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The government has released a new draft 'Road Safety and Transport Bill 2014' which proposes

manifold jump in fines and jail term for traffic violators !rivers jumping a red light" driving on the

wrong side of the road" not using seat #elt or o#structing emergency vehicles will #e fined $"000

rupees %f these offences are repeated" the penalty can rise up to 1$"000 rupees &ven the licence

of the repeat offender can #e suspended and he or she may #e sent to a refresher course

s per the new draft" drivers using mo#ile phones will #e fined #etween 4"000 and 10"000 rupees

depending upon the fre(uency of violations %f a child is )illed #y a speeding vehicle" the driver

will have to pay a fine of three la)h rupees and face seven years in jail

rmy has intensified its rescue and relief efforts in flood affected areas of *ammu and +ashmir as

part of its operation ,egh Rahat -early .00 army columns are engaged in the effort and more

than one la)h 40 thousand people have #een rescued #y the rmy" ir /orce and -!R/ so far

,ore than 42 thousand people have #een treated #y the rmy ,edical teams wor)ing round

thecloc) defence spo)esman said a field hospital is #eing started to enhance medical

assistance to the flood affected people

3nion ealth ,inister arsh 5ardhan yesterday visited the #order district of 6oonch and too) stoc)

of the situation e also interacted with the flood victims and assured them of all possi#le help

from the 7entre

We have assessed relief operations that have been undertaken till now. We have

assessed what exactly and in what form various support systems have to be

strengthened here from the central government side and particularly in health also.

The ealth ,inister will visit Srinagar today to ta)e stoc) of relief wor) 7ommunication and %T

,inister Ravi Shan)ar 6rasad said in -ew !elhi yesterday that people in *ammu and +ashmir can

tal) for free for a wee) on BS-8 networ)

The people can talk free for a week. We have requested private operators and we

appreciate that they have allowed 60 minutes per day free talk and intra circle roaming

has also been permitted for 1 days. !xcept "oonch# mobile services are available

somewhere substantively# somewhere partially in the entire valley.

7hief ,inister 9mar #dullah convened an all party meeting yesterday ll parties issued a joint

appeal to individuals and organisations to help flood affected people in every possi#le manner

,ore from our correspondent:

$n the flood ravaged state of %ammu and &ashmir# though# water is receding in central

&ashmir# it has started rising in 'orth &ashmir# which is a matter of concern. (rmed

forces continue the relief under rescue operation# however# over 1#0#000 people arestill marooned in the flood water. (s flood water recedes# health worries mounted in

&ashmir valley over the outbreak of water borne diseases. !xperts# however# warned

that there is the danger of the outbreak of epidemic which could soon engulf the entire

&ashmir valley. )ontaminated drinking water# carcasses of animals and other garbage

can cause deadly disease. With (brar *ahmani# +ogesh ,harma# ($* 'ews# %ammu.

%n Bihar" an alert has #een sounded #y the state government as over three la)h cusec of water



entered Sone river following heavy rainfall in *har)hand The government as)ed people living

along the river #an) to vacate their houses and not to venture into the river There has #een very

heavy rainfall close to !altonganj in 6alamu district of *har)hand !isaster ,anagement

!epartment's 9fficer on Special !uty 5ipin +umar Rai said that water is now moving through +oel

river towards Sone s a result the water level in Sone river may shoot up suddenly and endanger

the people living close to it or those who have settled in parts of the river #ed

*har)hand ;overnor Syed hmed has accepted the resignation of State griculture ,inister



statement of the R! ,inistry says that the 3niversity ;rants 7ommission" 3;7 will ta)e up the

matter with -7 for opening the Regional 7enters to e>pedite the process of accreditation So

far only 1012 of the . central universities are accredited The 3;7 had in ,arch" 201. come

out with a notification ma)ing it mandatory for all universities to get letters of accreditation within

si> months from -7

Student wing of B*6" the )hil Bharatiya 5idyarthi 6arishad" B56 has won all the four posts of

president" vice president" secretary and joint secretary in the !elhi 3niversity Students' 3nion

elections Thousands of students had voted to elect the new student union in the 3niversity and

*awaharlal -ehru 3niversity on /riday The results for *awaharlal -ehru 3niversity are e>pected to

#e declared tomorrow

%n ssam" security forces arrested five cadres of militant outfit 3nited ;or)ha 6eoples

9rganisation in +o)rajhar district last night +o)rajhar Superintendent of 6olice Sunil +umar said

that security forces na##ed them from ,otijhora village under Bogri#ari police station 6olice have

recovered arms and ammunitions from them

3+ 6rime ,inister !avid 7ameron has said the murder of !avid aines is an act of pure evil" after

the release of a video purporting to show the 3+ hostage's #eheading The 3+ /oreign 9ffice is

wor)ing urgently to verify video purporting to show #eheading of British hostage !avid aines

The /oreign 9ffice also said if true it is another disgusting murder and that it is offering support to

aines's family The 44 year old aid wor)er from 6erth" was )idnapped last year in Syria The %S%S

militants have already #eheaded two 3S journalists and had threatened to )ill aines if 3S air

stri)es in %ra( are not halted aines was ta)en hostage in the village of tmeh" in the %dli#

province of Syria" in ,arch 201.

3S 6resident Barac) 9#ama said our hearts go out to the family of aines and to the people of

the 3nited +ingdom %n a statement he said the 3S would wor) with the 3+ and a #road coalition

of nations to #ring the perpetrators of this outrageous act to justice

8eander 6aes yet again turned the cloc) #ac)" in company of Rohan Bopanna" as the %ndian duo

recorded a dramatic victory 1" " ." ." C win over the Ser#ian pair of -enad Dimonjic

and %lija Bo=oljac to )eep home team's chances alive in the !avis 7up Aorld ;roup playoff tie inBengaluru %t was yet another #rilliant !avis 7up show #y 8eander against a Ser#ian pair" who had

the distinction of #eating the legendary Bryan #rothers in !avis 7up last season

fter winning the match 8eander e>pressed satisfaction for his challenging fight

We did well. We hung in there. We fought hard. We give a lot of kudos to *ohan# to our

captain (nand and also to the whole team for keep fighting.

%ndia were down #y two sets #ut the turnaround happened after Bopanna initially struggled to



serve to his strength and )eeping the #all inside the court There was no stopping the %ndians

after they managed to #rea) Dimonjic in the si>th game of the third set

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Hindustan Timesreports that 6rime ,inister -arendra ,odi will unveil his signature E,a)e

in %ndiaF initiative tomorrow with a raft of proposals designed to get foreign companies to

set up shop and ma)e the country a manufacturing powerhouse The paper adds that ,odi

will announce the plan at an event in 5igyan Bhawan that will #e #eamed live not just

across the country #ut to gatherings of industrialists across the world

%n a #id to create uniformity among central universities" the R! ministry has decided to

frame guidelines for common admission" common curriculum" student and faculty mo#ility

as well as a national system of credit transfers %t has also #een decided to evolve a

national ran)ing system for central universities" reports The Times of India

7entre for Science and &nvironment analysis has showed the floods in *ammu G +ashmir

were a manifestation of an e>treme weather event lin)ed to climate change resulting from

a com#ination of unprecedented and intense rain" mismanagement" unplanned

ur#anisation and a lac) of preparedness says The Hindu

Shiv Sena president 3ddhav Thac)eray has e>pressed his desire to occupy the chief

ministerFs post in ,aharashtra" which is going to polls on 9cto#er 1$ H% donFt daydream or

han)er for power But if % get an opportunity to head the state" % will not shy away from the

responsi#ilityI" writes The Indian Express.

The Hindureports that 7B% !irector Ranjit Sinha has urged the Supreme 7ourt to dismiss

allegations raised against him #y the 7entre for 6u#lic %nterest 8itigation unless it discloses

the identity of the Hwhistle#lowerI who gave it information that he met and favoured thoseaccused in the 2; scam

The )hil Bharatiya 5idyarthi 6arishad ?B56@ has swept the !elhi 3niversity StudentsF

3nion elections for the first time in 1 years" #agging all four important positions"

president" vicepresident" secretary and joint secretary" reports Hindustan Times

The worstever out#rea) of ola fever has now )illed more than 2"400 people and infected

twice that num#er" according to a new toll released on /riday #y the Aorld ealth

9rganisation" writes The Indian Express

nd finally" a study presented at the merican 3rological ssociation has reported that two

;erman shepherds were a#le to detect prostate cancer in urine with a#out CJ accuracy

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