NEWS IN BRIEF – JULY 26, 2013
1. Court says Batla encounter genuine, suspected IM man killed
inspector, ‘Even Defence Didn’t Claim It Was Staged’ : New Delhi: A
sessions court on Thursday held suspected Indian Mujahideen militant
Shahzad Ahmad guilty of the murder of Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma,
who was killed during the controversial 2008 Batla House encounter in
which two suspected terrorists were also shot dead by the Delhi Police
raiding party. [TOI p1]
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2. IM member' Shahzad found guilty in 2008 Batla House encounter:
New Delhi : A Delhi court on Thursday found suspected Indian
Mujahideen member Shahzad Ahmad guilty in the September 2008 Batla
House shootout in the capital, in which Delhi Police inspector Mohan
Chand Sharma was killed and two policemen wounded.[IE
p1]http://www.indianexpress.com/news/im-member-shahzad-foundguilty-
in2008-batla-house-encounter/1146903/
3. 1.5cr kids go hungry as Bihar teachers shun meal duties : Patna:
More than 1.5 crore schoolchildren in Bihar were not served their midday
meal on Thursday after nearly three lakh government teachers washed
their hands off the centrally-funded scheme on the grounds that it
constituted non-academic work. [TOI p1]
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4. Rail babus framed me : Bansal : New Delhi : Two months after the
cash-for post scam cost him the railway minister's post him the railway
Bansal said he'd become 'a victim of the faulty system of appointments in
the railways' in which he had tried to bring in reforms.[HT p1]
5. Won't back Cong, open to support : Karat : New Delhi : ‘Third front’
parties will be open to outside support from the Congress — like in 1996
— to form the government after the 2014 elections but his party will not
help the BJP or the Congress to come to power, Communist Party of India
(Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat has said. [HT p1]
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Won-t-back-
Cong-open-tosupport-Karat/Article1-1098447.aspx
6. Can you stomach this? Cong says Rs 5 enough for a meal in Delhi :
New Delhi : Rising food prices may be straining household budgets, but
Congress leaders say Rs. 5 is enough to have a meal in Delhi and Rs. 12
in Mumbai. “You can eat a meal in Delhi in Rs. 5. I don’t know about
Mumbai. You can get a meal for Rs. 5 near Jama Masjid,” Congress
leader Rasheed Masood said on Thursday.[HT p1]
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7. BJP Wins Ignoble Prize on Sen, Party distances itself from Mitra’s
comment, Congress calls it a fascist state of mind : NEW DELHI :
Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen has offered to return the
Bharat Ratna if former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee asks him to do
so, escalating the row over BJP member Chandan Mitra’s comment that
Sen should be stripped of his honour for taking a partisan line on Gujarat
chief minister Narendra Modi. [ET p2]
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8. Will return Ratna if Atal says: Amartya : New Delhi: An anguished
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Thursday said he was ready to give up
the Bharat Ratna — a demand made by BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Chandan
Mitra — if former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee asked him to do so.
[TOI p1]
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9. Kapil Sibal Checkmates Former SG : New Delhi : Old acrimony
between Kapil Sibal and Gopal Subramanium led to the government
dropping latter as its lawyer in the case against ex-ED officer Ashok
Agrawal. Sibal, after becoming law minister, desired a review of cases
where Subramanium was appearing for the government.[ET p2]
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10. Gujarat model has weaknesses on social side : Mumbai : Nobel
Laureate Amartya Sen on Thursday said the Gujarat development model
suffered from weaknesses on the social side and could not, therefore, be
considered a success.[IE
p1]http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gujarat-model-hasweaknesses-
on-social-side-amartya-sen/1146907/
11. Muslims don't believe IM exists, says Rahman Khan : New Delhi : On
the day a Delhi court convicted suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) member
Shahzad Ahmad in the Batla House encounter, Minority Affairs Minister K
Rehman Khan said the Muslim community in general did not believe in the
existence of the outfit. He, however, added that he was only reflecting a
"feeling" among the community.[IE p1]
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/muslims-dont-believe-im-existssays-
rahman-khan/1146909/
12. CBI sought to distance itself from Aggarwal case : New Delhi : The
CBI's case against former Enforcement Directorate official Ashok
Aggarwal has taken another curious turn with the probe agency conveying
to the Finance Ministry, on the question of his reinstatement, that it is
investigating no cases against him. This, in fact, happened before the
agency moved to replace its senior counsels in the matter.[IE
p9]http://www.indianexpress.com/news/cbi-sought-to-distance-itselffrom-
aggarwal-case/1146965/
13. Govt plans job training for youths in Maoist areas from November 1 :
New Delhi : In an attempt to enhance livelihood opportunities for youth
and, thereby, tackle Left Wing Extremism, the Rural Development Ministry
will set the ball rolling for its skill development-cum-placement programme
— Roshni — in 27-worst LWE affected districts from November 1, with an
increased gender focus.[IE p9]
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/govt-plans-job-training-foryouths-
in-maoist-areas-from-november-1/1146783/
14. Tewari Dares Modi to an Open Debate : NEW DELHI : An angry
Congress party on Thursday dared Narendra Modi to an open debate on
his governance model, the first time anyone from its national leadership
has thrown such a gauntlet at the Gujarat chief minister.[ET p2]
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15. Rural polls : "Stateless 'Bangla pockets vote : Kolkata : Virtually
stateless, they still wanted to exercise the right to franchise. A large
number of enclave dwellers in Cooch Behar cast their vote during the
Bengal panchayat polls Thursday with Indian voter ID cards, which they
procured through various — often dubious — means.[IE p2]
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rural-polls-stateless-banglapockets-
vote/1146883/
16. No foul play, says verdict, Third Confirmation Of Batla Encounter’s
‘Genuineness’ : New Delhi: Thursday’s trial court findings on the Batla
House encounter is the third such conclusion on its genuineness since the
fateful incident of September 19, 2008. Trial judge Rajender Kumar
Shastri while convicting lone surviving terrorist Shahzad Ahmad, refused
to lend credence to any argument by his lawyers that questioned the
entire operation. [TOI p7]
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17. CBI didn’t tap Bansal, nephew’s phones : Chandigarh: Cellphones
belonging to the nephew of former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal
and main accused in the cashfor-jobs scam Vjay Singla, who was caught
red-handed by sleuths on May 3 here with an alleged bribe amount of Rs
90 lakh from then Railway Board member (staff) Mahesh Kumar for his
choice posting in the board, were not placed under surveillance by the CBI
even while the agency intercepted the phones of eight other accused.
Thus, any conversation between Bansal and Singla will not be part of the
probe.[TOI p9]
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18. Cong’s babalog: High on promise, low on delivery : New Delhi: Come
winter session, all eyes will be on the Congress’s babalog. The long file of
young MPs had trudged into Parliament raising hope in the summer of
2009, but the 15th Lok Sabha may culminate without them having set
politics or governance on fire. The prospect of another set of pedigreed
youngsters debuting in 2014 has set party insiders wondering if these kids
are worth the hype. [TOI p9]
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19. Govt drops lawyer CBI wanted, Denies It Is Interfering In Case
Against Former ED Official : New Delhi: The government on Thursday
was at pains to explain that taking former solicitor general Gopal
Subramaniam off a case against a controversial former deputy director of
Enforcement Directorate was a routine decision and did not amount to
interference in CBI affairs as it was being seen by many. [TOI p9]
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20. 11 anti-T Jagan MLAs resign : Hyderabad: In a move to thwart any
decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh, a dozen legislators from coastal
Andhra and Rayalaseema on Thursday submitted their resignations to
state assembly speaker, N Manohar. [TOI p9]
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21. Mitra’s views are his own: BJP, Party Distances Itself From MP’s
Comment Against Amartya : New Delhi: Even as political parties ripped
into the BJP for a party MP’s demand that Nobel laureate Amartya Sen be
stripped of his Bharat Ratna, the saffron outfit quickly distanced itself from
the comment with senior leaders insisting that this was the lawmaker’s
personal view. [TOI p10]
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22. Tewari challenges Modi on Guj model : New Delhi: With Narendra
Modi sniping on adaily basis, the Congress on Thursday invited him to a
public debate on Gujarat’s governance model, a challenge that seeks to
assert that the ruling party is ready to confront him on what he sees as his
forte.[TOI p10]
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23. 1 dies in Bengal poll clash, toll reaches 21 : Kolkata: One person was
killed in stray incidents of violence on Thursday during the final phase of
panchayat polls in West Bengal, taking the tally to 21 in the five-round
exercise since July 11. [TOI p10]
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24. Politics of encounters here to stay : New Delhi: The Ishrat Jahan
encounter seems to be shaping the 2014 poll campaign like the Batla
House killing of Indian Mujahideen terrorists pitted Congress against
Congress and against the BJP in the 2009 polls, an eerie coincidence that
has trained the focus on the politics of encounters. [TOI p11]
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25. Chouhan govt steals Cong’s DBT thunder Claims 100% Fund
Transfer Rollout On NREGS : New Delhi: As the Centre stitches
together its plan to roll out the Direct Benefit Transfer scheme, BJP-ruled
Madhya Pradesh seems all set to achieve full coverage of some benefits
through the scheme. [TOI p12]
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27. Rajiv’s close adviser, 3-time MP Arun Nehru dead : New Delhi: Arun
Nehru, former Union minister and powerful figure during the prime
ministership of Rajiv Gandhi, passed away on Thursday night after
prolonged illness. Nehru, 69, a cousin of Rajiv Gandhi and minister for
internal security in his government, died in a hospital in Gurgaon,
according to family sources. [TOI p13]
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28. Chinese troops make fresh incursion bid : Leh/New Delhi: Close on
the heels of over a dozen incursions since the face off in Ladakh in April
from across the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Chinese troops made a
fresh attempt to violate the International Border at Chumar area in north
east of Leh on July 20 but were forced back by Indian troops. [TOI p13 ]
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29. In MP voter list, 12,000 men have 2 wives each : Jabalpur: If
Jabalpur’s official voters’ list is anything to go by, the city has 12,000 men
with two wives each and nearly 4,500 women with two husbands each.
That’s not all. There are thousands of other howlers in the list with children
mentioned as spouses or fathers shown as much younger than their sons,
not counting the 4000-odd voters, who are “officially” shown as having
more than one father. Officialstry to explain away the goof-ups as a
“technical snag” in the Election Commission’s software. [TOI p17]
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30. RSS gives training in bomb-making, says Digvijaya : New Delhi :
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, known for his RSS bashing, on
Thursday alleged that the organization gives training in the making of
bombs. He said he had made the remarks on the basis of incidents that
had taken place in MP in the past. [TOI p17]
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31. DMK MPs will face action if they signed Obama letter: Karuna :
Chennai: The DMK on Thursday waded into the Modi visa controversy
with party chief M Karunanidhi warning his party MPs of disciplinary action
if any of them were found to have signed a letter requesting US President
Barack Obama to continue with the visa ban on Gujarat chief minister
Narendra Modi. [TOI p19]
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32. No need to appeal for Modi visa : Joshi : New Delhi : In a veiled dig at
BJP president Rajnath Singh's appeal to the US government to grant visa
to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, senior party leader Murli
Manohar Joshi on Thursday disapproved of Indian leaders pleading with a
foreign government for visa. [IE p11]
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/no-need-to-appeal-for-modivisa-
joshi/1146962/
33. Chouhan in command: New Delhi : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan-like his counterpart in Gujarat, Narendra Modi -
has kept the BJP on the winning track in his State. But when it comes to
personal style, no two men could be more different: one self-effacing, the
other ensuring that he remains in the spotlight 24x7. [The Hindu p1]
34. Half of voters want women's bill passed : New Delhi : Even as the
political class continues to be ambivalent towards the long-pending
Women’s Reservation Bill, which would introduce 33 per cent reservation
for women in the Lok Sabha and State legislative assemblies, voters have
sent out a clear message they are in favour of seeing the Bill passed this
year. [The Hindu p1]
35. Will return Bharat Ratna if Vajpayee asks me, says Sen : New Delhi :
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said on Thursday that he would return his
Bharat Ratna if former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee asked him to. He was
responding to BJP MP Chandan Mitra's remark that Sen should be
stripped of his Bharat Ratna.[IE p11]
36. It’s advantage BJP in north: New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party
could well topple the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party to
emerge as the top vote puller in Uttar Pradesh in the next general election,
judging by the 2013 Hindu-CNN-IBN- CSDS election tracker for the
State.[The Hindu p1] http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/itsadvantage-
bjp-in-north/article4954521.ece
37. BJP up, but 'Ulta Pradesh' is tricky : Vidya Subrahmaniam : It is not
without reason that Uttar Pradesh is called “Ulta Pradesh.” With as many
political parties as there are castes and sub-castes, the State is truly a
psephologist’s nightmare. The results of recent elections in the State, both
for the legislative Assembly and the Lok Sabha, confirm U.P.’s reputation
for throwing googlies at analysts. [The Hindu
p11]http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bjp-up-but-ulta-pradeshis-
tricky/article4952479.ece
DELHI NEWS
38. Pollution tests under cloud, Many PUC Checking Centres Flouting
Test Norms: CPCB : New Delhi: Diesel vehicles are five to seven times
more polluting than petrol vehicles, but enforcement on keeping their
emissions low is the weakest in the capital. In an inspection carried out by
the Central Pollution Control Board, officials have found that more than
onethird of the diesel pollution under control (PUC) checking centres were
not following the test procedures. Of the 75 checked for petrol testing, two
were found to be flouting the procedures. [TOI
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39. Badly planned city offers wrong travel choices : New Delhi: Transport
contributed almost half of the carbon dioxide in the city and if nothing is
done about it, then the gas emissions will rise by a massive 526% by
2030, says a study by Delhi IIT. Experts also say that Delhi government’s
focus on car-centric infrastructure in the form of flyovers and signal-free
corridors, is adding more vehicles on the roads. [TOI p2]
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40. Works in 200 more illegal colonies soon : New Delhi: Armed with an
in-principle approval from the union urban development ministry, the pollbound
state government is all set to take up development works in over
200 unauthorized colonies even as these do not meet the eligibility criteria
of 50 percent built-up area in 2007 as per regularization guidelines. [TOI
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41. Jung chairs his 1st DDA meet today : New Delhi: Newly appointed LG
Najeeb Jung will chair the first meeting as Delhi Development Authority
chairperson on Friday. The Authority meeting was initially scheduled to be
held on July 19 but was postponed.[TOI p8]
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42. Solar power to meet energy needs of Delhi Secretariat : New Delhi :
To harness solar power to meet the energy demands of Delhi Secretariat,
the Government will soon identify a piece of land nearby to set up a 5 MW
solar power generation unit. The decision was taken following a meeting
between Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah and
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday.[The Hindu p4]
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43. Kejriwal seeks independent probe : New Delhi : Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday reiterated his demand for an
'independent investigation" into the Batla House encounter case.[The
Hindu p4]
EDITORIAL/OPINION
44. Politics, The New Zamindari, The rise of young dynasts has led to
Parliament’s loss of relevance : Dinesh Trivedi : It was the early
1990s. I was travelling by the MP shuttle bus service from Parliament to
my residence when Viren Shah, then a BJP Rajya Sabha member and
subsequently a governor of West Bengal, introduced me to a young
parliamentarian as one of the most hard working, articulate and promising
new MPs hailing from a very humble background. [TOI p20]
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45. ‘Will counter Modi’s false perceptions – Rahul’s our inspiration’ :
Congress leader Ajay Maken has been taking on the opposition after
being appointed general secretary and communications in-charge of the
AICC. Speaking with Amin Ali, Maken discussed whether Narendra Modi
forms the Congress’s agenda, the history behind the food security Bill –
and Rahul Gandhi’s role: [TOI p20]
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46. A case of the imploding BJP in Delhi : Apurva : Former BJP president
Nitin Gadkari and MP Navjot Singh Sidhu have their work cut out in
attempting to stop Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit from winning a fourth
consecutive term in Delhi. The veteran leaders, recently appointed to lead
the BJP into the state Assembly polls later this year, have to stitch
together a Delhi chapter that in recent months has done its best to
implode.[IE p11] http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-case-of-theimploding-
bjp-in-delhi/1146831/
47. Not secularism, stupid : Rajdeep Sardesai : How does one define a
tweet as secular or communal? Last week, I sent a morning greeting
wishing people Happy Ekadashi. A particularly auspicious day in
Maharashtra, it is linked with the God Vithoba, considered a revered form
of Vishnu. [IE p12
1. Court says Batla encounter genuine, suspected IM man killed
inspector, ‘Even Defence Didn’t Claim It Was Staged’ : New Delhi: A
sessions court on Thursday held suspected Indian Mujahideen militant
Shahzad Ahmad guilty of the murder of Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma,
who was killed during the controversial 2008 Batla House encounter in
which two suspected terrorists were also shot dead by the Delhi Police
raiding party. [TOI p1]
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2. IM member' Shahzad found guilty in 2008 Batla House encounter:
New Delhi : A Delhi court on Thursday found suspected Indian
Mujahideen member Shahzad Ahmad guilty in the September 2008 Batla
House shootout in the capital, in which Delhi Police inspector Mohan
Chand Sharma was killed and two policemen wounded.[IE
p1]http://www.indianexpress.com/news/im-member-shahzad-foundguilty-
in2008-batla-house-encounter/1146903/
3. 1.5cr kids go hungry as Bihar teachers shun meal duties : Patna:
More than 1.5 crore schoolchildren in Bihar were not served their midday
meal on Thursday after nearly three lakh government teachers washed
their hands off the centrally-funded scheme on the grounds that it
constituted non-academic work. [TOI p1]
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4. Rail babus framed me : Bansal : New Delhi : Two months after the
cash-for post scam cost him the railway minister's post him the railway
Bansal said he'd become 'a victim of the faulty system of appointments in
the railways' in which he had tried to bring in reforms.[HT p1]
5. Won't back Cong, open to support : Karat : New Delhi : ‘Third front’
parties will be open to outside support from the Congress — like in 1996
— to form the government after the 2014 elections but his party will not
help the BJP or the Congress to come to power, Communist Party of India
(Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat has said. [HT p1]
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6. Can you stomach this? Cong says Rs 5 enough for a meal in Delhi :
New Delhi : Rising food prices may be straining household budgets, but
Congress leaders say Rs. 5 is enough to have a meal in Delhi and Rs. 12
in Mumbai. “You can eat a meal in Delhi in Rs. 5. I don’t know about
Mumbai. You can get a meal for Rs. 5 near Jama Masjid,” Congress
leader Rasheed Masood said on Thursday.[HT p1]
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7. BJP Wins Ignoble Prize on Sen, Party distances itself from Mitra’s
comment, Congress calls it a fascist state of mind : NEW DELHI :
Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen has offered to return the
Bharat Ratna if former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee asks him to do
so, escalating the row over BJP member Chandan Mitra’s comment that
Sen should be stripped of his honour for taking a partisan line on Gujarat
chief minister Narendra Modi. [ET p2]
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8. Will return Ratna if Atal says: Amartya : New Delhi: An anguished
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Thursday said he was ready to give up
the Bharat Ratna — a demand made by BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Chandan
Mitra — if former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee asked him to do so.
[TOI p1]
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9. Kapil Sibal Checkmates Former SG : New Delhi : Old acrimony
between Kapil Sibal and Gopal Subramanium led to the government
dropping latter as its lawyer in the case against ex-ED officer Ashok
Agrawal. Sibal, after becoming law minister, desired a review of cases
where Subramanium was appearing for the government.[ET p2]
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10. Gujarat model has weaknesses on social side : Mumbai : Nobel
Laureate Amartya Sen on Thursday said the Gujarat development model
suffered from weaknesses on the social side and could not, therefore, be
considered a success.[IE
p1]http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gujarat-model-hasweaknesses-
on-social-side-amartya-sen/1146907/
11. Muslims don't believe IM exists, says Rahman Khan : New Delhi : On
the day a Delhi court convicted suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) member
Shahzad Ahmad in the Batla House encounter, Minority Affairs Minister K
Rehman Khan said the Muslim community in general did not believe in the
existence of the outfit. He, however, added that he was only reflecting a
"feeling" among the community.[IE p1]
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rahman-khan/1146909/
12. CBI sought to distance itself from Aggarwal case : New Delhi : The
CBI's case against former Enforcement Directorate official Ashok
Aggarwal has taken another curious turn with the probe agency conveying
to the Finance Ministry, on the question of his reinstatement, that it is
investigating no cases against him. This, in fact, happened before the
agency moved to replace its senior counsels in the matter.[IE
p9]http://www.indianexpress.com/news/cbi-sought-to-distance-itselffrom-
aggarwal-case/1146965/
13. Govt plans job training for youths in Maoist areas from November 1 :
New Delhi : In an attempt to enhance livelihood opportunities for youth
and, thereby, tackle Left Wing Extremism, the Rural Development Ministry
will set the ball rolling for its skill development-cum-placement programme
— Roshni — in 27-worst LWE affected districts from November 1, with an
increased gender focus.[IE p9]
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in-maoist-areas-from-november-1/1146783/
14. Tewari Dares Modi to an Open Debate : NEW DELHI : An angry
Congress party on Thursday dared Narendra Modi to an open debate on
his governance model, the first time anyone from its national leadership
has thrown such a gauntlet at the Gujarat chief minister.[ET p2]
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15. Rural polls : "Stateless 'Bangla pockets vote : Kolkata : Virtually
stateless, they still wanted to exercise the right to franchise. A large
number of enclave dwellers in Cooch Behar cast their vote during the
Bengal panchayat polls Thursday with Indian voter ID cards, which they
procured through various — often dubious — means.[IE p2]
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vote/1146883/
16. No foul play, says verdict, Third Confirmation Of Batla Encounter’s
‘Genuineness’ : New Delhi: Thursday’s trial court findings on the Batla
House encounter is the third such conclusion on its genuineness since the
fateful incident of September 19, 2008. Trial judge Rajender Kumar
Shastri while convicting lone surviving terrorist Shahzad Ahmad, refused
to lend credence to any argument by his lawyers that questioned the
entire operation. [TOI p7]
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17. CBI didn’t tap Bansal, nephew’s phones : Chandigarh: Cellphones
belonging to the nephew of former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal
and main accused in the cashfor-jobs scam Vjay Singla, who was caught
red-handed by sleuths on May 3 here with an alleged bribe amount of Rs
90 lakh from then Railway Board member (staff) Mahesh Kumar for his
choice posting in the board, were not placed under surveillance by the CBI
even while the agency intercepted the phones of eight other accused.
Thus, any conversation between Bansal and Singla will not be part of the
probe.[TOI p9]
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18. Cong’s babalog: High on promise, low on delivery : New Delhi: Come
winter session, all eyes will be on the Congress’s babalog. The long file of
young MPs had trudged into Parliament raising hope in the summer of
2009, but the 15th Lok Sabha may culminate without them having set
politics or governance on fire. The prospect of another set of pedigreed
youngsters debuting in 2014 has set party insiders wondering if these kids
are worth the hype. [TOI p9]
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19. Govt drops lawyer CBI wanted, Denies It Is Interfering In Case
Against Former ED Official : New Delhi: The government on Thursday
was at pains to explain that taking former solicitor general Gopal
Subramaniam off a case against a controversial former deputy director of
Enforcement Directorate was a routine decision and did not amount to
interference in CBI affairs as it was being seen by many. [TOI p9]
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20. 11 anti-T Jagan MLAs resign : Hyderabad: In a move to thwart any
decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh, a dozen legislators from coastal
Andhra and Rayalaseema on Thursday submitted their resignations to
state assembly speaker, N Manohar. [TOI p9]
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21. Mitra’s views are his own: BJP, Party Distances Itself From MP’s
Comment Against Amartya : New Delhi: Even as political parties ripped
into the BJP for a party MP’s demand that Nobel laureate Amartya Sen be
stripped of his Bharat Ratna, the saffron outfit quickly distanced itself from
the comment with senior leaders insisting that this was the lawmaker’s
personal view. [TOI p10]
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22. Tewari challenges Modi on Guj model : New Delhi: With Narendra
Modi sniping on adaily basis, the Congress on Thursday invited him to a
public debate on Gujarat’s governance model, a challenge that seeks to
assert that the ruling party is ready to confront him on what he sees as his
forte.[TOI p10]
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23. 1 dies in Bengal poll clash, toll reaches 21 : Kolkata: One person was
killed in stray incidents of violence on Thursday during the final phase of
panchayat polls in West Bengal, taking the tally to 21 in the five-round
exercise since July 11. [TOI p10]
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24. Politics of encounters here to stay : New Delhi: The Ishrat Jahan
encounter seems to be shaping the 2014 poll campaign like the Batla
House killing of Indian Mujahideen terrorists pitted Congress against
Congress and against the BJP in the 2009 polls, an eerie coincidence that
has trained the focus on the politics of encounters. [TOI p11]
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25. Chouhan govt steals Cong’s DBT thunder Claims 100% Fund
Transfer Rollout On NREGS : New Delhi: As the Centre stitches
together its plan to roll out the Direct Benefit Transfer scheme, BJP-ruled
Madhya Pradesh seems all set to achieve full coverage of some benefits
through the scheme. [TOI p12]
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27. Rajiv’s close adviser, 3-time MP Arun Nehru dead : New Delhi: Arun
Nehru, former Union minister and powerful figure during the prime
ministership of Rajiv Gandhi, passed away on Thursday night after
prolonged illness. Nehru, 69, a cousin of Rajiv Gandhi and minister for
internal security in his government, died in a hospital in Gurgaon,
according to family sources. [TOI p13]
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28. Chinese troops make fresh incursion bid : Leh/New Delhi: Close on
the heels of over a dozen incursions since the face off in Ladakh in April
from across the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Chinese troops made a
fresh attempt to violate the International Border at Chumar area in north
east of Leh on July 20 but were forced back by Indian troops. [TOI p13 ]
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29. In MP voter list, 12,000 men have 2 wives each : Jabalpur: If
Jabalpur’s official voters’ list is anything to go by, the city has 12,000 men
with two wives each and nearly 4,500 women with two husbands each.
That’s not all. There are thousands of other howlers in the list with children
mentioned as spouses or fathers shown as much younger than their sons,
not counting the 4000-odd voters, who are “officially” shown as having
more than one father. Officialstry to explain away the goof-ups as a
“technical snag” in the Election Commission’s software. [TOI p17]
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30. RSS gives training in bomb-making, says Digvijaya : New Delhi :
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, known for his RSS bashing, on
Thursday alleged that the organization gives training in the making of
bombs. He said he had made the remarks on the basis of incidents that
had taken place in MP in the past. [TOI p17]
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31. DMK MPs will face action if they signed Obama letter: Karuna :
Chennai: The DMK on Thursday waded into the Modi visa controversy
with party chief M Karunanidhi warning his party MPs of disciplinary action
if any of them were found to have signed a letter requesting US President
Barack Obama to continue with the visa ban on Gujarat chief minister
Narendra Modi. [TOI p19]
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32. No need to appeal for Modi visa : Joshi : New Delhi : In a veiled dig at
BJP president Rajnath Singh's appeal to the US government to grant visa
to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, senior party leader Murli
Manohar Joshi on Thursday disapproved of Indian leaders pleading with a
foreign government for visa. [IE p11]
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33. Chouhan in command: New Delhi : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan-like his counterpart in Gujarat, Narendra Modi -
has kept the BJP on the winning track in his State. But when it comes to
personal style, no two men could be more different: one self-effacing, the
other ensuring that he remains in the spotlight 24x7. [The Hindu p1]
34. Half of voters want women's bill passed : New Delhi : Even as the
political class continues to be ambivalent towards the long-pending
Women’s Reservation Bill, which would introduce 33 per cent reservation
for women in the Lok Sabha and State legislative assemblies, voters have
sent out a clear message they are in favour of seeing the Bill passed this
year. [The Hindu p1]
35. Will return Bharat Ratna if Vajpayee asks me, says Sen : New Delhi :
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said on Thursday that he would return his
Bharat Ratna if former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee asked him to. He was
responding to BJP MP Chandan Mitra's remark that Sen should be
stripped of his Bharat Ratna.[IE p11]
36. It’s advantage BJP in north: New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party
could well topple the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party to
emerge as the top vote puller in Uttar Pradesh in the next general election,
judging by the 2013 Hindu-CNN-IBN- CSDS election tracker for the
State.[The Hindu p1] http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/itsadvantage-
bjp-in-north/article4954521.ece
37. BJP up, but 'Ulta Pradesh' is tricky : Vidya Subrahmaniam : It is not
without reason that Uttar Pradesh is called “Ulta Pradesh.” With as many
political parties as there are castes and sub-castes, the State is truly a
psephologist’s nightmare. The results of recent elections in the State, both
for the legislative Assembly and the Lok Sabha, confirm U.P.’s reputation
for throwing googlies at analysts. [The Hindu
p11]http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bjp-up-but-ulta-pradeshis-
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DELHI NEWS
38. Pollution tests under cloud, Many PUC Checking Centres Flouting
Test Norms: CPCB : New Delhi: Diesel vehicles are five to seven times
more polluting than petrol vehicles, but enforcement on keeping their
emissions low is the weakest in the capital. In an inspection carried out by
the Central Pollution Control Board, officials have found that more than
onethird of the diesel pollution under control (PUC) checking centres were
not following the test procedures. Of the 75 checked for petrol testing, two
were found to be flouting the procedures. [TOI
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39. Badly planned city offers wrong travel choices : New Delhi: Transport
contributed almost half of the carbon dioxide in the city and if nothing is
done about it, then the gas emissions will rise by a massive 526% by
2030, says a study by Delhi IIT. Experts also say that Delhi government’s
focus on car-centric infrastructure in the form of flyovers and signal-free
corridors, is adding more vehicles on the roads. [TOI p2]
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40. Works in 200 more illegal colonies soon : New Delhi: Armed with an
in-principle approval from the union urban development ministry, the pollbound
state government is all set to take up development works in over
200 unauthorized colonies even as these do not meet the eligibility criteria
of 50 percent built-up area in 2007 as per regularization guidelines. [TOI
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41. Jung chairs his 1st DDA meet today : New Delhi: Newly appointed LG
Najeeb Jung will chair the first meeting as Delhi Development Authority
chairperson on Friday. The Authority meeting was initially scheduled to be
held on July 19 but was postponed.[TOI p8]
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42. Solar power to meet energy needs of Delhi Secretariat : New Delhi :
To harness solar power to meet the energy demands of Delhi Secretariat,
the Government will soon identify a piece of land nearby to set up a 5 MW
solar power generation unit. The decision was taken following a meeting
between Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah and
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday.[The Hindu p4]
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43. Kejriwal seeks independent probe : New Delhi : Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday reiterated his demand for an
'independent investigation" into the Batla House encounter case.[The
Hindu p4]
EDITORIAL/OPINION
44. Politics, The New Zamindari, The rise of young dynasts has led to
Parliament’s loss of relevance : Dinesh Trivedi : It was the early
1990s. I was travelling by the MP shuttle bus service from Parliament to
my residence when Viren Shah, then a BJP Rajya Sabha member and
subsequently a governor of West Bengal, introduced me to a young
parliamentarian as one of the most hard working, articulate and promising
new MPs hailing from a very humble background. [TOI p20]
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45. ‘Will counter Modi’s false perceptions – Rahul’s our inspiration’ :
Congress leader Ajay Maken has been taking on the opposition after
being appointed general secretary and communications in-charge of the
AICC. Speaking with Amin Ali, Maken discussed whether Narendra Modi
forms the Congress’s agenda, the history behind the food security Bill –
and Rahul Gandhi’s role: [TOI p20]
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46. A case of the imploding BJP in Delhi : Apurva : Former BJP president
Nitin Gadkari and MP Navjot Singh Sidhu have their work cut out in
attempting to stop Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit from winning a fourth
consecutive term in Delhi. The veteran leaders, recently appointed to lead
the BJP into the state Assembly polls later this year, have to stitch
together a Delhi chapter that in recent months has done its best to
implode.[IE p11] http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-case-of-theimploding-
bjp-in-delhi/1146831/
47. Not secularism, stupid : Rajdeep Sardesai : How does one define a
tweet as secular or communal? Last week, I sent a morning greeting
wishing people Happy Ekadashi. A particularly auspicious day in
Maharashtra, it is linked with the God Vithoba, considered a revered form
of Vishnu. [IE p12
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