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Bringing in Pakistan angle inthe Gujarat poll campaign,Prime Minister Narendra Modion Sunday said that a daybefore Congress leader ManiShankar Aiyar called himneech, Aiyar held a meetingat his residence in which for-mer Prime MinisterManmohan Singh, a formerVice-President of India and for-mer Foreign Minister ofPakistan as well as the PakistaniHigh Commissioner to Indiawere present.

Modi did not name theformer V-P, but later BJP chiefAmit Shah identified him asHamid Ansari.

The PM also wonderedwhether neighbouring Pakistanwas keen to make seniorCongress leader and Congresspresident Sonia Gandhis polit-ical adviser Ahmed Patel thenext Gujarat Chief Minister.

Modi referred to a video offormer Pakistan Armys

Director General SardarArshad Rafique in which hebacked Ahmed Patel as the nextGujarat CM. The PM wasaddressing a huge election rallyat north Gujarat town Palanpurbordering Banaskantha.

Launching scathing attackon the Congress over these

issues, Modi demanded expla-nation from the Oppositionparty and asked its leadershipto reveal what exactly tran-spired at that camouflagedmeeting. He struck a chordwith the people asking them,Dal me kuch kala hai ki nahi?referring the timing (Gujarat

polls) of the meeting.If it was something in the

interest of India, the Congressleadership could have invitedIndian officials also. Why you(Congress) didnt invite them?Or could have informed toGovernment, he said, addingthat at one front Rafique open-

ly backed Patel as the nextGujarat CM and from otherfront top Congress leaders heldmeeting with Pakistanis. Thenext day, the Congress insult-ed underprivileged people,people of Gujarat and Modi,the PM went on to say.

It is worth mentioning that

posters were seen in someareas of Surat in which anappeal was made to make Patel(who belongs to south Gujarattown Bharuch) Gujarats Wazir-e-Alam (Chief Minister) aheadof the first phase of polling. Theposters were removed, andAhmed Patel clarified he wasnever interested in becomingGujarat CM.

On the local issue ofBanaskantha district, Modisaid that entire north Gujarat,including Palanpur area, wouldbe developed as Delhi-MumbaiIndustrial Corridor (DMIC)passes through the region up toKandla port in Kutch.

Replying to the Congresscharge of his being friends offew industrialists, Modi said hisGovernment recognised com-mon peoples achievements andconferred on them nationalawards which CongressGovernments never did. Healso gave example ofBanaskantha resident Jenabhai,who was given Padma Shreeaward by his Government.

Apart from Palanpur, thePM also addressed similar ral-lies at Sanand on the outskirtsof Ahmedabad, Kaalol in northGujarat and Vadodara in viewof the second phase of pollingto be held on Thursday,December 14.

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Congress vice-presidentRahul Gandhi on Sundayaccused Prime MinisterNarendra Modi of discardingthe development agenda andtalking only about himself(Modi). Claiming the Modi hadnothing left to speak about,Rahul reminded the PM that theelection was not about Modi butabout the people of Gujarat.

Taking in stride the jibesfrom the BJP for his repeatedtemple visits during the cam-paigning, Rahul started his sec-ond day of campaigning for thesecond phase polls after offer-ing prayers at Lord KrishnasRanchhod Raiji Mandir here.

Claiming that the BJP wasforced to shift gear becausepeople did not buy its devel-opmental plank, Rahul said theBJP started its campaign on theissue of Narmada. After 4-5days, the public said they were

not getting the river water, theCongress leader noted. TheBJP took a right turn. It said theelection will not be contestedon Narmada ... Lets contest iton the issue of Other BackwardClasses (OBCs). But then theOBCs said the BJPGovernment did not do any-thing for them. After five-sixdays, the BJP made a sharp leftturn and said it would take outdevelopment yatra and talkabout 22 years of develop-ment, he added.

Rahul said he listened tothe PMs speech on Saturday inwhich Modiji talked aboutModiji for 90 per cent of thetime... The election is notabout Modiji, nor is it aboutme. It is neither about the BJPnor the Congress. This electionis about the future of the peo-ple of Gujarat, he said.

Later in a tweet, Rahulsaid, Modiji keeps using badwords against me in his speech-es, even today he did so. RahulGandhi respects the post ofPM. No matter what PM saysabout me, but I wont utter evena single bad word about thePM.

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The Haryana HealthDepartment on Saturdayfiled an FIR against FortisHospital in Gurugram underSection 304 (2) (culpable homi-cide not amounting to murder)of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)at Sushant Lok Police Station inconnection with the death of 7-year-old Adya Singh.

Adya underwent treatmentfor dengue at the hospital inSeptember for which her par-ents were charged 16 lakhbefore she died.

On Friday, Adyas fatherhad filed a complaint againstFortis Hospital in relation to thedeath of his daughter due todengue-related complications. Amajor controversy had eruptedafter the girls family was charged16 lakh for the treatment.

In his complaint, thedeceaseds father Jayant Singhheld the hospital responsible for

culpable homicide and alsoalleged forgery, cheating,destruction and alteration of evi-dence and criminally negligencein the course of her treatment.

Singh accused 18 people,including the chairperson,Fortis Memorial ResearchInstitute, Executive Vice-Chairman, Fortis Healthcare,and nine doctors, in the case.

Jayant in his compliantspecifically accused Dr VikasVerma, who without informinghim removed the ventilatorpipes and Ambu-bag attachedto the girl. As a result of remov-ing life-sustaining equipment,his daughter died.

An FIR has been regis-tered by Dr BK Rajora, ChiefMedical Officer (CMO), civilhospital Gurugram. Wereceived a 50-page FIR againstthe hospital by the healthdepartment. The investigationhas been taken up. We will askthe parents and the concernedhospital officials as well to jointhe investigation, GauravPhoghat, the Station HouseOfficer (SHO) of Sushant LokPolice Station, said.

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Seven years after it was con-ceived, the Governmentdoes not want to further delaythe ambitious Indian NationalDefence University (INDU)project. Aiming to ensure thatit is operational by next year,the Government plans to tablethe Bill in this regard in theWinter Session of Parliamentstarting December 15.

Headed by a three-stargeneral, INDU will be a teaching and affiliating uni-versity for the existing traininginstitutions of the threeServices like the National

Defence Academy (NDA). The objective of this first of

its kind institution is to pro-mote strategic thinking, withcivilians and Defence person-nel eligible to take admission.

The land acquisitionprocess for the university, to bespread over 205 acres andheadquartered in Gurugram, is in progress and infrastruc-ture facilities have been par-tially constructed. While theentire construction will taketime, to begin with, the uni-versity of national importancewill function on ad-hoc basis inNew Delhi.

The Union Cabinet had

approved the setting up such auniversity in 2010. The thenPrime Minister, Manmohan

Singh, laid the foundation stoneof the campus on May 22,2013. While the idea of such an

autonomous institution firstcame up in 1967, the proposalgathered momentum afterKargil Review Committee rec-ommended having a universi-ty to exclusively study Defenceand strategic issues.

Moreover, the panel alsosuggested courses designed topromote expertise among mil-itary and civilian officers inhigher Defence management foroverarching policy formulationfor internal and external secu-rity issues. The selected candi-dates shall also be thoroughlybriefed and trained to deal withemerging security challengesbesides informing them aboutfast changing war fighting doc-trines across the world, theReview Committee proposed.

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Actor Zaira Wasim allegedshe was molested by a co-passenger on board a Delhi-Mumbai flight. The Dangalactor narrated her ordeal onInstagram via live video.

Zaira said she was on anAir Vistara flight from Delhi toMumbai when a co-passengersitting behind her put up hisfeet on her armrest. The airlinesaid it has already submittedinitial report to the regulatorDGCA about the incident.

So, I was in a flight trav-elling from Delhi to Mumbai

today and right behind me onemiddle-aged man who mademy two-hour journey miser-able. I tried to record it onphone to understand it betterbecause the cabin lights weredimmed, I failed to get it...

The lights were dimmed,

so it was even worse. It contin-ued for another five to ten min-utes and then I was sure of it.He kept nudging my shoulderand continued to move hisfoot up and down my back andneck, she said in the video post.

In the video, which sherecorded immediately afterdeboarding the flight, Zairabroke down several times.

This is not done, I am dis-turbed... Is this how youregoing to take care of girls? Thisis not the way anybody shouldbe made to feel. This is terri-ble! she said.

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An 18-year-old boy endedhis life by hanging himselffrom a ceiling fan at his housein Outer Delhis Samaipur Badliarea on December 7 after hewas brutally thrashed by fourlocal goons for objecting tostalking of his sister, police saidon Sunday.

Family members of thevictim, Rohit (name changed),told The Pioneer that the fourgoons had been stalking andpassing lewd comments on hissister for the past few months.Fed up of their misbehavior,Rohit threatened t