP leaderSartaj Singh joined theCongress, while PremchandGuddu, a Dalit leader, joined

    the BJP.Rajasthan seems to be a

    different battleground fromMP and Chhattisgarh as a keystatistic here is that since 1998,the Congress and the BJP havewon Vidhan Sabha electionsalternately, neither able toretain power for consecutiveterms.

    In the 2013 RajasthanAssembly polls, the BJP had won 45.17 per cent votes,while the Congress had got33.07 per cent.

    However, voters here tra-ditionally haven’t elected thesame party to power for twoterms in a row and hence anti-incumbency is a major playerhere than other States.

    Both Modi and the Gandhi

    scion have been crisscrossingall the poll bound States,including Telangana, for hecticcampaigns.

    Polls in MP and Mizoram will take place onNovember 28, while Assemblyelections in Rajasthan andTelangana will be held onDecember 7.

    Inspector General of Police(Raipur range) Dipanshu Kabrasaid a team of the BorderSecurity Force (BSF) was outon an area domination opera-tion in view of the polls onMonday when Naxals blew upthe improvised explosive device(IED) in a forest in Kanker dis-trict, around 200 km from theState capital Raipur.

    BSF sub-inspector

    Mahendra Singh was serious-ly injured in the blast and hesuccumbed to injuries whilebeing taken to a hospital, saidKabra, who is the nodal officerfor election-related security inthe State. This is the fourth IEDblast triggered by Naxals inChhattisgarh in the last 15days.

    In another incident, aMaoist, clad in ‘uniform’ wasgunned down in an encounterwith security forces in Bijapurdistrict, located around 450 kmfrom here.

    The exchange of fire tookplace at a forest in Bedre areawhen a team of the Special TaskForce (STF) was out on an anti-Naxal operation, a senior policeofficial said. The body of therebel and a rifle were recoveredfrom the spot.

    Helicopters have beenpressed into service for air-lift-ing EVMs, polling personneland polling materials to pollingstations in sensitive remoteareas, a senior police officialearlier said.

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    In a major reshuffle in theBiju Mahila Janata Dal(BMJD) ahead of the 2019general elections, BJD supremoNaveen Patnaik appointedMinati Behera as the presidentof the party’s women wing,replacing Pramila Mallick onSunday.

    Just an hour after Beheraresigned from her post as theCommissioner for Personswith Disabilities, she was givencharge of the BMJD chief.

    Pramila Mallick was ele-vated as the vice-president ofBJD and advisor of the BMJD.

    Lopamudra Buxipatra,who also quit the post as theChairperson of Odisha StateCommission for Women(SCW) on the day ahead of thecompletion of her three-yearterm, was handed over a newcharge as the working presidentof the BMJD.

    Besides her, BJD womenleaders Shreemayee SwetaSnigdha Mishra, SulochanaDas and Gitarani Bastia wereappointed as working presi-dents in the party’s womenwing.

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    The Lalkuan police and localintelligence unit (LIU) per-sonnel were surprised whileconducting a verification drivewhen two men candidlyinformed them that they werefrom Kabul, Afghanistan.

    The duo was selling herbswhen they were questionedabout their identity. Afterascertaining that they werefrom Afghanistan, the policetook them into custody anddirected them to leave thecountry for violation of visaregulations.

    According to informationprovided by sources, theKotwali sub inspectorChandrashekhar Joshi was con-ducting a verification drive inSanjaynagar- Hathikhana areaon Sunday morning. He came across two men sell-ing herbs to the locals. Whenhe asked them for identificationdocuments, they informed himthat they were fromAfghanistan and were in Indiaon tourist visas.

    The Kotwali police calledthe local intelligence unit per-sonnel to the spot. The intelligence personnel tookthe duo into custody and ques-tioned them.

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    For effective implementationof the Real Estate Act, theHousing and Urban AffairsMinistry will hold a day-longworkshop for home-buyers,bank representatives, buildersand other stakeholders fromnorthern States on Thursday.

    According to the official, theparticipants from the northernStates, including Uttarakhand,Uttar Pradesh, Haryana,Himachal Pradesh and Punjab,will discuss issues pertaining tothe legislation of 2016, whichprovides proper protection tohome-buyers.

    The Real Estate (Regulationand Development) Act wasenacted by Parliament and Stateswere given powers to notify theirrespective rules and appoint

    regulatory authorities.The official said home-buy-

    ers can raise issues pertaining todelay in delivery of flats in theworkshop. The legislation pro-vides for timely delivery ofhousing units by builders whoseprojects are registered under it.

    “It has been two years sincethe legislation was enacted byParliament. We want all stake-holders — banks, regulatoryauthorities, home-buyers andbuilders — to discuss issues per-taining to its implementation,”the official said. Similar work-shops had been organised inPune and Chennai earlier.

    Till last month, 13 States andunion territories have appoint-ed a permanent regulator, while14 have interim regulators.Kerala is in the process of settingup a regulator. As many as 22

    States and union territories havefunctional web portals under thelaw. As many as 32,923 realestate projects have been regis-tered under the legislation acrossthe country. Also, 25,247 realestate agents have been regis-tered under it. The official saidthat barring West Bengal, sixnortheastern States and Jammu& Kashmir, all states and unionterritories have been imple-menting its provisions.

    In the Northeast, ArunchalPradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur,Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkimhave not notified the legislationand its rules so far due to land-related and other issues. WestBengal has notified its own realestate act — the Housing andIndustrial Regulation Act, 2017(HIRA) — instead of imple-menting the central law.

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    Congress on Sunday accusedPrime Minister NarendraModi of benefitting “friends” bypromoting private and cronycapitalists at the expense ofpublic institutions anddemanded an independentjudicial probe into the new ‘59-minute loan scheme’ for theMSME sector.

    Alleging the scheme a“scam”, Congress leader GauravVallabh demanded that theaffairs of portalwww.Psbloansin59minutes.Com, processing loans to smallindustries, be fully investigat-ed and its contract with theGovernment cancelled. Therewas no immediate responsefrom either the Government orthe PMO or the ruling BJP overthe charges made by theCongress.

    Prime Minister Modilaunched a new facility for

    micro, small and mediumenterprises (MSMEs) along-side a slew of measures for thesector, which, Vallabh said,incidentally has been batteredfor a long term due to demon-etisation in November 2016.

    He said a platform to facil-itate quick loans was launchedon November 2, 2018 with“pomp and promotion showtypical in nature of varioustypes of propaganda of thisGovernment”. The Congressleader alleged that the web por-tal is supported by public sec-tor institutions such as SIDBIand PSU banks as partners,even though it is owned byAhmedabad-based privatecompany CapitaWorldPlatform Pvt Ltd.

    He alleged that the com-pany is charging �1,000 andanother �180 as GST fromeach small industry registeredon its website and so far lakhsof entities have been “cheated”

    by it. Based on the euphoricresponse, if 1 million MSMEsapply for the same, the saidcompany stands to gain �100crore for lead generation, hesaid and asked, “Should aGovernment scheme beallowed to enrich private par-ties?”

    “The Congress partydemands that the agreementwith a private party(CapitaWorld) to ‘loot’ MSMEsector should be cancelledwith immediate effect and anenquiry on the role of PrimeMinister’s Office and FinanceMinister in this ‘massivefinancial fraud’ should be ini-tiated by an independent judi-cial body,” Vallabh toldreporters.

    “To benefit his ‘friends’,Prime Minister Modi has givena contract to manage the‘www.Psbloansin59minutes.Com’ to Ahmedabad-basedCapitaWorld private limitedand the company was incor-porated on March 30, 2015 andas per financial year 2017 itsincome is �15,000 odd withoutany operations till then,” hesaid.

    He also alleged that itschief executive officer has been

    a part of Modi’s poll campaignin 2014 general elections, whohas now been “benefitted” inthis form.

    The Congress leader saidthe company was valued at�19.216 crore pre-investmentas of April 2018 and based onthis valuation nine entities,including SIDBI, Bank ofBaroda and SBI, invested �22crore into this company for 54per cent shareholding and itspost-investment valuation is�41 crore.

    Vallabh said the RBI hasraised red flags on bad loans,cyber security and bank fraudsand such “euphoric schemes”initiated by the Government isfraught with very high risks.

    SIDBI has, however,claimed that CapitaWorld —the company behind the ‘loanin 59 minutes’ portal launchedby Modi last week — is a pub-lic-sector firm. Public sectorunit (PSU) institutions have anoption to increase stake from56 per cent to 74 per cent in thefuture. “A consortium of sixpublic banks led by SIDBI held56 per cent in the fintech com-pany Capita World which gaveit a public sector character,”SIDBI tweeted.

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    National Commission forMinorities chief GhayorulHasan Rizvi on Sunday saidRam temple must be built inAyodhya so that Muslims canlive “peacefully” and “respect-fully”. Rizvi also stressed that thedispute should be resolved soonto help strengthen ties betweencommunities.

    Some Muslim organisationshad sought the panel’s inter-vention in the Ayodhya title suitcase, Rizvi said. The commissionin its November 14 meeting willdecide whether to approach theSupreme Court for an earlyhearing on the matter or not, headded.

    “The National MinorityWelfare Organisation and someother outfits have sent us reportsthat the Muslim community inthe country is living in fear. Theyhave urged the commission totake an initiative to improve thecurrent atmosphere,” Rizvi said.

    “During the November 14meeting, we will hold discus-sions on the matter. But, as it issub-judice, we can only urge the

    apex court for an early hearing,”he said.

    Rizvi further said that theorganisations wanted Muslimsto help in the construction ofRam temple at the disputed siteand make sure that no such con-troversy erupts in future again.The minority panel chief alsomade it clear that there was nopossibility of building mosquesor offering namaz in Ayodhya.

    “Even I believe that inAyodhya, neither mosques canbe built, nor namaz can beoffered. The place has a senti-mental value for 100 croreHindus,” Rizvi said. “Therefore,Hindus must be allowed tobuild a Ram temple there(Ayodhya) so that Muslims canlive peacefully, respectfully andwithout any fear while con-tributing to the development ofthe nation,” he added.

    New Delhi: The Indian AirForce is “very much alive” toemerging threats that couldarise in the Indo Pacific region,Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoasaid on Sunday, and assertedthat his force was prepared todeal with any challenge to pro-tect India’s national interests.

    He also said there is causefor concern over the rate ofmodernisation and inductionof new equipment in India’sneighbourhood, even as Indiafaces challenges emanatingfrom “unresolved territorialdisputes” and “sponsored” non-state and transnational actors.But the IAF is capable of, and

    is moving ahead, for counter-ing them effectively, he told PTIin an interview.

    Asked whether the IAFcan play a role in smashing ter-rorist training camps across theLine of Control in Jammu &Kashmir, he did not rule outsuch a possibility.

    “The IAF is well equippedto take on threats which occurfrom across the border, be it inthe realm of sub conventionalor other domains,” the AirChief Marshal said.

    Referring to India’s imme-diate security challenges, with-out naming China andPakistan, he said, “The current

    challenges emanate from unre-solved territorial issues, spon-sored non-state actors andtransnational actors who actagainst national intereststhrough the global commons.”

    “The IAF is prepared 24x7for any threat and is ready fora befitting response to anycontingency with all our avail-able assets,” he told PTI.

    Dhanoa also made an indi-rect reference to China’s rapidmodernisation of its air forceand also about the infrastruc-ture development Beijing hascarried out in the TibetAutonomous Region (TAR)bordering India.

    “The IAF is well equippedto take on challenges across theentire range of threats thatcould emanate across our bor-ders. While there is a cause forconcern as regards to the rateof modernisation and induc-tion of new equipment in ourneighbourhood, the IAF isnevertheless, moving aheadwith appropriate measures tocater to these new develop-ments,” he said.

    Asked whether the IAFwas capable of playing a role toexpand India’s geo-politicalinfluence in the Indo-Pacificregion, he replied in the affir-mative and talked about IAF’s

    capabilities including havingthe second largest fleet of C-17s.

    “We have the secondlargest fleet of C-17s in theworld. Therefore, India willpull its heft in helping outfriendly nations in times ofhuman distress and humani-tarian relief. In addition, theIAF is very much alive to theemerging threats that couldarise in the Indo Pacificregion,” he said. At present, theIAF has a fleet of ten C-17Globemasters, used for strate-gic airlift missions, transport-ing troops and cargo for long-range missions. PTI

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    In the wake of a clashbetween Army and policepersonnel in ArunachalPradesh’s Bomdila town,Union Minister Kiren Rijiju onSunday said both the institu-tions should respect each otheras they are serving the nation.

    In a Facebook post, Rijijusaid the Army is country’spride which secures “ourmotherland” and police are thepillar of internal security.

    “We must respect bothgreat institutions. Every indi-vidual and institution func-tions under a system governedby law... Let’s respect andstrengthen each other,” hewrote. The Minister’s com-ments came in the wake ofsome soldiers allegedly van-dalising the Bomdila policestation, and assaulting policepersonnel and civilians lastweek.

    During a visit toArunachal Pradesh, DefenceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanand Rijiju took stock of the sit-uation arising out of the clash-es between Army and policepersonnel.

    “Our uniform people sac-rifice their personal comfortand family for thenation...There are always ele-

    mentary human errors whichcan be taken care of and thematter will be resolved. Iappeal everyone not to jumpinto the matter with loosecomments without knowingthe facts with prejudice mind-set (sic),” he said.

    Rijiju, who hails from theState, said the “spontaneous”decision of the DefenceMinister to visit Bomdila,where she interacted with localpeople and district adminis-tration, has “generated a hugegoodwill” among the resi-dents.

    Sitharaman met local peo-ple during a visit to ArunachalPradesh to celebrate Diwalialong with soldiers posted inthe forward areas along theSino-Indian border. In aTwitter post, the UnionMinister of State for homesaid that due to “indecorous”acts at individual level, a “rep-

    rehensible” incident took placebut the whole institutions can’tbe dragged along.

    “My constituency peopleare peace loving. But some out-side elements are making hate-ful comments on social mediawithout any factual knowl-edge,” he tweeted. The Bomdilaincident occurred when agroup of soldiers allegedlymisbehaved with civilians andpolice personnel at the BuddhaMahotsav celebrations lastweek, officials said.

    Following this, the localstation house officer went tothe spot and two soldiers werebrought to police station. Afterthat some soldiers allegedlyvandalised the Bomdila policestation, assaulted police per-sonnel and civilians, they said.

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    Air India on Sunday ground-ed its chief of operationsCaptain AK Kathpalia after heallegedly failed to clear pre-flight alcohol test. Kathpaliawas to operate the airline’sLondon-New Delhi flight onSunday afternoon.

    Sources said that Air Indiahad to call another pilot toreplace him and operate theflight (AI-111) which depart-ed after a delay of 55 minutes,causing inconvenience to pas-sengers. “We have groundedCapt A K Kathpalia as he failedtwice in the breath analyser test.He was to operate the Londonflight from New Delhi, but hefailed to clear the pre-flightalcohol test,” said soures.

    “He was given anotherchance, but the second test wasalso found positive followingwhich he was grounded,” hesaid. Air India spokespersonhowever was not available forcomments on the matter.

    Rule 24 of the AircraftRules prohibits crew membersfrom partaking any alcoholicdrink 12 hours prior to thecommencement of a flight,and it is mandatory for him/herto undergo an alcohol testboth before and after operating

    a flight.The prescribed punish-

    ment for such offences underthe DGCA rules is suspensionof flying licence for threemonths in case of first breach.For violating the norms for a

    second time, the licence is sus-pended for three years and fora third time, the licence is per-manently cancelled.

    Earlier, Kathpalia’s flyinglicence was suspended in 2017for three months by theDirectorate General of CivilAviation (DGCA) for alleged-ly skipping the breath analysertest before a flight. He was sub-sequently removed from thepost of executive director, oper-ations. However, he was laterappointed to the post of direc-tor (operations) in Air IndiaLtd for a period of five years. Asenior official at the DGCAsaid that a decision onKathpalia’s flying licence isexpected to be taken onMonday.

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