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which the actor gladly agreed to. The actor met Banerjee on Tuesday and promised to attend the 21st edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival to be held later this year.” the DCP adds. ASI Kumar then goes to the house of the accused and asks about his whereabouts. who himself comes from a mahadalit Mushar community, at the same time," an Indian embassy statement said. The Congress got just two seats despite polling 18. download Indian Express App More Related NewsBy: Indo-Asian News Service | Mumbai | Updated: December 10, I can’t reveal much about my character because the story line of the film will get revealed.

Delhi Daredevils’ JP Duminy said they have the strength to take on the hosts. (Source: Twitter) Related News Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif has become the latest Indian star to join the Bollywood line-up at Madame Tussauds in London.century belongs to Asia, Read the entire Quora thread here. on Monday announced that Ramesh will be helming both Tamil and Kannada versions. there are restrictions on movement only in and around the district courts. a search and rescue official said. m." Khairul Nova the official in the town of Langsa in Aceh told Reuters by telephone "They are now in a warehouse by the port as a temporary arrangement" Nova added A boat carrying nearly 600 migrants landed in Indonesia on Sunday Thousands of migrants are stranded on similar boats in Southeast Asian seas as governments in the region seek to prevent them from landing despite a request by the United Nations to rescue them Reuters Written by Jaya Jaitly | Published: June 20 2013 5:17 am Related News Nitish Kumar should reveal the real reasons for his walkout from the NDA For those tuned to reading smoke signals in politicsit has been clear for some months now that Nitish Kumar was willing to play footsie with the Congress It posed no threat to him in Bihar and could bring him benefits from the UPA The rationalisation given for his decision to break a 17-year-oldassiduously builtstrategicpolitical partnership with the BJPin which no ideological hiccups were ever allowed to reach a breaking point when Atal Bihari Vajpayee-LK Advani and George Fernandes were at the helmhas stretched his credibility Howeverhis action has not caused much surprise among those who know him well and have walked along the political road with him for almost two decades As Kumar is someone who has treated party bodies and procedures as a nuisanceor at most as a fig leaf to carry out his own planswe may discount that the party wanted the JD(U) to quit the NDA Party president and NDA convenor Sharad Yadav was visibly not in favour of the move as it denied him national standing Without a sound political basehe also becomes more susceptible to Kumars dominance For the survival of socialist politicsto build strength against the Congressand to keep Kumar within this fold after the Samata found it could not fight Lalu Prasad aloneFernandes encouraged Kumar to attend the BJP national conference in Mumbai in 1995 The relationship was cemented and brought about huge dividends in Bihar for Kumar and the defeat of the Congress at the Centre in 1998 The JD(U) explains that Narendra Modi was okay so far as he was contained in Gujarat but was not acceptable for the rest of the country Apart from the fact that Modi is still only the campaign chief of the BJPthis is strange coming from a party that has miniscule presence in the rest of the countrythanks to Kumar steadfastly avoiding assistance in building the party elsewhere The BJP under Modi won 12 of the 19 seats with dominant Muslim presence in the last assembly elections Kumar refuses to accept this reality Muslims have openly stated that they and the state have moved on with Modis inclusive policiesbecause of which they are prospering without any problem In factthe BJP and the JD(U) are partners in the Bharuch municipality Acolytes of the chief minister raise issues like Modi not agreeing to wear a skull cap Genuine socialists never resort to cheap symbols of tilaks or turbansas these are purely cultural symbols to be used by the concerned communitiesand not part of serious politics It was an occasion for the JD(U) to emphasise that religion no longer plays a part in governance A more positive step towards responsible opposition politics would have been to bring more allies into the NDA after pressuring Modi and other BJP leaders to announce collective measures to reassure minorities That is why the Muslims are not quite cheering Kumar The cloud of allegations over Modis head is in no way darker than that over the Gandhi family for corruption in Boforsthe Congress as a whole for 1984or the dynastic domination of Rahul Gandhi over more experienced leaders in the Congress Good governance being the order of the daythe selective use of allegations and the cynical use of perceptionsrather than seeking the truthis self-serving politics far removed from secularism or principles Kumar shed tears for the way the BJP has supposedly treated its senior leaderAdvani While Fernandes led the campaign for the ouster of Lalu Prasad and ensured Kumar was made chief minister in 2005he promptly arranged for the defeat of Fernandes as party president in 2006 through unorthodox meansafter calling him to Patna for his re-election Subsequentlyhe put pressure on Advani to replace Fernandes with Sharad Yadav as NDA convenoralthough Parkash Singh Badal was far more experiencedand an older ally The final humiliation was when Sharad Yadavas party presidentassured Fernandes he would fight from Muzaffarpur in 2009in the presence of many party workers Five days laterKumar sent him a letter saying he was ailing and elderly and would not be given a ticket He threw him the offer of a Rajya Sabha seatdespite knowing Fernandess negative views on the subject He then gave the ticket to an even older and more ailing person from the RJD This humiliation made Fernandes dig in his heels A respectful and friendly personal visit by Kumar to plead with Fernandes to withdrawand reassure him that Muzaffarpurs development would be carried out as per his wisheswould have melted his mentors heart Insteadhe refused any contact with him and ensured Fernandess sad defeat Measured against his own actions for nearly two decadesKumar would serve principled politics better if he came out with the real reasons for breaking-up the NDA The writer is former president of the Samata Party For all the latest Opinion News download Indian Express App More Related NewsWritten by A Kameshwari | New Delhi | Published: February 28 2017 3:05 pm Kareena Kapoor Khan gave birth to Taimur Ali Khan on December 20 last year Top News Ever since Kareena Kapoor Khan gave birth to her baby boy Taimur Ali Khan not one day has gone by when he didn’t make news The child who is just two months old has yet again made headlines but this time not for the controversy related to his name Reports suggest that Kareena does not call her baby boy by his official name which was announced by the couple within a few days of his birth The actor who gave birth to Taimur on December 20 last year apparently calls him ‘Little John’ Doesn’t it remind you of the romantic Hollywood film Dear John Well it is also being said that the change in the ‘name’ is due to the flack Kareena and Saif received over social media especially on Twitter for giving their son a name that was similar to Mongolian ruler Timur Lang But on a serious note don’t we call have nicknames for our kids Leave kids we often call our friends or even parents with some name because we adore them Don’t we Then why we are so bothered by what Kareena chooses to call Taimur This is what Shilpa Shetty says about Kareena Kapoor’s weight loss Over the span of two months the couple has said a lot about the significance of Taimur’s name and its meaning They have been repeatedly speaking about how is doesn’t have to do anything with the Mongolian ruler In an interview the Rangoon actor said “I am aware that there is a Turkish ruler who is possibly a little violent That was Timur and this is Taimur It might sound similar because it has similar roots Also to judge the past by today’s lens is a little far out A name doesn’t really mean anything Asoka is a violent name then There’s Alexander too” And we totally agree with him because its too silly to make a name such a big issue And come on he is just a kid who is totally unaware of the family he is born into Also read |Kareena Kapoor Khan is excited about her TV debut and the making of her brand campaign is a proof Watchvideo In another interview Saif said that he is considering changing the name of his son but nothing is concrete as of yet “I thought for a second about changing his name For a couple of weeks And Kareena was a little against it She said ‘People respect you for your opinion and you can’t’… So I said yeah but it’s not about people I don’t want him to get unpopular And I still might maybe when he’s one or two I might change his name in a while it’s still sinking in what to do” said Saif Also read |Kareena Kapoor Khan returns to work after son Taimur’s birth Here are the firstpics But having said all this it wouldn’t be wrong to say that Taimur has already made him and his parents the talk of the town And imagine the Bard said what’s in a name For all the latest Entertainment News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Top NewsOn 26 May 2016 Amnesty International released a proposal calling for decriminalising the sex trade highlighting the rape violence discrimination and extortion faced by sex workers all over the world In the time since the proposal has launched a charge debate with former US president Jimmy Carter penning an (also much discussed) opinion piece for The Washington Post presenting an alternate model of punishing those who buy sex rather than those who sell it That debate seems a long way away however from the narrow lanes of Kamathipura — Mumbai’s red light district (Asia’s second largest right after Sonagachi in Kolkata) On the day that I visit Kamathipura its narrow lanes are crammed with the usual businesses and people common to any other neighbourhood in the city But then you see what sets it apart from those localities — the presence of heavily made-up women waiting for their customers It may be the world’s oldest profession but prostitution continues to be riddled with all sorts of problems — from trafficking HIV/AIDS to violence And even after the passage of so many years little advances have been made for the betterment of sex workers A sex worker Raksha readies for a performance during an event organised in Kamathipura by an NGO Image from Reuters Shumi 25 migrated to Kamathipura from Kolkata She has now been working here for two years and even though she claims customers are good to her and she’s doing this of her own accord the hesitation in her demeanour is clear Shumi had to leave her husband and two young children but intends to go back next year as soon as she manages to save enough money “I want to save money for the welfare of my kids in the future” she says The prospect of leaving one’s children behind may be brutal but when faced with extreme poverty many women have little choice It’s no wonder then that most sex workers come from India’s poorest states including West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh However by large the sex trade knows no boundaries Arjun (name changed) 23 has been living in a building opposite Kamathipura since he was six or seven He drives a silver Jaguar and evidently comes from a far different socio-economic background than the other people I encounter Yet he knows the area inside out “Girls from Mumbai go to Kolkata and Delhi Girls from Delhi go to Kolkata and Mumbai And girls from Kolkata go to Mumbai and Delhi” he explains In other words sex workers travel as far as possible to avoid the brunt of their family and acquaintances’ censure back home Unfortunately as is the case in most countries in the world prostitution is still a source of shame and as such falls into one of those grey areas of legality The legal standing of prostitution is at the very least ambiguous in India There are many loopholes in the law but consecutive governments have preferred to ignore the situation than to seek a long-term solution to address the issues surrounding the trade Trafficking of minors and forced sex is of course illegal but when it comes to consensual sex between two adults the situation is different Officially a sex worker can’t legally solicit clients in public but if she does so in a private home then she isn’t technically infringing the law Brothels and pimps are banned on paper yet they somehow manage to coexist amongst businesses and even when there is a police unit in the vicinity For some young men in India sleeping with a sex worker is almost a rite of passage “If they have cash in their pockets they will not hesistate If it’s my birthday or someone else’s rather than giving a treat in a restaurant this is preferred” confesses Arjun The women in Kamathipura seem to be a long way off from the debate around legalising prostitution Image from Reuters Dr Nayreen Daruwalla programme director for the Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action (Sneha) believes there are multiple dilemmas sex workers confront due to their status which is why she is adamantly in favour of legalisation “I think prostitution should be legalised Sex workers are doing it behind people’s backs so what is the whole point Just give them that legal status” she says And legalising may help with one issue that many sex workers testify to: harassment from the police for bribes “I think if prostitution becomes legal the police might harass them a bit less…and the women might have a more respectable position” says Dr Daruwalla There are an estimated 2-3 million sex workers in India but due to the lack of registries and sex trafficking the figure is probably even larger According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime human trafficking estimated at US$ 32 billion is the fastest-growing criminal industry in the world But when the stakes are so high it’s an industry that’s hard to halt Aastha Parivaar is another of the many NGOs which caters to sex workers Seema Sayyed the manager of the organisation believes great strides have been made since the time she first started working with prostitutes However there are few other forms of livelihood to which a sex worker can resort “We are not here to stop the profession because that cannot happen If I enter a brothel and ask a madam to shoo away a girl and stop working then what are they going to do We don’t have an option for them” she says Perhaps it is time we acknowledged — in India and elsewhere — and acknowledged the fact that sex workers are like any other human beings They need protection but also have obligations And the only way to uphold these rights — and duties — is through legalisation Written by Neha Kulkarni | Mumbai | Published: August 15 2017 1:56 am The government has however set 14 years as the minimum age for participation in the human pyramid formation However the celebrations according to a Dahi Handi committee member is expected to be low key because many sponsors had pulled out (Representative Image) Top News The Dahi Handi mandals are gearing up for building eight and more tiers of the human pyramid on Tuesday with the government not imposing any height restrictions The government has however set 14 years as the minimum age for participation in the human pyramid formation However the celebrations according to a Dahi Handi committee member is expected to be low key because many sponsors had pulled out Last week the Bombay High Court refused to pass orders on height restrictions while the state government said it would enforce an age limit so that only those above the age of 14 years participate in the festival “We have directed all mandals to be equipped with safety measures including jackets and helmets We have asked them to form only so many layers as practised We expect a low-key Dahi Handi this time owing to low number of sponsors” said Kamlesh Bhoir of the Dahi Handi committee The organisers said a few sponsors are participating owing to the delay in clarifying the rules this year “Though the restrictions have been removed we are not seeing the same enthusiasm from contractors Many major organisers in Chembur and Ghatkopar have pulled out from holding these functions Many Govinda pathaks (teams) are still confused about how many in total will hold these functions We await clarity” Bhoir added Organisers have claimed they will follow the rules and regulations as far as allowing Govindas within the age limit to participate in the festival “We will follow the rules stated by the High Court of not allowing sound levels to exceed 70 decibels in the premises of the pandals We will refrain from using DJs We have also made school certificates of participating children compulsory to disallow Govindas below 14 years of age from participating” Neeraj Sardar from Jeevandeshi Nivas Mitra Mandal organiser of a Dahi Handi in Dadar said Other organisers have claimed they will follow the rules as mentioned but will keep the spirit of the festival alive “Not many organisers have disclosed the prize money for the winning teams In the wake of checks by Enforcement Directorate and tax officials no political party wants to take a chance Due to the prevailing confusion many mandals from Mumbai have tried to go to Pune and Gujarat to play Dahi Handi” Bhoir added Mumbai police have promised adequate presence of police on the roads “There will be adequate presence of police on the roads We will ensure that police in civil clothes will keep a check on safety rules” said Rashmi Karandikar spokesperson for the Mumbai Police nehakulkarni@expressindiacom For all the latest India News download Indian Express App More Top NewsWritten by Vipin Pubby | Published: September 16 2013 12:56 am Related News Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badals claim that the states finances were in the pink of health will have few takerseven among his diehard supporters As he made his claim 10 days into Septemberthousands of employees were awaiting last months salarycontractual employees were waiting for even longer to get their duesold age pensionerswidows and disabled awaited their promised token dole of several months and the state had mortgaged properties to raise Rs 1500 crore Besidesthe government has failed to release 8 per cent dearness allowance to its employees due since January and they are yet to get 30 per cent arrears of the Fifth Pay Commission Even the governments much-touted atta-dal scheme is in the doldrums The beneficiaries have not been getting pulses for the past seven months and the government has now announced that it shall restart the scheme but is not in a position to give the arrears The state governments debt servicingpay arrears and power subsidy bill during the current year total up to over Rs 6000 crore while the capital expenditure is Rs 600 crore Sukhbirs jugglery of facts and fallacious argument that all statesand even rich industrialistswere under debt had the economists squirming It is a fact that nearly 78 per cent of the loans Punjab took in 2011-12 went for debt servicing and not for investment or generating revenue The steep decline in its per capita income and its GDP and poor growth rate compared to other states are among several indicators of the state of the economy in Punjab Howeverapart from heavy subsidies particularly in poweramounting to over Rs 5000 crorethe government continues to make generous announcements Where it hopes to mop up funds is in hiked rates of basic services like getting a licence It is no wonder then that local taxes are among the highest in the country petrol is Rs 8 per litre costlier in Punjab compared to neighbouring Haryana State Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa had said during his budget speech that he hoped to save Rs 200 crore by a 10 per cent cut on expenditures such as air travelpurchase of new vehicles and fuel by the government That hasnt happened either Howeverinstead of introspecting on what ails the states financesSukhbirs solution is appealing to the good sense of Punjabi journalists for better projection of the state Pubby is EditorPunjab vipinpubby@expressindiacom For all the latest Opinion News download Indian Express App More Related News” Temer told a Japanese business lobby in Tokyo.Temer last month launched a sweeping plan to auction off licenses to operate oil and gas electricity and infrastructure projects in an attempt to boost private investment and pull the economy out of Brazil’s deepest recession since the 1930s Watch what else is making news His centre-right government plans to sell concessions for private companies to operate airports and railways and build roads and port terminals needed to ship out exports by the South American agricultural powerhouse? saying there is 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For all the latest Sports News, the team have decided to rest Kohli who was top-scorer in the series in Australia.And now Alam uses his words very carefully and tactfully when he says no officer from the Punjab police killed any Sikh youth in false encounters? Alam himself declines to comment on the controversy surrounding him He explains his situation as?yuun hee toon nahin koi bewafa hota? For all the latest Chandigarh News download Indian Express App More Related NewsBy: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: June 8 2017 9:23 am TheChinese-made transport plane took off from Myeik on Wednesday afternoon carrying122 soldiers family members and crew on board (Source: Reuters/File Photo) Related News A day after aMyanmar’s Y-8-200F army plane went missing carrying more than 120 people? Both the films were received well by the audience. While none of his friends from the industry have been a part of this wedding, download Indian Express App More Related News the suspects allegedly killed Rathod on May 27 and dumped the body in Bopdev Ghat. Faced by a hostile panel, The ministerial panel is believed to have discussed the demands of the Union Ministers from Seemandhra which include making Hyderabad a Union Territory for a limited period and incorporating Bhadrachalam sub-division with residuary Andhra Pradesh.

During the hearing, 2014 2:46 am Related News A city court on Tuesday directed Delhi Police to supply all the documents filed along with the chargesheet to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and five others who are accused in a case of agitation by AAP near North Block. 22-20. We had considered the option of self-service mechanism for parking but we thought that it was too early to introduce it in the capital, "Violations continue to take place, A file photo of Sudanese soldiers looking at weapons seized from rebel fighters from 2014 AFP Fighting erupted in South Sudan, Rehman, which houses some 10, wrote in The Hindu after Headley’s deposition in front of a designated Mumbai court. almost daily.Officers in the CBI should have exercised extreme discretion There were leaks definitely They should have kept quiet If I was the home secretary I would have definitely have called the CBI director and said ‘Look this is totally not acceptable’ CBI has to carry out investigations professionally Not daily off-the-record briefings" Pillai is considered to be a very competent officer — one of the finest home secretaries who has not been afraid of letting his opinion on a subject be known His statements thus need due attention While talking to The Times of India he said "Chidambaram who was then the home minister had asked for the file from the joint secretary saying that the affidavit needed to be reworked Only after the affidavit was revised as directed by the minister did the file come to me" This is something thathas been corroborated Mani who signed both affidavits Correspondents covering the home ministry knew of Pillai’s position even when the second affidavit was filed in September 2009 In an interview to Times Now Mani said he was chased and hounded by the CBI other government agencies and officials "Satish Verma (head of the unit of SIT) What he has done to me is very unprecedented and he was actually basically the SIT If you see the progress of the SIT apart from Verma there was no other joint commissioner or IG-level officer who continued in it for more than six months because this fellow would fight with them and drive them out Verma was head of the unit of SIT and he was helped by two or three cronies who were all engineering evidence That’s what I can say. On 21 June 2013 yes Verma burnt me with his cigarettes" He then gave a detailed account of how a certain womanofficer in the CBI chased him into a temple and how other CBI officers would land at his office in the urban development ministry where he was posted later and several cases against him were opened up Mani says in contrast to the first affidavit — when the due procedure of having it drafted and vetted at various levels in the home and law ministry was followed the officials had no clue about drafting the second affidavit and why the mention of the word ‘terrorist’ was dropped In an internal note date 24 June 2013 Mani had recounted how he was being coerced to sign on dotted lines Chidambaram and the Congress will have a lot to answer for in the days to come The BJP has already demanded the reopening of the case and setting up of a judicial commission No wonder the Congress party president has promptly backed Chidambaram After all what the BJP is now proposing is not to target the former home and finance minister The ruling party wants to see that the buck for political machinations stops at 10 Janpath’s doorstep The Indian government should immediately shut down the National Defence Academy Henceforth all our soldiers should be sent to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh shakhas for training If Defence MinisterManohar Prabhu Parrikar is to be believed nothing prepares you better to dealing with India’s enemy than a few years at a neighbourhood shakha Forget the backbreaking drills and sophisticated training at Khadakwasla for our soldiers India if Parrikar is right would be in safer hands with our soldiers trotting up to the nearest ground in their knee-length kachchascoffee brown trousers a danda in hand topi on head and a pot-bellied shakha babu as their instructor and preacher Also it would cost next to nothing File image of Union defence minister Manohar Parrikar PTI Parrikar has been delirious with joy since the Indian Army conducted surgical strikes along the LoC Although Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked his cabinet colleagues to avoid chest-thumping and politics on the sensitive issue Parrikar has been rolling on the floor with joy and self-praise First he boasted that like Hanuman the army learnt about its capabilities to strike the enemy only under his command as if he had personally imparted special combat and psychological training to our soldiers in his trademark chappals and loosely-hanging bush-shirts Then he got himself felicitated at a function in Uttar Pradesh for the army’s achievement and boasted about his tedha (crooked) credentials as a warning to the enemy On Monday carrying on with his surgical tripe he gave credit for the army offensive to his alma mater the RSS Speaking at a “Know Your Army” event in Gujarat Parrikar said “I wonder that a prime minister from land of Mahatma Gandhi and a defence minister from Goa and surgical strikes… maybe the RSS teachings was there but this was very different kind of a combination” For a moment let’s accept Parrikar’s argument that this — two RSS men in the driving seat — is a different kind of "combination" or something that like Halley’s Comet that comes along once in several decades So what does Parrikar have to say about the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-LK Advani combo that was in power when a) terrorists struck at the Indian Parliament b) massacred Indians at Kaluchak and c) hijacked an Indian plane to Kandahar Both Vajpayee and Advani were dyed-in-khaki Sanghis the doyens of its first post-Independence generation leaders By every conceivable parameter they were more Sanghi than Parrikar So why did they respond differently to these crises Did the so-called RSS training not force them to strike back instead of not only preferring restraint but also sending the then foreign minister to escort terrorists released in exchange for the hijacked plane’s passengers Did the famed RSS blood did not boil then Does Parrikar has a different variety of khaki blood singing in his veins Were Advani-Vajpayee mudbloods compared to wizard Parrikar That brings us to RSS drills Presuming that he is fond of reading anything other than Amar Chitra Katha volumes on the Miracles of Bal Hanuman Parrikar should find some time to peruse the Sangh’s history Even a cursory reading would tell him its shakhas were modelled on Benito Mussolini’s philosophy of indoctrinating youth at an early age Their structure as AG Noorani pointed out in the Frontline was similar to some Fascist organisations that recruited boys from the age of six up to 18: The youths had to attend weekly meetings where they practiced physical exercises received paramilitary training and performed drills and parades If India’s defence minister believes indoctrinating youth and teaching them to wield lathis is adequate physical and mental training against rival armies he needs to revisit the fate of the original proponents of this doomed philosophy Interestingly as the Jeevan Lal Kapoor report on the murder of Mahatma Gandhi points out soon after Independence there were rumours that the Sangh was raising a private army to lead a coup against the Congress government Private armies the Kapoor Commission was told were assembled in Alwar Gwalior and a few other princely states Unfortunately for the RSS all its rumoured training came to nothing and the Congress went on to rule India for several decades destroying its dream of a rashtra ruled by Hindus It is quite likely that Parrikar is not aware of the history of "RSS training" and the fruit it bore in the past Or maybe he is under obligation to give credit to the organisation to which he owes his existence at the cost of the Indian Army None of it unfortunately behoves a man in his position Several Indian governments have dealt with the Pakistan question in the past Some like Vajpayee’s decided to exercise restraint in spite of grave provocation Some like Manmohan Singh’s practised a combination of restraint and covert strikes Parrikar has been different only because of his attempt to usurp the army’s credit for political gains If that is the result of RSS training Parrikar may have made a valid point

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which is included in the allotted seats. 13 people died overnight under "mysterious circumstances"? In the day’s other game, infrastructure and power in the near future. the immediate priority is finding work for the 300, the DG said. We had a summer league and I took the players out to a nice restaurant for dinner. “I had a good match on Thursday. a gala variety show and Chinese military displays are among the official events planned to coincide with a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping starting Thursday for the occasion. Sadyal said.

as the scheme had not yet been introduced in most districts for most of the year. we studied the impact of the government’s programme to deliver LPG subsidies via direct benefit transfer (DBT). United for Congress no more But that’s not to say the Congress’s old paani-bijli-sadak-gutter quartet is cast aside. shopowners and others sporting AAP caps and volunteering to paste stickers at their establishments or their vehicles. read more