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≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ Gulmarg (UNI) Urging people from different parts of the country to visit Union Territory (UT), Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday said Kashmir is not only heaven on earth but crown of India. Mr Birla made these remarks after meeting Panchayat Raj In- stitutions (PRI) members at world famous ski resort of Gul- marg on Wednesday. He said people from all over the country should visit Kash- mir valley which is very beauti- ful. I urge people to visit here which is full of beauty and pleasant weather, he said. Mr Birla said Kashmir is a heaven on earth. But, he said, it is also crown of India. He said he was very pleased to visit Gulmarg and meet the members of PRI. Mr Birla announced that de- velopment and progress initiat- ed in the J&K UT will continue in future also. This, he said, will help common people in the UT. Earlier, emphasizing on the role of democratic institutions at the grass-root level in making the executive accountable, Lok Sabha (LS) speaker Om Birla on Wednes- day said that capacity building measures would be taken by the LS Secretariat for training of Pan- chayat representatives. Mr Birla emphasized on the role of democratic institutions at the grass-root level in making the executive accountable. He said that the DDCs, BDCs and Panchayats should meet regu- larly and address the issues of the public and ensure account- ability of government. Kashmir not only heaven on earth but crown of India: Om Birla Agencies, Kabul The Taliban has surrounded Pan- jshir, the only remaining province re- sisting its rule, a senior leader said Wednesday, as he called on the rebels to negotiate a peaceful settle- ment with them, reported Reuters. Panjshir has been the only province to resist the Taliban since it took over Kabul on August 15, al- though there has also been fighting in neighbouring Baghlan province between Taliban and local militia forces. An AFP report states, meanwhile, with Kabul airport remaining inop- erable, the Afghans fearful of Taliban reprisals are trying to escape through the country’s land borders. The re- port quotes a source as saying that a Qatari aircraft carrying a technical team has landed in Kabul to discuss resumption of airport operations. Several thousand members of lo- cal militias and remnants of army and special forces units have been holding out against the Taliban un- der the leadership of Ahmad Mas- soud, son of a former Mujahideen commander. “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is home for all Afghans,” he said. The main anti-Taliban opposition group on Tuesday said that the Tal- iban forces had lost eight in a clash with militia fighters in the Panjshir valley north of Afghan capital Kabul on Monday night. Led by self-styled resistance leader, Amrullah Saleh, the resis- tance group in Panjshir province too is fiercely fighting back forcing the Sunni Pashtun Taliban group to pull back. The counter-attack is a result of violation of ceasefire by the Tal- iban in Panjshir. Taliban says it has surrounded Afghan resistance Panjshir valley Agencies, New Delhi Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jy- otiraditya Scindia on Wednesday in- augurated the first direct flight be- tween Gwalior and Indore. He virtually flagged off two flights strengthening the international and domestic aerial connectivity of Mad- hya Pradesh. According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the event marked the com- mencement of Indigo’s new direct flights on the Gwalior - Indore - Del- hi route and the resumption of Air India’s Indore - Dubai. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Chief Minis- ter, Madhya Pradesh graced the event virtually from Bhopal. Speaking on the occasion, Scindia said, “The establishment of direct flight connectivity on the Indore - Gwalior - Delhi route aligns with the objectives of the Sab Uden Sab Juden initiative of the Government of India. With the aerial connectivity of the two cities of Madhya Pradesh with immense potential, new opportuni- ties will get a boost in sectors of trade and tourism.” Air India currently operates flights from/to Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and Bilaspur to various destinations within India. On the international route, Air In- dia has been operating a direct flight from Indore to Dubai since 2019, which is recommencing now with this non-stop connection. Scindia further informed that in the last 53 days, Madhya Pradesh got 58 new flights and with 314 new air- craft movements the number of air- craft movements in the state has in- creased from 424 to 738. Scindia inaugurates first direct flight between Gwalior, Indore Milind Muzumdar Indore: It is clear from the work- ing style of Chief Minister Shiv- raj Singh Chouhan and State President Vishnu Dutt Sharma that the power and organiza- tions in Madhya Pradesh are preparing to follow the agenda of the Sangh. Recently, state in-charge P Muralidhar Rao and Shiv Prakash called a big meeting of BJP in Bhopal. It is clear from the decisions taken in this meet- ing that the agenda of the Sangh will be implemented in the state. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has made no effort to cross the Sangh’s line in his fourth innings. He has also changed the image of himself as a liberal Hindutva leader. Al- though the Chief Minister has indicated that appointments will be made in the corporation board only after the by-elec- tions, but whenever they hap- pen, he will give importance to the opinion of the Sangh. For this reason, there is talk of tak- ing three divisional organization secretaries of BJP Jitendra Lito- ria, Shailendra Barua and Ashutosh Tiwari in the corpora- tions boards. According to sources, in cir- cles like Text Book Corporation, Labor Commission, Gau Sewa Aayog and Staff Commission, the workers associated with Sangh Parivar organizations can be given importance. The Sangh has also asked the BJP for the formation of Deendayal Antyo- daya Samitis. Preparation for this is also going on. Apart from this, the Sangh has said that while doing micromanagement, BJP should appoint workers till the Ardh Panna Pramukh and form a team till the polling station. The Sangh wants that full-time workers should be appointed as organization assistants for all the assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh. It is also the intention of the Sangh that the BJP should orga- nize training camps and train the workers so that the party can stand firmly in terms of ideolo- gy. Along with this, special focus has will also be on Dalits and Adivasis. How Deendayal committees will be formed Deendayal Antyodaya com- mittees will be formed from tehsil level to state level. 51 peo- ple will be kept as members in the state level committee, 21 in the district level committee and 11 people in the tehsil level committee. It is proposed to form com- mittees at the ward level in the city in which 11 each members will be kept. Deendayal Antyodaya Samiti will monitor the government schemes, monitor the quality of construction works and deal with the public works in coordi- nation with the officials. Thousands of workers will be adjusted through these commit- tees. For a long time, the work- ers have felt that they are not getting a share in power. The plan for the formation of Deendayal Antyodaya Samiti was originally from Kushabhau Thackeray, the father figure of the BJP. It was decided at the time of Patwa government but could not be implemented. Now it will be implemented on a large scale. However, in some dis- tricts, Antyodaya committees have also been formed. BJP preparing to follow agenda of Sangh in MP Chronicle Reporter Jabalpur: The government has got a setback from the High Court in the matter of making the reservation of OBC category 27 percent. An appli- cation was submitted by the govern- ment to lift the ban against the OBC reservation being made at 27 per- cent. A bench of Chief Justice Mo- hammad Rafiq and Justice VK Shuk- la, while hearing related petitions, refused to lift the ban on OBC reser- vation and issued directions for final hearing on September 20. It is noteworthy that while hear- ing the petition of Ashita Dubey filed against the increase of OBC reserva- tion from 14 percent to 27 percent by the state government, the High Court issued interim orders on March 19, 2019, to give 14 percent reservation to OBC category in the medical education sector. Similar in- structions were also issued by PSC regarding the selection list of exami- nations for various posts. Apart from this, in four other petitions also, stay orders were issued on making OBC reservation 27 percent. The double bench jointly heard all the 24 petitions on Wednesday. During the hearing, an application was presented on behalf of the gov- ernment to lift the ban on making OBC reservation 27 percent in 6 peti- tions. It was said in the application that 51 percent of the population in the state belongs to the OBC category. The population of OBC, ST, SC cate- gory is 87 percent of the total. A com- mission was set up to study the rep- resentation of OBC people in gov- ernment jobs, living conditions, etc. According to the commission’s re- port and population, the govern- ment has decided to implement OBC reservation of 27 percent. Advocate Aditya Sanghi, on behalf of the petitioners, told the bench that the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court has given clear or- ders in the case of Indira Sawhney in the year 1993 and Maratha reserva- tion in the year 2021 that reservation cannot be provided on the basis of caste census. . And the reservation should not exceed 50 percent. Advo- cate Aditya Sanghi, Suyash Thakur appeared on behalf of the petitioners and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Advocate General Purushendra Kaurav appeared on behalf of the government. Setback to govt in OBC reservation case New Delhi (UNI) Days after the price of piped cooking gas was raised, oil marketing compa- nies have hiked the price of a non- subsidised liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder by Rs 25 with effect from September 1, adding to the woes of the consumers. An industry source said the re- vised prices would soon be put on the websites of the companies after required approval. Accordingly, the price of a non- subsidised 14.2 kg LPG cylinder will now be Rs 884.50 in Delhi. This is the second price hike undertaken by the oil marketing companies within a month. On August 18, the companies had hiked the price of an LPG cylinder by Rs 25. With the latest increase, the price of a non-subsidised LPG cylinder would be the highest in Kolkata fol- lowed by Chennai. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to slam the government over the rise in the price of LPG gas cylinder. In his usual one-liner on the mi- cro-blogging site, Gandhi wrote (in Hindi), “The one who forces the poor to sleep empty stomach is sleeping in the comforting embrace of his friends.” “But the nation is uniting against the injustice,” he wrote. concluding his tweet with the hashtag #IndiaA- gainstBJPLoot. Between January 1 and Septem- ber 1, the price of cooking gas cylin- ders has gone up by Rs190 each. The government eliminated sub- sidies on LPG by raising rates every month. These monthly increases led to the elimination of subsidies by May 2020. The price of domestic cooking gas has more than doubled in the last seven years. The retail selling price of domestic gas was Rs 410.5 per 14.2-kg cylinder on March 1, 2014. Diesel, petrol rate cut Meanwhile, after remaining un- changed for several days, petrol & diesel prices today have been cut by 13-15 paise. Petrol price in Delhi now at Rs 101.34 & in Mumbai, it’s Rs 107.39/L. Diesel price in Delhi now at Rs 88.77 & in Mumbai, it’s 96.33/L. LPG cooking gas price hiked by Rs 25 per cylinder Year 65 No. 331 City Edition Pages 8 Rs. 4/- 6 Case registered against Payal Rohatgi for defaming Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru Leisure Thursday, 2 September 2021, Bhopal www.centralchronicle.com Only son killed father- mother-sister and grandmother Rohtak: It was the 20-year-old son of the Rohtak-based property dealer who had shot dead his father, moth- er, sister and maternal grandmother at Vijay Nagar here recently. SP Rahul Sharma said this while addressing a press conference here on Wednesday. Abhishek, the son of Pradeep, had killed the family members on August 27. The accused arrested by the police in the case of four murders turned out to be their only son. The deceased Pradeep alias Bablu Pehalwan was killed by his only son. The son shot his father Pradeep, mother Babli, sister Neha alias Tannu and grandmother Roshni in the head, due to which they died on the spot. Two days later the sister of the ac- cused died during treatment at PGI. An application was submitted by the government to lift the ban against the OBC reservation being made at 27 percent. Hearing related petitions, refused to lift the ban on OBC reservation and issued directions for final hearing on Sept 20 Similar instructions were also is- sued by PSC regarding the selection list of various posts examinations fb.me/CentralChronicle.Social twitter.com/Chronicle_1957 Central_Chronicle Saira Banu’s condition stable Mumbai: The health condition of the yesteryears actor Saira Banu, who was hospi- talised three days ago, was reported to be stable on Wednesday. The 77- year-old widow of late Dilip Kumar suffers from a heart problem and was admitted to the Hinduja Hos- pital here. According to cardiolo- gist, Dr. Nitin S. Gokhale, the left ventricle in Banu’s heart had stopped functioning which led to ingress of water in her heart and lungs. Pinky Chaudhary sent to day’s police custody New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Wednesday remanded Hindu Rak- shak Dal president Pinky Chaud- hary in police custody for one-day in connection with alleged inflam- matory sloganeering at Jantar Mantar in the national capital. Chaudhary had surrendered before Delhi Police on Tuesday. The police on August 10 had arrested six people - advocate and former Delhi BJP spokesperson Ashwani Upadhyay, Vinod Sharma, Deepak Singh, Vineet Bajpai, Preet Singh and Deepak Ku- mar - in connection with the case. Gas leak at Hindustan Petroleum plant Visakhapatnam: An incident of a gas leak was reported at a plant of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. “There was a minor gas leakage in crude oil distillation unit (CDU) 2. Alerted Workers rang the siren. The technical team rushed to the spot and controlled the leakage,” Hin- dustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), Public Relations Officer (PRO), Kalidas said. MUST READ Weather Sensex BSE....... 57338.21 (-214.18) NSE....... 17076.25 (-55.95) Bullion Gold...... 47113.00 (MCX 10g.) Silver ..... 63650.00 (MCX 1kg.) Night 23.6 Day 31.0 Sunset 06.38 Sunrise 06.03 HC refuses to lift ban on 27 percent reservation,final hearing on Sept 20 Sangh Parivar will also get importance in appointments in corporations boards
