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DEBATE ON SECULARISM HEATS UP ONCE AGAIN! Letter war between Maha Guv & Social media taunts force Tanishq CM on meaning of secularism to pullback inter-faith marriage ad Opening of religious places issue: ‘Don’t need your certificate’, Uddhav replies to Governor’s ‘have you turned secular’ jibe Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has informed Governor BS Koshyari that a decision on reopening places of religious worship will be taken after careful consideration of the COVID-19 situation in the state. Responding to a letter by Koshyari a day earlier, Thackeray on Tuesday wrote to the Governor, saying the state government will consider his request to reo-
Uddhav Thackeray and BS Koshyari.
pen these places. In his letter, Koshyari had mentioned that he has received three rep-
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resentations from delegations demanding that places of religious worship be reopened.
In the letter to the chief minister, Koshyari had asked, “Have you suddenly turned secular?” Responding to this question, Thackeray wondered if to Koshyari Hindutva meant merely reopening places of religious worship and if not opening them was to him being secular. “Isn’t secularism a key component of the Constitution, by which you swore while taking oath as the state governor,” Thackeray said. Turn to P6
New Delhi: Jewellery brand Tanishq on Tuesday withdrew its ad showing an interfaith family following a sharp backlash on social media with some accusing the company of promoting love jihad’ and fake secularism’. The company’s move prompted intense debate on social media and elsewhere, just as the ad to promote its jewellery collection Ekatvam (oneness) had deepened faultlines since its re-
IMF slashes India’s growth forecast, predicts record slump Indian economy to bounce back with 8.8% growth in 2021; contract by 10.3% in 2020 says IMF
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Gujarat on Tuesday ahead of bypolls to eight Assembly seats in the state. He was welcomed at the airport here in the afternoon by state BJP chief CR Paatil, state minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja and the party’s city unit chief Jagdish Panchal. Shah is expected to stay in the state for two days and may review poll preparations of his party. Bypolls are scheduled for November 3 while counting of votes will take place on November 10.
3 MINOR DALITS SISTERS ATTACKED WITH ACID IN UP Lucknow: Three sisters suffered burn injuries allegedly when someone poured a chemical on them while they were sleeping on the roof of their house in Paksa village, police said on Tuesday. The three are undergoing treatment at the district hospital and they are out of danger, according to doctors. Superintendent of Police Shailesh Kumar Pandey said the incident took place on Monday night when they were sleeping on the roof of their house. An unknown person poured a chemical on the eldest girl Khusbu (17) and some of it fell on her younger sisters -- Komal (7) and Muskaan (5) Turn to P6 -- who were also sleeping with her.
Washington: The Indian economy, severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic, is projected to contract by a massive 10.3% this year, International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. However, India is likely to bounce back with an impressive 8.8% growth rate in 2021, thus regaining the position of the fastest growing emerging economy, surpassing China’s projected growth rate of 8.2 per cent, the IMF said in its latest ‘World Economic Outlook’ report. Released ahead of the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank, the report said global growth would contract by 4.4 per cent this year and bounce back to 5.2 per cent in 2021. America’s economy is projected to contract by 5.8 per cent in 2020 and grow by 3.9 per cent the next year, the
IMF said. China is the only country, among the major economies, to show a positive growth rate of 1.9 per cent in 2020, it said. The IMF in its report said that revisions to the forecast are particularly large for India, where Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted much more severely than expected in the second quarter. “As a result, the economy is projected to con-
tract by 10.3 per cent in 2020, before rebounding by 8.8 per cent in 2021,” it said. According to the IMF, India is among those likely to suffer the greatest damage from global warming, reflecting its initially high temperatures. For India, the net gains from climate change mitigation-relative to inaction-would be up to 60-80 per cent of GDP by 2100.
lease last week. The 43 second commercial, which led to the hashtag #BoycottTanishq trending on Twitter, shows a preg-
Parl panel to visit Ladakh on Oct 28-29 amid border tension New Delhi: A group of parliamentarians is set to visit the Ladakh sector to get first-hand insights into aspects related to high-altitude clothing for soldiers, housing and rations at a time when India and China are locked in a border row and efforts to reduce friction have made no headway, officials familiar with the developments said Tuesday. The members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), headed by Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, are likely to visit Leh on October 28-29, the officials said. Turn to P6
New Delhi: Elections to 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and one in Uttarakhand, falling vacant next month, will be held on November 9, the poll panel announced on Tuesday. The notification for the elections will be is-
Known to be highly vigilant towards any political development in the state and party, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has developed a unique knack and wisdom of handling and ending any issue even before it could swell into the most pressing problem. Gehlot’s swift and timely intervention in Bairwa’s controversial issue has averted a major ‘caste war’ in Rajasthan
CM Ashok Gehlot
Babulal Bairwa
dalit officials and MLAs, could have far reaching negative political implications, and therefore around 11 PM
on Monday night Gehlot spoke to the MLA who is considered to be from Gehlot camp. The chief minister took all
After 44 new bridges in border areas were opened by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, China, in a sharp reaction, said that it “does not recognize the Ladakh Union Territory illegally set up by India” and opposes infrastructure building in the region. Zhao Lijian, spokesman China’s Foreign Ministry, also called border infra development “the root cause for tension between the two sides”.
sued on October 20, the EC said. Union minister Hardeep Puri, Arun Singh and Neeraj Shekhar (BJP), Chandrapal Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav, Ram Prakash Verma and Javed Ali Khan (SP), Rajaram and Veer Singh (BSP), and
Panna Lal Punia (Cong) from UP are retiring on Nov 25. Actor-politician Raj Babbar’s (Cong) term as RS MP from Uttarakhand also ends on Nov 25. Counting of votes will take place on Nov 9 evening after polling concludes.
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After Gehlot’s dressing down, Babulal takes a U-turn! Congress. Therefore, when on Monday, MLA Babulal Bairwa opened a front against ministers BD Kalla and Dr. Raghu Sharma while claiming of a Brahmin - Dalit divide within the party, Gehlot called up Bairwa and spoke on the issue with him at length. Highly placed sources reveal that Gehlot realised Bairwa’s statement and allegations, that certain ministers did not even consider it prudent to speak with
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Polls to 11 Rajya Sabha seats in UP, Uttarakhand on November 9
BAIRWA’S BRAHMIN-DALIT JIBE AT FELLOW LEADERS
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nant woman being led to her bridal shower, a Hindu custom called godh bharai’, by a woman who viewers later realise is her
mother-in-law. The young woman, in a sari and bindi, addresses the older one, in a salwar kurta and a dupatta covering her head, as Ma’ and asks, But you don’t celebrate this custom? The mother responds saying, the tradition of keeping daughters happy is there in every home. Setting the scene of a composite family, a woman in a hijab, people in saris and a man in a skullcap can be seen in the backdrop. Turn to P6
the details from Bairwa and it is reported that Gehlot apprently gave his MLA a ‘dress down’ while also giving him an assurance of working out the problem. Interestingly, as a result of this on Tuesday, Bairwa was a completely ‘changed man’. Taking a ‘U-turn’ from his ‘aggressive jibes’ at his senior colleagues just a day before, Bairwa on Tuesday claimed that his complaints have been ‘addressed and solved’. “My
complaints are solved now. I do not have any issues with anyone,” Bairwa told media persons on Tuesday. Bairwa’s verbal barbs were not received well in the party circles since it was considered to be break-away from the party’s disciplinary limits since he took jibes at senior Brahmin leaders and claimed of discrimination. His allegation had even surprised party’s senior leadership Turn to P6
Tripathi VC police varsity; Gupta member RETAC First India Bureau Jaipur: Retired IPS officer Dr Alok Tripathi has been appointed as the vice chancellor of Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and criminal justice. Governor Kalraj Mishra issued the appointment order. On the other hand, state government has appointed Chief Minister’s Advisor DB Gupta, who is former chief secretary, as the member of Rajasthan Economic
Transformation Advisory Council. Meanwhile, Tripathi, who retired as DG ACB, was in the race of DGP twice during service but could not become the DGP. The state government had chosen Bhupendra Singh over Alok Tripathi for the coveted post last time. His name was also being considered for RPSC chairman but now he has been appointed as VC of the Sardar Patel University of Police, Turn to P6