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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar is likely to share the
stage with a large number of
Opposition parties, including
TMC, Samajwadi Party, NCP,
RLD, RJD, Shiromani Akali
Dal, National Conference, at a
rally at Jind in Haryana on
September 25. Nitish Kumar’s
Janata Dal (U) is the ruling
NDA’s biggest partner after the
BJP.
Pitching for a third front,
INLD’s Om Prakash Chautala
has tried to bring together
Samajwadi Party patriarch
Mulayam Singh Yadav, Nitish
Kumar, former Prime Minister
HD Deve Gowda, and SAD
supremo Parkash Singh Badal
on one stage on the birth
anniversary of former Deputy
Prime Minister Devi Lal.
Sharing information about
the rally and coming together
of political stalwarts sans the
Congress, INLD leader Abhay
Chautala said Nitish Kumar,
Mulayam Singh Yadav, HD
Deve Gowda and Badal have
confirmed that they will attend
the “Samman Samaroh” to
mark the birth anniversary of
Devi Lal. He further said NCP
leader Sharad Pawar, TMC
president and West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee, National Conference
leader Farooq Abdullah and
RLD leader Jayant Chowdhury
have also been invited for this
“huge” political rally on the
occasion in Haryana’s Jind and
their confirmation is awaited.
“Many like-minded leaders
from non-BJP and non-
Congress parties will come
together on one stage and will
raise issues that are close to the
people, especially farmers’
issues,” Abhay said. The parties
invited by INLD include those
that are either in alliance with
the Congress or the BJP.
INLD spokesperson
Rakesh Sihag said party patri-
arch Om Prakash Chautala
has “personally met” Deve
Gowda and Mulayam Singh
Yadav and invited them for the
rally. “It will be a huge rally and
people from various States will
attend it,” he said.
Nitish Kumar, who along
with his party colleague KC
Tyagi, had met Chautala at his
residence in Gurugram last
month and had termed it a
courtesy call.
Abhay said that with huge
political unrest in the country,
citizens are now looking for an
alternative to the BJP and the
Congress.
By bringing all these lead-
ers “our aim is to form the third
front for the overall welfare of
the country and the people,”
Chautala said.
Om Prakash Chautala, 86,
after his release from Delhi’s
Tihar Jail on July 2, had
announced that he will contact
Opposition leaders across the
country to forge a “Third
Front” at the national level. The
former CM of Haryana had
been serving a 10-year sentence
in a recruitment scam.
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Hundreds of Afghan pro-
testers, including women,
took to the streets of Kabul on
Tuesday, chanting “death to
Pakistan” and denouncing
Islamabad’s interference in
Afghanistan and airstrikes by
its jets in Panjshir province in
support of the Taliban, accord-
ing to a media report.
The Taliban on Monday
said they have seized Panjshir,
the last province not in their
control, after their takeover of
the US-backed Afghanistan
government last month. The
protesters claimed that Pakistan
Air Force jets conducted
airstrikes in Panjshir province,
Khaama news reported.
Chanting “death to
Pakistan”, “Freedom”, “Allah
Akbar” and “we do not want
captivity” among many other
slogans, the protesters gathered
at the gate of the Pakistani
embassy in Kabul and asked its
staff to leave Afghanistan, it
reported. “Pakistan, Pakistan,
Leave Afghanistan,” a slogan on
a huge banner read.
The agitators said they do
not want a puppet govern-
ment in Afghanistan and asked
for an inclusive Government, it
said. The Taliban fighters
reportedly fired gunshots in the
air to disperse the protesters but
they were still agitating.
Several Afghan journalists
covering the demonstration
were arrested, witnesses and
Afghan media outlets said.
Afghanistan’s TOLO news
reported that the Taliban
detained its cameraperson
Wahid Ahmadi and confiscat-
ed his camera. The Taliban
forces prevented some jour-
nalists from filming the protest.
The demonstrators gath-
ered after Ahmad Masoud, the
co-leader of the resistance front
in Panjshir province, in a voice
clip called on people of
Afghanistan to resurrect
against the Taliban.
According to the report,
people in Blakh and Daikundi
provinces also took to the
streets and chanted slogans
against Pakistan.
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The higher ability of the
Delta variant of the SARS-
CoV2 virus to infect and evade
the immune response built
through previous infections or
vaccines can be the possible
explanation behind the rapid
spread of this particular vari-
ant, which has created havoc in
the western world in the second
phase of the Covid-19.
In a study published in
Nature journal, a team of
researchers from India and
other countries has found that
the Delta variant (or B.1.617.2
lineage) was eight times more
likely to escape immunity
gained through AstraZeneca or
Pfizer vaccines compared to the
original virus.
Also, the Delta variant was
six times more likely to re-
infect people who have recov-
ered from Covid-19.
The study also found
“higher replication efficiency”
in the Delta variant, giving it a
better capability to infect and
“potentially explaining the
B.1.617.2 dominance”.
The study said “increased
replication fitness” and
“reduced sensitivity” to neu-
tralising bodies, built either
through natural infection or
vaccines, had contributed to the
rapid spread of the Delta vari-
ant in more than 90 countries.
The researchers also stud-
ied breakthrough infections
amongst almost 9,000 fully
vaccinated healthcare workers
in three Delhi hospitals.
A total of 218 workers at
these hospitals had sympto-
matic infections even after tak-
ing both doses of the
Covishield vaccine.
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The stand-off between the
farmers’ unions and the
Haryana Government contin-
ued on Tuesday as thousands of
farmers laid siege to the Karnal
mini secretariat building in
protest against the August 28
lathi-charge on farmers.
After the talks between
the farmers leaders and the
Karnal District Administration
failed, thousands of protesting
farmers began marching
towards the mini secretariat in
the evening.
Even as police used water
cannons, the farmers managed
to reach the building complex,
breaking several barricades
and announced to sit in front
of the building until the
administration accepted their
demands for action against
those involved in the August
28 lathi-charge in Karnal, the
hometown of Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar.
As farmers marched on to
the secretariat, police had
detained farmers’ leaders
Rakesh Tikait, Yogender
Yadav, Gurnam Singh
Chaduni for a brief period at
Namaste Chowk in Karnal
city but released them after the
protest by the farmers who
gathered in large numbers
around the police buses
demanding release of the
union leaders.
Bharatiya Kisan Union
Rakesh Tikait told the media
that the protest outside the
mini secretariat building will
continue till their demands are
met. We have decided to pitch
tents outside the building and
made other arrangements to
continue our protest for a
longer period, he said.
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ADelhi court has come
down heavily on the Delhi
Police for its “lackadaisical atti-
tude” in probing the 2020 riots
cases and asked the Police
Commissioner to take appro-
priate action ensuring proper,
expeditious investigation.
Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate Arun Kumar Garg
made the remarks while hear-
ing a case against one Dinesh
Yadav, arrested for rioting, and
gave the police the final chance
to file a supplementary
chargesheet within three weeks.
The court noted that the
accused is languishing in jail for
almost one year and it is unable
to proceed with the case on
merits, along with other riots
cases due to the lackadaisical
attitude of the police, including
supervising officers up to the
rank of DCP and above.
“I deem it appropriate to
send a copy of this order to
Commissioner of Police, Delhi,
with a direction to take appro-
priate action as per law so as to
ensure proper and expeditious
investigation in the present
case as well as the other riots
cases within the time line,” the
judge stated in an order dated
September 6.
Last week, another judge
had pulled up the police, say-
ing that their failure to conduct
a proper investigation will tor-
ment the “sentinels of democ-
racy” when history will look
back at the worst communal
riots in Delhi since partition.
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Apriest cannot be treated as
Bhumiswami (owner of
land) and the deity is the
owner of the land attached to
a temple, the Supreme Court
has ruled.
A bench of Justices
Hemant Gupta and AS
Bopanna said the “pujari”, or
priest, only holds the land for
the purpose of management of
the property of the temple.
“In the ownership column,
the name of the deity alone is
required to be mentioned, as
the deity being a juristic person
is the owner of the land. The
occupation of the land is also
by the deity which is carried
out by the servant or the man-
agers on behalf of the deity.
Therefore, the name of the
manager or that of the priest is
not required to be mentioned
in the column of occupier as
well,” the top court said on
Monday.
It added the law is clear on
the distinction that the pujari
is not a Kashtkar Mourushi,
(tenant in cultivation) or a
Government lessee or an ordi-
nary tenant of the maufi lands
(land exempted from payment
of revenue) but holds such
land on behalf of the Aukaf
Department (relating to
‘Devasthan) for the purpose of
management.
“The pujari is only a
grantee to manage the proper-
ty of the deity and such grant
can be reassumed if the pujari
fails to do the task assigned to
him, i.e., to offer prayers and
manage the land. He cannot be
thus treated as a Bhumiswami,”
the bench said.
“We do not find any man-
date in any of the judgments to
hold that the name of pujari or
manager is required to be men-
tioned in the revenue record,
the bench said.
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Nand Kumar Baghel, the
86-year-old father of
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister
Bhupesh Baghel, was on
Tuesday sent to judicial custody
till September 21 as he refused
to seek bail in a court when he
was produced after being
arrested on charges of giving a
anti-Brahmin speech.
Police, acting on an FIR
lodged at Raipur’s DD Nagar
police station on the com-
plaint of Sarv Brahmin Samaj,
arrested the senior Baghel in
New Delhi and brought him to
Raipur.
He was produced before a
judicial magistrate where he
refused to seek bail. The court
sent him on a 14-day judicial
remand.
The Chief Minister has
serious ideological differences
with his father.
He has made it clear on
several occasions that while
having the highest regards to
his father, he doesn’t approve
his anti-Brahmin remarks or
any statement which disrupts
social harmony.
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The Taliban on Tuesday
announced a caretaker
Cabinet that paid homage to
the old guard of the group, giv-
ing top posts to Taliban per-
sonalities who dominated the
20-year battle against the US-
led coalition and its Afghan
Government allies.
Interim Prime Minister
Mullah Hasan Akhund headed
the Taliban Government in
Kabul during the last years of
its rule. Mullah Abdul Ghani
Baradar, who had led talks
with the United States and
signed the deal that led to
America’s final withdrawal
from Afghanistan, will be one
of two deputies to Akhund.
There was no evidence of
non-Taliban in the line-up, a
big demand of the international
community.
Taliban spokesman
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announcing the Cabinet, said
the appointments were for an
interim Government. He did
not elaborate on how long
they would serve and what
would be the catalyst for a
change. So far, the Taliban
have shown no indications that
they will hold elections.
The announcement of
Cabinet appointments by
Mujahid came hours after
Taliban fired into the air to dis-
perse protesters and arrested
several journalists, the second
time in less than a week the
group used heavy-handed tac-
tics to break up a demonstra-
tion in Kabul.
Afghanistan’s previous
Government routinely accused
Pakistan of aiding the Taliban,
a charge Islamabad has denied.
Former vice president
Amrullah Saleh, one of the
leaders of the anti-Taliban
forces, has long been an out-
spoken critic of Pakistan.
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The reported fall of Panjshir
Valley to Taliban on
Monday came when Pakistan’s
Inter-Services Intelligence
Chief Faiz Hameed was in
Kabul even as Pakistan Air
Force reportedly helped in
bombing the resistance fighters
of Northern Alliance’s new
avatar National Resistance
Front of Afghanistan or the
Panjshir Resistance.
At the behest of the
Haqqani Network, the Pakistan
Air Force loaned three pilots to
the Talibani forces and four JF
7 fighters to bomb the valley,
the lone Afghan territory that
has resisted the Taliban
onslaught after the pullout of
the US forces last month.
The Northern Alliance
had also resisted the Russian
forces during their occupation
of Afghanistan for 14 years
and the Taliban’s regime from
1996 to 2001.
The Panjshir Resistance
was operating under Afghan
politician and military leader
Ahmad Massoud and the Vice
President of the deposed
Afghan Government
Amrullah Saleh.
The Pakistani jets carried
out nearly 20 sorties to inflict
heavy damage in Panjshir
Valley. The three Pakistani
pilots provided to the Taliban
are Asim Chaudhary, Munir
Afridi and Agmar Bajwa,
sources said.
The Afghan national
forces had two pilots — Amin
Rashid and Rizwan Sadab —
trained to operate the US
fighters, and initially the
Taliban sought to utilize their
services to carry out the oper-
ations in Panjshir. While
Rashid had fled to Belgium,
Sadab left for Britain.
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New Delhi: The RP Centre for
Ophthalmic Sciences at AIIMS
is conducting a study to ascer-
tain the presence of the coro-
navirus in various parts of the
eye of those who have died due
to the infection, the centre’s
chief Dr JS Titiyal said.
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Capital on Tuesday reported 50
Covid-19 cases and one death,
while the positivity rate stood
at 0.07 per cent, according to a
health department bulletin.
Thirty patients were dis-
charged in the last 24 hours and
69,932 tests were conducted on
Monday, it said
With the fresh cases, the
total tally of cases of Delhi has
mounted to 14,38,041, while
the death toll stands at 25,083.
The case fatality rate stands
at 1.74 per cent, the bulletin
said.
The number of active cases
stands at 386, of which 95 are
in home isolation, it said.
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The members of the
Anganwadi Workers
Association marched towards
the Chief Minister’s residence
on Tuesday to protest against
the alleged negligence of their
demands by the state govern-
ment. Soon after the march,
CM Pushkar Singh Dhami
promised the workers to pre-
sent their issues in the next cab-
inet meeting.
Several Anganwadi work-
ers from various districts gath-
ered near Gandhi Park and
marched towards CM resi-
dence on Tuesday morning.
The president of the association
Rekha Negi said that the gov-
ernment has announced vari-
ous welfare schemes in recent
times and Anganwadi workers
work at ground level to execute
them but still, they are being
underpaid by the government.
The government has been
neglecting our demands for
about two years. Our
allowances are also not given in
time to us. Many are still wait-
ing for the two-month
allowance of the protest peri-
od last year. We had
approached the government
several times but all we received
was false assurances. We also
want the government to pay us
salaries rather than allowances
which must be raised soon too,
stated Negi.
She informed that the CM
called the association’s repre-
sentatives through the district
magistrate R Rajesh Kumar
after their protest and promised
them that their issues will be
presented in the next Cabinet
meeting.
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Dhamiconductedasurprise
inspection at the Municipal
Corporation of Dehradun
(MCD) on Tuesday morning.
Dhami visited various offices on
the premises and interacted
with officials and the public. He
also interacted with people pre-
sent on thepremisesat that time
and asked them about their
experience in the corporation to
get their respective works done
properly. He instructed the offi-
cials to resolve people’s issues in
the MCD premises on a priori-
tybasis.Healsodirectedtheoffi-
cialstomentionworktimingsin
each counter of the corporation
and make adequate seating
arrangementsforpeoplevisiting
the MCD premises. The munic-
ipal commissioner Abhishek
Ruhela was also present during
the inspection while the mayor
had not arrived in the MCD till
noon.
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One after another priceless
memoirs are getting pub-
lished after the sudden demise
of Dr Chandan Mitra, the
Editor in Chief of The
Pioneer. The hues and
dynamism of the life of cele-
brated journalist Dr Chandan
Mitra were not only experi-
enced by his journalist friends
and peers but also touched a
management professional like
me as at that time I was not
writing regularly.
I happened to get the
responsibility of managing
The Pioneer, Dehradun edi-
tion some years ago. I was
thrilled to get an additional
responsibility to manage a
newspaper along with my
investment banking profile.
Very soon, I realised that it
was a tough job as I might be
good at investment manage-
ment, but not so good at
managing high and mighty
journalists and a business
that operates 24 X 7. A lot of
issues were piling up to get
resolved from Delhi desk and
the water became troubled
day by day.
One day I was scheduled
to meet Dr Mitra at The
Pioneer office, then at
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg,
Delhi. That time he was a reg-
ular face on television debates
and was an MP too. Though
I was feeling thrilled inside,
my problems at hand failed to
calm me down. Sitting with
his half jacket, he stared at me
sharply and asked, “You
Mriganka, you Bengali?” I
affirmed. He started enquir-
ing about issues and ordered
tea. In the middle of the dis-
cussion, he asked “do you
smoke?” I affirmed. To my
surprise, he lit his cigarette
and offered me one while
pushing the astray towards
me. I took one but was hesi-
tant before him. He was
resolving my edition’s issues
one after another by calling
the responsible people at the
desk. The meeting ended and
he said, “Keep in touch and
do come to me whenever you
have an issue.” I came out of
the meeting and became a fan
of Dr Mitra.
He did not let me feel that
I was a novice in the media
business, but rather took me
seriously and acted like a
leader to understand me dili-
gently and resolved my prob-
lem then and there. After
reaching a high position in
life, it’s a very rare virtue.
After that day I kept in reg-
ular touch with him.
Over the years, I became
ambitious with the Dehradun
edition. Once we decided
that we would publish special
pages “Valley Vivacity” from
Dehradun every Friday, com-
pletely managed by us, not by
Delhi desk. The Doon desk
communicated that to Delhi
desk. But at the eleventh
hour, around 6.30 pm when
our pages were about to be
scheduled, Dr Mitra turned
down the page publication. It
was a tense situation as we
were blank as how to fill
those two pages, if we failed
to get approval for those spe-
cial pages. I rushed to meet
him and waited for him until
his editorial meeting got over.
I met him at 8.30 pm and he
asked me in annoyance,
“What does your Doon team
wish to do with these special
pages?” I replied, “They wish
to stand by their own to
show that they can publish
special pages single handed-
ly.” We debated for one hour
and eventually he cleared the
pages at 9.30 pm. I thanked
him profoundly and he
replied with a broad smile,
“Going forward you should
only come and explain me all
these crazy ideas.” That was
Chandan for me, always sen-
sitive and a guardian to a
junior like me.
I was exceptionally for-
tunate as I got his support on
every occasion, be it team
restructuring, special pages
or advertisement campaign. I
feel that he was somewhere
overindulgent to my
demands. My colleague
teased me by saying that he
was easy going with you due
to the Bong connection. As
he was assuring, I could
become forthcoming in
experiments.
Last time I met him was
after his surgery. The editor
was fragile in health and
reeling under multiple pres-
sures of the organisation. I
was not a part of The Pioneer
at that time. But he met me
with utmost affection and
was sharing many issues like
a close one. While we parted
he said in his habitual way,
“Keep in touch and do come.”
I was not able to visit back
since then. As I cross forty, I
realise that many parts of my
world have started setting in
the horizon of time, which
will never come back. I bid
adieu to you, Chandan. I will
always remember you affec-
tionately for making me capa-
ble with your loving indul-
gence.
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The Bank of India celebrated
its 116th foundation day on
Tuesday. The bank’s Dehradun
zonal office has been organising
variousprogrammesforthepast
week to mark the occasion
includingorganisingafreeCovid
vaccination camp, tree planta-
tion, presenting school bags to
students and other activities.
The bank’s head office launched
two schemes on the foundation
day- WhatsApp business bank-
ing and co-lending banking. All
the bank’s branches and offices
in Dehradun zone were deco-
rated and sweets were distrib-
uted. The managing director
from head office, AK Das con-
veyedhiswishesontheoccasion
to all the bank’s offices via video
conferencing. The Dehradun
zonal manager Jai Narain also
greetedallthestaffmembers.He
exhorted the staff members to
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tocustomerswhilealsostrength-
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on farmers, youth, and oth-
ers in the aftermath of inci-
dents on January 26, 2021,
submitted its report to the
Speaker Rana KP Singh on
Tuesday. The panel was con-
stituted by the Speaker fol-
lowing demands of mem-
bers in the House on March
5, 2021, after the issue of
alleged “torture” of Sikh
youths in Delhi’s Tihar Jail
and the “police atrocities”
against the labour rights
activists — Nodeep Kaur and
Shiv Kumar — by Haryana
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Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (U) is the ruling NDA’s biggest partner after the BJP. Pitching for a third front, INLD’s Om Prakash Chautala has tried to bring together Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, Nitish Kumar, former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, and SAD supremo Parkash Singh Badal on one stage on the birth anniversary of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal. Sharing information about the rally and coming together of political stalwarts sans the Congress, INLD leader Abhay Chautala said Nitish Kumar, Mulayam Singh Yadav, HD Deve Gowda and Badal have confirmed that they will attend the “Samman Samaroh” to mark the birth anniversary of Devi Lal. He further said NCP leader Sharad Pawar, TMC president and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah and RLD leader Jayant Chowdhury have also been invited for this “huge” political rally on the occasion in Haryana’s Jind and their confirmation is awaited. “Many like-minded leaders from non-BJP and non- Congress parties will come together on one stage and will raise issues that are close to the people, especially farmers’ issues,” Abhay said. The parties invited by INLD include those that are either in alliance with the Congress or the BJP. INLD spokesperson Rakesh Sihag said party patri- arch Om Prakash Chautala has “personally met” Deve Gowda and Mulayam Singh Yadav and invited them for the rally. “It will be a huge rally and people from various States will attend it,” he said. Nitish Kumar, who along with his party colleague KC Tyagi, had met Chautala at his residence in Gurugram last month and had termed it a courtesy call. Abhay said that with huge political unrest in the country, citizens are now looking for an alternative to the BJP and the Congress. By bringing all these lead- ers “our aim is to form the third front for the overall welfare of the country and the people,” Chautala said. Om Prakash Chautala, 86, after his release from Delhi’s Tihar Jail on July 2, had announced that he will contact Opposition leaders across the country to forge a “Third Front” at the national level. The former CM of Haryana had been serving a 10-year sentence in a recruitment scam. ?C8Q ?4B70F0A:01D; Hundreds of Afghan pro- testers, including women, took to the streets of Kabul on Tuesday, chanting “death to Pakistan” and denouncing Islamabad’s interference in Afghanistan and airstrikes by its jets in Panjshir province in support of the Taliban, accord- ing to a media report. The Taliban on Monday said they have seized Panjshir, the last province not in their control, after their takeover of the US-backed Afghanistan government last month. The protesters claimed that Pakistan Air Force jets conducted airstrikes in Panjshir province, Khaama news reported. Chanting “death to Pakistan”, “Freedom”, “Allah Akbar” and “we do not want captivity” among many other slogans, the protesters gathered at the gate of the Pakistani embassy in Kabul and asked its staff to leave Afghanistan, it reported. “Pakistan, Pakistan, Leave Afghanistan,” a slogan on a huge banner read. The agitators said they do not want a puppet govern- ment in Afghanistan and asked for an inclusive Government, it said. The Taliban fighters reportedly fired gunshots in the air to disperse the protesters but they were still agitating. Several Afghan journalists covering the demonstration were arrested, witnesses and Afghan media outlets said. Afghanistan’s TOLO news reported that the Taliban detained its cameraperson Wahid Ahmadi and confiscat- ed his camera. The Taliban forces prevented some jour- nalists from filming the protest. The demonstrators gath- ered after Ahmad Masoud, the co-leader of the resistance front in Panjshir province, in a voice clip called on people of Afghanistan to resurrect against the Taliban. According to the report, people in Blakh and Daikundi provinces also took to the streets and chanted slogans against Pakistan. ?=BQ =4F34;78 The higher ability of the Delta variant of the SARS- CoV2 virus to infect and evade the immune response built through previous infections or vaccines can be the possible explanation behind the rapid spread of this particular vari- ant, which has created havoc in the western world in the second phase of the Covid-19. In a study published in Nature journal, a team of researchers from India and other countries has found that the Delta variant (or B.1.617.2 lineage) was eight times more likely to escape immunity gained through AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines compared to the original virus. Also, the Delta variant was six times more likely to re- infect people who have recov- ered from Covid-19. The study also found “higher replication efficiency” in the Delta variant, giving it a better capability to infect and “potentially explaining the B.1.617.2 dominance”. The study said “increased replication fitness” and “reduced sensitivity” to neu- tralising bodies, built either through natural infection or vaccines, had contributed to the rapid spread of the Delta vari- ant in more than 90 countries. The researchers also stud- ied breakthrough infections amongst almost 9,000 fully vaccinated healthcare workers in three Delhi hospitals. 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Last week, another judge had pulled up the police, say- ing that their failure to conduct a proper investigation will tor- ment the “sentinels of democ- racy” when history will look back at the worst communal riots in Delhi since partition. ?C8Q =4F34;78 Apriest cannot be treated as Bhumiswami (owner of land) and the deity is the owner of the land attached to a temple, the Supreme Court has ruled. A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and AS Bopanna said the “pujari”, or priest, only holds the land for the purpose of management of the property of the temple. “In the ownership column, the name of the deity alone is required to be mentioned, as the deity being a juristic person is the owner of the land. The occupation of the land is also by the deity which is carried out by the servant or the man- agers on behalf of the deity. Therefore, the name of the manager or that of the priest is not required to be mentioned in the column of occupier as well,” the top court said on Monday. It added the law is clear on the distinction that the pujari is not a Kashtkar Mourushi, (tenant in cultivation) or a Government lessee or an ordi- nary tenant of the maufi lands (land exempted from payment of revenue) but holds such land on behalf of the Aukaf Department (relating to ‘Devasthan) for the purpose of management. “The pujari is only a grantee to manage the proper- ty of the deity and such grant can be reassumed if the pujari fails to do the task assigned to him, i.e., to offer prayers and manage the land. He cannot be thus treated as a Bhumiswami,” the bench said. “We do not find any man- date in any of the judgments to hold that the name of pujari or manager is required to be men- tioned in the revenue record, the bench said. BC055A4?AC4AQ A08?DA Nand Kumar Baghel, the 86-year-old father of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, was on Tuesday sent to judicial custody till September 21 as he refused to seek bail in a court when he was produced after being arrested on charges of giving a anti-Brahmin speech. Police, acting on an FIR lodged at Raipur’s DD Nagar police station on the com- plaint of Sarv Brahmin Samaj, arrested the senior Baghel in New Delhi and brought him to Raipur. He was produced before a judicial magistrate where he refused to seek bail. The court sent him on a 14-day judicial remand. The Chief Minister has serious ideological differences with his father. 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Soon after the march, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami promised the workers to pre- sent their issues in the next cab- inet meeting. Several Anganwadi work- ers from various districts gath- ered near Gandhi Park and marched towards CM resi- dence on Tuesday morning. The president of the association Rekha Negi said that the gov- ernment has announced vari- ous welfare schemes in recent times and Anganwadi workers work at ground level to execute them but still, they are being underpaid by the government. The government has been neglecting our demands for about two years. Our allowances are also not given in time to us. Many are still wait- ing for the two-month allowance of the protest peri- od last year. We had approached the government several times but all we received was false assurances. We also want the government to pay us salaries rather than allowances which must be raised soon too, stated Negi. She informed that the CM called the association’s repre- sentatives through the district magistrate R Rajesh Kumar after their protest and promised them that their issues will be presented in the next Cabinet meeting. 3WPXPbbdaTb_a^cTbcX]V 0]VP]fPSXf^aZTabc^_dc cWTXaXbbdTbX]2PQX]TcTTc ?=BQ 347A03D= ChiefMinisterPushkarSingh Dhamiconductedasurprise inspection at the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) on Tuesday morning. Dhami visited various offices on the premises and interacted with officials and the public. He also interacted with people pre- sent on thepremisesat that time and asked them about their experience in the corporation to get their respective works done properly. He instructed the offi- cials to resolve people’s issues in the MCD premises on a priori- tybasis.Healsodirectedtheoffi- cialstomentionworktimingsin each counter of the corporation and make adequate seating arrangementsforpeoplevisiting the MCD premises. The munic- ipal commissioner Abhishek Ruhela was also present during the inspection while the mayor had not arrived in the MCD till noon. 2R^]SdRcb bda_aXbTX]b_TRcX^] ^U23 Mriganka Bhowmick One after another priceless memoirs are getting pub- lished after the sudden demise of Dr Chandan Mitra, the Editor in Chief of The Pioneer. The hues and dynamism of the life of cele- brated journalist Dr Chandan Mitra were not only experi- enced by his journalist friends and peers but also touched a management professional like me as at that time I was not writing regularly. I happened to get the responsibility of managing The Pioneer, Dehradun edi- tion some years ago. I was thrilled to get an additional responsibility to manage a newspaper along with my investment banking profile. Very soon, I realised that it was a tough job as I might be good at investment manage- ment, but not so good at managing high and mighty journalists and a business that operates 24 X 7. A lot of issues were piling up to get resolved from Delhi desk and the water became troubled day by day. One day I was scheduled to meet Dr Mitra at The Pioneer office, then at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, Delhi. That time he was a reg- ular face on television debates and was an MP too. Though I was feeling thrilled inside, my problems at hand failed to calm me down. Sitting with his half jacket, he stared at me sharply and asked, “You Mriganka, you Bengali?” I affirmed. He started enquir- ing about issues and ordered tea. In the middle of the dis- cussion, he asked “do you smoke?” I affirmed. To my surprise, he lit his cigarette and offered me one while pushing the astray towards me. I took one but was hesi- tant before him. He was resolving my edition’s issues one after another by calling the responsible people at the desk. The meeting ended and he said, “Keep in touch and do come to me whenever you have an issue.” I came out of the meeting and became a fan of Dr Mitra. He did not let me feel that I was a novice in the media business, but rather took me seriously and acted like a leader to understand me dili- gently and resolved my prob- lem then and there. After reaching a high position in life, it’s a very rare virtue. After that day I kept in reg- ular touch with him. Over the years, I became ambitious with the Dehradun edition. Once we decided that we would publish special pages “Valley Vivacity” from Dehradun every Friday, com- pletely managed by us, not by Delhi desk. The Doon desk communicated that to Delhi desk. But at the eleventh hour, around 6.30 pm when our pages were about to be scheduled, Dr Mitra turned down the page publication. It was a tense situation as we were blank as how to fill those two pages, if we failed to get approval for those spe- cial pages. I rushed to meet him and waited for him until his editorial meeting got over. I met him at 8.30 pm and he asked me in annoyance, “What does your Doon team wish to do with these special pages?” I replied, “They wish to stand by their own to show that they can publish special pages single handed- ly.” We debated for one hour and eventually he cleared the pages at 9.30 pm. I thanked him profoundly and he replied with a broad smile, “Going forward you should only come and explain me all these crazy ideas.” That was Chandan for me, always sen- sitive and a guardian to a junior like me. I was exceptionally for- tunate as I got his support on every occasion, be it team restructuring, special pages or advertisement campaign. I feel that he was somewhere overindulgent to my demands. My colleague teased me by saying that he was easy going with you due to the Bong connection. As he was assuring, I could become forthcoming in experiments. Last time I met him was after his surgery. The editor was fragile in health and reeling under multiple pres- sures of the organisation. I was not a part of The Pioneer at that time. But he met me with utmost affection and was sharing many issues like a close one. While we parted he said in his habitual way, “Keep in touch and do come.” I was not able to visit back since then. As I cross forty, I realise that many parts of my world have started setting in the horizon of time, which will never come back. I bid adieu to you, Chandan. I will always remember you affec- tionately for making me capa- ble with your loving indul- gence. ?=BQ 347A03D= The Bank of India celebrated its 116th foundation day on Tuesday. The bank’s Dehradun zonal office has been organising variousprogrammesforthepast week to mark the occasion includingorganisingafreeCovid vaccination camp, tree planta- tion, presenting school bags to students and other activities. The bank’s head office launched two schemes on the foundation day- WhatsApp business bank- ing and co-lending banking. All the bank’s branches and offices in Dehradun zone were deco- rated and sweets were distrib- uted. The managing director from head office, AK Das con- veyedhiswishesontheoccasion to all the bank’s offices via video conferencing. The Dehradun zonal manager Jai Narain also greetedallthestaffmembers.He exhorted the staff members to aimatfurtherimprovingservice tocustomerswhilealsostrength- ening the relation. EYV`eYVcdZUV`W4YR_UR_ZecR %2,PDUNVWK IRXQGDWLRQGD ?=BQ270=3860A7 Aspecial committee of Punjab Vidhan Sabha, constituted for probing into the atrocities by Delhi Police on farmers, youth, and oth- ers in the aftermath of inci- dents on January 26, 2021, submitted its report to the Speaker Rana KP Singh on Tuesday. The panel was con- stituted by the Speaker fol- lowing demands of mem- bers in the House on March 5, 2021, after the issue of alleged “torture” of Sikh youths in Delhi’s Tihar Jail and the “police atrocities” against the labour rights activists — Nodeep Kaur and Shiv Kumar — by Haryana Police rocked the Vidhan Sabha. 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- 3. dccPaPZWP]S 347A03D=kF43=4B30H kB4?C414A'!! ?=BQ 347A03D= The Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that the target of 100 per cent vac- cination of the adult popula- tion in Uttarakhand can be achieved in the month of November itself if all the pub- lic representatives take active part in the ongoing vaccina- tion campaign. He suggested that every MLA should organ- ise at least 100 camps in his area. Dhami said that since a MLA can easily ensure mobil- isation of hundreds of people in one camp, the target of vac- cination which the Government has taken to achieve in December can be reached in the month of November only. He was speaking at the ‘Swasthya Samwad’ organised by the State Health Department here on Tuesday. The CM said that the objective of the interaction programme with the public representatives is to take their feedback and strengthen the health services. Dhami said that the Union Government has given its approval to set up a 300 bed ESI hospital in Haridwar and the state gov- ernment has started the process of setting up medical colleges in Haridwar, Rudrapur and Pithoragarh districts. He said that the medical infrastructure in the country and the state has aug- mented in the last two years. He assured that the state gov- ernment has made adequate preparations to tackle the probable third wave of the pandemic of Covid-19. The CM said that the state gov- ernment has given packages to give relief to the affected sec- tions of the society during the pandemic of Covid-19. He said that a package of Rs 205 crore has been given to the health sector similarly a pack- age of Rs 200 crore is given to the tourism and associated industry. Expressing concern on incidences of dengue in the state Dhami emphasised on a need of an awareness cam- paign against the disease. Speaking on the occasion the speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly, Prem Chand Agarwal said that the interac- tion would help in strength- ening the health services of the state. Cautioning about the challenge posed by the prob- able third wave of the pan- demic, the speaker said that authorities should take nec- essary measures to combat it. The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Uttarakhand Assembly Pritam Singh said that there is a clear dichotomy in the health services in plains and mountainous areas. Regretting the fact that the medical college hospitals set up in the mountainous areas of the state are functioning as referral centres, Singh said that a lot needs to be done to strengthen the health services in mountainous areas of the state. The Health Minister Dhan Singh Rawat said that the state government has so far made golden cards of 44 lakh people under the Ayushman Yojna. The Kedarnath MLA Manoj Rawat emphasised on the need of an agency at state level for procurement of med- ical equipment. The programme was attended by Mayors, presi- dents of district Panchayats, MLAs and senior officers of the state health department. The CM Dhami also flagged off the ambulances of the Khushiyon Ki Sawari on the occasion. These ambulances are used to shift the new born babies and their mothers from hospitals to their homes. ?=B Q 347A03D= In an indication that all is not well within the ruling BJP in Uttarakhand, the Raipur MLA Umesh Sharma ‘Kau’ has said that he has conveyed to the party high command about the problems being faced by him and if things remain unchanged he would take a decision about his future in consultation with his own ‘organisation’. Giving enough hints that the organisation he is referring to is the group of Congress leaders who had defected to the BJP after the famous coup on the floor of assembly against the then Chief Minister (CM) Harish Rawat, the Raipur MLA said that the group has Ministers and MLAs. Kau had gone to Delhi to meet the national general sec- retary (organisation) and state in-charge of the BJP after the video of his spat with some BJP workers became viral recently. Informing about his Delhi visit Kau told the media persons at the sidelines of the ‘ Swasthya Samwad’ organised by the state health department that BJP is his like his family but he is suf- fering from a pain from last five years and to inform the party high command about his prob- lem he had gone to Delhi. He said that those who hardly give 10 minute meeting time talked with him for an hour in Delhi. When asked about the problem which he is referring to, Kau said that there is a group with- in the party which worked against him in the assembly election of 2017 and these peo- ple organise a meeting every six months against him. The Raipur MLA who created a record of winning by a highest margin in Uttarakhand in the assembly elections of 2017 said that he had informed the Chief Minister, president of Uttarakhand BJP and general secretary about his issues but when no action was taken to resolve them he went to Delhi. He however clarified that he has no problem with CM Pushkar Singh Dhami as he in his programme in Maldevta made more announcements for Raipur than any other con- stituency in the State. 'LVFRQWHQWEUHZLQJ LQ8¶NKDQG%-3 APX_da;0:Pd bPhbcWPcX] R^]bd[cPcX^]fXcW WXb^aVP]XbPcX^]WT f^d[ScPZTP STRXbX^]XUXbbdTb ]^caTb^[eTS ?=BQ 347A03D= The State Health Department reported 14 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) and 21 recoveries from the disease on Tuesday. Death of one patient of the disease was reported on the day in the state. The cumulative count of Covid-19 patients in the state is now at 3,43,139 while a total of 3,29,327 patients have recovered from the disease so far. In the state, 7389 people have lost their lives to Covid -19 till date. The recovery percentage from the disease is at 95.97 while the sample positivity rate on Monday was 0.07 per cent. The State Health depart- ment reported four new patients of Covid -19 from Dehradun, three from Nainital, two from Champawat and one each from Chamoli, Haridwar, Pithoragarh and Udham Singh Nagar dis- tricts on Tuesday. No new cases of the disease were reported from the Almora, Bageshwar, Pauri, Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi districts on the day. The State now has 371 active cases of Covid-19. Dehradun with 163 cases is at the top of the table of active cases while Pauri has 49 active cases. Tehri district has only one active case of the disease. In the ongoing vaccination drive 72,661 people were vacci- nated in 1089 sessions in the state held on Tuesday. As per the data of the state health depart- ment 68,32,935 people in the state have received the first dose of vaccine while 22,24,121 have received both doses of the vaccine. RYLG QHZFDVHVRQH GHDWKLQ6WDWH !!gRTTZ_ReZ`_`WRUf]ea`af]ReZ`_Z_FYR_UZ_?`g+5YR^Z 7TP[cWST_PacT]c ^aVP]XbTb^]TSPh X]cTaPRcX^]bTbbX^] fXcW_dQ[XR aT_aTbT]cPcXeTb ?=BQ 347A03D= The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ajay Kothiyal has accused the state govern- ment of extorting money in the name of providing employ- ment to unemployed youths through outsourced compa- nies in various departments. Kothiyal arrived at secre- tariat on Tuesday with a tiffin box to “talk about” the secu- rity guard job he claimed has been offered to him by a Lucknow-based company A- Square under the Women Empowerment and Child Development (WECD) department in ex-servicemen quota. Kothiyal said that the WECD department has hired the company to outsource employees and he had applied through the same company for a job with his XII class mark sheet to get to know about the hiring system. After he applied for the job, he received a call from the company that asked him to donate an amount of Rs 25,000 to a non-governmental organisa- tion. After he transferred this amount to the account of the said NGO, the company sent him an appointment letter even without checking his background, averred Kothiyal. “The company and the NGO are run by the same person. The company uses this dona- tion tactic to extort money from desperate unemployed locals who want jobs. As per the Central Government rules, it is mandatory to consider and verify the experience and competence of the candidate for the job before being hired but the said company sent me the appointment letter after they received the amount they had asked for,” said Kothiyal. Kothiyal reached secretariat with a tiffin box to “talk about” his job and questioned the additional secretary of the WECD department VK Mishra about the issue. However, Mishra said that he is new in the department and has no knowledge of such practice but assured that the department will look into the matter. Kothiyal alleged that such corrupt practices persist in other departments too who hire outsourced employees through such companies which is not possible without the backing of ministers or officials. “This is not the first case where such discrepancies have been highlighted before the government. Many such cases have come to light in the past as well but no investiga- tion was done by authorities. How is it possible that no one in the government is aware of such practices? Authorities took no cognisance of past cases that indicate that such practices are happening at the behest of the State Government Ministers,” alleged Kothiyal. He said that he has been offered the job of a security guard so now he will guard the rights of the youth in the state. He asserted that if the government fails to black- list this company within 48 hours, AAP will stage a state- wide protest with the youths. .RWKLDODFFXVHV6WDWH*RYW RIH[WRUWLQJPRQHLQQDPH RISURYLGLQJMREWRRXWKV ?=BQ 347A03D= Accusing the State Government for neither having a policy nor any inten- tion for generating employ- ment the secretary of Uttarakhand Congress, Mahesh Joshi has said that the BJP government is not serious on protecting the interests of the youth. He said that the BJP came to the power in the state by promising jobs but after about five years now every section of the society is feeling cheated by the party. Joshi said that the BJP government did no recruit- ment to fill vacant posts in dif- ferent departments in the last four and half years. The Congress leader said that the huge public response to the Parivartan Yatra of Congress proves that the peo- ple of the State have made up their minds to BJP out of the power in the State. 19?[PRZb_^[XRhX]cT]cU^aT_[^hT]cVT]TaPcX^])9^bWX ?=BQ 347A03D= The locals residing near the garbage transfer station at Kargi Chowk in Dehradun have warned of a protest against the authorities stating that improper management of heaps of garbage is causing sev- eral problems to locals. The locals said that when they ini- tially opposed setting up this transfer station at Kargi Chowk, the officials from the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) told them that no garbage will pile up there as it will be directly transferred to the Sheeshambada solid waste management and recycling plant but now piles of garbage are lying there for months. Local resident Shiv Prasad said, “We were told that garbage transfer station will improve the procedure of garbage col- lection in the city and garbage transfer process to the waste management plant and no garbage will remain there. Now the condition has worsened to such a level that no sanitation worker enters inside the station to dump the garbage due to the stench. Most of the workers just dump the garbage at the entrance of the station and often on the roadside. When the locals strongly protested against this practice recently, municipal officials arrived and directed the workers to carry out the dumping and transfer process of the garbage proper- ly.” Another local resident, Shruti Khansali said that ini- tially, the workers used to dump the garbage properly inside the transfer station and then it was transferred to the waste management plant. The transfer process soon became irregular which led to the accu- mulation of garbage in the station, said Khansali. She stat- ed, “It has been months but the garbage lying at the interior of the station is still not trans- ferred to the waste manage- ment plant and the sanitation team mostly transfers the garbage dumped near the entrance or on the roadside.” Another local Puran Singh Rawat informed that the locals will soon meet mayor Sunil Uniyal ‘Gama’ to talk about removing the transfer station from the area. “We will ask the mayor to shift the garbage directly to the waste manage- ment plant rather than dump- ing it first in the transfer station as its improper management is also causing health issues among other problems. 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- 4. ]PcX^]# 347A03D=kF43=4B30H kB4?C414A'!! ?=BQ =4F34;78 India and Russia will on Wednesday hold extensive talks on the Afghanistan situ- ation here during the meeting of Secretary of the Security Council General Nikolay Patrushev and National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval. He had invited his Russian counterpart for the parleys. These discussions will take place a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi like- ly to flag India’s concerns about the scenario in Afghanistan in the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa(BRICS) summit on Thursday. Moreover, he is likely to raise the issue of terrorism in the presence of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SC0)meeting on September 15. In both these high level interactions Russian President Vladimir Putin will be present as Russia is an important part of the SCO and BRICS. Modi will virtually address both these summits. As regards the meeting between the NSAs of India and Russia, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday Patrushev is expected to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. Modi and Vladimir on August 24 had discussed the developments in Afghanistan and expressed the view that it was important for the two countries to work together. Patrushev is visiting India at the invitation of Doval for high-level India-Russia inter- governmental consultations on Afghanistan, the ministry said. “The consultations are a follow-up to the telephone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on August 24,” the ministry said. “The two leaders had expressed the view that it was important for the two strate- gic partners to work together and instructed their senior officials to remain in touch on Afghanistan,” it said. After the Modi-Putin con- versation, Russia said the two leaders expressed the intention to enhance cooperation to counter the dissemination of “terrorist ideology” and the drug threat emanating from Afghanistan and agreed to form a permanent bilateral channel for consultations on the issue. On Monday, Russian envoy to New Delhi Nikolay Kudashev said there is “ample scope” for cooperation between India and Russia on Afghanistan and both sides have been in regular touch with each other on the latest developments in the war-torn country. He also said Russia is as concerned as India that the Afghan soil should not be a source of spreading terrorism to other countries and there is a “danger” of terror being spread to the Russian territo- ry as well as Kashmir. The Russian ambassador also said there is not much dif- ference in the overall position of Russia and India on Afghanistan and noted that Moscow’s approach in accord- ing recognition to a Taliban regime would depend on its actions. :_UZRCfddZRe` UZdTfdd2We`URj ?=BQ =4F34;78 The government on Tuesday hiked the financial powers of field commanders to enable them to sustain the moderni- sation momentum and be oper- ationally ready. Delegation of these powers has increased five to ten times with a cap of C500 crores. This step forms part of the overall scheme of ease of doing business besides cutting red tape and ensure the troops on the ground get quality weapons and ammunition in a seamless manner without delay. Giving details, officials said here Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday released an order on Delegation of Financial Powers to Defence Services (DFPDS) 2021, providing enhanced delegation of Revenue Procurement powers to the Armed Forces. The DFPDS 2021 aims to empower field formations, focus on operational preparedness, promote ease of doing business and enhance jointness among the Services. The enhanced delegation of Financial Powers to func- tionaries in the Service Headquarters and lower for- mations will result in quicker decision making at all levels leading to better planning and operational preparedness of the Services in a quicker time frame and optimum utilisation of resources. The primary focus of the enhanced delegation of financial powers is to empower Field Commanders and below to procure equipment and war-like stores in a speedy manner for urgent operational necessities and meeting essential suste- nance requirements. Last such enhancement at all levels for the Defence Services was done in 2016. Speaking on the occasion, Rajnath described DFPDS 2021 as another big step in the series of defence reforms being undertaken by the Government to strengthen the security infra- structure of the country. He stressed on the need to revise the policies to cater to the needs of the Armed Forces, exuding confidence DFPDS 2021 will not only overcome procedural delays, but also bring about greater decentral- isation and operational effi- ciency. A general enhancement of up to two times has been approved for the Competent Financial Authorities (CFAs). In certain Schedules, this enhance- ment at field formations is in the range of up to 5-10 times on account of operational require- ments. Delegated Financial Powers of Vice Chiefs of the Services have been increased by 10 per cent, subject to an over- all ceiling of C500 crore. An enabling provision of Emergency Financial Powers to the Field formations below Command level for the Defence Services has now been incor- porated in the Emergency Powers Schedule which till pre- sent was available to Vice Chiefs. A new schedule on hiring of aircraft and associated equip- ment has been introduced for Indian Air Force which includes hiring of Air to Air re- fuellers. For Indian Navy, powers for replenishment of Disaster Management Bricks have been delegated to Command Level for immediate response to nat- ural disasters. Chief of Defence Staff(CDS)General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh, Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and other senior civil and military officials of Ministry of Defence were present on the occasion. A0:4B7:B8=67Q =4F34;78 The Union Home Ministry has turned down a pro- posal from the CRPF to increase the number of days of Casual Leave from 15 to 28 days saying terming the Central Armed Police Forces like CRPF to be “essentially civilian forces and their service conditions are different from defence forces.” Recently, the Ministry had labeled the CRPF as a security force for introducing the Security Force Court for taking timely disciplinary action against the delinquent Group A officers. The Ministry has also articulated variable stances on the nature of these forces as civilian or armed forces. Under the Constitution, CAPFs are “Armed Forces of the Union” under the Union Home Ministry, officials said. The move could also derail Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s articulation on December 29, 2019 to ensure that the troops get to spend 100 days in a year with their fam- ilies. “The proposal of the CRPF has been examined and it has been decided to not to agree to the same in light of the rec- ommendation of the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC)”, the Ministry said in a communication earlier this month. The letter said that the order has the approval of the ‘Competent Authority’. The Ministry quoted the extract of the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) recom- mendations of 2014 on casual leaves to trash the CRPF pro- posal. “Regarding the number of Casual Leave, the Commission is of the view that the present system is working well and need not be altered. As for the case of CAPFs for parity with the defence forces is con- cerned, the Commission notes that CAPFs are essentially civilian forces and their service conditions are different from defence forces. Hence parity in terms of number of casual leave cannot be considered. To sum up, the status quo is rec- ommended”. The Ministry had received a request from CAPFs on July 16 this year to enhance the existing number of casual leaves to 28 from the current- ly applicable 15 days. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Border Security Force (BSF), the Indo –Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP)andSashastraSeemaBal, CentralIndustrialSecurityForce (CISF),NationalSecurityGuard (NSG) and the Assam Rifles are classified as CAPFs. =81deb^cT_g^3B@6c `b_`_cQd_bQYcUSQceQ UQfUVb_]!%d_(TQic ?=BQ =4F34;78 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the teaching-learning process in the country has to be constantly redefined and redesigned to make our education sector world-class. Launching sever- al initiatives in the education sector during the Shikshak Parv conclave, the PM expressed confidence that these measures will not only make our education system globally competitive but also make the youth future-ready. “We have to constantly redefine and redesign our teaching-learning process in order to make our education sector world-class. In this rapidly changing era, our teach- ers also have to learn about new systems and techniques rapid- ly. The country is preparing its teachers for these changes,” he said in his address. Noting that the transfor- mations being undertaken in the education sector are not just policy-based but also partici- pation-based, the Prime Minister launched several ini- tiatives in the education sector which, he said, will play an important role in shaping India’s future. “If we are in the midst of a transformation period, fortu- nately, we also have modern and futuristic new National Education Policy. These trans- formations in the education sector are not just policy-based but also participation-based,” he added. Modi praised the contri- bution of academicians, experts and teachers at every stage in the formulation of the National Education Policy and its imple- mentation. He urged everyone to take this participation to a new level and also to involve society in it. “During Covid, we have all witnessed capabilities of our education sector. There were a lot of challenges, but you solved all challenges swiftly. Online classes, group video calls, online exams - such terms weren’t heard by many earlier,” he added. Modi launched the Indian Sign Language Dictionary (audio and text embedded sign language video for the hearing impaired, in conformity with Universal Design of Learning)and Talking Books (audio books for the visually impaired). He also unveiled the School Quality Assurance and Assessment Framework of CBSE, NISHTHA teachers’ training programme for NIPUN Bharat and Vidyanjali portal for facilitating education volunteers, donors and CSR contributors for school devel- opment. “For the development of any nation, education needs to be both equitable and inclusive. That is why the country is including talking books and audio books as part of education. Based on UDL, an Indian sign language dictionary has been developed,” he said. The theme of the ‘Shikshak Parv-2021’ is “Quality and Sustainable Schools: Learnings from Schools in India”. 30 1HZHGXPHDVXUHVZLOO PDNHRXWKIXWXUHUHDG ?=BQ =4F34;78 Modi recalled the stellar performance of Indian athletes in the recently con- cluded Olympics and Paralympics. He expressed happiness that athletes have accepted his request that every player visit at least 75 schools during Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to inspire the younger generation. ^SXaTRP[[b UTPc^U [h_XP]b ?=BQ =4F34;78 The Regional Empowered Committee (REC) of the Environment Ministry has “in- principle” approved a proposal for diversion of 8.11 hectares of “deemed forest” land, where the Indira Gandhi National Centre fortheArts(IGNCA)stoodthat is being redeveloped as the Central Vista. Three buildings will come up in the area. Thefinalapprovalfordiver- sion of forest land is to be granted by the Central govern- ment. In August, the Delhi gov- ernment had recommended the proposalforapprovaloftheREC “in larger public interest subject to the conditions laid by the for- est department”. There are more than 250 trees per hectare at the site. Therefore, it was treated as “deemed forest” and required approval for diversion for non- forest activity under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, a Delhi forest department official said. Oftheexisting2,219treesat the site, the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) seeks to transplant 1,734 and retain 485 trees. The three office buildings, which will be part of the Common Central Secretariat, are to be built at a cost of Rs 3,269 crore, with Rs 139 crore set aside for five years’ maintenance. The REC approved the CPWD’s proposal in a meeting heldonAugust24subjecttocer- tain conditions. It said the land for com- pensatory afforestation should be made available to the Delhi ForestDepartment,freeofallthe encroachments and encum- brances, within 15 days of the approval and compliance sub- mitted to Integrated Region Office, Jaipur. “Translocation scheme needs to be submitted before IRO, Jaipur as per species and age classes suitable for translo- cation. Forest land will be hand- ed over only after required non- forest land for the project is handedoverbytheuseragency,” the minutes of the meeting read. The CPWD has informed the Delhi Forest department that it will transplant 1,500 trees at NTPC Eco Park, Badarpur. The location for the remaining trees is being finalised. According to the agency, there are1,179trees,includingthe485 retained ones, in the proposed “landscape plan” of the project. 2T]caP[EXbcP)?P]T[:´b _a^_^bP[U^aSXeTabX^]^U ³STTTSU^aTbc´[P]S ?=BQ =4F34;78 The Government on Tuesday launched a portal, PRANA, to track the progress of the National Clean Air Programme, with Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav saying the country is committed to ensure clean air and blue skies to everybody. During the launch event held at the min- istry headquarters here on the occasion of ‘International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies’, Yadav also inaugurated a smog tower at Anand Vihar, saying it was an experimental technology and its impact will be observed for two years. 2^d]cah R^XccTSc^ _a^eXSTR[TP] PXabPhbX] ?=BQ =4F34;78 Karnataka Chief Minister B S Bommai, who reached Delhi on Tuesday and is like- ly to discuss for two days a range of issues with the cen- tral leaders including the state cabinet expansion, was applauded by BJP President J P Nadda for the party’s per- formance in the city corpo- ration polls. This is the Chief Minister’s fourth visit to the national capital since taking over as the Karnataka Chief Minister on July 28 following the exit of B S Yediyurappa. Bommai’s programme in Delhi includes meeting Union finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister for rail- ways Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances Pensions Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of Road and Transport Nitin Gadkari and Housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Puri. Bommai will also attend the wedding reception of daughter of Union parlia- mentary affairs minister Prahlad Joshi. Though the Chief Minister’s official engage- ments do not mention an appointment with the party president, he will meet him at the wedding reception at Joshi’s residence. Before start- ing for Delhi, Bommai was asked whether he would meet Nadda to which he said he would be talking to the party president at the reception. Some of the Ministers in the Bommai’s cabinet have expressed unhappiness over the portfolio allocations and more leaders are wanting to be ministers, something which his predecessor Yediyurappa also faced throughout his tenure since 2019. The success at the city corporation polls has given a boost to the incumbent Chief Minister’s confidence and seemingly increased his polit- ical leverage with the central leadership. The elections took place on September 3 and the results were announced on Monday. :´cPZP2aTPRWTb 3T[WXc^SXbRdbbXbbdTb fXcW2T]caP[[TPSTabWX_ ?=BQ =4F34;78 As the farmers protests con- tinue and there is no sign of an early end, Anil Ghanwat, a member of the Supreme Court appointed committee on farm laws, has written to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana, urging that the report submitted by the Supreme Court-appointed committee on farm laws be made public. Shetkari Sanghatana pres- ident Ghanwat was part of this panel also comprising agricul- tural economist Ashok Gulati and Pramod Kumar Joshi- Director, South Asia, International Food Policy Research Institute. The panel finalised the report on farm laws after consulting all stake- holders. Ghanwat’s letter comes amid an escalation of the long agitation by farmers. Ghanwat has requested the Supreme Court to release the report so that its recommen- dations can be implemented for a peaceful solution to the ongo- ing farmers’ protests. “As a member of the Committee, especially repre- senting the farmers’ commu- nity, I am pained that the issue raised by the farmers aren’t yet resolved and the agitation is continuing. I feel that the report has not been given any atten- tion by the Hon’ble Supreme Court,” Ghanwat added. In his letter, Ghanwat said that the report addressed all the apprehensions of the farmers and that the committee had incorporated the opinions and suggestions of all the stake- holders with an aim of maxi- mum benefits to the farmers. The Committee was confident that the recommendations will pave the way to resolve the ongoing farmers’ agitation”. The Supreme Court sus- pended the implementation of three farm laws and constitut- ed the committee to report on these laws on January 12, 2021. The committee was given two months to submit its report. The committee had sub- mitted its report to the Supreme Court on March 19. But the matter is still pending with the apex court. The com- mittee members have held 12 rounds of discussions with all stakeholders before finalising the report. They also called agitating farmers to express their view- points on the three laws but farmers leaders refused to meet the committee members. 298c^[Sc^PZT_dQ[XR B2P__^X]cTS_P]T[ aT_^ac^]UPa[Pfb ?=BQ =4F34;78 The Nursing Council of India’s recent proposal to include a clause for admissions into nursing courses that restricted 5 per cent seats for persons with disabilities — but only for candidates with a lower-limb disability and that too for those with 40-50 dis- ability has left the health pro- fessionals and with disability rights activists fuming in anger. Terming the NCI’s decision “discriminatory” and “unfair,” they have now shot off a letter to the Union Health Ministry and the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities under Union Social Justice Ministry seeking the allegedly discriminatory clause be repealed, and that nurses with disabilities and disability rights activists be involved in the framing of new guidelines. The activists have said that the INC drafted the “revised Nursing Curriculum in the year we commemorated the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, and despite the passage of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (RPDA) in 2016. 0RcXeXbcbd_bTcfXcW²SXbRaXX]Pc^ah R[PdbTX]]dabX]VbRW^^[b 3aAPYX]STa:3WPXYP7TPS^UcWT3T_PacT]c^U=Tda^[^VhPccWT3a;PSh7PaSX]VTTSXRP[2^[[TVT3T[WXQTX]VPfPaSTS 3aBAPSWP:aXbW]P]T^aXP[=PcX^]P[CTPRWTa´b0fPaS!! QhD]X^]B^RXP[FT[UPaTX]XbcTaAPSPb0cWPfP[TPcP]TeT]c WTaTc^PaZcWTCTPRWTa´b3Ph ?X^]TTa_W^c^ 0aTSU^aRTbVTc^aTUX]P]RXP[ _^fTaU^a^STa]XbPcX^]
- 5. ]PcX^]$ 347A03D=kF43=4B30H kB4?C414A'!! 78C:0=370A8Q 90D TheUnionTerritoryAdministration in Jammu Kashmir on Tuesday set into motion a historic initiative by launching an online portal for time bound redressal of grievances related to Kashmiri Migrants' immovable properties. The move was in the pipeline for a long time but it could not fructify for a variety of reasons. With the launch of this portal the Kashmir Migrants can now log in to -http://jkmigrantrelief.nic.in/ or http://kashmirmigrantsip.jk.gov.in to submit their complaints. The application filed on the por- tal will be disposed of in a fixed time frame under the Public Services Guarantee Act, 2011 by the revenue authorities under intimation to the applicant. The competent authority (Deputy Commissioner) shall undertake sur- vey/field verification of migrant prop- erties and update all registers, within a period of 15 days and submit com- pliance reports to the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir. Speaking on the occasion, the Lt Governor said this initiative will put an end to the plight of the migrants including Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims, who have been suffering since the 1990s. With the onset of the Pakistan- sponsored terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir in the year 1989-1990, a large number of people had to migrate from theirancestralplacesofresidence,par- ticularly in Kashmir Division. There wasamassexodusofKashmiriHindus as well as a number of Sikhs and Muslims families. Under compelling circumstances, the immovable prop- erties of these migrants got either encroached or they were forced to sell their properties at throwaway prices. Nearly 60,000 families migrated fromthevalleyduringtheturmoil,out of which approximately 44,000 migrant families are registered with ReliefOrganisation,JK,whereas,rest of the families chose to shift to other States/UTs. 8cZVgR_TVcVUcVddR] a`ceR]W`cRdY^ZcZ ^ZXcR_ed]Rf_TYVU B0D60AB4=6D?C0Q :;:0C0 The BJP has brushed aside senior Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy’s assertion that at least 24 saffron MLAs are in touch with him and may join the Bengal rul- ing outfit anytime soon. Senior State BJP leader Sayantan Basu on Tuesday dis- counted Roy’s statement saying “quite a few people had joined the BJP from other parties … now some of them are going back. This is a normal process … such going and coming will continue but it hardly matters anything for the BJP.” While Basu would not direct- ly contradict Roy’s claim another State BJP leader Ritesh Tewari questioned the “credibility” of the former Railway Minister’s com- ments saying “Mukul Roy’s state- ments means nothing to us because he is in the habit making contra- dictory claims … in the morning he will say something and in the evening he will say the opposite.” Kolkata: The Bengal Government has preferred an appeal against a single Bench order of Calcutta High Court restraining the State Police from taking coercive action against Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari and also asked it to seek the court’s permission before arrest- ing him in any pre-existing or future cases. A single Bench of the Calcutta High Court had on Monday passed the order in a three-year-old case of unnatural death of Adhikari’s security guard. While passing the order court also restrained the police from taking coercive actions in some other cases related to political clashes and petty theft. “An appeal has been preferred to get the order vacated,” said a senior official without dwelling much on the issue. Adhikari had been summoned by the CID in relation to the unnatural death case. The BJP however claimed that the CID action was a“counter-offensive measure” against the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate to TMC national gen- eral secretary and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee. PNS C=A067D=0C70Q D108 After imposing fines on earlier three occasions for his failure to appear before it, an inquiry commission, head- ed by a retired high court judge, on Tuesday issued a bailable arrest warrant against Mumbai’s formal Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh for absenting himself from the hearing into the allegations of corruption made by him against Maharashtra’s former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh for the third time. Justice (Retd) Kailash Uttamchand Chandiwal— who is looking into a sen- sational letter written by Singh in March this year to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray accusing the former Minister of indulging in extortion –issued bailable warrant against the former police com- mission for his non-appearance before the probe commission for the enquiry. The one-man commission had imposed fines of C5,000 in June and C25,000 twice in August for his failure to respond to the summons to appear before it. The arrest warrant issued on Tuesday is for C50,000. The Commission has scheduled the next hearing for September 22. Panji (Goa): In a unique ini- tiative, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has launched a scheme for sus- tainable self-employment of women who lost their loved ones due to Covid-19. Amid grief, despair, and livelihood crisis, KVIC has pro- vided nine women, from Goa, who lost the breadwinners of their families, with financial assistance to set up their own manufacturing units under its flagship scheme Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Program (PMEGP). This is for the first time in the country that a government agency is creating livelihood support for the vulnerable peo- ple affected by the pandemic. KVIC Chairman VK Saxena on Monday, distributed cheques worth C1.48 crore to these nine women who will start their own manufacturing units like garment stitching, auto- motive repair, bakery and cake shops, beauty parlour, herbal and ayurvedic medicines and cashew processing units soon. 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- 6. Kathmandu in 2003 where he became a star for his balanced and low-decibel views. He was the only journalist from the Indian side (there was none from Pakistan). He became a favourite of many Pakistanis. It turned out at some moments into a shouting match even when notables like Sartaj Aziz, Niaz Naik, Moinuddin Haider, AyeshaSiddiquafromPakistan and Satinder Lambah, G Parthasarathy, Raja Mohan, amongothers,fromIndiawere there. In 2013, before the Modi Government came to power, Indians and Pakistanis met in Dubai. Chandan put the cards on the table squarely: “Atal Bihari Vajpayee said there should be talks insaniyat ke daayremein.Thiswasthemost remarkable statement by any Indian PM. It was a unilateral offer of talks, not bound by treaty, letter or precedent. If we adoptthisattitude,everythingis possible. People of both coun- triesarelookingtolastingpeace. Humanity implies honour and dignity. But killings must stop acrossborder.Theminorissues — Sir Creek, and so on — can be solved in a minute if the intentionissincere.Itisimpor- tantforthenewGovernmentin Pakistan to set time limits for itself.”Thedialoguewasorgan- isedbyFriedrichEbertStiftung. As a Rajya Sabha MP, he became the de facto leader of the Indian delegation for the annualeventheldoutsideIndia till the dialogue was suspend- ed due to COVID-19. Chandan was a treat to listen to during the off-the-record, free-flowing conversations after a hard day’s work laced with sturdy beverages. Track II is remembered more for all the leisure time talk than the offi- cial exchange. Chandan was a great raconteur and, when suitably inspired, would recite BegumAkhtar’sepoch-making “Hamri ataraiya pe aao saan- waria…sara jhagda khatam hoi jaave”. The story goes that when Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Zulfiqar Bhutto met at the Simla summit after the 1971 war, Mrs G had gone into the minutest detail about ‘bandobast’, including Bhutto’s favourite Scotch Whiskey, Havana cigars and an after- dinner recital by Begun Akhtari Bai Faizabadi. She sang the thumri Chandan loved. Bhutto congratulated Begum sahiba for her rendi- tion. She asked him, “Kaisa chali baat?” He replied, “Sara jhagda khatam hoi jaave.” Chandan and I shared two loves: Dogs and Black Dog. I got to know his wonderful wifeShoboriwhowashandling the books page. She was very kind to me with books and obliging with use of space on her pages. We met once over a meal and I will never forget how she took out from her handbag miniature idols of Mukundajiandplacedthemin front of her plate; then a pouch of chillies, her very own IED. When Chandan quit the BJP,Iwasnotsurprised.Hewas not cut out for the Modi-Shah vision of India but was more in the mould of Jaswant Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley. We got a bit disconnected dur- ing COVID though we were conversing digitally. Chandan never said no to me. His large heart always resonated with kindness. Chandan left early and will be missed. I will miss his “Arre General”. (The writer, a retired Major General, was Commander, IPKF South, Sri Lanka, and founder member of the Defence Planning Staff, currently the Integrated Defence Staff. The views expressed are personal.) D85CE@B5=53?EBD=ECD9D5BF55 Sir — It refers to media reports that a bust of late Ram Vilas Paswan has been stalled at a Government bungalow (New Delhi) by the family of the deceased political leader even as the extended date for vacating the bungalow draws near. Evidently, it is a bid to retain the said bungalow for lifetime in the name of his memorial. The Directorate of Estate (Government of India) should immedi- ately remove the statue before it becomes a political liability for the Centre to bow to the demand. Earlier, all efforts of late Ajit Singh to turn 12 Tughlak Road as Choudhary Charan Singh memorial were successful- ly foiled by the Central Government. Likewise, the Central Government firm- ly rejected the demand to turn 3, South Avenue (New Delhi), as a memorial for former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar. This trend was started by the earlier UPA Government which allotted 6, Krishna Marg, to Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation to indirectly convert it into a memorial for the political leader. Since political compulsions may not allow the Central Government to take strong steps, it is for the Supreme Court to intervene and put an end to this trend. Subhash Chandra Agrawal | Delhi 15I5C?D85F15I Sir — Kashmir is once again in the spot- light. The takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban following the withdrawal of the US troops has fuelled speculation about a spurt in militant activities in the Valley. There are reports that there is a surge in foreign ultras in Kashmir. The Taliban, which is amenable to being influenced by Pakistan, has already stat- ed that it will ‘raise voice for Kashmiri Muslims’. It would be an inversion of the truth to say that the people of Kashmir have become less disaffected and less alienated as a result of the abrogation of Article 370. The Modi Government cannot mis- construe the ‘calm and silence’ in the Valley as popular acceptance of the strip- ping of special status and letting things drift into a situation difficult to manage. The BJP may have its political compul- sions as a Hindutva-oriented party to take a rigid stance on the Kashmir issue, but it should not feel constrained by them to be stuck in limbo. An unresolved problem can trigger a disconcerting turn of events. The Government has to do what it needs to do to convince the world that it is not running roughshod over the people of Kashmir and refusing to ful- fil their legitimate aspirations. G David Milton | Kanyakumari 3?7B5CCB5F9F1E45BCE481;1B1 Sir — K Sudhakaran rose to his current position through sheer hard work. There has been an eminent role of Sudhakaran in re-establishing the Congress in Kannur district. The best thing one can do is to cooperate with him to revive the Congress party, which has been in a moribund state for the past few years. Due to the absence of an effec- tive Opposition, negative forces are rul- ing in strength, especially in Kerala. The sincerity, hard work and attainments in the polity can speak volumes about the willpower of Sudhakaran, the strongman of Kannur, Kerala and India. The BJP is nurturing the interests of big corporates at the cost of farmers and common people, who are the real back- bone of India. The Opposition leaders should occupy effective positions, in the State and at the Centre, to fight against negative forces and join hands with the Congress in Kerala and at the Centre. The Congress leaders at the Centre have to be in contact with their people in all the States and meet the necessary requirements to instal leadership there. 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Those days, I was writing mainly book reviews for the paper till he asked me to send him the occa- sionalcolumnwhichhepublished on the news pages. I recall writ- ing a few stories on Nepal where multiparty democracy had been introduced and elections were to be held. I met Chandan at the Ashoka Hotel swimming pool, where he used to swim, with a plan he had asked for to cover the Nepal elections. I did go to Nepal but he told me, “although Nepal isaveryfriendlycountry,fewpeo- ple are interested in it news-wise’, hinting I should focus on some- thing else in my writing. “Arre General, aur kucchh likhiye.” My story on Wangdung, Sumdurong Chu, in 1995 on what is the edit page today and was a news page then — “Why are we withdraw- ing from our own territory?” — created quite a stir, he told me. A budding fashion celebrity related to me asked if she could meet Chandan. I gladly organised thistete-a-tetearoundthefireplace at the Delhi Gymkhana Club. “You’veintroducedmetothemost spectacular fashion designer,” he wouldsay.Shebecamearegularon theVivaCitypagewhenhemoved aseditorofThePioneer.Iwrotemy first column for Pioneer when Vinod Mehta had revived the paperafternearlyeightdecades,in 1991. When Chandan took over thepaper,heofferedmeacolumn whichIhavebeenwritinguninter- rupted for at least 20 years. I rememberChandancommending me for the anchor story on the PalacemassacreinNepaltitled“Ke gardiye ko?” (What have you done?) — these were King Birendra’s last words after his son Prince Dipendra went on a ram- pageduringtheweeklyfamilyroyal dinner after a heady mix of drugs and Famous Grouse. I’m happy to saythatChandan’sviewsonnews- abilityofNepalchangedafterthis. Chandan joined the Track II circuit when India-Pakistan rela- tionshadplummetedfollowingthe terrorattackonIndianParliament in 2001. We were together among thewho’swhoofthetwocountries. 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- 10. /HWDOOJUHHQLQLWLDWLYHV QRWEHMXVWJDV C74BCAD66;45A8=34?4=34=242=C8=D43 5A(H40ABB870E4=83405A 7F;=6C78B068C0C8=F8;;AD= °1:DB?:4B?4AB= A0:4B7C8:08C C74A40A4?4?;45AC74B?1B?0=32=6A4BB8= C7450A4ABE44=C0BB70744=10671A:4 3F=BFD;3C7450A4ABE44=C °D?34?DCH2 :4B70E?A0B030DAH0 P rime Minister Narendra Modi said this Independence Day that India can achieve self-reliance in energy through an economy of gas-based fuels, electric mobility and bio- fuels/ethanol in petrol. Following up on the promise of National Hydrogen Mission announced in the 2021-22 Budget, he also launched this mission to facilitate gener- ation of carbon-free fuel from renewables, setting a target of 2047 for India to achieve self-reliance in energy. He found the right optics by saying that the coun- try has had to take a pledge to become energy-independent in the 100th year of independence. Let us go back to another announce- ment by the PM on energy front; In the “Urja Sangam” conference in March 2015, he had proclaimed the objective of reduc- ing India’s oil import from 77 per cent of total consumption in 2013-14 to 67 per cent by 2022. Today, the dependence has actually increased with imports account- ing for 85 per cent of oil requirements. Whether the new national targets are pragmatic or not is a subject of a larger debate. Days before the PM’s announce- ment, there was a media splash that Indian Railways (IR), with a view to kick- ing off hydrogen mobility in India, had invited bids for hydrogen fuel cell-based trains. Whenever calling of bids, and not actual execution, by IR becomes news, the project usually ends in a whimper. We will, therefore, confine ourselves to see the country-wide status through a limited prism of what IR has done. Before that, however, a glance at electric mobility, par- ticularly e-buses. Although diesel buses account for a small percentage of the total vehicular population, they contribute to more than 50 per cent of air pollution and carbon emissions in India. State transport corpo- rations, mostly with poorly-managed finances, are known to run smoke-spew- ing, rickety, diesel buses. The Union Government made an ambitious plan to shift them to cleaner and sophisticated electric buses. It started with FAME (Faster Adoption Manufacturing of (Hybrid ) Electric Vehicles in India) that proved to be ill-conceived and came a cropper due to ambiguity and misuse of the subsidy. It was later rejigged as FAME 2 for subsidy only to state trans- port corporations but the impact has so far been far from healthy; the penetration of e-buses in the country languishes at around 2000 buses whereas the number of buses in the country is over 17 lakhs. If the bard’s “What’s past is prologue” is a lesson in history which sets the con- text for the present, then IR’s report card so far has been dismal and does not inspire any confidence in its ability to con- tribute and complement the PM’s ambi- tious road map. 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