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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE
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Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship
BASISTHA CHARIALI LALMATI, 37, NATIONAL HIGHWAY BYPASS,
GUWAHATI-781029 (ASSAM) Tel.: 0361-2302646, 2300994,
2300123, 2300840; Tele Fax: 0361-2300325/2305394
The Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship, Guwahati invites sealed quotations in Two
Bid System from eligible and qualified firms in India, for the Supply of various
equipment and tools including commissioning at Common Facility Centre,
Greater Imphal Jewellery Cluster, Imphal, Manipur. Date and Time for publishing,
Downloading, Last Date of online submission of Tender with other documents
and detailed terms & conditions of NIT are available on website: www.iie.gov.in
and Central Public Procurement Portal https: eprocure.gov.in. Further, prospective
bidders are requested to keep watching website www.iie.gov.in regularly for
any subsequent information/ corrigendum to the advertisement. There will be no
separate advertisement for the same. Sd/- Administrative Officer
NORTH CENTRAL RAILWAY, PRAYAGRAJ
E-Procurement Tender Notice No.15/P- Date : 28.09.2021
69/2021-22/TMC/HQ/NCR/Prayagraj
OPEN TENDER NOTICE
On behalf of the President of India, Principal Chief Engineer, North
Central Railway, Subedarganj, Prayagraj-211015 invites the following
E-Procurement Tenders:
(The complete information along with tender document of this E-
Procurement Tender are available in website on http://ireps.gov.in.
upto 15:00 hrs. of the due date of tender opening).
Tender No. TMC0762122
Abrasive Rail Cutter Machine With AMC.
Brief Description Details of description, make and quantity as
per tender document.
Quantity As per Section IV of tender document
Tender Value 1,32,10,808/-
Earnest Money 2,64,300/-
Date of opening 28.10.2021
Note : 1. The complete information along with Tender document of above
E-Procurement Tender is available on website https://ireps.gov.in. Up to ''IMPORTANT''
15:00 hrs. On the due date of tender opening. 2. Following condition has Whilst care is taken prior to
been included in Tender Document vide Railway Board Letter No. acceptance of advertising
2001/RS(g)/779/7 Pt I Dated : 29.06.2017 "Whenever tender is floated copy, it is not possible to verify
with purchase restriction from sources approved by nominated authorities its contents. The Indian
and there exists a suspected cartel situation by approved sources or the Express (P) Limited cannot be
Moradabad Municipal Corporation rates available from approved/sources are adjudged unreasonably high, held responsible for such
contents, nor for any loss or
Pili Kothi, Jalkal Compound, Moradabad- 244001 (U.P.) despite fair efforts as permissible, the purchaser reserves the right to damage incurred as a result of
place order on firms outside the approved vendors list, without any transactions with companies,
E-Procurement Tender Notice restrictions". 3. Bids other than in the form of E-Bids shall not be accepted associations or individuals
Ref. No : 94/ Ex. Eng./ Env, Eng/NNM/2021-22 Date 28.09.2021 against above Tenders. For this purpose, venders are required to get advertising in its newspapers
“ENGINEERING, SUPPLY, CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION or Publications. We therefore
themselves registered with IREPS website along with class III Digital
COMMISSIONING AND OPERATION & MAINTENANCE OF WASTE recommend that readers
signature certificates issued by CCA under IT Act-2000 4. This tender
DISPOSAL PLANT OF 100 TON PER DAY CAPACITY AT SPECIFIED make necessary inquiries
GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA SITE OF MORADABAD MUNICIPAL CORPORATION USING
notice has also been uploaded on www.ncr.indianrailways.gov.in.
before sending any monies or
Public Works Department PLASMA LOAD STONE INDUCED HEAT BASED PROCESS FOR
5. Allocation for Security deposit and Earnest money is "Deposit Misc entering into any agreements
stores 00844523. 6. In case of any difficulty helpdesk available on the with advertisers or otherwise
Office of the Executive Engineer, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE WITH
3 YEAR (EXTENDABLE TO 2 YEAR) WITH OPERATIONS & website of IREPS may be approached. 1043/21 (SP) acting on an advertisement in
Mandya Division, Mandya any manner whatsoever.
MAINTENANCE OF THE PLANT ON TURNKEY BASIS” North central railways www.ncr.indianrailways.gov.in @CPRONCR
ID: eepwdmandya@gmail.com/ eemnd@kpwd.gov.in Tender reference : 73/Ex. Eng./ Env, Eng/NNM/2021-22
No. E.E. PWD.Mandya, Dn. /AE-4/2021-2022/4178
Dated: 27.09.2021
Date 24-08-2021
Date of publishing of : 29.09.2021 at 10:00 AM
RECRUITMENT NOTICE
tender We invite applications from qualified Individuals for the following posts on outsourcing basis
POSTPONEMENT OF NOTIFICATION SR Designation Required Qualification and Experiance Resources Salary per
Last date for receipt of : 07.10.2021 at 04:00 PM
Subject:- Construction/ Improvements to road work tender No Month
– Postponement. Time and date for : 07.10.2021 at 04:30 PM 1 State Program B.E/B.Tech and MBA. After completionof MBA, 1 35,000/-
Reference:- This Office Tender Notification No. 08/ opening of technical bid Coordinator Experience of minimum 5 years
Place of opening of : Municipal Commissioner Pilli kothi, 2 Assistant Program B.E/B.Tech (Software Engineer) After completion 2 25,000/-
2021-2022 dated: 25-08-2021 tender civil Lanes, Moradabad-244001 Manager (IT) of Degree, Experience of minimum 5 years
with reference to the above Notification No. 08/2021- Address for : Municipal Commissioner Pilli kothi, 3 Accounts Manager B.Com with Excellent Accounting Skill, After 1 25,000/-
2022 dated: 25-08-2021 Sl.No. 1 is called, but due communication civil Lanes, Moradabad-244001 completion of Graduation,Experience of minimum
to delay of DTS as per the said Sl.No. 1 for Rs. 180.00 MMC : Moradabad Municipal Corporation 5 years
Address : Nagar Nigam Jalkal Compound, Pill Kothi, Moradabad- 4 Zonal Senior Graduate in any subject with Excelient 4 20,000/-
Lakhs has been postponed. Last date of Submission 244001 (U.P.) Mobile: 9105900529 Office, Executive Computer Skills After completion of Graduation,
on 11.10.2021 at 4.30 pm, and opening of Technical Email. moradabadnagarnigam@gmail.com, cennm222@gmail.com Experience of minimum 3 years
Bid on 12.10.2021 at 5.00 pm onwards. For any (Rajeev Kumar Rathi)
further details please contact to our office. Ex. Eng./ Environment Engineer It is be noted that no hardcopies are requied to be submitted by hand or registered post, applica-
Nagar Nigam Moradabad tion will onluy be accepted cia E-mail at vanrajvala2552@gmail.com. Applicants can uplode max-
Sd/-Executive Engineer, imumm five documents up to file size of 5 MB. Apllicants should sign each page of the Carriculum
P.W.D. Mandya Division, Mandya Vitae (Bio-Data) and all the all ached scanned documents should be self-attested. Candidates will
DIPR/AD-MDY/MCA/20/2021-22 be required to show their Original documents when they are called for an iterview. The last date
for receiving online applications is 11th October 2021. Applications after the due date will not be
Moradabad Municipal Corporation considered Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview. For more details please con-
tact Shri Vanraj Vala, Mobile number: +918200891868. INF/1168/21-22
Pili Kothi, Jalkal Compound, Moradabad - 244001 (U.P.)
E-Procurement Tender Notice
Ref. No. 95/Ex. Eng./Env, Eng/NNM/2021-22 Date: 28.09.2021
Government of Jammu & Kashmir
Tender reference : 95/Ex. Eng/Env, Eng/NNM/2021-22 Date: OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER SEWERAGE & DRAINAGE
28.09.2021 DIVISION No: Ist SULIMAN COMPLEX DALGATE SRINAGAR
Pre-bid Meeting Date : 11/10/2021 at 12:00 PM
GIST of E-NIT No: 15 of 2021-22
Place of Pre-Bid Meeting : Municipal Commissioner Pilli kothi, civil Lanes,
Moradabad-244001 ****
For and on behalf of the Lt. Governor, J&K State e-tenders are invited on item rate basis from approved and eligi-
Last date for receipt of tenders : 20.09.2021 at 5:00 PM ble Contractors registered with J&K State Govt. and other State / Central Government for the following work:-
Name of Work/Description of : Bioremediation and biomining of deposited
S. Name of work Advt. Cost Cost of Bid Class of Time of
Item legacy waste (5.8 Lacs MT) at Rampur Road
No of Work Document Contract Completion
Trenching Ground, Moradabad
(Rs. in lacs) (in Rs.)
Cost of RFP : INR 11180.00 (Eleven Thousand One hundred
Eighty Only) 1. Laying / Construction of Sewerage Network at Daribal 237.05 2500/= “AAY” 6 Months
Area of Srinagar (Six Months)
Earnest Money Deposit : 45.00 Lacs (Fourty Five Lacs only) in form of D.D.
(E.M.D) in the form of D.D./FDR/TDR/NEFT/RTGS of a 2. Laying of of RCC Pipe 300mm dia, 350mm dia, 400mm 215.36 2500/= “AAY” 6 Months
Nationalized / Scheduled bank of India in favour dia & 600mm dia Secondary Sewer & 200mm dia, (Six Months)
of the ‘Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, 250mm dia lateral sewer incl. Manholes along with Dr
Moradabad” payable at ‘Moradabad’ Ali Jan Road & adjoining areas, Laying of 450mm dia
Sewer at Vicharnag and Making Connections of exist-
The details can be viewed and downloaded online directly from the Government of ing sewer line with main sewer of Pilot Sewerage
Uttar Pradesh e-Procurement Portal https://etender.up.nic.in from 30.09.2021 at Scheme of Khushalsar
11:00 Hours (IST) onwards. Online bids are invited for the following works up to
19.10.2021 at 17:00 hours. IMPORTANT DATES:
For more details on the tender and bidding process you may please visit the above 1 Date of publishing 27-09-2021
mentioned portal.
NOTE:- 2 Period of downloading of bidding documents 27-09-2021 to 18-10-2021 up-to 4:00 PM
1.- All eligible/interested consultants are mandated to get enrolled on e- 3 Bid submission Start Date 27-09-2021 from 4:00 PM
Procurement portal (https;//etender.up.nic.in)
4 Bid submission End Date 18-10-2021 up-to 4:00 PM
2.- Contractor can contact Help Desk for any clarification of their doubts regarding
the process of Electronic Procurement System. 5 Date & time of opening of bids (cover Ist) 20-10-2021 at 11:00 AM Or any other convenient date.
Sd/- (Rajeev Kumar Rathi) Tender Receiving Authority : Superintending Engineer UEED Circle 2nd Srinagar
Ex. Eng/Environment Engineer Sulaiman Complex Dalgate Srinagar
Nagar Nigam Moradabad
Sd/-
No: SDDI/CC/1689-1700 Executive Engineer
GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM Dated: 27/09/2021
DIPK-9632
S&D Division Ist
Srinagar
DIRECTORATE OF AGRICULTURE
ASSAM, KHANAPARA, GUWAHATI- 781022 INFRASTRUCTURE
URBAN INFRASTRU
JHARKHAND URBAN
No: AGRI/IPMU/E-BID/PPC/56/2021-22/69 06156 Hazarat Nizamuddin-Madurai Jn. Express Special DEVEL OPMENT C
DEVELOPMENT COMP
OMPANY (JUIDCO)
ANY (JUIDC O) Ltd.
NOTICE INVITING e-PROCUREMENT (A Government of Jhar
Government Jharkhand
khand Undertaking)
rd
The Director of Agriculture, Assam invites bids in 3 Floor, Pragati Sadan
Sadan , Kutchery Chow
Chowk,k, Ranchi – 834001
Ph. No – 0651-2225878, E- Mail Id. – juidc
juidcolimit
olimited@gmail.com
ed@gmail.com
Two-Bid System through e-Procurement from
CIN:U45200JH2013SGC001752
CIN:U45200JH2013SGC00175
eligible Bidder (Manufactures) for supply of Plant
Protection Chemicals for the year 2021-22 on rate REQUEST FOR QUOTATION
(2nd Call)
contract basis. The important dates governing the
QIT NO.: JUIDCOLTD/JD/ARGORA CHOWK/2658/2020-408 DATE : 29/09/2021
e-bid are given below: Request for Quotation of market rate items for Junction
Date of release of e-Bid : 30/09/2021 at 5:00 p.m. 1 Name of the Work
Improvement of Argora Chowk at Ranchi
document Online juidco.jharkhand.gov.in under the Tender Link from
2 Availability of Quotation
29.09.2021
Date of Pre-Bid meeting : 07/10/2021 at 3.00 p.m. Offline (Through Post/By Hand in the office of JUIDCO Ltd.
3 Mode of submission of Quotation (3rd Floor, Pragati Sadan, Kutchery Chowk, Ranchi
Last date and time for : 21/10/2021 upto 3:00 p.m. 834001) or online by mail on juidcolimited@gmail.com
submission of e-Bid 4 Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) (In INR)
EMD – Rs 10,000.00 (Rupees Ten Thousand Only)
(Refundable)
Date & time of opening of : 21/10/2021 at 3:30 p.m. 5 Start Date of Quotation 29.09.2021 at 10:00 Hrs
Technical e-Bid 6 Date/Time of Pre-Bid Query Meeting 04.10.2021 from 15:00 Hrs
7 Last Date of Quotation Submission 08.10.2021 up to 17:00 Hrs
Bidders may download the e-Bid document 8 Date/Time of Quotation Opening 09.10.2021 at 17:30 Hrs.
Jharkhand Urban Infrastructure Development Company
available at https://www.assamtenders.gov.in. 9
Quotation Submission Address Ltd, 3rd Floor, Pragati Sadan, Near Kutchery Road Ranchi,
Jharkhand- 834001
Janasanyog No. 1532/21 10 Helpline no +91 651 2225878
Director of Agriculture, Assam Sd/-
Project Director (Technical)
Khanapara, Guwahati - 22 PR 254141 Urban Development(21-22).D JUIDCO Ltd.
New Delhi
DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA
JOURNALISM OF COURAGE
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CRISIS OVER RESIGNATION BY PPCC CHIEF
Mid-day meal scheme is now
Congress firefights in Punjab: Sidhu in ‘PM Poshan’, pre-primary
no mood to relent, CM ‘ready for talks’ children will be covered
Minister says will formalise pre-school system, check
Party central observer in Chandigarh, Captain meets leakages in system; Bengal says no change except name
E
meets MLAs in touch with Sidhu Shah, stand on inpre-primaryclasses,currently
E X P L A I NE D
SOURAV ROY BARMAN coveredundertheICDS,willalso
KANCHAN VASDEV BUSINESS AS USUAL
farm laws key NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29
●
Morekids
infold
be brought in. Last year, the gov-
ernment had opened pre-
CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 29
to what next
THE MID-DAY meal scheme will schools called Balvatikas at-
BY UNNY now be known as PM POSHAN, tached to angandwadis.
A DAY after Navjot Singh Sidhu with the Centre initiating a ma- WHILE SEEKING to build Education Minister Dharme-
resigned as PPCC chief and trig- jorpoliticalpushpivotedaround on the gains of the midday ndra Pradhan said PM POSHAN,
gered a new crisis in the Punjab LIZ MATHEW ‘childnutrition’,andannouncing meal scheme, PM Poshan, approved by the Cabinet
Congress, the party leadership NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29 that around 24 lakh students re- cleared by the Cabinet on Committee on Economic Affairs
launched an exercise to placate ceiving pre-primary education Wednesday, seeks to chaired by Prime Minister
him but Sidhu appeared to be in JUST OVER a week after he re- atgovernmentandgovernment- broaden its ambit by NarendraModi Wednesday, will
no mood to relent. signed as Punjab Chief Minister, aided schools will also be bringing under its fold provide a new shape to the pol-
The Congress sent its central Captain arrives at Shah’s residence in Delhi Wednesday. ANI veteran Congress leader Captain brought under the ambit of the around 24 lakh pre- icy“toenhancethenutritionlev-
observer Harish Chaudhary to Amarinder Singh met Union scheme from next year. schoolers and fund tar- els of schoolchildren”.
ChandigarhWednesdaytospeak Home Minister Amit Shah in the Under the mid-day meal geted interventions to im- PM POSHAN has been
to party leaders and sort out the
crisis, but Sidhu did not come to Punjab, exits give fuel to national capital on Wednesday,
setting off speculation about the
scheme, hot cooked food is pro-
videdcurrentlyto studentsfrom
prove nutrition levels of
children.
launched for an initial period of
five years (2021-22 to 2025-26).
Chandigarh. He remained in his
Patiala residence the entire day.
After his supporters’ attempt to
out… I am fair and I have no ego
hassles,” he said.
G-23: Sibal, Azad speak up meeting and his next steps.
“Met Union Home Minister
@AmitShahjiinDelhi.Discussed
Classes 1 to 8 — around 11.80
crore children in all, in 11.20 lakh
government and government- Shakti Nirman or PM POSHAN
The Centre will bear Rs 54,061
crore of the total estimated cost
of Rs 1.3 lakh crore, with the
advise him, he did not withdraw After remaining mum Congress needed to ask itself theprolongedfarmers’agitation aided schools.UnderPM Poshan scheme, 24 lakh more children CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
his resignation. Tuesdayonhisresignation,Sidhu KRISHN KAUSHIK whyleaderswereleaving it,sen- against#FarmLaws&urgedhim
Chief Minister Charanjit tweeted a video Wednesday to NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29 ior party leader Kapil Sibal said toresolvethecrisisurgentlywith
Singh Channi said he had called say that he will not compromise Wednesday: “In our party, at the repeal of the laws & guarantee EXPRESS NETWORK 2,990 KG HEROIN SEIZED BY DRI
Probe Mundra port
up Sidhu and invited him for a onhisethicsevenif itmeantsac- THE ONGOING Punjab crisis and moment, there is no president, MSP, besides supporting Punjab
dialogue. “The party president is rificing posts. the recent high-profile exits so we don't know who is taking in crop diversification,” Singh TALIBAN CIVIL
the head of the family. The head HeraisedtheBargarisacrilege from the Congress prompted its these decisions. We know and tweeted after the almost hour-
AVIATION WRITES TO
role in import of
should discuss matters within CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Group of 23 (the group that yet we don't know." longmeetingatShah'sresidence.
the family. I have spoken to wrote to Sonia Gandhi demand- Sibal’s press conference fol- While there were reports DGCAON FLIGHTS TO
Sidhu Sahib today and invited ing sweeping changes in the lowedalettertoSoniaGandhiby thatSinghmayalsocallonPrime AFGHANISTAN PAGE 11
SACRILEGE CASE
heroin: Court to DRI
himfortalks.Ihavetoldhimthat partystructure)toonceagainex- a fellowmember of theGroup of Minister Narendra Modi, there
party’s ideology is supreme and BACK AT CENTRE OF press concern over what they 23, Ghulam Nabi Azad. Both was no official confirmation.
POWER TO PUNISH
a government follows that ide- PUNJAB POLITICS called was the continuing drift Azad and Sibal again demanded Sources said Singh, asked to FOR CONTEMPT CAN’T
ology. I have told him that if he PAGE 8 in the party. elections to the post of the party quit by the high command after BE TAKEN AWAY BY
has any issues, we can talk those Underlining that the CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 LAW:SC Adani Port while such consign-
PAGE 8 KHUSHBOO NARAYAN ment/ container was sent/ im-
MUMBAI, SEPTEMBER 29 ported from foreign nation to
India and landed at Mundra
A SPECIAL court for Narcotics Adani Port and how manage-
In brutal second wave Murder case filed in UP hotel death, no arrests Drugs and Psychotropic Subst-
ances (NDPS) in Bhuj, Gujarat,
has directed the Directorate of
ment, authority and officer of
Mundra Adani Port was com-
pletely under dark and oblivious
mortality, vaccines yet, wife writes to CM: ‘Ensure we get justice’ Revenue Intelligence (DRI)to in-
vestigate if the “Mundra Adani
about the fact of import of such
consignment at Mundra Adani
made all the difference Video shows family being persuaded by
Port, its management and its au- Port wherein contraband heroin
thority gained any benefits” of approximately 2,990 kgs was
from import of about 2,990 kilo- found and whether Mundra
Gorakhpur DM, SP not to lodge case grams of heroin seized by the Adani Port, its management and
who were fully vaccinated. DRIonSeptember16.Theheroin itsauthorityhasgainedanyben-
KAUNAIN SHERIFF M The data, being collated for a Allthepolicemeninvolvedinthe wasfoundintwocontainersthat efits from import of such con-
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29 vaccine tracker which is to be ASAD REHMAN raid early on Tuesday have been landed at Mundra port from signment of NDPS substances in
launched soon, is significant, es- LUCKNOW, SEPTEMBER 29 suspended, though no arrests AfghanistanviaIran,inthename India,” Additional District Judge
REAFFIRMING THE critical role pecially in the backdrop of pub- have been made so far. of Aashi Trading Company of C M Pawar said in an order
of Covid-19 vaccines in protec- lic health experts expressing AMURDERFIRwaslodgedinthe A video recorded by Manish Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. passed on September 26.
tion against death, health min- concern over a possible surge in early hours of Wednesday Gupta'sfamilyshowsthembeing An email query sent to the Thecourtwashearingthere-
istry data show that in the first cases following the festival sea- against three named and three persuadedbyGorakhpurSPVipin chief executiveofficerof Mundra mand application of one of the
seven weeks of the second wave son in October. Moreover, about unidentified policemen in con- TadaandDistrictMagistrateVijay Adani Port remained unan- key accused, Rajkumar P, a resi-
of thepandemic,the60-plusage 24 per cent of the estimated 60- nection with the late-night raid Kiran Anand to not lodge a case, swered. dent of Coimbatore and the key
group reported about 121 pluspopulation,identifiedasthe at a Gorakhpur hotel that re- with the promise that the probe “It is required to be investi- accused who allegedly used
weekly deaths per million most vulnerable group, are still sulted in the death of a 38-year- will be “unbiased”. Meenakshi with her husband Manish Gupta’s body that was gated that what is the role of au- WhatsApp to broker the deal
among the non-vaccinated, 2.6 unvaccinated. oldpropertydealerfromKanpur. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 brought to their home in Kanpur on Wednesday. Express thority and officers of Mundra CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
weekly deaths per million According to the latest data,
among those who had received 10.09 crore persons in the 60
their first dose, and 1.76 weekly years and above category have
deaths per million among those CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
FEWER DEATHS AMONG FULLY JABBED
Avg weekly Avg weekly Avg weekly
deaths per deaths per deaths per
million in million with million in fully
unvaccinated single dose vaccinated
60 years
and above
65.4 1.3 0.8
Congratulations!
45 - 59 years 20.6 0.4 0.2
18 - 44 years 2.8 0.2 0.09
*Average of 18 weeks (April 18- August 15)
C4@4: B0*@4C0B 0./643/
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UP hotel death Anand could be reached for a touched 32 per cent in the week tween)Centreandthestates!So
Congress firefights in Punjab: Sidhu in
comment on the video. ending August 15. why the new name -- just bully-
Thefamily,thatlivesinBurra Inanothervideothatwentvi- Inthisperiod,therewasasig- ing to add the name of Prime
areaofKanpur,hasrefusedtocre- ral, Meenakshi is seen crying at nificant drop in the number of Minister.”
mate Gupta’s body till their de- thehotelwheretheincidenttook deathsbeingreportedamongthe The Mission Director of the
mands are met. Kanpur Police
Commissioner Asim Arun said
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath,
place, and pleading: “My hus-
band was murdered here, by a
policeman. Please nyay dila dee-
no mood to relent, CM ‘ready for talks’ non-vaccinated. Data analysis
showed almost full protection
against death among those who
Axom (Assam) Siksha Abhiyan
Mission, Roshni Aparanji Korati,
said PM POSHAN would “com-
who will be in Kanpur on a pre- jiye. Aap dekhiye yahaan kahin issue and said people who had met some MLAs who had met resignation. A number of lead- him the PPCC chief, and then had received even a single dose plement” their ongoing efforts.
scheduled visit, will meet the khoon nahin hai. Aur woh khoon given clean chits to the Badals Sidhu in the last 24 hours, but ers are of the opinion that the getting former Chief Minister of the vaccine. “Wearefullygearedtowardsim-
family Thursday. Gorakhpur is se lathpath thay. Do doston ne bhi and blanket bail to former DGP several MLAs visited Sidhu at party should not bend now Amarinder Singh removed.” ■ Betweentheweeksending plementing the new scheme. In
Adityanath'spocketborough.The batayayahinparkhoonbharahua Sumedh Singh Saini had been hisPatialaresidence.Twomin- and let him resign. “The party “It is also being felt that the June6andAugust15,the60years fact,wehavealreadybeendoing
government has announced Rs tha. Hotel waalon ne sab saaf appointedinthesystem.While isters, Pargat Singh and has done enough for him. He new government and its ap- andaboveagegroupreportedan someof thethingswhicharebe-
10 lakh for the family. karwa diya (Please give me jus- henamedtheAdvocateGeneral Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, has also got some responsibil- pointments was a smaller bat- average of 30.04 weekly deaths ing introduced,” Korati said.
TheFIRonGupta'sdeath,un- tice. You see there is no blood inhisvideo,hedidnotmention met Sidhu before the Cabinet ity,” a leader said. tle compared to what lies per million among the non-vac- Primary (1-5) and upper pri-
der IPC Section 302 (murder), here,whilemyhusbandwascov- the DGP even though he re- meeting Wednesdaymorning. A senior leader from Delhi ahead. If there are issues at this cinated; 0.46 weekly deaths per mary (6-8) schoolchildren are
names (now suspended) ered in blood. The two friends ferred to him as “someone giv- Inderbir Singh Bolaria, Fateh said it was being felt that the juncture that the leaders are millionamongthosewhohadre- currently entitled to 100 grams
Ramgarhtal SHO Jagat Narayan with him also said there was ing clean chits to Badals in sac- Jung Singh Bajwa, Balwinder Congress had worked very throwing their resignations ceived their first dose; and 0.33 and150gramsof foodgrainsper
SinghandSub-InspectorsAkshay blood everywhere. The hotel rilege cases”. Singh Laddi also met him dur- hard to appoint Sidhu as PPCC likethis,thenwhatwouldhap- weeklydeathspermillionamong working day each, to ensure a
Mishra and Vijay Yadav, apart people got it cleaned).” “WhenIseethoseissuesare ing the day. chief. “It could not have hap- pen in the bigger battle of thosewhowerefullyvaccinated. minimum of 700 calories. The
from and three unidentified po- PradeepKumar,34,whoruns being compromised, I cannot Sources close to Sidhu said pened so smoothly. The senior ticket distribution in two ■ Inthesameperiod,the45- new scheme has a provision for
licemen. In a tweet close to mid- aneventmanagementcompany take it… I had vowed to fight he was unrelenting. “He will partyleadersworkedovertime months from now. Are the res- 59 years age group reported an supplementary nutrition for
night on Wednesday, the UP in Gurgaon, and was with Gupta for justice for my Guru,” refer- not withdraw his resignation to make it happen. Otherwise ignations going to fly around averageof8.41weeklydeathsper children in aspirational districts
Police said what had happened in the hotel room at the time of ring to the Guru Granth Sahib. unless the government re- there were so many dyed-in- like this?” the leader said. million among the non-vacci- and those with high prevalence
was "unfortunate", adding: the incident, told The Indian Sidhu resigned Tuesday, moves AG APS Deol and DGP wool Congressmen waiting in “Channiiscomingacrossas nated; 0.11 weekly deaths per ofanaemia.Aseniorgovernment
"Policemen have been sus- Express, “I knew Manishji for minutes after the ministers IPS Sahota,” said a source. the wings for the post. Still, someone who is conducting millionamongthosewhohadre- official said the revamped
pended&anFIRhasbeenlodged around five years. He was a very were allocated portfolios.He is Sources said Chaudhary will they chose Sidhu. By resigning himself with sobriety. He is ceived their first shot; and 0.10 scheme essentially does away
againstthemunderrelevantsec- kind and polite man.” learnt to be upset that the try to meet him once he feels on social media, Sidhu has im- forcing people to take him se- weeklydeathspermillionamong with the restriction on the part
tions. ADG/DIG/ SSP Gorakhpur Opposition leaders visited Home portfolio has gone to that Sidhu’s supporters have pliedthathedoesnotvaluethe riously. He is hard working. He the fully vaccinated. of the Centre to provide funds
havebeendirectedtotakeaction Gupta's home on Wednesday. Deputy Chief Minister done enough groundwork. party’s hard work and sincer- is all over the state. He is prov- ■ The 18-44 years age group only for wheat, rice, pulses and
againsttheguiltyaftertheinves- Samajwadi Party president and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa. Disquiet is also prevailing itywithwhichtheycarriedout ing to be a good choice,” the reported an average of 1.08 vegetables. “Currently, if a state
tigation." former CM Akhilesh Yadav In Chandigarh, Chaudhary inthePunjabCongressoverhis the entire operation of making leader said. weeklydeathspermillionamong decides to add any component
Police have claimed that tweeted,“TheBJPgovernmentin thenon-vaccinated;0.02weekly likemilkoreggstothemenu,the
Gupta died in a fall while they UP has given birth to a culture of deaths per million among those Centre does not bear the addi-
were searching the premises of encounters. This is the result of other. notthedoingoftheG-23leaders. demnthebehaviour.Howeveras Adani Ports and Special whohadreceivedtheirfirstshot; tional cost. Now that restriction
Krishna Palace Hotel as part of a that.”Congressgeneralsecretary “Like with (Assam Chief “It is not happening because of a party leader, I would like to say Economic Zone (APSEZ) saying and 0.06 weekly deaths per mil- has been lifted,” the official said.
routine check. His wife PriyankaGandhiVadratweeted: Minister)HimantaBiswaSarma, us." that what Sibalji said about the that a port operator’s role was lionamongthosewhowerefully An official said they do not
Meenakshi submitted a com- “The state is under jungle raj and Amarinder’s tirade against the Without mentioning the party was also not correct.” “limited to running the port”. vaccinated. anticipateaproblem.“Annually,
plaint saying the policemen had the condition is such that police Gandhiswouldbeadvantageous Gandhis, Sibal talked about the Without mentioning Sibal, “We have no policing authority of theallocation,upto80%of the
misbehaved with Gupta and, is soft on criminals, while it be- for the BJP during poll cam- defections of Luizinho Faleiro in Indian Youth Congress national over the containers or the mil- Security out funds are spent. Currently, the
when he objected, “he was as- haves in barbaric manner with paigns,” said a BJP leader. Goa, Sushmita Dev in Assam, president Srinivas B V used the lions of tonnes of cargo that pass thatmanypolicepersonnelwere unspentamountissurrendered,
saulted, resulting in serious in- common people." “But the Captain wants to get Jyotiradtiya Scindia in Madhya word "Ji Huzoor" and tweeted: throughtheterminalsinMundra attached with former police but going ahead, that amount
juries and death”. In her tweet, BSP chief clarityontheparty’sstandonthe Pradesh and Lalitesh Tripathi in “The 'President' and'Leadership' or any of our ports,” it said. commissioners, retired judges will be used,” the official said.
SPTadatoldTheIndianExpress Mayawatipointedoutthatthein- farm laws. He cannot take any UttarPradesh,amongothers,and ofthepartyarethesame,whoal- andretiredpoliceofficers,”theof- Pradhan said that under PM
thepost-mortemreportshowed cident had happened "in the stand unless there is clarity on said: “It's ironic that those who ways took you to Parliament, Second wave ficer said, adding that several re- POSHAN, nutri-gardens will be
three injuries — on the right el- home district of Chief Minister". this,” said a party leader. weretheirkhasam-khaas(special made you a 'minister' during the gottheirfirstdose,and5.58crore tiredcommissionerswerefound developedinschoolstogivechil-
bow,forehead,andaneyelid."As However, he added that the BJP ones),theyleft.Andthosepeople goodtimes...Wheninopposition, are fully vaccinated. tohavearound15policeperson- dren“firsthandexperience with
perthereport,thecauseof death Capt with Shah isoptimisticaboutapositiveout- who they believed are not their sent you to Rajya Sabha, re- On September 9, the health nel deployed with them each, natureandgardening”.Suchgar-
is coma. All injuries are superfi- a fractious fight within the state come. “Otherwise, he would not special ones, they are standing warded with responsibilities". ministry released the first real- apart from their multi-tasking dens have been already devel-
cial.” unit in which he found himself have met Shah,” he said. with them today.” WITHINPUTSFROM time data of India’s vaccination staff. oped in three lakh schools, he
Meenakshisaidshehadwrit- isolated,mayalsomeetThursday At the time of resigning as Headded,“Onethingisclear, ASHTHASAXENA drive, which showed near-total The audit also found that said. “A social audit is being
tenalettertotheCMdetailingher some of the Congress's “G-23” – Chief Minister on September 18, we are not Ji Huzoor 23... We will efficacyinpreventingserious ill- many of the security personnel made mandatory. To promote
demands,includingthatthecase the group of 23 senior Congress Singh had said that all options put forward our points, and will Mundra port ness and death. The data for four had been first attached to the of- ‘vocalforlocal’,womenself-help
be probed by the CBI, the trial be leaderswhowrotetopartypres- were open. “I have been in poli- continue to do so.” between the Indian company months (April 18-August 15) ficers or judges concerned while groups and farmer producer or-
held in a fast-track court in ident Sonia Gandhi a year ago tics for 52 years and I will be in Reiterating what Azad wrote and an Iranian exporter. showed that vaccine efficacy in theywereserving,butcontinued ganisations will be encouraged
Kanpur as they can't travel to seeking an overhaul. politics.Ihaveresignedtodaybut inhisletter,Sibalsaidthepartyis Initsorder,seenbyTheIndian preventing deaths was 96.6 per to have them after retirement or toprovideafilliptolocallygrown
Gorakhpurfrequently,andaction AheadofthePunjabelections in politics, options are never awaiting decisions in respect to Express, the court also asked the cent after the first dose and 97.5 transfer.“Evenassomeof there- food items,” he said.
be taken against the hotel. The nextyear,theBJPisalsosaidtobe closed,” he had said. election to the office of the DRItoinvestigate“themodalities per cent after the second dose. A tired officers continued to have The scheme also plans “in-
lettersays,“Ilivewithmyfather- keentoropeinSingh.Butanypo- Interestingly, former chair- Congresspresident,CWCandthe andtheprocessforscanningand total of 2,52,873 deaths were re- the cover, their security assess- spection”bystudentsof colleges
in-law, who is a senior citizen, liticalnegotiationseemstohinge person of the Punjab farmers’ centralelectioncommittee.Aday checking of such container and ported in this period. menthadnotbeendonefortwo- anduniversitiesforground-level
along with my son who is five. I around the contentious farm commission and chairman of earlier, another G-23 leader, consignment at foreign nations The vaccine efficacy was cal- three years. As per Ministry of execution.
have no source of income. I re- laws. Bharat Krishak Samaj, Ajay Vir ManishTewari,hadtakenadigat and at Mundra Port when said culated on the basis of granular Home Affairs rules, an agency Pradhanalsotalkedaboutthe
questyoutoensurethatmyfam- For now, although he has Jakhar, tweeted Tuesday: “In my the induction into the Congress consignment/containerwassent data on the weekly deaths per providingsecurityhastoconduct concept of ‘Tithi Bhojan’, intro-
ilygetsjustice.Ishouldbegivena publicly criticised the Congress, judgement,theGovt.hasinprin- of former JNU student leader /importedfromforeignnationto million, based on the ICMR’s a threat perception assessment ducedin2018.“Childrencoming
government job... We should be Singhremainswiththeparty.BJP ciple already decided to with- Kanhaiya Kumar. India and landed at Mundra Covid-19testingdata,vaccination every six months,” the officer from affluent families will be
given compensation of Rs 50 sources said that while the party draw/ compromise on 3 farm Sibal quoted Mahatma Adani Port”. dataupdatedontheCo-Winplat- said. urged to bring two lunch boxes
lakh." isdesperatetofindamiddlepath laws to the satisfaction of the Gandhi to say that no group of The judge said the heroin form, and the health ministry's Sources said the Police so that nutritious food can be
Meenakshi’sbrotherSaurabh ontheissueofthefarmlaws,both farm unions but issue on form of peoplehaveamonopolyonright seizurehasraised“manyissues”, official death count. Secretariathasdirectedthesecu- providedtoneedykids.Itwillbe
Gupta (40), a businessman, said: the party and the government legalMSPremains.Aftersomuch judgment,andsaid:“Democracy including why the consignment An analysis of this granular rity wings to now provide cover completely voluntary,” he said.
"Manish was a simple man, a havemadeitclearthatthereisno distress & loss of trust, hope bet- cannotbeworkedby20mensit- was “registered and landed at datashowedahugedifferencein to those for whom security has Communities would also be en-
trader in a range of products and questionof repealingthelaws.In ter sense prevails on both sides.” ting at the centre." Asking the Mundra Adani Port, Gujarat, the absolute number of deaths beenorderedbyeithertheHome couragedtoprovidethechildren
properties.” thisscenario,saidsources,theBJP Jakharresignedaschairpersonof party leadership to “listen to our which is far from Vijayawada, that were reported among the Ministry or courts. “Security is food at festivals etc, while cook-
Police Commissioner Arun hopesthatSinghwillhelptoend the Punjab farmers commission point of view" even if it didn't Andhra Pradesh”, that is sur- unvaccinated, as compared to now being provided based on ing festivals to encourage local
claimedthefamilywasreassured the stalemate. after Singh resigned as Chief agree,hesaid,"Allowusthatdia- rounded by other ports like the thosewhowerevaccinated,even onlythreatperception.Anumber cuisines are also envisaged.
now,afterofficershadmetthem. However, Singh's reiteration Minister. logue...Nomonopoliesshouldbe Chennai port. during the peak of the second of personalsecurityofficershave TamilNaduisconsideredthe
"Theirdemandsaregenuine,that of the demand for repeal of the –WITHINPUTSFROM created in the power structures On September 16, the DRI wave. beencalledbackanddeployedin pioneer in introducing mid-day
a fair probe be done... Their re- laws Wednesday indicates that KANCHANVASDEV, of any country, nor in the power Ahmedabad seized heroin from ■Betweentheweeksending policing duties,” the officer said. meals in government schools.
questforcompensationandajob both sides have not reached any CHANDIGARH structures of any party”. two containers at Mundra Port, April18andMay30,the60years Amongthosewhosesecurity However,theschemeasitstands
will be sent to the government... conclusion over a potential en- He said that while there was whichweredeclaredascontain- andaboveagegroupreportedan has been downgraded are offi- currentlyhasgonethroughase-
The incident is very tragic... We gagement. According to sources Sibal, Azad no immediate reason for him to ing talc powder or “semi- average of 121.21 weekly deaths cers of the Special Cell. riesof changessincebeingintro-
are with the family,” he told re- in Punjab, Singh sought legal president and a meeting of the speak out, “For such a long time, processed talc stones”, originat- per million among the non-vac- Sources said several police duced first in 1995 as a Centrally
porters,addingthatdecisionslike opinion on the farm laws issue, Congress Working Committee we are waiting, and there is a ing in Afghanistan. cinated. The figure dropped to commissioners called up senior sponsored scheme across 2,408
transferring the case to Kanpur ahead of his meeting with Shah. (CWC). limit to waiting... We have never The containers, sources said, 2.64 weekly deaths per million officersatDelhiPoliceheadquar- blocks for students up to Class 5.
were not taken at his level. In an interview to The Indian Sibal pointed out that those given any statement against the were imported by Aashi Trading among those who had received terstoregistertheirobjectionsto In 2007, the UPA government
Inthevideothatwentviral,of Express last February, Singh had whomtheGandhifamilyconsid- Congress, and are not doing so Company, registered in the first dose; and 1.76 weekly the withdrawal of the cover, but had expanded it to Class 8.
policetryingtoconvincethefam- said the standoff had to end at ered close had deserted them, even today.” Sibal said he even Vijayawada, from a firm called deaths per million among those were turned down. While the Centre bears the
ilytonotlodgeacase,DMAnand “the negotiating table”, and that unlike the G-23 leaders who wanted to urge those HasanHusainLtd.TheDRIhasar- who were fully vaccinated. entire cost of food grains and
canbeheardsaying:“Icanassure some farm leaders were “agree- were still with them, though not Congressmanwhohadleft,tore- restedninepersonssofar,includ- ■ Inthesameperiod,the45- PM Poshan their transportation, as well as
you that the probe will be unbi- able” to (the laws being on hold as"yes-men".Sourcessaidsome turn. The Congress, he said, was ing Aashi proprietors. 59 years age group reported an states paying Rs 31,733 crore (Rs looks after the management,
ased. The SP sahab and I will en- for) “18 months but it may go up of theG-23leadersmetatAzad's theonlypartythatcouldsavethe The court, in its order, said averageof39.9weeklydeathsper 45,000 crore will be released by monitoring and evaluation un-
sure that. I request you as a to 24 months.” house Wednesday morning Republic,andthecountryneeded that in the last two years, the sea million among the non-vacci- the Centre as subsidies for food der the scheme, components
brother... Once a case is lodged, it While Singh has remained where it was decided that he a strong Opposition. atGujarat,especiallytheseaarea nated; 0.87 weekly deaths per grains). suchascookingcosts,payments
goes on for years to come." tightlipped on the question of should write to Gandhi. Maken, who has been in- of Kutch district, has become a millionamongthosewhohadre- “The National Education to cooks and workers are split in
SP Tada adds: “They (the po- joining the BJP, sources said he In the evening, there were volved in the recent decisions hubfor“importing/smugglingof ceived the first dose; and 0.42 Policy (NEP) has also recom- a 60:40 ratio with states.
licemen)didnothaveanyenmity has been in touch with key BJP protests outside Sibal's house by takeninthePunjabCongress,told contraband in huge quantities weeklydeathspermillionamong mended that pre-school educa- Severalstudiesovertheyears
(withGupta,andthetwofriends leadersdealingwithPunjabfora Congress workers shouting slo- PTI that leaders like Sibal were from foreign countries like thosewhowerefullyvaccinated. tionshouldbeformalised.Thisis have shown the critical role
with him). They went wearing few months now. Even on gans of "Gaddaron, party chhoro demoralising party cadres and Pakistan and Afghanistan”. ■ In the 18-44 years age a step towards that. Also, it will played by midday meals in in-
policeuniform."Healsosayspo- Tuesday, his team maintained (traitors leave the party)". Delhi shouldnot"denigratetheorgan- The court stressed that the group,therewasanaverageof5.6 help prevent leakages and bring creasingenrolmentandprevent-
lice have already "listened" to that Singh was in the national Congress chief Anil Chaudhary isationwhichhasgiventhempo- DRI should investigate all the as- weeklydeathspermillionamong more transparency. We will be- ing dropouts.
them and suspended the men. capital on a “personal visit”, and said they were workers from litical identity". Rejecting Sibal's pects of the case booked by it the non-vaccinated; 0.6 weekly comemorehandsonandnudge According to official data
"They will not be reinstated till rejected speculation that he Sibal's old constituency of contentionthattheCongresshad against Aashi Trading, including deaths per million among those statestopayschoolsthroughthe availablewithTheIndianExpress,
they get a clean chit." would meet senior BJP leaders. Chandni Chowk, adding that no regular president, he said the probe into the management who had received the first dose; direct benefit transfer (DBT) for PM POSHAN, the Centre’s
Meenakshi, who recorded For the BJP, even if Singh has whilehedidn'tagreewithSibal's Gandhi continues to lead the and officials of Mundra Adani and0.1 weeklydeathspermillion mode,” Pradhan told reporters. share has been pegged at Rs
the video, replies, “I don’t want lost the support of his MLAs and remarks, he condemned such party. "The meetings of the CWC Port. This direction was in re- amongthosewhowerefullyvac- While the NEP also proposes 10,233 crore in 2020-21, Rs
their jobs. They should either be faces anti-incumbency, it would protests.Severalotherleaders,in- and that of party general secre- sponsetothepublicprosecutor’s cinated. breakfastinschools,thegovern- 10,706 crore in 2022-23, Rs
removed completely, or I want a beamajorpoliticalgainifhejoins cludingAjayMaken,issuedstate- tarieshavebeenheldatleasthalf- remarkthatotheragenciesarein- Significantly,thiswasthepe- menthasnottakenanydecision 10,871 crore in 2023-24, Rs
life for a life.” The two officers the party. It would get a Sikh ments criticising Sibal. a-dozen times in the last few vestigating the larger aspects of riod when the country was re- on that yet, he said. 11,039 crore in 2024-25, and Rs
then ask her to stop filming. leader — the BJP still does not Atthepressconference,Sibal months... where everyone has the case. porting a shortage of Covid-19 The West Bengal govern- 11,211crorein2025-26.Thecor-
Meenakshi’sbrotherSaurabh, haveacredibleSikhpoliticalface. saidhewasstandingwitha“very beengivenfullopportunitytoair “In any case, it is the duty of vaccines, and only 13 per cent of ment accused the Centre of just responding share of the states
who was with her, said: "They TheBJPwouldalsoscoreabigpo- heavy heart” and “I cannot see their views," the former Union theinvestigatingagency(DRI)to the estimated adult population changing the name of the mid- has been estimated at Rs 5,974
toldustogivethemfour-fivedays litical victory against the mypartyinthesituationthatitis minister said. make proper investigation and had received the first dose. day meal scheme. State crore in 2021-22, Rs 6,277 crore
for an internal inquiry. They said Congress,especiallyinstateslike today.Itbreaksmyheart”.Saying On the sloganeering outside findouttruthonalltheaspectsof The vaccination drive picked Education Minister Bratya Basu in 2022-23, Rs 6,383 crore in
if the officers are found guilty, a Uttarakhand, Goa, Gujarat and thehappeningsinPunjabwould Sibal's house, Delhi Congress case,” said the court. upinthebeginningofJune.Inthe said, “Nothing new in the 2023-24,Rs6,492crorein2024-
case will be lodged.” HimachalPradeshwherethetwo beto"theadvantagetotheISIand chief Chaudhary said: "The Earlier the Adani Group had weekendingJune6,thefirstdose scheme, including the 60-40 25, and Rs 6,604 crore in
Neither SP Tada nor DM parties are pitted against each Pakistan”, he said the crisis was protest is not justified and I con- issued a statement on behalf of coverage stood at 15 per cent; it split in the expenditure (be- 2025-26.
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Accused in Dalit girl’s
murder claim beaten For younger children, SDMC rolls back hiked property tax
New Delhi:TheSDMChasdecidedtorollbackthehikedpropertytax
schools will open only
rates for commercially rented establishments, educational institu-
tionsandbanquethalls.Aseniorofficialsaidtaxhadbeenraisedbased
inside van; they’re
onrecommendationsof theMunicipalValuationCommittee-3. ENS
safe, say jail authorities
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29
filed. The court directed the FSL
director to expedite the process
andputupthematterforfurther
after festive season proved situation was taken into
hearing on October 21.The court EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE account but caution was sug-
ADELHIcourthasdisposedof an also sought a reply from the in- NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29 gested. Atgatheringsduringthe
application filed by the four ac- vestigatingofficer on an applica- festival season -- including
cused in the alleged rape and tion seeking preservation of SCHOOLS IN the city may be al- Durga Pooja Navratri, Dussehra
murder of a 9-year-old Dalit girl, CCTVfootageof thedayof thein- lowed to reopen for nursery to andDiwali--Covid-appropriate
aftertheyaskedforaseparatejail cident and the day after. class 8, but only after the festive behaviour will have to be fol-
claiming they had been as- The police, in their evidence season, the Delhi Disaster lowed.Thismeansthatstanding
saulted inside a prison vehicle. filed against the accused, has Management Authority has de- Educationists recommend crowdswillnotbeallowed,sep-
Additional Sessions Judge stated that the girl died due to cided. reopening of schools arate entry and exit points will
Ashutosh Kumar was informed suffocation whilebeingsexually According to sources, it was have to be set up, social distanc-
by jail authorities that all the ac- assaulted. decided in Wednesday’s meet- ing for seating will have to be
cused were completely safe and Radhey Shyam (55), a priest ing that since cases have re- Bhargava, NCDC director Dr S K maintained and no activities
secure in prison. at the cremation ground, and mained below the 100 mark for Singh, NDMA member Krishna such as fairs, stalls, etc that at-
“It is not possible to provide three other employees — three months in the city, schools Vatsa and Delhi Chief Secretary tract crowds will be allowed,
a separate van for their court Kuldeep Singh (63), Laxmi forjuniorclassescanreopen,but Vijay Dev. sources said. Only 50% of the
production.Asperthereport,di- Narain (48) and Salim Ahmed onlyafterthefestiveseasonends. For students from classes 9, seating capacity can be occu-
rections have been given by the (49) — were arrested in connec- Thiswouldmeanthatclassesfor to 12, school had resumed on pied. Discussionsonachangein
JailSuperintendentstoalltheof- tion with her death, which took these students will continue ex- September 1 and a healthy vaccinestrategytocovergroups,
ficials to ensure their safety dur- place on August 2. clusively online till at least turnout has been reported over such as government servants,
ing court production and in jail,” The accused have main- November 4, when Diwali will the past two weeks. health workers, school staff,
the judge said. tained that the girl died of elec- be celebrated. Educationists have pushed auto/taxi drivers and delivery
The Delhi Police also sought trocution while fetching water The meeting was chaired by forreopeningof schools,arguing personnel, were also held,
10 more days to file a supple- fromacooler.Thegirl’sfamilyal- L-G Anil Baijal along with health that the learning gap, especially sourcessaid.Adecisiontosetup
mentarychargesheetinthecase. legedthatthesuspectshurriedly ministerSatyendarJain,revenue in younger children, has vaccination camps and mobile
Police told the court that the FSL cremated the body after raping minister Kailash Gahlot, Dr VK widened since junior classes vans with ambulances to vacci-
results will be filed by October her. Only her charred remains Paul,member,NITIAayog,AIIMS have not been conducted offline nate the elderly, differently-
15 following which the supple- could be recovered from the fu- director Dr Randeep Guleria, since March 2020. abled, indisposed and domestic
mentary chargesheet would be neral pyre. ICMR director general Balram Officials said Delhi's im- helps was also taken.
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HIS ASSAILANTS SHOT BY POLICE 22 TIMES
Man kills wife and 3 kids
Gogi was shot 18 times in courtroom before hanging himself
bloodbath, police question gang rival the incident, for around two board of three doctors at weapon to eliminate Gogi,” the said.
PAVNEET SINGH CHADHA
AURANGABAD, PALWAL,
SEPTEMBER 29
MAHENDER SINGH hours. Maulana Azad Medical College. officer said. “Both the attackers were FIVE FAMILY members, includ-
MANRAL “Tillu has denied his involve- They have found that Gogi had “After questioning the ar- present inside the room and ing three minors, were found
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29 ment and claims that while he 18 bullet wounds in his body, rested two men, police found their firearms -- a .38 bore pis- dead in village Aurangabad in
was in touch with his associates, while Rahul has 19 wounds and that the initial plan was for five tol and another of .30 bore -- Palwal district Wednesday
DAYS AFTER two assailants he is not aware about any mur- Jagdeep three,” a senior police men -- Rahul, Jagdeep, Umang, were cocked. They opened fire morning.
killed gangster Jitender Maan der plot. In the coming days, we officer said. Vinay and an associate -- to en- from two different directions Police said a preliminary
alias Gogi inside a Rohini district will move an application before The Special Cell had ter the courtroom posing as when Gogi entered the court- probesuggeststhata35-year-old
courtroom before being gunned a Delhi Court to get his police Saturday arrested two men, lawyers, kill Gogi, and surrender room to attend a hearing. man,whoownsthehouse,either
down, autopsy revealed that he custody for further question- Umang Yadav and Vinay Mota, before the judge. But their plan Personnel of the Special Cell, poisoned his wife, son, daughter
was hit by 18 bullets fired by the ing,” a senior police officer said. and recovered a car used to drop changed as Umang and the as- Delhi Armed Police and Rohini andnieceorgavethemsleep-in-
attackers, while the assailants On Friday, the two attackers, the assailants to court. An FIR sociate weren’t wearing proper district fired in retaliation. In to- ducing tablets before smother- The room where the bodies were found had several pictures
received 22 bullet injuries in Rahul Tyagi and Jagdeep Jagga, under the Arms Act has been clothes. They sent Rahul and tal, eight rounds were fired by ing them with a pillow. He then of gods, celebrities and a freestyle drawing of the national
gunfire by police personnel. On had posed as lawyers to enter registered at the Special Cell po- Jagdeep to the courtroom and both the teams of the Special allegedly hanged himself, said flag on its walls. Express
Wednesday evening, a team of the courtroom and fired multi- lice station against Umang after stayed inside their car. CCTV Cell, 13 by the commandos of policeofficials.Themotiveisstill
the Crime Branch went to ple bullets at Gogi. Police per- police recovered an illegal footage, meanwhile, showed the third battalion and two were unknown, with officials probing
Mandoli jail, where they ques- sonnel retaliated, killing the two weapon from his possession. their associate, dressed in black, fired by the special staff of whether disharmony at home specific details, but it appears exercise penned by one of the
tioned Sunil alias Tillu Tajpuriya, on the spot. “The post-mortem “Umang told the police that Tillu walking around the court. He Rohini district,” an officer told was the reason. that he poisoned the food and children, titled ‘Sundar — the
the alleged mastermind behind was conducted by a medical had provided him with the will be arrested soon,” an officer The Indian Express. The deceased have been served it to his wife and children dreamer’andaschoolbag.Police
identified as Naresh Kumar (35), or he slipped them sleep-induc- officials went through the note-
BRIEFLY his wife Aarti (32), their son
Sanjay (11), daughter Varsha (9),
andnieceRavita(9).Theonlysur-
ing tablets. There are no injury
marks or signs of struggle on the
bodies of his wife and children.
booksof childrenbutdidnotfind
a suicide note.
A pall of gloom had de-
viving member of Naresh’s fam- The probe has found that he scended on the village after the
Policeposeas ilyishisyoungestdaughter,Priya
(7),whohadbeenlivingwithher
smothered them with a pillow
when they were unconscious
news was reported as people
flocked to the house to pay their
MCDofficials, aunt in Jhansi for the past two
months. Police said their niece
andkilledthem.Hethenhanged
himself.Theonlyotherpersonin
respects. Neighbours said they
did not hear any noise or com-
arrestfive lived with them since the death
of her parents.
the house, his father, was asleep
atthetime,”saidSajjanSingh,the
motionfromthehouselastnight.
Sunder Singh, who lives
New Delhi: In a special op- Kumar, who was a farmer Hodal deputy superintendent of nearby,said,“Thisisthefirstsuch
eration, a team of Delhi earlier, had opened a dhaba in police. incident in this village. He sat
Police personnel posed as Jhansi and had been living at his Police said that so far, the hereyesterdayeveningandchat-
MCD employees and in-laws' house for the past six probe does not suggest the role ted with us. Everything seemed
caught five burglars from months.Hemadefrequentvisits of an outsider. The bodies were normal. If there was any argu-
Southeast Delhi’s Kalkaji tohishouseinPalwal.Policesaid taken to Palwal Civil Hospital for ment or altercation during the
area.Theaccusedstayedin that at around 12.30 pm on an autopsy, and the report is night, neighbours would have
a densely populated vil- Tuesday, he had come to Palwal awaited, said police. heard something. But there was
lage in Ambedkar Colony. from Jhansi for a few days to be Kumar’s father, Lakhi Ram complete silence.”
In order to not arouse any with his family. (73),lodgedapolicecomplaintat Naresh’s sister-in-law, Pooja,
suspicion, the police im- His cousin Bhagat Singh (31) Mundkati police station on however, alleged that Naresh’s
personated government said he spoke to Kumar over the Wednesday, stating in the com- father had been troubling the
officials and held door-to- phonetwodaysago.“Itishardto plaint that he was "convinced" couple, asking them for money.
door checks of more than believe he could do this. He was that his son had killed his family “Nareshhadrecentlydoneadeal
60housestocatchthecul- in a sound state of mind and did and then committed suicide. tosellhistractorforRs3lakh.He
prits. nothaveanyrivalrywithanyone. Based on the complaint, an FIR had been demanding a share of
He did not have any debt or fi- under IPC section 302 (murder) themoney,”sheclaimed,adding
Sewage nancial problems. He had told
meof aminorargumentwithhis
was lodged against Kumar.
Policesaidnosleeptabletsor
thatNareshhadmovedtoJhansi
to get away from the troubles at
plantsfailto wifelastyear,butthatwasalong
time ago and a routine tiff,” said
poisonwasfoundfromtheroom.
The room where the dead bod-
home.
DSP Sajjan Singh said they
meeteffluent LAST MINUTE RUSH Singh.
Police suspect that the inci-
ies were found had several pic-
turesof gods,goddesses,celebri-
havenotreceivedanycomplaints
about such allegations. “There
standards A firecrackers shop in Old Delhi on Wednesday, a day after the Delhi Pollution Control Committee ordered a complete ban on
dent took place late on Tuesday
night. It was reported to the po-
tiesandafreestyledrawingof the
national flag on its walls. It had
could be a family feud related
reason but the family has not
New Delhi: With sewage sale and bursting of firecrackers in the national capital till January 1, 2022. Praveen Khanna lice at 7.30 am on Wednesday. three cots. On one of the cots, an providedanyspecificdetails.The
treatmentplants(STP)not “As of now, we do not know opened notebook had a school probeisunderway,”addedSingh.
meeting prescribed stan-
Eatery that denied entry
dards, the Delhi Pollution
Control Committee has
hauled up the Delhi Jal
Board. The Online
Delhi police officers 45,000 got learners’
Continuous
Monitoring
Effluent
System
(OCEMS) was found to be
refuse to pay toll, to woman in saree shuts licence through
offline in the case of six
STPs and eight STPs were
found not meeting pre-
staff dial for help EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
trade is running under the same
condition. You are directed to
der the category of "smart ca-
sual".
‘faceless service’
scribed standards. The fic. They claimed they were ex- NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29 close the trade within 48 hours TheNationalCommissionfor
DPCChas directed theDJB EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE empted from paying the toll. of the receipt of this notice fail- Women took cognizance and EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
toensureproperfunction- GURGAON, SEPTEMBER 29 When we told them that police THE AQUILA restaurant at Ansal ingwhichsuitableactioninclud- asked the Delhi Police chief to NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29
ing of OCEMS and STPs officialswerenotexemptedfrom Plaza, where a woman was al- ingsealingwillbetakenwithout probe the incident, while also
and submit action taken TRAFFIC CONGESTION was wit- thetollintheirprivatevehiclesas legedly denied entry as she was assigning further notice," the writingtoAquila’sdirectortoap- THE ‘FACELESS services’ in the
reports in three days. nessed at Kherki Daula toll plaza per NHAI rules, they started ar- wearing saree, has been shut af- SDMCpublichealthdepartment pear before it on September 28 Delhi Transport Department,
on the Delhi-Gurgaon express- guing with the staff. They ter being issued a closure notice notice issued to the restaurant withsupportingdocumentsand wherebypeoplecanget33types
HCsetsaside way after some officers of the
Delhi Police blocked three serv-
blocked the three lanes. We re-
quested them to park their vehi-
by the South Delhi Municipal
Corporation.
owner stated.
The development came to
an explanation.
As the clip went viral, the
of services or documents com-
pletely online has received
appointment ice lanes over being denied free
passageonWednesdaymorning.
cles on the side while the matter
was being discussed. This led to
Thenoticemakesnomention
of therecentincident;ratherthe
light in the SDMC House meet-
ing Wednesday when Congress
restaurant issued a statement:
“AtAquila,webelieveinhonour-
around 5 lakh applications since
February this year, when part of Transport Minister Kailash
ofchairperson Gurgaonpoliceofficialssaidtheir
Delhi counterparts had refused
trafficcongestionfor40minutes.
We informed the police control
civicbodyhasallegedtherestau-
rant was operating without a
councillor from Andrews Ganj,
AbhishekDutt,movedaproposal
ing our Indian community and
have always welcomed our
the project was made opera-
tional.
Gahlot
atJNUcentre to pay the toll claiming that they
were exempt.
room and a team reached the
spot.”
health trade license, following
which the owner was issued a
demanding a fine of Rs 5 lakh be
imposed against any restaurant,
guests in all dress codes from
modern to traditional.”
The entire project was made
operational in August. Transport minister Kailash
New Delhi:TheDelhiHigh While toll plaza officials said SubhashBoken,theGurgaon notice and he shut operations. barorhotelthatdeniesentrytoa They also claimed the According to data shared by Gahlot Wednesday held a re-
Courthassetasidetheap- traffic was held up for 40 min- police spokesperson, said, “The A senior official of the South person wearing traditional womanslappedtheirstaff mem- the government, of the 57,755 view meeting with Transport
pointment of the current utes, Gurgaon police said the matterwasresolvedwithinafew MCD said the restaurant shut on Indian attire. ber. “To tackle the situation and applications for learners’ li- Commissioner Ashish Kundra,
chairperson of the Centre matter was resolved within 10 minutes after a local police team September 27. "The restaurant was running request the guest to leave, one of cences received online, 45,495 senior officials from NIC, and
for Spanish, Portuguese, minutesafterateamfromKherki wenttothespot.Therewasami- The closure notice dated illegally without a licence. The ourgatemanagersmadeastate- have been approved. other senior officers of the de-
Italian & Latin American Daula police station intervened. nor argument between some September 24 states that a pub- notice was issued after I raised ment on sarees not being a part Thehighestnumberof appli- partmenttodiscusstheprogress
Studies (CSPILAS) at JNU, The incident took place be- Delhipoliceofficialsandtollstaff lichealthinspectorfound,during the issue. Now, authorities in- of our smart casual dress code; cations, 2.16 lakh, were received of the project.
after a professor chal- tween 9 am and 9.45 am when over the issue of exemption of acheckonSeptember21,thatthe formthattherestauranthasbeen our whole team apologises for for vehicle related services, such “More than a month ago, it
lenged it citing university three private cars, in which sev- toll. There was not much traffic facility was allegedly running shut. It is a matter of probe how the same,” the statement said. as hypothecation after the car was a huge leap of faith that the
statutes. Professor Rajiv eral Delhi police officials were congestion. No complaint has without a health trade licence therestaurantwasrunningwith- A staff, who didn'twanttobe loan is paid off. Driving licence Delhigovernmenttookinthedi-
Saxena from CSPILAS had travelling, reached the toll plaza. been filed by the toll plaza staff. and under unhygienic condi- out a licence," he said. identified, said: we have closed applicationswereaclosesecond rection of public service deliv-
filed a petition against A official from MCEPL, the After police intervention, the tions. It also flagged alleged en- A video had gone viral last operations as of now, and have with 2 lakh applications. This in- ery.... We are constantly striving
Professor Mazhar Asif concessionairethatmanagesthe three vehicles were removed croachment on public land. week, wherein a woman was al- no clarity when it will resume cludes corrections in licences to make this process seamless
whoteachesintheCentre toll plaza, said, “The police offi- fromthelanesandparkedonthe "The public health inspector legedly not allowed to enter the and if it will resume. The liveli- and renewals (without tests). and it is heartening to see other
for Persian and Central cialsparkedtheircarsinlanes26, side, allowing traffic movement again inspected the site on restaurant as she was wearing a hood of 50 families is at stake Learners’ licence applications states moving towards a faceless
Asian Studies. ENS 27 and 28 and blocked the traf- to resume." September24andfoundthatthe saree because it does not fall un- with this sudden closure order." were the third most common. service delivery,” Gahlot said.
PROJECT TO CREATE ‘CORRIDOR’ FOR THEM
Waste dump, dog shelters now among 67 ‘butterfly habitats’ in capital
wastedumpinahousingsociety, said Vishnu, Rana’s elder son. tion between them. If we make more species to this list," he said. takes care of the butterfly park.
ABHINAYAHARIGOVIND and two dog shelters are among Ashraf Patel, whose family forestsintoislands,thebutterflies In South Delhi’s Mandakini No pesticides or insecticides are
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29 67 such habitats that have been owns the house where the habi- or any other species will be in Enclave, 75-year-old Anil Kapur sprayed on plants, Kapur said.
created since 2018. tat lies, says that she would like jeopardy because we need ge- is at the local butterfly park There are trees and smaller
THE BUTTERFLIES know they Ranadoesn’tknowthenames to eventually open up the patch netic variation. To have that di- nearlyeveryday,watching,iden- shrubs in the one-acre plot that
have a home here, said 42-year- of the butterflies but likes to ob- for children in the neighbour- versity, we need butterflies to tifying, counting and photo- houses‘host’plantssuchasmilk-
old Bahadur Rana, pointing to a servethem.“Keepingthesaplings hood as a local learning space. travel across Delhi and not be graphing butterflies. “It used to weed,lantana,castor,andlemon.
setof plantshehasbeencarefully alive was a hard job for a year. SohailMadan,whoheadsthe kept in ecological islands.” be a space where garbage and SambhavaJain,a23-year-old
tending to for nearly two years. They had to be watered regu- Conservation Education Centre The park at Mandakini muckweredumped.Wecleared studentof biotechnology,helped
The plants are ‘hosts’ for but- larly,”hesaidaboutthevajradanti of the BNHS at the Asola Bhatti Enclave, for instance, could help it up and planted saplings in identify two butterfly habitats
terflies and Rana is the caretaker plantsinthe yard.“Thenthebut- Wildlife Sanctuary, said, “In connect Jahanpanah city forest 2019,”Kapursaid.Hecanreeloff withtheBNHSteam.Botharean-
of a home in Faridabad, the front terflies started arriving to play termsof ecologicalimpact,what and the Asola Bhatti sanctuary, names of many butterflies that imal shelters, one in Greater
yard of which has been turned around the flowers,” Rana said. we are trying to achieve is local Madanexplained.“Byourobser- frolic around the plants — the Noida and the other in Noida
intoa‘butterflyhabitat’aspartof Hissons,bothstudying,havealso migrationofbutterflies.Thereare vations, some butterflies like Common Mormon, the Sector 125. “Most people think
the Bombay Natural History begun to take an interest in the forests in the north of Delhi, the Common Emigrants and Pea Common Jay, the Castor butter- butterfliescomeoutof nowhere.
Society’s (BNHS) project to cre- plants and butterflies. “The but- Yamuna in the East, the Asola Bluesarelong-distancemigratory fly, and the Common Grass Since the patches of forest in
ate such habitats to develop a terfliesareoutinthemorningand BhattisanctuaryintheSouthand butterflies which will be using Yellow. “We have counted Delhi are fragmented by the hu-
butterfly corridor in Delhi-NCR. sometimes later in the evening. theRidgeintheWest—theseare The butterfly park at Mandakini enclave. Tashi Tobgyal these corridors. When our data around 20 species here,” he said. man population, the butterfly
ThehomeinFaridabad,aformer My father likes to watch them,” discreet forests with no connec- set grows, we’ll be able to add The local residents’ association corridor is significant,” Jain said.
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