Menlo Park, Calif.:Modi, the prime ministerof India, oversees a nationof 1.25 billion people.Zuckerberg, the chiefexecutive of Facebook,runs a social network with1.5 billion active users.Both see themselves asglobal leaders pushing forbroad social change, andboth routinely use socialmedia to communicatewith their many millionsof fans.

On Sunday, the twomen engaged in a mutualadmiration session atFacebook's Silicon Valleyheadquarters, with Modifielding preselected ques-tions from a crowd ofFacebook employees andguests invited by theIndian Embassy.

Modi praised social net-works like Facebook,Twitter and even China'sWeibo as useful tools for

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States Should Formulate Own Strategiesto Combat Terrorism: Rajnath Singh

India Offers Assistance to Maldives to ProbeSpeed Boat Explosion

To Counter Smaller Parties, Rahul Gandhito Campaign in Bihar's Seemanchal P8

Mumbai: The CBI has takenover the probe into the sensa-tional Sheena Bora murder caseand registered complaintsagainst three prime accused, anofficial said in Mumbai today.

Taking over the case 10 daysafter the Maharashtra govern-ment handed it over, the Central

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CBI Takes Over Probe IntoSheena Bora Murder Case

New Delhi: The apex con-sumer disputes forum onWednesday will hear the Rs.640-crore class action suit filedby the central governmentagainst Nestle India, allegingunfair trade practices withregard to Maggi noodles.

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Maggi Hearing atApex ConsumerCourt on Wednesday

New Delhi: The CentralBoard of Secondary Education(CBSE) today announced theresults of the University GrantsCommission - NationalEligibility Test (UGC-NET) thatwas held on June 28 across thecountry.Candidates can now

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CBSE AnnouncesUGC-NET 2015June Results

Panaji: Gujarat Chief MinisterAnandiben Patel today said thatdespite attempts to introduceMaoism in Gujarat, left-inspiredviolence had not covered muchground because of "pro-active stepsfor all-round development of tribalsin our state".

"The spread of influence of extremist elements is amatter of common concern. Gujarat has remained

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Attempts Made to Introduce Maoism inGujarat: Chief Minister Anandiben

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Akhilesh Yadav todaydirected the officials to completethe IT city project in the city byOctober next year.

Addressing a meeting toreview progress of the project,Mr Yadav said there should beregular monitoring of progressand the work should be completed on priority byOctober 2016. "Through IT city, IT based industries

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Complete IT City Project by October2016: Akhilesh Yadav

Srinagar: Former Jammu andKashmir Chief Minister OmarAbdullah took pot shots at PrimeMinister Narendra Modi over hisrecent remarks of joining socialmedia before becoming the ChiefMinister of Gujarat.

The Prime Minister during hisvisit to Facebook Headquarters in California in the USon Sunday had said that when he took to social mediahe never thought that he would make Chief Minister orPrime Minister but was just curious to know the world.

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Omar Abdullah Takes a Dig at PMModi Over Social Media Remark

New Delhi: The BJP todaysought to draw political mileagefrom reduction in key interestrate by the Reserve Bank ofIndia, saying its fourth fall in ayear "fulfills" the party's prom-ise of bringing the rate down tohelp people avail cheaper loans.

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Another Big PromiseFulfilled With ReserveBank Rate Cut: BJP

Mumbai: Senior BJP leaderRam Kapse passed away todayafter a prolonged illness. Hewas 82.

Mr Kapse, who was ailing forpast eight years, breathed hislast at his Kalyan residence inadjoining Thane district ataround 4 am, Maharashtra BJPchief spokesperson MadhavBhandari told PTI.

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Senior BJP LeaderRam Kapse Dies at 82

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New Delhi: At leastseven squadrons of theindigenously-made TejasMark-1A will be induct-ed in the Indian Air Forceto make up for the lack offighters, despite its flaws.The aircraft continues tograpple with thrustissues, which restricts itsweapon-carrying capa-bilities.

Top Defence Ministrysources have said that"The IAF needs to have aminimum number of air-craft at all times. Till thetime indigenously-builtTejas Mark-2 is readythis is best option avail-able." The IAF, it islearnt, has accepted theministry's decision. Each

squadron of the TejasMark-1A will have about16 to 18 aircraft.

The Indian Air Force orIAF will be losing foursquadrons of fighters -three MiG 21 squadronsand a MiG 27 squadron -this year and will be los-ing rest of the 10-odd

squadrons of the vintageRussian-made MiGs inphases by 2022.

India is buying 32Medium Multi Rolefighters from France tomake up for the lack ofthe fighters, but needsover 120 lightweight

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New Delhi: The BJP todaywelcomed the RBI's reductionof its short-term lending rateand claimed its governmenthad fulfilled one of the promis-es made during the 2014 LokSabha polls.

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Kathmandu: WithIndia-Nepal ties witness-ing unease after thepromulgation of the newConstitution inKathmandu, India todaysaid it hoped that "diffi-cult days" would notaffect their friendship asit welcomed the Nepalgovernment's move tohold talks with agitatinggroups.

"We welcome therecent steps taken by thegovernment of Nepal tohold dialogue with theagitating groups to endthe existing political cri-sis in a peaceful man-ner," Indian Ambassador

to Nepal Ranjit Rae said.He said India wants

stability in Nepal and itwas not against the newConstitution.

"We see theConstitution as the cul-

mination of violence andend of very brutal insur-gency Nepal had gonethrough. Nepal has comeout of a very difficult sit-uation and we don't want

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Narendra Modi, Prime Ministerof India, Visits Silicon Valley

Hope 'Difficult Days' Won'tAffect Ties With Nepal: India

Effect of DengueMinimal in NortheastIndia, Say Experts

Agartala: Though theAedes aegypti mosquito,which causes dengue, isfound in abundance in thenortheastern states, thedeaths due to the diseaseare fortunately very mini-mal in the region, expertssaid in Agartala today.

"During a recent officialsurvey, it was found that inthe urban and semi-urbanareas of the northeasternstates, the Aedes aegyptimosquito was found inabundant. However, the tolldue to dengue is negligiblein the northeastern states,"Tripura health departmentofficial Pranab Chatterjee

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Guwahati: AfterJammu and Kashmir,Assam has the mostinterest in the extremistmilitant group IslamicState of Iraq and Syriaand the Assam policeare now keeping a strictwatch on internet trafficin the state.

A national survey byan intelligence agencyhas showed the secondlargest volume of inter-net traffic related toISIS was from Assam,after Jammu and

Kashmir.The state police say it

is not just casual inter-est.

"That kind of interestis a very small percent-age," said state DirectorGeneral of PoliceKhagen Sarma. "Hits inthe internet photos ofISIS is very high inAssam".

Responding to querieson the global terror out-fit's appeal in the state,Mr Sarma, however,

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Assam Has Second Highest Interestin IS Activities, Police on Watch

New Delhi: India andJapan share the importantheritage of Buddhism,Minister of State forHome Kiren Rijiju saidtoday.

Addressing a parlia-mentary delegation fromJapan, Mr Rijiju said theJapan InvestmentPromotion Partnershipand Japan's intention toinvest $3.5 trillion in fiveyears time in India hasgiven a significant step to

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Sangrur, Punjab: A 24-year-old Sikh saved fourboys from drowning in acanal in Punjab by usinghis turban.

Four boys, aged between18-25 years, of SarafaBazaar Market had gone toa canal to immerse theGanesha idol on Friday,

when a gush of water madethem lose their balance atSular Ghaat near Sunamvillage.

Inderpal Singh, who wassitting on the embankmentof the canal, noticed thatthe boys were drowning.

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New York: The first for-eign minister-levelbetween India, the US andJapan would be held inNew York tomorrow,reflecting alignment of thethree Asia Pacific powers,which officials said wasaimed at ensuring peace,prosperity and security inthe region.

External Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj, USSecretary of State JohnKerry and JapaneseForeign Minister FumioKishida are scheduled tomeet on the sidelines of theUN General AssemblySession.

This is the first ministeri-

al-level meeting betweenthe three countries whichwas decided during the lastweek's India US Strategicand Commercial Dialogue.

Kerry-Swaraj-Kishidameeting comes a day afterPrime Minister Narendra

Modi met US PresidentBarack Obama duringwhich the current situationin the Asia Pacific regionwas discussed.

"I welcome the progressin giving shape to our joint

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First India, US, JapanMinisterial-Level Meet Today

India and Japan Share Heritageof Buddhism, Says Kiren Rijiju

He Removed His Turban toSave Four From Drowning

Patna, Bihar: With justtwo weeks to go for thefirst phase of voting, BJPPresident, Amit Shah is ona week-long tour of Bihar,where he will hold a seriesof key meetings with partyworkers for a final push tothe National DemocraticAlliance (NDA) campaignagainst the grand allianceof Janata Dal (United),Rashtriya Janata Dal andthe Congress.

He will be joined byparty's election in-charge

Ananth Kumar, as bothleaders will preside overnine regional meetings inwhich key leaders andworkers from all 38 dis-tricts will participate, saidparty spokesperson,Sanjay Mayukh.

Mr Shah will also workto placate the dissidentvoices that have arisenover ticket distribution.The party has faced allega-tions from tickets beinggiven to turncoats from

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For Final Push to BiharCampaign, Amit Shah on

a Week-Long Tour

Bengaluru: There is asplit verdict on the bigtech announcementsmade out of Californiaduring the Prime

Minister's visit, in the desiversion of Silicon Valley -Bengaluru.

Companies here are stillassessing how they will

be impacted by the bigconnectivity projects thatGoogle, Microsoft andothers announced when

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What Bengaluru Thinks of the Big TechAnnouncements in Silicon Valley

Shouldn't Act Like'School Kid':Congress on PMModi andZuckerberg's Video

New Delhi: A videoshowing Prime MinisterNarendra Modi pullingaside the chief executiveof Facebook, MarkZuckerberg in order toallow a clearer view tocameras at the social net-working site's headquar-ters, has gone viral onsocial media, with theCongress saying that PMModi should not "behavelike a school kid".

"The Prime Ministershould realise that that heis the leader of the world'slargest democracy andshould not behave like aschool kid while abroad,"Congress spokesperson

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Narendra Modi...governing and diplomacy."The strength of social media is it can tell

government where they are going wrong,"Modi said. "We used to have elections everyfive years. Now we have them every fiveminutes."

Modi's visit to Facebook came halfwaythrough his weekend tour of Silicon Valley,where he has been meeting with technologyexecutives and seeking their ideas and assis-tance in bringing India fully into the digitalworld.

Silicon Valley has been eager to assist.India is the world's fastest-growing majoreconomy, and Internet and smartphone useare growing rapidly, providing new marketsfor U.S. companies.

In addition, tens of thousands of SiliconValley technology workers are of Indiandescent and eager to give something back totheir country of origin.

The prime minister, an avid user of Twitterand Facebook, sees technology as a way tolift India out of poverty.

"In this digital age, we have an opportunityto transform the lives of people in ways thatwere hard to imagine just a couple of decadesago," Modi said in San Jose on Saturday in adinnertime speech to about 500 technologyleaders, including the chief executives ofMicrosoft, Google, Adobe and Uber.

Naren Gupta, a founder of the SiliconValley investment firm Nexus VenturePartners, who helped organize Modi's visit,said the prime minister wants tech companiesto help him bring about that transformation.

"Innovation is a state of mind, and he issaying, help him bring that state of mind toIndia," Gupta said. "Big changes are prettymuch impossible to make. What you need todo in a democracy is take a thousand littlesteps."

Modi's message of partnership with U.S.technology companies has been carefullychoreographed to appeal to his constituents inIndia, a country that is rapidly discoveringthe Internet and the startup culture. The primeminister's Bharatiya Janata Party has encoun-tered setbacks in its legislative agenda andwill soon face state elections.

A group of academics raised concernsabout the free speech and privacy policies ofModi's government in an open letter beforehis visit. Outside Facebook headquarters,Sikh separatists also protested his visit.

On Saturday, Modi stopped by TeslaMotors, the electric-car maker, and held pri-vate meetings with three of the technologyworld's most powerful executives: Tim Cookof Apple, Sundar Pichai of Google and SatyaNadella of Microsoft.

At the subsequent dinner, the tight connec-tions between U.S. companies and the Indiangovernment were apparent.

Modi announced that Google had agreed toprovide free public Wi-Fi in hundreds ofIndian railroad stations, which are major tran-sit and social hubs for their communities.

Recalling his childhood in India, Nadellapledged that Microsoft would help Indiabring wireless Internet to its 500,000 villages,but offered no details. "What opportunitiescan we unlock, what changes can we spark?"he said.

Qualcomm, a chipmaker with thousands ofemployees in India, promised $150 million tofinance Indian startups.

After the Facebook visit Sunday, Modiplanned to visit Google and StanfordUniversity, and to drop by a meeting ofIndian tech entrepreneurs. In the evening, hewas scheduled to address a sold-out crowd ofabout 18,000 people, mostly Indo-Americans, at an arena in San Jose.

What Bengaluru...Prime Minister Narendra Modi dropped in

at Silicon Valley, the global hub for innova-tion and technology, over the weekend.

CEO Sundar Pichai said Google would tieup with the government to provide free Wi-Fiat 500 railway stations across the country.Microsoft's Satya Nadela said his companywould take broadband connectivity to fivelakh villages across the country.

And that its cloud services would operateout of India's data centres.

Some smaller companies in Bengaluruhope they will get some business when thesegiant projects are implemented. "Smallercompanies like ours would be hoping we geta share of the pie when it comes to implemen-tation. The government should ensure that,"said Soujanya Prakash, a General Manager atVee Technologies, to NDTV. Vee one of thecompanies assigned to implement part of themassive Aadhar identity card project.

Ms Prakash said companies like Microsoftand Google bring great technological expert-ise with them.

Pranesh Prakash, Policy Director for theCentre for Internet and Technology, had aword of caution as he voiced concern aboutthe privacy policies of some big global com-panies. "The government should push for astrong data protection regime in India andforce these companies to abide by that," hesaid.

Mr Prakash also said, "These companiesneed India more than we need them sincethere are more than one billion customers

here. The Indian government must be wise inusing this bargaining power."

Shouldn't Act ...Shakeel Ahmed said when asked about the

video.The incident reportedly occurred before

the start of the Townhall event in SiliconValley on Sunday.

In the video, Mr Zuckerberg and the COOof Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg are seen pre-senting a memento to PM Modi, who thenholds Mr Zuckerberg by his arm and pullshim by his side.

Mr Ahmed said that the Prime Minister isknown for "photo-ops and event managementas also packaging and repackaging" and for"spending much time" abroad.

PM Modi, who was on a two-nation tour ofIreland, and the US, also travelled to WestCoast where he visited FacebookHeadquarters for a Townhall question andanswer session with its CEO, MarkZuckerberg. He also visited Google campusand Tesla Motors.

He spent 50 minutes on stage with MrZuckerberg, when he also talked about theimportance of social media and his "DigitalIndia" initiative, which seeks to connect thou-sands more Indian villages to the Internet andboost technology investments.

The Prime Minister has an image of aninternet-savvy leader and is even keen onselfies.

For Final...JD(U) and RJD and allegedly to those with

criminal background to denial of nominationto the kin of some leaders.

"Amit Shah wants to ensure that the entireparty apparatus is solidly behind the goal towin the assembly elections as the last leg ofcampaign starts. Whatever tactical changes incampaign or toning up of management atlocal and booth level are required will bedone by him," a party source said.

The 50-year-old will hold meetings atBegusarai, Aurangabad, Patna, Muzaffarpurand Supaul besides other places from tomor-row till October 5.

He will also hold rallies at Kishanganj,Katihar and Purnia, the BJP had lost on theseseats during the 2014 general elections. MrShah's decision to hold rallies here, under-lines the importance he has attached to theseplaces where the Muslim concentration is atits most in the state.

On October 2, Prime Minister NarendraModi will also return to the Bihar campaignwith a rally in Banka, another parliamentaryseat that the BJP lost.

Bihar goes to polls in five phases betweenOctober 12 and November 5.

Almost all opinion polls have predicted aneck and neck fight between the BJP-ledNDA and the grand alliance spearheaded byChief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chiefLalu Prasad.

Effect of Dengue ...told reporters.He said: "Due to people's alertness and

health personnel's seriousness, the death dueto dengue is insignificant in the northeasternregion."

In the presence of Tripura Health MinisterBadal Choudhury, Mr Chatterjee said so far15 people have been affected by dengue inthe state, but none of them has died so far.

"Dengue is an infection disease caused bythe mosquito, Aedes aegypti, which is the pri-mary epidemic vector. Dengue infection mayoccur in the form of classical dengue fever ordengue haemorrhagic fever with bleedingmanifestations or with or without shock(decreased blood pressure), and then thepatient might expire in that situation," headded.

To check the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) inTripura, last year the state government withthe advice of the union health and family wel-fare ministry targeted to administer JE vac-cine to 513,800 children up to the age of 15years. But due to negative campaign by a sec-tion of media, only 226,500 JE vaccinescould be given, the Health Minister said.

The Minister said last year around 51,300people, mostly children, fell ill to malaria andof them around 100 people died. This year sofar, 22,562 people have suffered from malar-ia and 16 people have succumbed to the dis-ease.

Hope 'Difficult...that it return to another difficult situation,"

Mr Rae said during an interaction programmein Kathmandu.

"Nepal-India friendship is very old, solidand very much stable, and it doesn't dependon any specific issue or incident," he said,adding "I am confident even after these diffi-cult days our friendship will be stronger."

On his part, Nepal's Ambassador to IndiaDeep Kumar Upadhyaya said he hoped thatthere would be ease in supply of essentialcommodities from India soon as efforts arebeing made at diplomatic and political levelin this regard.

Asking people from both countries toobserve tolerance and have a positive attitudetowards dealing with the issue, the Nepaleseenvoy said, "India has always played animportant role during the hardship faced byNepal in the past which was evident during

the recent earthquakes. Let's not speak irre-sponsible things and develop negative atti-tude towards each other at this sensitive timewhich might damage the centuries old friend-ly relations."

"We should maintain peace, stability andmove towards economic prosperity and Ihope India will extend support to our endeav-our as a peaceful, stable and prosperousNepal will also be in the interest of India," hesaid.

Mr Rae also cautioned that if Nepal doesnot take every one along while drafting theConstitution then it will be sowing the seedsof future conflict as well as opening the doorof instability that will also affect India.

"Therefore, the only solution to the currentproblem is talk," the Indian Ambassadoradded.

Meanwhile, Nepal's major parties yesterdaystarted talks with the agitating Madhesi par-ties to find a solution to the Terai problemthrough peaceful means.

First India...strategic vision on our Asia Pacific and

Indian Ocean region, and also our jointengagement with regional partners likeJapan," PM Modi said during his brief jointmedia appearance with Obama.

"This will also strengthen our maritimesecurity cooperation," PM Modi said.

"To further increase our strategic engage-ment in the region, I look forward to workwith the US for India's membership of AsianPacific Economic Community," he added.

Officials here said the trilateral meetingwas aimed at ensuring peace, prosperity andsecurity in the region.

Despite Flaws...fighters to be used for air defence and inter-

cept oncoming enemy aircraft.Production of the Tejas Mark-1A can start

immediately from the existing manufacturingfacilities of the Defence public sector unitHindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL.

The Tejas Mark-2 or the improved versionwill not be ready for induction or series pro-duction before 2024-2025. Powered by theGeneral Electric F404-GE-IN20 engine, theTejas Mark-1A, is slightly more proficientthan the current aircraft that is under seriesproduction, but continues to be marred withthrust issues. The Light Combat Aircraft MK-1 failed to meet the requirements of the IAF.Nonetheless, to keep the aircraft buildingprogramme alive, the IAF has agreed to buy40 Tejas Mark-1.

Earlier, the Comptroller and AuditorGeneral of India or CAG had pointed thatTejas Mark-1 had severe flaws and didn'tmeet many critical requirements of the IAF -these included limited "operational capabili-ties" besides being "overweight." The CAGreport placed before houses of Parliamentsaid "the LCA Mark-1 currently under devel-opment has shortfalls in meeting the enginethrust and other parameters such as weight ofthe aircraft, fuel capacity, pilot protectionfrom front against 7.62 mm bullets."

The Defence Research and DevelopmentOrganisation or DRDO and the HAL havepromised to carry out changes that will makethe Mark-1A more agile and more capable.

Sources said that changes will be made inthe ballast and the landing gear making theTejas Mark-1A about 1000 kilograms lighterfrom the current 6500 kilograms. Besides,Tejas Mark-1A would also be armed byIsraeli made radars instead of the heavier butindigenously-made EL/M-2032 lightweightmulti-mode radar.

He Removed ...hurled it towards the boys and pulled them

out with its help, police and eyewitnessessaid.

The incident came to light after a video wascirculated on social media.

The rescued boys were identified asInderpal Singh, Jiwan Singh, KamalpritSingh and Inder Tiwari.

Inderpal, one of the boys saved, said theirsaviour had first tried to pull them out withthe help of a wire that was lying on theembankment of the canal but it broke. Hethen used his turban.

Inderpal Singh's life-saving act was similarto an incident that took in New Zealand inMay this year when Harman Singh, 22, hadused his turban to save the life of a boy whosehead started to bleed after being hit by a carin Auckland.

Assam Has...said there are no ISIS members in Assam so

far.But the state Criminal Investigation

Department and the National TechnicalResearch Organisation were monitoring theactivities of the ISIS and checking whetherany cyber cells have been opened for recruit-ment.

The NTRO is a technical intelligenceagency under the National Security Adviserin the Prime Minister's Office.

India and...official release in New Delhi.

He thanked the Japanese OverseasDevelopment Agency for contributing inthe economic and technological sectors in

India and said that India and Japan are tra-ditional and strategic friends.

The Minister hoped that there will be lotof further cooperation from Japan in twoimportant flagship programmes in India,which are Make in India and Digital India.

Mr Rijiju said that without India andJapan as permanent members, the UnitedNations Security Council is not complete.With Japan being one of the oldest civiliza-tions of the world and India the largestdemocracy in the world, both deserve to bethe permanent members of the SecurityCouncil along with Germany and Brazil.

Attempts Made...unaffected despite attempts to introduce

Maoism in the state," Ms Patel said in herspeech at a Western Zonal Council meeting inPanaji. States that are mostly unaffected byMaoist violence should be equipped to defeatattempts to introduce violence, she said.

"We would welcome a specific policy to putin place a mechanism to ensure that those statewhich are today mostly unaffected by Maoistviolence can be equipped to defeat attempts tointroduce violence," she said, adding that a"proactive strategy to foster development andcounter extremism will surely save lives andresources in future".

The meeting was attended by top politiciansand bureaucrats from western Indian stateslike Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and Union ter-ritories Daman and Diu.

Omar Abdullah...Twitter was operational in March 2006.

Complete IT ...would be encouraged and employment

opportunities will be generated for theyouths.

Development of any state is not possiblewithout IT," he said.

The Chief Minister said that at a meetingwith the Centre on August 27, it was decidedto give status of special economic zone to theIT city.

He directed officials to regularly monitorthe progress of the project so that it could becompleted on time.

The Uttar Pradesh government had signedan MoU with the investment arm of the HCLin June this year to set up a 100-acreInformation Technology city in Lucknow onSultanpur road.

It is expected to create job opportunities for25,000 people and provide indirect employ-ment for additional 50,000.

CBI Takes...Bureau of Investigation lodged a case

against the victim's mother Indrani Mukerjea,her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna and her for-mer driver Shyamvar Rai.

They have been charged under various sec-tions of the Indian Penal Code pertaining tocriminal conspiracy, kidnapping, murder,destroying evidence, causing hurt by admin-istering poison and the Arms Act, among oth-ers.

Arrested in late August from Mumbai andKolkata, the accused trio is presently in judi-cial custody in Mumbai.

Maggi Hearing...Affairs filed the class action suit on August

11 in the National Consumer DisputesRedressal Commission (NCDRC).

During the previous hearing on August 17,bench of the NCDRC comprising Justice VKJain and Justice BC Gupta directed Nestle torespond to the notice by September 30.

It also allowed the government to send sam-ples of Maggi noodles to an accredited labora-tory for tests on lead content and mono-sodi-um glutamate (MSG).

The Department of Consumer Affairs hadalleged that Nestle by its "unfair trade prac-tices" of selling "defective and hazardousproducts" with regard to Maggi instant noodleshas caused injury to millions of consumers,which called for this class action suit.

The industry watchdog had said in its banorder of June 5 that tests conducted on a batchof Maggi were found to contain more-than-permissible levels of lead and high quantitiesof MSG.

The company got a respite after the BombayHigh Court lifted the ban and ordered freshtests on the samples at accredited laboratories.

CBSE Announces...check their results by entering their roll

numbers and date of birth on its website(www.cbseresults.nic.in), the CBSE said in astatement. Those students who qualified forthe award of the junior research fellowship(JRF) would get a basic stipend of Rs. 25,000a month along with the house rent allowance(30 per cent in tier I cities) to pursue theirresearch work for a period of five years.

The exam, which consists of three papers, isconducted twice a year.

In order to become eligible to write UGCNET paper, candidates must have scored atleast 55 per cent in their master's degree.

Since December last year, the CBSE con-ducts NET examination on behalf of the UGCto determine the eligibility for assistant profes-sor only or JRF.

Meanwhile, the CBSE also announced that it

would conduct the UGC-NET December 2015exam on December 27 (Sunday).

The candidates, who desire to appear in thetest, can apply online from October 1.

The last date for applying online isNovember 1 and fee can be paid up toNovember 2.

Another Big...Welcoming the RBI's decision, BJP said it

was a reflection of a growing economy underPrime Minister Narendra Modi and FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley. "The reduction in inter-est rate will bring down EMI and help thedreams of many to have their own homes. Itwill give a boost to real sector and that in turnwill give a fillip to cement and steel industries.Another big promise of BJP of bringing theinterest rate down has been fulfilled," partysecretary Siddharth Nath Singh said.

Crediting the Modi government's policies,he said the RBI has been able to cut ratesbecause inflation was low and stable over thelast few months.

The RBI has also acknowledged that foodgrain output is expected to be higher than lastyear despite poor monsoon because of timelyadvisories and regular monitoring of seed andfertilizer availability by the government, hesaid. "There are clear signs of a pick up in con-sumer demand as reflected by increase in theindirect tax revenues, which again is reflectiveof appropriate policies of the government," hesaid. Noting that the government's and theRBI's reading of the economic situation is sim-ilar, he said it was in contrast to the previousUPA dispensation when the Finance Ministerand the RBI governor were seen walking inopposite directions.

Home and corporate loans will cost less asthe RBI today lowered the key interest rate by0.50 per cent - the biggest cut in over threeyears - to bolster the economy.

Senior BJP...His last rites were performed in Kalyan

today. Mr Kapse, born on December 1, 1933,was a former Lt Governor of Andaman andNicobar Islands. He was a prominent leaderof BJP in Maharashtra and represented Thanein the 9th and 10th Lok Sabha.

In his condolence message, Maharashtrachief minister Devendra Fadnavis said he wassaddened by the demise of the senior leaderwho was a great parliamentarian and an inspi-ration.

"Rambhau was one of the leaders whoexpanded BJP's base in Maharashtra andalways worked hard to solve problems of thecommon man," he said.

"My deepest condolences to Ram Kapse ji'sfamily, friends and all BJP workers," he post-ed on Twitter.

BJP president Amit Shah tweeted: "Expressmy deepest condolences to the family of ShriRam Kapse ji our senior leader & former Lt.Gov of Andaman & Nicobar on his saddemise."

Senior BJP leader and Union Minister NitinGadkari said, "my heartfelt condolences onthe sad demise of Rambhau Kapse, veteranBJP leader & Ex-MP from Thane and formerLt Governor Andaman & Nicobar."

Describing the former Thane lawmaker asan ideal for a generation of party workers,state BJP chief Raosaheb Danve said, "MrKapse was committed to ideology. He keptthe common man at the centre stage, whiledischarging responsibilities as a corporator,legislator, MP and Lt Governor."

Education minister Vinod Tawde said,"Maharashtra lost a gem! Ram Kapse ji'sdemise is an intimate loss. He was a mentor,leader, a guiding force and a true patriot."

Poll Promise ...reduction in short-term lending rate by the

Reserve Bank of India Governor (RaghuramRajan) by 50 basis points. This is the fourthreduction in interest rate in a year. The mon-etary policy accommodation is a reflection ofa growing, robust economy under PrimeMinister Narendra Modi and FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley," Bharatiya Janata Partynational secretary Sidharth Nath Singh said ina statement in New Delhi.

"The fundamentals of the Indian economyare strong as reflected by the growing forexreserves, increased foreign direct investment,control over fiscal deficit as well as currentaccount deficit," he added.

Mr Singh said today's reduction in short-term lending rate would bring down theequated monthly installments of home, carand personal loans and ultimately help manywho wish to purchase own homes.

The BJP leader said the RBI was able to cutlending rate primarily because inflation waslow and stable over the last few months.

"This is reflective of the government'smeasures to keep prices of most commoditiesunder check. The RBI has also acknowledgedthat food grain output is expected to be high-er than last year, despite poor monsoon, dueto timely advisories and regular monitoringof seed and fertiliser availability by the gov-ernment," he said. Taking a dig at earlierCongress-led United Progressive Alliancegovernment at the Centre, he said, "The gov-ernment and the RBI's reading of the eco-nomic situation is similar, in contrast to theprevious government when the then FinanceMinister and the RBI Governor were seenspeaking in contrasting terms."

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