06 Oct 2015

New Delhi: India andGermany today signed anagreement to set up a sep-arate body to fast-trackinvestments by Germancompanies in the countryand weed out the obsta-cles faced by them in con-ducting business.

"We have signed a fasttrack agreement in whichwe will closely monitoron a monthly basis allissues faced by Germancompanies in India,"DIPP Secretary AmitabhKant said at a Indo-German BusinessRoundtable.

The agreement, signedbetween Department ofIndustrial Policy andPromotion (DIPP),Ministry of Commerce,and Ministry of EconomicAffairs and Energy(Germany), will set up aseparate body which willbe functional by March2016, according to a

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MUMBAITemperature: 350CPrecipitation:52%Humidity:65%Wind: 15Km/hr

HAQSAADDAFIGHT FOR RIGHTTUESDAY, OCTOBER 06, 2015

Issue Should Not be Linked to Communalism:Union Minister on Dadri Killing

21-Year-Old Memorises 70,000 PiDigits, Sets Guinness Record

India Pushes for Strengthening TiesWith Central European Countries

Srinagar: Most of the jails inJammu and Kashmir are over-crowded, so the state govern-ment was taking steps, includ-ing construction of new centraljail in Srinagar, to address theissue.

The total number of jails inthe state at present is 14, out of

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Most of the Jails in Jammuand Kashmir Overcrowded

New Delhi: Domestic budgetcarrier IndiGo today said it willconnect Udaipur with Mumbaiand New Delhi with daily non-stop flights to the lake city, fromthe coming winter schedule.

Udaipur will be the airline's34th domestic destination,which also flies to five interna-tional destinations.

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IndiGo to Soon StartDaily Flights to Udaipur

Hyderabad: The All IndiaMajlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen(AIMIM) today announced itwill contest by-elections in twoassembly seats in Uttar Pradesh.

Party chief Asaduddin Owaisisaid the party will field candi-dates in the Bikapur andMuzaffarnagar constituencieswhere by-elections are likely to

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AIMIM to Contest By-elections in Uttar Pradesh

Jaipur: Expressing serious con-cern over pollution in IndiraGandhi Canal in Rajasthan, theState Pradesh CongressCommittee President Sachin Pilottoday said the canal water needspurification so that it can be usedfor human consumption toobesides irrigation.

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Need to Purify Indira Gandhi Canal Water FromPesticides: Congress Leader Sachin Pilot

Lucknow: The BJP todaylashed out at Uttar PradeshMinister Azam Khan for writingto the UN on "communal inci-dents" in the state.

Bharatiya Janata Party's statespokesman Vijay BahadurPathak told reporters in the statecapital that it would have been"prudent" that the minister first spoke on the issue toChief Minister Akhilesh Yadav before taking it to

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BJP Slams UP Minister Azam Khan OverLetter to UN on Communal Incidents

New Delhi: UrbanDevelopment Minister MVenkaiah Naidu today said thatgovernment is undertaking con-certed initiatives to contain illeffects of growing vehicular pop-ulation in the country.

Addressing the MinisterialRound Table at the World Congress on 'TowardsIntelligent Mobility-Better Use of Space' at Bordeauxin France, Mr Naidu informed that as a result of rapidincrease in urban population in the country, vehiclefleet has grown at the rate of 9 per cent per year during

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Concerted Bid to Contain VehicularPollution: Venkaiah Naidu

Lucknow: With UttarPradesh seeing a high rate ofcrime against SC/ST communi-ty members, the state govern-ment is mulling a proposal forsetting up separate police sta-tions to deal with such cases.

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Uttar Pradesh May SoonHave Separate PoliceStations for SC/STs

New Delhi: Government col-lected Rs. 4,147 crore duringthe 90-day black money disclo-sure compliance window,which is higher than the previ-ously announced amount of Rs.3,770 crore, Revenue SecretaryHasmukh Adhia said today.

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Black Money Disclosure:Government RevisesAmount to Rs. 4147 Crore

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

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

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

New Delhi: The film"Talvar", based on the2008 Aarushi Talwarmurder, has generatednew buzz around India'smost gripping whodunit.For the first time in sevenyears, the officer who ledthe initial CBI investiga-tion into the case has saidthat he believes Aarushi'sparents Rajesh andNupur Talwar are inno-cent.

Then joint directorArun Kumar - played byactor Irrfan Khan in thefilm - insists that there isno evidence to suggestthat Rajesh and NupurTalwar, currently inDasna jail near Delhi,killed their daughter.

"There are several rea-sons why I think that,''said Mr Kumar, who isnow posted with theCentral Reserve PoliceForce. "First and fore-most is that the killerscouldn't have assumedthat the body of Hemrajwould not have been

found on the first day.''Hemraj's body was

found by the Noidapolice a day afterAarushi's, from the roofof the same building.

"Forensic sampleswere never collected andif they had been, then the

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Aarushi Case: Investigator Breaks Silence,Says He Believes Parents Innocent

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Bhubaneswar: The Odishagovernment today announcedto open at least 100 modelschools from the next academicyear even as the Centre stoppedfunding the proposed project.

A decision on the issue wastaken at a high-level meeting

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Odisha to Open100 Model SchoolsNext Year: Minister

NEWS IN BRIEF

Mumbai: The citypolice today informedthe Bombay High Courtthat no evidence hasbeen found disclosingviolation of the BlackMagic Act by self-styledgodwoman Radhe Maa.

"After recording ofstatements of the com-plainants, witnesses andthe suspect and searchesconducted at the houseof Sukhwinder Kauralias Radhe Maa, it doesnot disclose evidence ofviolation of provisions ofthe MaharashtraPrevention andEradication of HumanSacrifice and other

Inhuman, Evil andAghori Practices andBlack Magic Act," thepolice said today.

The police had filed anaffidavit before a divi-sion bench of justicesVM Kanade and Shalini

Phansalkar-Joshi in replyto a PIL by advocateFalguni Brahmbhattseeking FIR againstRadhe Maa allegingobscenity, and policeinaction on her

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India, Germany to Set Up Mechanismto Fast-Track Investments

No Proof of Black Magic Act Violation byRadhe Maa: Cops to Bombay High Court

Curfew in Parts ofVaranasi After ClashesBetween Protestersand Police

Varanasi: A curfew wasimposed in parts of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi'sconstituency Varanasi inUttar Pradesh after clashesbetween protesters and thepolice.

The violence took placeduring protests todayagainst police action onSeptember 22 on a reli-gious procession duringthe immersion of Ganeshaidols.

Police lathi-charge on areligious leader and hisfollowers, who were head-ing to the banks of riverGanga for the immersion

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New Delhi: Ministerof State for ExternalAffairs VK Singh isbeing rushed to SaudiArabia to coordinatewith the authoritiesthere to trace the miss-ing Indians in the Hajstampede last month.

Mr Singh has beenasked by ExternalAffairs MinisterSushma Swaraj toleave tonight afterSaudi governmentinformed India that itwill be interacting with

individual countriesregarding their nation-als -both dead or miss-ing.

The Minister of Statewill coordinate withthe local authoritiesand strengthen theefforts of ConsulGeneral there.

"Haj Stampede -General VK Singh,MOS External affairsis going to SaudiArabia today to helpIndian nationals," Ms

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Haj Stampede: VK Singh Heads to SaudiArabia for Helping Indian Nationals

Chennai: The MarsOrbiter Mission has pro-duced interesting data butfurther work is neededover such inputs for vali-dation purposes, a topISRO official has said.

"We have got interestingdata from the Mars OrbiterMission (MOM), but itneeds lot more analysis, itneeds to be validated byresearch," ISRO ChairmanA S Kiran Kumar said.

"Only data can tell usthat," he told PTI whenasked if something really

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Jaipur: Rajasthan ChiefMinister Vasundhara Rajehas said she will spend atleast a week every monthtouring her state and con-ducting unannouncedchecks on governmentfacilities. This after severalsuch surprise visits on theweekend threw up some

shocks. She picked Sawai

Madhpur, about 150 kilo-metre from state capitalJaipur, to spend the dayvisiting governmentschools, anganwadis orvillage centres for youngchildren and primary

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Kishanganj, Bihar: AnFIR was today lodgedagainst All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen(AIMIM) legislatorAkbaruddin Owaisi byKishanganj district admin-istration for allegedly mak-ing inflammatory speech atan election rally in Biharyesterday.

The police are also prob-ing whether damage toidols at two temples in thetown, which were discov-ered this morning, wasfallout of the speech,Superintendent of PoliceRajiv Ranjan said.

Mr Owaisi's speech, hesaid, violated provisions of

section 144 of Code ofCriminal Procedure(CrPC) and an FIR hasbeen lodged under sections153A and 188 of IndianPenal Code (IPC) atKochadhaman police sta-tion.

Section 153A deals withpromoting enmity betweendifferent groups ongrounds of religion, race,place of birth, residence,language and doing actsprejudicial to maintenance

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FIR Against AIMIM LeaderAkbaruddin Owaisi for His Speech

Mars Data Interesting, MoreWork Needed on It: ISRO

A Taste of Rajasthan For VasundharaRaje: No Salt in Mid-Day Meal

New Delhi: To trans-form India into a automo-bile hub, the governmentwill build eight scrap recy-cle centres near ports likeKandla to recycle usedvehicles from world overand boost automobileexports which is Rs 2.5lakh crore at present,Union Minister NitinGadkari today said.

"A Cabinet note will befloated soon in this regard.State Trading Corporationand Mckinsey has submit-ted a report in this regard,"

Road Transport andHighways MinisterGadkari said addressingthe media in New Delhi.

Mr Gadkari said themove follows NationalGreen Tribunal (NGT)order banning plying ofdiesel vehicles which areover 10 years old in Delhi-NCR and the new policywill offer financial incen-tives up to Rs 1.5 lakh onsurrender of such vehicles.

"We have sought exemp-tion of taxes up to Rs

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Will Build 8 Car ScrapCentres Near Ports LikeKandla: Nitin Gadkari

New Delhi: India andGermany have agreed toenhance ties in key areasof defence manufactur-ing, trade, intelligenceand clean energy duringwide-ranging talks

between Prime MinisterNarendra Modi andGerman ChancellorAngela Merkel in NewDelhi after which 18agreements were inked.

Describing the talks as

"very good", both theleaders expressed hopethat their discussions willpave the way for morerobust partnershipbetween the two countries

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PM Modi, Angela Merkel Talk Ways toBoost Trade, 18 Agreements Inked

GermanyOffers India US$2.25 Billionfor Solar,Clean Energy

New Delhi: Germanywill provide more than 2billion euros ($2.25 bil-lion) for India to developa clean energy corridorand solar projects, PrimeMinister Narendra Modisaid on Monday aftertalks with ChancellorAngela Merkel.

PM Modi has madeambitious renewableenergy targets a key partof his development agen-da and climate changemitigation commitmentsahead of a landmark inter-national summit in Parisat the end of this year.

"I admire German lead-ership in clean energy andcommitment to

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2 NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 06, 2015Fight for right

SIndia, Germany...senior official of the German embassy in

India.The body will fast-track investments by

German companies into India by regularlyscreening problems faced by them.

Mr Kant also emphasised that Indian andGerman companies must work closely, point-ing out that "German companies have aunique expertise which India must tap into".

"Opportunity for growth has just begun. Wewould like German companies to partner withus. I extend an invitation to German compa-nies to come and set up manufacturing facili-ties in India," he said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who iscurrently on a visit to India, today held talkson stepping up bilateral cooperation withPrime minister Narendra Modi.

Other agreements signed include an MoUbetween Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City); Infrastructure Leasing andFinancial services Limited (IL&FS) andSiemens Limited to develop smart mobilitysolutions for GIFT.

A pact was also signed between TATAPower Company Limited and Rohde &Schwarz GmbH&Co. KG to cooperate in thefield of terrestrial radio communiactionsusing software defined radios.

Besides, two more agreements signedinclude one between OPG Group and IBCSolar AG for the development and implemen-tation of solar PV projects in India; andanother one between Infineon TechnologiesIndia Pvt Ltd and National SkillsDevelopment Corporation for a tie up forskill development programme in semi-con-ductor manufacturing.

At a separate venue, a framework MoU wassigned today between the Department ofHeavy Industries (DHI), Govt of India andFraunhofer, Germany with the latter as"Technology Resource Partner".

The objective of the agreement is to supportand augment the "Make in India" programmethrough increasing the innovation and tech-nology prowess of the Indian industry.

The activities include creating a road-mapfor technological development for Indianindustry, identifying and plugging technologygaps.

PM Modi...in strategic areas."We see Germany as a natural partner in

achieving our vision of India's economictransformation. German strengths and India'spriorities are aligned.

"Our focus tends to be on economic ties.But, I believe that in a world of seamlesschallenges and opportunities, India andGermany can also be strong partners inadvancing a more human, peaceful, just andsustainable future for the world," PM Modisaid.

The Prime Minister also mentioned that hewill continue his discussions with ChancellorMerkel in Bangalore, where both the leaderswill be attending a business forum.

PM Modi noted that the partnership willalso grow in "areas like defence manufactur-ing, trade in advanced technology, intelli-gence, and countering terrorism and radical-ism. These are important security dimensionsof our expanding relationship."

The pacts signed included Joint Declarationof Intent between HRD ministry and theFederal Foreign Office of Germany regardingthe Promotion of German as a ForeignLanguage in India and the Promotion ofModern Indian Languages in Germany.

The inking of the pact comes as both sideswere working to resolve the contentious issueof Sanskrit replacing German as a third lan-guage in Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools, a deci-sion which was criticised by Germany withChancellor Merkel raising the issue duringher meeting with PM Modi on the sidelines ofthe G-20 summit in Brisbane in Novemberlast year.

The two sides also announced setting up aFast-Track system for German companies inIndia.

Germany Offers ...combating climate change," PM Modi told

journalists after meeting Chancellor Merkel,who is on a three-day visit to India.

Will Build...50,000 on each vehicle which is at present

Rs 1.5 lakh. Besides, on surrender of oldvehicle at any of the the eight industrial units,a certificate for Rs 50,000 will be given pro-ducing which a buyer can get rebate of thatamount. In addition some rebate will bethere," Mr Gadkari said.

He added that used vehicles can be broughtfrom all over the world to these centres andscrap could be recycled the finished productwould be much cheaper.

"This can be exported and this could givethe industry a fillip... if we bring old vehiclesfrom the world and recycles parts and exportthem ...India will be automobile hub. There isRs 2.5 lakh crore export in automobile sec-tor," he said.

He said there is an urgent need to recycle asmore than 10 years old vehicles were running

on roads with old technology which lacks notonly safety norms but creates pollution.

"Recycling would not only create employ-ment but boost the economic growth," hesaid.

Curfew in....ritual, led to anger.Today, several religious leaders took out

a protest march in the afternoon and localsalso joined in.

When the march reached a key crossingin the city, there was stone throwingbetween the police and protesters, whoallegedly burnt vehicles. The police alsoused batons again.

Curfew has been imposed in areas likeDashashwamedh, Chowk, Kotwali andLuxa.

No Proof ...complaint.The police in its affidavit said that pursuant

to the complaint received by Brahmbhatt, herstatement was recorded and also that ofRadhe Maa, who claimed she was implicated.

"FIR has been lodged on a complaintreceived from Dolly Bindra. Brahmbhatt willbe a witness in the case. Searches were alsoconducted at Nandanvan Bhawan (whereRadhe Maa lives) but nothing incriminatingwas found," it said.

"To ascertain the status of the trust run byRadhe Maa and if there were any financialirregularities in its functioning, a letter datedAugust 26 was issued to the office of theCharity Commissioner. A letter has also beensent to the Income Tax department requestingit to look into the financial irregularities asthe police does not have jurisdiction," theaffidavit said.

The High Court, after perusing the affi-davit, adjourned the matter for hearing aftertwo weeks.

FIR Against...of harmony, while section 188 deals with

disobedience to order duly promulgated bypublic servant.

The FIR has been lodged on the basis ofmagistrate's report, the SP said.

Mr Owaisi had yesterday addressed anelection meeting at Sontha haat village underKochadhaman assembly constituency inKishanganj district from where AIMIM stateunit chief Akhtarul Iman is contesting.

He had allegedly used abusive languageagainst all members of Parliament except hiselder brother Asaduddin Owaisi who isAIMIM chief and an MP from Hyderabad.He also allegedly made provocative remarksagainst BJP leaders.

The police are probing if the damage toidols of goddess Kali in two temples inNepalgarh locality had any connection to thespeech.

The SP said idols were found damaged intwo adjacent temples this morning and creat-ed tension in the town and protests.

District administration sought to maintainpeace by talking to people of the two commu-nities, he added.

Aarushi Case...case could have been solved very easily,"

said Mr Kumar.No one from the CBI has ever spoken about

the fact that two of its investigation teamscontradicted each other - the first team saidthe Talwars' helps killed Aarushi, but the sec-ond CBI team said the parents killed Aarushiafter finding her with Hemraj.

It was Mr Kumar's theory that the Talwars'help Krishna killed both Aarushi and Hemrajbecause Hemraj had objected to Krishna andRajkumar assaulting the teen.

The theory was junked after a new CBIdirector, Ashwani Kumar, took over.

When asked whether rivalry between thetwo directors led to the flip flops in the case,something that has also been shown in thefilm, Mr Arun Kumar refused to comment.He said after the second team completed itsinvestigation, he was asked about his opinionin a meeting. "I told them that there was noevidence to link the Talwars to the crime," hesaid, adding that it was then that the closurereport was filed.

When NDTV pointed out that later, CBIofficer AGL Kaul still told a court that theparents did it, Mr Arun Kumar said: "He hassince died so I don't want to speak about him,but the officer should not have gone beyondwhat was decided by the authority, which isthe CBI director.''

A Taste of...health centres to see how they were being

run.At her first stop, a small anganwadi, she

inspected the centre's register to find that of16 children below 10 meant to visit theanganwadi every day for a wholesome mealand iron and vitamins, only half that numberdid so.

Ms Raje was displeased. "This is a problemwe need to solve," the Chief Minister toldSawai Madhopur collector Anandi and trav-elled to another village, where she decided totaste the mid-day meal served to students at agirls' school.

It was too spicy, she said, and there no wasno salt. "Do you get other fruit too with your

midday meal or is it always a banana," sheasked the students. "We get fruits, sometimesapples as well," they said.

It was at her next stop in a village calledChakheri that the Chief Minister was mostupset. A hostel for girls, meant to house 20 inevery dormitory, has facilities only for 15 ineach.

"Where has the rest of the money gone,"Ms Raje asked angrily, adding, "somebodyhas been siphoning off funds here."

"This is not what we had planned, childrensleeping two to a bed, sleeping in rooms thatthey supposed to study in," she said.

The chief minister has now vowed to con-duct surprise checks in different districtsevery month to ensure her government is kepton its toes.

The opposition Congress has dismissed themove as "an image-building exercise" for MsRaje who has recently faced political fireover her alleged links with tainted cricketmoghul Lalit Modi.

Haj Stampede...Swaraj later tweeted.Yesterday, Ms Swaraj had tweeted that

India has lost 58 nationals in the stampedewhile 78 were still missing.

The Minister said the government wasmaking every effort to locate its people.

According to Saudi authorities, 769Muslim pilgrims were killed in a stampedeat the annual Haj near the holy city ofMecca on September 24. As per reports,tallies of the dead from foreign officialsand media put the toll at 1,036.

The stampede broke out after two mas-sive lines of pilgrims converged on eachother at an intersection close to the five-storey Jamarat Bridge in Mina for symbol-ic stoning of the devil.

It was the second major accident this yearfor pilgrims, after a construction crane col-lapsed on September 11 at Mecca's GrandMosque, killing over 100 people, including11 Indians.

Mars Data...out of data from MOM. "The data requires

significant amount of additional work to bedone to convert them into research output."

"For example, whatever (data) recentlycame from NASA...in 2011 they wrote theirfirst paper but only now they have validated,"he added.

ISRO has extended till October 10 its"Announcement of Opportunity (AO) forIndia's research community for using datafrom MOM.

The AO is for using data from five payloadsof MOM, Mars Colour Camera (MCC),Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer(TIS), Methane Sensor for Mars (MSM),Lyman Alpha Photometer (LAP) and MarsExospheric Neutral Composition Analyser(MENCA).

"We have made the entire data accessible toresearch community through the AO, we willalso be looking forward to research commu-nity carrying out their independent researchfor all five instruments," he said.

"On the prospect of finding presence ofwater in Mars, he said "with respect towater...our set of instruments do not havemuch scope...except the Mars spectrometerwhich is there."

"We are flying at an altitude of of minimumabout 300 kilometres which is still far, in theend of operation we will take satellite to thesurface of Mars or very close to it at that timewe may get something different but otherwisethe kind of instruments which we are carryingare still like baby steps in exploration com-pared to what Americans have done."

Celebrating one year of MOM's presence inorbit, ISRO released a Mars Atlas recently.MOM was launched on November 5, 2013from Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), about100 km from Chennai.

Need to Purify...insecticides in border districts of

Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar, Mr Pilotsaid that proper purification measures areneeded.

Cancer patients were increasing in the bor-der districts of Hanumangarh andSriganganagar, and the reports indicated pres-ence of insecticides or pesticides in the Gangcanal water, Pilot warned in a statement inJaipur.

The Raje government should take up thismatter, get the flowing water tested scientifi-cally and make its purification facilities forhuman consumption besides irrigation pur-pose, he demanded.

The IGNP (Indira Gandhi Nahar Prayojna)officials should be taken on the task to avoidany human risk and crop damage due toinsecticides and pesticides, he added.

Concerted Bid...the last decade.He also gave a detailed account of the

efforts being made in the country to promoteIntelligent Transport Systems (ITS).

The government is focusing on introduc-tion of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)for traffic management and technologicalimprovements in urban transport sector toreduce carbon emissions and pollution, hesaid.

Referring to ITS Project being implement-

ed in Mysore, Mr Naidu informed that itresulted in 23 per cent reduction in accidents,15 per cent increase in ridership, reduction inrequirement of 32 buses and reduction in car-bon emissions by 6,000 tonnes per year.

Similarly, ITS Project of MumbaiMetropolitan Regional DevelopmentAuthority has resulted in improving travelspeeds on various corridors by 14 per cent,reduction in accidents by 19 per cent, declinein energy consumption by 30 per cent, savingof fuel by 1.8 million litres and decline in car-bon emissions by 4,500 tonnes per year.

He also lauded the "Mumbai dabbawallahs"with 6 sigma quality using cycles for distrib-uting lunch boxes in an environment friendlymanner.

Ministry of Urban Development has pro-vided financial assistance for procuring25,000 buses in over 170 cities and thesebuses are pre-equipped with ITS features likeGPS, passenger information system andCCTV cameras which improve travel experi-ence of commuters.

Mr Naidu informed that the Smart CityMission seeks to promote citizen centrictransport systems and application of ITS.

BJP Slams...international fora."Azam Khan is only interested in gaining

political brownie points out of an unfortunateincident," Mr Pathak said.

He said maintenance of law and order wasa state subject and that Chief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav and his Samajwadi Partyshould explain why such an incident tookplace.

There have been many incidents in the statewhich would not have spiralled into bigissues if the administration had intervened atthe right time, the BJP leader said.

He said prohibitory orders were being vio-lated in Dadri village where a mob lynched aMuslim man over rumours of eating beef.

The BJP spokesman said that inMuzaffaranagar in 2013, police had failed toact on time, and when they acted the actionwas biased, which led to violence that left 63people dead and thousands displaced.

"This government continues to be in denialmode and is now trying to master the art ofdiversion. Sadly, the people of the state arenot seeing through their political games," hesaid.

Earlier, Urban Development Minister AzamKhan had released a letter he wrote to UNSecretary General Ban Ki-moon seeking timefor audience so that he can petition the UNwith regard to the rise in communal unrest inthe country, mostly after the Narendra Modigovernment took over.

He alleged that the RashtriyaSwayamsewak Sangh (RSS) planned to con-vert India into a Hindu country and had letloose volunteers to take on the Muslim popu-lation.

Mr Khan also slammed Mr Modi for notspeaking on the Dadri lynching.

Most of the ...which nine have the inmate position on the

higher side, Minister In-charge Home said ina written reply to a question raised byNational Conference (NC) MLC BashirAhmad Veeri.

Compared to the total capacity of 3011 inthese 14 prisons, 2406 prisoners are in jails.However, some of the prisons have theinmate position much above their originalcapacity, the reply said.

Though the central jails at Jammu andSrinagar have the capacity of 920 and 360respectively, the number of prisoners lodged,as on September 30 this year, is on the lowerside at 311 and 329 respectively.

However, most of the district jails are over-crowded with District Jail in south Kashmir'sAnantnag having more than double the occu-pancy at 158 compared to the capacity of 60.

Similarly, district jail Jammu has the capac-ity of 450, while its occupancy is 522, andBaramulla jail 158 against 120, the officialdata suggests.

The government said it is taking steps toaddress the issue of overcrowding in the jails.

The Prisons Department has identified 200kanals of land belonging to AgricultureDepartment at Zawoora Zewan in Srinagarfor the construction of new Central JailSrinagar, the government said.

IndiGo to ...Starting November 1, IndiGo will launch

four new daily non-stop flights to Udaipur --two each from New Delhi and Mumbai tocater to the growing air travel demand, the air-line said.

Winter schedule of the airlines in India com-mences from the last Saturday of October.

These new flights to Udaipur are a reflectionof IndiGo's commitment to enhance air con-nectivity in western India, it said.

IndiGo had submitted a proposal to the avia-tion regulator DGCA in early August, to oper-ate 60 additional flights in its winter schedule.

The Gurgaon-based no-frills airline, whoseparent firm InterGlobe Aviation has alreadyreceived approval from market regulator SEBIfor its Rs. 2,500 crore initial public offer,meets more than one-thirds of the domestic airtravel demand.

Of the total 67.60 lakh passengers ferried by11 domestic airlines including three regionalcarriers in August 2015, IndiGo flew 23.85

lakh passengers and accounted for 35.3 percent of the overall market share.

IndiGo in its commitment to providing max-imum air connectivity from across the countryon its network by catering to various segments,will see both business and leisure passengerstravelling to and from Udaipur, who will nowhave the opportunity to experience the hassle-free and on-time performance, the airline said.

AIMIM to...be held in a month or two.The seats fell vacant due to the death of

Samajwadi Party lawmakers.The AIMIM appears to be testing the waters

ahead of the assembly elections in the state in2017.

The party, which has seven members in theTelangana assembly, opened its account inMaharashtra last year by winning two seats.

With aggressive plans for a pan-India pres-ence, AIMIM had been preparing for morethan a year to have a base in Uttar Pradesh.

Mr Owaisi has accused the Samajwadi Partygovernment of not allowing him to hold publicmeetings in Uttar Pradesh. He said the govern-ment cancelled on 12 occasions permission toorganise public meetings.

"Mulayam Singh is not giving me permis-sion. I will see how he is going to stop mewhen elections will be held under the ElectionCommission of India," said Mr Owaisi.

The MP has been bitterly critical of theSamajwadi Party government for its handlingof the Muzzafarnagar riots which left some 60people dead and thousands homeless.

He lashed out at the government over themanner in which it dealt with last week's Dadriincident in which a Muslim was lynched by amob following rumours that his family con-sumed beef.

Uttar Pradesh...exist in states like Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya

Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh,official sources said, adding that UP govern-ment plans to set up at least one such policestation in every district.

Sources in the state police headquarters saidthat in the first phase such police stations willbe set up in major cities and, thereafter, in therest of UP.

"The police stations will come up under ascheme in which the Centre and the state willbear the expenditure for setting up of suchunits," said a senior officer in the social wel-fare department.

Once the blueprint is ready, it will be for-warded to the Principal Secretary (Home) forformal clearance and the notification of thepolice stations.

As per the draft, these police stations willinitially come up at the district police head-quarters or the reserve police lines and willoperate from the office of the Special EnquiryCell in every district.

Black Money...number of disclosures is 638 as stated last

week, the total illegal foreign assets broughtto book stands at Rs. 4,147 crore.

The government's total tax receipt from theblack money declared during the window willbe Rs. 2,488.20 crore. The government hadon October 1 declared that a total of Rs. 3,770crore of black money was declared during thecompliance window. This, he said, was basedon preliminary count of the declarationsmade.

After taking into account the declarationsthat came in envelops, the total numbercomes to Rs. 4,147 crore, he said adding theenvelops had been counted but the declara-tions in them were not reflected in theOctober 1 figure.

The one-time 90-day compliance windowprovided to holders of undeclared foreignassets ended September 30. It provided anopportunity to foreign assets holders todeclared assets, pay a total of 60 per cent taxand penalty and escape stringent provisionsof the new black money law.

He said under the Foreign Account TaxCompliance Act (FATCA), signed with theUS, India has already started getting informa-tion. "Wealth of information has come fromUS," he said.

He said as many as 132 prosecution in 43cases out of the HSBC Swiss list have beenfiled.

Odisha to ...presided over by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik in Bhubaneswar.The state has decided to recruit 1,772

employees including 1,332 teachers for theproposed 100 model schools, School andMass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishrasaid.

"The recruitment process would be com-pleted by March next year while classes willstart from April," the minister said.

The minister said the state was expecting anamount of Rs. 300 crore from the Centre thisyear under the model school scheme.However, the NDA government was notinclined to fund the model school projectnow, he said.

The government would set up a new outfitlike Odisha Secondary Schools Organisationunder the School and Mass Education depart-ment for operation of the proposed modelschools to be set up in the Central School pat-tern.

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