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QBullet: BJP-Cong Trade Barbs Over Rafale; 8 Dead in HP Floods

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1. Daring Rescue Ends Navy Commander Abhilash Tomy’s 70-Hour Ordeal, Wife Still Waits for Phone Call

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Naval Commander Abhilash Tomy.
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A dramatic rescue unfolded in the one of the remotest spots on Earth on Monday, with the crew of French patrol vessel Osiris hauling out a severely injured Commander Abhilash Tomy from his crippled yacht, ending the champion sailor’s 70-hour ordeal in the southern Indian Ocean.

His wife, who hasn’t slept since news of the accident broke, said late on Monday evening that she is dying to hear his voice.

Tomy was conscious and talking, rescue authorities said. He is being taken to the Ile Amsterdam, a 55-sq km island that is part of French territory, where he will be treated at a small medical facility.

(Source: Hindustan Times)

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2. Heavy Rain Hits North, Many Dead in Final Monsoon Burst

A spell of heavy rainfall that threw traffic out of gear in several areas of the National Capital Region on Monday had a far more devastating impact on other parts of north India, killing at least 11 people in the past 24 hours across three states and triggering flash floods and landslides in the hill states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

Five people, including a girl, died and as many were injured in separate rain-related incidents in Kullu, Kangra and Chamba districts in Himachal Pradesh, officials told news agency Press Trust of India (PTI).

(Source: Hindustan Times)

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3. Govt Sees Foreign Hand in Opposition’s Rafale Onslaught

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Rahul Gandhi launched a fresh attack on the Modi government over the Rafale deal.
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There is an “international dimension” to the Rafale controversy and a certain desperation in the Congress to besmirch the corruption-free image of the Narendra Modi government, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday.

“We recognize there is a perception war going on. I will go around the country and counter it. No way are we going to agree to false propaganda. Now you also see an international dimension to it. Rahul Gandhi’s quote (coming) just a few days before (former French President Francois) Hollande’s comment can not be a coincidence,” she told reporters at the BJP headquarters.

(Source: Hindustan Times)

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4. In Wake of Caste Protests, PMO Holds Its First Meeting on Affirmative Action in Private Sector

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File photo of PM Modi at a rally in Jaipur. 
(Photo courtesy: PTI)

With less than a year left in this government’s term, the Prime Minister’s Office has held its first ever meeting to discuss affirmative action in the private sector, The Indian Express has learnt. A top official who attended the meeting on September 22 said there were questions over the private sector’s commitment to provide jobs to SCs and STs. “The robustness in industry’s efforts is missing,” said the official.

The meeting comes in the wake of nationwide protests by several groups — Dalits, Jats, Marathas and upper-castes — over a range of issues: from quotas in jobs and promotions to alleged dilution of the law meant to protect Dalits.

(Source: The Indian Express)

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5. Cheer, Relief in Delhi as Maldives Opposition Wins Presidential Polls

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Maldives’ opposition presidential candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, third left, celebrates his victory.
(Photo: AP)

As opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih claimed victory in the Maldives, India heaved a sigh of relief and congratulated him — even before the official results of the presidential elections were announced Monday.

Solih defeated incumbent Abdulla Yameen in a dramatic election, following reports over the previous week of attempts at voter intimidation and the absence of credible international observers to monitor the poll process amid fears of rigging.

(Source: The Indian Express)

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6. Vijay Mallya to Court: Not a Fugitive Economic Offender

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File photo of Vijay Mallya.
(Photo: Reuters)

Beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya told a special court in Mumbai on Monday that he is not a “fugitive economic offender” and that he has “persevered” to settle the claims of creditors but his efforts have been scuttled by “certain creditors and government agencies”.

Mallya has claimed that he had made comprehensive settlement offers to the consortium of banks under the State Bank of India, to whom he had defaulted on a loan in 2016.

(Source: The Indian Express)

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7. Sikkim Gets 1st Airport; Pakyong AAI’s First Greenfield in India

Almost ten years after the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs cleared construction of a greenfield airport at Pakyong in Sikkim, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Sikkim’s first airport on Monday and said that emphasis was being given to enhance infrastructural connectivity in the North Eastern region at a rapid rate.

Prior to the launch of Pakyong airport — which is 60 km off the Indo-China border — Sikkim was the only state in the country without an airport. This is Airports Authority of India’s (AAI) first greenfield airport in the country.

(Source: The Indian Express)

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8. Two Ministers Dropped From Manohar Parrikar’s Cabinet in Goa

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Monday dropped from his cabinet two ailing ministers, who would be replaced with new faces, a senior official in the CMO said.

Both the BJP ministers — Francis D’Souza and Pandurang Madkaikar — are currently admitted at hospitals. The development comes at a time when Parrikar, 62, is undergoing treatment for a pancreatic ailment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi.

(Source: The Indian Express)

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9. Chhattisgarh Congress Chief Sent to Prison in ‘Sex CD Case’

A special CBI court on Monday sent Chhattisgarh Congress president Bhupesh Baghel in judicial remand for 14 days for involvement in allegedly circulating a fake pornographic CD of state PWD minister Rajesh Munat.

While the charges against him were bailable, Baghel told the court that he is innocent, and since this is a political attack, he would not apply for bail or employ a lawyer, and will begin a satyagraha in jail. The court then sent him to judicial custody.

(Source: The Indian Express)

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