Gujarat battle
Singh pointed out that Modi went to Pakistan “uninvited” after the terror attacks in Udhampur and Gurdaspur.
“Let him also tell the country the reason for inviting the infamous ISI of Pakistan to our strategic Air Base in Pathankot to investigate a terror attack that emanated from Pakistan,” he said.
Meanwhile, the BJP questioned why it took the Congress 48 hours to admit to the meeting at Aiyar’s residence.
“Why was this a ‘hush hush’ meeting? Why was the MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) India not in the loop? Why do Congress leaders meet China and Pakistan envoys secretly?” party spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao asked on Twitter.
The Congress’ president-elect Rahul Gandhi, too, stepped into the debate. “The Prime Minister talks sometimes about Pakistan and sometimes about China and Japan. Modiji, this is the election for the future of Gujarat. Talk something about Gujarat too,” he said at a rally in the state’s Banaskantha district.
But Modi pressed on with his Pakistan references. At Nadiad, he said in a rally that money that was being routed from Pakistan to fund terrorists in India had stopped after last November’s demonetisation.
The BJP has governed Gujarat for 22 years but the Congress is hoping to unseat it by tapping anger over the agrarian crisis and the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax, and on the strength of a partnership with Patidars, some backward classes, and Dalits. The BJP is counting on its record in the state and the Modi magic to see it through. within a certain number of weeks and ensuring there is referral, if needed,” said Anjali Nayyar, executive vice president with Global Health Strategies.
The draft bill for the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 2014, proposes relaxing the upper limit of legal abortion from 20 to 24 weeks for “vulnerable” groups and permitting trained healthcare personnel, including midwives and Ayush doctors, to offer medical methods of abortion for pregnancies up to seven weeks.
Absence of safe, legal abortion services force women to seek help from untrained pharmacists, chemists and informal vendors.
“The study indicates there is need for improved contraception services to help couples prevent unplanned pregnancies,” Nayyar said. respective areas. “We have told our officers to keep a watch on whether they have the means of livelihood to buy such a motorcycle, since this is the preferred vehicle of snatchers,” he said.
This year, at least one person has been killed and several others injured when they resisted snatching attempts. In a few cases, the victims were pulled out of moving auto rickshaws or dragged on the road by snatchers. Explaining how the police are acting against different gangs, Patnaik said, “Every police station now has an antisnatching team and the district deputy commissioner of police reviews the team’s performance every week.” tions. They will have an emphasis on multi-disciplinary initiatives, high-quality research, global best practices and international collaborations,” said a senior HRD ministry official, who asked not to be identified.
The institutions will be evaluated by a panel of experts and the names of the selected institutes of eminence are expected by March 2018.
Government institutions which are ranked among the top 50 by the HRD ministry in their respective categories such as engineering, general universities or management are eligible to apply for the status. The institutions were all asked to present a report on how they plan to achieve excellence over the next 15 years. absence of political consensus.
Naidu also suggested that maintaining quorum in the House — minimum number of members present — shouldn’t be the responsibility of the government and the ruling party alone, but other parties should pitch in too. He sought minimum attendance for all parties.