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  • Police search for Amritpal Singh expanded to deras in Hoshiarpur

    Police search for Amritpal Singh expanded to deras in Hoshiarpur

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    Hoshiarpur: Punjab Police expanded their search for Amritpal Singh on Friday to ‘deras’ and other possible hideouts of the fugitive preacher in Hoshiarpur district, where some suspects had abandoned their car following a chase three days ago.

    Police sources said barricades have been placed at key points and a thorough search of all vehicles in Marnaian and nearby villages including Harkhowal, Bibi Di Pandori and Bassi was underway.

    They said police officials were also searching deras, residential places, small rooms set up near tubewells and even shelter for animals in several villages.

    Hoshiarpur Senior Superintendent of Police Sartaj Singh Chahal said they were maintaining strict vigil.

    There were reports that Joga Singh, said to be an aide of Amritpal Singh, has been held, but many senior police officials denied having any information about it.

    The radical preacher has been on the run since a police crackdown on his outfit Waris Punjab De on March 18. He has, however, appeared in two purported videos and an audio clip released on social media in the past three days.

    In the latest video, the Khalistan sympathiser asserted he was not a fugitive and would soon appear before the world. In the audio clip, he debunked speculation he was negotiating his surrender and nudged the Akal Takht for the second time to summon a “sarbat khalsa” congregation to discuss issues related to the Sikh community.

    The hunt to nab Amritpal Singh was launched in Hoshiarpur district Tuesday night following inputs the radical preacher and his aides could be there.

    It began after police chased an Innova SUV from Phagwara, which some sources said may have carried Amritpal Singh and his aides. The occupants abandoned the vehicle near Gurdwara Bhai Chanchal Singh in Marnaian and disappeared.

    Officials said there were also inputs the suspects could have used a Swift car after abandoning the SUV.

    Police had recovered another vehicle from Phagwara which they suspected could have been used by the fugitive and his aide Papalpreet Singh. Police had conducted a door-to-door search but no success has been achieved yet.

    Punjab Police have been on a high alert since Amritpal Singh escaped their net in Jalandhar on March 18. The crackdown on Waris Punjab De chief was launched about three weeks after his supporters stormed a police station in Ajnala near Amritsar to secure the release of an arrested man.

    He and his associates have been booked under several criminal cases related to spreading disharmony among classes, attempt to murder, attack on police personnel and creating obstructions in the lawful discharge of duty by public servants.

    Police had stepped up security in and around Amritsar and Bathinda amid reports that Amritpal Singh
    may surrender after entering any of the two Sikh shrines Golden Temple in Amritsar and Takht Sri Damdama Sahib in Bathinda.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • ‘Jail Ka Taala Tuth Gaya’: What Raja Singh sang at this year’s Ram Navami rally

    ‘Jail Ka Taala Tuth Gaya’: What Raja Singh sang at this year’s Ram Navami rally

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    Hyderabad: The annual Sri Ram Navami Shobha Yatra here has become a show of strength for Hindutva groups to flex. The procession has also become a launchpad for Hindutva mascot and suspended BJP MLA Raja Singh to release new inflammatory ‘songs’ every year. In 2022, he sang a song degenerating Muslims and threatened to “kick” them out of India if they “don’t chant Ram’s name”. This year was no different.

    Here’s a cursory glance at what Raja Singh said at the Ram Navami Shobha Yatra on Thursday. The MLA released a few more songs at his mega saffron rally, which were officially uploaded on some Youtube Channels and played during the Shobha Yatra procession.

    Raja Singh as a practice has been singing songs and releasing them during the Sri Rama Navami festival each year. One of latest songs, ‘Baap Tu Baap Rahega’, was clearly a dig at the ruling government (or even the cops) for arresting him last year and putting him in the jail under the PD Act after he released a video passing derogatory comments against Prophet Muhammad. He did that in retaliation against the state got allowing comic Munawar Faurqui to hold a show.

    The lyrics also make mention his PD Act detention following registration of a series of cases for making derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed in a video and also old cases booked against him for delivering hate speeches. The lyrics goes ‘Jail Ka Taala Tuth Gaya, Baap Tumhara Choot Gaya’. The song is of 5:10 minutes duration.

    People who joined Singh’s Hindutva rally waved photos of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin, now a beloved Hindutva figure.

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    Portrait of Nathuram Godse displayed during Raja Singh’s Shoba Yatra. (Screenshot from Twitter video).

    His song further also goes on the usual demand of turning India into a Hindu nation. ‘Hindu Rashtra Banega Hindustan. Jitehjeh Hamko Karna Heh Kaam. Desh Yeh Sarah Bhagwa Rangse Sajehgah’. Raja Singh as usual was the centre of attraction at the Sri Rama Navami Shobha Yatra on Thursday as well.

    Raja Singh also threatened to “see the end” of anyone who dares to touch his son or family. “If anything happens to me, my son will take the Hindutva cause forward,” the suspended MLA said, while introducing his son to the Ram Navami Shobha Yatra on Thursday.

    Demands for formation of ‘Hindu Rashtra’

    The MLA known for his hateful rhetoric against minorities, was once again trying to promulgate his ideologue among the masses gathered to participate in the religious procession. He is currently out on bail from the Telangana high court, allowed him to walk out out on the condition that he would not participate in public rallies and meetings.

    On Thursday, hundreds of men, women and children participated in the procession and T Raja Singh asked them all to “work hard to form a Hindu Rashtra”. “Those who oppose formation of a Hindu Rashtra should go away to any other Islamic country of their choice including Pakistan or Bangladesh. After the Hindu Rashtra is formed the capital of the country would be Ayodhya, Kashi or Mathura. If a Hindu nation is formed cow slaughter and love jihad will automatically stopped,” said the controversial MLA.

    Raja Singh also claimed that said soon West Bengal, Kerala and some other States will become Muslim nations. “The Hindus need to be vigilant and careful,” he warned. He also administered a pledge to scores of youngsters at Begum Bazar Chatri to “work for formation of a Hindu Rashtra”.

    Before the pledge he said there are 100 crore Hindus in India. “There are 50 Islamic countries in the world and more than 150 countries where majority citizens are Christians. I want to ask you all, why there can’t be a Hindu Rashtra. Why can’t Bharat be Hindu Rashtra? Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Bangladesh were formed after getting separated from India,” Raja Singh said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Will soon appear before world, says Amritpal Singh in new video

    Will soon appear before world, says Amritpal Singh in new video

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    Chandigarh: A day after daring the Punjab police to arrest him, radical preacher Amritpal Singh surfaced in a fresh video on Thursday, asserting he was not a fugitive and would soon appear before the world.

    A day earlier, a video had appeared on social media with the pro-Khalistan preacher asking the jathedar (or chief) of the highest temporal body of Sikhs to summon a congregation of the faithful to discuss issues concerning the community.

    The purported video surfaced hours after his audio clip came out on social media in which he debunked speculation he was negotiating his surrender.

    “Those who feel that I have turned fugitive and I have left my associates, they should not keep this illusion in their mind. I do not fear death,” he said in the video in Punjabi.

    “And soon will appear before the world and will also be amongst the ‘Sangat’,” Amritpal Singh said.

    Police have stepped up security in and around Amritsar and Bathinda amid reports that Amritpal Singh may surrender after entering any of the two Sikh shrines – Golden Temple in Amritsar and Takht Sri Damdama Sahib in Bathinda.

    The pro-Khalistan preacher said he was not like those who would flee the country. “One has to face a lot during the days of rebellion These days of rebellion are difficult to pass,” he said.

    “I want to tell the government that I did not fear them before and I don’t fear them now. Whatever they have to do they may do… I cannot even think of becoming a fugitive,” Amritpal Singh said, adding that he was not afraid of getting arrested.

    He appealed to the people not to get swayed by propaganda.

    It was his second video since being on the run amid a police crackdown on his outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’.

    Amritpal Singh, in the clip, again asked the jathedar of the Akal Takht to summon a congregation.

    Take out a ‘Khalsa Vaheer’ (religious procession) from the Akal Takht in Amritsar to Damdama Sahib in Bathinda and hold a ‘Sarbat Khalsa’ there on Baisakhi, he said.

    It is time for the jathedar to prove allegations of his affiliation to a particular family wrong and he must stand up for the community, he added.

    In the audio clip, Amritpal Singh piled pressure on the Sikh body, saying, “If we are going to play politics even today, doing the same things we used to do earlier, then what’s the point of being a jathedar in the future.”

    “We should understand that today is the time for the entire community to come together,” he said in Punjabi, calling for “unity” among Sikh bodies.

    In the first video clip too, Amritpal Singh had tried to argue that the issue was not just his arrest, but about larger concerns of the Sikh community.

    Meanwhile, the Punjab government has informed the Akal Takht that almost all the people taken into preventive custody – 348 out of 360 – during the crackdown against Amritpal Singh and his Waris Punjab De’ outfit have now been released.

    Jathedar Harpreet Singh had earlier issued an “ultimatum” to the state government to release the Sikh youths picked up during the crackdown that began on March 18.

    There was no immediate comment by police on the authenticity of the nearly two-minute audio clip and about six-minute video.

    On Thursday, a drone was deployed over the village in Hoshiarpur where some suspects abandoned their car two days back after a police chase. There was speculation that Amritpal Singh could have been in that vehicle.

    Security also remained stepped up around Amritsar’s Golden Temple, but officials claimed this was not linked to the hunt for Amritpal Singh. They took out another flag march in the area.

    The preacher remains untraceable since March 18, when he gave the slip to a police dragnet in Jalandhar, switching cars and changing appearances.

    The trigger for the crackdown was the storming of the Ajnala police station last month by him and his supporters, some of them brandishing firearms to secure the release of an arrested man. Six police personnel were injured.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Case against suspected bodyguard of fugitive Amritpal Singh in J&K

    Case against suspected bodyguard of fugitive Amritpal Singh in J&K

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    Jammu: J&K Police said on Thursday that it has booked a suspected bodyguard of fugitive ‘Waris Punjab De’ leader, Amritpal Singh under the Arms Act in Kishtwar district.

    Varinder Singh was booked under the Arms Act in connection with a gun licence issued to him in 2014 by the District Magistrate of Kishtwar, police said.

    The Kishtwar district administration has cancelled Varinder Singh’s licence, and decided to probe as to how the former army jawan, who was sacked in 2015, obtained the licence and then kept renewing it from different districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

    Police said Varinder Singh, also known as Fauji, was part of a private security set up of Amritpal Singh, and a video clip recently showed Varinder Singh opening fire in the air.

    After the clip appeared, the Punjab Police arrested him last week under the National Security Act and lodged him in a jail in Assam.

    Kishtwar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Khalil Poswal said: “We have lodged an FIR number 52/2023 under section 3/25/30 Arms Act and the provisions of IPC in police station Kishtwar.

    “The details of the case have been sent to Punjab Police and we have sought documents from them. We will seek the presence of Varinder Singh, who will be brought here to conduct investigation and to find out how he reached here and how he got licence from here.

    “He was a soldier and was terminated in 2015. After issuance, his gun licence was getting renewed. The licence has been validated till 2025 from Ramban, Reasi, Baramulla and Kathua districts.”

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Prabhas, Kriti Sanon and Sunny Singh exude divine charm in ‘Adipurush’ new poster

    Prabhas, Kriti Sanon and Sunny Singh exude divine charm in ‘Adipurush’ new poster

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    Mumbai: On the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami, makers of ‘Adipurush’ launched a new poster. The new poster features Prabhas. Kriti Sanon, Sunny singh and Devdatta Nage.

    Directed by Om Raut, ‘Adipurush’ is a new rendition of the epic Ramayana. The poster depicts Prabhas as Raghav, Kriti Sanon as Janaki, Sunny Singh as Shesh, and Devdatta Nage bowing down to them as Bajrang.

    Taking to Instagram on Thursday, the lead actors shared the poster on their respective social media handles. Prabhas wrote in the caption, “Mantron se badhke tera naam Jai Shri Ram…”

    Talking about the film’s story, it focuses on Raghava, who travels to Lanka with his sena which includes Laxman and Hanuman to rescue his wife Janaki from the clutches of Lankesh, who kidnapped her. Saif Ali Khan has played the role of Lankesh.

    The teaser of ‘Adipurush’ was released on October 2 on the bank of Sarayu in the holy land of Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh among fans and media. The film is being made with a huge budget of Rs. 500 crores and is expected to be nothing less than a visual spectacle. However, netizens were not happy with the teaser and it was trolled on the internet for its VFX.

    ‘Adipurush’ the mega Indian film produced by T Series and Retrophiles promises to be a visual extravaganza. It will release in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada languages.

    Meanwhile, on the work front, Prabhas will star next in ‘Salaar’ with Shruti Haasan, and in ‘Project K’ with Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan and Disha Patani in the pivotal roles. Apart from this, Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s ‘Spirit’ and he has also teamed up with Maruthi, and’RRR’ producer DVV Danayya for a supernatural action-thriller.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Amritpal Singh says in new video he is in high spirits, calls for ‘Sarbat Khalsa’

    Amritpal Singh says in new video he is in high spirits, calls for ‘Sarbat Khalsa’

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    Chandigarh: Amid a police crackdown on Amritpal Singh and his outfit, the pro-Khalistan preacher appeared in a video on Wednesday, calling for a ‘Sarbat Khalsa’ congregation on Baisakhi to discuss issues related to the Sikh community and saying he is in high spirits.

    The fugitive said if the Punjab government wanted only to arrest him, they would have come to his home and he would have given up. He claimed the police action against him was an “attack” on the Sikh community.

    “As far as my arrest is concerned, it is in the hands of God,” he said in Punjabi in the undated video.

    “Main chardhi kala chaan, koi ve mera vaal vinga nahi kar sakya (I am in high spirits. Nobody could harm me),” he said, adding he did not fear being arrested earlier nor he does now.

    There was no official word on the purported video, which appeared as the Punjab Police try to close in on Amritpal Singh. Some reports have also suggested he might surrender as the security in Amritsar and Talwandi Sabo area in Bathinda has been tightened.

    Since the crackdown began on March 18, the 30-year-old radical preacher has been on the run, using different vehicles and changing his appearance multiple times. He managed to escape the police dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted in Jalandhar district.

    Several videos and images have appeared on social media that purportedly showed him alone and with his aides in different areas.

    The crackdown on his outfit Waris Punjab De started weeks after Amritpal Singh’s supporters stormed a police station in Ajnala, near Amritsar, to secure the release of one his followers. The Punjab government has slapped the stringent National Security Act against him and some of his close aides.

    In the latest video, Amritpal Singh urged the Akal Takht Jathedar to call a ‘Sarbat Khalsa’ to discuss the issues related to the Sikh community and asked members of the community to participate in large numbers.

    “If we have to save the youth and Punjab then we should be part of the Sarbat Khalsa,” he said in his appeal. “For a very long time, our community has got entangled with holding small morchas on many issues,” he said.

    “We know the path which we have tread, we will have to face all this. It was our duty to raise voice against it,” he said.

    The radical preacher also slammed police for invoking the National Security Act against his associates and sending some of them to Dibrugarh jail in Assam.

    Amritpal Singh, who wore a black turban and a shawl in the video, said he was appearing before the Sikh community for the first time after the police crackdown was launched as he wanted to speak to them about whatever happened that day.

    “If the government’s intention had only been to arrest me, it could have come to my house and arrested me, I would have given up,” he said. “But the way adopted by the government to deploy lakhs of cops and laying a cordon, the Almighty brought us out of that,” he said.

    Accusing the Punjab government of not allowing his ‘Khalsa Vaheer’ (religious procession) earlier, he said he lost touch with what was happening in the state when the mobile internet services were suspended by the state government.

    “I have now seen some news showing what is happening in Punjab,” he said.

    Referring to the police crackdown, he claimed that the Punjab government has made Sikh youths accused in the matter and sent to sent to jails. “They did not even spare women and children and also sent even handicapped youth to jails.”

    “This was the same thing the Beant Singh government had done with Sikhs,” he alleged.

    He also thanked people for supporting him during the crackdown.

    “But we need to understand the present situation that it was not only an issue of my arrest. It was a matter of an attack on the Sikh community. I did not fear arrest earlier nor do I now,” he said.

    Without naming Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the fugitive slammed him for his comments pertaining to the Akal Takht Jathedar who had given a 24-hour ultimatum to the government for the release of Sikh youths from jails.

    Amritpal Singh asked the Akal Takht Jathedar to take a tough stand on the matter.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Suspended BJP MLA Raja Singh alleges terror plot to target him

    Suspended BJP MLA Raja Singh alleges terror plot to target him

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    Hyderabad: Suspended BJP MLA T. Raja Singh has claimed that a terrorist outfit planned to target him during the Ram Navami procession in Hyderabad on Thursday.

    He posted on social media a letter from a resident of the old city of Hyderabad to the commissioner of police claiming that a terrorist planned to hurl bombs at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, state BJP office and Ram Navami procession on March 31.

    The letter, written by Uma Maheswari, alleged that the main target of the terrorist working for Bahrain-based Mukhtar Brigades is Raja Singh, a member of Telangana Legislative Assembly from Goshamahal constituency.

    Raja Singh, who is scheduled to lead the procession, asked state home Minister Mahmood Ali, Director General of Police and Police Commissioner if they verified the claims made in the letter. “Update us abt this as Lakhs of Ram Bhakts joins this procession,” tweeted Raja Singh.

    The controversial MLA had last month lodged a complaint with the police stating that he was receiving threatening calls from Pakistan-based phone numbers.

    “I have been receiving threatening calls every day. I have given written complaints many times to the police department when the callers are aggressive and abusive but no action has been taken. Not even one person has been arrested who threatened me as of now,” he had said.

    Following the MLA’s claims, police had assigned him a new bullet-resistant vehicle.

    The MLA was arrested by the police in August last year for making certain comments hurting religious sentiments of Muslims. He was sent to jail on August 25 after the Hyderabad police commissioner had invoked PD Act. BJP had also suspended him from the party.

    Raja Singh was released from jail on November 9, after spending two months in jail following his arrest under the Preventive Detention Act.

    The Telangana High Court had set aside the police commissioner’s order and released the MLA on bail but directed him not to make any speech or comment which created hatred among communities.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • India’s defence exports will rise up to Rs 40,000 crore by 2026: Rajnath Singh

    India’s defence exports will rise up to Rs 40,000 crore by 2026: Rajnath Singh

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    Pune: India would be exporting defence equipment and material worth Rs 35,000 to Rs 40,000 crore by 2026, Union minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday.

    The defence minister was delivering the Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw memorial lecture here on ‘The role of youth in nation building’, organized by Symbiosis International University.

    “First, there should be a sense of self-confidence that we will make India `atmanirbhar’ (self-reliant). In 2014, we used to do defence exports of only Rs 900 crore, but since India has adopted Indianization (program), today we are doing the defence export of Rs 15,000 crore to Rs 16,000 crore,” he said.

    He was confident that by 2026, defence sector exports would rise to Rs 35,000 to Rs 40,000 crore, the minister added.

    “There is a need to create an eco-system, and more than the eco-system, there is a need to generate self-confidence among ourselves, as with self-confidence, anything is possible,” he added.

    He was proud of the defence forces which are now meeting 80 percent of their needs through indigenous procurement, Singh said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Denim jacket, mask, no turban: Amritpal Singh spotted on Delhi streets

    Denim jacket, mask, no turban: Amritpal Singh spotted on Delhi streets

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    New Delhi: Waris Punjab De Chief Amritpal Singh, who is on the run for more than a week after escaping from Punjab, has been spotted roaming on the streets of Delhi, as shown in a CCTV footage.

    According to sources, the CCTV footage is from March 21, three days after the Punjab police launched a massive manhunt to arrest the Khalistani preacher.

    In the CCTV footage confirmed by police, the separatist leader could be seen wearing a denim jacket, and jeans with sunglasses on, and covering his face with a mask to hide his identity.

    His associate, Papalpreet Singh, could also be seen walking with him carrying a backpack, said sources.

    On Tuesday, the Department of Immigration, Nepal government alerted its offices, particularly those at airports to prevent Singh who could flee to a third country using Nepali territory either on his own passport or a fake passport, the Himalayan Times reported.

    DG Jhalak Ram Adhikari told The Himalayan Times that Indian Embassy had written to his office seeking his office’s help in stopping Khalistan separatist Amritpal Singh from fleeing to a third country.

    The Punjab government has launched a massive manhunt against the separatist leader Amritpal, who has been hiding since March 18. Indian Embassy has provided the photograph of the Punjabi fugitive and all details about him. The embassy also has flagged Nepali authorities that Amritpal Singh could flee to a third country using his own passport or a fake passport.

    Adhikari said that all passengers who wanted to go abroad using Nepal’s airport would be screened at the airport so that Amritpal who is under the surveillance of the Department of Immigration can not flee.

    The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu on Sunday sent a letter to the Department of Immigration requesting them to not let pro-Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh travel to a third country.

    “As per the request from Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, we have included him on the ‘watch list’, Director of Nepal’s Department of Immigration Jhalakram Adhikari told ANI over the phone.

    At first, the embassy had requested the Nepal government to enlist him on a watch list and shared the details along with photos with the department, the official added.

    “They have warned us that he might use a fake passport to enter Nepal and attempt to fly out. He might be hiding somewhere here in Nepal as well. No one is sure about Amritpal whereabouts. But as per the request we have informed all the concerned departments and authorities,” Adhikari added.

    Asked about the letters, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu did not respond. On March 25, Punjab Police appealed to people not to believe rumours and fake news of the arrest of radical preacher and pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh, which is being circulated on social media.

    Speaking at a press briefing on Saturday, Bathinda SSP Gulneet Khurana said, “We urge people not to believe the fake reports of the arrest of Amritpal Singh that are being widely circulated on social media.”

    On March 18, Punjab Police launched an operation against Amritpal Singh and his aides. The crackdown came almost over three weeks after Amritpal’s supporters clashed with uniformed personnel at the Ajnala police station on February 23, on the outskirts of Amritsar, demanding the release of one of his close aides, Lovepreet Toofan

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )