Washington, UnitedStates: India-Pakistanrelationship is critical toachieving peace and sta-bility in South Asia, theUS has said, as it assertedthat the perpetrators of theMumbai terror attack bebrought to justice.

The State DepartmentDeputy spokesperson,Mark Toner told reportersat the UN that India-Pakistan relationship is"absolutely critical toachieving peace and sta-bility in South Asia."

Responding to anotherquestion, Mr Toner saidthe US wants that the per-petrators of the Mumbaiterror attack, that left 166people dead, to bebrought to justice.

"President Obama stat-ed the Mumbai perpetra-tor's financiers, sponsors,must be held accountablefor their crimes. We con-tinue to follow the

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HAQSAADDAFIGHT FOR RIGHTTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 08, 2015

Azam Khan Hits Back at Opponents forSlamming His UN Remark

Violence in Varanasi WasTriggered by Police, Claims BJP

Connectivity Top Priority of OurGovernment: Jammu and Kashmir CM

Guwahati: The security wallof around 15 websites of vari-ous government departments,including Assam Police, havebeen breached and their homepages defaced by unknownhackers. "Around 10-15

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15 Websites of AssamGovernmentDepartments Hacked

Jaipur: At least 10 people inRajasthan have been found pos-itive for swine flu (H1N1), ahealth department official saidtoday.

One person was found posi-tive in Nagaur, two each in Kota,Baran and Jhalawar, and three in

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10 Swine Flu CasesReported in Rajasthan,Says Health Department

Chandigarh: Thousands ofpassengers in Punjab were hithard today as a few trains werestopped by protesting farmerson the first day of their two-dayagitation and some others werediverted by the railway authori-ties. The 'rail roko' agitation callwas given by eight farmers

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Trains Stopped, DivertedDue to Agitation ofFarmers in Punjab

Bhagalpur: A case was regis-tered today in connection withunauthorised landing of helicopterof Union Minister of StateUpendra Kushwaha at an electionrally venue in Pirpainty inBhagalpur district.

The case was registered atPirpainty police station on the statement of MagistrateAnil Kumar Singh, Sub-Divisional Police Officer of

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Case Registered in Landing of UnionMinister Upendra Kushwaha's Chopper

New Delhi: Nearly 95 lakhtoilets were set up in rural Indiain the last one year since thelaunch of the Swachh BharatMission, Rural DevelopmentMinister Birender Singh saidtoday.

The number of toilets con-structed was more than the targetof 60 lakh, Mr Singh said releasing a coffee table bookon Swachh Bharat Mission.

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95 Lakh Toilets Set Up in 1 Year,Says Union Minister Birender Singh

Mumbai: Renowned Pakistanighazal singer Ghulam Ali's con-cert in Mumbai has been can-celled after objections raised bythe Shiv Sena, which co-governsMaharashtra with the BJP.

The concert was cancelled afterthe organisers met Shiv Sena

Chief Uddhav Thackeray today. The event was sup-posed to be a tribute to Indian singer Jagjit Singh.

"We can't have cultural ties with Pakistan when theykill our soldiers," the Shiv Sena had said earlier today,demanding that the concert be cancelled.

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Pak Singer Ghulam Ali's Concert inMumbai Cancelled After Sena Threat

New Delhi: The governmenttoday cleared a proposal toestablish three new AIIMS inMaharashtra, Andhra Pradeshand West Bengal under thePradhan Mantri SwasthyaSuraksha Yojna (PMSSY) at atotal of cost of Rs. 4,949 crore.

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Centre ClearsProposal for SettingUp 3 New AIIMS

New Delhi: The UnionCabinet in a meeting chaired byPrime Minister Narendra Moditoday approved the protocol forcooperation between India andSeychelles in "blue economy"signed in August this year.

An official release said theCabinet gave its ex-post facto

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Cabinet Gives Nod for BlueEconomy Cooperation WithSeychelles

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Weather ReportDELHITemperature: 360CPrecipitation:36%Humidity: 54%Wind: 19Km/hr

KOLKATATemperature: 310CPrecipitation: 67%Humidity:66% Wind: 18Km/hr

CHENNAITemperature: 350CPrecipitation:65%Humidity:44%Wind: 17Km/hr

New Delhi: SpecialCrime Branch officers ofthe Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) arenow set to recreate thescene of the Sheena Boramurder in Mumbai andneighbouring areas onThursday.

They will also startquestioning the threeprime accused in the casefrom Thursday.

Official sources toldIANS the investigativeagency on Thursday willrecreate the crime scenealong with the mainaccused, IndraniMukherjea, her formerhusband Sanjeev Khannaand driver ShyamvarPinturam Rai.

The accused wouldlater be questioned by theCBI to unravel the mys-tery surrounding some ofthe unanswered ques-tions about the financialdealings and the familyequations that could haveforced Ms Indrani tohatch her own daughter's

murder plan.Sheena Bora, a 25-

year-old executive with aprivate company, wasmurdered on April 24,2012 and her body wasdisposed of in a forestarea in Gagode village inMaharashtra's Raigad

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Sheena Bora Murder Case: CBI toRecreate Crime Scene on Thursday

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New Delhi: Aam Admi Partylawmaker Somnath Bharti's petdog 'Don' was today given aclean chit by a city court whichsaid the allegation of the caninehaving bitten his wife wasunfounded.

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Somnath Bharti's Dog'Don' Gets Clean ChitFrom Court

NEWS IN BRIEF

Lakhisarai: BJP presi-dent Amit Shah todayasked Bihar ChiefMinister Nitish Kumarand Congress vice presi-dent Rahul Gandhi whythey are "silent" on RJDchief Lalu Prasad'sviews on beef and askedthem to come out openlywhether they endorse itor not.

"Why are NitishKumar and RahulGandhi silent on LaluPrasad's comment thatthere is no differencebetween beef and goatmeat ... Silence will notdo. They have to makepublic whether they

agree with Prasad's viewor not," Mr Shah saidaddressing an electionmeeting backing BJPcandidate Prem RanjanPatel at Suryagraha inLakhisarai district, about125 km from Patna.

The BJP chief camedown heavily on MrKumar and Mr Prasad,accusing them of keep-ing Bihar away fromdevelopment in the last25 years. Mr Prasad had

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India, Pakistan Ties are Critical forAchieving Peace in South Asia: US

Clear Stand on Lalu's Beef Remark: AmitShah to Nitish Kumar, Rahul Gandhi

Heavy Rainfall Likelyin Odisha in Next 2Days

Bhubaneswar: Odisha islikely to experience moder-ate to heavy rainfall in thenext two days as a low pres-sure area has been createdover north Bay of Bengaland its neighbourhood area,the weather department saidtoday, warning fishermennot to venture out.

A low pressure wasformed over the north Bayof Bengal and neighbour-hood under the influence ofupper air cyclonic circula-tion over east-central Bayof Bengal and neighbour-hood, said an IndianMetrological Department(IMD) release in

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Dadri, Uttar Pradesh:A group formed by con-troversial BJP lawmakerYogi Adityanath -known for his interest inreligious conversionsdubbed "ghar wapasi" --today offered all possi-ble help "includingguns" to the Hindus ofDadri's Bisada village.

The Hindu YuvaVahini contended thatthe Hindus of the UttarPradesh village werebeing hounded follow-ing the lynching of a 52-

year-old man last weekover reports of cowslaughter.

"We will go and meetHindus who are beingharassed by authorities.We will provide themall possible help, be itt a n - m a n - d h a n - g u n(body, mind, wealth andguns) , if they areharassed," said JitendraTyagi, one of the mem-bers of the group.

So far nine personsare been arrested in the

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Can Give Guns to 'Harassed' Hindus ofDadri: Yogi Adityanath's Group

Jammu: Congress todayaccused the BJP-PDPcoalition government of'throttling the voice ofopposition' in both thehouses of the state legisla-ture and termed the rulingalliance as a "total failure",as it protested outside theparty office in Jammu.

The protesters also burntthe effigy of the state gov-ernment demanding roll-back of the service taximposed on the helicopter

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New Delhi: The UnionHealth Ministry todaydirected the states to gearup for swine flu (H1N1)including ensuring avail-ability of medicines for theviral disease.

"The states are advisedto ensure that they have therequired and adequate

quantities of drugOseltamivir, viral diagnos-tic kits, viral transportmedia, personal protectiveequipment and N-95masks, at different levelsin the health care system,"said Health Minister JPNadda during a meeting

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New Delhi: As a salaryhike is proposed for Delhilawmakers that will benefitmembers of his AamAadmi Party most, ArvindKejriwal is being remindedof a tweet three years agowhen he had taunted politi-cians.

"No consensus amongstpolitical parties on Lokpalin 44 years. If they have toincrease their salaries,there is consensus in 5min," Mr Kejriwal hadtweeted in March 2012. Hewas then an activist fight-ing for a national anti-graftombudsman called theLokpal to be set up.

It was at the end of 2012

that Mr Kejriwal hadlaunched his political partyAAP - to change the faceof politics its raison d'etre,he said.

AAP swept the Delhielections in February thisyear, winning 67 of 70

seats. Now, his party's leg-islators want a pay hikeand a committee set up bythe Delhi AssemblySpeaker has recommendeda 400 per cent raise.

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Old Tweet Haunts Arvind Kejriwal as HisLawmakers Look Forward to Big Pay Hike

BJP-PDP Government 'Throttling theVoice' of Opposition, Says Congress

Health Ministry Directs Statesto Gear Up Against Swine Flu

New Delhi: Amid wide-spread criticism of thelynching of a Muslim manafter rumours that he atebeef, Minister of State forMinority Affairs MukhtarAbbas Naqvi today saidreligious and social rightsof minorities were safe inIndia.

He also said "politics ofhatred" of "professionaland traditional hate mon-gers" needs to be defeatedthrough unity and harmo-ny.

Mr Naqvi, who met a

large number of Muslimclerics and members of thecommunity, said the gov-ernment will protect thesafety, dignity and prosper-ity of minorities frombecoming victims of "nar-row-minded politics ofself-proclaimed championsof secularism".

According to a ministrystatement, Mr Naqviassured members of theMuslim community that"religious and social rightsof minorities were

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Minorities' Religious, SocialRights Safe in India: MukhtarAbbas Naqvi

Hyderabad, Telangana:The Centre is keeping aclose vigil on the activi-ties of terror organisation,Islamic State (IS), tocheck its entry into thecountry, Union Minister

of State for Home,Haribhai P Chaudharysaid today.

"We are closely moni-toring the ISIS activities.Not just in Hyderabad, wehave also caught those

who are doing it online(reportedly some are intouch with ISIS throughsocial media). Someyouths may get misguid-ed, but the government

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Government Closely MonitoringIslamic State Activities: Union Minister

Police OfficerKilled in TerroristAttack in NorthKashmir

Srinagar: A police offi-cer was killed after terror-ists opened fire on a car innorth Kashmir'sBandipora district today,police said.

Sub-inspector Altaf wastravelling in a car whenthe attack took place atvillage Gund Dachina inAragam area around 1230hours, causing criticalinjuries to him, a policeofficer said.

The terrorists were trav-eling in a load carrier andfled the scene after firingat the police officer.

The injured officer wasairlifted to Army's 92Base Hospital atBadamibagh cantonmentwhere he succumbed to

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2 NEW DELHI | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 08, 2015Fight for right

India, Pakistan...criminal proceedings closely, and urge

additional actions to prevent such an attackfrom ever happening again. And recognizethat this was a terrible tragedy for India," saidMr Toner.

Noting that the relationship between Indiaand the US is strong and growing, he said,"As President Obama said, India has thepotential to be one of the great global powersin the 21st century. So, we want to see ourcooperation deepen, both economically, polit-ically and on security issues as well."

"In general, we want to see better, stronger,closer counter-terrorism cooperation, notonly between the US and India, but of all thecountries in the region, including Pakistan.We all need to be on our guard. We all needto be vigilant. We all need to cooperate andshare information and intelligence where wecan do that, in order to prevent futureattacks," Mr Toner said.

Government Closely...has kept a strict vigil on ISIS activities to

check its entry into India," he told reporters.The minister was responding to a query on

steps taken by the BJP led NationalDemocratic Alliance government at theCentre to check the spread of IS in the coun-try. In places like Hyderabad, police hasclaimed to have caught several youths whowere allegedly planning to join the IS andalso counseled them, he said.

Talking about the Dadri incident, where a52-year-old man was killed in a mob attackfor allegedly eating beef last week, MrChaudhary said, "The law and order situationin UP is not good. Communal incidents hap-pen regularly and that too in small villages.(Maintaining) law and order is a state subject,the Home Ministry issues advisory whensuch incidents happen," he said.

When asked about Uttar Pradesh minister,Azam Khan seeking intervention of theUnited Nations over the incident, the ministersaid, "He keeps on telling anything".

The minister attended the 23rd RapidAction Force (RAF) Day celebrations at thepremises of 99 RAF in Hakimpet on the city'soutskirts. He also said five new RAF unitshave also been sanctioned by the Centre toaugment the strength of the force.

Police Officer ...injuries, the officer said.He said a massive hunt has been launched to

arrest the terrorists.Police assisted by 14 Rashtriya Rifles have

cordoned off Aragam and a search operation isgoing on, the officer said.

Minorities' Religious...absolutely safe in India".The meeting took place over a week after

the lynching of Mr Mohammed Akhlaq inDadri area of Uttar Pradesh over rumours thathe ate beef. His family has denied the allega-tions. His 21-year-old son Danish was leftcritically injured and is in hospital.

Mr Naqvi said some unfortunate incidentscannot affect the peace, unity and harmony ofthe country.

"The conspiracy to block the country'sprogress has been exposed. Those elementswho want to destroy the nation's harmony,prosperity and security can be defeated byour unity only," Mr Naqvi said, without tak-ing any names.

He said people should not fall into the trapof anti-national and anti-social forces.

Mr Naqvi said the time has come to "stophurting sentiments for votes" and that peopleof the country have repeatedly given thismessage to "political champions of secular-ism".

"It is the responsibility of all to protect thesafety and the socio-economic concerns ofpeople of the country especially the minori-ties. Narrow political interests should not beallowed to come in the way of fulfilling thisresponsibility," he said.

Mr Naqvi said steps taken by the govern-ment for development of weaker sectionsincluding minorities have created an atmos-phere of trust among them.

"Some merchants of votes are not able todigest this positive environment," he said.

Mr Naqvi said the government was movingahead with its commitment to inclusivegrowth and good governance.

"India's unity is strength for (its) progressand if this unity is broken, this will destroythe fabric of development. We can't compro-mise with safety and social harmony of thecountry," he said.

Mr Naqvi said the Bharatiya Janata Partywants to take the country ahead on the path ofdevelopment.

"We believe in politics of development,positive politics. We condemn divisive poli-tics which create confrontation in society. Wewill have to fight unitedly against thoseforces whose intentions are to destroy thecountry's social harmony," he said.

Heavy Rainfall ...Bhubaneswar.Under its influence, rain and thundershow-

ers would occur at many places over Odishawith heavy rainfall at one or two places overcoastal Odisha during next 48 hours, it said.

Also forecasting strong and gusty surfacewind speed reaching 40 to 45 kmph gustingto 50 kmph from northeasterly directionwhich would prevail along and off the Odishacoast, the IMD said that sea conditions willbe rough and warned the fishermen not toventure into the sea.

Clear Stand ...also courted controversy with his remarks

that some Hindus too eat beef.He blasted Mr Kumar and Mr Prasad for

spreading "delusion" on the reservation issuein the wake of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat'scomment on the need to review reservation.

"As a BJP president who will know RSSbetter - me or Lalu Prasad or Nitish Kumar?... I have stated clearly that BJP does notbelief in any kind of change in reservation injobs," Mr Shah said.

The BJP president who addressed four ral-lies at Samastipur, Munger, Lakhisarai andSheikhopura during the day blamed the LaluPrasad and Nitish Kumar 25-year-long rulefor poor condition of Bihar.

"Even today people of Bihar are forced togo out of the state for education, livelihoodand health," he said.

Making a scathing attack against Mr NitishKumar, the BJP president accused him of"stabbing at the back of the 2010 mandategiven to JD(U)-BJP coalition."

He alleged that Mr Kumar did it on the eveof 2014 Lok Sabha elections because of hisambition to become Prime Minister.

Taking a swipe at Mr Kumar for dreamingto become PM, Mr Shah asked whether hisparty JD-U has any presence in states outsideBihar like Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra,Odisha or West Bengal to take a shot at PMpost.

He alleged that Mr Kumar, the CM candi-date of the secular alliance, is merely a"mask" behind which is "jungle raj of theRJD chief."

Old Tweet ...legislators will be the country's highest

paid, drawing a salary of Rs. 3.2 lakh plusvarious allowances. Approval needs to comefrom the very lawmakers who want the hike;they say they don't earn enough to run theirhomes and offices.

Mr Kejriwal, who is very active on Twitterand tweets many times in a day, is yet to com-ment on this development. But a senior mem-ber of his party, Ashutosh, tweeted late lastnight, "For an honest MLA of any party, it'simpossible to sustain family/run constituencyoffice in meagre salary. Dishonest don't needsalary."

Outside Mr Kejriwal's residence today, alarge contingent of the Congress' youth wingprotested against the proposed salary hike. Inthis year's Delhi election, the Congress hadwon not a single seat.

The BJP, which has three, has also opposeda hike. "With its unlimited generosity in thematter of pay and allowances for DelhiMLAs, the Aam Aadmi Party Governmenthas become 'Khas' Aadmi Party," saidVijender Gupta, one of the three BJP law-makers.

On Twitter, several people dug up MrKejriwal's old tweet.

Sheena Bora...district.Ms Sheena was the daughter of Ms Indrani

Mukerjea, the wife of former media tycoonPeter Mukerjea, and based in Mumbai.

"The case had many implications beyondthe murder. The motive of the murder is yet tobe cleared. Property and financial angles arestill to be probed which might have links withthe murder mystery," a CBI officer told IANSon condition of anonymity.

The officer said that the "recreation of thecrime scene" in the presence of the accused isa process to note down the sequence ofevents.

"To crack the case, it is necessary to con-nect all the missing links," the officer said.

He said they need to work on the Mumbaipolice investigation theory, which, as of nowhas revealed that the three accused allegedlyabducted Mr Sheena, murdered her, burnt herbody and disposed it off in a forest the nextday.

The move comes hours after a specialMumbai court today permitted the CBI toquestion all the three accused in the sensa-tional murder case.

Taking over the investigation of the casefrom Mumbai's Khar police, the CBI onSeptember 29 registered a new case undervarious sections of the Indian Penal Code,including criminal conspiracy, murder,abduction, destruction of evidence, causinghurt by giving poison and Arms Act againstMs Indrani, Mr Khanna and Mr Rai.

Khar police had arrested the accused trio inSeptember from Mumbai and Kolkata. Theyare presently in judicial custody till October19.

The decision to hand over the probe to CBIcame after days of uncertainty on the supervi-sory role of former Mumbai Police commis-sioner Rakesh Maria, who was shunted out inthe midst of the inquiry that he had proactive-ly helmed.

It will be difficult for the CBI to convince

the court to seek the custody of the threeaccused for further interrogation.

Health Ministry ...with officials from state health departments

and the Indian Council for Medical Research(ICMR).

H1N1 cases have been reported fromMaharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthanand Telangana.

Mr Nadda said all states need to ensure thatsufficient isolation facilities were availableand functional in hospitals, and are well-equipped to manage critical respiratory emer-gencies.

Officials from many states including Goa,Kerala, Telangana, Gujarat and MadhyaPradesh attended the meeting.

The Ministry has asked for a status reportfrom the states on their preparedness in termsof masks, test kits, medicines and vaccines byOctober 10.

The states have been asked to remain vigi-lant and take precautionary measures to pre-vent morbidity/mortality due to the virus.

"The state governments need to ensure ade-quate epidemiological surveillance to imme-diately detect clustering of influenza like ill-nesses along with requisite laboratory pre-paredness to test the clinical samples.Training and re-training workshops can beheld for doctors to reiterate guidelines onpatient categorization, clinical treatment andventilatory management protocols," a state-ment from the Ministry said.

Chief secretaries of the states have beenasked to review the preparedness, and issuenecessary guidance to address shortfalls, ifany. All assistance has been assured by theUnion government.

Can Give Guns...case - seven of them are said to be related

to a local BJP leader. His son had allegedlyinstigated the mob that had attacked the homeof 52-year-old Mohammad Akhlaq onSeptember 28.

Fearing arrest, many of the village's youngmen have gone into hiding and the localshave turned the village into a fortress, strictlymonitoring the entry of outsiders.

Several members of 'Hindu Yuva Vahini'tried to enter the village today but werestopped by the police in view of the pro-hibitory orders which have been in placesince the incident..

Talking to the media outside the village, MrTyagi, however, said the killing ofMohammad Akhlaq was "sad" and demandeda CBI investigation into it.

But he also wondered why "only Muslims"were being offered compensation, while thefamily of Jay Prakash, a youth who allegedlycommitted suicide yesterday, has not beenoffered assistance.

"The one who slaughters cows are beingcompensated. Did they earn this money ontheir own? Why only Muslims are gettinghelp? Why Jay Prakash has not been givenany help?" Tyagi asked.

In December last year, Yogi Adityanath hadtaken an interest in the conversion ofMuslims and Christians to Hinduism. Theceremony had been dubbed ghar wapasi,meaning home coming, as the groups spon-soring them maintained the candidatesbelonged to families that were once Hindus.

He had also been accused of making a hatespeech ahead of the national elections inUttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, which wasseared by deadly Hindu-Muslim riots in2013.

BJP-PDP Government...only throttling the voice of opposition in

both the houses, but it has also imposed serv-ice tax on helicopter service to Vaishno Devi,it has also failed to fulfil the demands of dailywagers/casual labours and need base workersin different departments," Congress seniorvice president Sham Lal Sharma said.

Addressing the gathering of Congress lead-ers and workers, Mr Sharma lashed out atPDP-BJP coalition government for its "utterfailure on all fronts".

"The BJP which claims to be the championof Jammu people has betrayed the mandate ofthe people by taking U-turn on all vital com-mitments made with the people of the state,especially Jammu region during elections.This government is a total failure," MrSharma said.

He said the state government has imposedService Tax on the helicopter service toVaishno Devi with the consent of BJP leader-ship in the State.

Mr Sharma also the BJP-PDP governmentwas trying to divide the people on lines ofregion and religion by vitiating the atmos-phere of peace in the state.

Speaking on the occasion senior Congressleader and former Minister Raman Bhallaappreciated the role of Congress lawmakersin both the houses who are raising variousissues of the people of these regions includ-ing the imposing of tax on pilgrims.

"Congress legislators are raising the issuesof denial of adequate relief and rehabilitationto the rain and flood affected people, theissues of agitating workers and employees,the deteriorating law and order situation inthe State, especially in the Valley, the faultyPublic Distribution System and hike in powertariff for the common consumers," he said.

Mr Bhalla said Congress would continue its

fight both inside and outside the StateLegislature over the issues of people of threeregions and different sections of the societyand expose the failure of the coalition.

Case Registered...Kahalgaon, Ramanand Kumar said.Mr Kushwaha's helicopter landed at the

election rally spot at Ammapaali village,instead of the authorised venue of PragatiMaidan at Shermari Bazar, he said, addingthat NDA election agent Pramod KumarSingh has been named in the FIR.

Mr Kushwaha, Union Minister of State forHRD and chief of Rashtriya Lok SamataParty (RLSP) -- an ally of BJP in NDA, hadgone to Pirpainty to address an election meet-ing in favour of party candidate LallanKumar.

The case has been registered under IPC sec-tions 188 and 287, the SDPO said.

Section 188 pertains to disobedience toorder duly promulgated by a public servantand section 287 relates to negligent conductwith respect to machinery as to endangerhuman life or to be likely to cause hurt orinjury to any person.

Pak Singer Ghulam...Ally BJP however had distanced itself from

the demand. Union Minister Mukhtar AbbasNaqvi of the BJP told NDTV: "What the Senais doing with Ghulam Ali is absolutelywrong. People like him must be kept aboveand beyond borders."

Maharashtra Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis had also said the Ghulam Ali is wel-come to perform in Mumbai. "TheMaharashtra government is ready to give fullprotection to the singer. It is wrong to involveGhulam Ali in Indo-Pak politics," he said.

Ghulam Ali was scheduled to perform onFriday at Mumbai's Shanmukhanand Hall, avenue for several Shiv Sena functions.

Members of the Sena's film wing, theChitrapat Sena, met officials at the venuetoday and urged them to cancel the event.

A Shiv Sena leader reportedly told officialsthat at a time when "Pakistan has targetedIndian soldiers, decapitated them andreturned their headless bodies, India shouldnot be enjoying cultural relations with them."

Ghulam Ali, 74, who has also sung for anumber of Indian films, held a concert earlierthis year at the famous Sankat Mochan inVaranasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi'sconstituency.

Sources in the Shiv Sena said though theparty is in a coalition with the BJP, it will notchange its views on ties with Pakistan if itkept targeting India.

The party has earlier protested againstsinger Atif Aslam's show and the Pakistancricket team playing on Indian soil.

95 Lakh Toilets...He said states like West Bengal, Karnataka,

Rajasthan and Maharashtra have taken thelead in construction of individual householdlatrines and community toilets and thesestates may achieve the target of open-defeca-tion free status in 2017 or 2018 well beforethe target of October 2, 2019.

Swachh Bharat Mission was launched onOctober 2, 2014, as one of the largest nation-al campaigns to make the country open defe-cation free in five years.

The Minister said that the government iscommitted to driving a pan-India mass move-ment towards improved sanitation and this isonly possible through the collaborativeefforts of the people of India.

Changing age-old attitudes and mindsetstowards open defecation is critical in attain-ing the Swachh Bharat goals, he added.

15 Websites of...government websites have been hacked and

the home pages were defaced. All sites werehosted by NIC," Additional Director Generalof Police (CID) Mukesh Sahay said.

The National Informatics Centre (NIC) iscurrently conducting a technical inquiry intothe breach as it may be due to various rea-sons, he said. "If the technical report pointsout at any criminal activity into the incident,then we will register a criminal case andenquire it accordingly. We are yet to receivethe report," Mr Sahay said.

The NIC has not lodged any official com-plaint yet with the police and was repairingthe websites currently to plug the securityissue, he added.

When asked about reports that Pakistanihackers could have brought down the sites,Mr Sahay said, "Cyber space is without anyboundary. A hacker may be in one country,but his server may be in another country. So,it is very difficult to say about the origin with-out the technical investigation. We will beable to tell it only after the NIC report."

Some of the important sites that were hit inrecent days were of the Assam Police, SarbaSiksha Abhijan Mission and Directorate ofElementary Education.

10 Swine Flu...Jaipur district in the last five days.The toll since the start of this year till

October 6 due to swine flu has touched 455, ahealth department official told IANS.

Of this, 433 were from Rajasthan, while 22were residents of other states but who died in

Rajasthan.The number of positive cases was 6,764 till

Tuesday.The maximum of 90 deaths has been report-

ed from Jaipur, followed by Ajmer at 50 andJodhpur at 33.

With the increase in seasonal diseases likemalaria, dengue and swine flu, the governmenthas cancelled leaves of government doctorsand has also constituted a task force to moni-tor the diseases.

Trains Stopped...organisations, including various factions of

the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), to protestagainst the "anti-farmer policies" of the Punjabgovernment.

The farmers are particularly agitated withthe Parkash Singh Badal government'sresponse to the white-fly attack on the cottoncrop in the Malwa belt which led to over 60per cent of the crop being damaged and lossesof farmers running into hundreds of crores.

The agitating farmers are demanding com-pensation of at least Rs. 40,000 per acre forcotton crop loss and higher support price forBasmati rice.

The agitating farmers stopped at least sixtrains on the Ludhiana-Ferozepur, Bathinda-Ferozepur and other tracks.

Railway officials said that a few trains hadalready been diverted on some routes in viewof the agitation.

Passengers on these trains had to face delaysas farmers squatted on the railway tracks.

The agitation by farmers will continue onThursday.

Chief Minister Badal had last weekannounced compensation of Rs. 600 crore tothe farmers whose crop was damaged by thewhite-fly attack.

Punjab's agriculture director Mangal SinghSandhu was arrested on Monday on charges ofcheating and corruption for his alleged role inthe purchase of spurious and poor quality pes-ticide to counter the white-fly attack.

Centre Clears ...The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime

Minister Narendra Modi, today gave approvalfor setting up of three new All India Institutesof Medical Sciences or AIIMS at Nagpur inMaharashtra, Manglagiri, Andhra Pradesh andKalyani in West Bengal.

Each of the proposed institution will have ahospital with a capacity of 960 beds. In addi-tion, there will be a teaching block, administra-tive block, AYUSH block, auditorium, nursingcollege, night shelter, hostel and residentialfacilities.

"New AIIMS will be established as institutesof national importance for providing qualitymedical education, nursing education and alsoto provide tertiary healthcare facilities to thepeople of these locations," said Union MinisterPiyush Goyal.

Of the total expenditure of Rs. 4949 crore,the cost of the new AIIMS at Manglagiri willbe to the tune of Rs. 1,618 crore, Rs. 1,577crore for Nagpur and for Kalyani Rs. 1754crore will be spent.

"Setting up of these AIIMS will addressregional imbalances in availability of afford-able and reliable tertiary health care services inthese regions. It will augment the facilities ofquality medical education and would alsoaddress the shortfall of health care profession-als in these regions," Mr Goyal said.

The large populations of Andhra Pradesh,Maharashtra (Vidarbha) and West Bengalalong with adjoining states and region will bebenefitted from this project.

While six new AIIMS under the PMSSYhave been made functional, the construction ofAIIMS, Rae Bareily, is under progress.

Cabinet Gives...approval to the protocol, laying down

modalities of cooperation in ocean studies,scientific exploration and exploitation of sea-based resources for sustainable developmentand economic purposes, signed during thevisit of Seychelles' President James AlixMichel on August 26.

"Cooperation with Seychelles in blue econ-omy would provide new data on ocean-basedresources and also provide for sharing ofexpertise and technology developed byIndian scientists and research institutes," therelease said.

The protocol would also help domesticinnovation in the field of ocean research andtechnology, it added.

Officials said blue economy conceptualisesoceans as "development spaces" where spa-tial planning integrates conservation, sustain-able use, oil and mineral wealth extraction,bio-prospecting, sustainable energy produc-tion and marine transport.

Somnath Bharti's...conversation regarding the alleged bite and

the labrador's subsequent examination byvets reflected versions different than the alle-gations of Mr Bharti's wife Lipika Mitra.

"Perusal of the case diary, dated September30, show that examination of Don by theboard of the doctors of animal husbandryhospital was conducted and applicant (Bharti)was directed to give commands to Don, i.e.,Don come, Don bark, Don bite...Don sitdown etc. but dog Don did not respond to hiscommands," Additional Sessions Judge AnilKumar said.

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